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ARCHIVES WEEK 30 2004
22/07/04
New Posters!:
Great new posters popped up online, beginning with the teaser poster for the action flick Spy Hunter,
starring The Rock and directed by John Woo. Next, the teaser poster for the sci-fi film Serenity,
directed by Joss Whedon. Danny Glover is also back in the new horror movie Saw and check out this
absolutely beautiful poster for Robert Rodriguez' and Frank Miller's Sin City!!! Rodriguez really
nailed it, transferring the tone of Miller's comic to film!!! Click on the posters for larger versions, enjoy.
22/07/04
Goodbye Jerry Goldsmith...:
One of my favorite composers, Jerry Goldsmith, died at the age of 75. He could bring the movie to another level
with his wonderful score. Jerry composed the music for a lot of legendary films, including Rambo, Total Recall,
Basic Instinct, Alien, L.A. Confidential and The Omen (for which he won an Oscar).
We will miss him...
22/07/04
Adrien Brody talks King Kong!:
Adrien Brody told SCI FI Wire
that he's eager to play ex-fighter pilot Jack Driscoll in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong:
"Well, for once I get to be, first of all, this action hero and the guy who gets the girl, in a sense. It's a fantastic journey. It's basically the guy who becomes the man that he wants to be.
My character aspires to be that person who takes charge and goes for it, and I think a lot of people, for whatever reason, can't quite do that or take those steps. I'm a huge fan of Peter Jackson. He mastered, he and his own company, the art of special effects. And although that will be a big part of it, I think their focus will be on the dramatic side as well."
21/07/04
Sam Raimi talks Spider-man 3!!!:
Director Sam Raimi revealed more details about Spider-man 3 during an interview with the BBC:
You're currently at work on the script for Spider-Man 3...
I just finished this morning [Monday 12th July] - I mean the basic story. I'd been working on it with my brother.
What can you tell us?
It's going to follow the natural progression of the growth of these two individuals, Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker. It will be a love story and it will track the relationship as they encounter new conflicts that separate them. And hopefully their own will and love for each other will bring them back together in the piece. Harry will be a problem, but I'm not certain if Harry will become the Goblin or not. The thing I'm really not certain about is if he comes to feel, "Now I have the means to destroy Spider-Man - I was too weak before but now I have a way and I will become the man that my father always dreamed I could be." Or, does he feel: "Now I understand why Spider-Man had to destroy him, because he was a mass murderer and now my anger can drain away from me." It could be an answer to a question and it ends the pursuit, but I'm not certain which way to go.
Source: Superhero Hype
21/07/04
More Superman news:
Things are looking better and better! Bryan Singer's editor/composer John Ottman will also be on board of the
much delayed Superman film! This means that John Ottman gets his most prestigious film scoring assignment so far in his career according to
Music from the Movies.
Superman V reveals that Richard Donner, his wife Lauren Schuler-Donner and Christopher Reeve are
in "deep negotiations" with WB to produce Superman!!! Richard Donner directed Christopher Reeve in the original Superman movie back
in the late 70s.
21/07/04
Newsflash:
 Check out the trailer for Jet Li's new action packed flick Danny the Dog, right here.
Check out the trailer for Renny Harlin's creepy flick Exorcist: The Beginning, over here.
The first pics for Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's R-rated marionette flick Team America appeared online. Read more about this flick in the prevous headlines below. Click on the pic for more!
© paramount 2004
21/07/04
Colin Farrell talks Alexander:
Actor Colin Farrell talked about Oliver Stone's newest f*king epic Alexander! He compared the film to the
f*cking original and also talked about the f*cked up director, here's a f*cking clip, you f*ck:
Did you look at the Richard Burton one?
Yeah, I watched the Richard Burton one. Ours is not as stiffly classic. I mean, Burton is a f*cking genius. F*cking Richard Burton, oh my God. But the whole piece as an energy was for my money far too soupy. These men, even ours will probably be too f*cking gentle. But these were f*cking animals. They were animals, even the king. It wasn’t sitting on the throne in a castle. He was on the battlefield with blood, sweat and tears. And society was rough. It was honest, but it was rough. They drank a lot. They cussed a lot. Their dialect would've been something far more animal than, “Hello, I'm Alexander, the king.” It would've been guttural, something that sounded not Arabic, but something that sounded a little Latvian or Lithuanian. There would've been animal sounds, but there wasn't. In ours, Oliver was lucky enough that he let us Irish boys use Irish accents and Welsh boys use their Welsh accents and there's a couple of English actors in there. But it's primarily a Celtic sound. So I use my own speech, but I cleaned up the diction. I cleaned it up a little bit. So that's how it differs. It's more real as a result I hope.
How was the Oliver Stone experience?
Oh, it was great, man. Yeah. I had an amazing time working with him. He's an incredible man. An incredible filmmaker.
What was his process of directing you?
I mean, he definitely demands a different respect as each human demands a different way of trying to pull them out of themselves and dance with him. Oh man, he was very honest with me from day one, very tough and he should've been. Just tough in his honesty and the brutality of his honesty. “That was a sh*t take. It was terrible, terrible. Okay, f*ck it, lets go out and work and go. We're here.” Just honest. At the same time, when he told you that that was a great take, you knew that that was a great take. There was no dancing around the truth. He didn't dance around the truth, thank God. There's not enough people in the world that has the brutal honesty that he has.
Sounds great and, oh boy, you can read more about the interview with f*cks and sh*ts over at a About.com!
