JULY, 15

500 RELEASES!


FIRST FLIGHT

Sci-Fi / Adventure

The Cast: Matthew Fox, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane

The Director and Producer: JJ Abrams
The Screenwriter: Ben Goldey

The Plot:

The film starts with the introduction of Andrew West, a sixteen year old boy, in his back yard leaning against a tree and staring up to the night sky. He is interrupted by a comet shooting across the sky. He is called in by his mother who tells him to stop wasting his time looking at nothing.

25 years later

Andrew West (M.Fox), now a tall broad-shouldered man, dressed in full colonel’s uniform. Now a seasoned veteran of the space program, he has been chosen to command humanities first journey out of the confines of the solar system. With her crew onboard, the “Mark 3 Destination Cruiser”, the SCIENTIA exits the earth’s atmosphere and sets course for the outer reaches of the solar system.

Unbeknownst to the crew, a rogue element has assumed the identities of the engineering crew and plan to use the craft’s advanced weaponry to disarm the United States government and hold the rest of the world’s major powers to ransom. Having being assisted by Micah Oakes (T.Gibson), the mission specialist the element begin to systematically render the SCIENTIA’s crew incapacitated.

Rogue Spear (W.Dafoe) and his crew commandeer the ships bridge and engine control room and begin to orbit the earth. Above the United States the leader of the element, Rogue Spear gives its leaders just 10 hours to surrender control of its major resources and armaments or suffer the greatest loss of life since the great wars of the 20th century.

As a sign of his willingness the leader launches the advanced weaponry aboard the SCIENTIA destroying 2 earlier Mark 1 cruisers sent to escort the SCIENTIA.

Awaking in the mess room under guard, Colonel West and his command crew (minus Micah) realise the predicament they are in and begin to covertly and efficiently sabotage the efforts of the element. Separating into 2 teams, West takes a small team to retake the bridge, whilst his XO and best friend Eugene Tomlinson (C.Evans) takes a larger group to assault the engine room.

Fire fights break out throughout the ship with minor losses on both sides. In the engine room, Tomlinson finds himself face to face with the leader of the element; a fist fight ensues with Tomlinson overpowering his older opponent. But the rashness of Tomlinson leads to his undoing, turning his back on Rogue Spear to redirect power away from weapons; a knife is plunged into the chest of Tomlinson. Falling to the ground Tomlinson appears still…

Meanwhile on the bridge, West and his team have retaken control of the ship but main power has been lost. Leaving young private Maria Soyuz (Z.Saldana) in charge he heads down to the engine room. Before leaving however, he and Maria share a consoling hug as they come to the realisation that Tomlinson has gone silent. She worries for his safety and asks West to “Bring him back to us sir”

Upon arrival at the engine room door West is confronted by Micah, who reveals that he was the one who helped the Element and did so under oath from a higher order. West disbelieves this and explains that what the element is doing is genocide and many have died and many more will do so. Micah stands to his patriotic duty and assists his commander in overpowering the remaining forces of the element. They find Tomlinson and pronounce him dead; West uses the internal sensors to locate the only odd lifesign, deducing that this must be the last remaining element member he heads off after him, taking the knife from Tomlinson he intends to return it in kind to its owner.

Cornering the elements leader a struggle begins with both taking the upper hand and coming close to defeating the other. Realising that he needs the leader alive West attempts to subdue Spear, but is left reeling from a forearm to the head. Using a remote linkup with the engine room, Spear tries to complete his objective through drastic means by crashing the ship into the earth at a great speed.

Locked out and unable to redirect the ship, Soyuz orders an evacuation. Having been unable to reach West by comm link, Micah heads after him. Confronting Spear standing over West’s body he can only watch as West, feigning injury rises up and drills the knife into Spears neck killing him instantly. Both head for the engine room in an attempt to disable the lockout and regain control but realise it is too late and the ship will impact the east coast of USA in a matter of minutes. The 2 climb in an escape pod and jettison, watching as the ship plummets they feel helpless as their pod joins the others in orbit.

The remaining crew look stunned as they witness the ships auxiliary engines ignite and fire with just enough force to push the stricken vessel away from the land and into the Pacific Ocean. The SCIENTIA crashes into the ocean and is destroyed…

2 weeks later

The final scenes depict West delivering his report to his commanding officers. Also shown is the funeral of Tomlinson and a distraught Soyuz. West is left with a bitter feeling and begins to question how such a large group could slip past undetected.

The End. – Credits roll

During the credits a scene is shown of West’s commanding officer (I.McShane) meeting with a hidden figure, who as the camera pans round is revealed to be Micah who insists that Rogue Spear was imbalanced and incapable of the job and claiming that only he can finish what has been started…


Stark’s Comment:
Another one of those productions that have it all to become a big blockbuster. Nothing should go wrong here.

Behind The Scenes:
-Ben Goldey makes his debut as CMP’s screenwriter with this movie.
-All the movies directed or produced by JJ Abrams for CMP have made net gains.
-Besides the tv series ‘Lost’, Matthew Fox and Abrams have met before in CMP in ‘Dark They Were, And Golden Eyed’, produced by Abrams.
-Abrams has directed Willem Dafoe before in CMP in ‘Earth 3K’.
-Out of CMP, Abrams and Zoe Saldana met in ‘Star Trek’.

THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

Fantasy / Musical

The Cast: James Franco, Freddy Rodriguez, Christopher Walken, Tilda Swinton, Tom Baker, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins

The Director, Producer and Screenwriter: Ben Tyler

The Plot:

Keep your fingers out of my eye. While I cut I like to glance at the butterflies in glass that lie scattered about the reels and cans. The people in memory are pinned to events I can't recall too well, but I'm putting one down to watch him break up, decompose and feed another sort of life. The one in question is all fully biodegradable material and categorized as 'Rael'. Rael hates me, I like Rael, -- yes, even ostriches have feelings, but our relationship is something both of us are learning to live with. Rael likes a good time, I like a good rhyme, but you won't see me directly anymore -- he hates my being around. So if his story doesn't stand, I might lend a hand, you understand? (ie. the rhyme is planned, dummies).

The sun and credits rise over Manhattan. James Franco isRael Syria Egypt Transjordan and Palestine. And Through the Wire Rael soldiers on, searching high and low for brother John (Freddy Rodriguez, dormez vous?). Witness, all ye gathered, a rare encounter with Death itself (or as you know him, Christopher Walken - he's such a fine dancer). Come on, come all, see the venerable Tom Baker making his debut to our fair studio as a rather randy monk. Also costarring the delicious talents of Tilda Swinton as Lilith, Peter Gabriel as King of the Slippermen and the Dreamdoll Saleslady, and Phil Collins as the good Doktor Dyper. Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Steve Hackett round out our Chorus, who will turn up in many unexpected places throughout the film - look real closely and you'll see them in the production line at the Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging. You've met the gang, now let's begin.

