Behind The Films

Animation World Magazine has a 30 second clip from Pixar’s upcoming short film ‘Partly Cloudy’ which explains the mystery behind where storks get babies. Check it out here.

They also have a pretty cool interview with Peter Sohn who directed the short.

BD: Talk about the pitch and how it went from there.

PS: The original pitch was just as I explained: There’s the world of storks that deliver babies, but where do they get these babies from? And my answer was obviously the clouds. And I had done some drawings of these cloud characters — taking some photos and Photoshopping eyes and a nose in and then having some birds all flocking up to the skies. I pitched this story of a smaller gray cloud that [lived below and] made some of the dangerous babies. And I showed John these images and he touched on one of them and said let’s start developing this one. And that was close to a year-and-a-half ago and it’s been a really interesting learning experience for me. Obviously, this is my first [short]. It really is like raising a baby. I felt very much like Gus during this thing — making something and wanting people to like it.

Read the rest here.

‘Partly Cloudy’ will be playing with ‘Up’ which hits theaters on May 29th. Be sure to post your thoughts and comments below.

Source: AWNtv & AWN via /film

Lots of images over the weekend!

Below is the first image of Russell Crowe from Ridley Scott’s ‘Robin Hood’.

Synopsis from /film.

Official Plot Synopsis: Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as Robin Hood, whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who share his spirit of adventure and righteousness. In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people…

…With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more.

Starring Russell Crowe, Kevin Durand, Cate Blanchett, Vanessa Redgrave and Mark Strong the film is set to hit theaters in most of the world on May 14th of 2010.

Personally I think this film is going to be awesome, possibly as awesome as ‘Gladiator’. Let us know what you think.

Source: USA today & /film

There is a new behind the scenes photo from ‘The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn’ in which we see Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis in there motion capture suits being directed by Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson’s there too just to make the picture that much cooler.

Check it out below and be sure to post your comments and thoughts.

Source: Empire

Two images from Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’ have hit the web, as well as an interview with Peter Jackson himself.

In the interview Mr. Jackson talks about the challenges of adapting ‘The Lovley Bones’ into a film and how reading the book affected him.

Q: What about Alice Sebold’s novel appealed to you?

A: As soon as I read the book, I was inspired by how unique this story could be as a film — both in a narrative sense and as well as visually. Perhaps most of all, I responded to the hope and good humor that runs throughout the book. It’s an emotional experience reading Alice’s book, but it’s far from a grim and depressing story. I found it to be both hopeful and strangely comforting, I think perhaps because Susie herself comes to terms with her death, and her attitude helps to inform our own. As narrator, she never veers into self-indulgence or self pity.

We’ve tried to use many different elements to bring the book to life — through music, through sound design, through exploring imagery. It’s one of the most challenging movies I’ve ever made, but also one of the most satisfying. I’m very proud of the work of everyone on this film.

Read the rest here.

Synopsis from Amazon

On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon (“like the fish”) is lured into a makeshift underground den in a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer–the man she knew as her neighbor, Mr. Harvey.

Alice Sebold’s haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where “life is a perpetual yesterday” and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case. As Sebold fashions it, everyone has his or her own version of heaven. Susie’s resembles the athletic fields and landscape of a suburban high school: a heaven of her “simplest dreams,” where “there were no teachers…. We never had to go inside except for art class…. The boys did not pinch our backsides or tell us we smelled; our textbooks were Seventeen and Glamour and Vogue.”

Based on the Alice Sebold novel, ‘The Lovely Bones’ stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Jake Abel and Saoirse Ronan. It is set to hit theaters in North America on December 11th.

Check out the images below and be sure to let us know what you think.

Source: USA Today via Collider & Empire

Frank Marshall has just released some ‘Bourne’ related news on his twitter account. The script is in the works and George Nolfi should have a draft done by June.

They are hoping for a summer 2011 release.

Post your thoughts below.

Source: Frank Marshall

The second trailer for Michael Mann’s ‘Public Enemies’ is now online check it out over at MSN. I’ll post a version here when it becomes available.

The film is set to hit North American theaters on July 1st.

Post your thoughts in the comments.

Source: MSN via /film

Some new set pictures from ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’.

Click on an image to see it in full resolution, and as usual be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section.

Source: Michael Bay.com via Latinoreview

A ton of images of Sylvester Stallone on the set of his upcoming 80’s style action film ‘The Expendables’ are now online over at spoilertv.

‘The Expendables’ also stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Curtis Jackson and Charisma Carpenter, it is set to hit North American theaters on April 23rd 2010. Click on any of the images to see the full size. As always be sure to let us know what you think in the comments.

Source: spoilertv via /film

Wow, I was not expecting this, according to the (believe it or not)Pizza Hut promotional tie-in website, ‘Terminator Salvation’ is rated PG-13.

Don’t believe me? Scroll to the bottom of this page.

Post your thoughts below.

Source: Pizza Hut via AICN

Paramount has released three new images and a new TV spot for J.J. Abram’s upcoming film ‘Star Trek’. Also the film has been rated PG-13 (no big surprise) for “sci-fi action and violence and brief sexual content.”

Check out the spot and images below.

Click on any of the images to see them in the huge and glorious full size. Also be sure to let us know what you think by posting away comments.