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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
DEAR WENDY (2005) Rare Behind The Scenes Photos - Jamie Bell
One shot is all it takes.....
Dick, a loner living in a poor US mining town, happens upon a small antique handgun, and finds himself strangely drawn to it. He convinces other young outcasts to join him in a secret club he calls 'The Dandies'. It's a club based on the conflicting ideals of pacifism and guns; with the most important rule: 'never draw your weapon'. They soon find themselves in a predicament where they realize that rules are made to be broken...
MEET THE DANDIES
DICK
Rank: Leader of The Dandies.
Characteristics: Dedicated pacifist with very little self-confidence.
Shooting specialty: From the hip and blindfolded cause he is a bad ass like that.
Weapon: Double action pearl handle revolver with internal hammer.
STEVIE
Rank: Co-founder of The Dandies.
Characteristics: Shy, but knows every story behind each weapon.
Shooting specialty: Long range accuracy.
Weapon: Semi-automatic 7,63mm Model 1898 Broomhandle.
SUSAN
Rank: The only She-Dandy.
Characteristics: She is said to stink and has never grown breasts.
Shooting specialty: Ricochet shooting with two pistols.
Weapon: Caliber .32 double action six-shooters with extended hammers.
HUEY
Rank: Only handicapped Dandy.
Characteristics: Unlucky in many ways, especially with girls. Used to get by with a wheelchair, but now uses crutches.
Shooting specialty: High caliber.
Weapon: Caliber .52 smooth bore percussion front loader.
FREDDIE
Rank: Youngest Dandy.
Characteristics: Huey’s brother. Always gets beaten up at school.
Shooting specialty: Doesn’t really have one.
Weapon: Is reluctant to pick one.
Dick, a loner living in a poor US mining town, happens upon a small antique handgun, and finds himself strangely drawn to it. He convinces other young outcasts to join him in a secret club he calls 'The Dandies'. It's a club based on the conflicting ideals of pacifism and guns; with the most important rule: 'never draw your weapon'. They soon find themselves in a predicament where they realize that rules are made to be broken...
MEET THE DANDIES
DICK
Rank: Leader of The Dandies.
Characteristics: Dedicated pacifist with very little self-confidence.
Shooting specialty: From the hip and blindfolded cause he is a bad ass like that.
Weapon: Double action pearl handle revolver with internal hammer.
STEVIE
Rank: Co-founder of The Dandies.
Characteristics: Shy, but knows every story behind each weapon.
Shooting specialty: Long range accuracy.
Weapon: Semi-automatic 7,63mm Model 1898 Broomhandle.
SUSAN
Rank: The only She-Dandy.
Characteristics: She is said to stink and has never grown breasts.
Shooting specialty: Ricochet shooting with two pistols.
Weapon: Caliber .32 double action six-shooters with extended hammers.
HUEY
Rank: Only handicapped Dandy.
Characteristics: Unlucky in many ways, especially with girls. Used to get by with a wheelchair, but now uses crutches.
Shooting specialty: High caliber.
Weapon: Caliber .52 smooth bore percussion front loader.
FREDDIE
Rank: Youngest Dandy.
Characteristics: Huey’s brother. Always gets beaten up at school.
Shooting specialty: Doesn’t really have one.
Weapon: Is reluctant to pick one.
Below are 21 seldom seen behind the scenes photos from the production of
DEAR WENDY.
Several of The Temple and Tunnels, as well as the Library,
Dressing Room & Gun Room.
Look closely & you will spot Jamie and the 'Dandies' in some of the photos...
Go to Photobucket to see a larger view of each photo
a link will appear once the slide show ends
DEAR WENDY.
Several of The Temple and Tunnels, as well as the Library,
Dressing Room & Gun Room.
Look closely & you will spot Jamie and the 'Dandies' in some of the photos...
Go to Photobucket to see a larger view of each photo
a link will appear once the slide show ends
(Photo Credit: P. Menne)
Friday, May 20, 2011
The Adventures of Tintin: Trailer BreakDown - Jamie Bell
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Click above to go to EMPIRE fora detailed description of each photo...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Everything We Know: Part 2 - Jamie Bell
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is a motion capture 3-D film based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Georges "Hergé" Remi, and scheduled for release on December 23, 2011. It will be directed by Steven Spielberg and the script is based on four of the stories; The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure.