The flickering needle jumps into red. New York crawls out of its bed. The weary guests are asked to leave the warmth of the all-night theater, having slept on pictures others only dream on. The unpaid extras disturb the Sleeping Broadway. WALK to the left DON'T WALK to the right: on Broadway, directions don't look so bright. Autoghosts keep the pace for the cabman's early mobile race.

Enough of this--our hero is moving up the subway stairs into daylight. Beneath his leather jacket he holds a spray gun which has left the message R-A-E-L in big letters on the wall leading underground. It may not mean much to you but to Rael it is part of the process going towards 'making a name for yourself.' When you're not even a pure-bred Puerto Rican the going gets tough and the tough gets going.

With casual sideways glances along the wet street, he checks the motion in the steam to look for potential obstruction. Seeing none, he strides along the sidewalk, past the drugstore with iron guard being removed to reveal the smile of the toothpaste girl, past the nightladies and past Patrolman Frank Leonowich (48, married, two kids) who looks at Rael in much the same way that other Patrolmen look at him, and Rael only just hides that he is hiding something.

And the lamb lies down on Broadway.

Yes, in the midst of all of this, from out of the steam a little lamb lies down. Can you believe it? This lamb has nothing whatsoever to do with Rael, or any other lamb --it just lies down on Broadway.

The sky is overcast and as Rael looks back a dark cloud is descending like a balloon into Times Square. It rests on the ground and shapes itself into a hard edged flat surface, which solidifies and extends itself all the way East and West along 47th Street and reaching up to the dark sky. As the wall takes up its tension it becomes a screen showing what had existed in three dimensions, on the other side just a moment before. The image flickers and then cracks like painted clay and the wall silently moves forward, absorbing everything in its path. The unsuspecting New Yorkers are apparently blind to what is going on.

Rael starts to run away towards Columbus Circle. Each time he dares to take a look, the wall has moved another block. At the moment when he thinks he's maintaining is distance from the wall, the wind blows hard and cold slowing down his speed. The wind increases, dries the wet street and picks up the dust off the surface, throwing it into Rael's face. More and more dirt is blown up and it begins to settle on Rael's skin and clothes, making a solid layered coat that brings him gradually to a terrified stillness. A sitting duck.

The moment of impact bursts through the silence and in a roar of sound, the final second is prolonged in a world of echoes as if the concrete and clay of Broadway itself was reliving its memories. The last great march past. Newsman stands limp as a whimper as audience and event are locked as one. Bing Crosby coos "You don't have to feel pain to sing the blues, you don't have to holla -- you don't feel a thing in your dollar collar." Martin Luther King cries "Everybody Sing" and rings the grand old liberty bell. Leary, weary of his prison cell, walks on heaven, talks on hell. JFK gives the OK to shoot us, sipping Orange Julius and Lemon Brutus. Bare breasted cowboy double decks the triple champion. Who needs Medicare and the 35c flat rate fare, when Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are dancing through the air? From Broadway Melody stereotypes the band returns to 'Stars and Stripes' bringing a tear to the moonshiner, who's been pouring out his spirit from the illegal still. The pawn broker clears the noisy till and clutches his lucky dollar bill. Then the blackout.

Rael regains consciousness in some musky half-light. He is warmly wrapped in some sort of cocoon. The only sound he can hear is dripping water which appears to be the source of a pale flickering light. He guesses he must be in some sort of cave -- or kooky tomb, or catacomb, or eggshell waiting to drop from the bone of the womb. Whatever it is, he feels serene, very clean, and content as a well kept dummy with hot water in his tummy, so why worry what it means? Resigning himself to the unknown he drifts off into sleep.

He wakes in a cold sweat with a strong urge to vomit. There's no sign of the cocoon and he can see more of the cave about him. There is much more of the glowing water dripping from the roof and stalactites and stalagmites are forming and decomposing at an incredible rate all around him. As fear and shock register, he assures himself that self-control will provide some security, but this thought is abandoned as the stalactites and stalagmites lock into a fixed position, forming a cage whose bars are moving in towards him. At one moment there is a flash of light and he sees an infinite network of cages all strung together by a ropelike material. As the rocky bars press in on Rael's body, he sees his brother John outside, looking in. John's face is motionless despite screams for help, but in his vacant expression a tear of blood forms and trickles down his cheek. Then he calmly walks away leaving Rael to face the pains which are beginning to sweep through his body. However, just as John walks out of sight, the cage dissolves and Rael is left spinning like a top.

When all this revolution is over, he sits down on a highly polished floor while his dizziness fades away. It is an empty modern hallway and the dreamdoll saleslady sits at the reception desk. Without prompting she goes into her rap: "This is the Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging, those you are about to see are all in for servicing, except for a small quantity of our new product, in the second gallery. It is all the stock required to cover the existing arrangements of the enterprise. Different batches are distributed to area operators, and there are plenty of opportunities for the large investor. They stretch from the costly care-conditioned to the most reasonable mal-nutritioned. We find here that everyone's looks become them. Except for the low market mal-nutritioned, each is provided with a guarantee for a successful birth and trouble free infancy. There is however only a small amount of variable choice potential -- not too far from the mean differential. You see, the roof has predetermined the limits of action of any group of packages, but individuals may move off the path if their diversions are counter-balanced by others." She pulls the lever and Rael slides down to the factory floor.

As he wanders along the line of packages, Rael notices a familiarity in some of their faces. He finally comes upon some of the members of his old gang and worries about his own safety. Running out through the factory floor, he catches sight of his brother John with a number 9 stamped on his forehead.

No-one seems to take up the chase, and with the familiar faces fresh in his mind he moves into a reconstruction of his old life, above ground—

Too much time was one thing he didn't need, so he used to cut through it with a little speed. He was better off dead, than slow in the head. His momma and poppa had taken a ride on his back, so he left very quickly to join The Pack. Only after a spell in Pontiac reformatory was he given any respect in the gang. Now, walking back home after a raid, his hands still soaked in blood and gasoline, he was cuddling a sleeping porcupine.

That night he pictured the removal of his hairy heart and to the accompaniment of very romantic music he watched it being shaved smooth by an anonymous stainless steel razor. The palpitating cherry-red organ was returned to its rightful place and began to beat faster as it led our hero, counting out time, through his first romantic encounter.

He had purchased a book entitled 'Erogenous Zones and Difficulties in Overcoming Finding Them'. After many months of serious and devoted study, the moment of realization came. He found himself an opposite number and completed his entire numerical motions in a mere 78 seconds. This magnificent piece of masculine performance left his opposite number a little less than titillated.

