Guillermo del Toro will produce the CG-animated horror comedy The Day of the Dead, Deadline reports. The flick features a “Romeo and Juliet-style love story”, with Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations acting as a backdrop. Jorge R. Gutierrez will write and direct the project, which is set for a 2014 release. Animation studio Reel FX is […]
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Are you ready for a 4-D cinema experience?
July 7, 2011 
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And we’d barely gotten used to 3-D! South Korean company CJ 4DPlex has told Vulture they plan to bring their 4-D theatre technology to America, and should they be successful, you can bet the rest of the world will follow. But what is 4-D you ask? It was recently revealed that Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids 4 would […]
Continue readingVideo Interview – Lucy Liu and Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2)
June 22, 2011 0 Comments
We spoke with Lucy Liu, one of the stars of Kung Fu Panda 2, as well as director Jennifer Yuh Nelson ahead of the film’s premiere at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. Check out our chat below! You can also read the transcripts of our full interviews! Interview – Lucy Liu Interview – Jennifer Yuh Nelson Kung […]
Continue readingInterview: Jennifer Yuh Nelson (director of Kung Fu Panda 2)
June 22, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Jennifer Yuh Nelson (director of Kung Fu Panda 2). By Simon Miraudo. Kung Fu Panda 2 helmer Jennifer Yuh Nelson has the distinct honour of being the first sole female director of an American animated film. We spoke with Nelson about her journey to the upper echelons at DreamWorks Animation studio, from her beginnings […]
Continue readingInterview: Lucy Liu (Kung Fu Panda 2)
June 22, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Lucy Liu (Kung Fu Panda 2). By Simon Miraudo. Lucy Liu has made a career out of playing powerful women, including Ling Woo in Ally McBeal, Alex Munday in Charlie’s Angels and O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill. She continues that tradition in the Kung Fu Panda films, where she offers her voice to Master […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Day Six
June 13, 2011 0 Comments
Sydney Film Festival – Day Six. By Simon Miraudo. “It goes so fast!” That’s what old people always say, isn’t it? “It goes so fast! How can it be over? It just began!” Of course, they’re referring to their entire lives, and I’m speaking of my less significant (yet equally epic) time here at the […]
Continue readingCandy Land movie to be Lord of the Rings-esque
May 26, 2011 1 Comment
Candy Land seems like a board game particular to American childhood; as a kid I was a demon at Trouble, Guess Who and The Game of Life, but Candy Land was never in my toy box. Apparently you draw coloured cards and move your gingerbread man to the square that corresponds with the colour you […]
Continue readingThe 2011 Sydney Film Festival line-up revealed
May 11, 2011 0 Comments
The complete lineup of flicks playing at this year’s Sydney Film Festival has been revealed, with Joe Wright’s Hanna announced as the opening night film. Mike Mills’ Beginners will close the fest. Two Cannes-bound Aussie movies – Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah – will screen in the festival’s official competition. They will compete […]
Continue readingCharlie Kaufman worked on Kung Fu Panda 2 script – fact.
May 18, 2010 0 Comments
Here’s a fun story. Heat Vision blog revealed last week that Charlie Kaufman – the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York – had done a polish on the screenplay for … Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom. Now, as the article reminds […]
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