Steve Oedekerk

I often have similarly great musings, but here is one:

Sophia Sadoughi (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

You know the thumb movies by Steve Oedekerk? Pure comedy gold. So I have my own idea, about a kung...

April Fools in September?

Generic Confusion (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009

Universal has set July 1, 2011, for the release of "Battleship," confirming Peter Berg as helmer of the live-action pic based on Hasbro's naval combat board game. Deal is part of a two-picture pic pact Berg has made with U, where he'll follow "Battleship" with an Afghan war drama "Lone Survivor." Universal's date declaration positions "Battleship" to become the...

Corporate Cinema

Ten Percent (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009

I am not making this up- Universal has set July 1, 2011, for the release of “Battleship,” confirming Peter Berg as helmer of the live-action pic based on Hasbro’s naval combat board game. Deal is part of a two-picture pic pact Berg has made with U, where he’ll follow “Battleship” with an Afghan war drama “Lone [...]

Peter Berg Will Sink Your Battleship in 2011

Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009

Universal hopes you're ready for some hot naval action because they've set a release date and officially announced Peter Berg while be at the helm of Battleship .

• Summer 2011 Date Set for 'Battleship' - Aceshowbiz.com

Universal Sets Battleship for July 1, 2011

http://www.availableimages.com/feed (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

Universal Pictures has set a July 1, 2011 for the Peter Berg-directed Battleship, a live-action adaptation of Hasbro’s board game. Variety says the deal is part of a two-picture pact Berg has made with the studio, where he’ll follow Battleship with the Afghan war drama Lone Survivor. The Battleship script was written by Jon Hoeber and Erich [...]

Universal Sets Battleship for July 1, 2011

ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

Universal Pictures has set a July 1, 2011 for the Peter Berg-directed Battleship , a live-action adaptation of Hasbro's board game. Variety says the deal is part of a two-picture pact Berg has made with the studio, where he'll follow Battleship with the Afghan war drama Lone Survivor . The Battleship script was written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. Production is scheduled to begin next spring. Berg...

Before Dune, Peter Berg Will Board Battleship

Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

Promising "raucous action-packed naval battles," Peter Berg has lined up the Hasbro/Universal game adaptation "Battleship" as his next project.

Berg boards 'Battleship'

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

Front Page: Live-action film due out July 2011 -- Universal has set July 1, 2011, for the release of "Battleship," confirming Peter Berg as helmer of the live-action pic based on Hasbro's naval combat board game.

A Number Of Quick Feature Film Reviews

JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009

For a long time we have used the video store as one of our main ways to access movies. These days you can stay at home and get movies form a movie download site. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

Will Jon Favreau play Cowboys & Aliens with Robert Downey Jr.?

SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009

With Iron Man 2 in the can, director Jon Favreau might want to play Cowboys & Aliens , based on the Platinum Studios Comics graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, Variety reported. Though the studio declined comment, Favreau has been circling the DreamWorks/Universal project, which has had Downey attached since last summer.

Favreau, Downey, Cowboys and Aliens

CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009

Iron Man 2 hasn’t even been released yet, but the film’s director and star already have another collaboration in the works. Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. will be teaming up again on Cowboys and Aliens , based on the Platinum Studios graphic novel by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, to be released by DreamWorks/Universal. The comic, set in 1800’s Arizona, blends science-fiction...

Left 4 Dead 2 cover changed to appease ESRB

Xbox 360 Fanboy (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009

Poor Valve, it just can't catch a break. At this year's E3, it revealed what should have been one of the more pleasant surprises of the show in Left 4 Dead 2 , only to have a bunch of angry folks cry " boycott ." Then, it put out box art for the game, only to have the ESRB flip out over something as silly as two chewed-off fingers. As you can see above, Valve had to dial the gore back, with...

Rumor: Ron Howard Directing the Stretch Armstrong Movie?!

FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009

Say it ain't so! Back in February, Universal announced that they were making a movie based on the action figure Stretch Armstrong. Sure, Transformers is based on a toy as well, but a Stretch Armstrong movie, come on?! Evan Almighty writer Steve Oedekerk had been hired to work on the script, but that's all we knew. Then just last week, Brian Grazer was announced as the producer, which meant this wasn't...

Ron Howard Directing Stretch Armstrong Movie?

[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009

BusinessWeek published an article Friday titled With Transformers, Hasbro Morphs Its Toy-Movie Model about the toy giants brand expanding onto the big screen. It scratches the surface of Hasbros...

Ron Howard's Stretch?

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009

A movie based on goop-filled 70s toy STRETCH ARMSTRONG isn't just "in the works" -- it already has a planned release date of April 15th, 2011. Steve Oedekerk (BRUCE ALMIGHTY) was tasked with coming up with new and interesting ways for a curiously rubbery person to extend their limbs, but the director's chair has been empty. Or is it? A Business Week article (spotted by IESB) on the booming...