He returns from his mixed-up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in. This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor. The walls are painted in red ochre and are marked by strange insignia, some looking like a bulls-eye, others of birds and boats. Further down the corridor, he can see some people; all kneeling. With broken sighs and murmurs they struggle, in their slow motion to move towards a wooden door at the end. Having seen only the inanimate bodies in the Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging, Rael rushes to talk to them.

"What's going on?" he cries to a muttering monk, who conceals a yawn and replies "It's a long time yet before the dawn." A sphinx-like crawler calls his name saying "Don't ask him, the monk is drunk. Each one of us is trying to reach the top of the stairs, a way out will await us there." Not asking how he can move freely, our hero goes boldly through the door. Behind a table loaded with food, is a spiral staircase going up into the ceiling.

At the top of the stairs he finds a chamber. It is almost a hemisphere with a great many doors all the way round its circumference. There is a large crowd, huddled in various groups. From the shouting, Rael learns that there are 32 doors, but only one that leads out. Their voices get louder and louder until Rael screams "Shut up!" There is a momentary silence and then Rael finds himself the focus as they direct their advice and commands to their new found recruit. Bred on trash, fed on ash the jigsaw master has got to move faster. Rael sees a quiet corner and rushes to it. He stands by a middle-aged woman, with a very pale skin who is quietly talking to herself. He discovers she is blind and asking for a guide. "What's the use of a guide if you got nowhere to go" asks Rael. "I've got somewhere to go," she replies "if you take me through the noise, I'll show you. I'm a creature of the caves and I follow the way the breezes blow."

He leads her across the room and they leave the crowd, who dismiss their departure as certain to fail. When through the door, the woman leads Rael down the tunnel. The light of the chamber soon fades and despite her confident step Rael often stumbles in the darkness.

After a long walk they arrive in what Rael judges to be a big round cave, and she speaks a second time asking him to sit down. It feels like a cold stone throne. "Rael, sit here. They will come for you soon. Don't be afraid." And failing to explain any more she walks off. He faces his fear once again.

A tunnel is lit up to the left of him, and he begins to shake. As it grows brighter, the hears a non-metallic whirring sound. The light is getting painfully bright, reflecting as white off the walls until his vision is lost in a sort of snow blindness. He panics, feels around for a stone and hurls it at the brightest point. The sound of breaking glass echoes around the cave.

As his vision is restored he catches sight of two golden gloves about one foot in diameter hovering away down the tunnel. When they disappear a resounding crack sears across the roof, and it collapses all around him. Our hero is trapped once again.

"This is it" he thinks, failing to move any of the fallen rocks. There's not much spectacle for an underground creole as he walks through the gates of Sheol. "I would have preferred to have been jettisoned into a thousand pieces in space, or filled with helium and floated above a mausoleum. This is no way to pay my last subterranean homesick dues. Anyway I'm out of the hands of any pervert embalmer doing his interpretation of what I should look like, stuffing his cotton wool in my cheeks."

Exhausted by all this conjecture, our hero gets the chance in a lifetime to meet his hero: Death. Death is wearing a light disguise, he made the outfit himself. He calls it the "Supernatural Anaesthetist." Death likes meeting people and wants to travel. Death approaches Rael with his special canister, releases a puff, and appears to walk away content into the wall.

Rael touches his face to confirm he is still alive. He writes Death off as an illusion, but notices a thick musky scent hanging in the air. He moves to the corner where the scent is stronger, discovering a crack in the rubble through which it is entering. He tries to shift the stones and eventually clears a hole large enough to crawl out of. The perfume is even stronger on the other side and he sets off to find its source, with a new-found energy.

He finally reaches a very ornate pink-water pool. It is lavishly decorated with gold fittings. The walls around the pool are covered with a maroon velvet up which honeysuckle is growing. From out of the mist on the water comes a series of ripples. Three snakelike creatures are swimming towards Rael. Each reptilian creature has the diminutive head and breasts of a beautiful woman. his horror gives way to infatuation as their soft green eyes show their welcome. The Lamia invite him to taste the sweet water and he is quick to enter the pool. As soon as he swallows it, a pale blue luminescent fluid drips off from his skin. The Lamia lick the liquid; very gently as they begin, with each new touch, he feels the need to give more and more. They knead his flesh until his bones appear to melt, and at a point at which he feels he cannot go beyond, they nibble at his body. Taking in the first drops of his blood, their eyes blacken and their bodies are shaken. Distraught with helpless passion he watches as his lovers die. In a desperate attempt to bring what is left of them into his being, he takes and eats their bodies, and struggles to leave his lovers' nest.

Leaving by the same door from which he had come in, he finds some sort of freaks ghetto on the other side. When they catch sight of him, the entire street of distorted figures burst into laughter. One of the colony approaches him. He is grotesque in every feature, a disjointed mess of lumps and stumps.

His lips slip across his chin as he smiles in welcome and offers his slippery handshake. Rael is a little disillusioned, when the Slipperman reveals that the entire colony have one-by-one been through the same glorious romantic tragedy with the same three Lamia, who regenerate themselves every time, and that now Rael shares their physical appearance and shadowy fate.

Amongst the contorted faces of the Slippermen, Rael recognizes what is left of his brother John. They hug each other, John bitterly explains that the entire life of the Slipperman is devoted to satisfying the never-ending hunger of the senses, which has been inherited from the Lamia. There is only one escape route; a dreaded visit to the notorious Doktor Dyper who will remove the source of the problems, or to put it less politely, castrate.

They discuss the deceptively-named escape for a long time and decide to go together to visit the Doktor. They survive the ordeal and are presented with the offensive weapons in sterile yellow plastic tubes, with gold chains. "People usually wear them around their necks," said the Doktor handing them over. "The operation does not necessarily exclude use of the facility again, for short periods, but of course when you want it you must provide us with considerable advance warning." As the brothers talk themselves through their new predicament, a big black raven flies into the cave, swoops down, grabs Rael's tube right out of his hands and carries it up into the air in his beak. Rael calls for John to go with him.

And he replies, "I will not chase a black raven. Down here you must read and obey the omens. There's disaster where the raven flies." So once more John deserts his brother.

The bird leads Rael down a narrow tunnel, he seems to be allowing him to keep at a closed distance. But as Rael thinks he might almost catch hold of the bird, the tunnel opens and finishes at an enormous subterranean ravine. Casually, the raven drops his precious load into the rushing waters at the bottom. It's enough to drive a poor boy ravin' mad.

