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Newsweek's Oscar Roundtable with Six of 2009's Best Actors
Back in December, THR hosted a roundtable interview with the six soon-to-be-nominated Best Directors of 2009 (sadly, Peter Jackson was the one who didn't make the Oscar cut). Following in suit, Newsweek put together their own big roundtable interview after the Academy Awards nominations were announced. Their new series, called simply Oscar Roundtable 2010, includes one big roundtable interview with these six great actors: Jeff Bridges, Morgan Freeman, Carey Mulligan, Sandra Bullock, Gabourey Sidibe and Woody Harrelson. You can check out one of the video clips below or head over to their site for more. Check 'em out!
Watch This: If Famous Filmmakers Directed the Superbowl?
Are you ready for some football this weekend? Who are you rooting for at the Superbowl: the Saints or the Colts? Well, if you're favorite team didn't make it to the Superbowl or you just don't care about football, we've still got a fun football-and-movie mash-up video to share with you today (via Hollywood Elsewhere). The geniuses at Slate made a video called: What Would it Look Like If Famous Filmmakers Directed the Superbowl? I wasn't expecting this to be as funny as it is, but they nailed it with all of their directors. They mock: Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, & Werner Herzog. Enjoy!
Awesome: Buy Life-Size Replicas of the District 9 Weapons!
There's a reason why Weta Workshop is one of the best special effects companies in the world! Courtesy of SlashFilm we've discovered that Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop out of New Zealand is selling life-size replicas of the alien weapons from Neill Blomkamp's District 9. No, they aren't actually operable, but even if they were, you don't have any alien DNA so you couldn't fire them. "PLEASE NOTE: Unless your genetic makeup is part prawn, you cannot power up or fire this gun." They're also pretty damn expensive (since they are life-size) coming in at around $500 a piece. But damnit, these are freakin' awesome, I really want one!
Watch: District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp's 'Alien' TED Video
Last November, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp was chosen to be a part of TEDx in Vancouver. The director wanted to join the program but couldn't be there in person so he recorded a video (via SlashFilm) which is now online. He was asked in an interview once if he thought the aliens represented in District 9 were an accurate representation of what extraterrestrials are really like. His answer was "no" and from there he goes off on a talk about what real aliens would be like and if there is life on other planets (and why we haven't found it yet). It's an absolutely fascinating video presentation that I definitely suggest watching.
Two New Retro Mondo Posters: Frozen & House of the Devil
I love Mondo Tees! They always create and sell some of the most amazing posters you'll ever find. In honor of the release of two upcoming grindhouse-esque movies, Mondo has created two brand new posters (both of which are for sale on their website for $25 each). One of them is for Ti West's The House of the Devil (which hits VHS tomorrow). The other one is for Adam Green's Frozen, the stuck-on-a-ski-lift thriller that premiered at Sundance and hits limited theaters this coming weekend (February 5th). You can check out both of them below thanks to Bloody-Disgusting. They're both gorgeous so keep on reading to see them!
Check These Out: EW's Nifty Oscar Trends Countdown Charts
Even though the Oscars nominees will be officially announced on Tuesday next week, there's still lots of last minute discussion and buzz surrounding what will be nominated and what will win. Over on Entertainment Weekly (via Awards Daily) they've put together multiple Oscar Countdown Charts that combine various predictions from multiple sources. The charts are superbly designed to help regular moviegoers track trends in this year's Oscar race. You can click over to EW to check out more Oscar charts and interact with them, since you can click on them and do all kinds of fun stuff. As expected, The Hurt Locker looks like it will win.
Gorgeous New Alice in Wonderland Photos and Concept Art
Disney is ramping up their final big marketing push for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, due out on March 5th, and has been releasing numerous video featurettes and photo series that show the progression from green screen to finished CGI. Anyway, over on Animatie (via SlashFilm), they've debuted a big batch of concept art and new photos for the film that are too beautiful to pass up. At this point I'm looking forward to finally seeing movie, but these are a great last minute reminder that it's coming up very soon. My favorite two photos I've put at the end, too, the one with the Caterpillar and the one with the Cheshire Cat. Enjoy!
Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor Get a Badass Official Website
Earlier this week, Peter from SlashFilm mentioned to me that Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor had a brand new official website that is apparently quite badass and definitely worth checking out. I did just that and he's right, it is pretty badass, especially since these guys are crazy and they love going all out (just look at their movies). Not only do they have info and photos on all of their movies (Crank, Crank 2, Gamer, Pathology) but you can also look at some never-before-seen concept art from their version of Jonah Hex and also buy old drafts of scripts and posters and so much more. Even if you're not fans, check it out.
