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It is for certain cast members depending on what they are doing. With the exception of Hugh because he's the main starKira said:HUSH! Remember... Baby Jesus and crying.
It's nice too see Halle promoting the film, but isn't that part of the job description...?
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She was filming Gothika. I believe this was around the time she had broken her arm so they were already behind filming.
Hugh was allowed to go promote because Van Helsing's success was predicated a lot on X2's (aka The Wolverine Story) success.
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Halle did morning shows and was on TRL by herself the week before the movie came out. She wasn't completely absent from the promotional tour, she just wasn't on the travelling band that the rest of the cast was on.
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True. But I don't think she liked the outcome, Storm wasn't done justice, and she was being slated yet again for her performance when she followed Singer's direction.
I do agree though. One show wouldn't have killed her. Let's hope she makes up for it with X3 promotion.
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1186570,00.html
Run For Your Lives! The Blockbusters Are Coming!
By RICHARD CORLISS, JEFFREY RESSNER, LEV GROSSMAN, JAMES PONIEWOZIK, BELINDA LUSCOMBE, REBECCA WINTERS KEEGAN
Coming soon to every theater near you: more of the freakin' same! Summer means blockbusters, and that usually means sequels, prequels or remakes. Gone are the days when movies guaranteed the unforeseen: famous actors, yes, but in new roles; familiar genres, sure, but with different stories. Today the demand that Diaghilev made of Jean Cocteau--"Astonish me!"has become "Remind me." Moviemakers and movie watchers, both groups in a historically cautious mind-set, want more of the same: tiny twists on proven franchises, like the pleasures of a living-room drama or sitcom. In this surprise-resistant summer, that's what you're getting: pay TV.
Once in a while, a new member has to join the club; otherwise, there would be no movies to make sequels of. Three years ago, that film was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It vaulted from prerelease shrug to summer smash, earning $305 million in North America and $652 million worldwide. So here comes the sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (opening July 7), which was shot at the same time as Pirates III, due out next summer.
For this double voyage, Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer re-enlisted the old crew: director Gore Verbinski, writer Terry Rossio and stars Johnny Depp (as scurvy Captain Jack), Orlando Bloom (the young hero, Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (Will's fiancé, Elizabeth Swann). They all seem pumped. "There's a kid inside most of the people on this crew," Verbinski says, "that gets juiced to get up in the morning and say, 'Hey, we're doing this.' This is the type of movie that says it's fun to go to the theater again."
The very notion of sequels might horrify Depp, Hollywood's best current example of dreamboat movie star and superserious character actor. "It's a dangerous game," he acknowledges. "Rocky went into almost Warholian levels of absurdity. But if your intentions are good and pure, then you can sort of skate through, make an interesting, entertaining film." His Captain Jack, the maniacally mannerist pirate, was plenty entertaining, to audiences and to Depp. "I truly love the character," he says, "and I didn't feel I'd had enough of him in the first one."
Or the second or third? Bruckheimer says he's going to save all the sets "in the hope that we can continue the series. If Disney will write us some checks, we'll do it." And if the star isn't bored by then, he jokes: "I'm teetering on the idea of a [Pirates] TV series."
That's not likely. But this is: out of the summer will emerge a from-nowhere smash on the order of The Blair Witch Project or My Big Fat Greek Wedding or Wedding Crashers. Or the first Pirates. After all, a surprise hit is the least surprising thing about summer. --By Richard Corliss. Reported by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Release date: May 5. What the first two made: $396 million
THE CHALLENGE The audience's mission, should it choose to accept it, is to escape into an action movie when its star's off-screen life requires a greater suspension of disbelief than his onscreen stunts do. Weeks before the U.S. opening of M:i:III, as it's curiously advertised, Cruise is in the headlines because of his ecstasy over his new baby and his devotion to Scientology--neither of which cries out "badass superspy." The spy-movie genre has changed too, taking itself far less seriously these days thanks to movies like Austin Powers and TV shows like Alias, created by new Mission director J.J. Abrams. But perhaps it was time to lighten things up. Says Abrams: "Any time you make a movie with a No. 3 in [its title], you have to have a sense of humor."
WHAT'S NEW Cruise's character Ethan Hunt gets a life beyond dodging explosions--and a girl (Michelle Monaghan). "This guy happens to be really good at what he does, but it's a prison," says Abrams. "This woman is a light and gives him a sense of hope." Providing the darkness is Hoffman, who sheds his Capote lisp for a really scary sneer.
THE BUZZ It's a hard call. Does Cruise the tabloid fixture hurt Cruise the movie star? This is the kind of movie audiences like to see him in, so it's a safer bet than, say, Vanilla Sky II. --By Rebecca Winters Keegan
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth. Release date: June 30. What the first four made: $318 million
THE CHALLENGE The problem with Superman is that he doesn't have enough problems. He can pretty much do anything--dude has superbreath--and apart from the kryptonite thing, he's pretty much invulnerable. And oh, my stars, what a do-gooder. Where's the inner conflict? Or the outer conflict, for that matter? He's not dark and troubled like Batman or Wolverine, or cute and clueless like Spider-Man.
WHAT'S NEW You can't openly monkey with the Superman mythology--there are probably federal laws against it--so to reinvent him director Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, the X-Men movies) went subtle, quietly tweaking canonical story lines to roil Supe's placid emotional waters. When the movie opens, Big Blue has been gone for five years, and he gets back to find that Lois Lane has a new guy (!) and a kid (!!). Now, wouldn't that ruffle your spit curl?
THE BUZZ The set radiated bad p.r.: there were rumors of reshoots and wild budget overruns (the reported cost is a mighty $185 million). And do comic-book fans really care if Superman is a lover as well as a fighter? New guy Routh fills out the blue tights, and Spacey looks like a deliciously loony Lex Luthor, but Clark Kent might need to find a new beat. --By Lev Grossman
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kelsey Grammer. Release date: May 26. What the first two made: $372 million
THE CHALLENGE The X-Men have a problem. Not the threat of Magneto or the fact that a pharmaceutical company has come up with a "cure" for mutancy (jeez, can't we all just get along?). The issue is the loss of Singer (to Superman), who directed the first two movies, and his replacement by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon), who hasn't yet shown Singer's talent for the shadowy action sequences that are the franchise's specialty. Oh, and Frasier Crane is the Beast?