Seeing the dangers of the steep cliff, our courageous hero stands impotent and glowers. He follows a small path running along the top, and watches the tube bobbing up and down in the water as the fast current carries it away. However, as he walks around a corner Rael sees a skylight above him, apparently built into the bank. Through it he can see the green grass of home. Well, not exactly; he can see Broadway. His heart, now a little bristly, is shaken by a surge of joy and he starts to run, arms wide open, to the way out. At this precise point in time his ears pick up a voice screaming for help. Someone is struggling in the rapids below. It's John. He pauses for a moment remembering how his brother had abandoned him. Then the window begins to fade -- it's time for action.

He rushes to the cliff and scrambles down the rocks. It takes him a long time to get down to the water, trying to keep up with the current at the same time. As he nears the water's edge he sees John losing strength. He dives down into the cold water. At first he is thrown onto the rocks, and pulled under the water by a fast moving channel, which takes him right past John, down river. Rael manages to grab a rock, pull himself to the surface and catch his breath. As John is carried past, Rael throws himself in again and catches hold of his arm. He knocks John unconscious and then locking themselves together, he rides the rapids into the slow running water, where he can swim to safety.

But as he hauls his brother's limp body onto the bank he lies him out and looks hopefully into his eyes for a sign of life. He staggers back in recoil, for staring at him with eyes wide open is not John's face -- but his own.

Rael cannot look away from those eyes, mesmerized by his own image. In a quick movement, his consciousness darts from one face to the other, then back again, until his presence is no longer solidly contained in one or the other.

In this fluid state he observes both bodies outlined in yellow and the surrounding scenery melting into a purple haze. With a sudden rush of energy up both spinal columns, their bodies, as well, finally dissolve into the haze.

All this takes place wIThout a single sunset, wIThout a single bell ringing, and wIThout a single blossom falling from the sky. Yet IT fills everything with ITs mysterious InToxIcaTing presence. IT's over to you.


Stark’s Comment:
What can I say about this film? The return of Ben Tyler to CMP is the most indefinable movie ever produced by the Studio. I’ll just wait and see what the audiences and critics reaction may be.

Behind The Scenes:
-This film is based on the rock album of the same title released by Genesis in 1974
-Ben Tyler returns with this movie to CMP after 9 Seasons away.
-Tyler has directed before for CMP the film ‘Captain Planet’ and one of the short stories in ‘Tales Of The Unexpected’.
-Tyler won the Best Screenplay GMA with his very first screenplay, ‘Schroedinger’s Litterbox’. He was nominated again with ‘Tales Of The Unexpected’.
-James Franco refused the offer to star past Season ‘Mario’ because he wanted to concentrate on this project.
-Besides Gabriel and Collins, the other former members of Genesis – Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Steve Hackett, can also be seen on the movie.

L.A. WOLF

Action / Crime

The Cast: Nathan Fillion, Jennifer Garner, Peter O’Toole, Paul Bettany, Liam Neeson, Nicholas Hoult, Richard Jenkins, James Cromwell

The Director and Screenwriter: Chad Taylor
The Producer: Silver Lining Entertainment

The Plot:

Cigar smoke fills the gaping holes in a crowded bar, where everyone is watching the Los Angeles Rams play the San Francisco 49ers in a heated playoff game. The Rams fail to score a touchdown, yet kick a field goal to take a 3-0 lead. Everyone in the bar still cheers, as the fans in Candlestick Park grow anxious.

David Wolfe (N.Fillion),a clean,smiling young man, sits at his desk in work, with no sound but the radio calling the game. He does paperwork, as every light in the office is out, except for the one over his desk.The camera goes back and forth between the game and his writings. Suspense adds up as the announcer comentates Joe Montana rearing back and throwing a ball up in the air for grabs. Then all of the lights in the office turn on,startling David who drops his pen.

Daniel Seymour (Liam Neeson) stands at the light switch. To David, he’s always been a bit of an asshole. But aren’t all bosses? Daniel’s father Richard is the CEO of the company, and is considered increasingly more kind than his son. “Sorry David. You know how things are going these days. Less and less jobs available. More hungry candidates. And unfortunately,I think you know why I have to do this.” He hands him a letter of termination.”And the San Francisco 49ers take control of 1990 NFC Championship Game.” the announcer claims.

Now to 2004, and we’re at the same bar. David sits there taking a drink,listening to the live band playing. His pager goes off,but he ignores it. After their set finishes up, he leaves the bar,and wanders his way home, walking. On the way, he notices a few hoodlums breaking into a closed convenient store. “Hey!LAPD!” He pulls out his badge and gun, and the kids take off. Except for one, who briefly turns around, see’s David, and stops in his tracks. “Shit dad,really?” “How many fucking times have I told you that you’re too-” “Too old for this,yeah I get it. I’m sure you weren’t exactly Shirley Temple when you were 20 either.” “Shirley Temple was a 5-year-old actresses who sang happy songs in movies. I wouldn’t care if you were Arthur Fonzarelli, as long you’re not selling drugs and breaking into stores. I mean what the fuck, Donovan?” “Who’s Arthur Fonzarelli? Look dad,I‘m sorry it‘s just tempting,you know?” They both look down at the ground, for a few seconds, and David turns his back. Donovan (Nicholas Hoult) starts to walk away,then looks at his dad. “Need a ride?” “That’d be nice.”

They arrive home, and David turns on the television. He’d TiVo’d the evening news,so he turns it on. When they announce the death of “Slick” Dick Seymour (Peter O‘Toole), he begins to feel uncomfortable. He looks up at a wedding photo of his wife,and then back at the screen. Dick was at their wedding. He was the nicest employer you could ever find. Something about this bothers David. He falls asleep while sitting on the couch.

When he wakes up, it reads 2 weeks later. When he arrives at the department, they inform him of four murders within the past 13 hours. They are all former members of the Los Angeles Police Department. An investigation must start immediately, and Wolfe is left off of the team. He can’t help but to wonder about this, and sets off on a side mission, hidden from the rest of the group.

The more he digs down into the story, he finds out that the 4 victims were partners on the same team in 1957. Also on the team was Dick Seymour. David quickly puts two and two together, and finds out more about Dick. When he shows up at the funeral, uninvited, Dick’s son Daniel is angry. He approaches David afterwards and asks him why he’s here. He smiles and replies “Just returning a favor.”

When David is home he gets a call from the station, telling him that a fifth ex-cop has been killed today. Donovan then knocks on his door, and David tells him to come. Donovan confesses to his dad that his girlfriend is in the advanced stages of her pregnancy. David, unaware his son had a girlfriend, asked him how old she is and he says 17. He looks down, then looks up at his son, who looks bummed. David has very few morals, but if there is one, it’d be to treat the mother of your child with respect.

Sirens sound outside, and Davis is forced to look out the window. He immediately gets a call telling him there’s been a prison riot, allowing the escape of a few criminals. Davis is quick out the door, while we stay within the house as Donovan calls a friend. He tells them that now is the time, since almost the whole force will be focused on this attack. He quickly gets dressed and leaves the house as well.

