Last week, we were all shocked by the news that Don Cheadle, who we seen in movies like Hotel Rwanda and Crash, had been signed to replace Terence Howard in Iron Man 2: The Movie. The speculation was that Marvel had a falling out with the actor over his salary requirements that was needed for to be apart of the movie. When NPR spoke to Howard on the replacement he explained his confusion over the entire situation.

“Yeah, I found that out, too,” said Howard. “It was the surprise of a lifetime. There was no explanation. Just…up and vanished. I read something in the trades implicating that it was about money or something. But apparently the contracts that we write and sign aren’t worth the paper that they’re printed on, sometimes. Promises aren’t kept, and good faith negotiations aren’t always held up. Even friendships, people you support…”-Terence Howard

The last Street Fighter movie was downright atrocious, but that doesn’t always mean that you should give up on the game as a movie series, or does it? We all may know as Steven E. de Souza has the guy who messed up with the games creditable as a film back in 1994. Well, when he was speaking to the guys at MTV’s Movie Blog he said that “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,” will be better then the first movie which was simply entitled “Street Fighter”.

“When we were making the original one, they insisted that all of the characters be in the movie,” de Souza remembered with a sigh. “And if you do the math, that gives you about 7 minutes per character if you split it up equally.”

“I’m envious of this group, because they’re able to construct a movie around a single character rather than a three-ring circus that needs to be lassoed with the story,” he insisted. “It’s a rich universe, and I think it can support all of these versions.”

I remember not so long ago that Lionsgate was shooting for a PG-13 rating for Punisher: War Zone, which was reported by Latino Review. Now, today according to CHUD, the movie, Punisher: War Zone, has recieved a R-rating for, “pervasive strong brutal violence, language and some drug use.” Also by the video shown at Comic Con we can tell that this movie wasn’t going to be all sunshine and rainbows. The movie was rated by the MPAA, Motion Picture Association of America, and we all know that there was going to be drugs in this movie because lets face it, it’s The Punisher. The language we can understand because it will just and to the fact that this movie is about Killers and Kingpins and that will just add to that fact.

Announced in October of 2007, Resident Evil: Degeneration is already set to make it’s first global showing at TGS, Tokyo Game Show, on October the 10. Also on November 13th the video game movie is set to make it’s apparent at the Horror Film Festival in New York, which is in the US. Here’s a little statement on the game from the press release about the game:

“Seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire are back as the war against the zombies rages on in RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION,” It goes on, “Produced by renown gaming producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi (associate producer of Resident Evil: Apocalypse and video game producer of Resident Evil® 4 and Devil May Cry® 4) and directed by Makoto Kamiya (special effects director of L: Change The World, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack), RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION is a spectacular, CG-animated thrill-ride that takes the terrifying zombie action of the blockbuster Resident Evil franchise to a whole new level with jaw-dropping visual effects and heart-pounding suspense.”

For a game that’s anything but funny this game sure has alot of hype behind it and this is a survival horror game that you don’t want to miss. Today, Electronic Arts revealed that it’s hit survival horror, Dead Space, has gone gold and will ship in North America on October 14 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. They also revealed that the PC version will ship on October 20. Also people who buy within the first two weeks of the game’s release will have the opportunity to download a platform exclusive suit.

In addition, for Xbox 360 owners in North America, the EA Store is offering a very limited run of 1000 copies of the Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition. This package contains a copy of the game, Dead Space Downfall Animated Movie on DVD, bonus content DVD, 97-page art book, the 160-page graphic novel (which combines all six issues of the Dead Space comics), exclusive lithograph illustrated and individually signed by Ben Templesmith, and an Ishimura crew patch, all sealed in a limited edition Dead Space packaging. The Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition will be available on the Xbox 360 for MSRP $149.95.

There have been many Dragonball games, but what will make this one any different? According to Playthings, Fox appointed Gary Rosenfeld to the position of Senior Vice President of New Media Licensing, a role with oversight of the studio’s portfolio of video game projects and management responsibility for Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising’s (Fox L&M) games development staff. Rosenfeld is planning explore opportunities in the growing PC online game space and investigate new business models and partnerships in the console publishing area.