WHAT'S NEW In addition to a bigger part for the under-utilized weather witch Storm (Halle Berry), X3 also has new or much-expanded roles for several mutants beloved from the comic book. White-winged Archangel appears, as does Kitty Pryde, the girl who walks through walls and who served as the imaginary girlfriend for a generation of fanboys. Watch them closely: This is the last X-Men movie, and Fox is looking for mutants who can be spun off as stand-alone franchises.
THE BUZZ Actually, not bad. A strong trailer suggests that despite what Ratner says--"It's not just a bunch of superheroes saving the world and kicking ass. It deals with a lot of issues, prejudice and alienation and all that stuff"--he has grasped one of the basic truths of the series: the more mutants, the mo'better. --L.G.
POSEIDON
Starring: Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss. Release date: May 12.
What the first one made: $84 million
THE CHALLENGE Making a 34-year-old disaster movie, known principally for its theme song and Shelley Winters' underpants, interesting to young, gotta-see-it-opening-weekend types. And inspiring awe in people who have seen Titanic and The Perfect Storm.
WHAT'S NEW There's still a boat, a wall of water and a group of survivors. But apart from that, the screenplay is brand new. There's no Winters character--all the women are more of the "don't know-their-names-but-they-sure-look-good-wet" variety, like Emmy Rossum (Phantom of the Opera). And the special effects on this one should make the first one look like a kiddie pool.
THE BUZZ The Poseidon Adventure does not generate much Internet alarm over its desecration. The folks at Warner Bros. (like TIME, an arm of Time Warner), seem to be quietly confident. Their ace in the hole is director Wolfgang Petersen, who, having directed The Perfect Storm and Das Boot, knows from terror and tension on top of and beneath the waves. Poseidon could just be the preposterous, grip-the-armrest thriller people love in summer. Or, like the ship, it could be a sinker. --By Belinda Luscombe
THE DA VINCI CODE
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou. Release date: May 19. How many books sold: 40 million--plus
THE CHALLENGE Adapting the worldwide best-selling novel into a taut, suspenseful thriller. "Because the story is so well known," says director Ron Howard, "the last little bit of mystery I have to offer is how I interpreted it."
WHAT'S NEW Not the story line, which follows the book's uncovering of an alleged Christianity con job almost, um, religiously. But Howard delivers something the novel doesn't: re-creations of supposed historical events central to the ancient conspiracy. "We try to transport the audience back in time so they can understand its context," he says.
THE BUZZ Security was tighter than the Mona Lisa's smile at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, where location filming was allowed only after closing hours. Ongoing complaints by the Vatican and Opus Dei have only stoked the publicity fires, while a (much) smaller group supporting albino rights blanched at the villain's complexion. Sony has held no screenings for movie critics yet, which is not usually a good sign. But controversy sells, so maybe it won't need signs. --By Jeffrey Ressner
MIAMI VICE
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx. Release date: July 28. How long the show ran: 1984-89
THE CHALLENGE Updating the ultimate '80s cop show
WHAT'S NEW Miami, for starters. Style-conscious director Michael Mann, who executive-produced Vice for TV, took the original show's atmospherics from a provincial Miami that hid its grit under pink stucco. Now it's a boomtown, flush with international cash and bristling with glassy towers. The crime scene in '80s Miami, Mann says, "was just small-town cocaine cowboys. Now, everything seems to have a couple of zeroes added to the end of it." Gone too are the signature pastels. As for the substance, the director insisted on an R rating, allowing the movie to show the sex and violence the TV show had to imply.
THE BUZZ Production, on location in Florida and the Caribbean, was rougher than Don Johnson's stubble. Hurricanes closed the set three times, as did an incident in the Dominican Republic involving an off-duty cop who wanted to get on-set and a spot of gunfire; in December, Farrell had to be treated for exhaustion and dependency on prescription medication. Mann, a notoriously meticulous director, has pulled off tough, big-star productions before (Heat, Ali). But movie audiences have tended to like their TV remakes campy (Charlie's Angels, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), and Mann takes Vice, the movie, dead seriously. "I hope the movie will surprise people familiar with the show," Mann says. "I was never interested in doing something derivative." --By James Poniewozik
With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
Run For Your Lives! The Blockbusters Are Coming!
By RICHARD CORLISS, JEFFREY RESSNER, LEV GROSSMAN, JAMES PONIEWOZIK, BELINDA LUSCOMBE, REBECCA WINTERS KEEGAN
Coming soon to every theater near you: more of the freakin' same! Summer means blockbusters, and that usually means sequels, prequels or remakes. Gone are the days when movies guaranteed the unforeseen: famous actors, yes, but in new roles; familiar genres, sure, but with different stories. Today the demand that Diaghilev made of Jean Cocteau--"Astonish me!"has become "Remind me." Moviemakers and movie watchers, both groups in a historically cautious mind-set, want more of the same: tiny twists on proven franchises, like the pleasures of a living-room drama or sitcom. In this surprise-resistant summer, that's what you're getting: pay TV.
Once in a while, a new member has to join the club; otherwise, there would be no movies to make sequels of. Three years ago, that film was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It vaulted from prerelease shrug to summer smash, earning $305 million in North America and $652 million worldwide. So here comes the sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (opening July 7), which was shot at the same time as Pirates III, due out next summer.
For this double voyage, Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer re-enlisted the old crew: director Gore Verbinski, writer Terry Rossio and stars Johnny Depp (as scurvy Captain Jack), Orlando Bloom (the young hero, Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (Will's fiancé, Elizabeth Swann). They all seem pumped. "There's a kid inside most of the people on this crew," Verbinski says, "that gets juiced to get up in the morning and say, 'Hey, we're doing this.' This is the type of movie that says it's fun to go to the theater again."
The very notion of sequels might horrify Depp, Hollywood's best current example of dreamboat movie star and superserious character actor. "It's a dangerous game," he acknowledges. "Rocky went into almost Warholian levels of absurdity. But if your intentions are good and pure, then you can sort of skate through, make an interesting, entertaining film." His Captain Jack, the maniacally mannerist pirate, was plenty entertaining, to audiences and to Depp. "I truly love the character," he says, "and I didn't feel I'd had enough of him in the first one."
