Archive for October, 2009
Sherlock Holmes – new poster and Guy Ritchie Interview
Oct 26th
Above is the new poster for Sherlock Homes. I’m really looking forward to this, a lot of people are hating on the film – mainly due to the fact the trailers not very Sherlock Holmes-esque and English people hating the fact that an American is playing an iconic English character. Trailers have to be taken with a pinch of salt nowadays, the distributor wants to SELL the film the best way it can, trailers often misrepresent films – perfectly shown with The Road and Watchmen.
I’ve enjoyed Guy Ritchies previous films (apart from Swept Away and Revolver, I class those two in the Madonna years category, she’s accountable). Also Robert Downie Jnr is a G and I have a soft spot for Rachel McAdams so I’m sold.
Where does your fascination of the underworld come from?
Guy Ritchie: I think it’s the most efficient polarization of humans, you can get to the good and the bad, the grey, the black and white much more efficiently. I’m not obsessed with the underworld I’m just obsessed with humans and how we act I think we all are, which is why we go cinema.
We’re all guilty of judging things before we see them, a lot of people would label this as a typical Guy Ritchie film, do you think that benefits or limits it?
Guy Ritchie: If your explicit that this is a Guy Ritchie film I have no problem with that, it`s become sort of a brand and I think there`s positives with that because of peoples reactions to Snatch and Lock Stock, but I think there`s gonna be films that are gonna be under the brand but then there`s gonna be films that are not gonna be under the brand. My theory is that you bring my name out of the equation with films that aren`t in Rocknrolla`s and Snatch`s genre, so with Sherlock Holmes I`d rather just see it as Sherlock Holmes in which it`s directed by Guy Ritchie.
What other film genre`s would you like work with?
Guy Ritchie: A World War 2 movie, comedy, I like kids movies, the list could go on. I see this as the beginning of my career to be honest you know, I’m looking forward to making as many different films as I can over the next 10 years,
Sherlock Homes is in cinemas Boxing Day
Daybreakers
Oct 25th
Through the history of cinema no sub genre has been rinsed more than Vampire films. Lately they have been bastardized by some poor Films, TV shows(Buffy The Vampire) and the extremely gay Twilight. Just as soon as I totally lose faith I can thank the vampire heavens for Daybreaker! Daybreaker looks like the first vampire film in a long time that has a badass and inventive concept. The concept behind Daybreakers is similar to the book I Am Legend (not the movie with Will Smith that was some watered down BS if you’ve read the book). Edward Dalton is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race (Daybreakers). Starring Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill and Willem Dafoe
Daybreakers is in cinemas January 8th 2010
This weeks Flicksandbits interviews
Oct 25th
Got a bunch of interviews I’ve done and press conferences I’ve transcribed that are to go up on the site this week. These include
Tamer Hussan, 50 Cent and Brenda Blethyn for Dead Man Running
Charlyne Yi for Paper Heart
Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Jon Ronson for The Men Who Stair At Goats
Clive Owen for The Boys Are Back
MORE TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1st Official A Team Picture
Oct 23rd
The film stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, an almost unrecognisable Liam Neeson as Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as Sgt Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus aka Mr T. The film is currently in production and set to be in cinemas June 11th 2010. Joe Carnahan is set to direct and Ridley and Tony Scott are set to produce. The plot will involves a shift from Vietnam to the Middle East, and both Jules Daly and series creator Stephen J. Cannell are involved in the project.
Bond 23 to start shooting the end of 2010
Oct 23rd
To be honest I’ve never been much of a fan of James Bond movies, I do prefer the new Daniel Craig incarnation, I really enjoyed Casino Royal (not so much Quantum Of Solace) but still this article hits the nail on the head for me.
In just about every Bond movie, the bad guys capture James, tie him up to a chair, point a gun to his head, threaten to pull the trigger for 10 minutes, talk to him about how much Bond sucks now, and the bad guy will tell Bond that his wife can score good, and then both Bond and the villian will talk for another 15 minutes that the villians wife is good in bed. And you know what? This gives time for Bond’s hero to come in, save the day for Bond, and Bond ends up finding a way to escape and the bad guys smack themselve’s in the face later on, wondering how Bond escaped so quickly! I mean…dumbass…YOU HAD THE GUN POINTED TO HIS HEAD! YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO KILL HIM, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU WAIT FOR THE GOOD GUY TO COME AND SAVE THE DAY, WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?
In the video below Daniel Craig reveals that Bond 23 will, “start end of next year.” The video features Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, signing autographs for fans after the Broadway production “A Steady Rain,”
In just about every Bond movie, the bad guys capture James, tie him up to a chair, point a gun to his head, threaten to pull the trigger for 10 minutes, talk to him about how much Bond sucks now, and the bad guy will tell Bond that his wife can score good, and then both Bond and the villian will talk for another 15 minutes that the villians wife is good in bed. And you know what? This gives time for Bond’s hero to come in, save the day for Bond, and Bond ends up finding a way to escape and the bad guys smack themselve’s in the face later on, wondering how Bond escaped so quickly! I mean…dumbass…YOU HAD THE GUN POINTED TO HIS HEAD! YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO KILL HIM, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU WAIT FOR THE GOOD GUY TO COME AND SAVE THE DAY, WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?