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Tracking Shot October 2009: The Social Network, The No Game, Cedar Rapids

1 October 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a half of a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing and that we feel are worth signaling out. This October (2009), we are keeping tabs on.... Arteta's Youth in Revolt got pushed back to 2010, by then he'll be in post-production with Cedar Rapids. Backed by Ad Hominem and Alexander Payne, hot off The Hangover, Ed Helms will play a sad-sack insurance agent who goes to an industry. convention to try to save the jobs of his colleagues. I imagine the comedy will film in a tax incentive friendly city with a convention center for rent. Robert Redford will be directing the long gestating Lincoln assassination project with Wright Penn in the lead. More murder can be expected in one more Hamlet film - its a contemporary take with Catherine Hardwick re-teaming with Emile Hirsch. Fresh »

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Marcia Gay Harden plays 'The No Game'

3 September 2009 11:55 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo are in talks to star in Sherry Horman's upcoming indie drama "The No Game," which David Abramowitz ("Highlander") and Elizabeth Fein wrote.

The story, according to the Hollywood Reporter, centers on an 18-year-old Jewish woman who discovers her biological mom is Palestinian. The girl ends up traveling to her aunt (Aghdashloo) in Brooklyn, and their relationship causes friction between her and her adoptive mother (Harden). »

- Franck Tabouring

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Spunky SteamPunk Humans Battle Martians Yet Again In War Of the Worlds: Goliath

19 August 2009 4:52 PM, PDT | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »

In the H.G. Wells original story, Martians spy on the Earth and find it ripe for the picking. They strike at the Earth, finding us humans to be weak and easy prey. They forget just one thing. It’s flu season. And so they plot their return, this time with all their shots. We humans know the Martians will return and so we prepare for the dusty red devils in their poorly balanced machinations. This time we bring the hardware and the fight is on. Below is the trailer for this excellent looking and very adult animated return to the H.G. Wells story. Within are featured giant mech on Tri-Pod action, along with misty eyed children with really tight closeups. Goliath is written by David Abramowitz of Highlander fame and features the voice talents of Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, Adam Baldwin, Elizabeth Gracen, Jim Byrnes and many others. The official »

- endymi0n

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Trailer for animated steampunk epic War Of The Worlds: Goliath

19 August 2009 1:09 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Looking.. mighty.. fine! We first reported on this project back in June, but now that the first mech-tastic trailer just dropped today we're even more excited to check out Joe Pearson's War of the Worlds: Goliath. I mean, it's steampunk, it's got an interesting throwback animation style and more massive rampaging robot war machines then you can possibly imagine.

Synopsis:

In 1900, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian's 80 ft tall, heat-ray spewing, Tripod battle machines laid waste to the planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth’s tiny bacteria.

Fourteen years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind’s first line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. Based in a massive »

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Production Art for Steampunk Animated film War Of The Worlds: Goliath

21 June 2009 8:38 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

A sequel to H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic War of the Worlds with a steampunk edge?  Yes please!  I’ll let the production site do all the talking for this animated film:

In 1900, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian’s 80 ft tall, heat-ray spewing, Tripod battle machines laid waste to the planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth’s tiny bacteria.

Fourteen years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind’s first line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. Based in a massive fortress complex at the south end of Manhattan Island, the young warriors of A.R.E.S. train under the leadership of Secretary of War, Theodore Roosevelt, and the grim General Kushnirov. »

- Al Young

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Animated steampunk sequel goodness in War Of The Worlds: Goliath

20 June 2009 5:07 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Supposedly this will be narrated by Adrian Paul (you should all know who he is) who also plays the main character, War of the Worlds: Goliath is an animated to sequel to H.G. Well's famous nevel set in a steampunk world. It's a coming of age story which follows a group of people graduating from military school as the martians start invading, for the second time. It's produced by Tripod Entertainment (which I assume is the same prod company behind Reign of Fire) is directed by Joe Pearson, written by David Abramowitz and also involves Peter Wingfield, James Arnold Taylor, Elizabeth Gracen, Jim Byrnes and Adam Baldwin. The flick is currently in production with a dvd release scheduled for 2010. And we have a big concept art gallery to go along with the news!

In 1900, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian's 80 ft tall, »

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6 articles from 2009

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