10,000 B.C. Film 2008 Wallpapers

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10,000 BC is a 2008 American film set in the prehistoric era directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Camilla Belle and Steven Strait. The film is slated for a March 7, 2008 release.

Mammoth hunter D’Leh (Steven Strait), a member of a hunter-gatherer tribe living in 10,000 B.C., travels through unknown lands on a quest to rescue his people from extinction. Leading an army, D’Leh uncovers a lost civilization while in pursuit of a warlord who kidnapped his love, Evolet (Camilla Belle). D’Leh and his army come face-to-face with saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths, Phorusrhacids, and ground sloths in the journey to save his people.

In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter, D’Leh, has found his heart’s passion – the beautiful Evolet. When a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and kidnap Evolet, D’Leh is forced to lead a small group of hunters to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her.

Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-tooth tigers and prehistoric predators and, at their heroic journey’s end, they uncover a Lost Civilization. Their ultimate fate lies in an empire beyond imagination, where great pyramids reach into the skies. Here they will take their stand against a powerful god who has brutally enslaved their people.

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Production: Director Roland Emmerich and composer Harald Kloser originally penned a script for 10,000 BC. When the project received the greenlight from Columbia Pictures, screenwriter John Orloff began work on a new draft of the original script. Columbia Pictures, under Sony Pictures Entertainment, dropped the project due to a busy release calendar, and Warner Bros. picked up the project in Sony’s vacancy. The script went through a second revision with Matthew Sand and a final revision with Robert Rodat.

Emmerich opened casting sessions in late October 2005. In February 2006, Camilla Belle and Steven Strait were announced to star in the film, with Strait as the mammoth hunter and Belle as his love. Emmerich felt that casting well known actors would distract from the realistic feel of the prehistoric setting. “If like, Jake Gyllenhaal turned up in a movie like this, everybody would be, ‘What’s that?’”, he explained. Unknown casting also helped keep the film’s budget down.

Production began in spring 2006 in South Africa and Namibia. Location filming also took place in southern New Zealand and Thailand. Before shooting began, the production had spent eighteen months on research and development for the computer generated imagery. Two companies recreated prehistoric animals. To cut time (it was taking sixteen hours to render a single frame) 50% of the CGI models’ fur was removed, as “it turned out half the fur looked the same” to the director.

Release: Originally slated for July 27, 2007, the release date for 10,000 BC was pushed back to December 14, 2007. The film’s release was postponed a second time to March 7, 2008.

Cast:

  • Steven Strait as D’Leh, a mammoth hunter.
  • Camilla Belle as Evolet, D’Leh’s love.
  • Cliff Curtis as Tic’Tic, a bearded mentor.

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Stop Loss 2008 Film Wallpapers

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Stop-Loss is Kimberly Peirce’s follow up to her award-winning film Boys Don’t Cry. The script was written by Peirce and Mark Richard. This is the first ever war film produced by MTV Films.

Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), who served with him in Iraq.

Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. Brandon tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with him in Iraq.

Alongside their war-time buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon’s will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq. This upends Brandon’s entire world. The conflict into which he is thrown tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love, and the value of honor.

Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon’s will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq using the “stop-loss” procedure, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor. Characters appear to be wearing Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUIs) of the 21st Infantry Regiment.

Cast:

  • Ryan Phillippe … Sgt. Brandon Leonard King
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tommy Burgess
  • Rob Brown … Isaac “Eyeball” Butler
  • Channing Tatum … Steve Shriver
  • Victor Rasuk … Rico Ridriguez
  •  Terry Quay … Al “Preacher” Colson
  • Matthew Scott Wilcox … Harvey
  • Timothy Olyphant … Lt. Col. Boot Miller
  • Linda Emond … Ida King
  • Ciarán Hinds … Roy King
  • Mamie Gummer … Jeanie
  • Abbie Cornish … Michelle

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21 Film 2008 Wallpapers

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21 is a 2008 drama film from Columbia Pictures. It stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Laurence Fishburne. The film is based on the best-selling book by Ben Mezrich, Bringing Down the House. The film is scheduled for release on March 28, 2008.

Columbia Pictures’ high stakes action adventure 21 is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country – and how they took Vegas for millions.

Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who – needing to pay school tuition – finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school’s most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, they’ve cracked the code.

By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits.

Though counting cards isn’t illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos’ menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne). The trailer suggests that Rosa is not unknown to Cole Williams.

Casting of Caucasian/Asian: Although most of the central characters in Bringing Down the House were Asian-Americans in real life, studio executives have cast mostly white actors to portray them in the film. Ben Mezrich, author of Bringing Down the House, has noted a “stereotypical” casting process on the part of Hollywood.

Asian Week called the casting a “whitewash,” pointing out that if it was African Americans replaced by Caucasians, there would be more vocal protest. Best Week Ever mocked the casting by stating “I have no trouble watching Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth instead of some zany Asian people Asianing up the screen with their unwatchable, completely unrelatable Asianness.”

