Romanek stalks Del Toro 'Wolfman'
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Director Mark Romanek has been hired to bring "The Wolfman" to the big screen. Scott Stuber and Mary Parent are producing the remake of the classic Universal Studios monster, which has Benicio Del Toro attached to star. Del Toro also is on board as a producer with Rick Yorn.
The movie will hew to the period pedigree of the 1941 original, in which a man returns from the U.S. to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.
Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the screenplay.
A fall start is being planned.
"Mark has a great love and knowledge of film," Stuber said. "He's a great and authentic storyteller. He looks for the truth in the characters, the scenes and in the set design. It's going to be exciting to see what he brings to the horror genre."
Music video helmer Romanek, who directed the Weezer video "El Scorcho" and Johnny Cash's "Trust," wrote and directed "One Hour Photo."
Let's slow this down for a second.
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Benicio Del Toro
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returns from the U.S. to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain
And then some nonsense about authenticity.
Still, between this and the Che movie, it'll be nice to start seeing that son of a bitch in movies again.
i know i hate remakes and everything but THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. love romanek, love del toro, it's been a long time since i've seen either of them. i can't wait.
EXCL: Who's Creating the Wolfman?
Source: ShockTillYouDrop
The answer is a natural choice, when you come to think of it. He's built a career on uncanny werewolf and ape FX, Eddie Murphy blockbusters and other astonishing works including The Frighteners and The Ring. Plus, he's a six-time Oscar winner. So, take that.
Yes, friends, FX maestro Rick Baker is back on lycanthrope duties.
ShockTillYouDrop.com received word from within the walls of Universal that Baker is in the prepping stages of bringing The Wolfman to life in Mark Romanek's remake.
Shooting begins, based on a script by Andrew Kevin Walker, this December with a November 14, 2008 release on the horizon. Benicio Del Toro is playing the cursed eponymous role made famous by Lon Chaney, Jr. in 1941.
Baker's history of lycanthropy began, of course, with An American Werewolf in London and continued into "Thriller" (well, what that is Jackson turns into), "Werewolf" (the TV series), Wolf and Wes Craven's Cursed.
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AintItCool have run a picture of Rick Baker and Benicio Del Toro playing werewolves and, frankly, I found it very exciting. Even more brilliant is Mark Romanek's statement about the image:
This was taken about three months ago -- Our first meeting with the three of us.
This pose was a jokey homage to the classic Universal Wolfman/Famous Monsters Magazine-era style, but seeing Benicio getting "wolfy" for the first time, even in jest, gave us chills. It was our first glimpse of what we could expect from this amazingly original and gifted actor.
It was very exciting to see these guys in the same room. Rick could tell immediately that Benicio was a sincere fan of the Lon Chaney Jr. original. Rick is such a Wolfman fan, he admitted that he's only campaigned for two films in his entire career. One was Ed Wood and the other is this project.
Seeing them together in the same room made me feel the project was finally becoming a reality.
Rick's assistant Kazu took extensive hi-rez digital photos (on this incredible 30 megapixel Hasselblad digital camera) of Benny making various facial expressions. we were all so stunned to see just how expressive Benicio's snarls and grimaces were, even without make-up.
Rick joked, "so, whattaya need ME for?!"
That said, the designs that Rick has created for Benicio are astonishing -- subtle, detailed, (sexy), terrifying.
Benicio Del Toro Ready For A Horrific Time As 'The Wolf Man'
Source: MTV
Has there been a better casting idea than Benicio Del Toro as the Wolf Man in recent memory? After seeing him up close and personal yesterday, I can't think of one. Currently the Oscar winner is sporting a scruffy look but that's for his next role as Che Guevara in two films for Steven Soderbergh. Still, it's not hard to imagine how great a brooding Lawrence Talbot he will make soon enough.
Del Toro seems psyched for the project to be directed by Mark Romanek. "We're trying to go back to the original. There's something very nostalgic about it for me. I loved all those monsters when I was a kid," he said.
