Game of Thrones... The MOVIE. Big screen news from George R.R .Martin himself

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Could Daenerys Targaryen's dragons be heading to a multiplex?

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin says the prospect is being actively discussed.

"It all depends on how long the main series runs," Martin told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday following the season-four premiere of the hit HBO series in New York. "Do we run for seven years? Do we run for eight? Do we run for 10? The books get bigger and bigger (in scope). It might need a feature to tie things up, something with a feature budget, like $100 million for two hours. Those dragons get real big, you know."

The best-selling author said another big-screen possibility being considered is one based on Tales of Dunk and Egg, a series of three prequel novellas Martin penned that revolve around a group of characters, including Ser Duncan the Tall, who lived in the mythical Westeros 90 years before the events depicted in A Song of Ice and Fire.

"They could be the basis for [a film]," Martin added at the post-premiere bash held at the Museum of Natural History, where a suspended giant whale cast a shadow over the crowd not unlike one of Martin's dragons. "I have written these three stories, and I have about a dozen more."

Martin says the prequel characters are the direct ancestors of some of Game of Thrones' players, but he wouldn't reveal how they relate.
Warner Bros. would be the natural fit for a studio partner. Warners released the two films based on the long-running HBO series Sex and the City and is behind the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Entourage. The studio also knows how to market a dragon tale, with its The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug having earned nearly $1 billion worldwide.

Casting of J.K. Simmons confirmed for the upcoming Terminator: Genesis TV series

Fans of the Terminators series might be happy to hear the latest confirmed casting news of famed TV and film actor JK Simmons.

Simmons best known for playing Jonah J Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series as well as con-man Vern Schiller from HBO's OZ

Simmons is set to play a regular role in the upcoming Terminator: Genesis as a "weary and alcoholic detective who has followed a bizarre case involving Sarah Connor and robots for more than three decades."

The reboot of the franchise being produced by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions will bring back Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role with Jai Courtney playing Kyle Reese, Jason Clarke as John Connor and "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke playing Sarah Connor. The idea is to thread together ideas from the previous movies to re-launch the story of a cyborg from the future sent back to prevent computers from gaining sentience and turning on humanity.

The Hollywood Reporter notes that Simmons' character has been following the case since 1984, which is the year in which the original Terminator, directed by James Cameron, was released.

Simmons has been a regular on the big screen for many years, but he recently returned to television starring in NBC's comedy "Growing Up Fisher" and recently co-starred in the Sundance award-winning drama Whiplash opposite Miles Teller, which will be released by Sony Pictures Classics. He can also be seen daily on TV in commercials for Farmers Insurance.

HBO Recaps the Complete History of Game of Thrones in a Humorous New Video

HBO has debuted today a short video titled "Game of Thrones: Long Story Short," which humorously recaps the entire history of the hit series in just five minutes. Check it out in the player below!

Season four premieres on Sunday, April 6 at 9:00pm. Based on the popular book series "A Song of Ice and Fire," by George R.R. Martin, the hit Emmy-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom.

Members of the ensemble cast include Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. The executive producers are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield, and co-executive producers are Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin.

Warning: The video does contain spoilers for those who haven't watched the first few seasons
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More Entourage movie casting news --> Adds Haley Joel Osment

News out of Deadline Haley Joel Osment is the latest actor to join the cast of Doug Ellin's Entourage feature. Deadline reports Osment will play a supporting role in the upcoming big screen continuation of the hit series. He joins the previously-announced Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Scott Caan, Debi Mazar and Billy Bob Thornton.

The film is said to pick up the action six months after the end of the HBO series. As a series, "Entourage" ran for eight seasons on HBO between 2004 and 2011.

Osment, best known for his work as a child star in films like The Sixth Sense and A.I., recently appeared on the television miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon."

Game of Thrones Season 4 New Video teaser promo with spoiler

The wait for Season 4 becomes a little bit easier Sunday (Feb. 9) when HBO premieres "Game of Thrones Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing" at 8:45 p.m. ET/PT.

In anticipation of that 15-minute special, the network released a much shorter tease for the program on its Instagram account. The video is loaded with so many goodies it's hard to contain ourselves, so let's overanalyze it below.

Warning: Spoilers for Season 4 as drawn from the video follow.

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Game Of Thrones Season 4 PROMO clip

HBO has started airing its annual look at the year ahead and the 2014 promo features a brief look at "Game of Thrones" Season 4. You can check it out in the player below.

Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, "Game of Thrones" is an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal.

WATCH  PROMO CLIP HERE

HBO,Napoleon Miniseries greenlit from Stanley Kubrick -Steven Spielberg

Around 1960, the enigmatic Stanley Kubrick was heavily researching the life of Napoleon Bonaparte for an upcoming feature length film he wanted to direct. Those plans however, were squashed by the studio who pulled the plug after 2 years of work and in depth screenplay writing from Kubrick....
Picking up from where Kubrick left off, Steven Spielberg is now set to produce a television miniseries version of Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon. HBO is said to take a stab at bringing the series to its network, they are also eyeing creative director Baz Luhrmann to bring the project to life.  Baz Luhrmann is best known for directing The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge

According to Kubrick experts, Napolean is the greatest film never made.

Reviews on upcoming...part deux

Reviews on upcoming...part deux

Aligning myself with the more popular current TV shows,
There are so many simply awful shows on TV right now ( I'm looking at you 2 1/2 Shitty Jokes..I mean ->Men and Big Bang I don't give a fuck), but thank goodness that the good ones are great.
I am first and foremost a movie fanatic, hence my attraction to shows which in turn could be mini movies.
I'm not sure which shows I'm looking forward to watch the most this year but in no particular order here are the following that I think are all worthy of a watch.

Sons Of Anarchy - Season 6 (Debut TBD) on FX
Game of Thrones - Season 3 (March 13th 2013) on HBO
Breaking Bad - Final Season (July 24th 2013) on HBO
The Walking Dead - Season 3  (February 10th) on AMC
American Horror Story: Asylum - Season 2 (still ongoing) Wednesday's 10pm on FX