Tom Wellings' upcoming films

[Bad Superman]

From the Hype's main page:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=11045

Visit The Fog's Antonio Bay
Source: Columbia Pictures
September 1, 2005


Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios have launched the official website for director Rupert Wainwright's horror-thriller The Fog, starring Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair.

On the site you'll visit the town of Antonio Bay and using a brochure you can check out 'The Lighthouse', which includes downloads suchs as wallpapers, AIM Buddy Icons and a screensaver; 'Boat Tours', with film info like the synopsis, cast & crew, photos and video; and 'Town Hall', where you'll find details on the Dark Horse graphic novel, news, 'Inside the Fog' and a Q&A with the director.

Click here to view the site. The Fog rolls into theaters on October 14.

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Loved the site's intro. There are three Tom pics on the Gallery section.

[avidreader]

That was a great websit, thanks for the link.

[Bad Superman]

You're welcome ;)

[triplet]

Wow.... I just read a really scathing review of Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown....

I believe it's the biggest competition for The Fog the weekend it opens.

I had wanted to see it, but now I'm not sure I will make the time to see Crowe's film.


Film review (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050907/review_nm/film_elizabethtown_dc;_ylt=AvuAG_cn9sR8gajZo2f4K8V xFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl): Elizabethtown
By Ray Bennett
Wed Sep 7, 3:03 AM ET

There's a winning little road picture with an appealing couple and great music in writer/director Cameron Crowe's "Elizabethtown," but it's not until Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst blow town that it gets up any speed.

Crowe makes an awkward start with a load of tosh about the shoe business and he dwells far too long on a gaggle of sentimental small-town stereotypes instead of getting the leads out on Route 66 where they belong.

The over-elaborate film, screened Out of Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, would be far better off losing a third of its 133 minutes and its unnecessary length may contribute to a slack box office unless the sparks that finally occur between the leads prompts positive word of mouth.



Ouch!

See the rest of the review here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050907/review_nm/film_elizabethtown_dc;_ylt=AvuAG_cn9sR8gajZo2f4K8V xFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl).

[avidreader]

I've seen the trailer for it and it looks like a real chick flick. Something you can wait for to come out on DVD.

[triplet]

Thanks to James for pointing this out on his site (www.tomwelling.org (http://www.tomwelling.org/)) but The Fog website has been updated... check it out.

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thefog/site/

It's way cool.

And btw, the negative reviews for Elizabethtown keep rolling in (some critics and hollywood bigwigs actually walked out of the film's screening at the Venice Film festival, according to one reviewer... ouch! :eek: ) and Cameron is reportedly recutting the film.

;)

Too bad for Cameron, Orlando and Kirsten, but it's probably good news for The Fog, Tom and Maggie so I can't but help to be happy.

:up:

(How's that for schadenfreude?)

[Lara]

I tuned in to see the show Threshold last night and saw a comercial for The Fog! IS ths old news? Anyway it was done pretty well and featured alot of shots of Tom.

[AgentPat]

I tuned in to see the show Threshold last night and saw a comercial for The Fog! IS ths old news? Anyway it was done pretty well and featured alot of shots of Tom.Oh, no kidding? Was it a new trailer? If it's new and there's more clips of TW, I wonder if it's a purposeful change in marketing strategy?

[Lara]

Oh, no kidding? Was it a new trailer? If it's new and there's more clips of TW, I wonder if it's a purposeful change in marketing strategy?
:o I never saw the other one my computer is a dinosaur. This one had so many images flashed so quickly plus I was momentarily geeked out. I am sure though that Tom was shown more than the other cast or at least as much (lol I am somewhat Tom focused so my perception might be skewed) The voice over told the general plot and it was atmospheric no in your face zombies. It looked good not at all cheesy.

[triplet]

Oh, no kidding? Was it a new trailer? If it's new and there's more clips of TW, I wonder if it's a purposeful change in marketing strategy?

Yeah, I saw it too and was going to capture it (I TiVO'd Threshold) but my vid capturing abilities are not going smoothly....

There was definitely more of an emphasis on Tom in this, than in the trailer.

There were a few different shots of him but the shot of him brushing back Elizabeth's hair was longer. This time he completes the motion and that stinking hand of his gets out of the way of his face... ;) :D

[avidreader]

I was at one of my local mall today and saw all these posters for Elizabethtown and I was screaming WHERES THE FOG. I hope I see the new trailer soon.

[triplet]

Okay, I capped The Fog tv commercial for James (and... well... for me too ;)) and there's this one frame of an eye... So, my question is:

Is this Tom's eye?

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3268/frame5539vn.jpg

I think it probably is.

And isn't that a beautiful color?

[Serene]

Is this Tom's eye?

I vote yes. No mascara or liner, eyebrows look manly, and right color.

[AgentPat]

Okay, I capped The Fog tv commercial for James (and... well... for me too ;)) and there's this one frame of an eye... So, my question is:

Is this Tom's eye?

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3268/frame5539vn.jpgHmm. Could be. Here's a panel I made last year that can be used for a comparison...

http://www.patcostello.com/temp/eyes.jpg

[avidreader]

Definitely. Its got the brown thing happening around the pupil.

[jas01724]

Cheaper 2 teaser ... http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=23372

[triplet]

Cheaper 2 teaser ... http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=23372

Cool.. Thanks, James.

Too bad it's not working through the proxy here at work..... damn real media is a hit or miss thing here.

I'll have to wait til I get home to view it. :(

[avidreader]

Cheaper 2 teaser ... http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=23372

Thanks for that. Any reason why Tom's name isnt in the credits?

[rumpuso]

I can't view it either. Something about needing AOL.

[avidreader]

I can't view it either. Something about needing AOL.

It should give you a message asking if you want to instal it. Which I did, and everything worked out okay from there.

[Serene]

Cheaper 2 teaser ... http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=23372

Cool! :up:

I don't care how silly he is, Steve makes me laugh.
There's a nice quick clip of Tom (in that pretty sky blue shirt) and some girl. Maybe someone can cap that.. *coughtripletcough* :D

[triplet]

Cool! :up:

I don't care how silly he is, Steve makes me laugh.
There's a nice quick clip of Tom (in that pretty sky blue shirt) and some girl. Maybe someone can cap that.. *coughtripletcough* :D

I have to be able to view the thing first... :(

I'm still at work and it won't work here. I'll take another stab at that from home tonight...

[avidreader]

I'd still like to know why he's not credited. Does it have something to do with him being contracted to WB. Or the Fog being Columbia. :confused:

[jas01724]

More likely his role isn't all that big. I don't really expect him to be in it any more than he was in the first one ...

Interesting thing. They advertise the movie's website as cheaperbythedozen2.com, but Fox doesn't even own that addy. And they've not got very long to "persuade" the current owner to hand it over.

[avidreader]

More likely his role isn't all that big. I don't really expect him to be in it any more than he was in the first one ...

Interesting thing. They advertise the movie's website as cheaperbythedozen2.com, but Fox doesn't even own that addy. And they've not got very long to "persuade" the current owner to hand it over.

Okay, but he's fourth billed on other websites that I've seen.

I just find it a little strange.

[jas01724]

He was fourth billed in the first one, too. It didn't make a jot of difference to the size of the role: that being small.

Throughout the entire production he's barely been acknowledged as being part of it. No press release. No interviews on the set. (Speaking of, go away Hilary! Get your teeth filed.) Nada. A lack of credit doesn't surprise me so much.

[triplet]

True... Sad, but true.

[avidreader]

He was fourth billed in the first one, too. It didn't make a jot of difference to the size of the role: that being small.

Throughout the entire production he's barely been acknowledged as being part of it. No press release. No interviews on the set. (Speaking of, go away Hilary! Get your teeth filed.) Nada. A lack of credit doesn't surprise me so much.

I understand what you're saying, and the order isnt what I'm concerned about, its just the lack of any mention at all I find a little surprising.

I saw an article recently about Hilary and her new teeth, but I didnt bother to read it.

[jas01724]

The things that go on around this man are insensible. Nothing should be surprising. ;)

[Serene]

I saw an article recently about Hilary and her new teeth, but I didnt bother to read it.

I was looking at her in some magazine that had an old and a new picture of her. I don't think it was *just* her teeth she had done. I think she had a wee bit of a chin implant too.

[AgentPat]

The things that go on around this man are insensible. Nothing should be surprising. ;)^ Understatement of the year right here, ladies and gentlemen.

[triplet]

Here's the cap of the TV ad of The Fog I did for James...

http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=01BM0G63W93K722V2H9KQVM3Q6

[Pickle-El]

Went to the theatre tonight and saw a preview for 'The Fog'....doesn't look half bad. And that girl in the undies is an absolute hottie :up:

[avidreader]

The things that go on around this man are insensible. Nothing should be surprising. ;)

I guess that's what makes him so appealing, apart from his drop dead gorgeous looks.:)

[mellyM]

Theres a Starz special "On the Set: The Fog" thats airing this week (sorry if its been postes already) Someone made caps from it here: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1486059#post1486059

and the schedule is here: http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg/s?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=movie_detail&vid=4186136&eid=-1

Can I die now? ok, well maybe after I see the Fog..he's beautifous!

[avidreader]

Theres a Starz special "On the Set: The Fog" thats airing this week (sorry if its been postes already) Someone made caps from it here: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1486059#post1486059

and the schedule is here: http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg/s?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=movie_detail&vid=4186136&eid=-1

Can I die now? ok, well maybe after I see the Fog..he's beautifous!

OMG! Pick me up.

I love the turtle neck (is that the right word) and he's drinking a brandy. Goodonya boy!

Cant wait for this movie.

[triplet]

The special was very spoilery but it was excellent seeing Tom in something new.

[jas01724]

I wonder if anyone will be able to get me a video clip of that? *rubs chin* :p

[triplet]

I wonder... *rubs chin*

:D

[avidreader]

I wonder if anyone will be able to get me a video clip of that? *rubs chin* :p

Make him show us the photo first Triplet. :p :D

[triplet]

LOL!

I can't make James do anything he doesn't want to do... ;)

[jas01724]

I'm sure you're probably joking, avid, but just in case here's an FYI: attempts at bribery make me never show people anything ever again.

[triplet]

Exactly...

*triplet ruffles James' hair affectionately*

[avidreader]

I'm sure you're probably joking, avid, but just in case here's an FYI: attempts at bribery make me never show people anything ever again.

Of course I was, as if I could ever bribe you into doing anything you didnt want to do, that's why I said it.

You'll understand my wicked aussie humour eventually.:D

[jas01724]

You'll understand my wicked aussie humour eventually.:DI'm probably the only person who does most of the time, it's not so different from the British humour. ;)

Still, the FYI is good for anyone who might try to "convince me" ... I'll post that picture if or when I'm comfortable with doing so.

[avidreader]

I'm probably the only person who does most of the time, it's not so different from the British humour. ;)

Still, the FYI is good for anyone who might try to "convince me" ... I'll post that picture if or when I'm comfortable with doing so.

Okay, here's me backing away....

[mellyM]

The special was very spoilery but it was excellent seeing Tom in something new.

Is it hugely different from the original plot-wise? I guess if anyone is seeing for any reason other than looking a Tom the sexy, then its a good warning (I'm not among those people :))

[triplet]

Is it hugely different from the original plot-wise? I guess if anyone is seeing for any reason other than looking a Tom the sexy, then its a good warning (I'm not among those people :))

No, not really.. there's just more layers to it I think.

Nick and Elizabeth didn't know each other in the original, they do here... And there's more stuff goig on with the town and between Nick and Stevie.

[mellyM]

No, not really.. there's just more layers to it I think.

Nick and Elizabeth didn't know each other in the original, they do here... And there's more stuff goig on with the town and between Nick and Stevie.

I noticed Tom mentioning a love triangle between the 3 of them in Wizard magazine

[AgentPat]

OH MY WORD............... http://www.patcostello.com/smileys/stunned.gif

http://www.patcostello.com/temp/fog1.jpg

Yet another image for future use in uh... "other" forums. LMAO!!! http://www.patcostello.com/smileys/thumbsup.gif

[triplet]

Well, that took longer to upload than I thought it would since the file is only like 16 or 17 mb...

But take a look see.

Highly spoilery, by the way, so be warned.

http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1T0TD8ACIPHK23J14RP7AXANWH

The film looks like it will be beautifully shot, wihch probably isn't a surprise given how beautiful Stigmata was...

[mellyM]

Well, that took longer to upload than I thought it would since the file is only like 16 or 17 mb...

But take a look see.

Highly spoilery, by the way, so be warned.

http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1T0TD8ACIPHK23J14RP7AXANWH

The film looks like it will be beautifully shot, wihch probably isn't a surprise given how beautiful Stigmata was...

*smooches* thanks for that! I forgot to watch it and am very happy I don't have to wait until Tuesday now.:)

I got a chance to visit Bowen Island when I was in Vancouver last week..what wonderful thing to be able to go to work in such a gorgeous place everyday

[AgentPat]

Well, that took longer to upload than I thought it would since the file is only like 16 or 17 mb...

