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ARCHIVES WEEK 07 2004
12/02/04
Goyer talks Blade III!:
Writer-producer-director David Goyer talked to HNR about directed
the third flick of the Daywalker, a.k.a. Blade!:
How did the script turn out?
As expected, there's a lot of action. "We had a lot of big stunts, more than the other films. We blew things up, smashed a lot of cars. We blew up, smashed and shattered $170,000 [US] in glass alone.
"The big surprise for me was that it turned out quite funny, it has quite a bit of comedy. That's why I decided to cast a lot of people that had improvisational backgrounds or comedic backgrounds."
Will there be a "Blade 4?"
"Wesley told me when we did the second one that he thought he only had one more in him but you never know. We'll see. I always conceived of three films and there is a definite ending to this. I don't want to cheat (by opening it up again). On the other hand if it does $150 million, then . . . we're all whores."
Source: Movie Hole
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© new line 2004
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11/02/04
Upcoming Marvel Movies!:
I love this news, Filmforce chatted with Marvel executive
Avi Arad about their future movie projects including Elektra, Hulk 2 and Fantastic Four!
Sit back and enjoy:
"I'll tell you when you'll see the buzz - when we announce the movie, when we announce the director, and it will all of a sudden be an announcement that Jennifer Garner is teaming up with so-and-so to start the movie Elektra, and your site will get the buzz. It will happen. There's speculation about Hulk 2, but Hulk is a very different situation. Some of us are very, very proud of the movie. In retrospect - totally, blatantly honest - we shouldn't have gotten that deep. It was hard… There were a lot of moments that were hard to watch. But that's what it was about. It's about getting to the inner soul, to understand anger, and it's hard. Listen - some of the critics loved it. We got reviews in some countries that usually kill our kind of movies. Kill it. Like in France, for example, that was a revered movie there. When you go with an Ang Lee, you're going to go to the depths of the soul. Now, some people didn't want that depth. They wanted Rick Jones and a motorcycle across the thing, and basically follow up the television show - that probably had more awareness", says Arad.
IGN also asked about the current status of "The Fantastic Four" movie.
"Well, funny that you ask - sitting here right in front of me is the latest draft, and we're going to make this movie, and it's going to be great. And everything that you ever wanted to see in The Fantastic Four - which is the family dynamics, vis a vis Victor - it's all here. You wanted to see Alicia and Ben? Why does that make sense? It's here. Every hot button that the fans - someone like you - will want to see in this movie, is in there. You want the ancestry? It's there."
"The tone? Big action movie. A big action movie dealing with these characters. They come out of this tragedy, as you know - these superpowers are public, unlike the X-Men who can hide. And it's not easy. It's not easy for a person to get these supposed-to-be-superpowers, but they are not. It's not only for Ben. Obviously Ben is the monster in the group and the most sensitive, but everybody else - if a woman like Sue materializes, what does it do to everything else inside her? I don't want to go too deep and give too much away, but what I'm saying to you is we're dealing with the vulnerability on one hand, and then the fun in it.
Arad says Dr Doom will still be the villain, and that Sean Astin is a consideration for Directing duties, but that it's an open call.
11/02/04
Pics Gallore:
I've found a bunch of interesting pics today, starting off with Anakin and Padmé in Episode III
over at Movie-Vault.
The Force.net scored a pic with a possible
new galactic villain from Episode III, hope we got to see him in action!
Next up is Will Smith in the scifi epic I, Robot over at Intertain.dk and
Empire movies posted
new pics of the disaster flick The Day after Tomorrow. Click on the pics for larger versions.
11/02/04
Zeta-Jones in Ocean's 12:
Catherine Zeta-Jones will join George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, and
the rest of the all-star cast of Ocean's Twelve (the sequel to Ocean's 11). Steven Soderbergh directs
the heist movie.
Source: Coming Soon
10/02/04
Amazing Batman update!!!:
Variety posted a
gigantic article about Chris Nolan's Batman movie!!! He talked about the tone and style, the
Bat suit without the nipples, a new Batmobile and using New York, London and Iceland to recreate Gotham as
a modern-day metropolis. Here's what Chris Nolan and writer David Goyer had to say:
This time around, it's about the genesis of Batman: How billionaire Bruce Wayne makes a series of decisions that turn him into the Caped Crusader. Batman will be more realistic and less cartoonish. There are no campy villains. Wayne -- younger, more vulnerable, more human -- will be getting as much attention as his masked alter-ego.
"I felt like doing the origins story of the character, which is a story that's never been told before," says Chris Nolan ("Insomnia," "Memento"), who takes the reins of "Batman" from Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.
"The world of Batman is that of grounded reality," he says. Burton's and Schumacher's visions were idiosyncratic and unreal. Nolan says, "Ours will be a recognizable, contemporary reality against which an extraordinary heroic figure arises."
"If we're successful, the thing that will be talked about a lot and on what we worked on the hardest is that the audience will really care about Bruce Wayne and not just Batman," Goyer says. It doesn't matter how much you spend on special effects -- if it feels hollow, no one gives a damn."
