Friday, June 29, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Movie Minesweeper - The Palm Tree Peel Edition
- Paramount are to fly solo (distribution wise) in Japan from the start of next year. This pretty much puts the final nail in UIP's coffin.
- Adam Rifkin's an odd one. His Homo Erectus is to be released theatrically as National Lampoon's Homo Erectus this autumn. Meanwhile, his bona fide cult number The Dark Backwards is finally about to hit DVD after months of delays. And, of course, Underdog isn't too far away.
- David MacKenzie's Hallam Foe will be the opening night film for this year's Edinburgh festival.
- Doug Aarniokoski, an old 2nd of Robert Rodriguez, is making his 1st debut with the horror film Animals. Marc Blucas, Nicki Aycox, Andy Comeau and Eva Amurri are to star.
- Iwo Jima is being re-named Iwo To (re-named literally - it is returning to its original name). Clint Eastwood is being credited with reminding people of the misnomer and prompting the change.
- Is there going to be a sequel to 30 Days of Night? Apparently, planning is already underway.
- Peter Medak is to direct Addicted. Addicted to what? Sex, apparently. Might as well be Risk?
- AintItCool have a test screening review of the Halloween rehash.
- The brains behind lonelygirl15 have signed a Neutrogena sponsorship deal. I wonder if there's anybody similar out there trying to get attention on YouTube but, I dunno, possessed of some artistic ambition and integrity. Angling for a film deal is one thing, just wanting fame is another entirely.
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Labels: 30 days of night, adam rifkin, animals, clint eastwood, hallam foe, halloween
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Disney Weave A Wicked Web
Michael Patalano has been rooting through the black bags out back of Disney Central again, and a few rolls of sellotape later he's compiled another winning list of domain names recently registered by the Mousemeisters. Let's have a look at the relevant ones...
Seems like the lacklustre performance of Goal 2 hasn't slowed down the third installment at all - www.goal3dvd.com and www.goal3bluray.com are already set.
More Blu-Ray with the general purpose www.whatsonblu-ray.com (and blue-ray and blueray variants for the as yet unfamiliar) - these are now live, and showcase the officially announced slate of Disney Blu-Ray titles.
Also looking to the future, www.sleepingbeautythemovie.com is ready for the Platinum DVD release of Sleeping Beauty in October 2008.
Slightly more mysterious are the following:
www.disneyscreeningroom.com
www.kittyslapmagazine.com
www.yoozik.com
www.tonycedarnut.com
Budding imagineers can swot up at www.theartofdisneythemeparks.com - once this goes up, I dare say it will prove quite popular. There's a lot of closet Doombuggy buffs out there just needing a little encouragement to come out.
Trying to create a sneaky ad campaign for Billy Ell... Jamie Bell's upcoming Hallam Foe, they've registered www.haveyouseenhallamfoe.com - expect situationist stunts with pretend peeping toms on the rooftops of London too. Or maybe not.
The last URL to snag my attention was www.enchantedgame.com through which we'll probably be able to role play as an animated Amy Adams up against level after level of flash-coded tedium. Yawn. Are there any good online film tie-in games?
If you have any insight into any of these domains, please leave a note in the comments below. I love a good mystery, but love a good solution more.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Hallam Foe Poster: Give Feedback, Win 10 DVDs
The Film Factory are looking for feedback on this Hallam Foe poster. You might win 10 DVDs for your trouble.
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Labels: hallam foe, jamie bell, sophia miles