GUILLERMO DEL TORO GIVES ONE LAST UPDATE ON THE HOBBIT
Source:geektyrant.com
As you all know by now Guillermo del Toro has left The Hobbit film production to go out and work on the several other films that he wants to get into production. This is all because of MGM financial problems. He has provided TheOneRing.net one final wonderfully written message about his decision to leave The Hobbit and the future of the film.
Here is what he had to say:
So, here I am again. As promised, I am posting a longer message before the week’s end.
I have to thank those of you that have supported me from the start as well as those that converted along the way. And even say farewell to those that never did convert or believed.
I will miss Mr. Crere, the faith of Compa and Sir DennisC, the wisdom of Voronwe, the joy of Grammaboodawg, the support of Kangi Ska and so many, many others
Now, Pasi, et al- that is what is quite uncommon even on big films. Pete and co stuck to LOTR for years, I’ve developed films for years and I have shot many a movie on location… but rarely do you relocate for such massive amount of time specially when you have to do major ironclad agreements to put in deep freeze other contractual obligations with multiple studios.
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TOM FELTON REAVEALS EXCLUSIVE ‘DEATHLY HALLOWS’ DETAILS
Source: mtv.com
MTV.com has an exclisve video that has an interview with Tom Felton. Watch it HERE
John Carpenter to Direct Hilary Swank in ‘Fangland’
Source: insidemovies.moviefone.com
John Carpenter is returning to vampire territory — and he’s bringing an Oscar winner with him.
MovieWeb reports that the Master of Horror has signed on to direct ‘Fangland,’ a vampire thriller based on the 2007 novel by John Marks. Hilary Swank is attached to star.
‘Fangland’ is a contemporary updating of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula,’ as a television reporter (Swank) gets involved with vampiric happenings when she travels to Transylvania. Her journey begins with an encounter with a mysterious arms dealer who turns out to be the Count himself.
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George Romero’s legacy refuses to die
Source: www.usatoday.com
Here’s how to freak out George A. Romero: Tell the horror icon and grandfather of all zombie films that there’s a guy waiting for him with a blank slate of arm skin for Romero’s autograph so it can be turned into a tattoo.
“Yikes,” Romero says, his eyes flashing hints of horror. Yet he smiles as he admits that, no, he doesn’t sign skin. Ever. “I’ve seen people with bodies covered with beautiful, wonderfully rendered illustrations of scenes from my movies. It’s like, wow, what if you grow up and decide you hate that movie?”
In the cult of Romero, however, that’s not likely to happen anytime soon. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead became an instant classic when it shocked unsuspecting audiences in 1968, and ever since, the phenomenon it kicked off has spread like a full-on zombie apocalypse through films, books, video games and all forms of media. Want to take your penchant for zombies wherever you go? There’s an app for that — namely the George Romero App of the Dead for your iPod or iPhone.
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How Real is the Science Behind ‘Splice’?
Source: blogs.wsj.com
“Splice,” the new creature feature starring Sarah Polley and Adrian Brody as “rock star” geneticists whose experiment goes beyond their control, is the latest in a long line of movies that explore the ethical and scientific conundrums of biotechnology. But unlike “Frankenstein,” “The Fly” or “Gattaca,” Vincenzo Natali’s sci-fi spine-tingler was made concurrently with some of the same technological breakthroughs that its science fiction depicts.
On May 20, just three weeks before the U.S. release of “Splice,” the first entirely artificial life form made out of genetic code was created at the J. Craig Venter Institute. Using a synthetic genome, the scientists built an entirely new synthetic strain of a microbe called Mycoplasma mycoides. “This is the first self-replicating species that we’ve had on the planet whose parent is a computer,” said Venter at a press conference.
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