City Of Ember Trailer

Here's the new for City of Ember the Belfast shot fantasy/sci-fi/adventure/kids movie/any-market-we-haven't-mentioned movie starring Bill Murray and Saoirse Ronan.
Looks like impressively grimy and fun even though it's y'know, for kids.

One observation though. If it's shot in Belfast and has an Irish actress in the lead then why does everybody have to speak in an American accent. It's set in a post-apocalyptic underground city. You mean to tell us only the Yanks will be saved!

Watchman Is A Real Author

Debut Irish author Liam Burke has penned a guide to Superhero Movies, set to hit bookshops later this month. The book, ‘Pocket Essential Superhero Movies’, tracks the history of comic book characters being brought to life on the cinema screen.

The book focuses on over 20 superhero movies including ‘Superman’, ‘The Incredibles’, ‘Hellboy’ and ‘X-Men’, and features an interview with Stan Lee, the creator of ‘Spider-Man’, ‘X-Men’, ‘Fantastic Four’, ‘Iron Man’, ‘Incredible Hulk’, ‘The Silver Surfer’ and ‘Daredevil’.

Burke explores how cinema’s Superheroes fit into a larger Superhero archetype, and examines how the main Superhero Movie types from Superhero Families to Vigilante Justice.

The writer, who formerly worked for the Irish Film and Television Academy, is currently completing a research PhD in the Huston School of Film at NUI Galway, studying the adaptation of comics to film.

”This summer in particular has more superhero movies coming out than ever before, with ‘Iron Man’, ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and ‘The Dark Knight',” says Burke. “There has never been a greater interest in superhero movies than now and I think a lot of people of will find this book an exciting and entertaining read."

‘Pocket Essential Superhero Movies’ is on sale from selected book shops, and on-line at Amazon, priced €6.99. For more info go to:

www.pocketessentials.co.uk

Evan Goldberg We Salute You

Evan Goldberg, the extremely cool writer of Superbad and the upcoming Pineapple Express is finishing his recent writer's residency in The John Huston School Of Film(see here for all the news on future projects he divulged during in his stay). In honour of all that, here's a clip we posted weeks ago. Damn it, it's funny so we're treating you to it again.