More Marvel heroes to shoot in Austrailia says Arad!

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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=280586

More superhero movies head for AustraliaTuesday Jul 24 13:50 AEST
Australia will soon be swarming with superheroes.
One of Hollywood's top producers, Avi Arad, whose credits include the Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises, said he would shoot several big budget films in coming years in Australia based on comic book superheroes.
Arad had a taste of filmmaking in Australia with this year's hit, Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage, which was made in Melbourne.
The producer said he was impressed with Australia's talented film crews and special effects house.



"Some of the bigger projects I am working on now inevitably will end up in Australia," Arad told AAP in an interview in Los Angeles.
Arad has more than 10 films based on comics on his production slate, including Captain America, The Avengers, Thor, The Punisher 2, Ant-Man, Iron Fist and two spin-offs of the X-Men films, Wolverine (starring Hugh Jackman) and Magneto.
Arad would not name the films he planned to shoot in Australia, but he did reveal he was attempting to hire an Australian director for one of the movies.
He declined to say the director's name, but there has been speculation Australian director Alex Proyas was being wooed to direct the film adaptation of another Arad project, Silver Surfer.
The Silver Surfer was introduced to film fans this year in the latest Fantastic Four film.
Proyas directed the small budget Australian movie, Garage Days.
Proyas is best known in Hollywood for his 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot, starring Will Smith.
Ghost Rider cost $US110 million to shoot in Melbourne, but made $US230 million at the global box office and tens of millions more in DVD and video sales.
"I love working in Australia," Arad said.
"It's such a fun place with great technical talent and some amazing special effects houses."
Arad said a sequel to Ghost Rider was yet to be planned.
The 57-year-old recently left his post as chairman and chief executive of Marvel Studios to form his own production company, which includes Marvel properties Hulk, Spider-Man and next year's much-hyped Iron Man, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr.
Arad's next project is the Bratz movie, based on the popular girls' dolls.
Bratz, a live-action film, was shot in Los Angeles and will open in Australian cinemas on September 20.
"Bratz is X-Men for girls," Arad said.

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I'd love Proyas to do the SS.

 

[Silvermoth]

so would I.

Wonderful news for me! I live in Australia and I'ld hardly call Ghost Rider our proudest film making achievement.

I just hope its not Captain America though. Imagine how controversial that would be!

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ That would be ridiculous come to think about it. LOL

 

[chiefchirpa]

Arad's project: certifiable turkey like Ghost Rider?

 

[TheVileOne]

Proyas has gone on record as saying that he will never do another movie for Fox until Tom Rothman no longer works there.

 

[Silvermoth]

Proyas has gone on record as saying that he will never do another movie for Fox until Tom Rothman no longer works there.

wow! Did he? Thats amazing, go Alex

 

[Sava]

yeah, he hated working with them on I, Robot.

I thought Arad was out of Marvel movies

 

[Advanced Dark]

Proyas has gone on record as saying that he will never do another movie for Fox until Tom Rothman no longer works there.

I forgot about that. What other Austrailian directors would Marvel try to woo?

 

[Philly Phanboy]

I forgot about that. What other Austrailian directors would Marvel try to woo?

Martin Campbell is from New Zealand...does that count?

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Retro found it. It's Baz not Alex. I forgot all about that.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Great, that means more fake CG backgrounds to replace Eucalyptus trees, kangaroos for the countryside shots.

Why can't movies be made in AMERICA??? Sure a few city shots, or even space shots can be shot anywhere, but movies like Ghost Rider suffered because of stupidly expensive CG shots of night, CG outside shots, old set millions of dollar set piece border towns because Oz land doesnt have any, a $150,000 fake tree and fake flowers imported from China to make it look like Texas.

What a waste.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Proyas directing the Silver Surfer

That would be AWESOME!!!

JMS writing and Proyas directing = great movie

I pray to all possible dieties that he does it!!!

 

[the a1ant]

I would die *in a good way* if somehow Fox got Proyas to come back to their studio for SS, but I won't hold my breath

Thanks for the article. I wonder if Wolverine will end up in Australia? I'm sure Hugh and his family would love that!

 

[Silvermoth]

I forgot about that. What other Austrailian directors would Marvel try to woo?

Peter Weir(Master and Commander), Geoffrey Wright(McBeth, Romper Stomper)

 

[kedrell]

Thanks for the article. I wonder if Wolverine will end up in Australia? I'm sure Hugh and his family would love that!

I wonder how they'd get Australia to look like Canada? If possible, then great. And Midnyte_Sun, if they can shoot here then they should but we just have to accept that sometimes(most of the time) they save money by filming elsewhere and as long as it works on screen, then the saved $ is more important to me than just being able to put the "made in America" stamp on it for purely national pride reasons.

 

[Dedpool]

Cheapskates.

 

[ANTOINE X]

^ That would be ridiculous come to think about it. LOL

Well you never know if its to save some money they might do it

 

[Darth Elektra]

Proyas is to good to do the SS.

 

[Ar3d]

well its a good news, for us.. is there any upcoming movie that would be release soon? aside of course in Iron Man.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Looks like Wolverine.

 

[Spider–Man]

^ Looks like Wolverine.

Yup.

 

[Still A ThorFan]

Who cares where they are filming as long as they are filming them.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I thought Arad stepped down from Marvel Entertainment...?

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ He did but he's still a producer of all the major Marvel films.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Who cares where they are filming as long as they are filming them.

So'd you be ok with them filming Thor in Atlantic City?