Or the second or third? Bruckheimer says he's going to save all the sets "in the hope that we can continue the series. If Disney will write us some checks, we'll do it." And if the star isn't bored by then, he jokes: "I'm teetering on the idea of a [Pirates] TV series."
That's not likely. But this is: out of the summer will emerge a from-nowhere smash on the order of The Blair Witch Project or My Big Fat Greek Wedding or Wedding Crashers. Or the first Pirates. After all, a surprise hit is the least surprising thing about summer. --By Richard Corliss. Reported by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Release date: May 5. What the first two made: $396 million
THE CHALLENGE The audience's mission, should it choose to accept it, is to escape into an action movie when its star's off-screen life requires a greater suspension of disbelief than his onscreen stunts do. Weeks before the U.S. opening of M:i:III, as it's curiously advertised, Cruise is in the headlines because of his ecstasy over his new baby and his devotion to Scientology--neither of which cries out "badass superspy." The spy-movie genre has changed too, taking itself far less seriously these days thanks to movies like Austin Powers and TV shows like Alias, created by new Mission director J.J. Abrams. But perhaps it was time to lighten things up. Says Abrams: "Any time you make a movie with a No. 3 in [its title], you have to have a sense of humor."
WHAT'S NEW Cruise's character Ethan Hunt gets a life beyond dodging explosions--and a girl (Michelle Monaghan). "This guy happens to be really good at what he does, but it's a prison," says Abrams. "This woman is a light and gives him a sense of hope." Providing the darkness is Hoffman, who sheds his Capote lisp for a really scary sneer.
THE BUZZ It's a hard call. Does Cruise the tabloid fixture hurt Cruise the movie star? This is the kind of movie audiences like to see him in, so it's a safer bet than, say, Vanilla Sky II. --By Rebecca Winters Keegan
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth. Release date: June 30. What the first four made: $318 million
THE CHALLENGE The problem with Superman is that he doesn't have enough problems. He can pretty much do anything--dude has superbreath--and apart from the kryptonite thing, he's pretty much invulnerable. And oh, my stars, what a do-gooder. Where's the inner conflict? Or the outer conflict, for that matter? He's not dark and troubled like Batman or Wolverine, or cute and clueless like Spider-Man.
WHAT'S NEW You can't openly monkey with the Superman mythology--there are probably federal laws against it--so to reinvent him director Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, the X-Men movies) went subtle, quietly tweaking canonical story lines to roil Supe's placid emotional waters. When the movie opens, Big Blue has been gone for five years, and he gets back to find that Lois Lane has a new guy (!) and a kid (!!). Now, wouldn't that ruffle your spit curl?
THE BUZZ The set radiated bad p.r.: there were rumors of reshoots and wild budget overruns (the reported cost is a mighty $185 million). And do comic-book fans really care if Superman is a lover as well as a fighter? New guy Routh fills out the blue tights, and Spacey looks like a deliciously loony Lex Luthor, but Clark Kent might need to find a new beat. --By Lev Grossman
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kelsey Grammer. Release date: May 26. What the first two made: $372 million
THE CHALLENGE The X-Men have a problem. Not the threat of Magneto or the fact that a pharmaceutical company has come up with a "cure" for mutancy (jeez, can't we all just get along?). The issue is the loss of Singer (to Superman), who directed the first two movies, and his replacement by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon), who hasn't yet shown Singer's talent for the shadowy action sequences that are the franchise's specialty. Oh, and Frasier Crane is the Beast?
WHAT'S NEW In addition to a bigger part for the under-utilized weather witch Storm (Halle Berry), X3 also has new or much-expanded roles for several mutants beloved from the comic book. White-winged Archangel appears, as does Kitty Pryde, the girl who walks through walls and who served as the imaginary girlfriend for a generation of fanboys. Watch them closely: This is the last X-Men movie, and Fox is looking for mutants who can be spun off as stand-alone franchises.
THE BUZZ Actually, not bad. A strong trailer suggests that despite what Ratner says--"It's not just a bunch of superheroes saving the world and kicking ass. It deals with a lot of issues, prejudice and alienation and all that stuff"--he has grasped one of the basic truths of the series: the more mutants, the mo'better. --L.G.
POSEIDON
Starring: Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss. Release date: May 12.
What the first one made: $84 million
THE CHALLENGE Making a 34-year-old disaster movie, known principally for its theme song and Shelley Winters' underpants, interesting to young, gotta-see-it-opening-weekend types. And inspiring awe in people who have seen Titanic and The Perfect Storm.
WHAT'S NEW There's still a boat, a wall of water and a group of survivors. But apart from that, the screenplay is brand new. There's no Winters character--all the women are more of the "don't know-their-names-but-they-sure-look-good-wet" variety, like Emmy Rossum (Phantom of the Opera). And the special effects on this one should make the first one look like a kiddie pool.
THE BUZZ The Poseidon Adventure does not generate much Internet alarm over its desecration. The folks at Warner Bros. (like TIME, an arm of Time Warner), seem to be quietly confident. Their ace in the hole is director Wolfgang Petersen, who, having directed The Perfect Storm and Das Boot, knows from terror and tension on top of and beneath the waves. Poseidon could just be the preposterous, grip-the-armrest thriller people love in summer. Or, like the ship, it could be a sinker. --By Belinda Luscombe
THE DA VINCI CODE
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou. Release date: May 19. How many books sold: 40 million--plus
THE CHALLENGE Adapting the worldwide best-selling novel into a taut, suspenseful thriller. "Because the story is so well known," says director Ron Howard, "the last little bit of mystery I have to offer is how I interpreted it."
WHAT'S NEW Not the story line, which follows the book's uncovering of an alleged Christianity con job almost, um, religiously. But Howard delivers something the novel doesn't: re-creations of supposed historical events central to the ancient conspiracy. "We try to transport the audience back in time so they can understand its context," he says.
