--Jim Jarmusch
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Friday, March 29, 2013
The Great Cast and Crew Collaboration Behind 'Beauty of Decay' Film Saga
--Jim Jarmusch
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Spirit Presence in Old Mills
A small group of local ghost hunters feels that even though most of the machinery has been removed, and the mills now lay dormant day after day, there is still a strong and active presence found within the abandoned brick buildings.
Pete Lamontagne, James Lantagne, Molly Lovell-Keely (managing editor of the Courier) and her husband, Brian Keely, have been meeting for several months to discuss the activity each has felt in the buildings, as well as the work the group has done to document or debunk each encounter.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Even With Zombies Involved, 'Beauty of Decay' Isn't So Far From Reality
In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
--Cameron Crowe
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A Paranormal Romance for ‘Stuck To Your Pillow’
“After a serious diving accident ends tragically, Miguel encounters his guardian angel that urges him to cross over. But Miguel continues to live on Earth as a ghost for the sake of the love of his life: Patricia.
Patricia is a married woman, but finds herself starting a relationship with Miguel’s astral spirit through her dreams. Her husband Luis becomes wary of his wife’s strange behavior and hires a private detective who discovers the otherworldly affair between Patricia and Miguel.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
'Beauty of Decay' Film Saga Touches Society, Culture and Social Relationships
But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
--George Lucas
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Plants vs. Zombies Set for the Summer Premiere
PopCap didn’t release any information about the sequel, but has launched another PvZ title for Facebook called Plants vs. Zombies Adventures:
Unlike the original, Adventures has players defending a motor home from waves of zombies, and the undead don’t just walk in a straight line this time. They can follow paths that turn and twist, like in other tower-defense titles. New plants like the Beet — which, uh, beats enemies — will help deal with these more complex attack patterns.
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures also has a town-building mechanic that has players upgrading various properties to earn new resources. This aspect of the game also reveals PopCap’s social and monetization strategy.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Anticipating the Dilemma of Remarkable Characters in 'Beauty of Decay' Film Saga
I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.
--William Friedkin
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Combination of Zombies and Mathematics
A mathematics professor at the University of Ottawa has found a way to connect math with disease research in a lighthearted manner by adding some flesh-eating zombies.
It’s supposed to be an entertaining approach to disease modeling using fictional zombies to illustrate how real disease can be modeled with mathematics.
Robert Smith? (yes, that’s Smith with a question mark) is originally from Australia, now living in Canada, and studied sewage treatment, toxic waste cleanup, and infectious disease to earn his PhD.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
It's a Only a Matter of Time to Showcase 'Beauty of Decay Film's Unforgettable Scenes
There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch.
--David Fincher
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The Doctor, The Dead and The Throne in One Package
It almost seems cruel for
“Revolution” to make its comeback with all the other heavy hitters.
Here’s hoping the dedicated fans stick by them.
The television landscape isn’t as bleak as it seems. Each week we’ll countdown the best in sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal television for the viewer with discriminating tastes. Here is this week’s Watchlist for March 25 – 31.
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The television landscape isn’t as bleak as it seems. Each week we’ll countdown the best in sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal television for the viewer with discriminating tastes. Here is this week’s Watchlist for March 25 – 31.
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
'The Beauty of Decay Saga' Ready to Take Its Unique Journey
One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.
--Ron Howard
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‘World War Z’ Displays First Poster of its Zombies
Though the blockbuster zombie thriller World War Z has seen its fair share of development issues
on its way to the big screen, we’re still hoping that it will turn out
better than the behind-the-scenes drama would indicate. So far we’ve
seen a teaser, a full trailer, a Super Bowl TV spot, and I found out at a special WWZ event we attended last week in Los Angeles that the new trailer will be out officially tonight at midnight PST – so check back then.
I’ll have a full report on that event soon, but in the meantime
Paramount has released a new poster for the movie that is actually just
as cool as some of these fan made efforts.
World War Z is directed by German filmmaker Marc Forster, of films Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace and Machine Gun Preacher previously. The screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom, State of Play) and revised by Damon Lindelof (Star Trek, Prometheus). It’s adapted from Max Brooks’ beststelling zombie book World War Z. Paramount will release World War Z in theaters on June 21st after being delayed from December last year.