But take a look see.

Highly spoilery, by the way, so be warned.

http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1T0TD8ACIPHK23J14RP7AXANWH

The film looks like it will be beautifully shot, wihch probably isn't a surprise given how beautiful Stigmata was...:up: Thanks, Trip!

I loved the comments about Tom. Hee! Niiiice. LOL

And D Ray is a nut!

[triplet]

:up: Thanks, Trip!

I loved the comments about Tom. Hee! Niiiice. LOL

And D Ray is a nut!

Sure thing... I just want to spread the Tommy love...

My favorite comment was from Selma Blair:

"I would never want to be in the same shot with him because it's crazy he's so cute."

LOL!

Then they cut to a shot of him smiling a big gorgeous smile in that very attractive sweater... *sigh*

[avidreader]

He was looking mighty fine. Thanks Triplet.:)

[Serene]

Highly spoilery, by the way, so be warned.

http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1T0TD8ACIPHK23J14RP7AXANWH

The film looks like it will be beautifully shot, wihch probably isn't a surprise given how beautiful Stigmata was...

Well, that was fun. :)

I'm definitely going to have to see this movie several times.
Selma Blair is a hoot. Anyone else crack up at how they manage to mention how BIG Tom is.. even his shoe size! LOL... That's our boy. :D

[triplet]

LOL!

Yep... Here are some more caps...
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/8752/frame32437xb.th.jpg (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frame32437xb.jpg)
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/3109/frame51663xn.th.jpg (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frame51663xn.jpg)
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/6034/frame37819yq.th.jpg (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frame37819yq.jpg)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3182/frame141293lw.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frame141293lw.jpg)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1923/frame79373hg.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frame79373hg.jpg)

[AgentPat]

Well, that was fun. :)

I'm definitely going to have to see this movie several times.
Selma Blair is a hoot. Anyone else crack up at how they manage to mention how BIG Tom is.. even his shoe size! LOL... That's our boy. :DYou kidding? That was the best part of the program. LOL

[AgentPat]

Here's a few comments...

Foster: It was really a specific plan to go after fresh young faces, and we really zeroed in on Tom Welling and Maggie Grace.

Wainwright: Tom's a great actor. Great fun to work with. Comes very prepared. I was amazed how tireless he was.

Deray: Tom's a tall guy, man. I went to wardrobe, and they handed me my boots and they're a damn fourteen. I'm li... I don't wear a four...! Who... Fourteen?! Whose is this? They're Tom's. And he walks around the corner, this giant.

LMAO!! ;)

[Lara]

Thanks for printing the comments guys since I can't play video over my computer. Not to mention the pictures....sigh....

[avidreader]

Here's a few comments...


Foster: It was really a specific plan to go after fresh young faces, and we really zeroed in on Tom Welling and Maggie Grace.


Wainwright: Tom's a great actor. Great fun to work with. Comes very prepared. I was amazed how tireless he was.

Deray: Tom's a tall guy, man. I went to wardrobe, and they handed me my boots and they're a damn fourteen. I'm li... I don't wear a four...! Who... Fourteen?! Whose is this? They're Tom's. And he walks around the corner, this giant.


LMAO!! ;)

Its always a real treat to hear comments like that. :)

[Max]

Anyone know when the publicity for this picture kicks into high gear, in terms of interviews?

[AgentPat]

Anyone know when the publicity for this picture kicks into high gear, in terms of interviews?Good question. For Welling to do any, it'll have to be during breaks in filming SV eps. I know when the broadcast hiatus is, but the actual shooting hiatus might have already came and went. The next one probably won't be till Thanksgiving (ish).

Maybe our resident Tom expert knows?

Oh James? You're pager is beeping. :D

[jas01724]

Tom isn't anywhere on any of the lists I normally look at ... yet. Maybe he'll be added soon, maybe not. Maggie, on the other hand, is doing a quite a few things in the next 12 days.

[AgentPat]

Gosh that pager works well! Long distance, too. Bravo, James. :up: :D

[KikiDee]

Gosh that pager works well! Long distance, too. Bravo, James. :up: :D

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_21.gif

[AgentPat]

For what it's worth, Grace will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) on 10/11, The View (ABC) on 10/13, and Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC) on 10/14. I'm SURE The Fog will come up in conversation during one if not all of those interviews. Might be worth catching, if only to get a chuckle hearing her talk about her reasoning for accepting the role. *giggle*

That shower scene BETTER be in the film, that's all I'll say!!! :mad:

[triplet]

For what it's worth, Grace will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) on 10/11, The View (ABC) on 10/13, and Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC) on 10/14. I'm SURE The Fog will come up in conversation during one if not all of those interviews. Might be worth catching, if only to get a chuckle hearing her talk about her reasoning for accepting the role. *giggle*

I got my TiVO set up already, babe! :up:

That shower scene BETTER be in the film, that's all I'll say!!! :mad:

Aw... you don't think they'd do that to us, do you Pat?

It has to be in there... After all, Maggie has mentioned it a couple of times...

It BETTER be in there... :mad:

[Serene]

From the CBTD2 site (thank you James (www.tomwellling.org) ). :)
http://cheaperbythedozen2movie.com/assets/images/teaser/stars.jpg
I have to laugh at how they made Tom shorter than Steve AND Bonnie. LOL..He must be sitting on a chair back there. ;)

[triplet]

He was photoshopped in... it doesn't look like they were all in the same lighting when those images were taken....

The shadows are inconsistant...

[AgentPat]

From the CBTD2 site (thank you James (www.tomwellling.org) ). :)
http://cheaperbythedozen2movie.com/assets/images/teaser/stars.jpg
I have to laugh at how they made Tom shorter than Steve AND Bonnie. LOL..He must be sitting on a chair back there. ;)Geeze, he even looks good in THAT shot.

Which one is Hillary Duff? She in-between Martin and Welling?

[triplet]

Geeze, he even looks good in THAT shot.

Which one is Hillary Duff? She in-between Martin and Welling?

No, that's Piper Perabo... Hilary is on the other side of Steve, holding onto his arm...

[AgentPat]

No, that's Piper Perabo... Hilary is on the other side of Steve, holding onto his arm...Gotcha. Shows ya how much I know about the cast beyond Tom. I'm lucky I know Martin. :rolleyes:

I'm TOTALLY gonna see this film in the theaters all by myself. There's no WAY I'd ask ANY of my friends to go with me. They'd laugh at me for weeks. In fact, I probably won't even TELL people (besides you folks of course) that I even saw it to begin with.

[triplet]

^^---- So, it'll be your guilty pleasure?

;) :D :up:

[AgentPat]

^^---- So, it'll be your guilty pleasure?

;) :D :up:Indeed, embarrassingly so.

[triplet]

Yeah, mine too... :D I'll let my kids "drag" me to it... ;)

[Serene]

I'm not embarrassed. All 3 of the leads (and yes, I count Tom as a lead;)) are bigtime favorites of mine. I can't wait to see it. I'll probably be the dragging my kids! LOL

[RakuMon]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/cheaperbythedozen2/

[triplet]

Just a reminder:

For those of you who would like to catch the original film but don't want to shell for the DVD, Sci Fi will be showing the original version of The Fog on October 13th here in the US at 11:30pm Eastern.

Check local listings if you're in a different time zone... ;) :up:

[mellyM]

Just a reminder:

For those of you who would like to catch the original film but don't want to shell for the DVD, Sci Fi will be showing the original version of The Fog on October 13th here in the US at 11:30pm Eastern.

Check local listings if you're in a different time zone... ;) :up:

Also Target is offering a free movie ticket to see the current Fog with purchase of DVD

[Mr. Socko]

WTF, if Tom is doing films(I've got to see Fog), then why did he turn down Superman Returns?

[AgentPat]

*sigh*

[slowly backs out of thread]

[Serene]

WTF, if Tom is doing films(I've got to see Fog), then why did he turn down Superman Returns?

The Fog was done during this past summer's hiatus from SV. It was filmed locally (or close enough) that he was able to do it without compromising the Smallville production.

As far as SR is concerned... the answer depends on who you ask. Tom's most recent comment on the matter is, "I thought it was a great concept. But they would've literally have to cancel Smallville. And they really didn't want to do that due to the commitment of the film. It would've been a two year commitment to do the film."
Thanks to tw.org (www.tomwelling.org) for the quote.

So, anyway.. I'm so pumped to be seeing ads for The Fog everywhere! They're really running the commercial a lot. Hopefully we'll see Tom start to do some promo appearances for it. Hopefully.

[avidreader]

So, anyway.. I'm so pumped to be seeing ads for The Fog everywhere! They're really running the commercial a lot. Hopefully we'll see Tom start to do some promo appearances for it. Hopefully.

Time is running short, he had better hurry up and appear on those promo appearances. :)

[Serene]

Just saw a *new* commercial for The Fog during the show "Prison Break."

This time there was a voiceover that said, "Starring Tom Welling (shot of Tom), and Maggie Grace (shot of Maggie)."

I'm so easily pleased sometimes. :)

[avidreader]

Just saw a *new* commercial for The Fog during the show "Prison Break."

This time there was a voiceover that said, "Starring Tom Welling (shot of Tom), and Maggie Grace (shot of Maggie)."

I'm so easily pleased sometimes. :)

Darn I missed that. I'm currently watching Season 4 premiere on ABC Family. Hope that commercial is on here. :)

[Serene]

I decided to check out The Fog website again to see if there's been any updates. There are a few more fun things to do since I was there last.

One thing that I noticed this time is on the opening page, with the picture of the door with the "Free Take One" Antonio Bay flyers on it... There's a reflection of a man in the glass of the door. I don't think it's Tom, in fact.. it looks kind of like Christian Bale to me! LOL! (yes, I know it's really not). :)

Any guesses?

[avidreader]

I decided to check out The Fog website again to see if there's been any updates. There are a few more fun things to do since I was there last.

One thing that I noticed this time is on the opening page, with the picture of the door with the "Free Take One" Antonio Bay flyers on it... There's a reflection of a man in the glass of the door. I don't think it's Tom, in fact.. it looks kind of like Christian Bale to me! LOL! (yes, I know it's really not). :)

Any guesses?

I'll have to check it out.

[rumpuso]

Just saw this on LJ and thought I would pass it along, regarding the premiere for The Fog.

Mann's Chinese said the premiere was cancelled and I asked the Sony Pictures operator about it and she said there would be no premiere. When I asked if she knew why, she said, "They're going to use the money another way."

Dammit! How else are they going to spend their money to promote this film?!

[avidreader]

Just saw this on LJ and thought I would pass it along, regarding the premiere for The Fog.

Mann's Chinese said the premiere was cancelled and I asked the Sony Pictures operator about it and she said there would be no premiere. When I asked if she knew why, she said, "They're going to use the money another way."

Dammit! How else are they going to spend their money to promote this film?!

I didnt think it was going to be at Mann's anyway. I saw on James' site that they were holding it at some other theatre.

[jas01724]

It was always planned for Mann's Village, not Mann's Chinese.

[avidreader]

It was always planned for Mann's Village, not Mann's Chinese.

There you go.... I presume its still going ahead there?

[jas01724]

Nope. Cancelled.

[avidreader]

Nope. Cancelled.

Oh, I see. That's a shame.:(

[rumpuso]

I have to wonder if this decision will affect the box office on opening weekend.

[jas01724]

That all depends on whether they have anything else planned. Pre-emptively: I don't have a clue, so asking won't help you any. :p

[Max]

I have a feeling the premiere or lack of a premiere may have something to do with Tom Welling and Maggie Grace's shooting schedules. One is in Canada, and the other is in Hawaii. Maybe they couldn't make it to the premiere, and someone felt if the two main stars can't make it, we should cancel. That's the only thing I could come up with for them to cancel the premiere. I mean, you would think the studio promoting the film would not be too happy about not getting it's film showcased in a big way.

Anyone with insider/Hollywood 'know-how' have any ideas as to why a premiere would be canceled?

[avidreader]

I have a feeling the premiere or lack of a premiere may have something to do with Tom Welling and Maggie Grace's shooting schedules. One is in Canada, and the other is in Hawaii. Maybe they couldn't make it to the premiere, and someone felt if the two main stars can't make it, we should cancel. That's the only thing I could come up with for them to cancel the premiere. I mean, you would think the studio promoting the film would not be too happy about not getting it's film showcased in a big way.

Anyone with insider/Hollywood 'know-how' have any ideas as to why a premiere would be canceled?

That's what I was thinking.

[Max]

Yeah, I just can't imagine why they would cancel a premiere. Has that ever been done before? I mean you spend millions of dollars on a film, and then you don't promote it. I don't understand.

[jas01724]

Considering that Maggie's doing press all week in LA and NY, I don't think that's it.

[mellyM]

I have to wonder if this decision will affect the box office on opening weekend.
It shouldn't. I don't know how much attention the average person pays to premieres anyway. I think as long as its promoted, which it has been, then it should be fine. I know Maggie Grace is scheduled to appear on some shows, and I see the commericias constantly

[avidreader]

I wonder if Tom ever had plans to attend the premiere.