THE BUZZ Security was tighter than the Mona Lisa's smile at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, where location filming was allowed only after closing hours. Ongoing complaints by the Vatican and Opus Dei have only stoked the publicity fires, while a (much) smaller group supporting albino rights blanched at the villain's complexion. Sony has held no screenings for movie critics yet, which is not usually a good sign. But controversy sells, so maybe it won't need signs. --By Jeffrey Ressner
MIAMI VICE
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx. Release date: July 28. How long the show ran: 1984-89
THE CHALLENGE Updating the ultimate '80s cop show
WHAT'S NEW Miami, for starters. Style-conscious director Michael Mann, who executive-produced Vice for TV, took the original show's atmospherics from a provincial Miami that hid its grit under pink stucco. Now it's a boomtown, flush with international cash and bristling with glassy towers. The crime scene in '80s Miami, Mann says, "was just small-town cocaine cowboys. Now, everything seems to have a couple of zeroes added to the end of it." Gone too are the signature pastels. As for the substance, the director insisted on an R rating, allowing the movie to show the sex and violence the TV show had to imply.
THE BUZZ Production, on location in Florida and the Caribbean, was rougher than Don Johnson's stubble. Hurricanes closed the set three times, as did an incident in the Dominican Republic involving an off-duty cop who wanted to get on-set and a spot of gunfire; in December, Farrell had to be treated for exhaustion and dependency on prescription medication. Mann, a notoriously meticulous director, has pulled off tough, big-star productions before (Heat, Ali). But movie audiences have tended to like their TV remakes campy (Charlie's Angels, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), and Mann takes Vice, the movie, dead seriously. "I hope the movie will surprise people familiar with the show," Mann says. "I was never interested in doing something derivative." --By James Poniewozik
With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
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Jackman was spotted in Vancouver this month for the reshoots...
Source: http://www.gasbo.net/stargate/news.htm
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Fascinating article - especially the Hugh interview process.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002385954
'X-Men' should give summer a hot start
By Martin A. Grove
"X-Men" Xcitement: Although the early weeks of May have evolved into a pre-summer season with good grossing potential, it's Memorial Day weekend when the boxoffice really heats up and establishes the tone for the summer ahead.
Last year, a soft Memorial Day weekend with key films down 6% from 2004 sparked valid concerns about Hollywood's health. The four-day holiday weekend's top grossing film was Fox and Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: Episode III" with $70 million for its second weekend in theaters. It was followed by DreamWorks' opening of its computer-animated "Madagascar" with $61 million and Paramount's launch of its action-comedy remake "The Longest Yard" with $58.6 million. The bad news was that key films grossed $226 million for the four days versus $239.2 million a year earlier.
This summer looks like it should get off to a hot start May 26 thanks to 20th Century Fox and Marvel Enterprises' "X-Men: The Last Stand," the third episode in the blockbuster franchise based on the hit Marvel comic book series created over 40 years ago. It's a tribute to the film's strong boxoffice potential, by the way, that it isn't facing any competition from other wide openings over the four-day Memorial Day weekend (May 26-29).
Directed by Brett Ratner, the new "X-Men" -- let's just call it "X3" for short here even though "3" is not actually part of its title -- is produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, producers of the first two episodes, and written by Simon Kinberg ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith") and Zak Penn ("X2: X-Men United"). It was executive produced by Marvel Studios chairman and CEO Avi Arad, Marvel Comics chairman emeritus Stan Lee, Marvel Studios production president Kevin Feige and John Palmero, who's partnered with "X-Men" star Hugh Jackman in Seed Productions.
The franchise stems from Fox's mid-summer release of the first "X-Men" on July 14, 2000. Opening to $54.5 million, it went on to gross over $157 million domestically and nearly $139 million internationally or about $296 million worldwide. "X2" arrived in theaters three years later to kick off the pre-summer season May 2, 2003. It opened to $85.6 million and wound up doing nearly $215 million domestically and about $191.5 million abroad or nearly $406.5 million worldwide.
"X3" reunites the stars of the first two episodes -- Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Halle Berry (Storm), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Patrick Stewart (Xavier), Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops) and Shawn Ashmore (Iceman). Returning from "X2" are Aaron Stanford (Pyro) and Daniel Cudmore (Colossus). Joining them now for "X3" is Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Henry McCoy, also known as Beast, a mutant geneticist who after conducting experiments on himself sprouts blue, bestial fur.
For some insights into why the "X-Men" franchise has enjoyed such great success, I was happy to catch up recently with Shuler Donner, who explained, "Going way back, I think Marvel created really complex psychologically well drawn characters. I think one part of (the franchise's success) is that we had some wonderful existing heroes and anti-heroes and tragic heroes to deal with. Then I think there's a whole thing about just being a mutant and being an outsider. I think people can identify with that. I think we all feel that way. So right away we're empathetic. And then I think there's also wish fulfillment in having powers. I think that also makes the audience like us and want to be entertained by us."
The pressure, she acknowledged, is intense to deliver to fans of the franchise with this new episode something that's just as good or better than what they've applauded previously. "It was intense (pressure) in the second one, but our goal with the second one was obviously to make it better and more enjoyable and not repeat ourselves," she told me. "That was the thing. We didn't want (to repeat ourselves) because sometimes you see sequels and you feel like you've been there before. So on the third one, yes, the pressure was even more intense. We had to be even bigger, even better, even more exciting and even more original.
"We have the trilogy aspect in our favor in that we had set up in the first two movies a few storylines that were paid off in the third. So that worked in our favor. Plus, there were a couple characters that we always wanted to do that were too expensive to do -- and the storylines were never woven intrinsically into the movie -- that we decided we would do in 'X-Men 3.' For example, the character of Beast that Kelsey Grammer plays."
Shuler Donner is particularly happy about having added new characters like Grammer's Beast to the franchise with "X3." "It infuses new blood into the series when you don't use just your cast, but are bringing in new characters with new storylines," she said. "I think that made it fun for all of us, who had journeyed down this (path) before. To conceive (Grammer's) look was a whole new challenge. We have Vinnie Jones, who plays Juggernaut and his look and his creature and his music was another challenge. So that was a lot of fun. And then we have Ellen Page, who's a fantastic actress (playing Shadowcat), and we have a young actor named Ben Foster, who plays Angel. Angel has wings so we had to figure out how do we build his wings both practically and also digitally. That's sort of the good and the bad news. The good news is that it's fun to create it. The bad news is how the heck are we going to do this?"
