Don Murphy

New image set from Real Steel

A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing ….

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon IMAX edition opening one day early

IMAX and Paramount Pictures announced today that Transformers: Dark of the Moon will be released in IMAX 3D format as an early engagement starting Tuesday, June 28th, on 146 domestic IMAX screens. The film will also open on at least 117 IMAX screens internationally – 105 of which will open during launch weekend – with ….

Hugh Jackman eyeing adaptation of Richard Matheson’s sci-fi tale Real Steel

Variety reports that Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in the Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) film adaptation of I Am Legend writer Richard Matheson’s short story Real Steel, for DreamWorks. Real Steel is described as a Rocky-type story of a fighter who has to reinvent himself when human boxing becomes obsolete, replaced ….

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The IMAX Experience posts biggest opening in IMAX history

IMAX announced that the Paramount Pictures release Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The IMAX Experience, directed by Michael Bay and featuring scenes filmed with IMAX cameras, posted exceptionally strong opening results, with an estimated $14.4 million coming from 169 IMAX theatres domestically, for a per screen average of over $85,000 during the five-day opening from ….

L.A. Confidential director up for action thriller Gemini Man

Director Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile, Lucky You) is in negotiations to helm the long-in-development action thriller Gemini Man for Touchstone Pictures, from a script by David Benioff (The Kite Runner), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gemini Man revolves around a brilliant, aging assassin attempting to leave the trade, whose employers dispatch a clone ….

Transformers 2, Y: The Last Man and possibly Iron Man 2 to be partially shot with IMAX cameras

According to a report on Variety, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Y: The Last Man, are looking to shoot footage using IMAX cameras. Transformers director Michael Bay has already shot three scenes for the upcoming sequel with the 70mm IMAX camera, meaning those segments will not need to be enlarged, in order to be ….

Transformers movie coming to IMAX in September 2007

IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced today that “TRANSFORMERS,” one of the highest grossing movies of the year, will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s immersive format and released to IMAX theatres on September 21. The Michael Bay-directed movie, which has already generated $310 million in gross box office receipts domestically since its premiere ….

Transformers Goes Live With Michael Bay

Here are some recent developments on the big-budget Transformers movie currently being prepped by director Michael Bay (Armageddon, Bad Boys). First introduced in 1984, the Transformers toy line took the world by storm with its compelling saga of Autobots versus Decepticons. The innovative brand created a tremendously successful toy line from Hasbro and Takara, comics, a television program and a ….