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World War Z is directed by German filmmaker Marc Forster, of films Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace and Machine Gun Preacher previously. The screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom, State of Play) and revised by Damon Lindelof (Star Trek, Prometheus). It’s adapted from Max Brooks’ beststelling zombie book World War Z. Paramount will release World War Z in theaters on June 21st after being delayed from December last year.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
The Determination Behind 'The Beauty of Decay Saga' Film
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.
--James Cameron
‘Cloud Atlas’ Shines at German Film Awards
The fantasy epic Cloud Atlas might have divided audiences, but the German Film Academy is united in its support of the $100 million production from directors Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings. It has nominated the movie in nine categories, including best film, for the 2013 German Film Awards, also called the Lolas.
Cloud Atlas, which features an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Halle Barry, Hugh Grant and Hugo Weaving, is the big-budget outlier among the nominees, otherwise made up of low-budget art house productions.
The David to Cloud Atlas‘ Goliath is Oh Boy, the black-and-white film debut of first-time director Jan-Ole Gerster, which received eight Lola nominations, including best film, best director and best actor for Tom Schilling. An ironic, funny and at times tragic look at a young man who drops out of university to wander the streets of Berlin, Oh Boy was the sleeper hit of 2012 in Germany, earning more than $2 million at the box office.
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Real Paranormal World of Shadow People
This week Anchor Bay released writer/director Matthew Arnold’s indie thriller Shadow People,
and to mark the occasion, Dread Central caught up with the filmmaker to
talk about the project, the real-life inspiration behind the story, and
lots more.The film stars Dallas Roberts (“The Walking Dead”) as a small town radio personality named Charlie Crowe, who unravels a conspiracy about encounters with the mysterious shadowy figures that happen to be the cause of hundreds of unexplained deaths over hundreds of years in many different cultures throughout the world. Through his own investigations, Charlie (Roberts) encounters CDC Epidemic Intelligence Agent Sophie Lancombe (Alison Eastwood), whose discoveries end up leading them both into a dark world and a decades old cover-up.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
With 'The Beauty of Decay Saga', High Risks Translate to High Rewards
“An essential element of any art is risk. If you don’t take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn’t been seen before?”
– Francis Ford Coppola
Shakespeare with Zombies
What if every writer, not just the cult horror guru, got the George Romero treatment on every piece of work?
This is the cine-geeky conversation that a Twin Cities-based playwright had with his friends that eventually led to a joke about writing something called “William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead.”
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Great Films like 'The Beauty of Decay Saga' is a Product of Mixed Inspirations
“I steal from every single movie ever made. I love it – if my work has anything it’s that I’m taking this from this and that from that and mixing them together. If people don’t like that, then tough titty, don’t go and see it, alright? I steal from everything. Great artists steal; they don’t do homages.”
– Quentin Tarantino
Does ‘The Walking Dead Overlap With Horror Genre?
That’s one of the many reasons why playing Lex Luthor on an episode of Smallville was a dream come true. Not only can I say I’m one of only eight actors ever to portray the villain on film and television (and fans are united on that fact that my performance ranks a solid 8th), prepping for the role involved spending hours in a makeup chair as two artists transformed my body into a burn victim from the waist up. In a small way, I got to live out everything I had dreamed about as a kid.
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Five Awards for Tamil Film Industry at 60th National Film Awards
Kamal Haasan’s controversial film Vishwaroopam won best choreography for Birju Maharaj and best production design for Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja.
Director Balaji Sakthivel’s Vazhakku En 18/9 was adjudged the best regional language movie in Tamil cinema. It also won the best make-up artist award for Raja, Tamil Nesan reported.
Director Bala’s latest release Paradesi won the award for best costume designer for Poornima Ramasamy. The award for the best feature film went to Hindi film Paan Singh Tomar, which was directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Zombie’s Influence on Movies
LOS ANGELES — It was the middle of 2006, and hardly anyone was particularly worried about the zombie apocalypse.
But Paramount Pictures saw it coming.
In June of that year, Paramount joined Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment in acquiring film rights to the book “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.” Its author, Max Brooks, building on his own successful “Zombie Survival Guide”
from three years earlier, had taken a novel approach, using fictitious
interviews to create the story of a world overrun by zombies.
