Daily entertainment news covering John Woo en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/01/celebrity_birthdays_may_96 Fri, 01 May 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 116772@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" director Wes Anderson (1969), Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky (1968), country superstar Tim McGraw (1967), "The Passion of the Christ" actress Maia Morgenstern (1962)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/01/celebrity_birthdays_may_63 Thu, 01 May 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80833@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" director Wes Anderson (1969), Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky (1968), country superstar Tim McGraw (1967), "The Passion of the Christ" actress Maia Morgenstern (1962), "Ghostbusters" singer Ray Parker Jr. (1954), "Law & Order SVU" actor Dann Florek (1950), action director John Woo (1946),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/19/video_game_review_stranglehold_brings_ci Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:50:09 EST Entertainment News 60649@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Stranglehold'' revives Inspector Tequila's starring role in John Woo's 1992 action flick ''Hard-Boiled,'' this time as a video game.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/05/week_in_video_game_news_the_cream_of_the Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:37:52 EST Entertainment News 58741@http://www.starpulse.com/news News from the virtual world: -FALL PREVIEW: The video-game industry's holiday season traditionally begins in mid-August, when EA Sports welcomes kids back from their summer vacations with the latest edition of ''Madden NFL.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/celebrate_legendary_film_maker_john_woo_ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 51740@http://www.starpulse.com/news SANTA MONICA, CA - Revered by action connoisseurs the world over as one of the genre's quintessential artists, director John Woo (Face/Off, The Killer, M:I-2) elevated violence to an art form with masterful choreography and complex, multi-faceted anti-heroes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/04/john_woo_drops_out_of_spy_hunter_adaptat Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:34:19 EST Entertainment News 45390@http://www.starpulse.com/news John Woo has reportedly pulled out of the forthcoming movie adaptation of hit video game Spy Hunter. The project has been in the pipeline for years, with Hong Kong film maker Woo and star The Rock attached since the beginning.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/24/joel_silver_to_helm_big_screen_he_man Thu, 24 May 2007 16:09:36 EST Entertainment News 44098@http://www.starpulse.com/news Movie mogul Joel Silver has struck a deal with toymakers Mattel to turn He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe into a new film franchise. Mattel bosses, who created the He-Man action figure in the 1980s and created a cult cartoon series to help sell the dolls, attempted to turn the concept into a movie in 1987 but their Masters of The Universe film was a critical flop.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/22/summer_of_video_games_real_heat_s_in_lat Tue, 22 May 2007 12:28:42 EST Entertainment News 43705@http://www.starpulse.com/news Summer is typically a slow time for hot new video game releases. This year is no different. Gamers looking forward to big brands like "Halo 3" and "Grand Theft Auto IV" will have to wait until this fall and the Thanksgiving-Christmas holidays. That's when the games business goes into overdrive and makes up half its revenue, says analyst Anita Frazier at NPD Group.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/10/john_woo_says_chow_yun_fat_still_a_frien Thu, 10 May 2007 12:56:22 EST Entertainment News 41884@http://www.starpulse.com/news HONG KONG (AP) - Chow Yun-fat's last-minute pullout from John Woo's new Chinese historical epic, Red Cliff, threatened to split up one of Hong Kong cinema's most famous partnerships.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/20/tony_leung_re_signs_to_john_woo_movie Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:06:07 EST Entertainment News 39041@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tony Leung has again agreed to star in director John Woo's historical epic Red Cliff, just days after Chow Yun-Fat withdrew from the project. Yun-Fat was expected to start filming on the $80 million movie last week, but walked from the set claiming he didn't have time to learn his dialogue.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/17/chow_yun_fat_quits_john_woo_movie Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:07:54 EST Entertainment News 38525@http://www.starpulse.com/news Chinese actor Chow Yun-Fat has been criticized for pulling out of historical epic Red Cliff after movie bosses reportedly refused his 'demands' Yun-Fat was expected to start filming on the big budget movie last week, but the star walked from the set claiming he didn't have time to learn his scripts.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/18/john_woo_develops_video_game_based_on_ha Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:21:08 EST Entertainment News 26489@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director John Woo is developing a video game version of his 1992 Hong Kong action movie Hard Boiled. Woo is determined for "Stranglehold," due for release in March, to be a faithful adaptation of his ultra-violent cult film, which stars Chow Yun-Fat.

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