[Lara]

Considering that Maggie's doing press all week in LA and NY, I don't think that's it.
What's she on? Is it on your website, I didn't see it? If I can't see Tom I might at least hear about him =)

[avidreader]

What's she on? Is it on your website, I didn't see it? If I can't see Tom I might at least hear about him =)

My sentiments exactly. :)

[triplet]

Considering that Maggie's doing press all week in LA and NY, I don't think that's it.

Could Tom's schedule have changed and he couldn't make it?

It would be like against the point of having a preem to begin with if your first lead can't show.... Would they cancel it because of that?

[rumpuso]

Oh dear...this is discouraging...

http://www.bullz-eye.com/mguide/reviews_2005/the_fog.htm

The Fog (2005)

Starring: Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Rating: PG-13
Category: Horror/Suspense

Opens October 14

The Pitch: One hundred years to the day that a boat carrying a leper colony was sunk under mysterious circumstances off the coast of a sleepy seaside California town, a dense fog settles over the town to exact revenge.

The Buzz: A wisely low-profile entry into movies for both Superman (Welling, from “Smallville”) and Shannon (Grace, from “Lost”). And since no one will have high expectations for the movie, no one will be disappointed with them when it tanks.

Trailer Highlight: And based on the trailer, this is probably going to tank. Pretty spook-free, with no snappy dialogue to dress it up.

Bottom Line: Will likely go down with “Bewitched” as something that seemed like a good idea at the time to remake.

[Serene]

Oh dear...this is discouraging...

http://www.bullz-eye.com/mguide/reviews_2005/the_fog.htm

The Fog (2005)

Well hopefully we'll at least have a shower scene. ;)

Seriously, I'm hoping this movie is at least decent, but I didn't really care for Stigmata (although I liked the atmosphere of it), so I do have worries.

I'm still a little discouraged that it's PG-13, from the horror aspect. I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic though.. I am very excited to see it.

[rumpuso]

Honestly, I've never heard of this site before...maybe it is legitimate, maybe not?? What 'legitimate' sites should we look at for predictions and/or reviews?

[jas01724]

I don't believe they're doing any advance press screenings, so the "legitimate" reviews won't come until after Friday. By which time most people here will have already seen it anyway.

Good reviews will be nice, but either way they'll be fairly moot.

[triplet]

Not doing advance screening isn't a good sign, usually... :eek:

It normally means the studio suits think the critics will hate it.

[avidreader]

Could also be a wise move. If what you say about Elizabethtown is correct, that is the critics dont like it, then maybe they think they can get better attendance by keeping the public uninformed about it.

[jas01724]

Not doing advance screening isn't a good sign, usually... :eek:

It normally means the studio suits think the critics will hate it.Exactly.

Though if I'm honest, I'd probably critically pan it. However good it is, I still have a soft spot for the original that will be very difficult to shake. Remakes are just that bit more difficult to get a good review for.

How many of the recent horror movie remakes have had very good reviews anywa? And how many did pretty well regardless ...

[mellyM]

Not doing advance screening isn't a good sign, usually... :eek:

It normally means the studio suits think the critics will hate it.
Critics aren't usually very kind to that genre anyway, and its not like its an oscar contender, its probably a good fun film, geared towards an audience who could probably care less what critics think. And honestly as long as I get to see it, I don't care what they think, Tommy on the big screen isn't bad no matter what the film. And its nice that is probably one of those roles that gave him a good learning experience, but not a make or break career role.

[Lara]

The recent movie FlightPlan wasn't screened and when it was it did fine critically. They have been very harsh with horror movies of late though.

[mellyM]

Honestly, I've never heard of this site before...maybe it is legitimate, maybe not?? What 'legitimate' sites should we look at for predictions and/or reviews?

rottentomatoes.com usually has all of the reviews from both major and minor press on their site.

forgive me if this has been posted, but you can find Tom's interview here:
http://ktla.trb.com/

[Serene]

forgive me if this has been posted, but you can find Tom's interview here:
http://ktla.trb.com/

Thank you, Melly! I hadn't seen that. So, if he's in LA I wonder if he's doing more appearances/interviews?

How funny was it when that woman anchor did that giggly wave at him. LOL!

[muscaremy]

saw commercial today where tom welling got first billing..... basically stuff in regular trailer followd by "with tom welling, maggie grace, and selma blair"

[AgentPat]

That was a fun interview. But the best part didn't have anything to do with The Fog or CBtD2. At the *very* end, of the interview as they were saying their good-buys, there was this cute exchange...


Interviewer: Hey, Superman's gotta fly though. He's gotta learn how to fly. Take some lessons or something.

Welling: We're working on that.

:D :up:

[avidreader]

That was a really cute interview. He was so relaxed. I wonder why he's in L.A. if there's no premiere. It would seem a little strange for him to come down there just to do one interview. Hopefully we'll see some more.

[KalKai]

oh it was posted here already lol, yeah he did look different, he didn't say anything about the suit though he just smiled lol.

[AgentPat]

oh it was posted here already lol, yeah he did look different, he didn't say anything about the suit though he just smiled lol.LMAO!! Now I need to go back and edit my other post asking if that was the same interview. Too funny...

[Lara]

I just caught Selma Blair on the Early Show. She couldn't have drooled more over Tom it was really cute =)

[AgentPat]

I just caught Selma Blair on the Early Show. She couldn't have drooled more over Tom it was really cute =)OH! What she say? I didn't tape it.

<- Idiot forgot. :rolleyes:

[avidreader]

OH! What she say? I didn't tape it.

<- Idiot forgot. :rolleyes:

I recorded it, I just might have to leave and go watch.

[AgentPat]

I recorded it, I just might have to leave and go watch.I want a transcript!!! :mad: LOL

Thanks, Avid!! :D :up:

[avidreader]

I want a transcript!!! :mad: LOL

Thanks, Avid!! :D :up:

Actually, the show has only just started here, so her interview hasnt come on yet. But I'll let you know what she says when it does.

[AgentPat]

Actually, the show has only just started here, so her interview hasnt come on yet. But I'll let you know what she says when it does.You're a doll!! Tanks bunchies!! :D

[avidreader]

You're a doll!! Tanks bunchies!! :D

Your perfectly welcome.:)

[avidreader]

Okay here goes.


Interviewer: You got a chance to play with Tom Welling. Hunk from the TV show Smallville. You had a big crush on him. He is a doll though.

They show Tom pulling on a sweater, all smiles and cutsie looking.

Selma: I mean look at that, he's crazy looking and he's not some little pretty boy, he'l like 6'4".

Interviewer: He's a manly man, a gorgeous manly man.

Selma: No. Next to my husband he is the most gorgeous man I've ever seen and my husband watches Smallville, loves it, and I've watched it a few times, so my husband understood the crush. He understood where I was coming from.

Interviewer: How very 90's and 2000 of him.

Selma: For whoever sees this movie, I have one tiny scene with Tom, and its meant to be this casual thing, I'm getting coffee, I say your girlfriend's in town, we had kind of a fling in the past, in the movie, a real life wish. His phone rings, saved by the bell, they just go off and for like about 30 seconds I just look like the creepiest girl, he's so gorgeous. We're supposed to just go off , hey just getting coffee. But I dont blink or anything. Just buried my chance of ever having a scene with anyone ever again.

Interviewer: Makeup, cause Selma's drooling.

Then she goes on to talk about her husband.

Both interviewer and Selma had the biggest grins throughout the whole thing. That part took up most of the interview.

[AgentPat]

Aight, not to tangent this awesome interview too far off base, but y'all know Blair lobbied in a big way to land the Lois Lane film role when McG was still attached, right? She was *my* personal favorite, though I didn't think she had a chance because of her association with the Hellboy franchise. Anyhoo, reading an interview like this re-heeeely bums me out thinking of the real chemistry in what could have been...

Gah!! :mad:

Avid, thanks for the transcript. That was awesome! :up:

[Serene]

Thanks Avid! I totally missed that. Who did the interview?

I like Selma. She's very genuine in her quirkiness. I think she's a hoot.. and she's obviously got good taste in men. :up:

[avidreader]

Aight, not to tangent this awesome interview too far off base, but y'all know Blair lobbied in a big way to land the Lois Lane film role when McG was still attached, right? She was *my* personal favorite, though I didn't think she had a chance because of her association with the Hellboy franchise. Anyhoo, reading an interview like this re-heeeely bums me out thinking of the real chemistry in what could have been...

Gah!! :mad:

Avid, thanks for the transcript. That was awesome! :up:

She would have made a great Lois Lane, and I dont need to comment on the other choice, they could have emphasised her role in Legally Blonde instead of Hellboy. :)

Thanks Avid! I totally missed that. Who did the interview?

I like Selma. She's very genuine in her quirkiness. I think she's a hoot.. and she's obviously got good taste in men. :up:

I'm not sure of her name, but she was a very attractive African American. If that helps.

Selma comes across as very genuine.

[RakuMon]

Watch the interview here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/11/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main932959.shtml

[Serene]

Watch the interview here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/11/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main932959.shtml

Well that was entertaining. Damn, Tom should hire her as his PR person. ;)

Thanks Raku.

[triplet]

I like her... A lot.

She woulda been great as Lois, in another lifetime... *sigh*

Oh, well.

That interview was so cute. Thanks!

[Lara]

Seeing that one has made me commited to seeing the other ones listed with Maggie Grace. I don't know why but I just love seeing women get all silly over him. It's almost as fun as watching him. I especially can't wait to see the one with Maggie Grace on the View. Don't forget it guys that one will have to be great.

[triplet]

Hey... The WB's Smallville pages says this:

escape
THE FOG
Watch the movie minute during Smallville. Tom Welling stars!



http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/show.jsp?id=SM



Kinda weird phrasing, but it sounds like we'll see a clip!

:D

[AgentPat]

Hey... The WB says there will be a "minute" of The Fog on thursday's show...

http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/show.jsp?id=SM

Cool!

:DThat IS very cool! And it IS fun to hear what Welling's costars say about him (particularly the women LOL)...


Teen Hollywood: How was working with cutie Tom Welling and can you tell me any silly or fun things that happened while shooting or off set?

Maggie Grace: He's a really nice guy. It was fun. We have some romantic scenes... she says with a gulp. It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it. He's so tall. Most actors aren't tall. I'm 5'9" and some change so I'm usually looking down and if there are any kissing scenes, they put me down lower so I don't look like the Jolly Green Giant and I'm used to that. So it was nice [not to have to do that]. Sometimes, they'll shoot things a certain way to make the guy look taller. Tom is even more stunning in person. [As for fun things] there was a lot of night work so we all just went home and crashed. We'd get off at five or six in the morning. Not a great time to party.

http://s.teenblvd.com/dn/108825/FOG_FG-267.jpg

http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=108825&cat=1038

[jas01724]

Hey... The WB's Smallville pages says this:

escape
THE FOG
Watch the movie minute during Smallville. Tom Welling stars!



http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/show.jsp?id=SM



Kinda weird phrasing, but it sounds like we'll see a clip!

:DYou know, I saw that, but the phrasing was so damn confusing that I wasn't sure if that was exactly what they meant ... I'm pretty sure it is, but still.

[avidreader]

I must speak a different language to you guys, 'cause that's not confusing to me at all. LOL!

[AgentPat]

Hey, something just occurred to me. Could whatever they're planning for Thursday night be the money that *would* have been spent on the canceled premiere? If so, it totally makes sense. If Sony caught wind (and you know they did) of SV's better-than-average ratings this season, that *might* have been the foundation for the decision to reallocate whatever advertising coin they had left. They've got a captive audience of over five million viewers, most of which are in the age group (if not necessarily the gender) of the audience they're targeting, and they're watching the day before the film unspools. Kudos to Sony for thinking fast - if that indeed is what went down.

[avidreader]

Hey, something just occurred to me. Could whatever they're planning for Thursday night be the money that *would* have been spent on the canceled premiere? If so, it totally makes sense. If Sony caught wind (and you know they did) of SV's better-than-average ratings this season, that *might* have been the foundation for the decision to reallocate whatever advertising coin they had left. They've got a captive audience of over five million viewers, most of which are in the age group (if not necessarily the gender) of the audience they're targeting, and they're watching the day before the film unspools. Kudos to Sony for thinking fast - if that indeed is what went down.

Well that sounds good, but I gotta ask why Tom was in L.A. for only one interview.

Someone over at Ksite won free tickets for a previewing tomorrow night in NYC. Could they be doing something similar in L.A? A bit more low key than a Hollywood premiere.

[jas01724]

Could whatever they're planning for Thursday night be the money that *would* have been spent on the canceled premiere?I think they'd always planned to air something during SV for the exact reasons you've said. But it wasn't something that caused them to "reallocate coin."

And Tom was doing more than one interview, by the bye ...

Those advanced screenings tomorrow are being held in about ten different cities, and they're just a thing organised by a magazine with (obviously) assistance from Sony. I could be wrong, but I don't think celebs will be at any of them. It would a publicity nightmare to run a contest and then not give everyone the exact same prize ... having the stars at one screening and not another would NOT go down well.

