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- Microsoft Not Ready To Give Up On 'Halo' Movie - IESB.NET
- New York Community Bank Teams with Newsday to Present Free Outdoor Movie Night Series - Forbes
- Feature Presentation: Fall 2010 Movie Preview - Examiner
- Facebook Movie May Not Be Flattering for Zuckerberg - YAHOO!
| Microsoft Not Ready To Give Up On 'Halo' Movie - IESB.NET Posted: 07 Sep 2010 11:53 AM PDT
Unfortunately there's been many an obstacle in the way of bringing the project to fruition. Peter Jackson had at one time been in line to actually direct, then had passed the directing duties on to Guillermo del Toro while putting on the producer's hat. Once del Toro bowed out for his own projects Jackson brought on his protege Neill Blomkamp, before the success of his full feature of District 9. Collaborating studios Universal and Fox weren't happy with the $135 million budget proposed by the production team, so the project was once again placed on hold. From a report by Variety, Microsoft still retains the rights to any film adaptation, but with the recent trend of placing higher profile projects onto TV, Microsoft has been entertaining the thought of a series. They also aren't in any "particular hurry" now to produce either a film or TV series, as the most recent game Halo: Reach is still fresh in the market and has been building on the history of the series. Frank O'Connor, the current development director told Variety: "We're still interested in making an excellent 'Halo' movie. We've created an awful lot of documentation and materials to support a feature film. We have a good idea of what kind of story we want to tell, but won't move on it until there's a great reason to do it. We're in no particular hurry." If you may have noticed there has been quite a large campaign around Halo: Reach, which has been largely in live action commercials with a very cinematic feel to them. Microsoft is looking to the commercials' director Noam Murro to shoot several live action shorts that will give much more insight into the history of the war. For now this looks to be the closest thing to a film adaptation, but it certainly is better than nothing at all. In due time Microsoft and Bungie will be able to have the large-scale production they are hoping for, and hopefully we will see a video game adaptation that will become that elusive great film spectacle that everything so far has failed to accomplish. We'll be watching and waiting for any updates. Feel free to email Jeff Girard at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/iesb_jgirard  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New York Community Bank Teams with Newsday to Present Free Outdoor Movie Night Series - Forbes Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:55 AM PDT BusinessWire - The weather was perfect for more than 5,000 movie fans that came to the Melville, N.Y. campus of Newsday on Aug. 26, 2010 to enjoy a free showing of the original "Toy Story" -- outdoors, on the lawn, and under the stars. Roslyn Savings Bank, a division of New York Community Bank (NYCB), and the Newsday Media Group, along with Metro PCS, teamed up to present this special summer event. Two additional outdoor movie nights are still to come. Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" is scheduled to be shown on Friday, Sept. 10 (rain date of Sept. 25), and the popular "How to Train Your Dragon" is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 9 (rain date of Oct. 16). Movie-goers enjoyed the original "Toy Story" and Roslyn Savings Bank's generous give-aways that included 3,500 water bottles, a raffle for a $150.00 Visa Gift Card, and 10 Starbucks Coffee Gift Cards. Bank employees were also on hand to staff a promotional table offering free NYCB pens, plastic carry bags, and t-shirts. "The entire NYCB Family is excited to once again co-sponsor the Newsday Outdoor Movie Series" said First Senior Vice President, Joseph Masi. "Creating a family atmosphere where free movies can be enjoyed in a comfortable and beautiful setting, is a perfect way to give back to the Long Island community that we have long been a part of." Printable tickets, in limited quantities, for the next two movies, are available on-line two weeks in advance and can be found at www.newsday.com. Roslyn Savings Bank, a division of New York Community Bank -- member FDIC, operates 56 branch locations throughout Long Island. About the NYCB Family of Banks (www.NYCBfamily.com) With a 150-year history of strength, stability, and service, the NYCB Family of Banks consists of New York Community Bancorp, Inc., the 23rd largest bank holding company in the nation, with assets of $42.0 billion, and its two bank subsidiaries: New York Community Bank, with 243 branches in Metro New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona; and New York Commercial Bank, with 35 branches in Metro New York. Both New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank are members of the FDIC. Reflecting its growth through a series of acquisitions, New York Community Bank serves its customers through seven local divisions: Queens County savings Bank in Queens, Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island, Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island, Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn, Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey, Ohio Savings Bank in Ohio, and AmTrust Bank in Florida and Arizona. Similarly, New York Commercial Bank operates 18 of its branches under the name Atlantic