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Gatchaman teaser and images

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Gatchaman
[adrotate banner=”1″]Gatchaman (ガッチャマン) is a live-action film based on the long-running anime series (the US version were known as Battle of the Planets, G-Force, and Eagle Riders) that will be released August 24, 2013. A teaser trailer was just dropped, along with an image containing character bio information for the main five team members. Basically, Gatchaman is like a Power Rangers Captain Planet.

Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor.

Starring:
Tori Matsuzaka as Eagle Ken
Go Ayano as Condor Joe
Ayame Gouriki as Swan Jun
Tatsuomi Hamada as Swallow Jinpei
Ryohei Suzuki as Owl Ryu


Gatchaman

Stonados storm SyFy, leave title pun wreckage in their wake…

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[adrotate banner=”1″]If you can’t wait for Sharknado, don’t fret, there is another tornado combo-pun title film popping up on SyFy April 27th with Stonados! Stonados is a disaster flick about a giant tornado that throws stones at everything in its path. Finally the true story of the tornadoes that haven’t sinned and thus can begin the stone-throwing armageddon Jesus talked about in the Bible! Experienced disaster film helmer Jason Bourque directs (Seattle Superstorm, Wildfire 7: The Inferno, The Two Coreys) and SyFy movie writer superstar Rafael Jordan wrote the script. You know his work: Dragon Wasps, Frost Giant, Star Runners, Hammer of the Gods, and the upcoming masterpieces Poseidon Rex, Jurassic Attack, and the new classic I just heard about, Ragin Cajun Redneck Gators!

TimesColonist has some of the filming details:

It stars Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill) as Joe, a widowed ex-storm chaser; Sebastian Spence (First Wave) as his former partner; Thea Gill (Queer as Folk) as a tough bureaucrat; and William B. Davis (The X-Files), as a lighthouse keeper.

Also featured are rising local stars Jessica McLeod (The Christmas Consultant) as Megan, Joe’s rebellious teenage daughter; Dylan Schmid (Once Upon a Time) as Jackson, her younger brother; and Grace Vukovic (Mulligans) as their friend Julie.

Coultish Management has some set photos from the filming:

Everyone had a great time on set and many got to experience movie magic with huge wind machines simulating the storm and big chunks of Styrofoam “stones” flying around set! Here are a few snapshots of some of our members on set!

Stonados sign

How powerful can the Stonado be if it can’t shut down Dave’s Java Hut?

New voices on TarsTarkas.NET

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Starting Saturday, posts from people who aren’t me are going to start appearing on TarsTarkas.NET. We’ve brought on some additional writers to help keep the site updates more regular, allowing me to still be productive while I also focus on more time-consuming projects like the podcasts and videos. It also means there will be actual good writing here and not just me blathering on about whatever dog I saw while out walking. Soooo many wiener dogs… Join me in welcoming Ian Maddison and Sheldrake to TarsTarkas.NET! Their posts will appear on the main site and will make TarsTarkas.NET a better place. Having previewed their work, I am excited, and you will be too.

If you or someone you know is interesting in writing for TarsTarkas.NET, details are in this post.

Cookie Monster For President

Hungry Hungry Hippos….will be a REAL FILM????!!

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Hungry Hungry Hippos Brian Cook
[adrotate banner=”1″]What in the flying monkey crap is happening to Earth, planet of humans, that makes jokes reality? Are we being zapped with Ironic Reality Rays from the Evil Skeletor and his gang of baddies? Because suddenly, everyone’s favorite joke board game movie will actually be a real movie! Hasbro has signed deals to bring more of their properties to the big screen. In addition to reviving the long-in-production Monopoly flick and optioning Action Man for some reason, Hungry Hungry Hippos is the third property in the deal with Emmett/Furla Films giving Hasbro the dump trucks full of cash it needs to get these films in production through their Universal subsidiary. Don’t worry, each film will cost less than $100 million, that way they will only lose lots of money instead of a ton of money.

Monopoly will be the first of the three films, probably because a lot of the ground work has already been done over the years. Ridley Scott is still listed as a producer, but I do not know if they will continue with the “guy wakes up in a Monopoly world” plot that was rumored years ago. All the films are being marketed as family films.