Since then, it seems as if zombies actually had taken over — in smaller films like “Zombieland,” books like “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and, most notably, a television series, “The Walking Dead,” that has drawn extraordinary ratings over three seasons.
So when “World War Z” hits the big screen on June 21, it will be chasing a wave it anticipated almost a decade ago.
Asian Film Award Turns to ‘Mystery’
BEIJING – Chinese drama “Mystery” by often controversial Mainland helmer Lou Ye scooped the best film honor at the Asian Film Awards at the Hong Kong Film Festival.
Pic follows a middle-aged woman who sets out to take revenge on her unfaithful husband.
Lou has been banned in China for his films, which often deal with political themes unpopular with the government.
“Mystery” also took home the award for best newcomer, Qi Xi, and best screenwriters.
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Reason #4,876 why the Cast & Crew of this film know The Beauty of Decay Saga Films are the best films ever
Inspirational Reason #4,876 why the Cast & Crew of this film know The Beauty of Decay Saga Trilogy will be the best films ever:
Here is a great quote that helps explain part of the reason from a great director:
“Films are subjective-what you like, what you don’t like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it’s the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they’ve done, I want that effort there-I want that sincerity. And when you don’t feel it, that’s the only time I feel like I’m wasting my time at the movies.” – Christopher Nolan
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Fascination on Horror Movies
I’ve always had a fascination with horror movies. In fact, one of the first things that piqued my interest in film making was reading about legendary makeup artist Jack Pierce, Lon Chaney, Jr., Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and the Universal monster movies. (The book pictured here was one of my favorites.) Long before I’d seen any of the films, I knew far more about movie monster makeup and effects than any six-year-old probably should.
That’s one of the many reasons why playing Lex Luthor on an episode of Smallville
was a dream come true. Not only can I say I’m one of only eight actors
ever to portray the villain on film and television (and fans are united
on that fact that my performance ranks a solid 8th), prepping for the
role involved spending hours in a makeup chair as two artists
transformed my body into a burn victim from the waist up. In a small
way, I got to live out everything I had dreamed about as a kid.
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Big Wins for ‘War Witch’ at Quebec’s Film Awards
Hosting the show was Genie award-winning actor Rémy Girard, known for his role in the 2011 Oscar nominated film Incendies. Girard was the Jutra’s inaugural host in 1999.
Among those taking home some of the night’s most recognized awards:
- Best Actor: Julien Poulin, Camion
- Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza, War Witch (known as Rebelle in French)
- Best Director: Kim Nguyen, War Witch
- Best Film: War Witch
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
#SXSW NEWS: NEW FILM, DECAY, ANNOUNCES JOHN RAWLS (HOBBIT), JULIANNA PIECHOCZEK, ANGELE COOPER, STACEY THOMPSON, MILES NELSON AND MORE TO JOIN CAST OF THE BEAUTY OF DECAY SAGA
IMMEDIATE RELEASE. PLEASE CIRCULATE FAR AND WIDE
DATE: Austin, Texas, March 17th, Last Day of the SXSW
DATE: Austin, Texas, March 17th, Last Day of the SXSW
AUSTIN, TEXAS - With Every Ending, Comes a New Beginning. On the last day of SXSW, one of the world's largest film festivals, we are proud to share an announcement about Decay, one of the world's most amazing Zombie Sagas. Decay, the first first film in the BEauty of Decay Saga, a romantic-action zombie producttion, is thrilled to announce the addition of
three incredible actors. Cannes Film Festival Award Winner Julianna
Piechoczek, (best known as Ellen from Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) and 2012 Olympia Qualifier Angele Cooper, are excited to join the cast
and look forward to filming this extremely different kind of zombie film
in mid-2013.
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| Julianna and Justin Bieber |
Julianna
Piechoczek is an award-winning actress having won the Best Actress
Award at Cannes for her starring role as 'Jane' in 2011’s Jane. In 2012, she was in two films at Cannes including a supporting role in the film chosen as Best Narrative Short, Choices.
She is best known for her role as Ellen on the TV Show “Dont Trust The B----- in Apt 23″ (official ABC website here) starring James Van Der Beek.