We’re now at the courthouse, where Simeon (Paul Bettany) is being put away for rape. David sits in the crowd, and watches on with a straight face. Simeon just sits with a smile on his face, as the camera zooms in on it. When the camera zooms back out, we’re at the prison. Sirens are constantly going, and Simeon and a group of criminals hide underneath the prison. They elect someone to climb up the ladder,and check the hall way. When the man does,he’s spotted by a guard who shoots the man dead. Simeon then leads them through out the tunnels as the guards find the passage way.

While on the way to the prison, David decides to take a detour, and find Dick’s will. He finds the contact information regarding his old boss Daniel, and gets to his home. We find out that Daniel and David were very good friends, until they had a falling out following his termination. David asks for the will, but Daniel says it’s something very special to him, and won’t be handing it out. David accepts and walks away, but then quickly turns around showing his badge, demanding to see it. When Daniel goes to look for it, he tells him it’s stolen. David comes to a conclusion that Dick had money going to all of his old partners, and someone wasn’t happy about it.

3 months pass and David has no thought of this incedent, as the case as settled down, and the police are still investigating quietly. Then 2 more murders happen, this time, the two bodies hung from a balcony in downtown L.A. Around this time, reports are coming out that the police have rounded up most of the escaped prisoners, except for a few, which includes Simeon. Donovan is then seen shopping with his pregnant girlfriend when he runs into another woman (Jennifer Garner) shopping for baby attire. She remembers Donavan’s girlfriend, introduces herself as Beverley and they share small talk, but then continue on.

David goes off on a series of interviews, with people involved in the incident. He finally gets Daniel to talk, who confesses that his father requested the murders while on his deathbed. But he warns David that he is not the one committing the acts, nor his father’s posthumous actions. He dives down into a deep sea of information, finding out the full story of the “Dirty Ten”.

When Los Angeles mayor Gary Holmes was murdered in 1958, Bill Goldman was thought to be the hero. Goldman, a popular figure in the LAPD, was good friends with Holmes. But whenever the other 9 officers arrived on the scene, there was a shot in Holmes’ head, one in the killer’s heart, and gun in Goldman’s hand, missing two bullets. He broke down and started crying, saying he accidentally shot the mayor while trying to kill his assassinator. They all huddle around, and agree that they will cover it up, setting Goldman up as the hero instead of the villain. All of them except for Dick, who swore secrecy, but told them he’d be leaving the group.

As of current time, only two are alive, Warren Olsen and Goldman. David makes a decision to find Olsen first. But whenever he gets to his car, there is a naked woman passed out in the backseat. Written on her head is the letter “S”. David takes her inside, washes her off, and puts clothes on her, before taking her to the hospital. They tell him that she had been raped, although it’s uncertain by who. He then storms off to find Olsen (James Cromwell), whose residence is outside of town. He comes into the house, and they have a sitdown talk. He asks him about the incident and warns him of his life. He tells David that Goldman might have had some unpayed debts to Mayor Holmes at the time of his death. This gets David to thinking maybe it’s not incidental.

At this time, Simeon walks into the room, much to the surprise of David. He pulls out his gun and tells him to get on the ground. Simeon gets on his knees. “Relax…everything’s going to be alright.” “Is that what you told my wife while you were violating her?!?” “I’m telling you man, I’m falsely accused!” Olsen then gets in the middle. “Hey now! Simeon here is my daughter’s fiancée. November 5th. Save the date.” David looks confused, and Simeon wraps his arms around David’s neck and forces him to pass out.

David then wakes up in the privacy of his own home, in bed. At his feet is another naked woman, again with the same ’S’ as before. David, pissed, storms out of his room to find Simeon, but his son is downstairs, rushing to grab things. “Shit dad, her water broke!” When then see David racing through traffic, with it zoomed in on his point of view. Then it pans out and we see Donovan and his girlfriend in the back. They make it to the hospital, and we see Donovan and David in the waiting room. “You’re not going to make us, like, get married are you?” “Are you kidding me?” Donovan chuckles a little bit at his dad’s reaction. Moments later, he is face to face with his first grandson. We see the tough guy actually crack a smile.

We see a flashback, of whenever David and his wife,Beverley (Garner), having their son. Both very happy with life. Then jump ahead, to Beverley telling David that a man had raped her. This is when he chooses to join the force, to hunt down the man that did it. Jump ahead again, to Bev telling David that the whole incedent gave her a new outlook on life, and she will be leaving him. Finally a shot of Beverley today, living happily with another man, and three children, one a newborn.

Cut back to David, where a smile no longer resides. But then he gets a call telling him Olsen is dead, and to come to the crime scene. He ignores this and decides to hunt down Goldman instead of Simeon. He is the last one left and is either the culprit or the last targeted victim. He acquires his phone number, and calls him to ask him his location. He tells him that he is sitting on the roof of an apartment building he owns. David finds him, as moonlight beams down onto the city.

Running contantly through David’s mind is should he arrest him for the murders, or choose to protect him. He gets to the top, and see’s Goldman (Richard Jenkins) lounging back in a lawn chair, with his feet propped up on the ledge, his back to David, and a cigar in mouth. “Hands where I can see them!” David yells as he approaches. Goldman slowly puts his hands up in the air. David turns him around and finds a very sick old man, thin and fragile. Blood is seeping through his shirt, and David quickly rises it up. There, cut in his chest, is an ‘S’. “Looks like you made the wrong decision.” he then struggles to laugh. A bunch of things go through David’s head, especially the prospect of Simeon killing everyone.

He comes to accept this, and starts to run off, but finds a bloody knife hidden on the stairs up to the roof. It was in fact Goldman that killed the Mayor purposely, and also his friends who he was a afraid would break the code of silence if ever interviewed after Dick’s death. He tried to set it up to look as if he was the last victim, which he was, but only to himself. He runs back up the stairs and finds an empty lawn chair. He looks over the roof, and Goldman’s dead body lays. And there he stands in the aftermath, with the case closed. He takes a seat on the lawn chair and lights up a cigarette while looking amongst the L.A. skyline.


Stark’s Comment:
Chad Taylor has retaken the character created by Josh Collins, David Wolf, to build up a new story around him. I like this kind of movies with tough guys, crime and a touch of film noir. Let’s see if the audience agrees with me…

Behind The Scenes:
-The original ‘L.A.Wolf’, starred by Gabriel Macht, made 54 million at box office. Its sequel, ‘L.A. Wolf 2’, made 46 million and net losses of only 0.1 millions.
-Nathan Fillion made his debut in CMP past Season in another Taylor’s film, ‘Hunger Games’.
-Peter O’Toole had been seen before in CMP in David Mamet’s ‘Parody Of Arts’.
-This is the fourth directional job of Chad Taylor after ‘Amedia’, ‘Gaga’ and ‘Mario’.