Trivia: The scenes in the MIT bar were actually filmed across the Charles River at the Boston University Pub. MIT would not allow filming on campus. Filming also took place at the Christian Science Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

This is the third film in which Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth have starred together. The first was Beyond the Sea, which Spacey directed, and the second was Superman Returns. The pair will again star together in the Superman Returns sequel Superman: The Man of Steel. This is also the second film that Kate Bosworth and Robert Luketic have made together, the first being Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!.

Cast:

  • Jim Sturgess as Ben Campbell, the protagonist, an MIT student incredibly good with numbers, who becomes a member of the blackjack team.
  • Kevin Spacey as Mickey Rosa, the founder of the blackjack team.
  • Kate Bosworth as Jill Taylor
  • Laurence Fishburne as Cole Williams, a casino security agent who becomes determined to take down the team.
  • Aaron Yoo as Choi, an Asian-American MIT student who becomes a member of the blackjack team.
  • Liza Lapira as Kianna
  • Jacob Pitts as Fisher
  • Josh Gad as Miles Connoly
  • Roger Dillingham, Jr. as Head Bouncer

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CJ7 Film 2008 Wallpapers

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CJ7 is a 2008 Hong Kong science fiction/comedy film written, produced and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film. It was released on January 31, 2008 in Hong Kong.

In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China’s successful Shenzhou manned space missions – Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6.

It was previously been known by a series of working titles – Alien, Yangtze River VII, Long River 7 and most notably, A Hope. It was filmed in Ningbo, in the Zhejiang province.

As with the title CJ7, the earlier working titles, A Hope,Yangtze River VII and Long River 7, referred to the Chinese manned space program. The mission of Shenzhou 6 was completed in 2006 and the real Shenzhou 7 is set to launch in September 2008.

The film will have a budget of $20 million US, and will be heavy on CG effects. Chow plays a widower who lives in a partly demolished house with his son (who is actually played by a girl, Xu Jiao). As Chow’s character can’t afford to buy a toy for the child, he finds a makeshift toy in the garbage and brings it back to his son. The toy is actually an alien and the aliens are desperate to get it back.

Some rumours state that it is a “pet” rather than a “toy”. The reason Chow’s character can’t afford to buy the child a toy is because he spends all this income on sending his son to a private school. Furthermore, he owes his boss (a contractor played by Lam Chi Chung) for money loaned to him after the death of his wife.

Cast:

  • Stephen Chow – Ti
  • Kitty Zhang – Ms. Yuen
  • Lam Chi Chung – The Boss
  • Xu Jiao – Dicky
  • Danny Chan Kwok Kuen – teacher
  • Tin Kai Man

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Quantum of Solace 2008 James Bond Film Wallpapers

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Quantum of Solace is the 22nd spy film in EON Productions’ James Bond film series, due for release on 7 November 2008. It is the sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale, which rebooted the series.

It is directed by Marc Forster, and features Daniel Craig’s second performance as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned as writers. In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of a cover organisation called Green Planet, seeking revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd. Greene intends to stage a coup d’état in a Latin American country. Bond is assisted by Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who also wants revenge against Greene. The title was chosen from an unrelated short story in Ian Fleming’s For Your Eyes Only (1960).

Producer Michael G. Wilson created the film’s story whilst Casino Royale was shooting. The film was originally scheduled for a 2 May 2008 release, but it was pushed back to allow more time when Roger Michell dropped out as director. Second unit filming began in August 2007 at Siena and Madrid, before principal photography began in January 2008 at Pinewood Studios. Production designer Dennis Gassner took over from Peter Lamont, who retired after working on eighteen Bond films.

He designed the five major Pinewood sets, which stand in for Siena, Bolivia and the MI6 headquarters. Gassner’s designs are close to the modernism of Ken Adam, the first Bond production designer. Location filming will take place at Panama, Chile, Peru, Italy and Austria, before moving back to Pinewood in June. There will be more gadgets than in Casino Royale, though they will still aim to be realistic.

Premise: Michael G. Wilson has confirmed that the film will pick up “literally an hour after” Casino Royale’s conclusion, when a wounded Mr. White is shot and captured by Bond at Lake Como. Bond is then involved in a car chase in Siena, Italy. The official synopsis shows that White reveals to Bond and M that his organisation has agents in Her Majesty’s Government and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Forensic evidence of an MI6 traitor leads Bond to Haiti, where he meets Camille, who then helps him find Dominic Greene, a ruthless businessman and a member of the organisation known as Green Planet. Greene intends to use his government contacts to help overthrow the current regime in a Latin American country, and place the exiled General Medrano as the head of state.

Medrano will in exchange give the organisation a barren piece of land, which actually will give them total control of “one of the world’s most important natural resources”. Bond travels to Austria and South America to unravel Greene’s plan, staying one step ahead of the CIA, terrorists and M whilst trying to keep his desire for retribution over Vesper Lynd’s death in check.