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| Angele, seen at far left, with other amazing members of the cast and crew. |
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| Angele Cooper of the University of Texas celebrates her win in the Women University/College 400 Meter Hurdles at the Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Miles Nelson and Stephanie Hunter. |
Angele Cooper is an actress, a 2012 Olympic Qualifier in the 400m Hurdles, a Six-time USTFCCCA first-team All-America member and a Member
of the 2009 NCAA Outdoor 4x400m national championship team. Angele, in
addition to over half of the cast members, are residents of Texas.
What are People Saying About the Script? After reading the script, Jeryl Prescott, said: "The script is intriguing and action-packed! Jeryl, the ever spectacular actress, is best known as Jacqui in the, "THE WALKING DEAD," the most popular Zombie TV series of all time. She has also appeared in the Skeleton Key, Criminal Minds and more.
Marvin Campbell (IMDB page here) has said: "The interest in the 'Zombie' phenomenon has grown immeasurably over the years and the formula has proved very successful at raising the production bar each time. I would love to be part of a new venture into this area and am flattered you thought of me." Marvin is the Barcelona Olympian, 3x Taurus Stunt Award Winner, an incredible actor known as 'Mailer' from "28 Days Later", one of the most popular Zombie films of all time, and an award winning stunt man from Children of Men, Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale, The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Skyfall, to name a few.
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| Maggie Werning |
Decay is a feature screenplay by screenwriter, Maggie Werning. Maggie has finished Decay and also the first draft for the sequel which are the first two films in the Beauty of Decay Saga. Maggie, Angele, Stacey, Miles and the entire cast recently received a Diversity Award for their script reading exhibition at the 7th Annual International S.U.R.G.E. Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
Film lovers can also look forward to hearing an amazing soundtrack created from several brand new original love songs for this film from the talented musician Brenna Sahatjian of the Legendary Riot-folk! Brenna plays original folk tunes involving guitar, cello, and piano. She recently helped form Tansy and Tarweed, an out anarcha-folk doom jazz quartet based in Portland, OR. She has previously been noted for her unique guitar style, the dense poetry of her lyrics, and multi-instrumental recordings on which she's accompanied herself. She’s joined members of the Riot-Folk collective on several US tours, and has recorded and distributed several albums with the help of other DIY artists: Crude but Lucid (2005),To Each Idle Arrow (2006), Dream Warriors (2007) with Tin Tree Factory, A Mingling of Freak Phenomena (2009) with Arey Gonif, and Things You Can't Keep (2009) with Actor Slash Model.
For more information about the film please visit: www.BeautyOfDecay.org
PHOTOS FOR THE MEDIA.
Press Release Photos of Julianna Piechoczek are found here.
Press Release Photos of Angele Cooper, Miles Nelson and other amazing cast and crew are found here and found on our website with video here.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Zombies at Just About Everywhere
In the popular TV series “The Walking Dead,” humans struggle to escape from a pack of zombies hungry for flesh. Prank alerts have warned of a zombie apocalypse on radio stations in a handful of states. And across the country, zombie wanna-bes in tattered clothes occasionally fill local parks, gurgling moans of the undead.
Nor has Staten Island escaped the plague.
Earlier this month, a "Zombie Hunter" Jeep was spotted at the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and New Dorp Lane. A Twitter user snapped a grainy photo and posted it for her 300-plus followers to see.
"Everybody get ready for a zombie attack!" Twitter user @jols_desantis posted on her Twitter account.
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‘Short Term 12′ and ‘William and the Windmill’ Receive Honors at SXSW
AUSTIN, Tex. — The South by Southwest grand jury award for best narrative feature was given to “Short Term 12” on Tuesday night, while “William and the Windmill” received the grand jury award for best documentary.
“Short Term 12,” about a young supervisor at a foster-care facility, was written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The film garnered strong reviews and featured a much-talked-about lead performance by Brie Larson.
“William and the Windmill,” about a young Malawian who builds a windmill from scrap metal to save his family from famine, was directed by Ben Nabors.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Zombie Madness Stems from Societal Frustrations
In the popular TV series “The Walking Dead,” humans struggle to escape from a pack of zombies hungry for flesh. Prank alerts have warned of a zombie apocalypse on radio stations in a handful of states. And across the country, zombie wannabes in tattered clothes occasionally fill local parks, gurgling moans of the undead.