It also helps that all the principal stars of the first two "X-Men" films are back for the third episode. "We have the best cast," Shuler Donner observed. "These are not easy movies to make -- and nobody complains. We have a wonderful cast. We love each other. We film together. We work together. And then we play together on the weekends. Outside of the movies, I'm friends with them. I enjoy them. I hope personally to continue to make movies with them because they are a delight, a joy and each one of them's more challenging than the next."
I recalled speaking to Shuler Donner just before the first "X-Men" came out and learning from her how in 1998 she'd discovered Hugh Jackman, who wasn't well known then, and cast him in the original film. "He was in 'Oklahoma' in London playing Curly (on the stage) in Trevor Nunn's production and he couldn't leave," she said. "So he taped an audition and sent it over. And when I saw that audition I flipped. I thought he was so charismatic. Then I rented (a) movie he did in Australia called 'Paperback Hero' (a 1999 romantic comedy directed by Antony Bowman). And, again, he was charismatic, funny, physical, comedic, real, everything. So we brought him in.
"Bryan was already up in Toronto starting to prepare. I met with him with (casting director) Donna Isaacson. We loved him so much we took him right over to (Fox co-chairman) Tom Rothman's office and introduced him to Tom. And Tom also responded and liked him a lot. So I called Bryan and said, 'I'm going to send him up. Audition him. Put him on film and tell me what you think.' So he went up there. We had Anna Paquin there and they had a scene together. Bryan brought the crew together and filmed him and I think both he and the crew by the time the audition was done agreed (that Jackman was perfect to play Wolverine)."
Asked about developing "X3's" story revolving around a "cure" for mutancy that would let mutants give up their powers so as to fit into society, Shuler Donner replied, "There was a comic and a Saturday morning show that both centered on the idea of a cure. We thought that a cure would be very controversial and would affect each character in a different way. Of course, the whole concept of it is the antithesis of what the X-Men are about. So we decided to recast the center of our new story universe. Plus, in the other two 'X-Men' we had set up the idea of Dark Phoenix, which is Jean Grey (Famke Janssen's telekinetic character). She 'died' at the end of 'X2,' but we gave her a sort of golden form over the water to allude to the fans that, hey, we know she's going to come back. She's also our plot in 'X3' (reborn and transformed into the ultimate weapon and a threat not only to the X-Men but to the entire world) along with the cure."
While the first two "X-Men" installments were directed by Bryan Singer, "X3" is directed by Brett Ratner, whose credits include such hits as "Rush Hour," "Rush Hour 2" and "Red Dragon." In the often Byzantine world of A-List directors, Singer was originally going to direct "X3" but dropped out and signed on in July 2004 to direct "Superman Returns" for Warner Bros. (opening June 30), replacing McG ("Charlie's Angels"), who doesn't like to fly and, therefore, wasn't happy about having to go to Australia to shoot that film. At an earlier point, Ratner was going to direct Warner's long in development "Superman" project, but back in March 2003 he pulled out of it. When Ratner came aboard to do "X3" he only had about a month and a half in which to prepare for shooting. On a movie as big as "X3" that's something many directors just wouldn't be able to handle.
"Brian took 'Superman' and Brett had been involved in another movie and left that movie and it was perfect timing," Shuler Donner explained. "We felt that Brett is a terrific director, had the energy and the enthusiasm and the vision and we felt it was a perfect match. I can tell you it was not very easy because he came in about six weeks before we started filming. We did not have enough time for his prep, but you know Brett -- he's so enthusiastic and he's so energetic. He just jumped right into the fray and had a great idea about the script. He changed the third act of the script much to the benefit of the movie. And we just hit the ground running."
How does Shuler Donner, whose films since 1983 have grossed over $2 billion worldwide and who's a real working producer not just a dealmaker, work with directors? "I'm very hands on," she replied. "I feel like I'm a creative producer. I work with them very much in pre-production, particularly in casting. That's my favorite area. You know, the 'X-Men' movies are different than other movies. An 'X-Men' movie is a lot about creature conception and that sort of thing. But I'm very involved in prepping a movie with a director and on-set I'm there. I like to obviously allow a director their vision and try to solve problems if I see another idea. You know, maybe a scene needs more energy or we've got it (shot but now) let's try it with a little bit more humor. I will make a suggestion with great reverence. I like to (have it so) that I'm the director's partner."
Making a movie on the scale of "X3" is clearly akin to marshalling an army of troops. Looking back at the rigors of production -- shooting began Aug. 2, 2005 and ended Dec. 23 -- Shuler Donner told me, "Oh, my God. We had a thousand people (working) at one point. It was very difficult because it seems as though there's never enough prep time for these movies. We built the Golden Gate Bridge, for example. We built the bridge and then had green screen behind it. It was enormous -- like a football field. We built it in Vancouver out in a field, fairly close to where our base was, which was the Vancouver Film Studios. It was huge. You could see it for miles. So we had the Golden Gate Bridge and all the cars on it. And then green screen. And then next to it -- but, of course, you had to get in your car to drive next to it -- we also built the exterior of Alcatraz. You're right, it's like marshalling an army.
"Also, you have to be extremely prepared because that means that half of the shots are visual effects. So you have to know what is going to be done in order to film what's in front of you knowing what it's going to match later on. So you have to have everything (story) boarded out. We have a wonderful First A. D. -- his name is Lee Cleary -- and we have all the boards. Of course, the director, Brett, has worked with storyboard artists and with visual effects and with special effects and has boarded out the sequences. Then Lee brings those boards on to set and everybody can see what we're filming. The way Lee does it is after each shot is done he'll cross it off and we know we're going on to the next one. It's a tool to communicate to this very large group."
On top of the built-in demands of making such a film, it didn't help any that the weatherman wasn't very cooperative. "It rained for the past six weeks," she pointed out. "I mean, we have done six weeks of exterior night freezing cold filming. It was freezing. If you look closely you'll see people's breath during the fight. And they're working hard and their breath is frozen."
