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7 October 2008 11:38 AM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

John Collee, writer of Master and Commander and Happy Feet, will pen the screenplay. Canton will produce with Mandalay Pictures, while Liquid exectuvies Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan will executive produce the film with Atmosphere Entertainment. "In the third age of mankind, the world, after a nuclear third world war, is divided into two continents, Nark and Aryavarta. In Aryavarta the last kingdom of humans exists inside a city called Armagarh. The property is based on a Hindu poem about the blue-skinned Prince Rama, who undertakes an epic quest to save his wife after she’s kidnapped by an evil demon." This promises to be visually lush, so you should check out some of the comic panels after the break, they're quite amazing.

Check out more panels here

via Variety

7 October 2008 9:46 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

The graphic novel, Ramayan 3392 A.D. is being adapted into a feature film and a multi-player online game, by Mandalay Pictures and Sony Online Entertainment, respectively. The story of the comic was originally conceptualized by Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur. The comic sounds like post-apocalyptic manga with a message at its best. As The Hollywood Reporter describes it, Ramayan exists in an imagined world where continents have literally been divided by three nuclear wars. The last settlement of human beings exists in a small city called Armagarh. The storyline concerns the trials of a blue-skinned warrior prince named Rama, and his quest to rescue his wife from a Demon King. John Collee, who wrote Master and Commander and Happy Feet will adapt the comic book. Ramayan belongs to Liquid Comics, which used to be a subsidiary of the Virgin Empire, and was called Virgin Comics. It seems that Liquid came

7 October 2008 8:40 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Mark Canton is set to produce the big-screen adaptation of Liquid Comics’ “Ramayan 3392 Ad” for Mandalay Pictures, according to Variety.

The trade says John Collee is adapting the comicbook, based on epic Hindu poem about the adventures of legendary blue-skinned warrior Prince Rama, who fights to rescue his wife from the demon king who kidnapped her.

Collee’s credits also include “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” and “Happy Feet.” He also wrote the screenplay for Jon Amiel’s upcoming biopic “Creation,” which stars Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin.

Canton also produced “300” and “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” His upcoming projects include Alexandre Aja’s “Piranha 3-D” and Kevin Tancharoen’s remake of “Fame.”

More information about “Ramayan 3392 Ad” can be found right here.

Franck Tabouring

6 September 2008 11:13 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

Before they were married, Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly starred together in a movie about a man engaged in his work that had the potential to change his field, while simultaneously straining his relationship with his caring wife. And since they weren't playing husband and wife in A Beautiful Mind-- Russell Crowe got in the way-- they'll give it another go in Creation, a biopic about Charles Darwin. The Hollywood Reporter announced that the pair had signed on to the project, to be directed by Jon Amiel (The Core) with a script written by John Collee (Happy Feet). The Reporter also includes the key description that you're bound to see on a movie poster sometime soon: "The film portrays Darwin as a man torn between his love for his deeply religious wife and his own growing belief in a world where God has no place. The scientist finds himself

5 September 2008 11:40 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Drama, Independent, Casting, Deals, Celebrities and Controversy, Scripts, Newsstand, Religious

Acting couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly must have decided that life would be too calm after November 2008 -- so they have signed to play Charles and Emma Darwin in Creation. Yes, the Darwins. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be directed by Jon Amiel, from a script penned by John Collee, and based on Randal Keynes' book Annie's Box. (Keynes is Darwin's great-great grandson.) The film will portray Charles Darwin as a man torn between his love for his deeply religious wife, and his growing belief in a world where God has no place.

I hope that they explore Darwin's personal struggles and belief more deeply than the plot description suggests. To sell him as an athiest smacks of wanting to stir up controversy -- Darwin always called himself an agonostic, and his rejection of

Elisabeth Rappe

4 September 2008 3:50 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly have been cast as a married couple in an upcoming film titled Creation (previously known as Origin). The film tells the life story of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who essentially came up with the idea of evolution. This biopic is being directed by Jon Amiel, of Entrapment and The Core, and has script penned by John Collee, of Master and Commander and Happy Feet. Bettany will play Darwin, while Connelly will play his wife Emma, which is a good fit considering they're married in real life, too. Also part of the cast are Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch, however the role of of daughter Annie has yet to be announced. Oscar winning producer Jeremy Thomas, who is developing the film, explains that "John Collee's compelling script tells the remarkable story behind Darwin's revolutionary theory and the foundation of

Alex Billington

4 September 2008 1:21 PM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

Real life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly have joined Creation, a Jon Amiel project about the life of Charles Darwin. Bettany will play the father of evolutionary theory, and Connelly will play his wife (and cousin) Emma Wedgwood. From THR: "John Collee's compelling script tells the remarkable story behind Darwin's revolutionary theory and the foundation of a book that…

Liam

3 September 2008 6:16 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Stephen Sommers ("Jungle Book") is in talks with Warner Bros. Pictures to direct a new version of "Tarzan," the Edgar Rice Burrows creation. Jerry Weintraub ("Ocean's Eleven") will produce via Jerry Weintraub Productions. Guillermo de Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth," "Hellboy" films) had been attached to direct the John Collee script when first announced two years back. Now, since Del Toro is busy on "The Hobbit," Sommers may step in. Sommers is an expert at big budget adventure offerings having helmed the first and second of the "Mummy" flicks as well as "Van Helsing" and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson starrer "The Scorpion King."

8 articles from 2008