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26 July 2008 12:01 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news
Watch a Realtvfilms.com interview with actor Christian Bale at “The Dark Knight” movie premiere in New York City. “The Dark Knight” by director Christopher Nolan (Memento) stars Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation) and Heath Ledger as The Joker. Plot: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Dark Knight videos and [...]
Brian Corder
25 July 2008 1:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news
The Joker strikes once again, take a look at the vandalized movie poster featuring Harvey Dent from the upcoming action film “The Dark Knight” by director Christopher Nolan (Memento), Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and starring Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation) and Heath Ledger. For more great movie posters and clips, be sure to visit the official Batman site, check it out here. Plot: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to [...]
Brian Corder
24 July 2008 11:50 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
Surely, this was the most unusual movie related story of the week: Christian Bale, during The Dark Knight's unprecedented box office blitzkrieg, arrested for assaulting his mother and sister. Now we're finding out more, both about the incident and other instances in which Bale's temper may have gotten the best of him.
The New York Daily News reports that Bale's older sister, Sharon, allegedly asked the star for $200,000 so she could raise her three children a little easier. But the story goes that Bale refused the offer to hand over the loot and the fight broke out over that.
During that fight, and here's where it gets murky for Christian, he is accused of pushing and shoving Sharon and their mother, who is 61. Now, according to source close to the case, Bale was provoked when his mother began insulting the actor's wife, Sandra Sibi Blazic.
What in the hell is going on here?
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Colin Boyd
24 July 2008 12:56 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news
See? All I have to do is ask and we get all sorts of cool stuff from the floor of Comic Con 2008! Check out some of the pics below, which feature new poster art for The Hills Run Red, Whiteout and Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, some weird random melty guy and two shots of a badass bust from Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds.
Thanks to Tristan and Nomad for the pics! More are on the way!
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Johnny Butane
23 July 2008 10:26 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Terminator Salvation director McG has claimed that the latest instalment in the sci-fi franchise will have a "surreal" visual style. In a posting on the film's official website, the Charlie's Angels filmmaker said: "We have set out to achieve a completely new visual style that hasn't been seen before... Basically, we are adding three times as much silver. "It creates a surreal texture that is in keeping with the notion of the entire picture - feeling detached from the world we know today." McG also praised the story contributions made by leading men Christian Bale and Sam Worthingon. (more)
By Simon Reynolds
23 July 2008 5:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Actor Christian Bale reportedly flew into a rage on the set of forthcoming film Terminator 4 last Friday - just two days before he is alleged to have assaulted his mother and sister.
The Batman star, 34, was arrested in London on Tuesday over allegations he attacked his mum Jenny, 61, and sister Sharon, 40, at the capital's Dorchester Hotel on Sunday night.
Bale - who has denied the accusations - was subsequently released on bail, but reports have now emerged online claiming that he also lost his temper while shooting action movie Terminator 4 at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
According to website TMZ.com, the actor became incensed when he thought Shane Hurlbut, the director of cinematography, messed up a shot.
The site claims Bale screamed, "I will kick your ass" to Hurlbut, before hurling several other insults at him - in front of hundreds of cast and crewmembers, as well as Military Police officers.
However, other sources have played down the reports, saying Bale was simply "extremely tired and having a bad day".
Bale is due to return to London to face possible assault charges in September.
23 July 2008 4:33 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
You may have noticed the words "Comic Con" popping up quite a bit recently as well as the teaser bar on every single page promoting our coverage, the little box on the homepage beneath the flash rotator and the box to the right promoting our most recent articles from said "Comic Con" and all point to the RopeofSilicon Comic Con 2008 Blog. Well, for those not in the know, Comic Con is an insanely large comic book convention down in San Diego, California that used to play host to hundreds of convention goers, but since Hollywood's arrival as they bring first look footage, trailers and the stars and directors of their comic book and sci-fi related films to the convention the hundreds have turned into upwards of 125,000 people. Some may consider Comic Con a geekfest of sorts, but considering The Dark Knight just beat Spider-Man 3 to become the largest weekend
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Brad Brevet
22 July 2008 1:09 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news
Watch the latest kick ass movie trailer from the upcoming sci-fi action film “Terminator Salvation” by director McG (We Are Marshall) and starring Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Josh Brolin and Common. Synopsis: Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark [...]
Brian Corder
21 July 2008 1:02 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news
Take a look at the first official movie still from the upcoming sci-fi action film “Terminator Salvation” by director McG (We Are Marshall) and starring Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Josh Brolin and Common. Synopsis: Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus [...]
Brian Corder
19 July 2008 10:21 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news
The Joker is at it again, here’s another vandalized movie poster featuring The Joker from the upcoming action film “The Dark Knight” by director Christopher Nolan (Memento), Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and starring Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation) and Heath Ledger. For more great movie posters and clips, be sure to visit the official Batman site, check it out here. Plot: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the [...]
Brian Corder
18 July 2008 9:01 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
This really has nothing to do with Christian Bale. Honest. I know this is the fourth or fifth story we've had featuring Bale today alone, but what can I say? The former indie God nobody in the mainstream ever thought about has become a full-fledged movie star, and now he's positioning two franchises at once.
