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The Brits Say 'Gone, Baby, Gone' to Ben Affleck's New Film
Filed under: Drama », Celebrities and Controversy », Distribution », Newsstand »
Unfortunately, those of you living in the UK and really looking forward to the much buzzed-about directorial debut of Ben Affleck, Gone, Baby, Gone, will have to wait some time before seeing the film. That's because Buena Vista International UK has suspended the release of the film indefinitely due to similarities between the flick and the real-life case of Madeline McCann, the British girl who's been missing since early May. Though the case is a fairly popular topic here in the States, I gather it's a much bigger deal in Britain -- especially now that the two parents have become official suspects in their daughter's disappearance from a Portuguese apartment.
Based on a book by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), Gone, Baby, Gone follows two detectives tracking the case of a missing four year-old girl, and how it subsequently affects them both professionally and personally. It stars Casey Affleck, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman, among others. By total coincidence, the name of the actress portraying the missing girl in the film is Madeleine O'Brien, which I'm sure would just add fuel to the fire across the pond. Affleck, who is totally behind the decision to pull the film, had this to say while at the Deauville Film Festival: "We are acutely aware of the situation. We have a greater concern for that than the release of our film, which is just a commercial matter, whereas this is a matter of life and death." Gone, Baby, Gone was also scheduled to have, what Variety calls, a "splashy" Oct. 26 Times London Film Festival gala screening, but it's since been pulled from the lineup. No word on when the film will arrive in the UK; I imagine it will depend on where the McCann case goes from here. Gone, Baby, Gone will arrive in US theaters on October 19.
The UK Gets Their Very Own Posters for 300
Filed under: Action », Drama », Warner Brothers », Fandom », Movie Marketing », Comic/Superhero/Geek »
I think it is quite possible that 300 might be the most anticipated movie for 2007. The film is based on Frank Miller's interpretation of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, when an elite group of 300 Spartan warriors faced off against the Persian army. Warner Bros. has been baiting us for over a year now with behind-the-scenes video journals, teasers and a page on MySpace. While I haven't read the graphic novel, I was sold on the film from the first production stills -- and the former Goth in me had fond memories of the Nine Inch Nails track used in the trailer. So now I have joined the masses that are counting down the days until the film finally makes it to theaters.So in the spirit of whipping up more anticipation, Empire magazine has an exclusive look at the UK one-sheets for the film. There are four posters in total of the film's main characters, offering a little something for everyone. The posters are some seriously stylized shots of Gerard Butler as Leonidas, Lena Headey as the slinky Queen Gorgo, and money shots of the chained "immortal" and Xerxes, the Persian Emperor. I can't decide if I prefer the North American versions or these ones, since they both have a shirtless Gerard Butler ... it's a close call.
Reservoir Dogs (the VG) Meets Trouble in UK
Filed under: Action », Deals », Celebrities and Controversy », Home Entertainment »
Our very own Scott Weinberg told you about Reservoir Dogs the video game back in the early part of this month. At the time, discussing a few television spots for the game, Scott aptly noted it was neither "work-safe nor kid friendly." Despite Scott's warning, this somehow escaped the notice of the game producers in the UK. The game has met with strong controversy; not because of the gratuitous violence level, but because the makers of the game forgot to appropriately warn consumers about said violence level. Yes, Eidos managed to forget a rating on the packaging, which has already been pulled from the shelves until a reprinting can be issued.The obvious question here is how on earth did this get by unnoticed? People have been complaining about the absurd levels of violence in this game since before it was released -- heck, there have been groups petitioning to keep it from ever being released. And yet somebody managed to bypass the most significant device video game manufacturers use to combat the anti-violent games arguments: The rating system. Brilliant move there.
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