Spielberg first acquired rights to Tintin after Hergé's death in 1983, and re-optioned them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but release was delayed to 2011 after Universal opted out of producing the film with Paramount, who provided $30 million on pre-production. Sony chose to co-produce the films. The delay resulted in Thomas Sangster, who had been cast as Tintin, departing from the project. Producer Peter Jackson, whose company Weta Digital is providing the animation, intends to direct a sequel. Spielberg and Jackson also hope to co-direct a third film.
The film is currently in post-production. The scoring sessions started in October 2009 and the main sessions will end in summer 2010. Composer John Williams has just completed the score.
The Adventures of Tintin will be the first Spielberg film to be shot digitally. Although Spielberg is not completely unfamiliar with digital cinematography--having directed a scene in Revenge of the Sith--the director has firmly stated that he still prefers working with film.
Premise
Combining the stories of The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure, the film depicts Tintin's (Jamie Bell) first encounter with Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and the discovery of a clue to the treasure of his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. They set out to find it with protection from a prison escapee who tried to get the treasure as well as Detectives Thompson and Thomson (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost).
Jackson, a longtime fan of the comics, had used motion capture in The Lord of the Rings and King Kong. He suggested that a live action adaptation would not do justice to the comic books and motion capture was the best way of representing Hergé's world of Tintin. A week of filming took place in November 2006 in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California, on the stage where James Cameron shot Avatar. Andy Serkis had been cast, while Jackson stood in for Tintin. Cameron and Robert Zemeckis were present during the shoot. The footage was transmitted to Weta Digital, who produced a twenty-minute test reel that demonstrated a photo-realistic depiction of the characters. Spielberg said he would not mind filming it digitally because he saw it as an animated film, and reiterated his live action work would always be filmed traditionally.
An official announcement about the collaboration was made in May 2007, although both filmmakers had to wait to film it: Spielberg was preparing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Jackson was planning The Lovely Bones. In October 2007, Steven Moffat was announced as having signed on to write the screenplays for two of the Tintin films. Moffat said he was "love bombed" by Spielberg into accepting the offer to write the films, with the director promising to shield him from studio interference with his writing. Moffat finished the first script, but could not complete the second because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. He then became executive producer of Doctor Who, leading Spielberg and Jackson (the latter of whom is a fan of the show) to allow him to leave and fulfill his duty to the series. Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish rewrote the script.
More filming took place in March 2008. But in August 2008, a month before principal photography would have begun, Universal turned down their option to co-produce the film, citing the low box office of Monster House and Beowulf as well as the directors' usual request for 30% of the gross. Paramount Pictures (DreamWorks' distributor) had hoped to partner with Universal on the project having spent $30 million on pre-production. Spielberg gave a ten-minute presentation of footage, hoping they would approve for filming to begin in October. Paramount offered to produce if the directors opted out of their gross percentage deals: Spielberg and Jackson declined, and negotiated with Sony to co-finance and distribute the first film by the end of October. Sony only agreed to finance two films, though Jackson said a third film may still happen.
Filming began on January 26, 2009, and the release date was moved from 2010 to 2011. Spielberg wrapped his film – after 32 days of shooting – in March 2009. Jackson was present for the first week of filming and supervised the rest of the shoot via a specially made iChat videoconferencing program. Simon Pegg said Jackson's voice would "be coming over the Tannoy like God." During filming, various directors including Guillermo del Toro, Stephen Daldry and David Fincher visited. Spielberg would try to treat the film like live-action, moving his camera around. He revealed, "Every movie I made, up until Tintin, I always kept one eye closed when I've been framing a shot," because he wanted to see the movie in 2-D, the way viewers would. "On Tintin, I have both of my eyes open." Jackson took the hands on approach to directing Weta Digital during post-production, which Spielberg will supervise through videoconferencing. Jackson will also begin ideas for the second film which he will be officially credited as director on. Spielberg says "there will be no cell phones, no TV sets, no modern cars. Just timeless Europe." His cinematographer Janusz Kamiński serves as lighting consultant for Weta, and Jackson said the film will look "film noirish, very atmospheric". Spielberg finished six weeks of additional motion-capture filming in mid-July, by which time the script and animatics for Jackson's film were almost done.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Adventures of Tintin : Trailer #1 - Jamie Bell
NOTE: Turn music off at the video below/Next column...A slightly different DOMESTIC version of the trailer below...
click the logoMonday, May 16, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
TINTIN (2011) Trailer #1 is Complete! & New Logo - Jamie Bell
is complete and could be out before the end of May.