Are these just unhealthy obsessions with death and decay? To Clemson University professor Sarah Lauro, the phenomenon isn’t harmful or a random fad, but part of a historical trend that mirrors a level of cultural dissatisfaction and economic upheaval.
Lauro, who teaches English at Clemson, studied zombies while working on her doctoral degree at the University of California at Davis. Lauro said she keeps track of zombie movies, television shows and video games, but her research focuses primarily on the concept of the “zombie walk,” a mass gathering of people who, dressed in the clothes and makeup of the undead, stagger about and dance.
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Skyfall Wins the Vote of South Bank Sky Arts Awards
It may have missed out on an Oscar nomination for best film, but the latest James Bond film has added to its extensive list of accolades by picking up Best Film at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards; the ceremony was hosted by Lord Bragg in London at lunchtime today (March, 12).
Skyfall – the most successful British Film since box office records began – beat psychological thriller Berberian Sound Studio and documentary The Imposter to the award. Skyfall producer Barbara Broccoli said winning the award was ‘an honour’. Elsewhere, Tom Stoppard’s BBC2 adaptation of Ford Maddox Ford’s Parade’s End won the drama award, beating out fellow Shakespeare adaptations The Hollow Crown and police thriller Line of Duty. The Visual Arts award went to Thomas Heatherwick’s London 2012 cauldron, while Twenty Twelve picked up the comedy prize, making it a solid afternoon for the BBC. Jessie Ware, who performed at the ceremony and was awarded with the Pop Music award, provided entertainment while Julie Walters received the Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Scott Alan Roberts Uncovers ‘The Secret of the Reptilians’
1. What exactly was your prime inspiration and motivation in tackling the Reptilians in your new book The Secret Of The Reptilians?
SR: It was the need to examine the roots of the mythology that drove me to dig into this particular topic – that, and it branched perfectly off my study into the Nephilim. Were there pale-encounters between primordial man and ancient non-human presences, and if there were, why all this connectivity to “reptilian” archetypes throughout history? I wanted to find out how these things were all connected… and I don’t know if I actually accomplished that (for myself), or if I simply dredged up many, many more questions.
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Women in Film Festival Awards Gives Out Big Prizes
The film Little Black Spiders was awarded three prizes on the closing night of the Vancouver Women in Film Festival, on Sunday (March 10). The Belgian film—much admired by the Straight’s own Michelle Da Silva—was honored for best feature and best screenwriting, with a third award going to Patrica Toye for best direction.
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Actress Kristen Hager’s Specialty on Zombies, Aliens and Werewolves
Kristen Hager plays the werewolf Nora on the SyFy Network series ”Being Human.” She has also starred in the “Alien vs. Predator” series, as well as the horror comedy “A Little Bit Zombie.”
She recently took part in a shoot for the popular photo site MeInMyPlace.com
, and told them her affinity for the sci-if genre is completely accidental.“It’s definitely been something that sought me out as opposed to me seeking it out, and it’s been entirely coincidental that I’ve done so many things that would fall into the sci-fi/horror genre,” she told MIMP. “But that being said, I love scary films! And I’ve loved science fiction stories since I was a kid, so it’s very enjoyable to do those jobs.”
Deadline for Short Film Award Announced
Filmbase
and RTÉ have announced the deadline for the latest round of the
Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Awards and are seeking the next generation of
Irish filmmakers to apply.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Russell Crowe’s Alleged UFO Sighting
In what might easily have been a ploy to direct attention away from his controversial love life,
Russell Crowe dropped a somewhat bizarre bombshell on fans Wednesday
morning when he shared a time-lapse video of what he believe was a UFO
sighting outside of his home in New South Wales, Australia.The “Gladiator” actor, who has recently been using Twitter to dispel rumors about his dating life, shared a YouTube video on the social media site on Wednesday that he seems to believe is evidence of paranormal activity. Crowe uploaded an edited video containing what he alleges are time-lapse photographs of the sky outside his home in Sydney, and tweeted the link out to followers with the message, “UFO? Time Lapse Photos Outside RC’s Woolloomooloo Office (THESE ARE REAL!)”