10/02/04
Star Wars DVD release date!:
It's official, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi will be released in a
fantastic DVD box on September 21, 2004! The box contains one extra disc with special features, never-before-seen
footage and a new documentary. The three movies will be the "special editions," you know, the ones with added
CGI scenes and stuff, the original versions will not be included.
"We are currently in the process of restoring and remastering all three titles for the DVD release, so we're
still working on details of the marketing strategy," according to Jim Ward, Lucasfilm's Vice President of Marketing
and Distribution.
10/02/04
Hawke and Fishburne in Assault on Precinct 13:
Ehtan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne joined the cast of the Assault on Precinct 13 remake! The
movie is based on John Carpenter's cult classic and the story revolves around a police captain protecting the
precinct that's being attacked by a large group of gang members. Le French director Jean-Francois Richet will
helm the movie.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
10/02/04
Newsflash:
 Woody Harrelson will star in Jack Tucker, Trucker, a comedy written and to be directed by Bad Santa writers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Source: Variety
Justin Timberlake will make his film debut in Edison. Timberlake will join Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey and LL Cool J in the story of an elite unit of corrupt cops. Source: Fox news
Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber) wants Russell Crowe for their Three Stooges movie: "We would like to get Russell Crowe for Moe," said Peter. "He is the perfect Moe. He hasn't done a big comedy and the movie is basically The Stooges are back in the present day, there is no time machine taking you back. We are big fans...so we think it would be fun to work with him." Source: Herald Sun
10/02/04
Beautiful new Hellboy poster!!!:
Drew Struzan, the artist who created the posters for Indiana Jones and Star Wars, designed the poster for
Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy and it freakin' rocks! The movie is based on the popular comic
about a demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a
defender against the forces of darkness. Ron Perlman plays Hellboy with the help of make up artist Rick Baker,
click on the pic for a larger version!
Source: CHUD
© columbia 2004
10/02/04
Jackson talks Return of the King Extended Version!:
Peter Jackson revealed to Entertainment Weekly what we can expect on the extended version of
The Return of the King DVD!:
"We have an hour of footage we shot for "Return of the King" that we didn't put in the movie. I'm going to work on an extended DVD version, though I don't think all of that will make it in because the pacing would be really weird. But there's some good stuff that's not in the book. We did a funny scene between Gimli and Legolas having a drinking competition which I really quite liked, but we felt [it was too comedic] at a point when we wanted to set up the tension of the story. And there's a sequence of Sam and Frodo disguised as orcs where they end up in the orc army for a while."
Legolas and Gimli having a drinking competition! Wow, gotta see this!
Source: Coming Soon
10/02/04
Caviezel talks The Passion of Christ:
Jim Caviezel who plays the role of Jesus talked to Newsweek about Mel Gibson's controversial movie The Passion of Christ.
Here's clip:
The actor, who describes working with Gibson as "a little like waltzing in a hurricane," says the director told him he rediscovered the Gospels after going through a rough stretch in his life. "He began meditating on the passion and death of Jesus. In doing so, he said the wounds of Christ healed his wounds. And I think the film expresses that."
Check out the rest of the article here and
find out how Caviezel is getting struck by lightning(!) and suffers from hypothermia.
10/02/04
Science Fiction remake:
This came as a surprise, Variety reports that Columbia Pictures has bought the remake rights to the Dutch
family flick Science Fiction for producer Lauren Shuler Donner. The story revolves around
a boy who convinces his friends that his parents are aliens. The movie was a huge box office disappointment
here in Holland, received lots of bad reviews, so I'm really curious why Columbia bought the rights to this
movie.
10/02/04
Troy update:
The Official Troy website has been updated with new
pics and other goodies. The epic movie stars Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and is directed by Wolfgang
Petersen (Das Boot). Click on Brad to go to the site.
© wb 2004
09/02/04
US Box Office Feb 06-08:
Barbershop 2 did outstanding business at the US Box office earning $25 million! The
Ice Hockey flick Miracle, starring Kurt Russel, came in second with a nice $19 million. Here's
the rest of the Top Ten:
1. Barbershop 2 - $25.1m
2. Miracle - $19.4m
3. You Got Served - $7.7m / $26.0m Since opening
4. Along Came Polly - $7.0m / $75.2m
5. The Butterfly Effect - $6.7m / $41.5m
6. Catch That Kid - $6.0m
7. The Return of the King - $4.4m / $351.2m
8. Mystic River - $3.5m / $69.8m
9. Monster - $3.5m / $15.3m
10. Cold Mountain - $3.2m / $82.9m
07/02/04
Fantastico Around the World in 80 Days trailer!!!:
Man, you gotta see this sucker, Jackie Chan plays Passepartout in the epic Around the World in 80 Days.
