Magazine Scans 2012
A new Mag Update much great Japan Magazines and some more interesting Scans in the January, February and March Gallery.
And lots of other old valuable Reports in Gallerys 1987 – 2008. Enjoy!
Tim Burton exhibition will go to Paris!
The exhibition will take place in Paris from March, 7th to August, 5th 2012 at the Cinematheque.
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The Rum Diary (More Music from the Motion Picture)
More music from The Rum Diary! Featuring Christopher Young, Dick Dale, Patti Smith Hound Dog Taylor and much more.
Available first at iTunes Feb 28th! (and on CD in March)
01. Telstar – The Tornados
02. Nuthin’ But Lovin’ – Eugene Ruffolo
03. Charmaine – Mantovani & His Orchestra
04. A Dozen Roses – Joe Lervold and Shanna Carlsen
05. Volare (Instrumental) – Cortijo y Su Combo and Ismael Rivera
06. Surfing Drums – Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
07. Kitchen Sink Boogie – Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
08. Let’s Get Funky – Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
09. Col Legno – Marc Johnson
10. After All (I Live My Life) – Frankie Miller
11. The Mermaid Song – Patti Smith
12. The Mermaid Song (Strings Version) – Benmont Tench
13. Three Legged Dogs – Christopher Young
14. Young Hacks In Love – Christopher Young
15. Spasmic Lampshades – Christopher Young
16. Judsa Goat (Meat Me Rumba) – Christopher Young
Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil Options Forthcoming Memoir By West Memphis Three’s Damien Echols
EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp and his producing partner Christi Dembrowski and their Infinitum Nihil production shingle have yet another interesting project in development. They’ve optioned film rights to the soon-to-be-published and as-yet-untitled book by Damien Echols which reveals his experiences on death row after his wrongful conviction and subsequent wrongful 18-year imprisonment for the 1993 murder of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. The memoir will be published in September 2012 by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Books. The injustice of the West Memphis Three story drew badly needed support from the entertainment community’s Peter Jackson, Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines, Henry Rollins, and of course Depp. The actor and his producing partner have long been wanting and waiting to explore this story and will develop the narrative as a feature film with Echols and his wife Lorri Davis, who will be executive producers. Their collective take is to spotlight the controversial conviction and imprisonment of the then 18-year-old who’s now in his mid-30s and to present his life before conviction as well its twists and turns leading to release.
Read more here
Thanks to Ginny!
Chat with ‘Rango’ director Gore Verbinski on Feb. 10
“Rango” is an oddly philosophical tale of a little lizard, voiced by Johnny Depp, who finds himself wearing the sheriff’s badge in a harsh outpost known as Dirt. The Gore Verbinski film is a mash-up of the classic western and a postmodern sensibility –- it’s far less cuddly or cookie-cutter than most animated features, which Verbinski says is by design.
So far, “Rango” has found success, whether at the box office or in awards season. The movie is nominated for an Oscar in the animated feature category, and it just picked up the top prize Saturday at the Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood.
Verbinski admits, though, that taking chances is never easy. “In a world of data of what works and what doesn’t work, when a producer’s intuitive responses are trusted less than research, I think it’s forgotten that an audience wants something new,” he said.
To that point: Verbinski and Depp are re-teaming for a revival of “The Lone Ranger,” which would be something of a dusty counterpart to their three “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. Expect a wholly different take on the classic western radio and TV series.
So how did Verbinski come up with those loopy characters? And did the voice cast really wear costumes and meet on a set rather than a recording booth?
The director will join at 11 a.m. Friday (Feb. 10) for a live chat about “Rango,” the Oscar race and more.
‘Rango’ Tops Annie Awards!
Gore Verbinski’s inventive and unconventional animated Western “Rango” won the top prize at the revamped Annie Awards on Saturday night.
Best Animated Feature: “Rango”
Member’s Favorite Award: “Rango”
Writing in a Feature Production: John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit, “Rango”
Character Design in a Feature Production: Mark “Crash” McCreery, “Rango”
Editing in a Feature Production: Craig Wood, “Rango”
Congratulations!
Video: Skyranger flies over possible film set
Filming will soon start on the Lone Ranger movie and Disney is sparing no expense to make it authentic.
KRQE’s pilot-reporter Bob Martin found what looked to be a film set just outside of Albuquerque:
Carpenters and other technicians are rapidly creating a detailed and authentic-looking town from the old west.
Although the New Mexico State Film Office neither confirms nor denies this set is for the Disney motion picture The Lone Ranger, industry insiders say it is.
Casting agents have already crisscrossed the state recruiting extras for the film, including many Native Americans.
The extras will work alongside actor’s Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp who will play the lone ranger and Tonto.
Lots of other preparations are underway in area studios and workshops.
Meanwhile, the new movie town is nestled in the quiet and undeveloped Rio Puerco Valley just west of Rio Rancho.
This setting and others around New Mexico will allow Disney to step back in time and try to return to “those thrilling days of yesteryear”.
Last year Disney actually canceled the film when the budget ballooned past $250 million.
It was brought back to life when producers were able to reduce the budget to closer to $200 million.
Pirates Nominated For Rembrandt Award
Please vote here
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUzOTgnBX3g&feature=player_embedded
Thanks to Ilse Driehuis!
DESPERATE HOURS a new Infinitum Nihil project
GK Films is looking to the West, acquiring E. Nicholar Mariana’s Western screenplay “Desperate Hours” with Infinitum Nihil.
GK Films’ Graham King and Tim Headington and Infinitum Nihil’s Johnny Depp and Christi Dembrowski are producing.
Screenplay, in the vein of “High Noon,” centers on a widowed rancher who bands together with his neighbors to battle a group of mobsters who have come from the industrialized East looking to overtake the Western town and collect a girl with a mysterious past. The old and new worlds collide, leading to an explosive showdown.
Infinitum Nihil, headed by Depp and Dombrowski, has a first-look deal with GK Films. The two companies produced Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and are in post-production on “Dark Shadows” for Warner Bros. with Depp starring and producing with Tim Burton, who’s also directing. Infinitum Nihil and GK Films also share projects in development at Warners, including “Shantaram,” “Attica” “The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters” and “Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates.”
GK Films recently signed “Hugo” star Asa Butterfield to an overall two-year deal and is developing an adaptation of “Jersey Boys,” as well as the untitled Freddie Mercury story and an original screenplay by Robert Towne of “The Battle of Britain.”
Mariani is also penning “Ploesti” for Alcon and 2S, chronicling the deadliest day in U.S. Air Force History and the love story between a captured pilot and the Romanian princess who risked everything to save his life.
Johnny Depp Named to IMDb’s Top 10 of the Last Decade
As IMDbPro celebrates its 10th anniversary on Jan. 25, the subscription service for industry professionals announced its Top 10 actors, films and TV programs of the last decade, as well as an in-progress redesign of the site.
Johnny Depp is named the top star of the last 10 years, while The Dark Knight and Lost earn the top slots in the film and TV categories.