Asked if, as rumored, Anthony Hopkins is on board as well Del Toro said, "I think so," before adding that the final deals haven't been closed nor has a starting date been determined. Excitedly Del Toro said, "I have never done a horror film." He quickly added with a laugh, "maybe a lot of my films already are horror films."
Confirmed: Anthony Hopkins In For 'The Wolf Man'
Source: MTV
After months of speculation from both film sites and Benicio Del Toro, we're happy to finally confirm that legendary thesp Anthony Hopkins is indeed onboard for Universal's new take on a classic monster.
"I'm going to do 'The Wolf Man' with Benicio Del Toro," Hopkins stated matter-of-factly during an interview for his new experimental art film, "Slipstream."
Hopkins will play Sir John Talbot, father to Del Toro's Lawrence Talbot, the character who becomes afflicted with the werewolf curse. The pic — scheduled for an early '09 release — is helmed by music video director Mark Romanek, who has worked with such acts as Weezer, Michael Jackson, Madonna and R.E.M.
Director Quits Uni's 'Wolfman' Remake
Source: Deadline Hollywood
Start your engines, agents, because this is a prime project to slot in one of your many out-of-work directors. I have no doubt that Universal will find another helmer by the end of the week after Mark Romanek quit Universal's The Wolfman. That's right, quit. "He just blew the opportunity of a lifetime, which is mind-boggling," an insider tells me. The commercial and video director did the well received but small budget One Hour Photo and made the step up to a big studio pic with a budget of $100 mil (but the cost is only $85M to Uni because of the UK rebate). But then Romanek decided he couldn't make the film with just that dough. "He's a purist, an artiste, an exquisite craftsman, but he just had a budget schedule he couldn't accomodate," an insider explains. Talk about career suicide.
Romanek drops out of 'Wolf Man'
Director exits film over creative differences
Source: Variety
Director Mark Romanek has ankled "The Wolf Man," putting Universal Pictures in the position of holding together a film just after it patched up "State of Play" due to after the exit of Brad Pitt.
Romanek exited the film late Monday night over creative differences. The film has long had Benicio Del Toro aboard to play the werewolf, and the studio just set Emily Blunt ("Charlie Wilson's War") and Anthony Hopkins to play the other leads in the film.
The studio maintains that Romanek left the project in strong shape and that it expects to set another director quickly. No word on whether a Feb. 18 start date will remain in place.
Romanek was a wrong choice from the get-go. Any name kind of person. But it's been a year and I can just imagine how tight the planning already is, and who is going to say "Well let's restructure this $100m film that everyone has already put time and effort into and make it something closer to my personal vision" you know. Not on a film like this. It's director for hire now and good is this film's loftiest aspiration. Fucking shame.
awful news. now i don't care about this film anymore.
Wolf Man Helmer Sought
Two directing candidates rumored.
No sooner was it reported yesterday that filmmaker Mark Romanek had exited Universal's remake of The Wolf Man -- starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt -- than rumors surfaced about who might replace him in the director's chair.
Romanek's departure left the re-imagining of the 1941 horror classic in a lurch given its March start date. Variety reported yesterday that a replacement would be hired by week's end, and now Ain't It Cool News claims that they have heard of two possible contenders that the studio is considering for the job.
According to AICN, Universal is eyeing Breck Eisner (Sahara) and Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) as possible replacements. Eisner has been developing a remake of The Creature From the Black Lagoon, while Reeves is preoccupied with a possible Cloverfield sequel as well as an Invisible Woman project for producer J.J. Abrams.
Eisner may have the inside track since the long-gestating Creature From the Black Lagoon is, like The Wolf Man, based at Universal.
AICN is reporting that universal has settled on a replacement: BRETT MOTHERFUCKING RATNER.
the chances for this movie to be awesome were lowered exponentially when romanek left and if this turns out to be true, those chances will pretty much vanish. so this is just salt in the wound.
I would rather they let the stable of Playboy bunnies he has fucked direct this movie instead of him. Brett Nasty I hate you so much.
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another one bites the dust...
He probably heard PTA wanted to direct a horror film and didn't want to be left out.