[avidreader]

I think they'd always planned to air something during SV for the exact reasons you've said. But it wasn't something that caused them to "reallocate coin."

And Tom was doing more than one interview, by the bye ...

Those advanced screenings tomorrow are being held in about ten different cities, and they're just a thing organised by a magazine with (obviously) assistance from Sony. I could be wrong, but I don't think celebs will be at any of them. It would a publicity nightmare to run a contest and then not give everyone the exact same prize ... having the stars at one screening and not another would NOT go down well.

I didnt realise it was in multiple cities, I thought maybe New York and L.A.

Okay, any word on the other interviews he was supposedly doing? I checked my local morning news programs for the week and he's not listed to appear on any of them.

[mellyM]

I think they'd always planned to air something during SV for the exact reasons you've said. But it wasn't something that caused them to "reallocate coin."

And Tom was doing more than one interview, by the bye ...

Those advanced screenings tomorrow are being held in about ten different cities, and they're just a thing organised by a magazine with (obviously) assistance from Sony. I could be wrong, but I don't think celebs will be at any of them. It would a publicity nightmare to run a contest and then not give everyone the exact same prize ... having the stars at one screening and not another would NOT go down well.
true, EW used to have them for films, or Premiere mag, I used to go to them on occasion:) So cannot wait for Friday :D

[Serene]

Okay.. just checked the times for the theater I'll be going to see The Fog at this Friday. It's a humungo 30-plex.. and the times are just about every hour, which means it's on at least 2 screens. Yay :)

I'm going Friday with two girlfriends.. I lured them with promises of a Tom shower scene. I bribed my husband into going with me Saturday.

[Max]

You know, I was thinking about the fact that the movie wasn't given an advanced screening for the critics, and it bothered me. However, after thinking about, I realized that most critics HATE horror movies. I can't recall one positive review. Therefore, wouldn't it be in the film's best interest to simply let it air on it's own merits on October 14, 2005, rather than be dragged down by bad reviews. Frankly, alot of movies that the critics love, I have loathed -- "cough" English Patient "cough" (Elaine and I see eye-to-eye on this one).

Anyway, from what I've seen of Elizabethtown, my money will definitely be going to see The Fog. Let's just hope the general public agrees.

[avidreader]

Your too funny Max, and I agree with you on every account. :up: And that was the only Seinfeld episode that I found in the least bit funny by the way.

Serene your lucky to have all those screenings. My local is an Edwards/Regal Group, 17 Cinemas, and they dont open until noon. I was hoping to catch an early screening so I could go on my own.

[KikiDee]

Maggie Grace is on Jimmy Kimmel live if you haven't already missed it.

[Lara]

Maggie Grace is on Jimmy Kimmel live if you haven't already missed it.
I taped it it was a waste of time. For those that missed it she didn't really talk about Tom at all even though she was prompted by the host.

[AgentPat]

I taped it it was a waste of time. For those that missed it she didn't really talk about Tom at all even though she was prompted by the host.:confused: Was she just side-tracked in the interview? How could she NOT talk about him? LOL

[jas01724]

She was on KROQ and barely said anything when asked about him ... I think she's one of the few women who realise that he's married. :p

[AgentPat]

She was on KROQ and barely said anything when asked about him ... I think she's one of the few women who realise that he's married.Either that, or they didn't shoot that shower scene she was so looking forward to and now she's a little bent. :p

[jas01724]

Orrrr ... she has a boyfriend who gets jealous. :p

[triplet]

:confused: Was she just side-tracked in the interview? How could she NOT talk about him? LOL

I'm not sure she's the brightest bulb in the pack, despite Wainwright's assurances to the contrary in the Starz special....

She was mostly too embarrassed to talk about Tom, I think. She was laughing when he asked her about him but didn't really say anything.

[avidreader]

I'm not sure she's the brightest bulb in the pack, despite Wainwright's assurances to the contrary in the Starz special....

She was mostly too embarrassed to talk about Tom, I think. She was laughing when he asked her about him but didn't really say anything.

I just watched it and I think she was too embarrassed to say anything and I can see why the customs officials would have thought she was high cause I thought she came across as a little tipsy.

The interviewer was basically saying that Tom was pretty hot, she said yeah but not as good as you. They had previously joked about his tie and the interviewer said "oh he doesnt have my tie, but he has everything else".

It wasnt a long interview, 5 minutes tops.

[Serene]

I can see why the customs officials would have thought she was high cause I thought she came across as a little tipsy.


Tipsy is putting it kindly. I thought she was a total dip. And the way she walked out.. Was this her first pair of heels?
(mee-yow) ;)

[RakuMon]

AICN's first review of "The Fog." It's actually a positive one, despite the TW bashing. Also, it looks like Maggie Grace is the worst part of the flick. (Makes sense. She's the worst part of 'Lost!' :D)
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21533
Our First Review of THE FOG rolls in...
Hey folks, Harry here with a review from "Ben" of the remake of THE FOG. I've been anxiously awaiting word on this film. It's interesting that this reviewer wanted to hate this film, but in the end couldn't... and actually came away saying that it was pretty good. That's a good sign. Right now, I'm watching Carpenter's original - which is a film I love even though probably more than any other film of his, it shows it's age and budget. But damn it. Barbeau, Jamie, Janet and Houseman just flat out rule. And Carpenter's score and the sound design is spine-tingly. A little film that did quite a good job. I'm hoping this is a film that does quite a bit more. Been awfully quiet on this new version so far.

Hi Harry. I love you man.

Saw a screening of the Fog tonight. Here’s a shocker…

Didn’t hate it.

Actually, I should give more credit. I expected to hate this movie. I wanted to hate this movie. It was pretty good. Better-if you give hottie cred for blonde from Lost and SELMA.

While I’m at it, Let’s be honest. SELMA is too good for this stuff, but once you make out with Buffy you’ve got to prove yourself worthy. How long does that take? I’ll let you know. But SELMA was really great, a welcome distraction from the “acting” of blond from Lost and Supermodel.

Okay, legit review time. The Fog was pretty good. A 6, maybe 7 out of 10, which is worthy of acknowledgment given the crap we’ve been choked with for the last year. It makes House of Wax look like another Paris home vid, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously like, oh, every damn Japanese remake. Why does the vulnerable but very hot girl hang out with the dead bodies? Cause it’s a movie, and it’s creepy. Why does same girl do every stupid thing she does? Cause it’s a movie, and it’s funny to watch her be stupid. We all like to talk at the screen when we see these kinda movies, and happily we’re given lots of chances here. In this instance we also get a good scare or 15, and most impressively the scares don’t come when you expect them to. Whoever shot the movie (yes I’m too lazy to look up names) did a ****ing bang up job, and he made SELMA look sooo hot. Blondie looked blonde, and damn she’s hot too when she’s not speaking. Overall the acting was missing something, namely acting, but if you forgive the performances, which were not good, you’re gonna get scared. Nuff said. The movie has lots of off-frame movement/hand-on-the-shoulder/silence-then-loud-noise/violin scares. There’s also ample story, which only occasionally gets in the way.

The story, in case you’re too cheap to rent the vid, goes like thus. A 100 years ago these guys on Antonio Island, Ore. (people actually live in Oregon?) killed a bunch of lepers and stole all their cash. The lepers burned to death. Horrible. Antonio Island meanwhile, CACHING. Built them a town. But the ghosts of the lepers ain’t happy, and yes, they’re back to kill the descendants of those who killed them. How radically convenient, then, that our core of main characters (Supermodel, blonde from Lost, People Over 30 that I don’t care about, and SELMA) are-if you can believe it-descended from the guys who betrayed the lepers. Yawn. But if you forgive the very recycled plot, which was flawed the first time when it was called THE FOG, this movie actually improves upon its template. That’s rare. The scares are more numerous and scattered evenly throughout a movie that (for once) doesn’t run too long. Theres also a connection that was missing in the original film. SELMA gets to leave the lighthouse. And gets wet. She’s actually active, and wearing black leather. She and Tom Welling have “a past” which doesn’t pay off as suggested but makes for a nice we’re-all-in-this-together hatch-battening climax.

Like most horror movies pretending to have a plot, The Fog gets really lost in the first 15 minutes. Lots of people are talking. Oh, and there’s a lighthouse. We get back story, character, and timelines ga-****en-lore, and a few funny spoken lines that aren’t given the time they deserve. The screenplay is typical but organizes well the massive and oft-unnecessary back story throughout the movie. It’s also smartly written most of the time and doesn’t dumb down the scenes. The movie doesn’t waste your time. It doesn’t linger like the original. It sets up, cashes in, moves on.

Surprisingly it was more “The Blonde From Lost Show” than anything else, with Tom Welling and SELMA book ending her and providing a welcome break from glassy-eyed taught-jawed stares. Blond from Lost was hot, IS hot, and gets wet (twice!), but this will be her only feature. Guaranteed. She’s distracting not just as eye candy but in her blatant inability to be in the moment. She’s like Mischa Barton. Soo pretty, except when she talks or moves in any way. SELMA was fantastic, maybe just a smidge wooden in her last scene. No jest, friends. She was damn good, and one fiiiine looken mama. Tom Welling was just-fine. I mean, he was okay. Supersized Smallvillian but okay. He may actually find a niche out there. (I hear Freddie P. is doing TV now, so there must be 8 Julia Stiles movies on the shelf just waiting for a forgettable hunk like him.) He’s got more chemistry with SELMA than Blonde, but you believe that he and Maggie (huh, she DOES have a name) have “a past,” if for no other reason than -we are told they have a past. And before we ask too many questions they get naked and showery. It’s PG-13 but still hot.

Now for my sour grapes. Er, grape. The ending kinda sucked. If you’re the kind to roll your eyes and move on you probably won’t mind, but I wasn’t a fan. It just didn’t fit. But, again, to be fair, as I strive to be, if you can get over this, you’ll be happy with your ten bucks spent.

So here’s my summation. The Fog is, believe it or not, a scary movie with hot women and a nice look to it. I was pleasantly surprised, which is quite rare. But the flick does hold up, and in so doing not only does the original justice but makes a weak soup better. This Fog has more fright, more cool scenes, passable special effects, and breasts that weren’t store bought. If you love Selma Blair this is the best movie of 2005. If you like her as a friend it’s just a good movie. If your indifferent it’s still worth your time.

[Lara]

Thanks Raku Mon not a bad review especially considering he's been a jerk about Tom Welling in the past so he's biased. About Maggie Grace she was so bad last nite I'm not looking foreward to her on The View now. I'll still watch but I don't expect any fun little comments =( At least I have Selma Blair on the Letterman Show to look foreward to.

[Serene]

AICN's first review of "The Fog." It's actually a positive one, despite the TW bashing. Also, it looks like Maggie Grace is the worst part of the flick. (Makes sense. She's the worst part of 'Lost!' :D)
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21533
Tom Welling was just-fine. I mean, he was okay. Supersized Smallvillian but okay. He may actually find a niche out there. (I hear Freddie P. is doing TV now, so there must be 8 Julia Stiles movies on the shelf just waiting for a forgettable hunk like him.)
"Forgettable hunk?" The guy is obviously jealous. ;) Actually, I don't think what he said is too bad.. overall. He seemed to like Tom a lot more than he did Maggie. I'm really happy with this review.. Horror movies are judged SO harshly by those who are into horror, and by those who aren't.

And before we ask too many questions they get naked and showery. It’s PG-13 but still hot.

Yes! I mean.. that sounds like an interesting scene. :)

Thanks, Raku.

[triplet]

Wow... weird review.

I guess it's a good sign he went in wanting to hate it and didnt'.

[mellyM]

Tipsy is putting it kindly. I thought she was a total dip. And the way she walked out.. Was this her first pair of heels?
(mee-yow) ;)

Maybe she;s not comfortable doing interviews yet, granted I havent seen it, or watched Lost--well its been on my tv, but my mind tends to wander if there isn't a sufficient amount of pretty on my telly:)

[Serene]

Maybe she;s not comfortable doing interviews yet, granted I havent seen it, or watched Lost--well its been on my tv, but my mind tends to wander if there isn't a sufficient amount of pretty on my telly:)
I started watching Lost just this season. The only thing keeping me watching it is the pretty. :) The storylines are frustrating in that every single frickin' thing is a mystery, and it's getting on my nerves. From my friends who are regular viewers I understand that answers to *anything* aren't very forthcoming either. I'm going to continue watching though.. like I said, there is some pretty to focus on.

[mellyM]

I started watching Lost just this season. The only thing keeping me watching it is the pretty. :) The storylines are frustrating in that every single frickin' thing is a mystery, and it's getting on my nerves. From my friends who are regular viewers I understand that answers to *anything* aren't very forthcoming either. I'm going to continue watching though.. like I said, there is some pretty to focus on.
hmmm..who's pretty on the show?..not doubting, just wondering, like I said, I usually don't look up at the screaming people running around on my screen, lol

[Serene]

The main guy, and the uh.. long haired guy. :)
LOL... I'm sure trip knows their names. I just look at them.

