Last week "Ender's Game" fans everywhere rejoiced at the news that the beloved novel by Orson Scott Card is getting closer to a long-awaited big screen adaptation. Director Gavin Hood ("X-Men Origins: Wolverine") along with dynamic writing/producing duo Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ("Star Trek," "Cowboys and Aliens") announced - via Orci's Twitter account - that they are currently shopping the project around town.
MTV News recently caught up with Orci during a preview screening of one of he and Kurtzman's many other projects, "Transformers: Prime," where we asked him how things are going with "Game."
“The first thing is to set it up somewhere," he said. "The last 48 hours I’ve been running around trying to sell the damn thing, and someone needs to get some guts, and get in here and buy it."
On that note, Orci called out Hasbro by name, the same company that produces "Transformers: Prime" on its shared venture with Discovery, The Hub.
Roger Hargreaves' classic "Mr. Men" books were a staple of my childhood. My mother might even tell you I had an especially close relationship with "Mr. Messy" (I still do). So it is with no small amount of joy that I greet the news today of a planned "Mr. Men" animated film!
Best Supporting Actress. It's a category that's notorious for being a wild card race and now one of its nominees has become just that -- a wild card.
It's as easy to spend a day surfing through IMDb as it is to waste hours of time on Wikipedia or Facebook, and when it comes to actors I love returning to on the website,
They are some of the most feared, respected and controversial men in Hollywood... and now they are facing off against each other.
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'Snow White' Lands Julia Roberts As Evil Queen, So How Does She Stack Up Against Charlize Theron?
Posted 2/8/11 6:10 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary, Humor
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? As previously reported on this blog, audiences can look forward to competing adaptations of the classic fairytale Snow White.
There’s "Snow White and the Huntsmen," with Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen, and also "The Brothers Grimm: Snow White," where Deadline pretty much confirms that Julia Roberts will inhabit the same role. Looks like we’ve got a face-off between two of Hollywood’s premiere A-list actresses!
We thought we’d place the two stars side by side to see who is a better fit for the requirements of the role and who will emerge as the true Evil Queen. May the best woman win!
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