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ARCHIVES WEEK 13 2004
25/03/04
Spider-man 2 update:
Great new Spider-man 2 update today, trust me, after reading this report, you're dying to see
Spider-man, I kid you not!
My mate from Down Under, Dark Horizon's Garth, witnessed the
new trailer and saw some freaking cool footage of the Spidey sequel! Here's a description:
The New Trailer
The new domestic trailer is still being assembled and will debut in cinemas April 9th, but we got a sneak peek. After the quite limp teaser, its very pleasing to say quite simply this preview ROCKED - literally the best full trailer of a Summer movie yet. The first half deals with Peter (Tobey Maguire) being sick of his identity and ditching his superhero identity (literally his costume in a trashcan). Combine that with some Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and Harry Osborn (Jmes Franco) footage as they want something from Peter (she wants a love admission, he wants to know why Peter seems to protect his father's killer) . Then the second half is all Doc Ock action and Spidey fighting scenes, flashes of Tobey's chest, people getting picked up like rag dolls, the Ock origin scene, and massive street battles.
Footage
Around seven minutes of footage were on hand as well. The scene began with the end scene from the teaser trailer - spidey and Doc Ock on top of a clock tower fighting each other. The fight is brutal - the four mechanical claws get really worked out, Spidey has ALL sorts of web shooting tricks and some quite spectacular action which moves to a fast moving train headed for danger. A simply awesome action clip, perhaps what's coolest is that Ock lacks any sympathy. In a moment where passengers all stand up to him and say "To get to him, you'll have to come through us", he yells "Ok" and proceeds to push/crush them aside and/or off the train.
Other Spider-man 2 news, USA Today
posted some more details. Marvel's Avi Arad talked about raising the bar with the movie. He revealed the following:
"We realized that we had set the bar extremely high with the first movie. We decided that the best shot in the first movie would have to be the worst shot in the second one. Everything had to improve.
While Arad was pleased with the stunts in the first film, "it wouldn't be good enough to just have him scaling buildings in this movie. Spider-Man should be doing things that have never been seen. In the sequel, our hero - and the camera that follows him - moves much faster over streets and between skyscrapers."
See what I mean, I can't wait to see this flick!!!
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25/03/04
Newsflash:
 New trailer for Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban is now online! Check out the trailer right here!
Always fun to follow a fellow Dutchman in Hollywood, this one became a star after playing a villain in Blade Runner, yep, I'm talking about Rutger Hauer and he will play in the upcoming Batman Begins! Hauer will play Earle a business contemporary of Bruce Wayne's murdered father who has designs on the Wayne corporate empire. How cool is that!
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
24/03/04
New posters!:
Latino Review shot
a bunch of pictures from posters shown at the ShowWest expo. Pics include Brad Pitt's Troy, Ben Stiller's Dodgeball,
Will Smith's I, Robot and Robert Redford's The Clearing. Click on the Troy poster for more!
© wb 2004
24/03/04
John Singleton talks Luke Cage:
Director John Singleton (2 Fast 2 Furious) just started preparing his next movie, the comic based Luke Cage! He talked
about finding the actor, the script and what kind of movie we can expect:
"I got a couple of people in mind, but it's premature to say. It's going to be announced in probably a week or so who's going to be Cage."
Singleton confirmed that Cage will be using his trademark "Sweet Christmas" line in the film.
"When I read the script, I bust out laughing when he said that but he can't wear the yellow shirt and he can't have the chains -- I'm not having that. And it's not like the Richard Corben one, either. I'm doing the movie for one reason, to have him break out of Seagate Prison with his bare hands.
It's a fun movie. It's hip. It's so cool, imagine if 50 Cent got super-powers."
Source: Comics Continuum
22/03/04
Paul Anderson gives Alien vs. Predator update!!!:
IGN Filmforce got the chance to
talk to Paul Anderson, the director of the upcoming Alien vs. Predator. The movie is in post-production,
scheduled for a mid-August release. Paul Anderson talked about the fight sequences, special effects and the original
Alien and Predator movies. Here's a clip:
IGN Filmforce: So what's giving you the most trouble in post-production right now?
Anderson: In post? I wouldn't say that any scene is a trouble scene because it doesn't work or anything like that. This is a movie that had a phenomenal amount of thought put into it before we started making it, specifically with how we were going to do the Alien and Predator combat aspects. I did not want to rely on fully CG Aliens and Predators wailing on each other, because I don't think that would have looked very good ... I mean you could have spent years and Jurassic Park money on it and it would never have looked as good as the real thing. So that's why we specifically shot as much practical as we possibly could. What that meant was we had to spend a huge amount of time shooting the fights. If you do it all CG, you shoot a bunch of plates and then you do it post-production on a computer.