A handful of Fox properties will make it to the top of his list as he begins this new endeavor, starting with the studio’s major upcoming film releases and television brands, including Avatar, Night at the Museum - The Battle Of The Smithsonian, Ice Age 3, Dragonball, The Simpsons and Family Guy.

Rumors. You hate them, you love them and you cannot live without them. Many of you may have already guest by the title that this story has something to do with about the upcoming Captain America movie. Well, your right. Yesterday, a rumor surfaced on the web quoting actor Derek Luke acknowledging that he heard that Will Smith would be acting as one of Americas most beloved super hero’s, Captain America, in the upcoming movie, The First Avenger: Captain America. Today, the rumor was quickly shot down by AICN, which claims that Marvel never entertained Smith as a choice. So now that the rumor has been killed the only thing to do is to wait and watch. The movie will be directed by Nick Cassavetes and is set for a May 6, 2011 release.

3D Realms really loves movies so they have decided to move their well known franchise, Duke Nukem, to the big screen. To help with this big screen move they have decided to pick a very responsible man Scott Faye will be taking on this big project. If you don’t know Faye, he has worked on the upcoming future blockbuster Max Payne, starring Mark Wahlberg. “I am already working on building a scenario that does justice to the game, as Duke Nukem is one of the most important franchises in the history of video games,” Said Faye. As producer he will work very close with Scott Miller,3D Realms, to ensure that this movie is done right. Even if it takes 10 years to make this movie as gamers we would rather have a great movie then a bad one.

Sometime last month we got the chance to see the latest photos from the set of the upcoming video game movie adaption, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In the photos we saw Jake Gyllenhall, who we saw in movies like Zodiac and Jarhead, making his way to the set to film a part of the movie in his costume with no shirt on. As many of you know the pictures turned the movie/gaming world over getting featured on almost every movie/gaming site on the web. Today, according to photo gain by Korben, which show parts of the set being made or set up, the film is really going to be something amazing.

All six photos are post at the both of this post so feel free to check them out, warning there’s not photos for Jake Gyllenhall acting out any part of the movie.

It sure does take alot of work to be the greatest Lara Croft you can be. In a new trailer just in from Eidos Interactive we get a inside look at what we can expect from the next installment in the Tomb Raider franchise currently in the works at Crystal Dynamics. In the early information we have been given, from top down you can tell that the game will be action-pack. While Lara will have her signature dual guns she will also have to depend on her physical strength and the environment along with her archaeological tools to complete her mission. Lara leads a quest that circles the world to uncover the secrets of the Norse underworld and a forgotten power that if unleashed could lay waste to all civilization. Tomb Raider: Underworld will hit the store shelves across the world on November 21st.

Black Box, a studio apart of EA, today announced that Need for Speed Undercover is scheduled for release this holiday season. But, in the games recently release teaser trailer it showed a November 18th, which counts as this holiday season. Along with this announcement Black Box studios also revealed that Maggie Q will play as a lead character in the live-action sequences in the story mode.

“Need for Speed Undercover features a deep and engaging story of spectacular Hollywood-style live-action that will transport players into the fictional world of the Tri-City Bay Area,” said Bill Harrison, Need for Speed Undercover Executive Producer. “Working with talent the calibre of Maggie Q allows us to deliver an unparalleled level of storytelling that will keep players engaged in between 180-mile-an-hour races.”

Maggie Q, who has starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard, plays Federal Agent Chase Linh, a seductive handler who recruits and guides players as they go undercover. Players will take on dangerous jobs and compete in races in order to infiltrate and takedown a ruthless international crime syndicate.

“I’ve always been a fan of racing games and working on Need for Speed Undercover was an amazing experience,” said Maggie Q. “I was so impressed by the scope and quality of the overall production that goes into a videogame these days. It was like any other day on a Hollywood set; I felt right at home. The Black Box team is doing tremendous work here and I can’t wait to see the final game.”

