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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 18:40 |
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'The funniest comic book on the planet right now.'
- Scott McCloud, THE BELIEVER
WHO THE HELL IS SCOTT PILGRIM AND WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CARE?
Scott Pilgrim is a 23-year-old guy living in the big city with his gay roommate, just trying to make his way in this crazy world.
Scott Pilgrim likes the new girl in town, Ramona Flowers, but to win her heart, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. Wait, what?
Scott Pilgrim is named after a song by the late great 90's all-girl Canadian indie rock band, Plumtree.
Scott Pilgrim is a critically acclaimed, award-winning series of graphic novels by Canadian cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley. VOLUME 5 is released FEBRUARY 2009. There will be six volumes in all. They are published by Oni Press and released approximately once per year. (Ages 13 and up!)''
IS THERE GOING TO BE A MOVIE?
The Scott Pilgrim series has been optioned by Universal. They plan to make a movie version called Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. It will be live-action (not animated). Edgar Wright will direct. He and Michael Bacall are writing it, based on the entire series. Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead will star. The first day of principle photography is March 30th, 2009. (imdb)
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 18:40 |
Cinesite to Provide Creature Effects for Clash of the Titans
Cinesite has been selected by Warner Bros. to provide major creature animation on CLASH OF THE TITANS. The work involves a major battle sequence, and will include 2D and 3D shots as well as a lead CG creature.
CLASH OF THE TITANS, directed by Louis Leterrier (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) with Nick Davis as visual effects supervisor, is a remake of the 1981 film. It is the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster in order to save the Princess Andromeda.
Cinesite's Managing Director Antony Hunt said, "It's an exciting project to be involved with, and we're looking forward to further developing our creature pipeline to take CG creature animation to the next level of realism."
Cinesite Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Stanley-Clamp, one of the U.K.'s leading visual effects supervisors, will oversee the work on this project. Stanley-Clamp's credits include HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, among many others, lending his creative expertise to some of Cinesite's most challenging work to date.
Principal photography on CLASH OF THE TITANS begins in May with the film set for release in 2010.
Cinesite is currently working on THE PRISONER for ITV/AMC, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE for Warner Bros., as well as Disney's PRINCE OF PERSIA, HBO's CHURCHILL AT WAR and Blacklight Films/Disney Nature's NAKED BEAUTY.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 18:39 |
Gotham Options Smoking Minotaur
Mike Jones' screenplay THE MINOTAUR TAKES A CIGARETTE BREAK from Steven Sherrill's novel was optioned by The Gotham Group, reports VARIETY.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES producer Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lindsay Williams will produce. Sherrill's 2000 book is about the mythical half-man, half-bull minotaur who, instead of succumbing to Theseus 3,000 years ago, now lives in a Wichita trailer park and works as a short-order cook at a run-down diner.
Producers are looking for a director for the live-action project.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 18:39 |
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Elton John's Rocket Pictures has set Will Clark to direct PRIDE AND PREDATOR, in which aliens invade a traditional period costume drama and wreck havoc, per VARIETY.
Clark, the director of short THE AMAZING TROUSERS, wrote the script with Andrew Kemble and John Pape. Filming is set to begin later this year in London. John will exec produce with Rocket partners Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish producing. "It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect," Furnish said.
As with ever Rocket film, John will supervise the music. The production company is also working on the CG-animated feature GNOMEO AND JULIET at Miramax/Disney with James McAvoy and Emily Blunt voicing the title characters.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 18:37 |
Judge Dredd to Be Remade
DARKHORIZONS is reporting that DNA Films, Rebellion and 2000 AD will bring a new version of JUDGE DREDD to movie audiences.
No other details were available, but 2000AD CEO Jason Kingsley confirmed they were working with DNA Films on the project.
Sylvester Stallone starred as the Judge in a poorly-reviewed and received version in 1995. The new film will go into production next year.
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