The New Logo is from TINTIN-MOVIE.net
banner at Cannes
The New Logo is from TINTIN-MOVIE.net
banner at CannesWednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
THE EAGLE (2011) StoryBoards by Miklos Weigert
Some examples of THE EAGLE (2011) StoryBoards...* See this as a Video Animation on YOUTUBE
click above to go to the Miklos Weigert websiteNOTE: Turn music off at the video below/Next column...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
RETREAT (2011) trailer - Jamie Bell, Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton
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Synopsis:
In a last-ditch attempt to save their faltering marriage, Martin & Kate (Cillian Murphy & Thandie Newton) return to a beautiful, yet remote and unpopulated Scottish island that is home to Fairweather Cottage. A place where they once shared a romantic holiday.
Despite the warmth of autumnal log fires, Kate and Martin find their relationship is still cool and things only get worse when they lose contact with the mainland, and find themselves inexplicably stranded.
One morning a bloodied military man appears seemingly out of nowhere with terrifying news –
a deadly airborne pandemic has broken out and is coming their way. Jack insists they seal themselves into the cottage to keep the fatal virus out.
Although unconvinced, Kate and Martin have little choice but to play along as Jack bit by bit seals the doors and windows. Even when he starts to board up the house, shutting them in entirely, Martin and Kate can’t agree on what to do.
With each nail that Jack hammers into the wooden doorframes, conflicts bubble to the surface, and Jack exploits the couple’s mistrust for his own ends.
But when Jack starts to turn abusive to Kate, she and Martin finally join forces to confront him.
In a series of tense twists the captive couple use all their ingenuity to try to escape from Jack, and from the retreat cottage that has become their prison.
And, just when it looks like they might gain the upper hand, a disturbing discovery turns everything upside down resulting in a violent and shocking conclusion.
Cast:
Thandie Newton – 2012, The Pursuit of Happiness, Mission Impossible 2
Cillian Murphy – Inception, The Dark Night, 28 Days Later, Sunshine
Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot, King Kong, The Adventures of Tintin (Major release planned for 2011)
Writer / Director:
Carl Tibbetts
First-time writer/director.
Producer:
Gary Sinyor
Well respected producer / director. Burst onto the scene with the highly successful Leon the Pig Farmer. Other titles include; Stiff Upper Lips, The Bachelor and Bob the Butler.
Synopsis:
In a last-ditch attempt to save their faltering marriage, Martin & Kate (Cillian Murphy & Thandie Newton) return to a beautiful, yet remote and unpopulated Scottish island that is home to Fairweather Cottage. A place where they once shared a romantic holiday.
Despite the warmth of autumnal log fires, Kate and Martin find their relationship is still cool and things only get worse when they lose contact with the mainland, and find themselves inexplicably stranded.
One morning a bloodied military man appears seemingly out of nowhere with terrifying news –
a deadly airborne pandemic has broken out and is coming their way. Jack insists they seal themselves into the cottage to keep the fatal virus out.
Although unconvinced, Kate and Martin have little choice but to play along as Jack bit by bit seals the doors and windows. Even when he starts to board up the house, shutting them in entirely, Martin and Kate can’t agree on what to do.
With each nail that Jack hammers into the wooden doorframes, conflicts bubble to the surface, and Jack exploits the couple’s mistrust for his own ends.
But when Jack starts to turn abusive to Kate, she and Martin finally join forces to confront him.
In a series of tense twists the captive couple use all their ingenuity to try to escape from Jack, and from the retreat cottage that has become their prison.
And, just when it looks like they might gain the upper hand, a disturbing discovery turns everything upside down resulting in a violent and shocking conclusion.
Cast:
Thandie Newton – 2012, The Pursuit of Happiness, Mission Impossible 2
Cillian Murphy – Inception, The Dark Night, 28 Days Later, Sunshine
Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot, King Kong, The Adventures of Tintin (Major release planned for 2011)
Writer / Director:
Carl Tibbetts
First-time writer/director.
Producer:
Gary Sinyor
Well respected producer / director. Burst onto the scene with the highly successful Leon the Pig Farmer. Other titles include; Stiff Upper Lips, The Bachelor and Bob the Butler.
New Photos: Jamie Bell at the Soho Hotel - NI Syndication
click to enlargeThe Sunday Times, The Sun, and the News of the World:
As well as Magazine and Book publishers, etc.
These two NI Syndication photos appeared in theUK Sunday Times Magazine March 19, 2011
Click the thumb to see 14 new photos of Jamiephotographed at the Soho Hotel March 9, 2011
(I wish I had a password!)
(I wish I had a password!)
Monday, May 2, 2011
Celebrity Sightings In London - Jamie Bell
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOMMarch 11, 2011
Jamie Bell sighted at BBC Radio One
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