“Siren” Radio Ad
Last night, The CW didn’t show a trailer for the Black Canary episode, but some reason they ran a radio ad instead.
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Directors for Wolf Man
The Hollywood Reporter is claiming that after the news Ratner in the running to directing The Wolf Man, Universal is now looking at Frank Darabont, James Mangold (3:10 TO YUMA), Bill Condon (DREAMGIRLS) and Joe Johnston (HIDALGO) for the director’s chair.After hearing the whole Indy 4 situation, the statement Spielberg thought Frank Darabont’s script was just as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark, and that Lucas came in an messed it up, my expectations dropped a bit.Darabont who wrote The Shawkshank Remdemption and Green Mile, it would be interesting to see Darabont tackle this Universal Monster Movie.Mangold, who did 3:10 to Yuma? It was okay at best, the ending was weak.Joe Johnston who did Hidalgo? That was a good movie, another interesting choice. -
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Justice League Themes…On Guitar
Having seen this before, I’ve decided to post this on our site.
Played by Jimi Hendrix 543 from YouTube, the themes to Justice League and Unlimited of the DCAU, on guitar.
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"Siren" Poster
The CW have poster for “Siren”, the Black Canary episode and the return of Green Arrow.
From the always resourceful site for Smallville news, KryptonSite. -
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“Siren” Poster
The CW have poster for “Siren”, the Black Canary episode and the return of Green Arrow.
From the always resourceful site for Smallville news, KryptonSite. -
Nick Paramonte
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Nick Paramonte
Ratner Directing Wolf Man?
I’m not pleased about this.
AICN is reporting that Universal is suggesting Brett Ratner to replace Romanek to direct the upcoming Wolf Man remake.
I love Rush Hour 2, but that doesn’t make up for the fact that he directed the Tucker centic third and the weakly third X-Men film.
For god’s sake, at least get someone who’s familar with the genre like Guimero Del Toro, but he’s busy with The Hobbit.
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Romanek Drops Wolf Man
According to Variety, the director of the upcoming Wolf Man remake, previously directed One Hour Photo, Mark Romanek has dropped out.Having seen the ending to One Hour Photo, they did a good job portraying Robin Williams in a dark vial fashion.If it’s true, I hope they get another talented director, that’s all I can say. -
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New Batman Images
Coming Soon.net has posted new Dark Knight images.
Like I’ve said before, at first I didn’t like seeing the way Bat’s neck looked in the behind the scenes footage from The Today Show, but seeing it in the trailer, I’m cool with it.
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Nolan Tributes Ledger
After two weeks of no comments, Chris Nolan wrote an article for Newsweek on his most memorable experience working with the late Heath Ledger.It’s a touching story.One night, as I’m standing on LaSalle Street in Chicago, trying to line up a shot for “The Dark Knight,” a
production assistant skateboards into my line of sight. Silently, I curse the
moment that Heath first skated onto our set in full character makeup. I’d
fretted about the reaction of Batman fans to a skateboarding Joker, but the
actual result was a proliferation of skateboards among the younger crew members.
If you’d asked those kids why they had chosen to bring their boards to work,
they would have answered honestly that they didn’t know. That’s real charisma—as
invisible and natural as gravity. That’s what Heath had.Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once
told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until
he needed it again. He brought that attitude to our set every day. There aren’t
many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing
the best job in the world. Heath was one of them.One time he and another actor were shooting a complex scene. We had two
days to shoot it, and at the end of the first day, they’d really found something
and Heath was worried that he might not have it if we stopped. He wanted to
carry on and finish. It’s tough to ask the crew to work late when we all know
there’s plenty of time to finish the next day. But everyone seemed to understand
that Heath had something special and that we had to capture it before it
disappeared. Months later, I learned that as Heath left the set that night, he
quietly thanked each crew member for working late. Quietly. Not trying to make a
point, just grateful for the chance to create that they’d given him.Those nights on the streets of Chicago were filled with stunts. These can
be boring times for an actor, but Heath was fascinated, eagerly accepting our
invitation to ride in the camera car as we chased vehicles through movie
traffic—not just for the thrill ride, but to be a part of it. Of everything.
He’d brought his laptop along in the car, and we had a high-speed screening of
two of his works-in-progress: short films he’d made that were exciting and
haunting. Their exuberance made me feel jaded and leaden. I’ve never felt as old
as I did watching Heath explore his talents. That night I made him an
offer—knowing he wouldn’t take me up on it—that he should feel free to come by
the set when he had a night off so he could see what we were up to.When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a
responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything. As
we started my cut, I would wonder about each take we chose, each trim we made. I
would visualize the screening where we’d have to show him the finished
film—sitting three or four rows behind him, watching the movements of his head
for clues to what he was thinking about what we’d done with all that he’d given
us. Now that screening will never be real. I see him every day in my edit suite.
I study his face, his voice. And I miss him terribly.Back on LaSalle Street, I turn to my assistant director and I tell him to
clear the skateboarding kid out of my line of sight when I realize—it’s Heath,
woolly hat pulled low over his eyes, here on his night off to take me up on my
offer. I can’t help but smile.
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