19/07/04
U.S. Box Office July 16-18:
Will Smith's I, Robot is the number 1 movie at the U.S. Box Office and punched Spidey to the second spot! But Spider-man 2
is still doing great, earning another $24 million and bringing its total to $301 million! Hilary Duff's A Cinderalla Story came in
third, doing fine with $15 million. The battle continues when another superhero hits theatres later this week, Halle Berry's Catwoman!
Also joining Catwoman is a spy named Jason Bourne and a blind samurai named Zatoichi.
Here's the Top Ten:
1. I, Robot - $52,250,000
2. Spider-man 2 - $24,200,000 / $301,712,000 since opening
3. A Cinderella Story - $13,800,000
4. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - $13,400,000 / $56,507,000
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 - $7,000,000 / $93,809,000
6. King Arthur - $6,927,000 / $37,876,000
7. The Notebook - $5,450,000 / $53,679,000
8. White Chicks - $3,400,000 / $63,434,000
9. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - $3,225,000 / $104,577,000
10. The Terminal - $3,100,000 / $71,149,000
19/07/04
Rodriguez talks Sin City:
AICN got another great exclusive
today, they talked to Robert Rodriguez about Sin City, the flick based on Frank Miller's comic. Rodriguez
had a great time working with Frank Miller who co-directed the movie. Here's a clip:
"I told Frank right off the bat that I wasn't interested in adapting the books, I wanted to simply translate them to the screen. I didn't want to make Robert Rodriguez's SIN CITY, I wanted to make Frank Miller's SIN CITY. I love these books and wanted to see this movie be as true to his vision as possible. Having learned all this new technology over my past several movies, the time was right. I also understood his process, because he writes, draws, inks and even letters his own material. The idea of him directing was really because I knew he could do it. He'd already been directing all these years, only he was using a pen and paper instead of a camera. When I told Frank that I wanted him to direct at least one of the stories he was so excited about the idea that he said right away, "BIG FAT KILL!" But later I realized what I really wanted was for him to be there directing all the time with me. He picked it up quick. I have to say, it was a thrill for us all to see him stalking the set, running up to actors to give direction, while furiously sketching up additional shots."
19/07/04
Impossible Mission: Impossible 3:
Wow, this came as a surprise, director Joe Carnahan (Narc) has left Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible 3
due to "creative differences"!
Shooting schedule is still starting next month in Berlin, who's going to sit in the director's chair is unknown.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
19/07/04
Die Hard 4 update :
Moviehole has an interesting update about the
Die Hard 4 flick. The previously rumoured-to-be-titled Die Hard 4: Die Hardest is now going by the avant-garde title DH 4.0.
Doug Richardson (Hostage) is working on the script and the film is set to start shooting in Spring/Summer 2005.
Reginald Vel Johnson will also be back as Al Powell!
17/07/04
The Latest Superman Developments:
Well, some good news to start the weekend! It's official, X-men's Bryan Singer is
the new director of Superman Returns! Yep, they even change the titel from Superman Reborn,
to Superman Lives to Superman V and now Superman Returns.
AICN reports that Bryan Singer and writers Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris
will start from scratch with the new Superman film:
"The J.J. Abrams script has been completely tossed out. Not of shred of it will remain. That McG ordered SUPERMAN cybersuit (Brilliant Ideas From Mr Hot Wheels, eh?) that Stan Winston's brilliant craftsmen were paid zillions to create is GONE!
this film does not throw the Donner films away and allegedly somehow has something to do with their timeline and history!!! So... from the title, all we're left with is... he must have left, and now he's back.
SUPERMAN RETURNS will not be an Origin Story. We're not going to walk through all that molasses for the umpteenth time, waiting for Kal-El to do something or become Superman again!"
Bryan Singer has left his Logan's Run remake to begin on the Man of Steel but will return to shoot
the remake after his work on Superman is finsished. BUT what about X-men 3? Sources say
that Fox will look for another director (I hope not).
Scifi Wire got the
chance to talk to previous Superman director McG and asked him why he left the project:
"I was passionate about telling the genesis story, and the studio wanted something a little different. We were working on the picture for a long time, and ultimately we just agreed that it's best just to pursue other interests at this point."
So to sum thing up, I think it's great news just to tell a new Superman story and not begin with Krypton blowing up and
sending Kal-El to earth. Bryan Singer is a wonderful director and could make a great action packed flick combined
with a well-written story. I hope he also can make it an EPIC film, 'cause this should be the mother of all the
Superhero flicks! I'll keep you posted.
17/07/04
Anacondas poster:
Joblo posted a great
poster for Anacondas. The cast includes Nicholas Hope, Peter Curtin, Eugene Byrd and lots of snakes.
Dwight H. Little directed the film. Click on the poster for a larger version.
© columbia 2004
17/07/04
Team America set visit!:
AICN talked to South Park
creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone about their latest project Team America. The actors in
the flick are puppets, that's right, just like Thunderbirds but probably R-Rated.
Here's a clip of Moriarty's set visit:
Make that puppets, though, instead of people. Lots and lots of puppets. At times, there are as many as 40 puppeteers working from specially rigged scaffolds suspended above the miniature sets, as well as more puppeteers working the facial controls via remote control.
The guys are cutting this as quickly as they shoot it, working every night with Tom Vogt, their editor. The scene I saw was still rough, but right away, it clues you in to the tone of the film, which might surprise some of their most ardent fans. It’s not overtly silly or jampacked with obvious jokes. "We figured out pretty quickly that the more straight you play it, the funnier everything gets," said Matt. "Watching puppets discuss life and death issues is just funny. Period."
Team America will also have a graphic puppet sex scene, hehe, how cool is that!
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