[avidreader]

Tipsy is putting it kindly. I thought she was a total dip. And the way she walked out.. Was this her first pair of heels?
(mee-yow) ;)

She looked a little ****y too. (Am I allowed to use that word here ;))

[Serene]

Here's the link to the site with clips from The Fog:
http://sonypictures.com/movies/thefog/psp/

Thanks, James! (www.tomwelling.org)

[triplet]

She looked a little ****y too. (Am I allowed to use that word here ;))

Yes, you are.

She was ****ty looking... ;) :p

And I totally agree.

[jas01724]

I can't be the only one who thinks that everything in that "review" has already been said in interviews or shown in clips and trailers? Something about it just seems off.

Besides that, I wasn't even aware of any screenings being held on Tuesday night ... they're definitely being held later today, but that reviewer said "saw a screening tonight." It's still the afternoon in the US, so he must have been talking about Tuesday. Meh, I could have written that review (minus the obsession with Maggie and Selma) without ever seeing the movie.

[avidreader]

I started watching Lost just this season. The only thing keeping me watching it is the pretty. :) The storylines are frustrating in that every single frickin' thing is a mystery, and it's getting on my nerves. From my friends who are regular viewers I understand that answers to *anything* aren't very forthcoming either. I'm going to continue watching though.. like I said, there is some pretty to focus on.

I watched the first two epi's and was totally lost. So I'm not bothering with it, I dont think I could stand watching something that doesnt ever have any conclusion.

Back to the review, I think that guy sees himself as a bit of comic, not, and I think the bad acting he's referring to is Maggie. From what I've seen of the movie she doesnt appear to be doing too bad a job. And he said Tom and Selma werent bad. I guess that's about as good as you will get from a reviewer like that.

However, I thought there were no pre-screenings of this movie. How did this guy get to review it?

[AgentPat]

I dunno. Considering the target audience for this film is teenage girls, I think they could have come up with a MUCH better [planted] review, if that's what you guys are thinking.

Anyhoo, shower scene... YES!! I can die happy now. :D

As to Grace being a total ditz, pffft. I didn't expect her to be anything otherwise. I (and a large part of what will probably be the core audience for this pic) are not gonna be seeing it for Grace. :p

[jas01724]

I'm not thinking planted review. I'm just thinking random guy who wants to get his name up on AICN. :p

[AgentPat]

I'm not thinking planted review. I'm just thinking random guy who wants to get his name up on AICN. :pMuscles?

LOLOLOL!! :p

[mellyM]

I can't be the only one who thinks that everything in that "review" has already been said in interviews or shown in clips and trailers? Something about it just seems off.

Besides that, I wasn't even aware of any screenings being held on Tuesday night ... they're definitely being held later today, but that reviewer said "saw a screening tonight." It's still the afternoon in the US, so he must have been talking about Tuesday. Meh, I could have written that review (minus the obsession with Maggie and Selma) without ever seeing the movie.
If you follow his site at all, he usually manages to see films somehow, so don't doubt him, his site is frequented by their target audience definitely. Sometimes the studios hold their own screenings on their premises, I know Sony does.

Wait..was it not the Harry dude reviewing it?

[jas01724]

If you follow his site at all, he usually manages to see films somehow, so don't doubt himI've followed his site for over five years ... but Harry wasn't the one doing the reviewing. :o

[mellyM]

I've followed his site for over five years ... but Harry wasn't the one doing the reviewing. :o
Ah, nevermind then, I didn't actually go there, I assumed it was a Harry review. Regardless I cannot wait til Friday:)

[Serene]

GAAaah! I just tried watching the new HDef trailer on the Apple site of The Fog and I noticed the credits screwed up Tom's name. They put his character name instead of Tom Welling!

Rupert Wainwright (dir.)
Nick Castle
Maggie Grace
Selma Blair
DeRay Davis
Rade Serbedzija


Do I have to do *everything*? (I say this at work all the time. :))

[triplet]

That's stupid....

[avidreader]

GAAaah! I just tried watching the new HDef trailer on the Apple site of The Fog and I noticed the credits screwed up Tom's name. They put his character name instead of Tom Welling!

Rupert Wainwright (dir.)
Nick Castle
Maggie Grace
Selma Blair
DeRay Davis
Rade Serbedzija


Do I have to do *everything*? (I say this at work all the time. :))

Did you tell 'em? Hopefully Tom's people will be on to them quick smart.

[AgentPat]

I don't think these have been posted yet.
Here are some new teaser clips from The Fog:

• "Hell Of A Fog Bank (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/clips/1808680128/1808750334/?http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/mf/frame?theme=minfo&lid=wmv-100-p.1383767-154042,wmv-300-p.1383768-154042,wmv-700-p.1383769-154042,wmv-56-p.1383766-154042&id=1808680128&f=1808680128&mspid=1808750334&type=c&a=0,15)" -- Spooner (DeRay Davis) and his crew come under attack when a mysterous fog rolls through their vessel.

• "It's Just A Dream (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/clips/1808680128/1808750335/?http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/mf/frame?theme=minfo&lid=wmv-56-p.1383770-154043,wmv-100-p.1383771-154043,wmv-300-p.1383772-154043,wmv-700-p.1383773-154043&id=1808680128&f=1808680128&mspid=1808750335&type=c&a=0,15)" -- Nick (Tom Welling) tries to calm down Elizabeth (Maggie Grace) after she awakes from a bad dream.

• "Morgue Attack (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/clips/1808680128/1808750336/?http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/mf/frame?theme=minfo&lid=wmv-100-p.1383775-154044,wmv-300-p.1383776-154044,wmv-700-p.1383777-154044,wmv-56-p.1383774-154044&id=1808680128&f=1808680128&mspid=1808750336&type=c&a=0,15)" -- Elizabeth (Maggie Grace) has an unexpected guest at the morgue.

• "Car Stall (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/clips/1808680128/1808750337/?http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/mf/frame?theme=minfo&lid=wmv-56-p.1383778-154045,wmv-100-p.1383779-154045,wmv-300-p.1383780-154045,wmv-700-p.1383781-154045&id=1808680128&f=1808680128&mspid=1808750337&type=c&a=0,15)" -- When a fog encompasses Stevie's (Selma Blair) car, she finds her life threatened.


http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808680128/trailer

[RakuMon]

Another review from AICN.
This guy doesn't trash TW too hard and actually has high expectations of the man.
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21540

Want another FOG opinion? Sure you do!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another look at the upcoming FOG remake. I'm hoping this one comes out really fun and any excuse to have Maggie Grace walk around in skin tight underwear is alright by me. I doubt this movie will even come close to the creepiness of the Carpenter original, but if I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the remake of ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 then I'll be really happy. I don't think there's a press screening for this film here in Austin (if there is I have no invitation to it), so I'll be seeing it weekend of release. I'm just curious. Here's the review, a very mixed, but still positive leaning review. Enjoy!

Hey Harry - love the site man. Please use my talkback name "VH" if you use this short review. Thanks brother. Great news about John Carter btw. I read the Protosevich draft a ways back. Favreau is a great choice.

Caught a screening of THE FOG last night. I'm a big Carpenter fan (esp PRINCE OF DARKNESS and, while I’m at it, Roddy Piper and Keith David’s fist fight in THEY LIVE) but always thought the original FOG was kinda weak compared to the rest of his stuff. I must say I was not let down with the screening last night. That said, I was not blown away either. I imagine it will do decent business with the teen/ pre-teen set who are not likely to question the numerous holes and inconsistencies of the plot. Everyone else can catch it on video. Taken as is (namely as a vfx effect -laden remake of an incomplete horror movie populated with TV actors and Canadian unknowns) it's rather fun and I think - an improvement on the original. The other reviewer "Ben" was right about the "look" of the movie. It was shot by up and coming cinematographer Nathan Hope (he's credited on both CSI and the TV show FASTLANE both of which are known for their cool, colorful, and slick look) - who shoots the film like a more color-friendly Bojan Bazelli . The colors are vivid and pop while the actors and landscape look great.

The acting is okay. Resoundingly O ‘ K. I wouldn't blame such mediocrity on the actors as much as I would the limited amount of substance handed them to work with. Blair is much too big for this movie (such that she feels grossly under-utilized), Welling gets to drive an old pick-up and shout phrases like "Hurry up" and "C'mon hurry up!" a lot. I can’t help but like Welling even though SMALLVILLE has me trapped in a vicious cycle of expectation and disappointment. Sigh. It would be interesting to see him in a roll that forces him outside of the ‘handsome guy to the rescue’ mold though. Grace just concerns herself with looking good and/or puzzled.. Oh and expressionless. Plus her wardrobe choices are rather masculine and strange.

The so-so story has plenty of fun ‘don’t go in there’ moments. And to its credit, never takes itself too seriously. Not sure if this is done on purpose or not. Nor does it do much to hide the fact that it’s a straight-forward ghost revenge horror story. Right. I must admit to being particularly impressed with the sound design of the film. It’s big, and heavy, without sacrificing the little nuances. Along with the color of the film, the sound really breathes life into the various scenes, expertly heightening tension and scares. In fact it’s safe to say that the scares come more from the sound than anything else. Obviously THE FOG relies heavily on vfx (like so many movies these days) though it’s somewhat easy to forgive in a film like this. But coupled with the sound this new digital fog really is enjoyable to watch, sounding like an asthmatic breathing slo-mo through a paper towel tube as it twists and turns through tight spaces or comes bearing wall-like down on a victim. Very cool.

All in all a choppy somewhat sporadic showcase for creative vfx with truly great sound and sporting a nice crisp look. An improvement on the original look and feel wise, while lacking in the sense of class and smarts of a true Carpenter flick. It also feels under-directed in comparison to Carpenter, but hey, it’s Carpenter we’re talking about here. Check it out for an hour and a half of modest fun and if you want to have your girl friend grab tightly onto your arm here and there. Otherwise PRINCE OF DARKNESS anyone? ‘I’ve got something to tell you and you’re not going to like it!’

[Lara]

Ok I'm annoyed Maggie didn't even mention Tom on The View and neither did the hosts. Not even that he's in the movie. So you have an ABC show with an ABC star and Smallville beating their ABC show in demo's. Is it a conspiracy? It's just way too weird.

[triplet]

They barely talked to her... it was ridiculous... She was on maybe five or six minutes tops.

They were too concerned about pushing the ABC show she's on, Lost, than letting her talk about her movie or show more than just a clip from the trailer instead of an actual scene.... Stupid.

[Milkman95]

Ok I'm annoyed Maggie didn't even mention Tom on The View and neither did the hosts. Not even that he's in the movie. So you have an ABC show with an ABC star and Smallville beating their ABC show in demo's. Is it a conspiracy? It's just way too weird.

By the end of the year, I'm sure Alias will be doing better than a teenage soap opera, even though I enjoy both shows, that's inevitable........

[Milkman95]

Don't know if this first review from AICN has been posted or not......

Hi Harry. I love you man.

Saw a screening of the Fog tonight. Here’s a shocker…

Didn’t hate it.

Actually, I should give more credit. I expected to hate this movie. I wanted to hate this movie. It was pretty good. Better-if you give hottie cred for blonde from Lost and SELMA.

While I’m at it, Let’s be honest. SELMA is too good for this stuff, but once you make out with Buffy you’ve got to prove yourself worthy. How long does that take? I’ll let you know. But SELMA was really great, a welcome distraction from the “acting” of blond from Lost and Supermodel.

Okay, legit review time. The Fog was pretty good. A 6, maybe 7 out of 10, which is worthy of acknowledgment given the crap we’ve been choked with for the last year. It makes House of Wax look like another Paris home vid, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously like, oh, every damn Japanese remake. Why does the vulnerable but very hot girl hang out with the dead bodies? Cause it’s a movie, and it’s creepy. Why does same girl do every stupid thing she does? Cause it’s a movie, and it’s funny to watch her be stupid. We all like to talk at the screen when we see these kinda movies, and happily we’re given lots of chances here. In this instance we also get a good scare or 15, and most impressively the scares don’t come when you expect them to. Whoever shot the movie (yes I’m too lazy to look up names) did a ****ing bang up job, and he made SELMA look sooo hot. Blondie looked blonde, and damn she’s hot too when she’s not speaking. Overall the acting was missing something, namely acting, but if you forgive the performances, which were not good, you’re gonna get scared. Nuff said. The movie has lots of off-frame movement/hand-on-the-shoulder/silence-then-loud-noise/violin scares. There’s also ample story, which only occasionally gets in the way.

The story, in case you’re too cheap to rent the vid, goes like thus. A 100 years ago these guys on Antonio Island, Ore. (people actually live in Oregon?) killed a bunch of lepers and stole all their cash. The lepers burned to death. Horrible. Antonio Island meanwhile, CACHING. Built them a town. But the ghosts of the lepers ain’t happy, and yes, they’re back to kill the descendants of those who killed them. How radically convenient, then, that our core of main characters (Supermodel, blonde from Lost, People Over 30 that I don’t care about, and SELMA) are-if you can believe it-descended from the guys who betrayed the lepers. Yawn. But if you forgive the very recycled plot, which was flawed the first time when it was called THE FOG, this movie actually improves upon its template. That’s rare. The scares are more numerous and scattered evenly throughout a movie that (for once) doesn’t run too long. Theres also a connection that was missing in the original film. SELMA gets to leave the lighthouse. And gets wet. She’s actually active, and wearing black leather. She and Tom Welling have “a past” which doesn’t pay off as suggested but makes for a nice we’re-all-in-this-together hatch-battening climax.

