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ARCHIVES WEEK 34 2006
24/08/06
Kevin Smith talks horror movie:
Director Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith plans to bring us a creepy horror movie. Smith directed a bunch of excellent comedy flicks, including Clerks and Chasing Amy. He talked
a bit about doing something totally different;
"Next up I want to do a horror movie. I just think it would be kinda interesting – for me at least – to go left. I’ve made seven comedies, or variation thereof, and some people would argue that none of them are funny. But it would be nice to make a horror movie. An intentional horror movie, not like Jersey Girl. It’s a genre that I grew up watching on VHS and on cable when I was a kid.
No jokes and stuff, not like Scary Movie 4. There are people that do that really well, like Edgar Wright with Shaun of the Dead, but I don’t want to make a comedic one, I want to make a straight-forward horror movie. It’ll be a bit of slasher, but I’m kinda looking more at … you remember that movie Race With The Devil? It’s more kind of in that vein. Or Wicker Man. Something in that vein where it’s creepy and unsettling more than gore."
There you go, sounds very interesting. I'll be back with a new update this weekend!
Source: Moviehole
23/08/06
Newsflash:
I've got nothing but quick newsflashes this week, but they're cool tidbits though, check this out:
 Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet star in All the King's Men, check out the trailer right here.
My man Tony Jaa is kickin' and screamin' in a clip for Tom yum goong, a.k.a. The Protector, just right here.
Steve Buscemi and Dan Aykroyd have joined the cast of Adam Sandler's comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry! Sandler and Kevin James pose as a gay married couple in the flick. Buscemi also appeared in other films of Sandler, including Billy Madison, Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots) is attached to direct The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. The film is based on the children's book about a troop of brave bugs who march off to save a garden, where they encounter an evil spider queen. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
22/08/06
Newsflash:
Pretty sweet trailer for William Friedkin's psychological thriller Bug hit the web! Cast includes Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon and Harry Connick Jr., click here to check out the trailer.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are set to make two live-action pictures for Paramount. One will be My All-American, a high school comedy and the second film is titled Giant Monsters Attack Japan! This flick
will combine live-action with the "rubber suit" techniques used in the Godzilla movies. Sounds awesome! Source: Variety
22/08/06
Dave Meyers talks The Hitcher remake:
Remakes, remakes, remakes... why? This time, music video director Dave Meyers will remake that little masterpiece called The Hitcher, which starred
fellow-dutchman Rutger Hauer. Well, Rutger will be replaced by Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings).
"Sean Bean fell into the category of what we were looking for and what Rutger was back then," Meyers said, "We were looking for that great character actor that has star potential but isn't a star yet. We didn't want somebody that was too overblown or too eccentric or too movie star but we didn't want somebody that was fresh off the boat either. Sean has been a part of so many amazing movies and is one of those faces that everybody recognizes but don't really know. So it was a chance to make him a star as well as capitalize on his amazingly subtle acting."
Fans will probably remember that cool finger in the French fries scene, the big question of course; will we see that again in the remake?
"No," Meyer added, "But we will have an improved truck scene where we go beyond the original. The finger in the French fries was minor to me. I felt with the whole Wendy's lawsuit and all that stuff, it would play comical and unbelievable. It worked in the original but we're trying to go a lot more real with this movie and make it something with real fear like how Jaws is with water."
Remakes, remakes, remakes... why?
Source: Suicide Girls
21/08/06
Transformers update!:
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, writers of the upcoming Transformers movie, talked about
using giant robots in a real-world approach, check this out:
"In translating this thing to live action, ... all of these Transformers are being designed in the movie such that, when they transform, there's no cheating. It's very much what it would realistically look like if a Transformer was sitting right there as a car, and it turned into the character that you know.
This is a real movie where humans, actors, are going to be interacting with robots. We approached it from the point of view thinking, 'You know, when Steven Spielberg went to make Jurassic Park, nobody could imagine what it would be like to watch humans interacting with dinosaurs.' So the more people ask us, 'Well, is it a cartoon?' the more we thought, 'Wow, no one's ever seen anything like this before. We have this amazing opportunity to do something for the first time.' And that's kind of what shaped the way that we approached writing the characters, making our decisions and how we shaped the story."
Transformers is currently in production and is directed by the Master of Mayhem, Michael Bay!
Source: Sci-fi Wire
21/08/06
U.S. Box Office August 18-20:
The weekend Box Office reports may vary, some say it's Ricky Bobby, other say its Snakes on a Plane. Well, SOAP is the #1 movie including its Thursday gross but in my opinion, that doesn't matter because the weekend box office starts on Friday and ends on Sunday,
so Will Ferrell did it again! Here's the Top Ten:
1. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - $14,100,000 / $114,686,000
2. Snakes on a Plane - $13,850,000 / $15,250,000 (new)
3. World Trade Center - $10,800,000 / $45,005,000
4. Accepted - $10,112,000 (new)
5. Step Up - $9,867,000 / $39,448,000
6. Barnyard: The Original Party Animals - $7,489,000 / $45,995,000
7. Little Miss Sunshine - $5,675,000 / $12,756,000
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $5,012,000 / $401,053,000
9. Material Girls - $4,620,000 (new)
10. Pulse - $3,528,000 / $14,704,000
19/08/06
Casting update:
Sorry for my delayed update guys, been pretty busy, but lets get you up to speed on the latest casting developments:
Daniel "James Bond" Craig joins Eva Green and Nicole Kidman in the adventure film, The Golden Compass. The film is based on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.
Susan Sarandon and Helena Bonham Carter will play the title roles in Eleanor and Colette. Eleanor (Sarandon) is a patient at a psychiatric institute, who seeks help of attorney Colette (Bonham Carter), to represent her complaint against the hospital.
Mos Def, Melonie Diaz, Mia Farrow and Danny Glover join Jack Black in the comedy Be Kind Rewind. The film is directed by Michel Gondry, the man who also brought us the wonderful Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Josh Brolin has been added to the cast of Ridley Scott's American Gangster. The film revolves around Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, which is being played by Denzel Washington. The rest of the cast also includes Russell Crowe!
Sources: Variety, Production Weekly
19/08/06
Tim Story's Fantastic Four 2 update!:
Tim Story, the director of the upcoming Fantastic Four sequel, once again brings cool inside information about the production over at his blog.
The film has also got an official title, which is Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer (yup, that's freakin' cool) and here's what Story had to say
about improving the Thing suit:
"The latest test of Chiklis' new thing makeup is looking good. I think I told you guys about how we were improving the suit. For one it's lighter and will allow Chikie to be more athletic. I know many of you wish the Thing could've been more agile, well you got it. Michael's excited. We've made improvements to areas like the brow. Yes yes, it's a little bigger. You guys have to remember the brow can't be too big because it just doesn't look as good as you might think, but we have improved it. This all came from the fans saying they wish it were bigger. He'll be wearing more clothes as well. Now that he's comfortable with himself, we can have more fun with his appearance. Wait until you see him in his tux."
I think it's great that Tim Story shares his experiences of this big production with the fans! Click here to read the full report.
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