Irascan writes: Joe Letteri was joined by a surprise “second speaker” – Andy Serkis. The lecture lasted about an hour including an introduction, an AutoDesk showreel, the talk with demos itself and Q&A from the floor at the end, with about 200 attendees. I’d provide a report but in all honesty there’s very little to report. There were some very cool demos of how New York was digitally built and lots of “this was the real set and what we filmed” pieces morphing into the scenes as shown in the film that were very impressive, and a lot of discussion about Andy’s work with gorillas and on set with Naomi Watts. [More]
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Iain writes: Sunday night Channel 5 (UK terrestrial TV channel) had a “Greatest Ever Blockbuster” programme. Voting was by the viewer, so hitting the top 40 list was a real measure of what people liked and not what critics felt nor how much money a particular film earnings. The home page can be found at this link. [More]
The folks from EMPIRE Magazine send this along: Empire Magazine has launched the ultimate Lord of the Rings challenge, three fiendishly hard quizzes spanning the entire trilogy. Only for the die-hard fans, these ‘How Well Do You Know’ quizzes are not for the faint hearted, but if anyone has what it takes to get to the top of the leaderboard, we’re guessing TheOneRing.net readers do! [More]
From The Hollywood Reporter (via superherohype.com): 20th Century Fox has picked Academy Award-winning visual effects house Weta Digital to oversee the upcoming film Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer. The studio tapped Weta to create a state-of-the-art version of the Marvel Comics character Silver Surfer. Noted character actor Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) will provide performance and movement references for Weta, in a process similar to the way Andy Serkis portrayed Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The voice casting of Silver Surfer has yet to be determined. The Hollywood Reporter says Weta has developed an advanced computer-generated animation process that employs motion-capture techniques updated to add further dimensionality to the liquid-metal hero.
A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! Check out some TV goodies like ‘Brotherhood – S1’, ‘One Tree Hill – S3’ & ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway? – Season 1, Vol. 1’. Be sure to check out the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street: Infinifilm’ Collection and a vew DVD sets of Gene Autry films. There are quite a few DVDs on the Iraq war and 9/11, check out ‘Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers’, ‘Parallel Lines’, ‘The Ground Truth’, ‘Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company’ & ‘9/11: Press For the Truth’. Personally I’m excited about ‘Kids in the Hall-Best of’, ‘Transformers Armada: Season 1 – Part 2’, ‘Voltron, Vol. 1: Defender of the Universe’ & ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway? – Season 1, Vol. 1’. Check out the whole list here! [More]
A repeat airing of Orlando Bloom’s recent appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ airs tonight on ABC. You can either stay up late to catch that interview or simply download it from us! Take a look! (35MB MOV)[More]