Like most horror movies pretending to have a plot, The Fog gets really lost in the first 15 minutes. Lots of people are talking. Oh, and there’s a lighthouse. We get back story, character, and timelines ga-****en-lore, and a few funny spoken lines that aren’t given the time they deserve. The screenplay is typical but organizes well the massive and oft-unnecessary back story throughout the movie. It’s also smartly written most of the time and doesn’t dumb down the scenes. The movie doesn’t waste your time. It doesn’t linger like the original. It sets up, cashes in, moves on.

Surprisingly it was more “The Blonde From Lost Show” than anything else, with Tom Welling and SELMA book ending her and providing a welcome break from glassy-eyed taught-jawed stares. Blond from Lost was hot, IS hot, and gets wet (twice!), but this will be her only feature. Guaranteed. She’s distracting not just as eye candy but in her blatant inability to be in the moment. She’s like Mischa Barton. Soo pretty, except when she talks or moves in any way. SELMA was fantastic, maybe just a smidge wooden in her last scene. No jest, friends. She was damn good, and one fiiiine looken mama. Tom Welling was just-fine. I mean, he was okay. Supersized Smallvillian but okay. He may actually find a niche out there. (I hear Freddie P. is doing TV now, so there must be 8 Julia Stiles movies on the shelf just waiting for a forgettable hunk like him.) He’s got more chemistry with SELMA than Blonde, but you believe that he and Maggie (huh, she DOES have a name) have “a past,” if for no other reason than -we are told they have a past. And before we ask too many questions they get naked and showery. It’s PG-13 but still hot.

Now for my sour grapes. Er, grape. The ending kinda sucked. If you’re the kind to roll your eyes and move on you probably won’t mind, but I wasn’t a fan. It just didn’t fit. But, again, to be fair, as I strive to be, if you can get over this, you’ll be happy with your ten bucks spent.

So here’s my summation. The Fog is, believe it or not, a scary movie with hot women and a nice look to it. I was pleasantly surprised, which is quite rare. But the flick does hold up, and in so doing not only does the original justice but makes a weak soup better. This Fog has more fright, more cool scenes, passable special effects, and breasts that weren’t store bought. If you love Selma Blair this is the best movie of 2005. If you like her as a friend it’s just a good movie. If your indifferent it’s still worth your time.

[triplet]

The Fangoria article is online:

http://www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php?id=4893

Wainwright and Foster both say some nice things about Tom and that looks like a new quote from him to boot...



Rolling With THE FOG

By DAYNA VAN BUSKIRK

The changing face of horror, at least as far as the mainstream is concerned, means that young, recognizable faces are on every studio’s preproduction checklist. The remakers of THE FOG (opening Friday from Columbia) certainly managed to cast a group of attractive, charismatic young actors—and then proceeded to conceal them in fog, drown them, dirty them and distort their faces with expressions of shock and fear for the majority of the film. Maybe these are some of the reasons that, in the past, doing a horror film has been somewhat of a taboo for the kind of young stars comprising the FOG ensemble. That’s not the case anymore; horror has become big business, with a younger audience.

“What we decided—since in this genre of film, the bulk of the audience is young people and today 56 percent of them are women—was to cast attractive young actors whom today’s youth could respond to,” explains David Foster, who produced the new FOG with the original’s John Carpenter and the late Debra Hill. “They respond to Tom [Welling]; his show [SMALLVILLE] has been on four or five years. He’s a really good-looking dude, you know. He’s a movie-star-looking guy, and has great popularity. Maggie [Grace, from LOST], also, we fought like hell for. We had to wait for both of them, with their television schedules. Together, they are the most attractive couple. And then Selma is a very pretty lady, and she plays a Stevie Wayne [first portrayed by Adrienne Barbeau] without the boobs. Selma is a consummate pro, and she’s attractive and cute. DeRay [Davis’ character] is not in the original. He’s like a standup comic, but he’s a very serious actor. He’s really good. So the casting was quite specific: youth-oriented, the stars.”

[b]“Someone like Tom Welling is great because he’s a handsome guy and a great actor, and he’s charming,” seconds director Rupert Wainwright. “He’s got a real sense of personality. He already carries with him a certain world of people who really enjoy the fantasy world. He inhabits that world already, so he made a lot of sense.”

However, given a busy schedule that allowed little time off, Welling wasn’t immediately ready to commit to filming a horror remake during his SMALLVILLE hiatus. “When you’re committing to a film, or to any project, it’s not as easy as, ‘Wow, this sounds interesting,’ ” the actor explains. “There are a lot of things that have to happen. I mean, I’m on set nine, 10 months out of the year as it is. And so the amount of time I’m not on SMALLVILLE becomes much more important to me. I’m more strategic and it’s much more valuable, what I do with that time—whether I don’t work or take a project. And after sitting with David and Rupert and having numerous conversations with them about this film, how it was going to be done, what their vision was and so forth, over the course of numerous phone calls and meetings, it became something that we were all game for.”

As if the challenge of working around one star’s TV-series schedule wasn’t enough, the filmmakers also wanted Grace, who happened to be halfway across the Pacific. “I was really out of the loop, shooting LOST in Hawaii at the time,” she recalls. “But I happened to be making a short trip to LA on my days off, and the timing worked out perfectly to meet with and read for Rupert. He had a really exciting take on the concept. It all came together fairly quickly. I felt very lucky that they were willing to accommodate LOST’s schedule, as well as Tom's time on SMALLVILLE. That was pretty fantastic of them. It sounded like a lot of fun, and very different from anything I’d done recently.”

Blair, who previously faced unearthly beings in HELLBOY, was interested in taking part in THE FOG, but not so sure about the part she was offered. “I saw the original, and I didn’t think [Stevie] was actually the right role for me,” she admits. “But I wound up talking to Rupert, and I felt he’s a really stylish filmmaker from seeing STIGMATA, and I wanted to be involved. This genre’s so popular, and my husband loves it so much, he thinks I’m a rock star for doing THE FOG. But, you know, so much of Adrienne Barbeau’s appeal was that she was such a sexy lady, and I’m not so outwardly like that, so I’m sure there will be some people who’ll be disappointed there’s not a lot of cleavage and va-voom going on. But, you know, you do what you can.”

And what Blair had to do was a fair bit of stuntwork. Not only does Stevie Wayne leave the lighthouse in Wainwright and screenwriter Cooper Layne’s version of THE FOG, she gets put through the ringer, including a scene in which Blair had to do some heavy-duty underwater acting for a scene in a submerged car. “They’d yell, ‘Action!’ and my regulator went away and I was underwater, and if I run out of air and gasped, then, well—I was dead,” Blair remembers. “You can’t really hold your breath [acting a scene] as long as you normally could if you were just sitting underwater. There’d be moments where I was asking for the oxygen back from the stunt guy, and points where I was just so out of air I almost breathed in instinctively. That’s one of the worst feelings in the world—when you’re underwater, trapped in a car, breathing in water when you have no oxygen left. So, it’s nice to still be here!”

That sentiment is echoed by Davis—not because of any close calls on set, but rather because he almost didn’t make it into the second half of the film. “My initial reaction [to the script] was, ‘This ain’t right.’ It was different,” Davis recalls. “In the first draft, my character died on page 30, so I really didn’t like the damn script. The more I got into it, the more I realized they intertwined the people and made them more of a family-like group. Like, in the original, Nick [Welling] had no idea who Stevie was. Though he knew about the radio station, he didn’t know Stevie herself. And I like that they just put the twist on it. Made everybody younger. The original Nick was like 57. The original Elizabeth was a super-****. Not her in particular—not Jamie [Lee Curtis]. But I’m just saying, she immediately gave the underwear up.

“I watched [the 1980 FOG] maybe 50 times before I even got here,” Davis continues. “I didn’t get the part and then look at it. I was actually on the audition next to a guy, and he said, ‘Hey, is this some kind of remake?’ And I got offended, like, ‘What the…? This is THE FOG!’ That was the scariest movie when I was young. You can watch it nowadays and it still has its moments, but it’s going to be even better with all the new special effects. You never know what’s coming from where.”

[Serene]

By the end of the year, I'm sure Alias will be doing better than a teenage soap opera, even though I enjoy both shows, that's inevitable........

"teenage soap opera?"

:mad:

[triplet]

It's not a teenage soap opera... The biggest demo (if you'd check out the ratings thread) is 18-49 year old males.

Hardly teeny bopper central, although 13-17 year old girls do watch the show, they aren't as big a market as the men.

[Mike_D]

"The Tom Welling Story" starring Brandon Routh

due out 2006.

[Pickle-El]

^
I'd watch it. :D

[RakuMon]

Lead story on EW.com today:
http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1117235_1_0_,00.html

Clear Skies
Dave Karger's online-only prediction: Thanks to a cast that includes Tom Welling and Maggie Grace, ''Fog'' should beat out ''Wallace & Gromit'' and ''In Her Shoes''
http://img.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/051013/15114__fogbop_l.jpg
THRILL RIDE Expect The Fog to scare up enough cash for No. 1

Big frights should trump big stars at the box office this weekend, as the horror remake The Fog descends upon mulitplexes.

The first of the month's pre-Halloween scary movies, The Fog — a remake of the 1979 John Carpenter film — features two rising TV stars, Smallville’s Tom Welling and Lost’s Maggie Grace. But the draw here will be the film’s genre, which should result in a No. 1 debut of around $15 million.

Meanwhile, Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst premiere their new romance, Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, which will likely have to settle for second place with about $13 million.

Last week’s top film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, will slip 25 percent from its $16 million opening to $12 million, while Keira Knightley's new bounty-hunter thriller Domino should debut with about $11 million.

Rounding out the top five will be In Her Shoes, which should only drop 30 percent to $7 million. But next weekend’s debut of the video-game flick Doom should break Hollywood out of this mini-slump.
(Posted:10/13/05)

[AgentPat]

...The first of the month's pre-Halloween scary movies, The Fog — a remake of the 1979 John Carpenter film — features two rising TV stars, Smallville’s Tom Welling and Lost’s Maggie Grace. But the draw here will be the film’s genre, which should result in a No. 1 debut of around $15 million.Hmmm. Really? I will totally be floored if this happens. Box Office Mojo (these guys are GOOD!) are saying the same thing:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forecast/

Color me skeptical, but I've got my fingers crossed.

[jas01724]

My only reason for being skeptical is the fan base of Orlando Bloom ... if Elizabethtown was out of the picture, I'd be fairly certain of The Fog coming out on top. As it stands right now I'm just crossing them tootsies.

[KikiDee]

My only reason for being skeptical is the fan base of Orlando Bloom ... if Elizabethtown was out of the picture, I'd be fairly certain of The Fog coming out on top. As it stands right now I'm just crossing them tootsies.

I like Orlando too, but I'm not that big on paying money to see a romantic comedy. I don't always listen to the critics, but this is one is getting really bad press so far. I do know, however, that I will be deep in the fog this evening whether anyone else is or not.

[avidreader]

I like Orlando too, but I'm not that big on paying money to see a romantic comedy. I don't always listen to the critics, but this is one is getting really bad press so far. I do know, however, that I will be deep in the fog this evening whether anyone else is or not.

Romantic comedies (girly movies, chickflicks). I always wait for them to come out on DVD. There is nothing that special about them that makes you want to pay the money and see it in the theatre.

There great on DVD for rainy days, when you want to sit in front of the TV and pig out.:)

[triplet]

My only reason for being skeptical is the fan base of Orlando Bloom ... if Elizabethtown was out of the picture, I'd be fairly certain of The Fog coming out on top. As it stands right now I'm just crossing them tootsies.

Yeah, but The Fog is opening in hundreds more screens than Elizabethtown...

[jas01724]

Depends how packed those screens are ...

[triplet]

Elizabethtown was almost universally reviled critically...

I don't think it will do as well as they're even expecting but I guess we'll see.

[RakuMon]

Newsarama's interview w/ Rutert Wainwright. Nrama speculates that the Fog GN could spawn a potential franchise:

http://www.newsarama.com/movies/Fogf/FogAllieRW.htm

[OobeDoobBenubi]

I hate to say it but this movie was awful. Tom did a GREAT job with his role but alot of Scenes in this movie were NOT really needed & could have been taken out to pace up the movie a bit more. The Special Effects were very good & of course our Supde Dude saved basically all the main characters as usual. Selma Blair is getting hotter as she gets older :up:

This movie obviously WILL make good money the First weekend. Lets see how Word Of Mouth helps this movie.

