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[steveuk]

[stephanie familiar]

sign me up.

[Steve Sensible]

Michael Parks is in that movie, playing an artist who drew up some concept art for the fake movie - an artist by the name of Jack Kirby.

The true story of how Jack Kirby helped the CIA.

[Rory Abel]

Apparently this got a NC-17 rating here in the States (what the X rating used to be) but this trailer looks really good.



Apparently the rating is due to the finale, which the board demanded cuts to and the producers refused to make.

Edited by Rory Abel, 08 May 2012 - 06:08 PM.

[Paul F]

Apparently Matthew McConaughey is having a renaissance. This and Bernie are getting some very good reviews, he has a TV series coming from HBO, and he has two movies in competition at Cannes.

[Rory Abel]

He looks fantastic in this.

Is this the first villainous role he's played since TCM: The Next Generation?

Edited by Rory Abel, 08 May 2012 - 07:56 PM.

[Chris D]

Yeah, McConaughey looks very good in that. I'll have to check it out.

[Johnny Henning]

Mark Kermode saw it at a film festival and was really impressed apparently though he said it was the kind of movie he didn't know how he felt about it after he'd seen it.

[steveuk]

Mark Kermode saw it at a film festival and was really impressed apparently though he said it was the kind of movie he didn't know how he felt about it after he'd seen it.

I'm not sure what the tone is meant to be from the trailer.

McConaughey's performance has "psychopathic killer" written all over it. I'm guessing he's meant to be an obvious bad guy and the movie isn't worried about subtlety?

sign me up.

I find it interesting that Affleck gave himself the lead role. He comes across very well in the trailer, but I hope he continues to mix it up, directing films he's not in as well.

[Johnny Henning]

On the other hand, it seems like everyone is evil in KILLER JOE. I mean, it's about a guy who owes money to crooks and decides the best plan is to kill his mother for the insurance.

It looks like it's based on play, though. Very theatrical, and it is interesting you don't see the mother.

[Johnny Henning]

More Russian weirdosity:

[Steve Sensible]

Edgar Wright's next film - Not Antman.

[steveuk]

More Russian weirdosity:

Hopefully its better than 'Darkest Hour'.

[stephanie familiar]

[Steve Sensible]

Good cast, but the way they're selling it, it reminds me of Young Guns. Or even Young Guns 2.

[steveuk]

I haven't seen that much slow-motion since Peckinpah died.

Looks like a trashy night at the flicks, if you're in the right mood.

Good cast, but the way they're selling it, it reminds me of Young Guns. Or even Young Guns 2.

Or this;

[Rory Abel]

More Russian weirdosity:

http://www.youtube.c...d&v=YMT8zT4Ph7g

Seems like a pretty typical day really.

Actually by the end I was wondering if it's something in the vein of From beyond.

[Johnny Henning]

It has that vibe. Lovecraft meets Starbucks Marketing Department. Branding based on the symbols from the Necronomicon.

[Christian U]

Edgar Wright's next film - Not Antman.

Working Title and Edgar Wright have formed a deal that will see

The World's End

start filming this September, according to

Deadline

. Just like

Shaun of the Dead

and

Hot Fuzz

- the previous two films in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy - the movie will be directed by Wright, and star Pegg and Nick Frost.

YES!!!!

[steveuk]

It has that vibe. Lovecraft meets Starbucks Marketing Department. Branding based on the symbols from the Necronomicon.

And not quite finished yet... I hope.

Working Title and Edgar Wright have formed a deal that will see The World's End

start filming this September, according to

Deadline

. Just like

Shaun of the Dead

and

Hot Fuzz - the previous two films in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy - the movie will be directed by Wright, and star Pegg and Nick Frost.

YES!!!!

They should just keep making films together. Many, many films.

GUILLERMO DEL TORO SAYSPROMETHEUS MAY HAVE ALREADY EATEN HIS LUNCH; CTHULHU MAY SLUMBER A WHILE LONGER
If you’re a follower of the career of Guillermo del Toro, which we certainly are, from Hellboy toPan’s Labyrinth to his involvement in the very early concept stages of this December’s The Hobbit, you might be aware of one of his longest gestating projects, At the Mountains of Madness. Shelved once again in March of last year, the adaptation of the most famous work in of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu mythos, has continually had trouble getting greenlit, as a conceptual horror movie about the ultimately uncomfortable relationship between mankind and the rest of the universe that would require a large budget, big special effects, and an R rating. Wait… that sounds familiar… In fact, all of those things could also apply to Ridley Scott‘s long awaited return to the Aliens universe, and del Toro feels this makes the market a bit to saturated. After being asked about them in interviews, the director/producer/writer posted his observations on his message boards at DelToroFilms.com to make his thoughts clear:

Prometheus started filming a while ago – right at the time we were in preproduction on Pacific Rim. The title itself gave me pause- knowing that Alien was heavily influenced by Lovecraft and his novella.

This time, decades later with the budget and place Ridley Scott occupied, I assumed the greek metaphor alluded at the creation aspects of the H.P. Lovecraft book. I believe I am right and if so, as a fan, I am delighted to see a new Ridley Scott science fiction film, but this will probably mark a long pause – if not the demise – of At the Mountains of Madness.

Hollywood’s no stranger to putting out two movies with very similar premises at the same time, but I can certainly understand del Toro’s artistic desire not to tread the same ground as someone else in his medium so soon after they have, especially an artist that he is a fan of. I also like that he’s not getting defensive or petty about it. I mean, I suppose that expecting people not to get defensive or petty about decisions that were pretty clearly not made purposefully to hinder them and their ambitions is a pretty basic expectation, but it’s still nice.

http://www.themarysu...ins-of-madness/