Behind the scenes of Tron Legacy

Digital Domain, the special effects wizards behind Tron Legacy have just released this video short detailing the work that went into producing the film's numerous special effects.

Regardless of what you thought of the film overall, there's no denying that the movie was visually spectacular and, with the creation of the Clu character, attempted to push the envelope with what is possible with CGI.

The video gives an insight into just how much effort was necessary to bring the filmmakers vision to screen and is definitely worth a watch. A word of warning though, this is pretty spoiler-heavy for those who have yet to catch the film.




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Trailer for John Carpenter,s The Ward

Seventies and eighties horror legend John Carpenter hasn't troubled the inside of a cinema since 2001's Ghost's of Mars. Since then Carpenter's work has amounted to a couple of mediocre episodes of the cable TV series Masters of Horror and a producers role on the ill-fated Fog remake.

Now Carpenter is back with 'psychological horror movie' The Ward, which stars Amber Heard as a woman who is committed to an asylum following an arson attempt. Once there she is haunted by the ghost of a former patient. The plot sounds beyond cliched, and early reviews have been unkind to say the least.

The film hits cinemas in the UK on 21st January, and the distributors have just released a full length trailer, which is embedded below.





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'Paul' American trailer now online

The American trailer for Greg Mottola's new sic-fi comedy Paul is now online here.

The comedy, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, tells the tale of two sic-fi geeks who, on a cross-country road trip, encounter a real life alien (voiced by Seth Rogen). Jason Bateman co-stars as an FBI agent on the creatures tail.

Early word on the film has been promising, but it remains to be seen if the Pegg/Frost pairing can cross over from cult to mainstream appeal in the States.

Paul opens on February 18th in the UK, with it's USA release following a month later.


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First cast shot from Red Dawn re-make

Fans of cheesy eighties action reacted to news of a remake of Red Dawn with some consternation. The tale of Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen as brothers fighting off a small town communist invasion, whilst not high art, holds a place in the heart of cinemagoers of a certain age.

The sequel, which replaces the Russian baddies with Chinese invaders, was actually completed months ago and was originally planned for a Summer 2010 release. However MGM's ongoing financial troubles have led to the film being temporarily shelved (because y'know spending millions on a film and NOT releasing it is great business sense).

At least we now have pictures of the films cast, thanks to the Daily Blam, which has obtained this image, which appears to be a promotional or test shot rather than a scene from the movie itself:-





Eagle eyed readers will notice the presence of Chris Hemsworth, who has a leading role in the movie. It may be that this leads to the film seeing release next summer to capitalise on Hemsworth's high profile title role in the Marvel Comics adaptation Thor.

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Gareth Edwards to helm new Godzilla movie

The Hollywood Reporter reports that British writer / director Gareth Edwards is close to signing a deal with Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures to helm their new take on the Godzilla franchise, which is pencilled in for a Summer 2012 release.

Edwards recently caused a splash with his low budget indie hit Monsters, which he wrote, directed and created the special effects for.

Warners acquired the American rights to Godzilla from Japan's Toho Studios in 2010. They will be hoping their take on the material fares better than the last attempt to bring the creature to American shores with Roland Emmerich's ill-fated 1998 blockbuster. In the meantime, we recommend checking out the restored version of the 1954 original, available on DVD from BFI video.


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David Fincher interview

Long but interesting interview with David Fincher at Collider.com.

The interview mainly concentrates on the making of The Social Network (which hits DVD and Blu-Ray next week) but also talks about his working practices generally and his upcoming projects, including the American language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

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