It seems like all I do on this blog these days is report the increasingly sad news of those filmmaking greats who are no longer with us. Yesterday, at the age of 73, director-producer-actor, Sydney Pollack joined their ranks.
I have found myself, over the years, explaining to people new to the film industry who Sydney Pollack was, and with great confusion, they try to understand how this…
Some exclusive concept art from “eF” accompanies a sort of mini article about the film over at Fangoria’s website. Sean Decker talks to writer/producer Joanne Reay about the project, as well as the current status of “GallowWalker” (just a reminder, the trailer for that film-in-limbo can be found here). Check it out if you have a few minutes, and explore their site if you have a few…
(via AICN) Here is definitely a petition worth signing. I honestly cannot believe that Jack Pierce does not already have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but there you go. Pierce, in case you don’t know, is the genius behind the most iconic horror images in popular culture, namely, “The Mummy”, “The Wolfman”, “The Invisible Man”, and, of course, “Frankenstein” … to name only a…
Over the last few weeks, what I’ve heard from several sources about the current status of “GallowWalker” hasn’t been all that great, for the film itself, creatively, and for those of us in the crew who remain to be paid. Current events, namely, three years in the clink for Dr. Snipes, sounds even worse, for reasons I really can’t get into, for the film, it’s handful of fans and…
Wow, Trent Reznor is really doing this whole online distribution thing properly; first it was a very affordable 36-track epic, released (until recently) exclusively online in brilliant quality … now, NIN’s new single “Discipline”, brand new (apparently it was mastered only a day or two ago), with vocals, not just something off the weeks old “Ghosts I-IV”, which can be yours just by giving your e-mail address.
Hey, I…
It was the first fully warm day in the UK today, that I was grateful for. To celebrate, we had a meeting with some “miniature people”, in hopes that they would take on the task of building the city of Red Roxeter for “eF”.
Nestled in the middle of nowhere — and I mean nowhere, basically just farmland all around — were the couple of ramshackle warehouses that…
It has been a busy last couple of months … the script is now down to under 120 pages (from around 325!) with most of the background material now slotted for an accompanying graphic novel, and I can say, it is a cracking good read overall.
Unfortunately, with revisions, comes some abandoned designs and concepts (including The Occipita, which would have been…
I’ve heard rumors for the last couple of days, but now Shortlist magazine is confirming that king of all thing comedic, Ricky Gervais (”The Office”, “Extras”) will be making an appearance in Liberty City’s The Comedy Club.
“It was shot in New York, my favorite place in the world,” says Gervais as reported by Games Radar, “and I got to wear a tight lycra suit as part of the digital…
I had great hopes for Montage when it was first released, as, prior to this, the only options you had for screenwriting on a Mac were badly-ported, rarely-updated, and bug-prone Windows apps. I did have reservations though. Final Draft, pretty much the industry standard screenplay software out there, had already gone through years of development and professional feedback, while new kid on the block, Montage, from Mariner Software…
At NAB this year, RED announced a whole crap-load of new products which included the “Scarlett”. There is so much right about Scarlett, it must be wrong … it’s basically the same technology as REDOne, which I’ve been very excited about and have been promoting to anyone who will listen (without ever having even touched one), but captures at 1K less (3K for those as bad at math as…
