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Platinum Studios Bringing "Final Orbit" To Big Screen

Jason — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:45:37 +0000

According to Variety, Platinum Studios has teamed with Valhalla Motion Pictures to turn the thriller comicbook “Final Orbit” into a feature film.

The comicbook form of “Final Orbit” won’t be be published by Platinum Studios Comics until early next year, but the studio is already hot on the project. The comicbook tells the story of a lottery that gives thrill seekers a chance to vacation aboard a newly completed International Space Station. The vacations turn nightmarish for one group, however, after the station is damaged, trapping tourists in a crippled module with no trained astronauts to help them.

Valhalla chair Gale Anne Hurd and Platinum Studios chairman-CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg will produce.

Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man) will write the script. Gerwirtz’s most recent script credit is the Al Pacino/Robert De Niro starrer Righteous Kill.

Hurd’s Valhalla is a producer on Marvel Studios’ The Incredible Hulk, which opens June 13.

Platinum Studios controls a library of 5,600 comicbook characters and has numerous other comic-driven titles in development. They are currently teaming with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to produce Atlantis Rising at DreamWorks and Unique at Walt Disney Pictures.

"Righteous Kill" Trailer B

Mike — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:15:41 +0000

A few months ago we told you guys about Righteous Kill, a new crime drama featuring Al Pacino and Robert Niro, paired once again on the big screen. This marks the second time the duo will be in the same film, the first of course was the awesome Heat, one of my favorites.

Righteous Kill is actually an indie film produced by Nu Image’s Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films.

Well, our previous post just had the teaser in it, and now we have the second trailer for the film to show you guys. It looks good, but then again, putting these two guys in a cop/crime movie is a no-brainer.

Here is the poster for the movie:

New teaser: Pacino, De Niro back together for 'Righteous Kill'

Mike — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:58:16 +0000

I don’t know about any of you, but the scene from the movie Heat, in which Robert De Niro and Al Pacino pull over to have a conversation at a coffee shop, ranks up there with one of my favorite of all time.

There was power in that moment. Pacino the cop, after De Niro the criminal, and they just sit down to have a talk and let each other know where they stand. Man, that was awesome, simply awesome.

Well, I can’t think of a time when they’ve been together in a film since, but that’s ended now. On September 18th, 2008, they’ll find themselves on the same side of the law in the new crime drama, Righteous Kill.

Pacino plays Rooster, and De Niro plays Turk, both are veteran detective in New York City who are tracking down a serial killer who leaves poems as a marker at his kills.

You also get Brian Dennehy, Donnie Walberg, Carlo Gugino and John Leguizamo, which makes up a pretty decent supporting cast.

This looks like it could be great and perhaps bring these two back to the types of roles that made them awesome in the past.