IGN Filmforce: Can we expect much one-on-one action?
Anderson: I know for a fact that we've put some amazing Alien and Predator action on film. I don't have to finish cutting the movie to know that, I mean these creatures look the best they've looked and when they go head-to-head, it's like two alien creatures going head-to-head, it looks real, it looks ferocious, it's fast, it's frenzied, it's scary as hell. It's very impactful as well, I mean it's huge! People are going to leave the theaters I think pretty wrung out..
IGN Filmforce: How about the sound of Predator-vision - that was a very distinct sound - will you be able to preserve some of that?
ANDERSON: Absolutely! I mean our intention was to not stray too far away from what the original movies did; the Alien makes a certain sound and the Alien is going to make that sound, Predators make a certain sound and that's the species they are. They're not suddenly going to start making different noises. We're staying very true to the franchises in terms of the sounds of the creatures, in terms of things like graphics, the Predator-vision, we're keeping the same thing.
Click here for the rest of the amazing interview! Great work, guys!
22/03/04
Newsflash:
Great Newsflash to start the week with nice pics and of course another Batman update:
The logo for Batman Begins has been revealed on the official site. It looks pretty cool, plain and simple, just the way it should be. Check out a bigger version by clicking on the Bat.
Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine are in talks to join Bewitched. Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell are also attached to the remake of the 60s television show.
Source: Variety.
Frank Darabont will (re)write the screenplay for Mission Impossible 3. Joe Carnahan (Narc) will helm the flick, Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames will be back on board to star in the second sequel.
Source: AICN.
The new trailer for the vampire hunter flick Van Helsing is now online. The movie stars Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale and is directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy).
Empire Movies posted exclusive new pics for M. Night Shyamalan's thriller The Village. The Pennsylvania-set story, which takes place in 1897, focuses on a community surrounded by woods filled with strange and mythical creatures. The cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver and Adrien Brody. Click on the pic for more.
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22/03/04
U.S. Box Office Mar 19-21:
Zombies took over the Box Office last weekend earning an impressive $27 million! Dawn of the Dead
pushed The Passion to number 2 but the Mel Gibson movie still managed to grab $19 million with a
total gross of $295 million, the biggest gross for a R-rated movie (previous record holder was The Matrix Reloaded).
Here's the rest of the Top Ten:
1. Dawn of the Dead - $27.3m
2. The Passion of the Christ - $19.2m / $295.3m since opening
3. Taking Lives - $11.4m
4. Starsky & Hutch - $10.7m / $67.8m
5. Secret Window - $9.6m / $33.1m
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - $8.6m / $48.5m
7. Hidalgo - $8.5m / $48.5m
8. Agent Cody Banks 2 - $6.0m / $17.3m
9. 50 First Dates - $4.3m / $113.2m
10. Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen - $1.5m / $27.6m
20/03/04
Sky Captain posters!!!:
Filmforce IGN posted three nice
posters for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow! The story is set in late-1930s New York City
and follows Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow), a crack reporter working on a story about numerous world-famous scientists
who have mysteriously gone missing. Suddenly, all heck breaks loose and strange flying machines threaten Manhattan
while gigantic walking robots trample city blocks.
To get to the bottom of it all, Polly joins forces with her old flame and sometime adversary Capt. Joseph Sullivan
(Jude Law), known as Sky Captain.
Kerry Conran directed the flick that was shot against a bluescreen. The backgrounds were later created with
the help of CGI. "The whole movie is a special effect," says Conran, "even a scene with two people sitting in
a room. Really, it's a live-action cartoon." Click on the posters for a closer look!
20/03/04
Kevin Kline joins Pink Panther:
Kevin Kline is in talks to join Steve Martin in The Pink Panther for the role of chief Inspector
Dreyfus! Other cast members include Beyonce and Jean Reno, Cheaper by the Dozen director Shawn Levy will helm the
comedy.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
20/03/04
John Woo's Action-Musical?!:
My favorite director John Woo (MI:2, Face/Off) wants Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman to star in his new action-musical about a
dancin' American gangster. "I want to do an action-musical," says Woo, "I have dreamed about doing it for seven
years. It's an American gangster movie and is about a gangster who is also a good dancer. It is not a singing
movie, but there is dancing and action. We are working on the script and it's almost done."
I know what you're thinking, "an action-musical???" Don't worry, Woo will come up with something very cool. For
the Dutch readers, I've just posted my review for John Woo's latest flick Paycheck right here.
Source: Australian Associated Press
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DVD releases R1
Beyond Borders
Beyond The Mat
Dirty Pretty Things
Gothika
Honey
The Magdalene Sisters
The Singing Detective
DVD releases R2
n/a
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