When talking with the Quantum of Solace producer, Garrett Young, in an interview he said that he’s “not super impressed” with The Bourne Conspiracy (Video Game). When asked about what he thought of the Bourne Conspiracy video game, Young said “we did download the demo, we did look at it, like we do anything that’s new and coming out,” he explained. “Turok we played and other things that are new, we played GTA… But… yeah… not super impressed with the game… it’s always tough though when you make a game and you don’t have the lead character from the movie.”

Quantum of Solace, which is also known as James Bond: Quantum of Solace The Video Game, is the upcoming video game base of the up and coming James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. The game is the first James Bond title to be published by Activision, which acquired the video game license for the Bond franchise back in 2006. The license was recently owned by EA a video game developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor.

[Quantum of Solace's Garrett Young speaks via OXM]

According to member on the IGN Boards, he was watching G4 The Dark Knight preview with Kristin Holt interviewing Gary Oldman, who plays Jim Gordon in the movie. In the preview Gary Oldman told Kristin with loose lips that there really is “a Dark Knight Game in the works.” In the preview he joked about a “small scene in the game about his character on a roof top all alone while Batman jumped off the building and opened his wings to fly away to save the day.” He also talked about how it will look when Batman glides in the game. The game is set to be released around the same time as the DVD, near the end of this year.

Update:

At it’s midnight showing The Dark Knight grossed in an estimated $18.5 million, that’s the most ever for midnight showing in a long time. The last movie to hold this record was Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith, which grossed $16.9 million. And the lastest movie to hold this record was Spider-Man 3 which made 59.8 million in it’s opening day and by the looks of things The Dark Knight will be breaking that very soon. While some experts say that this movie is expected to gross $170 million, it may have done that by the time this story is posted.

To see what the NYTimes had to say about the movie check out this review of The Dark Knight.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, Swedish developer Grin is currently working with Universal on a Wanted movie based video game. The movie has taken over USD 192 million at the box office since release. The game will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

“From the time we read the script and saw the film’s pre-visual material, it was clear that Wanted was a powerful property – one that was well poised to deliver an engaging gaming experience,” commented Bill Kispert, VP and general manager for Universal Pictures.

Pete Wanat will work with Grin as executive game producer, who previously worked on movie games like The Thing, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and Scarface: The World is Yours.

According to Variety , Capcom is teaming up with producer Avi Arad to bring the Lost Planet movie adaptation to life. The movie is set to be part of a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Along with the news we got word that David Hayter , which was aready know by the rumor posted on the net, will be the writing the script for the movie. Arad will be producing the movie with his son Ari in partnership with Steven Paul through Seaside Entertainment. We are still waiting for officail word from Capcom about the movie.

Not so long ago we reported that David Hayter would be working a deal with Warner Bros. to induce Capcom’s Lost Planet to the big screen. Now, a rumor has been spotted up on the internet that advises the Lost Planet movie adaptation will be coming our way in 2011.

According to 1UP, the Lost Planet movie adaptation will be coming our way in 2011, or in other words the movie will be seen for the first time in theaters some in late, mid or early 09.  Many rumors have been going around that the movie would indeed be coming to life on the big screen, and many sources state that Warner Bros. will indeed be the distributor, with Capcom and Seaside Films co-producing the adaptation in to film. But, for now this is still a rumor so until E3 there is still no official word on the movie so far, so we still need to wait.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is currently out for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

According to an article posted by IGN (Joystiq ), veteran voice actor/screenwriter David Hayter revealed a deal with Warner Bros. to bring Capcom’s Lost Planet to the big screen. Bring Lost Planet closer to fruition than previously thought. Hayter told IGN that "It’s not entirely confirmed yet," he goes on to say "we are just closing the deal with Warner Bros. for me to adapt Lost Planet." But, unfortunately due to Hayter’s contractual agreements, IGN was unable to obtain more specific information about the film. Just keep E3 as an open window for an announcement.