Creepy Viral Babysitter Needed Ad for The House of the Devil
As a reader of this blog, you probably already know that we're big fans of viral marketing and usually write about every little viral that pops up. Peter from SlashFilm informed me that there's a creepy viral for The House of the Devil that the filmmakers have been running recently. And coincidentally ShockTillYouDrop just wrote an article about this exact viral so I thought we'd point it out too because its pretty frickin' creepy. For those who don't know, The House of the Devil is a horror movie that first premiered last year set in the 80's and made to feel completely like it was made in the 80's (they even sent VHS tapes to some websites).
Kong Ain't Got Nothin' on Denzel Washington's Venn Diagram
After the majesty of Maxim's Morgan Freeman Chain of Command, it was going to take quite an effort to create another meticulously crafted chart chronicling the work of an actor. Hold on to your hat kids because the guys over at Maxim have one-upped themselves by putting together the Denzel Washington Venn Diagram, and we're not just talking two circles meeting in the middle, we're talking an in-depth, 7-part diagram recalling the various looks of Washington, chronicling many of the roles in which he's worn a hat, glasses, facial hair, two of those three, and the one role where he wore all three! Check it out in full below.
Paul Greengrass Takes Us Behind-the-Scenes of Green Zone!
Universal has debuted a badass behind-the-scenes featurette for Green Zone starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass. We've all seen the first trailer and yes it looks a lot like Bourne. Greengrass even explains early on that they wanted this to contain most of the elements of the Bourne movies (except it's set in Iraq instead, I guess). This is actually a great featurette because it talks a lot more about the story which is what we got so little of in those early trailers. It looks really intense and packed with all kinds of action, which is exactly what I'm looking forward to seeing. Looks like it could be pretty awesome. Enjoy!
Watch Wes Anderson's Stop-Motion NBR Acceptance Speech
The National Board of Review held a ceremony last night for their annual awards (just like every group this time of the year). The winners were actually announced in December but the ceremony was only held just recently. Wes Anderson won a "Special Filmmaking Achievement" award for Fantastic Mr. Fox and instead of simply accepting and giving a normal speech, Anderson made a cute little stop-motion animated vignette as his acceptance speech. But of course, he actually took the stage after showing it at the ceremony to say thanks in person as well. His vignette has been posted online in full thanks to Fox Searchlight. Enjoy!
Check This Out: Awesome Tyler Stout Monster Squad Poster!
We don't write about the posters that Mondo Tees sells as often as SlashFilm does, but there's a new one that I just have to feature (even if it's sold out). Their newest poster, designed by Tyler Stout, is for the 1987 creature feature classic Monster Squad. I had the honor of attending a screening of the movie late last year with live commentary from director Fred Dekker and writer Shane Black and it was quite an awesome experience. It's such a great movie that I'm sure many of you guys grew up on it. Yes, Wolfman's got nards! And yes, this poster kicks ass! Unfortunately, the bad news, is that this poster is already sold out. Damnit!
James Cameron's Entire Avatar Screenplay is Online for Free
While there's been nothing but universal praise for the stunning visuals in James Cameron's box office behemoth Avatar, there's been quite the negative chatter against Cameron's writing for the other-worldly epic. Words like unoriginal, hollow and even racist have been circling the internet in regards to the story, and I'm sure there's more to come after Cameron's Writer's Guild Awards nomination for Best Original Screenplay for the Avatar script. Now you can decide for yourself as SimplyScripts (via Rope of Silicon) points out 20th Century Fox has posted the entire Avatar screenplay for download free and legally.
Check This Out: Netflix Most Popular Rentals Regional Maps
We don't usually talk about Netflix or DVDs on the site, but I'm making an exception today to feature one of the coolest maps I've ever come across (at least for a movie geek like me). The NY Times built a website with a series of maps they call: "A Peek Into Netflix Queues." Essentially they created regional maps for 12 cities with rental patterns for 100 frequently-rented titles in those cities. It was created from data collected in 2009 (so it's not real time, it's historical) that Netflix provided for each zip code. It can also be organized by metascore with the highest ranking films listed (to see what region of cinephiles rented those the most).