When you can't get anyone remotely creative their thought was "lets go for the exact opposite"...and boom Brett.
In Mac's avatar it looks like Jack just found out Ratner is directing Wolfman.
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Oh fuck, why???
"We have go back (to Romanek)!"
Ratner among 'Wolf' men
Uni has pack of helmers in mind
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Universal is wasting no time in its search for a director for "The Wolf Man" following Mark Romanek's exit from the period horror movie.
Brett Ratner, Frank Darabont, James Mangold and Joe Johnston have either met with the studio and producers or are expected to do so in the coming days.
Bill Condon also is a helmer the studio is keen on.
The biggest challenge the studio faces is its inability to work on the script because of the writers strike. Any filmmaker coming on board takes on a locked script, overseen by Romanek over several years, and many directors want to put their stamp on it. Martin Campbell is one helmer who was interested, but he is no longer in contention.
Another potential wrinkle is star Benicio Del Toro. The actor, known to be choosy with parts and directors, might have a say in the process.
Many on the list are writer-directors, but Ratner is not. The director, who met with the studio Wednesday, is emerging as the strongest contender because of the fact that he has experience in taking over a project that has lost a director late in the game. Ratner famously took over "X-Men: The Last Stand" after Bryan Singer flew the coop to direct "Superman Returns."
The studio is expected to find its man next week for the film, which has a dedicated March start date
Ratner, Mangold, Johnston, Condon, Darabont. Based on their list. Honestly I'd only be a tiny bit less bummed if Mangold got it over Ratner. And I'd be kind of excited if it went to Darabont.
John Landis for WOLF MAN?
Written by Matt Goldberg; Collider
A trusted inside source has informed us that John Landis, the director of arguably the best werewolf movie ever made, "An American Werewolf in London", is going into Universal today to talk about directing The Wolf Man. Now here, we come to a slight conundrum:
On the one hand, this could be fucking amazing. Landis has a crucial understanding of horror and character and I'm not just talking about "Werewolf in London". I'm also talking about the music video for "Thriller" which was a landmark for music videos and like "London" also playfully integrated horror elements. He also made Michael Jackson look scary before Jackson could just do that on his own.
The problem is that we're now going all the way back into the 80s for his successes. Yes, he's done some "Masters of Horror" episodes recently but when you do "The Stupids" and "Blues Brothers 2000" back-to-back, you've earned your long stint in director jail.
We always want the directors of the classics to reach back and attain their previous greatness, but it's rare. We'll have more for you on this as it develops, but one thing is for certain:
He'd still be a better choice than Brett Ratner.
so, AICN is reporting that Joe Johnston got the job...
I went from extremely excited to extremely disappointed and now I'm just ambivalent... which is one of the best moods to be in for a movie... so thumbs up!
Johnston to direct 'Wolfman'
Director replaces Romanek
Source: Variety
Universal's "The Wolfman" has gotten out of a hairy situation.
The studio set Joe Johnston late Sunday night to replace Mark Romanek as helmer of the pic, keeping the $100 million thriller on course to begin production in London in March.
Romanek stepped out last week over creative differences.
Benicio Del Toro has long been attached to play the title character, but Romanek's exit comes after the studio firmed up Anthony Hopkins to play the title character's father, and for Emily Blunt ("Charlie Wilson's War") to play the female lead.
By solving the director conundrum quickly, U execs keep another of their big 2009 films together; the studio previously salvaged "State of Play" by signing Russell Crowe to replace Brad Pitt in the starring role, after Pitt bowed out weeks before filming was to begin.
"The Wolfman," one of the treasured horror properties in the studio vaults, will cost $85 million, counting about $15 million in tax breaks for shooting in the United Kingdom.
Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the script. U-based producers Scott Stuber and Mary Parent were integral in keeping the project on track.
Johnston last directed "Hidalgo" and "Jurassic Park III."
Hugo Weaving to pursue 'Wolfman'
Actor will play detective in Johnston remake
Source: Variety
Hugo Weaving will join Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt in Universal's upcoming redo of "The Wolfman."