As for the greatest challenges she faced in making the picture, Shuler Donner observed, "That was the most challenging -- standing out there in the rain. And figuring out the dynamics of the last 20 minutes of the movie -- without giving anything away. That was the most challenging sequence that any of us have ever been involved with."
Fans of the "X-Men" franchise will certainly be happy to know there's lots more material that can be developed for future episodes: "I hope there's a fourth and an eighth and a tenth. I mean, look, there's 40 years of 'X-Men' comics, so why not? There's a huge world (of back issues and the comic book is still ongoing). There's so smart (at Marvel). Not only do they have comic book artists and writers, but they've now drafted filmmakers. Joss Whedon (who wrote and directed episodes of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and is now writing and will direct the feature film 'Wonder Woman' for Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures) wrote an entire series of 'X-Men' comics as did Bryan Singer. They're very smart (because) they've also involved a lot of filmmakers in their ongoing comic books."
With over 40 years of "X-Men" comics to plow through, how do they decide on what material to bring to the screen next? "You know, we're a good group -- Marvel, Fox, myself and Ralph Winter. We're a team that's done it three times now and we sit down and talk about those stories that we want to pursue. There are separate stories like one called 'Days of Future Past,' which were written many, many years ago, that we all love and one day want to make. So we try as a group to toss out ideas.
"Also, Marvel does a lot of research online with their website and they get a lot of feedback from the fans. And I go online a lot -- sometimes under a fake name -- also to get feedback because they're our fan base and we want to make sure that we are catering to them. We listen to what they want to do and we combine that with what we want to do. Often they're the same (and) that's a great feeling."
On the marketing front, Shuler Donner applauds the team at Fox for its work on "X3" as well as the two previous blockbusters in the franchise. "They're fantastic," she said. "One of the greatest advantages of working with Fox besides their wonderful production team of (co-chairman) Tom Rothman and (president) Hutch Parker is their marketing (team headed by domestic marketing co-presidents) Tony Sella and Pam Levine and (executive vice president) Jeff Godsick. They're amazing. They've always astounded us (with things like) their conception (of campaigns). Their ideas for posters (and) their trailers are, I think, absolutely the best in the business."
And speaking of "the business," I reminded Shuler Donner that last summer many media people were ready to bury Hollywood given the weak grosses we were seeing at the time. Now with ticket sales up nearly 7% and admissions ahead by nearly 3.5% for the year to date versus last year thanks to some strong spring product, things are looking a lot brighter. "I think it's very complicated," she said, emphasizing that Hollywood still faces big problems. "I will tell you I think piracy is seriously affecting the business beyond what people talk about. I mean it's really taking globally a big bite out of profits and I think it has to be curbed. I don't know how, but I know it has to be dealt with.
"I do think, in general, the business is down (because of competition from new entertainment media for people's time and money). I believe gamers want to game and people go online and they buy DVDs and rent DVDs. The business is not as (simple as) it was years ago. But we can only hope that if we keep making exciting movies they will come and see them. I think this is going to be a good summer. I mean, certainly, between (such films as) 'Da Vinci Code' and 'Mission: Impossible III' and us, hopefully, it's going to start off well. I think we'll have a good summer and, hopefully, that'll give the whole business a boost."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002385954
'X-Men' should give summer a hot start
By Martin A. Grove
"X-Men" Xcitement: Although the early weeks of May have evolved into a pre-summer season with good grossing potential, it's Memorial Day weekend when the boxoffice really heats up and establishes the tone for the summer ahead.
Last year, a soft Memorial Day weekend with key films down 6% from 2004 sparked valid concerns about Hollywood's health. The four-day holiday weekend's top grossing film was Fox and Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: Episode III" with $70 million for its second weekend in theaters. It was followed by DreamWorks' opening of its computer-animated "Madagascar" with $61 million and Paramount's launch of its action-comedy remake "The Longest Yard" with $58.6 million. The bad news was that key films grossed $226 million for the four days versus $239.2 million a year earlier.
This summer looks like it should get off to a hot start May 26 thanks to 20th Century Fox and Marvel Enterprises' "X-Men: The Last Stand," the third episode in the blockbuster franchise based on the hit Marvel comic book series created over 40 years ago. It's a tribute to the film's strong boxoffice potential, by the way, that it isn't facing any competition from other wide openings over the four-day Memorial Day weekend (May 26-29).
Directed by Brett Ratner, the new "X-Men" -- let's just call it "X3" for short here even though "3" is not actually part of its title -- is produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, producers of the first two episodes, and written by Simon Kinberg ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith") and Zak Penn ("X2: X-Men United"). It was executive produced by Marvel Studios chairman and CEO Avi Arad, Marvel Comics chairman emeritus Stan Lee, Marvel Studios production president Kevin Feige and John Palmero, who's partnered with "X-Men" star Hugh Jackman in Seed Productions.
The franchise stems from Fox's mid-summer release of the first "X-Men" on July 14, 2000. Opening to $54.5 million, it went on to gross over $157 million domestically and nearly $139 million internationally or about $296 million worldwide. "X2" arrived in theaters three years later to kick off the pre-summer season May 2, 2003. It opened to $85.6 million and wound up doing nearly $215 million domestically and about $191.5 million abroad or nearly $406.5 million worldwide.
"X3" reunites the stars of the first two episodes -- Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Halle Berry (Storm), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Patrick Stewart (Xavier), Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops) and Shawn Ashmore (Iceman). Returning from "X2" are Aaron Stanford (Pyro) and Daniel Cudmore (Colossus). Joining them now for "X3" is Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Henry McCoy, also known as Beast, a mutant geneticist who after conducting experiments on himself sprouts blue, bestial fur.
For some insights into why the "X-Men" franchise has enjoyed such great success, I was happy to catch up recently with Shuler Donner, who explained, "Going way back, I think Marvel created really complex psychologically well drawn characters. I think one part of (the franchise's success) is that we had some wonderful existing heroes and anti-heroes and tragic heroes to deal with. Then I think there's a whole thing about just being a mutant and being an outsider. I think people can identify with that. I think we all feel that way. So right away we're empathetic. And then I think there's also wish fulfillment in having powers. I think that also makes the audience like us and want to be entertained by us."