METROID: PRIME: Here comes the sequel of the mega-successful ‘Metroid’. And it comes with a big novelty. It is not Josh Collins, author of the screenplay of the original movie, who has written this sequel. Dawson Edwards has replaced him ahead of this franchise. The ones who do return for the sequel are both the director and producer of it, Zack Snyder – still hot his GMA Nomination as producer of the past Season’s Best Picture nominee ‘The Question’ – and Charlize Theron, leading the cast again. ‘Metroid’, a console game adaptation, became the alltimes top 5 box office making 279 million and the alltimes top 4 highest net gains with 406 millions.

FRONTIER: Before beginning the shooting of ‘Metroid: Prime’, Charlize Theron has found time to work in this drama written by Chad Taylor and being directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. In it, Charlize plays a minor role as the ex wife of Peter Sarsgaard. Sarsgaard returns to CMP with this film after being seen in other CMP’s productions like ‘Metropolis’, ‘Paternal Nightmare’ or ‘Babes In Toyland’.

THE LONELY POLYGAMIST: Green light for this adaptation of the bestselling book by Brady Udall written by Chad Taylor. The book (and the film) tells the very peculiar story of a man four times married and father of more than twenty children. David Fincher, not seen in CMP since he directed one of the short stories of ‘More Tales Of The Unexpected’, finally returns to CMP with this film. Brad Pitt had been mentioned to be starring the movie during its pre-production phase but he was finally replaced by Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo has worked before for the Studio in ‘Indigo Prophecy’, ‘Piece Of My Heart’, ‘Change Of Heart’ and ‘Goldmine Killers’, but this is the first time that he will be leading a CMP’s cast.

COUSINS: Isla Fisher, who already met with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the Best Screenplay GMA Winner ‘Running On Empty’, will play his ex girlfriend in this comedy being directed by Jason Reitman. Briana Evigan, seen in CMP’s movies like ‘Out Partying’ and ‘Dark Shadows’, plays here Bill Murray’s daughter. And also in the film we’ll see making his CMP’s debut the young Frankie Jonas, the youngest brother of the popular Jonas Brothers.

SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE NIGHT: GMA Winner Sofia Coppola returns to CMP after her past Season’s critical success with ‘Woman’ to direct this new story written by Josh Collins. The movie tells the dark side of the rise to stardom of a young country music singer. To play the character, Josh Collins has chosen a CMP’s debutante: the 15 years old actress Pearl Haney-Jardine, best known for her appearance in ‘Kill Bill Vol. 2’ and her leading role in ‘Genova’.

THE GOONIES II: Best Villain GMA nominee Mark Strong will play the villain again in this CMP’s sequel of ‘The Goonies’ being directed by Matt Kubrick and produced by Steven Spielberg. Strong is best known in CMP for playing Sinestro in the two latest installments of the Justice League saga. But the kids will also have a good friend in the new adventures, played by Nick Nolte, not seen in CMP since ‘Flashman’s Destiny’.

GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE: Wayne Kramer is directing this new superhero movie written by D.R.Cobb and produced by Christopher Nolan. Garrett Hedlund is the chosen star to play Green Arrow himself. And the two villains of the story will be played by English actor, screenwriter and director Paddy Considine, who makes his CMP’s debut with this film, and Sanaa Lathan, seen before in CMP in Spike Lee’s ‘The Cool’.

THIS FAR FROM HEAVEN: Past Season’s Best Actor GMA nominee Ryan Gosling has accepted to play a minor role in this western directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Richard Franzwa. Gosling already worked in the other western directed by Eastwood for CMP, the flopped ‘Dakota North’. Also in the film, we’ll see familiar faces in CMP like Kevin Costner, seen past Season in ‘The Importance Of Being Honest’, and GMA Winner Joseph Fiennes, whose last work for the Studio was in ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’.

DOG DAYS: Jet Li will meet with his good old friend Jason Statham in this action flick being directed by Simon West with a screenplay signed by Steve Connors. Li plays one of the villains of this story based on a console game. Making her debut in CMP, we will also see Leslie Kim. Kim is an American actress also known as Han Ye Seul when she is working as a model or actress in South Korea, where she is more popular than in the US.

JUST THERE: And two more CMP’s debutantes this week. Landon Liboiron and Willa Holland join the cast of this teen drama written and directed by Trent Nielsen. Liam Aiken and Dakota Fanning are the starring couple of this film that will also mean the return to CMP of Best Actor GMA Winner Logan Lerman.


BEN GOLDEY – ‘FIRST FLIGHT’

Ben Goldey releases this week his first work as screenwriter for CMP: the ambitious top budget sci-fi production ‘First Flight’, directed and produced by no other than JJ Abrams. And we have talked with this new CMP’s screenwriter for the first time…

1.You have chosen a top budget sci-fi production for your debut in CMP. Where did the story for 'First Flight' came from?

My own imagination. Took heavy influence from StarTrek: Enterprise and big space movies like apollo 13. I think the journey that humanity will take on its first steps out of the solar system will be a momentous one but also one worth billions of dollars, it seems only natural that when the time came certain factions or groups would try to derail or exploit such a mission. So I felt that it was an interesting idea worth exploring.

2.Lately, there have been quite a few CMP's debutante writers that never went beyond their first screenplay. Do you plan to keep writing stories for CMP or not?

Definately, in fact Ive just submitted my next movie for consideration. Furthermore My brother is also looking to submit some screenplays so abit of healthy competition between siblings may just spur me on to crank up my submission speed.

3.What kind of movies can we expect from you in the future?

I like sci-fi, action adventure stories so they are the ones that seem to pop into my head most often. However I am a fan of dark drama's and the odd thriller so a mixed bag really. But all my stories seem to be laced with sci-fi undertones.

4.What's your main objective in CMP: box office's success, critical prestige, awards...?

I'm not in this for the prestige or the awards (Im writing sci-fi and they never win) and big box offices aren't an influence on me per se but they mean alot to the studio so aslong as they make money I'l be happy.

5.We always ask this to newbies: what movies from the Studio or CMP's authors do you specially like?

I enjoyed catching up on the Justice League movies and also liked the Mario (stunning I know) it was a very unique and interesting take on a strange idea. Definately a fan of Chad Taylor.


THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

At test screenings for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, we noticed an interesting phenomenon. "What in the name of sanity is this movie about?" was the fourth most-common question asked by responders, trailing only "What did I just watch?", "How can I track down the people who made this so I can kill them?" and "The film was shit, but where can I get my hands on the soundtrack?" So we've assembled a team of experts and vaguely qualified laymen in an effort to explain just what, if anything, this movie is about.