In the article Hayter goes on to talking about his Hayter’s approach to adopting games to film here’s what he had to say "There is gap in Hollywood between people who write good movies and those who appreciate good video games," he said. "I’m fortunate enough to be in both worlds. For myself, I try to make an effort to take the essence of the game, keep as much of that as possible, and still put it into a proper film structure."

If you didn’t know by now, The Dark Knight (movie) will be coming to theaters near you very soon with advertisements for this promising movie popping up almost anywhere. The people over at Microsoft and Domino’s have teamed up for a upcoming giveaway know as "Cards Tell the Tale". An instant win promotion that pits you against The Joker for the chance to win one of two limited-edition The Dark Knight themed Xbox 360 consoles and many other great prizes.

The contest will start 7.7.08, in order to win you’ll need to buy the Limited Edition Gotham City Pizza (50% more pepperoni for $9.99) or The Dark Knight Deal (Gotham City Pizza plus 10-piece wings and a side of bread for $19.99). And here’s the cool part of this deal. You could have a chance to win $10K delivered to your door. Now how cool is that!

While one console is darker than the other it is safe to say that the want appeal is very big no matter which one you can get you hands on.

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According to a rumor posted on the SarcasticGamer website, the voice of Sam Fisher will not be making his return in latest Splinter Cell installment. Sam Fisher was voiced by Michael Ironside, and it seems that an internal dispute is paving the way for a new voice talent in coming Splinter Cell games. According to inside sources at Ubisoft, Ironside and Ubisoft have been at odds for some time:

"He was getting to way too egotistical about the project and extremely difficult to work with. He was also asking for a sh*t load of money… He pretty much tied his own noose."

No official reply from Ubisoft on this matter, but that’s probably because Conviction remains very much up in the air.

[Voice Of Sam Fisher Leaves Ubisoft? via PSXExtreme]

According to producer Patrick Aiello, Ryu and Ken will not be featured in the latest Street Fighter movie. Here’s what he had to say:

"Capcom got together and decided to make it more of an origin story for Chun Li. There are just way too many characters in the Street Fighter universe to cram them all into one film. We want to do each one the justice he/she deserves. So, in short, Ken and Ryu will not be appearing in this film. But, that doesn’t mean we wont see our red and white-clad heroes in potential sequels… "

[Questions. Answered. via Street Fighter Movie]

To many gamers Code Monkeys is known as the first show to represent the gaming as a whole. Unless your a self-closed person who has not watched G4, devoted to the world of video games and the video game lifestyle, you haven’t been exposed to Code Monkeys which is bad. This South Park and 8-bit Mario style show is pure gaming genius.

For those who never seen the show, June 1’s second-season premiere can’t come with perfect timing Code Monkeys takes place at GameaVision, an ’80s company that makes Atari 2600-type games with 8-bit point-and-click design.

The humor in Code Monkeys is mostly grounded in toilet humor and black comedy, but some of the show’s jokes stem from its numerous references to 1980s video games, including Castlevania , Mega Man , Contra , Ikari Warriors , Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! , Super Mario Bros. and others. With blood, puke, drug use and more sexual innuendo than you can shake at.

The main plot of this of this episode takes place when the company loses they insurance by there provider  and each character must submit a psychiatric evaluation. Which allowed every employee to show there inner-self to a very cool evaluator with all this going on Todd a Flavor flav horned helmet wearing 33-year old nerd is giving the chance to create is own game with the others see this they turn is game into something but hilarious. Which i am not going to mention.

The second season of Code Monkeys premieres at 7 p.m. ET/PT June 1 on G4.

Remember last year when Michael Bay’s was mad when the studio decided to move Transformers to HD-DVD instead of Blu-Ray saying "as a director, my critical eye is that Blu-ray is where my money is," He goes on to say "consumers are smart, and they are going to wait it out."  Well, it looks like we was right. Today, DREAMWORKS and PARAMOUNT PICTURES announced that Transformers will be headed to Blu-Ray this September as a two disc special edition Blu-Ray movie. There was no information about what would be contained in the special edition movie combo but many would speculate that there would be a trailer for the upcoming Transformers 2.

