Director: Jonathan English
Cast: Kate Mara, Jason Flemyng, William Moseley, Paul Giamatti, Robert Carlyle
Release Date: 2010
Summary:
It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal to the Magna Carta, a noble, seminal document that upheld the rights of free-men. Yet within months of pledging […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Books and Movies on January 20th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
From the Huffington Post:
The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” has been released and it looks to be a classic Scott epic filled with lots of gritty violence. Starring Russell Crowe, who Scott worked with in his previous film “Gladiator,” as the legendary archer and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, the film is scheduled […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Books and Movies on December 15th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“Mel Gibson will direct and Leonardo DiCaprio will star in an untitled period drama set in the world of Viking culture. William Monahan is writing the script.
Graham King will produce with Gibson and Tim Headington in a co-production between King’s GK Films and Gibson’s Icon Productions. Shooting is expected to begin fall, 2010, meaning that […]
Filed under: Vikings, Books and Movies on December 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Baltasar Kormakur, Iceland’s best known film director, has started work on a new high-budget Viking movie. This will be the most expensive film ever made in Iceland with an estimated budget of 60 million dollars.”
Read the rest of the article at IceNews.
Hopefully, this movie will be better than Outlander, a medieval viking / sci-fi fantasy […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Books and Movies on June 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
I normally stick to posts about medieval history and fantasy novels, but since I’m a fan of Ernest Hemingway, I thought I’d post about this when I saw the article.
Apparently, plans are in the works for creating a movie based on the last years of Ernest Hemingway’s life and his creation of The Old Man […]
Filed under: Books and Movies, Literary News on May 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
George R.R. Martin posted the following on his blog this week in regards to the Song of Ice and Fire series on HBO:
At last it can be told.
The news has finally been made public, so I’m finally free to whoop and holler and share the great news — the HBO pilot of A GAME OF […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Books and Movies on April 23rd, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The first photo has been released for the new Robin Hood movie starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott. The release date is set for May 14, 2010. The film includes the following actors:
Mark Strong (Endgame, Body of Lies)
Cate Blanchett
Scott Grimes (E.R., Band of Brothers)
Kevin Durand (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Lost, 3:10 to Yuma)
William Hurt […]
Filed under: Books and Movies on April 22nd, 2009 | 8 Comments »
“HBO has just exercised its option, and purchased the television rights to A Game of Thrones,” according to the latest from George R.R. Martin’s blog. While HBO may have purchased the rights, the project has not yet been “greenlighted” and remains in development for the time being.
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fiction, Fantasy, Books and Movies on September 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m about a month late on this news, but this was the first time I read about it. I was on vacation about the time this story came out.
Apparently, Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to make a film adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy Wheel of Time series. The first film in the series will […]
Filed under: Fiction, Fantasy, Books and Movies, Literary News on September 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve actually never read any of the Harry Potter novels or seen any of the films (I’ve caught bits and pieces when it’s come on TV), but this new film looks a lot darker than trailers for the other films. That’s good. I like the darker imagery.
This MTV article describes the film as “bold, intense, […]
Filed under: Books and Movies on July 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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