The movie is based on Jules Verne's classic novel and stars Steve Coogan, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Rob Schneider, Luke & Owen Wilson
and a great cameo by Governor Schwarzenegger (see pic)! The Water Boy and The Wedding Singer director Frank Coraci
helms the flick. Click on the pic to download the trailer:
© disney 2004
07/02/04
Star Wars Episode III update:
The Official Star Wars site
talked to co-editor Roger Barton who revealed some interesting stuff about Episode III. Here's a clip:
Once Barton returned to Skywalker Ranch after principal photography wrapped on the set in Sydney, he began to work closely with Lucas and Ben Burtt. During production in Sydney, Burtt worked with the Animatics Department to deliver early iterations of some of the most action-packed scenes, while Barton was busily assembling live action footage shot on set.
"While Ben and George are knocking out the first 20 minutes of the movie that opens in a huge space battle, I'm working on the body of the movie and knocking out some Yoda sequences so that [Animation Supervisor] Rob Coleman can start his animation."
It opens with a huge space battle..? Man, I can't wait!!! Roger Barton also revealed that the third episode will be a lot darker.
07/02/04
Alien vs Predator set visit!!!:
Coming Soon posted their third impressive
Alien vs Predator set visit! FX artist and supervisor of visual effects John Bruno talked about
the clash of the titans:
So what can we look forward to in terms of the way effects are approached in this film?
Well, the approach on this film or historically my approach to visual effects has been every tool in the toolbox works. It's not just computers; computers are there when you can't do it any other way. So we use a lot of models and miniatures. For CG, it has to be something a little more special. So there's giant miniature sets, giant miniature creatures - smaller then the full size creatures. From "Alien," we're taking the best of the first and second movies. And from "Predator," we're using the first movie as a guide.
How many effects are in the film?
Well, 30 pages of the script are visual effects. I've never worked on a film like that - I don't even think "Titanic" had that in terms of percentage of the pages of the script. This is visual effects all the time. I don't think there's a sequence that doesn't have something.
What has been your biggest challenge on the film?
Well, coming up with the Predator cloaking... We're doing some spectacular things in this film. We're not just having the Predator stopping, then the dissolve comes. We have him leaping a 25-foot gap in the Chamber of Gods and while in mid-air he disappears, but the camera still follows him. It's very complex motion control - repeatable passes. It takes a long time and there's a lot of pressure. But it's going to look fantastic. We've already got some rough cuts together and it looks really good. Getting to see every aspect and every minute detail of how a face-hugger leaps - we shot it at 300 frames a second. It's all CG - the face hugger leaps across the room. So there's a scene where they'll all be flying and you'll get to study them a bit - like flying squirrels, they're lining up their targets. I already saw the rough cuts on that and we've got some pre-visualizations that look really good.
Do you think director Paul Anderson (Event Horizon, Soldier, Resident Evil) can pull it off? I hope so, click here to read the rest of the amazing set report.
07/02/04
Sigourney Weaver talks The Village:
Sigourney Weaver talked about her role in M. Night Shyamalan's latest project The Village!:
"I play Alice Hunt who's a widow - she's one of a group called The Elders of the village. It's a kind of a communal village and there's a group of people who run things very democratically. I'm Joaquin Phoenix's mother and he plays a very extraordinary, shy young man who's also very brave. It's a fabulous story on a lot of levels - not just scary but very interesting. I had nightmares for two weeks just reading it - so I think it's going to be very scary!"
Sources: Empire Online and Dark Horizons
07/02/04
New Pics!:
The Z Review got their
hands on some exclusive pics for The Brothers Grimm and I, Robot! The first movie
is a great fantasy flick from the director who brought us The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam. The movie stars
Matt Damon, Heath Ledger and Monica Bellucci. The second movie is a scifi epic directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow) and
stars Will Smith. Click on the pics for more!
07/02/04
Man-Thing Preview:
A scooper witnessed a Man-Thing preview. The movie is based on a Marvel comic about a swamp
creature and is directed by Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man):
"Saw a rough cut of Man Thing the other week, and although it was not finished, it is pretty dam impressive. It looks like a 100 million dollar movie. Brett Leonard has created a fun, fast paced scary movie, full of suspense and stunning visuals. The Man Thing creature and special make-up effects, created by Make-up Effects Group, look awesome. As does the cinematography and visual effects. The cast give strong performances, and the movie will deliver ... Beware Swamp Thing ..."
Yep, I'm pretty sure this movie will rock!
Source: Comic Book Resources
04/02/04
Reggy's Fighting Fish Review:
The first Dutch martial arts movie Fighting Fish has been unleashed in theatres last week
and you can find out if Dutch-fu is better than the good ol' kung fu flicks, check out my review right here!
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DVD releases R1
Cyrano De Bergerac
In The Cut
Lion King 1 1/2
Returner
The Stupids
Tokyo Joe
Wonderland
DVD releases R2
Cabin Pressure
Dumb & Dumberer
Bride Of The Re-Animator
Buffelo Girls
Crocodile Dundee 2
The Italian Job
A Man Called Horse
The Parallax View
Piranha II
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