The pressure, she acknowledged, is intense to deliver to fans of the franchise with this new episode something that's just as good or better than what they've applauded previously. "It was intense (pressure) in the second one, but our goal with the second one was obviously to make it better and more enjoyable and not repeat ourselves," she told me. "That was the thing. We didn't want (to repeat ourselves) because sometimes you see sequels and you feel like you've been there before. So on the third one, yes, the pressure was even more intense. We had to be even bigger, even better, even more exciting and even more original.
"We have the trilogy aspect in our favor in that we had set up in the first two movies a few storylines that were paid off in the third. So that worked in our favor. Plus, there were a couple characters that we always wanted to do that were too expensive to do -- and the storylines were never woven intrinsically into the movie -- that we decided we would do in 'X-Men 3.' For example, the character of Beast that Kelsey Grammer plays."
Shuler Donner is particularly happy about having added new characters like Grammer's Beast to the franchise with "X3." "It infuses new blood into the series when you don't use just your cast, but are bringing in new characters with new storylines," she said. "I think that made it fun for all of us, who had journeyed down this (path) before. To conceive (Grammer's) look was a whole new challenge. We have Vinnie Jones, who plays Juggernaut and his look and his creature and his music was another challenge. So that was a lot of fun. And then we have Ellen Page, who's a fantastic actress (playing Shadowcat), and we have a young actor named Ben Foster, who plays Angel. Angel has wings so we had to figure out how do we build his wings both practically and also digitally. That's sort of the good and the bad news. The good news is that it's fun to create it. The bad news is how the heck are we going to do this?"
It also helps that all the principal stars of the first two "X-Men" films are back for the third episode. "We have the best cast," Shuler Donner observed. "These are not easy movies to make -- and nobody complains. We have a wonderful cast. We love each other. We film together. We work together. And then we play together on the weekends. Outside of the movies, I'm friends with them. I enjoy them. I hope personally to continue to make movies with them because they are a delight, a joy and each one of them's more challenging than the next."
I recalled speaking to Shuler Donner just before the first "X-Men" came out and learning from her how in 1998 she'd discovered Hugh Jackman, who wasn't well known then, and cast him in the original film. "He was in 'Oklahoma' in London playing Curly (on the stage) in Trevor Nunn's production and he couldn't leave," she said. "So he taped an audition and sent it over. And when I saw that audition I flipped. I thought he was so charismatic. Then I rented (a) movie he did in Australia called 'Paperback Hero' (a 1999 romantic comedy directed by Antony Bowman). And, again, he was charismatic, funny, physical, comedic, real, everything. So we brought him in.
"Bryan was already up in Toronto starting to prepare. I met with him with (casting director) Donna Isaacson. We loved him so much we took him right over to (Fox co-chairman) Tom Rothman's office and introduced him to Tom. And Tom also responded and liked him a lot. So I called Bryan and said, 'I'm going to send him up. Audition him. Put him on film and tell me what you think.' So he went up there. We had Anna Paquin there and they had a scene together. Bryan brought the crew together and filmed him and I think both he and the crew by the time the audition was done agreed (that Jackman was perfect to play Wolverine)."
Asked about developing "X3's" story revolving around a "cure" for mutancy that would let mutants give up their powers so as to fit into society, Shuler Donner replied, "There was a comic and a Saturday morning show that both centered on the idea of a cure. We thought that a cure would be very controversial and would affect each character in a different way. Of course, the whole concept of it is the antithesis of what the X-Men are about. So we decided to recast the center of our new story universe. Plus, in the other two 'X-Men' we had set up the idea of Dark Phoenix, which is Jean Grey (Famke Janssen's telekinetic character). She 'died' at the end of 'X2,' but we gave her a sort of golden form over the water to allude to the fans that, hey, we know she's going to come back. She's also our plot in 'X3' (reborn and transformed into the ultimate weapon and a threat not only to the X-Men but to the entire world) along with the cure."
While the first two "X-Men" installments were directed by Bryan Singer, "X3" is directed by Brett Ratner, whose credits include such hits as "Rush Hour," "Rush Hour 2" and "Red Dragon." In the often Byzantine world of A-List directors, Singer was originally going to direct "X3" but dropped out and signed on in July 2004 to direct "Superman Returns" for Warner Bros. (opening June 30), replacing McG ("Charlie's Angels"), who doesn't like to fly and, therefore, wasn't happy about having to go to Australia to shoot that film. At an earlier point, Ratner was going to direct Warner's long in development "Superman" project, but back in March 2003 he pulled out of it. When Ratner came aboard to do "X3" he only had about a month and a half in which to prepare for shooting. On a movie as big as "X3" that's something many directors just wouldn't be able to handle.
"Brian took 'Superman' and Brett had been involved in another movie and left that movie and it was perfect timing," Shuler Donner explained. "We felt that Brett is a terrific director, had the energy and the enthusiasm and the vision and we felt it was a perfect match. I can tell you it was not very easy because he came in about six weeks before we started filming. We did not have enough time for his prep, but you know Brett -- he's so enthusiastic and he's so energetic. He just jumped right into the fray and had a great idea about the script. He changed the third act of the script much to the benefit of the movie. And we just hit the ground running."
How does Shuler Donner, whose films since 1983 have grossed over $2 billion worldwide and who's a real working producer not just a dealmaker, work with directors? "I'm very hands on," she replied. "I feel like I'm a creative producer. I work with them very much in pre-production, particularly in casting. That's my favorite area. You know, the 'X-Men' movies are different than other movies. An 'X-Men' movie is a lot about creature conception and that sort of thing. But I'm very involved in prepping a movie with a director and on-set I'm there. I like to obviously allow a director their vision and try to solve problems if I see another idea. You know, maybe a scene needs more energy or we've got it (shot but now) let's try it with a little bit more humor. I will make a suggestion with great reverence. I like to (have it so) that I'm the director's partner."