In the current issue of the Official UK PlayStation Mag they posted new rumors for the PlayStation 3, the rumors arrived from a member of the N4G forums after the Metal Gear Solid 4 preview hit the web. There was word at GDC that there was a Uncharted 2 in the works, other then that we have not gain word that if the rumor is official.

- Uncharted 2 will be set in the jungles and temples of India.

- Capcom is working on a new game called Spyborgs .

- Ubisoft is lining up deals to make an Assassin’s Creed movie.

- A Cloverfield game is in the works.

- A sequel to 2K’s The Darkness is also in the works.

[Metal Gear Solid - 1st Review via N4G Forum]

And what Hollywood? "The reason why ticket sales are down is because of video games", my butt! According to the Box Office charts, Grand Theft Auto IV is not the only thing that is making the fans go crazy. Today, we got news that Iron Man has made over $100.8 Million in ticket sales, or in other words, alot of money. So maybe next time they should point fingers at the crappy movies for ticket sales going down.

Blockbuster Inc. , a leading global provider of in-home movies and game entertainment, today announced it has rolled out retail video games and game hardware to all U.S. corporate-owned BLOCKBUSTER stores as part of a broader plan to significantly expand its game business.

Now, for the first time, customers can go into any U.S. corporate-owned BLOCKBUSTER store and purchase video game titles, hardware and accessories for the Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS game systems. In addition to expanding its retail games offering, Blockbuster is adding more game titles for rental with more copies than before across all platforms.

Blockbuster is featuring its expanded game offerings — including hardware and accessories, along with rental and retail titles such as "Mario Kart" and the soon-to-be-released "Grand Theft Auto IV" — on the new release wall in a specially designated game section.

"We are committed to offering a full assortment of everything gamers want in our stores — hardware, accessories and retail and rental games across all platforms — including Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS," said Rod Murray, vice-president, games merchandising, Blockbuster Inc.

To further support expansion of its game business, Blockbuster will also be implementing a variety of special consumer game offers, such as an exclusive Sony PS3 movie and game bundle. The bundle, available at corporate-owned stores while supplies last for $499.99, excluding tax, includes: a 40GB Sony PS3 game console that also plays Blu-ray DVDs, PS3/Blu-ray DVD remote, HDMI cable, "Spiderman 3" Blu-ray disc, "Transformers" PS3 game and a BLOCKBUSTER 12-week PS3/Blu-ray rental card that entitles users to one free PS3 or Blu-ray rental per week for 12 consecutive weeks.

The official new poster for The Dark Knight has been uncovered thanks to one for our featured readers. Now we don’t normally talk about movies that don’t relate to gaming but, this is just on movie that we couldn’t pass up. The poster was found on a viral marketing website called WhySoSerious.com. The movie is set from a release in July.

ShockTillYouDrop interviewed Michael Stahl-David , who played the lead in Cloverfield:

Should that be the case, has he heard any rumblings about the proposed Cloverfield 2? “I think they’re still trying to figure out how they’re going to pull it off,” the actor laughs. “They have some ideas they’re excited about but they’re really not sharing them with many people…and they’re not sharing them with me.”

He adds he would be surprised if Reeves and company asked him to return, “unless it was being glimpsed for a second by somebody else’s camera. And I think people have seen enough of me running around anyway.”

This week in the box office the teen horror remake Prom Night , took first place in the box office. Taking out the competition with an amazing $22.7 million ticket sold. Personally i’m not in shock that Prom Night sold that much tickets, the plot was really something that people wanted to go see and most teens are most teens going crazy for this movie.

O yeah, Street Kings sold $12 million, Smart People $4.2 million, 21 sold $11 million, Superhero Movie sold $3.1 million and Drillbit Taylor came in last with $2.1 million. Theres the ticket are the ticket sales from Box Office Mojo :

A source close to Moviehole , told them "this morning that the film remains in-tact – and nothing of Ledger’s will be cut from the movie, including the body-bag scene. ‘’I KNOW for a fact that that scene is in the film. I also know that WB has made no such mandate and that Chris [Nolan] is honest when saying that he will not change what was intended with The Joker.”