Action-Adventure Keanu Reeves to lead '47 Ronin'

[craigdbfan]

Here's the short film if anyones interested:

 

[Project862006]

^yeah out of all the commercial directors who have come out as of late

this guy is the most impressive

 

[Matt Mortem]

Damn those set pics look good. This is towards the top of my most anticipated list

 

[Hunter Rider]

I have incredibly high hopes for the production. Ridley Scott most promising student is directing (Carl Earl Rinsch) and the cast is beyond incredible. Refer to The Gift if you'd like to see a taste of what Carl is capable of.

I really hope this is the movie that slaps some major sense into a lot of execs at all the major studios.

Those pictures look really good. One of my most anticipated movies of 2012.

Is he the director that was set to helm the Alien prequel before it became Prometheus?

 

[Project862006]

^yes he is

 

[Project862006]

some interesting information

In these tough times, it's understandable why first-time directors appeal to Hollywood studios: They can bring fresh ideas, work more cheaply than veterans and presumably are more open to "guidance" from the suits. But a couple of high-profile projects illustrate how entrusting major effects-driven movies to inexperienced directors adds an extra layer of risk to an already risky business.

For 47 Ronin, a samurai revenge story starring Keanu Reeves, Universal turned to Carl Rinsch, a director known for stylish Heineken and Mercedes-Benz commercials and the well-received 2010 short The Gift. Rinsch, 35, had never made a feature, and what followed was a tense, combative shoot. Industry sources say the studio belatedly took steps to impose greater control on the project, which started with a budget of $175 million and is said to have soared far beyond that. Universal is considering whether it should spend more money to film additional scenes to help the movie — its first in 3D — before a planned November release.
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Universal's film posed obvious challenges: It's a period piece set in Japan and starring Reeves, who hasn't carried a $100 million domestic grosser since 2003's The Matrix Revolutions. And producer Scott Stuber's résumé is slim on big effects movies. Universal insisted that Rinsch work with experienced second-unit director Phil Neilson (Iron Man), but Rinsch balked, preferring to shoot every frame himself.

"Universal wants a big event movie, [but] Carl did everything he could to hijack it, to make it into a drama," says a source close to the project. "Keanu was so along for the ride." Meanwhile, he says, executives on the project "placated Carl and Keanu extensively until it was too late," allowing them to film sequences that will end up on the cutting-room floor. Representatives for Rinsch and Reeves declined comment.

Stuber's colleague Pamela Abdy was dispatched to the set to push Rinsch back on track. But while Abdy is said to have come down hard on the director, she too lacks experience with big event projects. Universal also embedded a production executive on the set to monitor Rinsch's progress.

The studio now has tough choices to make. Rinsch is said to want (or need) several additional weeks to shoot martial-arts sequences. Universal is looking at a cut he assembled to determine what additional shooting, if any, might be necessary. The studio also is bringing in a new editor.

Still, some who have seen footage say it is impressive. "Keanu looks the way he's supposed to look," says one. "He's that half-blood guy." One source says Universal is hoping to recoup much of its costs in Asia alone. But that would require huge grosses, and 47 Ronin is based on and specific to Japanese culture, which doesn't usually translate into appeal in, say, China.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-ronin-keanu-reeves-mission-impossible-283347

 

[craigdbfan]

Bold choices never go easy with the suits. I'm rooting for this movie to do great.

One of my most anticipated movies of the year.

 

[Liam_H]

This is a sign of it being a disaster. A director wanting to make it more of a drama while the suits want it to be a blockbuster samurai film. They really should have sorted all this out before even hiring the director. Now they resort to having someone watch over his shoulder.

The thing about John Carter surprises me that Stanton showed them a 170 min cut in December 2010. So for the past year he's been filming additional stuff to insert in.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Bold choices never go easy with the suits. I'm rooting for this movie to do great.

One of my most anticipated movies of the year.

Same here. I'm really hoping for the best

 

[craigdbfan]

Same here. I'm really hoping for the best

In the meantime I'm trying to get a hold of a subbed version of 13 Assassins to hold off my samurai movie cravings.

