MOVIE NEWS JULY 20 PART 1: SHYAMALAN, CILLIAN MURPHY TALKS INCEPTION, THE RAVEN & MORE

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SHYAMALAN SLAMS REPORTER

During a Mexico City press conference for The Last Airbender, M. Night Shyamalan ripped a reporter a new one after she asked whether he deliberately chose to make a commercial movie because “the audience has lost its faith in your work.” The director, sitting next to Airbender star Jackson Rathbone, was NOT pleased, and didn’t attempt to hide it. Luckily, it was all captured on video.

“You had a very strong start of your career with The Sixth Sense,” asked a brave reporter in an exchange captured by TwilightFeverVIP. “Your movies have been very personal. However, the audience has lost its faith in your work, with Lady in the Water and many of your more recent productions.

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CILLIAN MURPHY TALKS INCEPTION

While Inception came out last week, I decided to save one of my exclusive interviews until after you had the chance to see the movie.  After all, while I like reading interviews with actors about their experiences making a film, it’s always a lot more interesting to read what they had to say after I’ve seen the film they’re talking about.

So if you’ve seen Inception, you know Cillian Murphy plays Robert Fischer, Jr. – who is the mark of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character.   Since I don’t want to spoil the film for those that haven’t seen it…all you need to know is Murphy plays a very important part in the film.

Anyhow, during the interview Murphy talked about his reaction to reading the script, has Christopher Nolan changed at all (Murphy has worked with him on a number of films like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight)…

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OIL RIG MONSTER MOVIE IN OCTOBER

The BP oil spill disaster has left me wondering how long it’s going to take before we see a wave of monster movies and disaster flicks centered around the subject. The makers of The Rig may have gotten lucky that they already had a creature feature in the can about a monster loose on an oil rig because now they’ll be the first out of the gate when Anchor Bay spills the film onto DVD this October.

Filmed on location aboard an actual oil rig in Morgan City, Louisiana, which right now is practically ground zero for the BP oil washing ashore…

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DYSTOPIAN SHORT ‘THE RAVEN’ BECOMES FEATURE FILM

A short movie depicting a telekinetic man’s battles against robotic police droids in a near future dystopia is about to get a whole lot longer.

Ricardo de Montreuil’s short film The Raven appeared on the internet back in April, and won acclaim from all quarters. Now the movie, which was filmed in two days and cost just $5,000 to make, has attracted the attention of Universal Studios, who wants to expand it into a full length feature film.

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What did you think of The Last Airbender? Have you seen Inception yet? What are your thoughts about today’s Movie News?