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‘Last Waltz of Vienna’ Wins Best Screenplay at Winter Film Awards
Winter Film Awards received over 100 screenplays submissions for the 2013 festival. Each was judged by a team of five industry professionals with wildly divergent interests, and four standouts were chosen as finalists. The outstanding “Last Waltz of Vienna” was awarded Best Screenplay at the March 2 2013 Awards Ceremony.
Based on a true story, “Last Waltz of Vienna” is the story of a young chemist is drafted by Nazis to control the assets of Sigmund Freud after Hitler’s army overruns Austria in 1938. But after becoming the unwitting subject of Freud’s psychoanalysis, the chemist disobeys orders, hides assets and pulls off Freud’s daring escape on the Orient Express. “Last Waltz of Vienna” captures not only the cultural beauty of Vienna and the brutality that forever marred it but, more importantly, tells the compelling story of two men, political opposites, who leaned on each other to survive.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Zombies Roam Around Calgary
Zombies roamed the streets in Calgary on Tuesday but it wasn’t because of an apocalypse.
Calgarians walking the streets of downtown were greeted by the dead composers, as part of a campaign by Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra to promote its Rush Hour concert series.
“The CPO has enlisted the help of some famous – albeit dead – composers to spread the word about Thursday night’s Opera Hits Rush Hour concert,” a media release stated.
“Zombie-fied” volunteers dressed as some of classical music’s greatest figures to promote the concerts.
CPO aims to shed the image that classical music is only for the 50-plus crowd and attract a younger audience through this kind of guerrilla marketing.
“We want to combat stereotypes that suggest the symphony is ‘stuffy’ or ‘pretentious.’ The CPO has concerts for everyone and the Rush Hour concert series in particular is very laid back, youthful and lively,” said Marion Garden, Acting Director of Marketing and Sales for the CPO.
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Africa’s ‘Searching for Sugarman’ Wins US Film Award
Cape
Town, South Africa – Just days after Cape Town documentary, “Searching
for Sugarman”, won an Oscar, the South African romantic comedy, “Fanie
Fourie’s Lobola”, has won the Audience Choice Award for Best Comedy at
the 19th Annual Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona, US.“Audience awards are among the best harbingers of a film’s success because they are decided on by regular cinema-goers,” film director Henk Pretorius said in a statement.
The film’s producer, Kweku Mandela, said the award is particularly notable because the winning film is selected by the audience rather than by a few members of a festival jury.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Race With Zombies?
We’ve combed through some of the most popular crazy races in the nation and encourage you to enter one of these fun runs.
Run For Your Lives
Based on the popularity of the The Walking Dead comic book and television show, the Run For Your Lives, or zombie run, has runners navigate an obstacle course while trying to escape fellow participants who are made up like zombies. You’ll be outfitted with a flag belt, as in touch football, representing your health and energy. Passing by stages like “Apocalypse Pass” with waves of up to 500 “living dead,” you may also swim through “blood” pits, and other barriers. The stark, staring (and sometimes running) zombies’ goal is to nab your red banners, which ends your course if you lose them all. Those who get through the course with at least one of their “health flags” are declared winners. And don’t forget about the Apocalypse Party after the run, where you can meet the zombies face to face! Races are held annually from April to December in Arizona, Florida, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, and other locations.
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MicroTiles Design the Goya Film Awards
Spain – The multi award-winning Christie MicroTiles display solution was firmly to the fore throughout the 27th Goya Awards ceremony held recently at the Auditorium Hotel in Madrid. There were two T-shaped stands on stage where the winners received their prizes and gave their speeches – each made up of five MicroTiles modules.
In fact, the idea of using MicroTiles actually came from the Spanish Film Academy itself. It specifically asked Elenco Audiovisión, the company commissioned with supplying the audiovisual equipment for the prize-giving ceremony, to use MicroTiles. The two displays received the signal from the mobile unit broadcasting the event.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
‘Mysteries and Monsters’ to Come to ‘Destination America’
Thirty percent of Americans believe that a beast such as Bigfoot is living in our forests*; in a quaint Montana town, reports of an elusive lake serpent have persisted every year since 1889; last year, UFO sightings were reported in 36 of 50 states in one week alone.** Featuring first-person accounts with everyday people who believe they have come face to face with real-life folktale fiends, MONSTERS AND MYSTERIES IN AMERICA travels our country’s untamed wilderness to tell of its storied past.