The Dark Knight, as you may have heard by now, is in theaters now. And closely aligned with that is his new franchise, Terminator. Beginning with Terminator Salvation, Bale plays John Connor in the next trilogy, which should explain everything. Incidentally, because T2 is one of the great sequels ever made and because T3 was one of the better threequels (a rare feat), if the next three movies are in that vicinity, could this be among a handful of the best film series in history? I think if you're talking science fiction, it rises near
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Colin Boyd
18 July 2008 3:18 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
The Comedian ain't smilin'
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. just sent over five new images from Watchmen as well as a new image each for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Terminator Salvation. You can click on the following links to check out the respective galleries or you can click on any one of the thumbnails below as I have added the seven new images to their own gallery. Watchmen gallery click here Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince gallery click here Terminator Salvation gallery click here Or just click on one of the thumbs below for all seven new images in one gallery with captions...
Brad Brevet
18 July 2008 9:50 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
With Comic-Con set to fire up the San Diego Convention Center in less than a week, Entertainment Weekly has published a big preview looking at just a few of the exciting films that we can look forward to seeing this year. You can check out the entire preview at that link above, but I thought it would be best to show you the only three "exciting" previews they had. First up is another new photo for Terminator Salvation, which coming off of the first teaser trailer should keep people hyped up. Second, we've got my favorite part - a new Star Trek poster for J.J. Abrams' reboot. If you remember, we updated everyone last week and confirmed that Abrams won't be attending the con, but this new poster is definitely a sweet exclusive. Lastly, we've got the first photo from Sam Raimi's upcoming horror throwback Drag Me to Hell.
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Alex Billington
18 July 2008 6:21 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news
Watch an explosive new TV spot for the Warner Bros film “The Dark Knight” by director Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins) and starring Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain) and Michael Caine. Synopsis: Christopher Nolan steps back into the director’s chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis — the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero. Just as it begins to appear as if Batman, [...]
Brian Corder
18 July 2008 3:12 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Austrian actor Roland Kickinger has been cast as the T-800, the cyborg made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Terminator Salvation. Kickinger, who played Schwarzenegger in the 2005 film See Arnold Run, discussed his role in the McG-directed film with Clinton News Record. "There's a very strong scene in the film where John Connor for the first time meets the Terminator, and he doesn't know if (more)
By Simon Reynolds
17 July 2008 8:48 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
He's Arnold version 2.0. According to Ontario's Clinton News-Record - by way of AICN - Roland Kickinger will play the the mechanical killing machine in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. I have seen Kickinger before, oddly enough playing a character named Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yeah, turns out, in a made-for-tv movie, Kickinger played the Schwarz from his bodybuilding days into the early stages of his Hollywood career.
Apparently, Kickinger used to work out with Arnold, so this is almost like a rite of passage. Says the Austrain-born Kickinger (man, it's getting freaky), "He was a great mentor. I had several mentors, but Arnold… he's definitely an amazing inspiration." Shortly after it was announced Kickinger would succeed his mentor as a cyborg, he opened a chain of showbiz-themed restaurants with Frank Stallone and Rumer Willis and vowed to clean up California's environment.
He may have taken it too far.
Of course, when you're playing a cyborg,
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Colin Boyd
17 July 2008 5:09 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
It's getting harder and harder to keep these things a secret. We were supposed to see trailers for Terminator Salvation, Body of Lies, and Watchmen before The Dark Knight in theaters. In the past two days, all three have them have been posted online.
Sorry to spoil it for you.
For the record, Body of Lies is the bronze medal winner of the bunch, with the Terminator teaser coming in second place. But this thing...whoa, daddy. Now this is a trailer. I'm going to shut up now.
March 6, 2009. Be there.
Colin Boyd
17 July 2008 4:13 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
I really don’t know what’s going on, but I think this week’s is the year’s week of awesome trailers. First we got a quick look at Frank Miller’s “The Spirit.” Then we caught a glimpse of Christian Bale in “Terminator Salvation.” And now, we finally get a better idea of what Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” will look like on the big screen.
At this stage, I think it’s pretty safe to say that this flick looks amazing. The Smashing Pumpkins song fits right in, the visual effects look gorgeous and the footage of some of the film’s actions sequences is utterly captivating. But see for yourself below. “Watchmen” stars Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman and Carla Gugino. The flick opens March 6, 2009.
Franck Tabouring
17 July 2008 12:45 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
The first teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation just hit yesterday afternoon and today we gain even more insight into the highly anticipated (at least to me!) project slated for release in May of 2009. Ever since the film's announcement, a pressing question has been whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would reprise his role in some capacity (even as a cameo). Given the former Terminator's political standing, I've constantly brushed off the possibility. It seems I can continue to do so, since the Clinton News-Record out of Ontario (thanks AICN!) brings us word that Schwarzenegger-inspired bodybuilder Roland Kickinger (seen above) will assume the role that the "Governator" would have otherwise filled. Kickinger seems a smart choice considering the man's background. Similar to Schwarzenegger, Kickinger is from Austria, a career bodybuilder who recently turned to motion pictures. Of the original cyborg assassin, Kickinger says, "He was a great mentor. I had several mentors, but Arnold.
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Kevin Powers
17 July 2008 11:45 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
You know who shouldn't be allowed to use a southern accent? Russell Crowe. He got an Oscar nomination for A Beautiful Mind, which was a bad accent, and it's on proud display again in the new trailer for Body of Lies.
This trailer, of course, is one of the three hitting screens with The Dark Knight this weekend, along with Watchmen and Terminator Salvation. We had the Terminator teaser for you yesterday, and Watchmen...well, I guess they're holding on to that one for now.
I like a lot of the parts in Body of Lies, but I don't much love the trailer. It's a Ridley Scott movie, although this feels like a trailer for a Tony Scott movie (and I even like Tony...just not as much as his brother). The script is from Departed writer William Monahan. Leonardo DiCaprio is great, as we know, and Crowe can be
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Colin Boyd
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