Saturday, November 20, 2010

The Deathly Hallows


A two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is directed by David Yates and written by Steve Kloves. Part 1 is released on 19 November 2010, and Part 2 on 15 July 2011. Filming began in February 2009 and ended on 12 June 2010, marking the conclusion of ten years of filming the Harry Potter franchise.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops


Call of Duty: Black Ops is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch, published by Activision and released worldwide on November 9, 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS (separate version developed by n-Space consoles. Announced on April 30, 2010, the game is the seventh installment of the Call of Duty series, and the first to be set in the Cold War. It is the third in the series to be developed by Treyarch, and is a sequel to the developer's Call of Duty: World at War.
Within 24 hours of going on sale, the game sold more than 5.6 million copies in the U.S. and U.K., breaking the record set by its predecessor Modern Warfare 2 by some 900,000 copies. A subtitled version will be released in Japan on November 18, 2010, and a Japanese-dubbed version will be released on December 16, 2010.

The Eagle


The Eagle is an upcoming film adaptation of the 1954 historical adventure The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff. Directed by Kevin Macdonald from a script by Jeremy Brock, the film is set in the second century AD and tells of a young Roman officer's search to discover the truth about the disappearance of his father's legion in the north of Britain. The story is based on the legend of the Ninth Legion.
The film stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong. Filming began on August 24, 2009 and took place in Hungary and Scotland. The film is a United Kingdom – United States co-production and is intended for release on February 25, 2011, through Focus Features.