Cast:

  • Daniel Craig as James Bond: Craig stated that Bond continues to learn throughout the film, and that he would be “still too headstrong and wouldn’t always make the right decisions”. Writer Paul Haggis said that Bond will be “a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong” The actor gave advice to Haggis on the script and also helped choose Marc Forster as director, being a fan of his films. Craig’s training for his reprisal involved more boxing and running, to avoid injuries caused by the lack of his running and jumping for the stunts from his debut. He also practised speedboating and stunt driving. Craig felt Casino Royale was “physically a walk in the park” compared to Quantum of Solace. Whilst filming in Panama, Craig was rushed to hospital after hitting one of his ribs. The injury was not serious, and he was admitted back to filming.
  • Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene, the main villain. Craig confirmed “there is a connection” between Greene and Vesper Lynd. Amalric acknowledged taking the role was an easy decision because, “It’s impossible to say to your kids that ‘I could have been in a Bond film but I refused’.” Before accepting the part, he asked Michael Lonsdale whether playing Hugo Drax in Moonraker had any effect on his career, to which Lonsdale said there was none. Having played Jean-Dominique Bauby in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Amalric found the role refreshingly physical. The character will not look grotesque to be any more formidable. “There’ll be no metal jaw, no white hair, no scar, no eye with blood. Just my face,” Amalric said. Amalric described Greene’s fight style as based around the possibility that “the villain doesn’t know how to fight, so James Bond would be more surprised. Sometimes anger can be much more dangerous. I’m going to fight like in school.” Amalric modelled his performance on “the smile of Tony Blair [and] the craziness of Sarkozy,” the latter whom he called “the worst villain we [the French] have ever had he walks around thinking he’s in a Bond film.” Bruno Ganz was also considered for the part.
  • Olga Kurylenko as the lead Bond girl, Camille. She has her own vendetta regarding Greene and his organisation. “At the beginning she is an opponent of Bond, but they are going to have to collaborate,” the actress said. “We’ll see if she’s a villain.” Kurylenko spent three weeks training with weapons and learnt how to fight and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving. She was given a DVD box set of the films since the Bond franchise was not known in her homeland of Ukraine, where she grew up. The producers said Camille is someone “who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper’s betrayal”. The producers had intended to cast a South American actress in the role. The character was made half-Ukranian, half-Bolivian. Kurylenko had to train with a coach to learn how to perform with a Spanish accent.
  • Judi Dench as M. She said M’s relationship with Bond becomes “pretty prickly”. M’s husband, who was briefly seen sleeping next to her in Casino Royale, will also be heard off-screen in the film.
  • Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter, Bond’s CIA ally who aided him at Casino Royale in Montenegro. This will mark only the second time the same actor has appeared as Leiter twice since David Hedison played the character in Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989).
  • Giancarlo Giannini as René Mathis, a French double agent who helps Bond discover who Le Chiffre and Mr. White worked for.
  • Gemma Arterton as MI6 Agent Fields, who works at the British consulate in Bolivia. Arterton was chosen from around 1500 candidates. One of the casting directors asked her to audition for the role, having seen her portray Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Globe Theatre. Arterton said Fields was “not so frolicsome” as other Bond girls, but is instead “fresh and young, not [...] a femme fatale” Her character is a homage to the 60’s Bond girls. Her hair in the film is modelled after Diana Rigg, who played Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, who is one of her favourite Bond girls along with Honor Blackman.
  • Joaquin Cosío as General Medrano, who is Bond’s enemy in Latin America. Greene is helping the exiled general get back into power, in return for support of his organisation.
  • Anatole Taubman as Elvis. Taubman explained his role was larger than a mere henchman.
  • Jesper Christensen as Mr. White, whom Bond captured after he stole the money won at Casino Royale in Montenegro.
  • Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner, a recurring member of the MI6 staff, later destined to be Chief of Staff.
  • Neil Jackson as Mr. Slate. Jackson stated on his MySpace profile that his character has a fight with Bond.
  • Fernando Guillén Cuervo has an unknown role.

Although imagery of her character may feature, Eva Green will not film any new footage as Vesper Lynd for the film. Barbara Broccoli said at the very least, “[Vesper is] certainly on Bond’s mind.” Michael G. Wilson confirmed Miss Moneypenny and “Q” are not in the film, as with Casino Royale. He said that when writing the other films they had to find a moment for both characters, which wasn’t necessarily organic.

Effects: Ford has a three-film deal that began with 2002’s Die Another Day. The Aston Martin DBS V12 will return in the film, and Ford GTs will also be used. Judi Dench also mentioned, “M learns to do a few more gadgets.” These include a glass wall in her office which can be made opaque if she requires privacy. The redesigned HQ has a touchscreen computer which keeps track of all their agents. Michael G. Wilson said of the gadgets that “we’ve just used realistic things within the world”. Wilson commented that the film might return to the traditionally styled gun barrel opening shot.

Music: David Arnold, who composed the scores for the previous four Bond films, will return for Quantum of Solace. When asked about the possibility of Amy Winehouse singing the theme song, Michael G. Wilson replied, “She could do a wonderful job. We’ll have to wait and see if she can do it.”

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