Seth Gordon News

June 27, 2011
Seth Gordon Talks WarGames Reboot
Calls making it a "cool challenge." More...

June 24, 2011
MGM Wants Seth Gordon to Reboot WarGames
How about we just play a nice game of chess instead? More...

May 3, 2010
Seth Gordon Gives an Update on King of Kong
It's been awhile since we've heard any news about the non-documentary remake of the "The King of Kong," but according to Seth Gordon, the project is still very much alive. More...

July 16, 2009
Seth Gordon Mulls Joining King Dork's Court
"Four Christmases" director Seth Gordon is in talks to helm Sony's adaptation of the bestselling young adult novel "King Dork." More...

August 7, 2008
Further Reading: Celebrating the Brilliance of The King of Kong
One documentary from the US last year spoke to avid videogamers more than any other, and in the process told a brilliantly human story about good, evil and Donkey Kong. In this week's Further Reading, Kim Newman celebrates The King of Kong. More...

December 6, 2007
Freakonomics Headed to a Theater near You
Perhaps you've heard of Freakonomics, the bestselling book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, and thought it sounded interesting, but never found out, on account of how you're too lazy to read. Well, good news: now you never have to, because it's being made into a movie. More...

August 22, 2007
RTIndie: IFC Beefs Up On-Demand
This week at RTIndie: IFC brings indies to the people; Seth Gordon capitalizes on the success of The King of Kong; anime classic Grave of the Fireflies gets the remake treatment; and a Certified Fresh Mumblecore classic is our DVD Pick of the Week. More...

August 20, 2007
Johnny Depp to Grab a Fistful of Quarters?
Even for the age of unlikely remakes and strange adaptations, this one is sort of a doozy, but see if you can follow along: The recently released documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters -- which looks at the bewilderingly intense real-life rivalry between the two men battling over the scoring record for Donkey Kong -- has already been established as one of the summer's most pleasant critical surprises, shooting up to 97 percent on the Tomatometer. And now the filmmakers want to follow it up with...a King of Kong dramatization? More...

March 9, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: "FF2"'s Dr. Doom Costume Talk, Tobey Maguire Leaving Spider-Man(?), George Lucas Speaks, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, Julian McMahon spoke of Dr. Doom wardrobe issues in "Fantastic Four 2," Tobey Maguire discussed his questionable "Spider-Man" future, and George Lucas covered everything of relevance in his upcoming projects. More...

January 22, 2007
Sundance/Slamdance News: Vid Game Doc "Kong" Purchased for Theatrical, Remake Rights
With Sundance sales slow this year, buyers went across town to Slamdance looking for films; Sunday night Picturehouse secured rights to "The King of Kong," a documentary about arcade video gamers battling for dominance in a Donkey Kong championship. More...