Dr. Mark Hall, Lond. (otherwise known as the Winkler), Professor Emeritus, University of Hull
"Well, it is my professional scholarly opinion that the Lamb is most properly misunderstood when viewed through the lens of the philosophy of Heraclitus (or "Herky," as he was known to his closest friends). Or maybe Baruch Spinoza. I keep forgetting which one is which. Heraclitus was the bloke that drove the blue car, right? Knew him back in my days at public school.

"Forgive me, I can't seem to remember where I am. What day of the week is it? Well, speak up, will ye - I'm a hundred and seven bloody years old!"

Steven Edwards, Barrister, trapped in year 14 of a loveless marriage:
"Well, it's all just a big put-on, innit? Peter Gabriel's having us all on. Just listen to that ending. 'It's only knock and knowall.' Gives it away."

Ben Tyler, CMP Screenwriter:
"Don't ask me, I just produced, wrote, and directed it.

"Ask Peter Gabriel. He probably knows."

James Patterson, Amateur John Lennon impersonator, registered sex offender:
"I find this film very confusing
The rules of common sense it's abusing
But here's a little clue if you will
The porcupine was Phil"


Paul Knaak, obligatory man off the street:
"The Lamb is the single greatest spiritual experience ever captured on vinyl, paper, celluloid, anywhere. For his transgressions, Rael is forced to undergo a series of transformations and ordeals that each have profound significance in modern life. Peter Gabriel (or whoever wrote this album for him, for he surely isn't kicking around in a physical body anymore) has attained gnosis and can only pass his knowledge through elusive proverbs. You can't be told what it means, man. You have to study it and learn what it means and the secret will be revealed.

"Or so I've heard. I haven't heard the album or seen the film."

Edward Harris, first cousin of Mike Rutherford's former limo driver's ex-roommate:
"Well, if you ask me, it's just a big, elaborate dick joke. I mean, you look at the imagery, and it's obvious, innit? Cuddling his prickly porcupines, the plastic shoobedube, shaving his hairy heart?"


Keith Butler, Philosopher, Singer-Songwriter, Avid Bowler:
"The Winkler makes an interesting point - after all, the days of the week are declared arbitrarily and then become an instantly accepted social convention. The move from a structuralist account in which capital is understood to structure social relations in relatively homologous ways to a view of hegemony in which power relations are subject to repetition, convergence, and rearticulation brought the question of temporality into the thinking of structure, and marked a shift from a form of Althusserian theory that takes structural totalities as theoretical objects to one in which the insights into the contingent possibility of structure inaugurate a renewed conception of hegemony as bound up with the contingent sites and strategies of the rearticulation of power.

"Or something like that. What were we talking about?"

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel:
"Well, I suppose one could say I was trying to create a sort of 'Pilgrim's Progress' - an adventure through which one gets a better understanding of self - with a street slant to it. Beyond that, it's all up to you, really. You should probably ask Mr. Tyler. He's probably got some interesting things to say about it."


THE GOONIES II
Video Log - Part III
By Matt Kubrick

The video diary begins with various scenes being filmed characters running through a jungle setting, the actors filming a scene set in a plane as well as the actors filming various small scenes together. There are small out takes of the people laughing and messing up their lines and laughing together. We finally cut to Matt Kubrick talking and standing infront of a movie camera

Hello everyone this is the final video log for the Goonies II, the movie written by D.R. Cobb and Joey Stark, they both did a great job crafting the story and making it feel like a sequel to the first one. There has been a fun shoot and it was great watching the cast both new and old work well together. I have only given you a brief glimpse at the movie itself whether glimpses of action or small character moments I hope it wets the appetite to see the whole thing, shooting is now finished!

Matt Kubrick pulls back a curtain with the whole cast standing behind him as well as many of the production crew and everyone yells see you at the movies!


To celebrate CMP’s 500 releases, the Studio is launching five DVD Box Sets focused on some of its most popular franchises. Same way CMP did when reaching the 400 releases, each new set will be presented during the upcoming weeks. ‘The Heirs’, ‘The Great War Series’, ‘Uncommon Valour’, ‘The Last Lawman’ and ‘Space Quest’ were the five sagas that had their own DVD Box Set when the 400 releases were reached. Besides that, from time to time the Studio has released other sets honoring iconic sagas like ‘Captain America’, ‘Magic – The Gathering’ or ‘Wild Cards’, among others. Five DVD box sets with CMP’s classics were also released to celebrate the Studio had become five years old. And also some movies like ‘Pompeii’, ‘The Gunpowder Plot’, ‘Home’ and others have had their own DVD’s Special Edition.

So now it’s time to honor five other legendary CMP’s franchises…

‘THE AVENGERS’ - DVD Box Set

‘The Avengers’ saga meant the definitive explosion of the superheroes genre in CMP. Although the Studio had produced superheroes movies before, like the ‘Captain America’ trilogy, it was ‘The Avengers’ what definitely set the superheroes genre as one of the main targets of its production plans. Best known for the internal conflicts among its cast members, ‘The Avengers’ series became a CMP’s phenomenon and box office responded enthusiastically to its four movies. Then, once ‘The Avengers’ series was over, came the ‘Justice League’. But that’s another story…


THE AVENGERS
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Written and Produced by Matt Kubrick
Box Office: 96 mill.
Net Gains: 49 mill.
The Cast:
Orlando Bloom (Hawkeye), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Rose McGowan (Valkirya), Kurt Russell (Nick Fury), Adam Baldwin (Captain America), Tyler Mane (Thor), Malcolm McDowell
Comment:
The first movie of the series was a slight box office’s disappointment. The movie didn’t even reach the 100 millions at box office. And its high budget kept it away from making higher net gains for the Studio.
Curiosities:
-Adam Baldwin showed up as the new Captain America in CMP after Heath Ledger played the character in the previous CMP’s ‘Captain America’ trilogy. It was a ‘double resurrection’, as Captain America died in ‘Captain America: Destiny’ and also Heath Ledger passed away only a few months before ‘The Avengers’ was produced.
-Kurt Russell played here Nick Fury for the first time. He would play the character again not only in the other films of this series but also in other CMP’s films like ‘Nick Fury’, ‘Hawkeye. The Prey’ or ‘Silver Sable and the Ultimate Alliance’.
-The villain of the movie was played by Malcolm McDowell.