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‘War Witch’ Dominates in Canadian Screen Awards
War Witch‘s writer-director Kim Nguyen turned up on the red carpet Sunday night with the film’s teen star Rachel Mwanza, who has gone from living on the streets of Kinshasa to earning accolades internationally for her performance as Komona, a child forced to kill her parents and join a local warlord’s band of soldiers.
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
The Rise of Pride & Prejudice and Zombies
It seems you just can’t keep a zombie idea down. Though it has faced numerous script drafts and a busload of directors arriving and departing, the adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride And Prejudice And Zombies is crawling from the limbo grave to stalk the screen once more.
Panorama Media, Darko Entertainment, Handsomecharlie Films (Natalie Portman’s company) and producer Allison Shearmur are behind the new effort, which is digging up indie financing for a project that will be based – in part, unless they get more writers to take a crack at it – on a script written by David O. Russell when he was attached to direct.
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German Film Academy Awards Werner Herzog the Lifetime Achievement Award
COLOGNE, Germany – Acclaimed director Werner Herzog will receive a lifetime achievement award from the German Film Academy at this year’s German film awards, the Lolas.
Herzog established his name as a director in the 1970s and ’80s as part of the New German Cinema movement with ground-breaking features such as Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Fitzcarraldo (1982). More recently, it has been Herzog’s documentaries, including Grizzly Man (2005), the Oscar-nominated Encounters at the End of the World (2009) and On Death Row (2012), that have attracted the most attention.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Zombies Can be Humans Too
Like this year’s zombie romance Warm Bodies, In the Flesh
presumes that those who have risen from the grave are not permanently
damaged: After all that hunting around for brains and scaring the
locals, they can, in fact, be rehabilitated. But zombies are just the
latest monsters to be “humanized” in television and in film. We are in
the middle of a streak of movies and TV shows about ambivalent vampires —
from Twilight to The Vampire Diaries. All of these
brooding vamps owe a great debt to David Boreanaz’s portrayal of Angel, a
reformed vampire attempting to redeem himself through not one but two
long-running dramas. But zombies and vampires are very different breeds
of monster: Vampires are generally chattier than zombies (or at least
they have a way with words); part of what’s dangerous about a vampire is
that he can talk you right out of your humanity. These master
manipulators aren’t dissimilar from the serial killers who have been cropping up in prime time lately.
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Big Nominations for ‘Like Someone in Love’
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Kiarostami has been nominated for the best director award and Ryo
Kase has been nominated for the best supporting actor award for his role
in the Japanese-language drama, which is a co-production of Iran,
France and Japan.
Starring Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno and Ryo Kasehe,
the film narrates the life of a Japanese female university student. The
movie was shot in Tokyo and Yokohama. The movie is Kiarostami’s second
fiction feature made outside his native Iran. The first was “Certified
Copy”, which was shot in Italy in 2010.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Zombie Books that are Ready for Movie Launch
There is no doubt that zombies are hot right now. Aside from the proliferation of zombie books and short stories as well as low budget and direct to video movies, zombies have burst into the mainstream. “The walking dead” is a hit TV series. “Warm bodies” is currently in theaters and has a total box office of around $50 million in just over the first two weeks of its release. This summer will bring “World War Z,” starring Brad Pitt, to theaters in what looks to be a surefire blockbuster. So, with all this zombie love, I got to thinking about what zombie books I would like to see made into a movie. Here is a quick look at three books that should be made into movies.
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Newfoundlanders Grab Canadian Film Award Trophies
Rick Mercer. — Canadian Press photo
It was the second industry gala for the awards, which, for the first time, combine the Geminis and the Genies. The finale, a two-hour live broadcast, will air on CBC Sunday evening at 8:30 p.m. local time.
Mercer, of “Rick Mercer Report” was presented with the awards for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series; Best Music, Variety, Sketch Comedy or Talk Program; Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program (with Rick Currie, Greg Eckler, Chris Finn, Tim Steeves and George Westerholm), and Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program.
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