Making a movie on the scale of "X3" is clearly akin to marshalling an army of troops. Looking back at the rigors of production -- shooting began Aug. 2, 2005 and ended Dec. 23 -- Shuler Donner told me, "Oh, my God. We had a thousand people (working) at one point. It was very difficult because it seems as though there's never enough prep time for these movies. We built the Golden Gate Bridge, for example. We built the bridge and then had green screen behind it. It was enormous -- like a football field. We built it in Vancouver out in a field, fairly close to where our base was, which was the Vancouver Film Studios. It was huge. You could see it for miles. So we had the Golden Gate Bridge and all the cars on it. And then green screen. And then next to it -- but, of course, you had to get in your car to drive next to it -- we also built the exterior of Alcatraz. You're right, it's like marshalling an army.
"Also, you have to be extremely prepared because that means that half of the shots are visual effects. So you have to know what is going to be done in order to film what's in front of you knowing what it's going to match later on. So you have to have everything (story) boarded out. We have a wonderful First A. D. -- his name is Lee Cleary -- and we have all the boards. Of course, the director, Brett, has worked with storyboard artists and with visual effects and with special effects and has boarded out the sequences. Then Lee brings those boards on to set and everybody can see what we're filming. The way Lee does it is after each shot is done he'll cross it off and we know we're going on to the next one. It's a tool to communicate to this very large group."
On top of the built-in demands of making such a film, it didn't help any that the weatherman wasn't very cooperative. "It rained for the past six weeks," she pointed out. "I mean, we have done six weeks of exterior night freezing cold filming. It was freezing. If you look closely you'll see people's breath during the fight. And they're working hard and their breath is frozen."
As for the greatest challenges she faced in making the picture, Shuler Donner observed, "That was the most challenging -- standing out there in the rain. And figuring out the dynamics of the last 20 minutes of the movie -- without giving anything away. That was the most challenging sequence that any of us have ever been involved with."
Fans of the "X-Men" franchise will certainly be happy to know there's lots more material that can be developed for future episodes: "I hope there's a fourth and an eighth and a tenth. I mean, look, there's 40 years of 'X-Men' comics, so why not? There's a huge world (of back issues and the comic book is still ongoing). There's so smart (at Marvel). Not only do they have comic book artists and writers, but they've now drafted filmmakers. Joss Whedon (who wrote and directed episodes of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and is now writing and will direct the feature film 'Wonder Woman' for Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures) wrote an entire series of 'X-Men' comics as did Bryan Singer. They're very smart (because) they've also involved a lot of filmmakers in their ongoing comic books."
With over 40 years of "X-Men" comics to plow through, how do they decide on what material to bring to the screen next? "You know, we're a good group -- Marvel, Fox, myself and Ralph Winter. We're a team that's done it three times now and we sit down and talk about those stories that we want to pursue. There are separate stories like one called 'Days of Future Past,' which were written many, many years ago, that we all love and one day want to make. So we try as a group to toss out ideas.
"Also, Marvel does a lot of research online with their website and they get a lot of feedback from the fans. And I go online a lot -- sometimes under a fake name -- also to get feedback because they're our fan base and we want to make sure that we are catering to them. We listen to what they want to do and we combine that with what we want to do. Often they're the same (and) that's a great feeling."
On the marketing front, Shuler Donner applauds the team at Fox for its work on "X3" as well as the two previous blockbusters in the franchise. "They're fantastic," she said. "One of the greatest advantages of working with Fox besides their wonderful production team of (co-chairman) Tom Rothman and (president) Hutch Parker is their marketing (team headed by domestic marketing co-presidents) Tony Sella and Pam Levine and (executive vice president) Jeff Godsick. They're amazing. They've always astounded us (with things like) their conception (of campaigns). Their ideas for posters (and) their trailers are, I think, absolutely the best in the business."
And speaking of "the business," I reminded Shuler Donner that last summer many media people were ready to bury Hollywood given the weak grosses we were seeing at the time. Now with ticket sales up nearly 7% and admissions ahead by nearly 3.5% for the year to date versus last year thanks to some strong spring product, things are looking a lot brighter. "I think it's very complicated," she said, emphasizing that Hollywood still faces big problems. "I will tell you I think piracy is seriously affecting the business beyond what people talk about. I mean it's really taking globally a big bite out of profits and I think it has to be curbed. I don't know how, but I know it has to be dealt with.
"I do think, in general, the business is down (because of competition from new entertainment media for people's time and money). I believe gamers want to game and people go online and they buy DVDs and rent DVDs. The business is not as (simple as) it was years ago. But we can only hope that if we keep making exciting movies they will come and see them. I think this is going to be a good summer. I mean, certainly, between (such films as) 'Da Vinci Code' and 'Mission: Impossible III' and us, hopefully, it's going to start off well. I think we'll have a good summer and, hopefully, that'll give the whole business a boost."
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Anyone here speak turkish?
Source: http://www.kanald.com.tr/tv/sinema/Cüneyt Arkın, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu'nu anlatıyor
Kanal D'nin, Ömür Gedik'in hazırlayıp sunduğu "Sinema" programının bu haftaki konuğu, "Dünyanı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu" filmiyle tekrar beyazperdede izleme olanağı bulacağımız Cüneyt Arkın.
Ünlü oyuncu, çekimlerine geçen hafta başlanan filme nasıl hazırlandığını, filmde hangi dövüş sanatını kullanacağını, ilkine göre espri anlayışıa yaptıkları değişiklikleri Sinema izleyicileri için anlattı.
Programda ayrıca Ömür Gedik ve Burak Göral bu hafta vizyona giren Şanslı Slevin, Yaratıklar, Cehenneme Bir Adım ve Kutup Macerası filmlerini ve yakı
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I have to give props to sirius14sho! He found the article.
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Small story on the recent reshoots that happened at Pinewood Studios in London.
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Note to Aussie "X-Men" fans!
Only a few weeks until it comes out! I can tell you, it's really good, you're going to happy with what Ratner serves up. He's tweaking it up until the 11th hour, to make sure it's as good as it can be too. He'll surprise quite a few of you. Meantime, check out the new Aussie "X-Men 3" site at xmenthelaststand.com.au.
Note to Aussie "X-Men" fans!
Only a few weeks until it comes out! I can tell you, it's really good, you're going to happy with what Ratner serves up. He's tweaking it up until the 11th hour, to make sure it's as good as it can be too. He'll surprise quite a few of you. Meantime, check out the new Aussie "X-Men 3" site at xmenthelaststand.com.au.
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