Someone got me the dubbed version but it's absolutely awful. It turns the movie into a giant joke.

 

[Liam_H]

In the meantime I'm trying to get a hold of a subbed version of 13 Assassins to hold off my samurai movie cravings.

Someone got me the dubbed version but it's absolutely awful. It turns the movie into a giant joke.

Its on Netflix Instant although I don't know if its subbed or not.

 

[craigdbfan]

I'll check it out then.

Can't emphasize enough how much of a disservice the dub was. Only got 50 seconds in with that before I shut it off and threw it away somewhere.

 

[Project862006]

i picked it up at best buy on blu ray!!!

 

[Asgard]

These producers and studio heads were stupid in the first place to have the budget at 175 million for a Japanese period piece.

 

[Project862006]

^it is suppose to be green screen heavy as well like 300

 

[craigdbfan]

These producers and studio heads were stupid in the first place to have the budget at 175 million for a Japanese period piece.

You know that really was a stupid move.

From what I've see of 13 Assassins it looks incredible in scope and filming quality yet it was done for 6 million.

175 million does seem like overkill.

 

[matrix_ghost]

some interesting information

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-ronin-keanu-reeves-mission-impossible-283347

**** !
If it were some other site , i might've taken this with a grain of salt but frikkin HOllywood Reporter. THese sites have news cred. so to hear this definately doesn't fill me with alot of confidence. everything was sounding great about this though i'm hoping that they work it out .
If you read the HR article this part really baffles me :
"Rinsch is said to want (or need) several additional weeks to shoot martial-arts sequences "

6 months of martial arts training and RInsch still needs addiontal weeks to shoot martial art sequences ?

What the **** have they been doing....

These producers and studio heads were stupid in the first place to have the budget at 175 million for a Japanese period piece.

It's probably due to the fact that the movie is shot in native 3-d.
Shooting in 3-d obviously gives you the best results but it's also expensive as hell. Hence why studios prefer to convert movies .

^it is suppose to be green screen heavy as well like 300

Really ? That's the first time i've heard this. Got a any link for this ..?

 

[Asgard]

A 3D Japanese samurai period movie. These guys are really itching to lose their money.

 

[chamber-music]

Alot of first time commerical directors given big budgets end up getting it to arguements with studios. Happened to Fincher on Alien 3.

Most of my understanding of Japanese history comes from the Onimusha games which is surprisingly historical minus all the demons and stuff.

I don't think the fact its based a Japanese period piece willl be a huge issue internationally.

Many movies like Braveheart or The Last Emperor or Apocalypto you could argue when region specific period piece movies.

Audiences are not all egocentric ignorant xenophobes who refuse to see movies historical movies unless they are familiar with the history or its their own culture.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Audiences are not all egocentric ignorant xenophobes who refuse to see movies historical movies unless they are familiar with the history or its their own culture.

The executives who run major American movie studios do believe that, however.

 

[Matt Mortem]

In the meantime I'm trying to get a hold of a subbed version of 13 Assassins to hold off my samurai movie cravings.

Someone got me the dubbed version but it's absolutely awful. It turns the movie into a giant joke.

I have a copy of 13 Assassins on blu ray that has subtitles. Absolutely love it. The version on Netflix also has subtitles and is the same as the blu ray version

 

[craigdbfan]

I'll check that one out then. Thanks.

 

[Project862006]

Really ? That's the first time i've heard this. Got a any link for this ..?

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/05/1...bes-47-ronin-as-similar-to-300-and-gladiator/

 

[matrix_ghost]

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/05/1...bes-47-ronin-as-similar-to-300-and-gladiator/

"It's this great, 'Gladiator'-esque, '300'-like big action movie with samurai and ninja," Morgan said.

It's being described as an action movie , not a movie that's being shot against green screen.

 

[Project862006]

you dont throw 300 name out there if it wont gladiator was a fine enough example

i seen plenty of set pictures full of green screen