[KikiDee]

I hate to say it but this movie was awful. Tom did a GREAT job with his role but alot of Scenes in this movie were NOT really needed & could have been taken out to pace up the movie a bit more. The Special Effects were very good & of course our Supde Dude saved basically all the main characters as usual. Selma Blair is getting hotter as she gets older :up:

This movie obviously WILL make good money the First weekend. Lets see how Word Of Mouth helps this movie.

How can word of mouth help if you say it's awful? I kind of expect a cheesy horror film will I be disappointed? I'm not looking for deep emotional feeling for this film just a lot of good creepy fun.

[Serene]

Granted this is anecdotal.. but they are right about this movie appealing to the young teen crowd. I have a daughter in that age range and she told me today that EVERYONE in the freshmen class at her high school was talking about going to see The Fog tonight. She can't go, because there's a football game and she has to perform, so she's going tomorrow night with another big group of kids. Horror films are must-sees for this age range.. and they can't always get into the R-rated ones.

Glad I'm going to watch it at a different theater than our usual one tonight. ;)

I've read a few personal reviews from people.. some good, some bad. I fully expect to enjoy it, if only for the obvious reason *ahem*. But I'm not expecting an Oscar-worthy film either.

The two friends I'm going with were kidding me today about how they're leaving me if I start doing anything embarrassing when Tom's on... like moaning, or humping the screen. LOL...

[avidreader]

Glad I'm going to watch it at a different theater than our usual one tonight. ;)

I've read a few personal reviews from people.. some good, some bad. I fully expect to enjoy it, if only for the obvious reason *ahem*. But I'm not expecting an Oscar-worthy film either.

The two friends I'm going with were kidding me today about how they're leaving me if I start doing anything embarrassing when Tom's on... like moaning, or humping the screen. LOL...

LOL! Too funny again. I'm going with my kids so I'd better keep myself in check. I've booked tickets for 4.45. Woohoo!

[OobeDoobBenubi]

How can word of mouth help if you say it's awful? I kind of expect a cheesy horror film will I be disappointed? I'm not looking for deep emotional feeling for this film just a lot of good creepy fun.

If you are someone like me & has watched horror movies growing up I dont think you'll kinda be disappointed. Like alot of parts where your supposed to scream out / be scared for me I couldnt do that at all as I kept saying in my head "Watch that dead guy get up" & voila he does. Thats just one of MANY examples. This movie was very predictable although the Special Effects were very well done :up: & also some very neat Sound Effects to lol. Normally I would have fallen asleep but this film is interesting enough for your first time seeing it to keep you awake. It is interesting yet very predictable & a little cheesey.

[avidreader]

Well I thought the story to the movie was great, I didnt see any plot holes as mentioned by some critics, the special effects were great, Selma was great, Tom was fantastic, but Maggie kind of left me feeling whatever.


And could someone give me their take on the ending?

[triplet]

I liked it, but I didn't love it... I didn't like the ending much at all, which ruined what I did like about the film.

That was one hell of a character arc for Elizabeth, though.

You gotta hand it to writer Cooper Layne for that. It was creative, anyway. Too bad Nick didn't have much of character arc and Stevie didn't have one at all.

I liked most of the the changes they made, so much so I do think it was a vast improvement on the original story wise, but something seemed missing somehow...

:shrug:

I dunno whether I hated it or not, really.

[Serene]

I'm actually working on a review.. but the short version is that just didn't think it was a very good film. Tom did fine with what he was given.. and the man just could NOT look any better.. but still, it's a disappointment overall.

[Matt]

The Fog seems to be getting critically trashed. Welling is getting pretty bad reviews, but critics seem to be specifically interested in tearing Maggie Grace a new one. She is good on 'Lost' so what the hell is happening here?

Then again, at the moment there aren't many reviews out as the studio refused to give critics advanced showings (always a bad sign).

[Pickle-El]

(No reviews in the L.A. area at all)

[jas01724]

Welling is getting pretty bad reviews, but critics seem to be specifically interested in tearing Maggie Grace a new one. She is good on 'Lost' so what the hell is happening here?Let's see. Mangled script (the script WAS good, but they had to cut and hack to make it a PG-13 ... idiots) + hack director (seriously) = cast have absolutely nothing to work with, however good they may be.

And I'm not surprised. I really hoped I was wrong, but I expected this one to be passable at best.

[avidreader]

Well I didnt think it was a disappointment. I thought the story actually worked and I always love movies in seaside towns.

My teenage kids thought it was awesome, and the cinema was mostly full of them, teenagers that is.

If the critics are trashing then I think they are being a little harsh, it wasnt that terrible. It scared you when you least expected and with great sound effects.

Bewitched a movie I was really looking forward to was far worse.

[OobeDoobBenubi]

Well I didnt think it was a disappointment. I thought the story actually worked and I always love movies in seaside towns.

My teenage kids thought it was awesome, and the cinema was mostly full of them, teenagers that is.

If the critics are trashing then I think they are being a little harsh, it wasnt that terrible. It scared you when you least expected and with great sound effects.

Bewitched a movie I was really looking forward to was far worse.

This movie scared ya ? What movie did you watch ? I was bored & wanted to fall asleep the whole time I was able to guess all the supposed "scary" parts before they happened.

[avidreader]

This movie scared ya ? What movie did you watch ? I was bored & wanted to fall asleep the whole time I was able to guess all the supposed "scary" parts before they happened.

Well I am a girl. :) And my 15 year old was scared as well, and he's a big fan of The Ring and movies like that.

Maybe you went in expecting something else and didnt get it.

[OobeDoobBenubi]

Well I am a girl. :) And my 15 year old was scared as well, and he's a big fan of The Ring and movies like that.

Maybe you went in expecting something else and didnt get it.

Nah i got what I expected

This was jsut another typical horror movie but I wanted to see it anyway lol. Like I keep telling anyone DON'T ASSUME you think you know something base don one person saying something :p

[avidreader]

For every negative review you will also find a positive.


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/moviestory.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/3396840

[AgentPat]

Aight, saw The Fog last night. Kinda disappointing. I won't make any bones about the ONLY reason I saw it *cough*TW*cough* so when Nick wasn't in the scene, neither was I. LOL Seriously, I just kinda tuned out when the focus was on the other characters. I suppose there's other reasons too; going to see the film at 10pm when I'm *usually* in bed at that time was probably a contributing factor. But Smallville has indeed spoiled me because Welling is in almost every scene on the show.

Acting was fine, though the direction was off. For example, one scene has Nick finding his cousin dead inside his drifting boat. Elizabeth finds two more bodies hung over the side in the trolling net. She goes inside to send out a Mayday, finds the radio dead, and proceeds to walk around the boat's hold like somebody perusing the shelves at Barnes & Noble on a lazy Saturday afternoon. She should have been damn near hysterical (it's a HORROR film folks, get with the program LOL.) Reactions from both characters weren't as "animated" as I'd expect given the situation. I blame the direction for this, not the actors.

The cinemaphotograhy was good. They did a lot of tracking shots with the camera inside the fog moving with it, so that was interesting. Sound effects were loud and well placed, but a bit repetitive.

The biggest "flaw" in the film would have to be the script. The *main* plot is explained, but finer details are just ignored even though they seem to play important roles throughout the film (the brush, the knocking, the bag thrown overboard, etc.) And single scene details seemed to be thrown in just for the helluvit - the candelabra dinner setting on the beach, for example.

Having read some of the preliminary sides, and one early completed script, I think they went back and massaged it one too many times. The humor present in the earlier versions was lost, and I really missed that. I missed Nick's "rawness" too. His carousing nature, language and beer-drinking-while-driving proclivities would have given him a sharper edge and made him less... umm... Clark like? LOL

They hint at Nick's romantic involvement with Stevie after Elizabeth skipped out on him, but they drop that angle later in the pic. That had me the most frustrated, 'cause given the way Elizabeth leaves Nick again at the end, I *wanted* to see Nick find Stevie for a more complete ending. (The SV curse rears its ugly head again - wanting "Nick" to be happy in the end LOL.) I agree with one reviewer who said Welling and Blair had the best chemistry, despite the limited scenes they had together. And not to get off on yet another tangent, but after seeing The Fog, I'm totally convinced Blair would have been the PERFECT Lois Lane to Welling's already perfect Superman. There's a palpable sizzle between these actors. Bummer.

Anyhoo, I loathe horror movies because I'm not into being shocked, but I really think this film would have been better if they let them have their R rating. It wasn't scary at all. I sat there rather stone faced throughout the entire pic. Except for the shower scene that is, which was WAY too short - and focused more on a fogged over shower door than it did on the wet bodies inside the shower LOL. Did I mention they should have given this puppy an R? :p

[Matt]

For every negative review you will also find a positive.


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/moviestory.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/3396840

Well according to Rotten Tomatoes for every 1 positive review, you will find 8 negative ones.

I dunno, in general, as a rule I don't see movies that studios refuse to screen for critics. I mean, if movie studio execs think a movie is bad...then what does that say? I mean, look at WB execs, they were geniunely suprised Batman and Robin was so poorly recieved.

[avidreader]

Well according to Rotten Tomatoes for every 1 positive review, you will find 8 negative ones.

I dunno, in general, as a rule I don't see movies that studios refuse to screen for critics. I mean, if movie studio execs think a movie is bad...then what does that say? I mean, look at WB execs, they were geniunely suprised Batman and Robin was so poorly recieved.

I would never ever go and see a movie based on what a critic says. If the movie appeals to me, then I will see it and make my own judgements. If they dont like something, doesnt me I'm not gonna.

[Matt]

I would never ever go and see a movie based on what a critic says. If the movie appeals to me, then I will see it and make my own judgements. If they dont like something, doesnt me I'm not gonna.

It has nothing to do with the critics opinion, it has to do with the fact that the studio distributing it doesn't even think it is good enough to show to critics.

[Max]

Well, I'm fresh back from watching The Fog, so the movie is still fresh in my mind. I also took my Sister-in-law, a 40+ mother of two who has never watched Smallville and doesn't know anything about Tom Welling or Maggie Grace. I wanted to go with a completely unbiased viewer who wouldn't be swayed one way or the other.

My review of the movie: It was entertaining, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I asked my Sister-in-Law her opinion of the movie as we were leaving. Her reply: "I thought it was really good. You know, a movie like that can come off looking cheesy, but they did a really good job."

I was hoping to come out with a 7/10 rating for this movie, but based on what other posters were saying, I was pretty sure that I would probably only give it a 5/10. Happily, I give it an 8/10 based on two factors: Would I recommend it to someone else? Yes (my Sister-in-law is thinking of taking my brother); Would I see it a second time? Yes. I could sit through this movie a second time - there are a couple of plot points I want to see again.

My review:

The opening started a little bit slow, but luckily the director was smart enough to know that when people go to a horror movie, they want the action to start immediately. This isn't a drama or an artsy movie. Get to the good stuff as soon as possible, and I think they succeeded.

Storyline: I thought was good. They explained part of the reason for The Fog's revenge at the beginning; they gave a little bit more in the middle; and they wrapped it up at the end. I left fully understanding the premise of why the people in the Fog wanted revenge against the town and the four Founding Fathers' descendants.

Pacing: I thought the pacing of the story was pretty good. It was a little slow in the beginning, but not to a point where I was squirming because I was bored waiting for the action to start. I think they layered the drama, the exposition of what was happening, a little romance, mystery, and suspense. A good benchmark for me was that I didn't want to go to the bathroom because I didn't want to miss anything. I also noticed that very few other people in the theater did the same. Good sign.

Acting: Well, without sounding biased, and I think I can be very objective, I think Tom Welling was just fine in this movie. His performance was credible, and I didn't wince at any of his delivery. Good job for his first lead role in a movie. Selma Blair was also very good. I agree that she and Tom had the best chemistry in this movie. She should have had the part of Elizabeth, which brings me to the dead weight of this picture. I'm sorry, Maggie Grace WAS wooden in this movie, and I think her performance brought down the overall quality of the film. Most of the remarks I heard from people in the audience occurred whenever her character was on screen. She does not emote very well at all. Like I said, Selma Blair should have taken the role of Elizabeth. She and Tom would have been smoking.

Scary: Not really. It was suspenseful, however, which I prefer anyway. You wanted to know what was going to happen, and you kind of knew what was coming around the bend, but you still jumped when it happened.

Special Effects: I thought they were decent. Like my Sister-in-Law said: It could have come off cheesy, but it didn't. I think the effects of the Fog along with the people within the Fog was done well. People in the audience seemed to enjoy it.

The Ending: I won't say what happened, but I disagree with some who did not like the ending. I loved it. It was unexpected, and it gave a more realistic ending to the picture. My Sister-in-Law made a really interesting point that I would love to discuss with those who have already seen the movie. Let me know when I have a green light.

Final Product: Overall, it was everything I had hoped it would be: An enjoyable and entertaining horror flick a week or two before Halloween. Something that I could sit down and enjoy with a bucket of popcorn without wincing at the dumb dialogue or stupid special effects. I think it was a solid picture that I would like to see again.

My final rating: 8/10 (Lost points from Maggie Grace and some of the pacing.)

