• Seth Gordon Says 'King Of Kong' Remake Will Be A Mockumentary

    By Russ Fischer July 9th, 2011

    Seth Gordon seems to have become a director of studio comedies like Horrible Bosses (and he's remaking WarGames) but don't forget that he first took the spotlight as the guy who made The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters back in 2007. The film really struck a chord with people, and New Line bought…

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  • Plastic Surgeon Hank Chien Beats Steve Wiebe's Donkey Kong Record

    By Peter Sciretta January 11th, 2011

    Many of you probably have seen the 2007 documentary The King of Kong (and if you haven't, Netflix it now!). The movie follows the battle between Steve Wiebe and noted Donkey Kong/vintage video game champion Billy Mitchell, over the world record for Donkey Kong. Since the release of the film, it has been fun tracking…

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  • Billy Mitchell Regains Donkey Kong And Donkey Kong Jr World Records

    By Peter Sciretta August 26th, 2010

    Disclaimer: Because we're a movie blog, news from other mediums (like video games) sometimes take longer to get to us. So please excuse us if you already read about this on a video game website or blog. And I figure if I somehow missed this news, some of you might have as well. Many of…

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    Steve Wiebe Recaptures Donkey Kong (Jr) World Record

    By Peter Sciretta February 17th, 2010

    Steve Wiebe, noted Donkey Kong competitor and star of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong, recaptured his title as the Donkey Kong Junior World Record Holder. Billy Mitchell still remains the world record holder for regular Donkey Kong. Here is the update from Twin Galaxies: On behalf of Twin Galaxies, I'd like to congratulate…

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  • Cool Stuff: Complete Crazy4Cult 3D Art Preview

    By Peter Sciretta July 16th, 2009

    As you probably know by now, Gallery 1988 will be holding their third annual pop culture art show Crazy4Cult 3D from July 16th (TONIGHT!!!) to August 8th in Los Angeles. Gallery1988 has given us permission to run an exclusive preview of some of the cool artwork which hasn't been seen yet, that will be available…

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  • Seth Gordon To Direct Suicide Squad; Updates King Of Kong Remake

    By Peter Sciretta November 18th, 2008

    King of Kong director Seth Gordon has signed on to direct Suicide Squad for Working Title Films and Universal Pictures. According to THR, the story follows a desperate con man, out on parole, who recruits a crew of amateur criminals to rip off the Kentucky Derby. Sounds kinda like if Oceans Eleven was made up…

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  • The Rock-Afire Explosion Movie Trailer (Accurately Fun/Creepy!)

    By Hunter Stephenson July 4th, 2008

    We'll take this sentence to offer the ongoing meme for Showbiz Pizza's house band an extended welcome and a thanks for making so many parents' divorces and kids' birthday parties that much more awkward, wacky and bipolar. This forthcoming documentary shines a light on the magic inner workings and fandom of The Rock-afire Explosion, the…

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    Cool Stuff: King Donkey Kong T-Shirt

    By Peter Sciretta April 24th, 2008

    SplitReason has a cool new video game t-shirt which parodies the iconic image of King Kong on the Empire State Building. Instead of it being King Kong, it appears that Donkey Kong has escaped the elevator stage which is hidden inside that big skyscraper. Steve Wiebe must have somehow made it past the kill screen.…

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    Steve Wiebe Attempts To Reclaim His Title As The King Of Kong

    By Peter Sciretta March 5th, 2008

    Update: Did Steve Wiebe Reclaim His Title as The King of Kong? /Film reader Joseph D sent word that Steve Wiebe, noted Donkey Kong competitor and star of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong, will attempt to set the Donkey Kong World Record later today at Microsoft's MIX08 event tonight in Las Vegas, with…

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    The King Of Kong Movie Trailer

    By Peter Sciretta June 18th, 2007

      Picturehouse has released the theatrical movie trailer for The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (poster). I, like many of you, grew up during the last few years of the so called Arcade revolution. Kids flocked to the local bowling alley or video arcade to play the latest and greatest video game machines.…

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    King Of Kong Poster Revealed

    By Peter Sciretta June 11th, 2007

    One of the documentaries we really dug at this year's Sundance Film Festival was Chasing Ghosts, about the masters of Pac-Man. It was a great trip back to the arcade era of the 1970's and 1980's. Well, Picturehouse has picked up a similar documentary (which even includes some of the same characters), which New Line…

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