Bank. For additional information about the NYCB Family of Banks, visit us at www.NYCBfamily.com. SOURCE: NYCB Family of Banks Elser & Aucone Jon Lieb/Lois Russo 212-563-8025 This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Feature Presentation: Fall 2010 Movie Preview - Examiner Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:36 AM PDT Hollywood has in store for audiences this fall everything from the return of Gordon Gekko to the reintroduction of the smarter-than-your-average bear. There are sequels ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"), remakes ("Let Me In" and "True Grit"), animated adventures ("Megamind" and "Tangled"), horror flicks ("Devil" and "Paranormal Activity 2"), comedies ("Due Date" and "Little Fockers"), documentaries ("I'm Still Here" and "Waiting for Superman"), dramas ("Hereafter" and "The Debt"), three-dimensional spectacles ("Jackass 3D" and "Saw 3D"), action-packed extravaganzas ("Unstoppable" and "The Next Three Days") and altogether enigmas ("Catfish" and "Project X"). The following is a look ahead at this fall's most notable new movies coming to the Valley, complete with terrifically tweetable tidbits (160 characters or less) to help you determine which ones to see... and which ones to flee. Local release dates are subject to change. SEPTEMBER 1 SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 10 SEPTEMBER 15 SEPTEMBER 24 OCTOBER 1 OCTOBER 8 OCTOBER 15 OCTOBER 22 OCTOBER 29 NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 12 NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER 23 NOVEMBER 24 DECEMBER 1 DECEMBER 3 DECEMBER 10 DECEMBER 17 DECEMBER 22 DECEMBER 25 DECEMBER 29 DECEMBER 31 This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Facebook Movie May Not Be Flattering for Zuckerberg - YAHOO! Posted: 14 Sep 2010 11:52 AM PDT Many executives would be thrilled that a major feature film about how they founded their company is about to be released. But for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, an upcoming movie called The Social Network might not exactly become part of his updates to friends. Scheduled for release in movie theaters on Oct. 1, The Social Network follows the young Zuckerberg -- arrogant, socially out of place, and very bright -- through the days at Harvard when he started what is now the world's foremost social-networking giant. As the tagline for the film says, "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies." 'Arrogant, Confident, Brilliant' The movie is directed by David Fincher, who also helmed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and it was written by Aaron Sorkin, creator of TV's The West Wing. The role of Zuckerberg is played by Jesse Eisenberg, whose credits include Zombieland, and the film is based on Ben Mezrich's best-selling book, The Accidental Billionaires. Mezrich has told news media that the Zuckerberg character is an antihero "who sweats, is arrogant, confident, brilliant." Along the way toward 500 million friends, the Zuckerberg character gets into conflicts with fellow students and the university administration, among others. Facebook and Zuckerberg are taking a low-key approach to the impending release. "It's a sign of Facebook's impact," said company spokesperson Larry Yu, "that we're the subject of a movie -- even one that's fiction." He added that it's more important for the company to stay "focused on what we're building." In an interview last month with Diane Sawyer of ABC-TV, Zuckerberg, now 26, similarly called the movie "fiction," and said that the "real story is just that we've worked so hard for all this time." He said that a movie about all that hard work would be "actually pretty boring." 'Little or No Impact' According to news reports, unnamed company officials contend the movie is factually inaccurate, and there has been speculation among Facebook watchers about whether the movie could impact the company's growth and branding. Andrew Frank, research director at industry research firm Gartner, said he doesn't buy the oft-stated idea that "there's no such thing as bad publicity." Noting that he hasn't seen the movie, Frank said it shouldn't affect Zuckerberg's reputation too greatly, "even if it's not so flattering, as long as it doesn't make him out to be immoral." Frank said it's likely that "only a minority" of Facebook users have any impression or opinion about Zuckerberg. Of those, he suggested, most have probably already made up their minds about Zuckerberg in light of recent criticisms relating to Facebook's evolving position on user privacy. "At the end of the day," Frank said, "the movie will probably have little or no impact" on the future of the company. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
No doubt one of the most successful franchises in video game history, Halo helped push Microsoft's foray into console gaming when their X-Box was first competing against the likes of Sony's Playstation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube. The first-person shooter's sequel, Halo 2, had taken gaming to the next level by offering a console based game that could be played through the X-Box Live network and connect players worldwide in deathmatches, a feature which had only previously been widely available on standard computers. With its growing success, the inevitable outcry for a feature film based on the game grew as well.| You are subscribed to email updates from Add Images to any RSS Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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