Emmett/Furla is also bankrolling The Tomb, Two Guns, and Broken City, so they’re posed to become very very rich. Which they will need when no one watches these Hasbro films. I mean, I can’t wait for Hungry Hungry Hippos!

I actually seriously can’t wait.

Via LATimes
Image created by Brian Cook

Grey Evil Smurfs!

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Evil Smurfs Naughties
[adrotate banner=”1″]These evil Smurfs called the Naughties are your villains for Smurfs 2: Smurf Smurfer. They are totally grey and not white like everyone ever thought when they first saw them. So don’t think that. Just know that the stranded Gargamel made them out of clay to help get revenge on the Smurfs, and thus they are evil because he made them that way (this is also the real origin of Smurfette!) The female is Vexy (Christina Ricci) and the male is Hackus (JB Smoove)

“Vexy is smart, and mischievous and has lots of attitude. Attitude to spare,” Gosnell says. “And she really does want to please her father.” That would be Gargamel, who would surely cringe at the title.

“Hackus, he’s just very funny and very physical,” Gosnell adds. “He’s the Tasmanian Devil meets a lovable puppy dog.”

The original Smurfs was shockingly not terrible when they weren’t singing, but just like the first one, the film will largely take place in our universe instead of the land of the Smurfs, which was where the first film was the strongest (and Hank Azaria and the cat Azrael stole the show!) Will Smurfs 2 surprise like the original? Can they build on the mythology? If this one is successful, can we finally have an all Smurfland Smurfs movie? The answers to all those questions are mysteries that won’t be solved for a while, so don’t hold your breath until you turn blue. Unless you are one of the Naughties!
via EW

TarsTarkas.NET is Hiring Writers

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TarsTarkas.NET is currently seeking additional writers to help keep this place active and diverse in film coverage. Articles can be film reviews and/or articles about cinema/cinematic concepts. There is no real set style/requirement, at this point I’m just looking for interesting things to post.

TarsTarkas.NET is an income-generating blog, meaning the blog earns a profit, even if it is not much. As such, I do not believe in having additional authors work for free while I reap the benefits. Let’s leave that crap to the HuffingtonPost.
So this is a paid position:
If you fulfill a minimum of three (3) articles of 750+ words in the three month period, your compensation is $8
If you fulfill a minimum of six (6) articles of 750+ words in the three month period, your compensation is $20

We currently do no generate enough income to justify higher payouts at this time. The minimum length rule is to prevent someone from slapping together a 20 word long post and calling it a day, and like all rules it can be bent. Fulfillment requirements are met when the articles are approved for publication, not when they’re published. I have final say as to what is acceptable and what is not. Payment will be made via PayPal. You are responsible for reporting on your taxes if so required.

Your writing should be done in your style, but should also be done as professional as possible (after all, you will be getting paid!) This means trying to follow basic grammar, keep typos to a minimum, and don’t just copy directly from Wikipedia/other sources. Articles that are more personal and rich with details generally more interesting, IMHO. Subjects can be about anything you want. A brief perusal of our recent reviews and articles will show TarsTarkas.NET has a broad movie subject matter but leans towards cult cinema. We may expand more into tv/comics/games/all that stuff at a later date.

Terms:
We only accept original work at TarsTarkas.NET. The articles must not have been published before in any format, nor be plagiarized from another source (if you plagiarize you will be immediately terminated!) TarsTarkas.NET retains unlimited rights publish the articles, and you may republish them wherever you like after 6 months from the original publishing date here.

Screenshots:
TarsTarkas.NET reviews generally contain a large amount of screen shots. You are not required to produce a large amount of pictures, but it is encouraged to have images of some sort. If you pull images from other sites, please source them. Please keep all images safe for work. I may be able to assist on getting images in certain cases.

If you are interested, please email some examples of your work to tarstarkas [at] tarstarkas.net preferably as word documents. If I’m interested, I will contact you with further details. If there are any further questions, feel free to ask me. I look forward to reading your applications.

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