The protest happened in the set of Batman new franchise. The prequel, The Dark Knight is filming in Hong Kong right now. The Director, Christopher Nolan, wants all the buildings and billboards along the set to keep their lights on all night for a week for the purpose of the movie. October Pictures has already sent letters to tenants and management company in 60 buildings.

Christopher Nolan loves Hongkong fantastic skyline at night,and he wants that to be captured in the movie. But this demand is facing protests from the environmentalists in Hong Kong. They said, it is waste of energy. They also complain, why film making is coming before environmental protection. Well, it seems Batman is a superhero that doesn’t really care about environment issues.

The Dark Knight is still on production now, and it will premiere next summer. It is a prequel to the 2005 hits, Batman Begins (HD-DVD and Widescreen). Christian Bale is still becoming Batman, while Heath Ledger will play as the Joker, one of Batman’s nemesis.

There are also Michael Caine as Alfred the butler, Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, and Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Bruce Wayne’s love interest.

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Still discussing about movie soundtrack. Most likely, the pace and genre of movie soundtrack is following the theme of movie. For fantasy theme, like Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter, the entire movie soundtrack will relate to Classic Orchestra music. Movie about speed, like Fast and Furious franchises relates to hip hop and beat music tone.

If you like futuristics action movies like Matrix, they tend to feature Rock music. But, if you like countryroad action movies like The Dukes of Hazzard, the theme won’t go anywhere besides country. Wanna grab free ring tones? There are tons out there in the Internet. Choose your favorite genre, whether it is rock ringtone or country ringtone. May you can share your favorite songs to others.

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Some people may have been dissatisfied with Jumper, a movie about special people who can move through anything. As we all know the duration, is less than 2 hours. To be exact, it runs in 90 minutes. Big budget movie, hoping to gain the money back in box office, only create 90 minutes long movie?

I think it has been a trend lately, Cloverfield and Rambo (the fourth), are also has less than 2 hours in duration. Are the director (and the crew) has already run out of creativity? Why can’t they make 30 minutes extension? Probably, another trend is releasing director’s uncut version.

I think I should pay just three quarter of the regular price instead.

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Hasbro confirmed that the G.I. Joe movie, that been created with Paramount Pictures and scheduled to be launched in 2009, will not change the entity. According to its official release, Hasbro said that they are not changing what the G.I. Joe brand is about. The name “G.I. Joe” will always be synonymous with bravery and heroism.

Later on, The G.I. Joe team will not be based in Brussels. Instead, they will be based out of the “Pit”, as they were throughout the 1980s comic book series. And, in keeping with the G.I. Joe vs. Cobra fantasy, the movie will feature characters and locations from around the world.

Before watching the 2009 version, let’s take a look back to 1987 version, directed by Don Jurwich. For die hard fans, the action figures may interest you.

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Movie soundtrack definitely has major role in make a film success. A film like Armageddon for example, well known for the remake of John Denver’s Leaving on the Jet Plane, sung by Chantal Kreviazuk. We can buy the compilation CD and play it in your house or car, but sometimes we do really really like it and want to show other people our favorite songs. How can we do it, telling other people again and again without any effort? Simple, why don’t we set our favorite movie soundtrack as our cellphone’s ringtone.

The next question is, where can we find such ringtone? There are lot of free ringtones provider in the Internet. No need to worry. We can choose any compilation available. From hip hop ringtones to dance ringtones, just choose anything that resemble our personality. Now we can show to everyone our favorite, right?

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Yes it is official. And it is already begun the production in New York. New Line and HBO finally announced their partnership on the movie in July 2007. Michael Patrick King will be the director and producer.

The four central actresses remain the same, Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobes and Kristin Davis as Charlotte York. Chris Noth also signed in as the fabulous Mr. Big. The film will take shoot in New York, Rodeo Drive, Malibu, and Mexico.

Jennifer Hudson plays role in this movie. She is starring as Carrie’s new assistant, named Louis, described as a fashionable and sharp African-American woman, moved from St. Louis to New York to find love.

There is a serious buzz about Sex and the City: The Movie’s plot story. From the production photos, there are pictures of Carrie Bradshaw wearing wedding gown (or white dress that looks like wedding gown?) with veil on her head and also bouquet of white roses in her hands. Will Carrie Bradshaw tie the knot? Will it be with Mr. Big?

The movie will be release in USA on 30 May 2008. Will this movie compete with the other summer blockbuster movies 2008? Well, one thing for sure, Sex in The City has a whole wide fan based in the world. Successful novel based series fans will wait for this.

Source: NYC Daily News

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The official poster is out !! If you see the shadow is from the very last scene of Casino Royale, where Bond shoots the villain character in his driveway and comes walking up with that very same gun. Quantum of Solace pick up right where Casino Royale end.

The title of the new James Bond Franchise is officially out. It is James Bond 22: Quantum of Solace. The title is taken from short stories published by Bond creator, Ian Fleming in 1960.

In Quantum of Solace Bond will travel to Austria, Italy and South America. The story will focuses on Bond’s attempt to get revenge and uncover the truth about Vesper, the girl he fell in love with in Casino Royale.

If you talk about James Bond’s movies there will be another important element. The Villain and of course the famous Bond’s Girl. In Quantum of Solace, Mathieu Amalric is playing as Dominic Greene. He is James Bond’s villain who works under the cover of an organization known as Green Planet. This seemingly harmless front wants to control one of the world’s most important natural resources and in order to do so, Greene makes a deal with an exiled South American general to get him back into power.

Olga Kurylenko, an Ukrainian actress star as the new Bond girl. She plays Camille, who is after revenge like Bond is.

Quantum of Solace will arrive in theaters on November 7th. And Marc Forster (Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner) is directed this movie.

It spreads out that Golden Compass, the first of His Dark Trilogy, turned out to has an anti religion theme. The movie that being released last December has drawing concerned from Christian. Is it really true?

His Dark Trilogy (paperback and hardcover) is created by Phillip Pullman, award winner for children literature in 1995 and 1997, who reveal himself as devoted atheist. The series themselves tell about the adventure of streetwise girl who travels through multiple worlds populated by witches, armored-plated bears, and assassins to defeat the oppressive forces of senile God.

Pullman himself told that he doesn’t profess any religion. He doesn’t think it’s possible that there is a God. He has the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ’spiritual’ or ’spirituality’. So be careful when you accompany your children watching the movie.

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