THE AVENGERS 2
Directed and Produced by Gore Verbinski
Written by Matt Kubrick
Box Office: 173 mill.
Net Gains: 177 mill.
The Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Orlando Bloom, Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Adam Baldwin, Tyler Mane
Comment:
The main novelty of this sequel was that Edward Norton / Hulk joined the group. And the result of this reinforcement of the saga was that this time box office fully supported the film. But the bad news was that internal problems have started. Orlando Bloom felt relegated during the promotion of the movie (he wasn’t anymore the first name in the cast and his character didn’t even show up at the poster of the movie) and decided to leave the saga.
Curiosities:
-Verbinski became with this sequel not only the director but also the producer of the film.
-Orlando Bloom left ‘The Avengers’ after this movie. But he retook his character in ‘Hawkeye. The Prey’, written by David Makalaster and directed by Louis Leterrier. The film made 96 million at box office.
-Before ‘The Avengers 3’, Robert Downey Jr. made a cameo playing again Iron Man in ‘Silver Sable’.
-Al Pacino was the quality villain of the movie.

THE AVENGERS 3
Directed and Produced by Gore Verbinski
Written by Matt Kubrick
Box Office: 191 mill.
Net Gains: 192 mill.
The Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Edward Norton, Tobey Maguire, Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Tyler Mane, Adam Baldwin, William Fitchner, Willem Dafoe, James Gandolfini
Comment:
The third movie of the series was also the most successful one. Tobey Maguire / Spiderman joined The Avengers’ squad this time. But internal conflicts definitely became out of control during the making of the film. Big ego conflicts between Downey Jr. and Norton were reported. In fact, soon after the release of the movie, Edward Norton announced that he would not be in any future movie of the saga. After that, Gore Verbinski himself stated that he was tired of all the problems with the cast members and that he would not return to the saga either. CMP considered that this was the end of the franchise.
Curiosities:
-After returning as Spiderman with this movie, Maguire played again the character in CMP in three installments of the ‘Silver Sable’ series.
-‘The Avengers 3’ became the most successful superheroes movie ever in CMP’s History. But only a few months later, ‘Silver Sable and the Wild Pack’ beat it when it made the top 1 best box office ever in CMP.

THE AVENGERS 4: CIVIL WAR
Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Matt Kubrick
Box Office: 141 mill.
Net Gains: 95 mill.
The Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Claire Danes, Adam Baldwin, Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Tyler Mane, Christopher Plummer, John Cho, Sam Worthington
Comment:
Matt Kubrick finally decided to make a fourth and last movie of the series. The film was based on the comic books series about the civil war between superheroes. Jon Favreau was the chosen one to replace Verbinski behind the cameras. He had just directed for CMP Dawson Edwards’ ‘Wonder Woman’. Although this film wasn’t as successful at box office as the two previous installments of the saga, critics considered it the best one of the franchise and it is still remembered as one of the most spectacular and prestigious superheroes movie ever developed by CMP.
Curiosities:
-It was Robert Downey Jr. who put the condition that Jon Favreau had to be the director of the film if they wanted him back. Favreau is the director of the two ‘Iron Man’ movies out of CMP.
-Claire Danes played here Black Widow. The first time she played the character was in ‘The Avengers 3’ but finally she wasn’t seen in the movie as her work died at the editing room. But then she retook the character in ‘Hawkeye. The Prey’. So this was in fact the third time she was playing it.
-Hulk showed up in this movie but Edward Norton didn’t. The character was digitally generated.
-Christopher Plummer played here the same character he had already played in ‘Nick Fury’.
-Sam Worthington played again his character in ‘Silver Sable and the Ultimate Alliance’.


Here are Chris Evans and Zoe Saldana looking so happy at the premiere of ‘First Flight’ in Hollywood…



CMP’s writers are working at full speed lately. I’ve been told by my friends at CMP’s offices – you know: one of the boys that take care of the valet parking and the Dominican woman that cleans the stairs – that the pitches’ waiting list is so long that the Studio almost has ready its next 500 releases… And, of course, among those many screenplays waiting for the green light, there are lots of sequels coming up. So yes, I return this week to one of those boring articles… a Sequels Special! *big yawn*

It was inevitable. Two sequels are already confirmed. D.R.Cobb’s film, (definitely overvalued) ‘The Question’ will have a sequel. And also Chad Taylor’s film (unfairly undervalued) ‘Hunger Games’ too. None of both was a box office’s record breaker but the Studio considers that both might be another one of those cases when the sequel makes a much higher box office than the first movie… just like it happened again past week with Steve Connors’ film (offensively overvalued) ‘Uncharted 2’.

But the most remarkable case of severe ‘sequelmania’ is no other than ‘Grand Theft Auto’. Martin Campbell’s film based on the bestselling console game made a (let’s face it: disappointing) box office of 80 million. But Chad Taylor has considered that profitable enough to compulsively work on no less than three more movies based on the concept. The future of this saga will include not only sequels but also prequels… unless box office does not rise as Taylor expects and the mean Harry Stark decides to let all those screenplays sleep an eternal sleep at the waiting list.

And I feel obliged to write at this ‘Sequels Special’ about a movie I have written before. Only because it is one of the very few sequels I am really interested it. It is confirmed that Christopher Nolan – remember: director of the three CMP’s ‘Justice League’ movies – is already working on the pre-production of a CMP’s movie focused specifically at last in Batman. For what I know, the plot of this film written by Chad Taylor will follow the events of ‘Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths’ – remember again: Batman announced there that he had cancer – and not the Batman’s movies Nolan keeps making out of CMP. It is also confirmed that Nolan will be the producer of the movie but he won’t be directing it this time. He is doing the same with ‘Green Arrow: Year One’, so it seems like Nolan has become a kind of Big Boss of The Superheroes Movies Department in CMP or something like that.

And now I jump from my most awaited sequel to the one that I fear the most. Did you think we had had enough of the popular reform school girls after their fourth movie? Well, you were wrong. After the three installments of the saga written by Joey Stark, Matt Kubrick has decided to retake control of this series (thanks, God!). And in the most outrageous way. It is only a rumor but it is said that Kubrick might write a fifth installment of this series in which one of the girls (I don’t know yet if that would be Eliza Dushku or Michelle Rodriguez) would have been cryopreserved and then waken up in a distant future… Yeah, I know, the idea sounds really hard to believe… even for Matt Kubrick.

And I end up this week’s article giving my warm welcome to CMP to what seems to be a new generation of screenwriters. Ben Goldey makes his CMP’s debut this week with ‘First Flight’ and he is already working in new stories. But, together with him, there are some other new screenwriters already working for the Studio (and no, these ones are not writing only one film and then disappearing). Dwight Gallo and Yuri Redding are their names and their first screenplays are expected to be greenlighted in Season 19. By the way, I can’t confirmed yet if together with these debutantes we are also having the two times Best Screenplay GMA winner Ted Froats back to CMP but at least he has showed up recently at the Studio’s forum…