[KikiDee]

The Fog seems to be getting critically trashed. Welling is getting pretty bad reviews, but critics seem to be specifically interested in tearing Maggie Grace a new one. She is good on 'Lost' so what the hell is happening here?

Then again, at the moment there aren't many reviews out as the studio refused to give critics advanced showings (always a bad sign).

I personally don't think she's that great on Lost. I don't get it honestly, that girl could not have a dimmer bulb. I didn't expect to be floored by this movie, but I was seriously disappointed with her character. The writer, director or editor, I'm not sure where to place the blame, but they completely forgot to get people involved with the main characters lives. They started out okay and then just dropped the ball.

I thought Tom did a great job with his lines and I loved DeRay. Selma as always does a great job with what little she was given. I was a little offended reading an interview with I think the director where he was salivating over Maggie and said basically Selma was cute......Cute!! At least she had some steam coming off of her. Maggie didn't even make sense she just wandered around like a big freaking zombie. Her lines came off as someone said wooden like she was reading from a cue card actually not even that good. She has no carisma or passion. I don't know if it's her age or what, but she should definitely go back to acting classes and learn a little about showing emotion of any kind.

[Serene]

I saw the movie again tonight, and liked it just a leetle more than I did after yesterday's viewing. Not enough to consider it a good film overall, but I'm slightly less disappointed. Strangely enough, the film looked 100% better in the theater I saw it in tonight, my usual theater. I never realized there could be that much of a difference between theaters.

So, here's my brief review.. from the viewpoint of a horror fan. - http://horror.about.com/od/featurefilms/a/feat_fog.htm (one sentence is screwed up for some reason.. hopefully it'll be fixed)

Cool, huh? :D

[Brainiac 8]

I saw the movie again tonight, and liked it just a leetle more than I did after yesterday's viewing. Not enough to consider it a good film overall, but I'm slightly less disappointed. Strangely enough, the film looked 100% better in the theater I saw it in tonight, my usual theater. I never realized there could be that much of a difference between theaters.

So, here's my brief review.. from the viewpoint of a horror fan. - http://horror.about.com/od/featurefilms/a/feat_fog.htm (one sentence is screwed up for some reason.. hopefully it'll be fixed)

Cool, huh? :D


Good deal, sorry to hear it wasn't as good as it could have been. Tom needs to stay out of the horror franchise anyway. I would hate for him to get Typecast as a Sci-Fi/Horror only actor.

[triplet]

I saw the movie again tonight, and liked it just a leetle more than I did after yesterday's viewing. Not enough to consider it a good film overall, but I'm slightly less disappointed. Strangely enough, the film looked 100% better in the theater I saw it in tonight, my usual theater. I never realized there could be that much of a difference between theaters.

So, here's my brief review.. from the viewpoint of a horror fan. - http://horror.about.com/od/featurefilms/a/feat_fog.htm (one sentence is screwed up for some reason.. hopefully it'll be fixed)

Cool, huh? :D

Yeah, that's pretty cool...

:up:

:D

[muscaremy]

id like to see tom and rosenbaum do some sort of comedy together cuz rosenbaum is awesome in sorority boys and tom looks like he could pull off comedy in the way he acts like a goof sometimes on smallville....... basically brought this up cuz of what brainiac 8 sed bout tom gettin away from horror/sci fi stuff

[triplet]

Tom has shown he has a gift for comedy, and comedy is harder than drama... They'd be great in a movie together doing almost anything...

[Matt]

Tom has shown he has a gift for comedy, and comedy is harder than drama... They'd be great in a movie together doing almost anything...

You consider cheaper by the dozen a "great gift for comedy"? :confused: I thought he was wretched in it, your typical angsty teen.

[KikiDee]

I saw the movie again tonight, and liked it just a leetle more than I did after yesterday's viewing. Not enough to consider it a good film overall, but I'm slightly less disappointed. Strangely enough, the film looked 100% better in the theater I saw it in tonight, my usual theater. I never realized there could be that much of a difference between theaters.

So, here's my brief review.. from the viewpoint of a horror fan. - http://horror.about.com/od/featurefilms/a/feat_fog.htm (one sentence is screwed up for some reason.. hopefully it'll be fixed)

Cool, huh? :D

Great review. :up: :up:

[KikiDee]

James has the Friday's BO postings listed on his website www.tomwelling.org (http://www.tomwelling.org) for anyone who is interested.

[AgentPat]

Sony's full weekend estimate for The Fog is $12.2M. Not too shabby. But not all studios have reported yet, so the numbers for Elizabethtown are not available yet. Give it another half hour or so. Actual B.O. figures will be available on Monday at about 4pm ET.

[AgentPat]

Hah! Scratch that. Numbers for Elizabethtown just came in. We have a winner folks. The Fog was #1 this weekend. Wow. Go figure?

Edit: These are studio estimates. ACTUAL numbers aren't available until Monday, so if their estimates are off, the film might not stay in first place. We'll see.

[GyLocke]

I never walked out from a movie theater, in my 21 years, but from the Fog I did. It was almost over, and my friends dragged me out, not knowing why I'm punishing myself. But they were absolutely right. And I'm really not that critical to movies usually.
I didn't feel like Welling has the presence for the big screen. He's okay on TV, since it filled with actors of his caliber, and we're used to see mostly pretty faces with nothing "special". The rest of the cast was even below his level, witch is kinda scary.

On TV his acting is just slightly inferior to Rosenbaum's and Mack's, except he is cuter, but as a guy, I can't take that to consideration. But He shines with mostly FOWs, and epsecially in the scenes with KK, he's like frigging Anthony Hopkins, but then again, next to Kristen, so is a firetruck. But imagine him with a stronger cast! The poor guy.

I like him, and wish him luck on TV, but I hope he won't try with movies so much, because it will make his disatvantages more obvious, making it more emberassing to us fans.
But I'm kinda glad in the same time. The shipwreck, that this movie is, may ensure, that Smallville won't have to end, because Toms other big screen projects.
(If SV ends once, I want it to be, because KK realizes, she gives the same dephts to her character like the animators gave to BooBoo Bear, quits, goes punishing herself in the third world or something. )

[avidreader]

Numbers for Saturday. Thanks to James for that link.

http://www.showbizdata.com/

[AgentPat]

For the B.O. junkies out there, you can follow along with the numbers at Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/):

Daily (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/), Weekend (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/), Weekly (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekly/chart/)

[AgentPat]

A few excerpts from various B.O. news' reports today:




'Fog' envelops B.O.
Remake scares up $12.2 mil
By GABRIEL SNYDER

In an unexpected first place finish, Revolution and Sony's frightener "The Fog" claimed the weekend's box office crown with a $12 million debut from 2,972 theaters.

While tracking indicated "Elizabethtown," the latest pic from helmer Cameron Crowe," would have the advantage going into frame, "The Fog" rang up slightly more sales on Friday than "Elizabethtown."

"Fog" received a strong 23% bump in biz from Friday to Saturday, unlike most horror pics which receive a bigger share of their weekend total from Friday shows.

Also, "Elizabethtown" had a tougher time exciting male moviegoers as it drew a crowd that was three-quarters female.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931042?categoryid=13&cs=1


'The Fog' looms over weekend box office

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The crowds were not quite as thick as pea soup, but the horror remake "The Fog" pulled in enough fans to win a close race at the weekend box office with a $12.2 million debut.

Hollywood's business continued to slump, with the top 12 movies taking in $72.2 million, down 18 percent from the same weekend in 2004. Theater revenues are running about 7 percent behind last year's, even with higher ticket prices. Admissions are down 10 percent.

The Major League Baseball playoffs probably undermined movie business as fans stayed home to watch the games, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

"This was not a weekend destined to be a blockbuster weekend. Really, really slow," Dergarabedian said. "Audiences seemed somewhat indifferent again. That's the scary part for the industry. It really takes a lot to get them out there to see a movie. It seems like any competition, like baseball, really cuts in big-time."

"The Fog" did not screen in advance for critics, generally a sign the studio knows the movie will get bad reviews. Yet the movie, a remake of John Carpenter's 1970s ghost story of dead sailors terrorizing a town, drew in steadfast horror crowds that generally flock to fright flicks over opening weekend.

An attractive young cast led by Tom Welling, who plays Clark Kent on "Smallville," and Maggie Grace of "Lost" also helped lift "The Fog." Viewers 25 and younger accounted for 61 percent of the movie's audience, according to distributor Sony.

"I think 'The Fog' had a lot of really cool elements in the sense it's a remake of a classic film of John Carpenter's and had a hot cast," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/16/boxoffice.ap/


Horror remake 'The Fog' spooks box office at No. 1

LOS ANGELES, Oct 16: "The Fog" crept its way to No. 1 in a relatively quiet weekend at the North American box office, grossing $12.2 million to leave two other new wide-release films in the mist, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

Columbia Pictures' low-budget update of the 1980 horror film bumped last weekend's No. 1 film, clay-animation adventure "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," to second place with ticket sales of $11.7 million.

"The Fog" stars Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair in the story of a coastal town terrorized by a malevolent mist and vengeful ghosts from a 100-year-old shipwreck.

While $12.2 million is hardly a blockbuster opening for a major studio release, Columbia executives said they were cheered by the film's first-week performance in light of its modest budget.

"It cost in the neighborhood of around $18 million to make, so it will be very successful for us," said Rory Bruer, president of distribution for Columbia, a unit of Sony Corp.

John Carpenter, who wrote and directed the original "Fog," shares producer credits on the remake, which beat out two other movies opening in wide release this weekend.

http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=105834

[avidreader]

I'm so pleased for our Tommy.


:up: :up: :up: :up:

[triplet]

I think it's great for Tom that his fans obviously helped boost the take... that will not go unnoticed by the hollywood PTB. It's great news for him, maybe he'll get offered better projects to choose from for next summer's hiatus!

:up:

It's all good.

[avidreader]

I think it's great for Tom that his fans obviously helped boost the take... that will not go unnoticed by the hollywood PTB. It's great news for him, maybe he'll get offered better projects to choose from for next summer's hiatus!

:up:

It's all good.

Absolutely. Just a starting block for him really.

And you know, I didnt mind the film. I'm gonna see it again and I cant wait for it to come out on DVD.

[Max]

Thank you, Pat, you answered my questions without my having to actually ask them: How do you think The Fog did and Do you think the studios are happy with the present B.O.?

I think the movie is a success. I mean over 12 million for the first weekend, plus overseas ticket sales and DVD sales, not to mention the rest of the domestic sales for however long the movie runs. I also think it's impressive that it bumped Elizabethtown, which had a marketing blitz behind it and was showing in more movie theaters. In my neighborhood, The Fog was only being shown four times a day whereas Elizabethtown was twice that amount.

I enjoyed the movie and will probably go again next weekend.

[jas01724]

Elizabethtown ... was showing in more movie theaters.The Fog was in more. :up:

[Max]

The Fog was in more. :up:

Really? I heard the opposite, and from the movie theaters in and around my town, it seemed to support that theory. Oh well.

[jas01724]

There's no saying how many screens at each cinema were showing it, but it was in about three or four hundred more theaters.

[Max]

There's no saying how many screens at each cinema were showing it, but it was in about three or four hundred more theaters.

Well, I defer to you since you know more about this stuff than I tend to. What's your opinion about the performance of the film from a studio standpoint?

[triplet]

www.boxofficemojo.com had Elizabethtown in 2,500+ theatres while The Fog was in 2,900+....

FYI

Considering that E-town cost more than twice what The Fog did at $45 million, I would think that Crowe's cachet as a director just dropped down a serious couple of notches...

[AgentPat]

Yeah, The Fog had the widest release this weekend.

As to its success, I'm sure Sony is quite happy. Most films' final domestic gross is approximately three times what they took in on their opening weekend. This would put The Fog at approximately $36M, which is twice its production budget.

Conclusion: Resounding success.

[jas01724]

I think it did very well, and I'm sure the studio took notice. 1st for the weekend with very little publicity and all-round mediocre-to-awful reviews ... they'll be practically wetting themselves.

And I honestly think that the success of movies such as this one hinges mostly on who's in it. Would it have been #1 with Mr. and Mrs. No Name on the ads? Very doubtful.

[Max]

Thank you, all. I was pretty sure the studios would be pleased with the opening weekend. I mean it was just six million shy of making back it's production costs in one weekend - not too shabby at all.

[RakuMon]

Isn't this Welling's second straight #1 opening (with CBTD) being his first?
Not a shaby resume.

[jas01724]

CBTD opened at #2 in the US and #1 in the UK.

[Serene]

I like him, and wish him luck on TV, but I hope he won't try with movies so much, because it will make his disatvantages more obvious, making it more emberassing to us fans.

You know.. I didn't really care for the movie on the whole, but in no way was I "embarrassed" for Tom. Hell, I went to see it TWICE.

I'm really excited about The Fog taking the number one spot from a movie that starred two considerably more well known "movie" stars. I would dearly love to know what percentage of those that attended went for the horror film, and what percentage went to see Tom. I guess there's no way of knowing.