Tag: Awards

With Academy Award nominations looming Tuesday morning, there’s been a lot of buzz about a possible supporting actor Oscar nod for Andy Serkis, the performance-capture pioneer who played the resistance fighter chimpanzee Caesar in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Serkis, who helped put motion-capture technology on the map a decade ago with his portrayal of Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” films, received a Critics’ Choice Movie Award nomination for his Caesar performance, and “Apes” co-star James Franco has been campaigning on his behalf for awards recognition. Hero Complex sat down with Serkis earlier this month in a video chat with readers to talk about “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and his other projects — including Peter Jackson’s upcoming two-part adaptation of “The Hobbit” and Steven Spielberg’s current release, “The Adventures of Tintin” — and what ...

Though dozens of video games (and the creative minds behind them) will be honored at the Video Game Awards Saturday night, the real stars of the event will be the trailers. Spike is debuting 10 trailers for highly anticipated games at the ninth annual VGAs, among them Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (check out the Hero Complex exclusive image above), Metal Gear Solid: Rising, The Amazing Spider-Man video game and the mysterious new PlayStation 3 title, teased online as The Last of Us. Gamers have high expectations for the previews, which is not surprising considering the video game industry now rivals (and some would argue surpasses) Hollywood in artistry, pulls a fair amount of star power, and makes considerably more money than the movies. Consider this: James Cameron’s “Avatar,” the top-grossing movie of all time, earned $77 million during its opening weekend in 2009. ...

Hokey smoke! June Foray, who supplied the voices of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale and Nell Fenwick on the classic “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show,” is set to receive the Comic-Con Icon Award at the 2011 Scream Awards, which will be taped Saturday evening at Universal Studios and will premiere Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Spike TV. The Scream Awards — which honor all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic books – will also present special awards to the “Harry Potter” films, Robert Downey Jr., Nicolas Cage and Paul Reubens. Foray’s career has spanned radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, albums, video games, talking dolls and TV. She provided the voice of Talking Tina, who kills Telly Savalas on the “Living Doll” episode of “The Twilight Zone.”  The diminutive Foray, who is all of 4 feet 11 inches, has done animation ...