Weaving, best known for his appearances in "The Matrix" movies, will play Det. Aberline. Del Toro will play the hirsute title character and Anthony Hopkins his dad. Blunt has been cast as the female lead in the project, which Joe Johnston will direct.
Lensing begins next month in London.
David Self did a rewrite of Andrew Kevin Walker's script. Pic's produced by Scott Stuber, Mary Parent, Sean Daniel and Rick Yorn.
Remake is slated for a Feb. 13 release.
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First Look: Benicio Del Toro as the Wolfman
See the Oscar-winning actor in full makeup for the horror movie remake. Plus: Rick Baker on the process of making him into a monster
Source: Entertainment Weekly
It's been 67 years since the Wolfman first attacked the box office, but he'll be making a comeback next year in a remake by Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park III). Fortunately for all you lycanthrope fans out there who just can't wait that long, EW caught up with the horror flick's makeup artist, six-time Oscar winner Rick Baker, for an exclusive First Look at how he's transformed star Benicio Del Toro into the famed beastly creature.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How many different components go into putting the face of the Wolfman together?
RICK BAKER: The part that covers his nose and his brow is what we call an appliance. It's made up of a foam, latex piece with tissue-thin edges that covers part of Benicio's face and blends into his own skin. Then we have a wig and dentures that change his teeth into the giant Wolfman teeth. Most of the hair on his face is what we call ''laid.'' It's actually loose hair that we apply little bits at a time with glue to his face. It's very much the way the Wolfman was done in the [1941] original [starring Lon Chaney].
How long does it take to apply all of this makeup?
Typically about three hours — it's a pretty average time. I've done makeup that's taken close to eight hours before, though.
How much use can you get out of the appliance, dentures, and hair? Do you have to use new sets for each day of shooting?
It's mainly new latex pieces and new facial hair that's reapplied every day. The teeth are the same and the wig is the same, but we have several of those because they tend to get screwed up. The adhesives we use now stay on pretty well. Many times it takes about an hour to remove the makeup. In the old days, back when we used to use spirit gum, at the end of the day you could just kind of pull the stuff off and not harm the person's skin, but now you can't do that — you'll pull skin off.
Benicio Del Toro already has some wolf-like features — does that make it easier or harder for you?
In a way, it almost makes it harder. Where do you go from there? He's practically there as it is! [Laughs] I think what's going to make it be harder is when we get into the transformation scenes; going from Benicio to Benicio as the Wolfman isn't a really extreme difference. Like when I did American Werewolf in London, we went from this naked man to a four-legged hound from hell, and we had a lot of room to go from the transformation and do a lot of really extreme things. Here we have Benicio Del Toro, who's practically the Wolfman already, to Benicio Del Toro with more hair and bigger teeth.
What was everyone's reaction on set the first time he came out in makeup?
People seem to be getting really excited about it. These pictures are the first time we put him in makeup, and this was just last week!
What can fans of The Wolfman look forward to the most?
You never know how the movie's going to be, but from what we've done so far, which, mind you, hasn't been very much, what I would say to fans is that at least you know that the guy who's doing the makeup in the movie is coming from the same place they are — as a fan. I have a real appreciation for the old Universal classics. The old fanboy in me is jumping up and down here!
How much did you update the makeup from the original?
It's actually more frightening. But I still wanted to be true to the original and show respect for it. What's interesting about those two pictures is that there's one that he's kind of facing forward and you see a little more of his body — that's very much more of a classic Wolfman shot; it looks more like the Chaney version. The close-up one is a more frightening and dynamic version. Even though it's the same makeup [as the first picture], he can do a lot more than Lon Chaney could do with the makeup. It's cool that there's something for the old-school guys, and the other picture is more for the guys who don't even know what the Wolfman is but can see that picture and still go, ''Oh, that's cool!''
How does Wolfman rank next to the rest of the films on your extensive résumé?
It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent — I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me. I'm not really listed anywhere; I don't know how people find me! It's easier now that I'm more established, but in the earlier days when I first started out, it's actually amazing that I was successful. But with this film, when I first found out they were going to do it, I went and talked to somebody I know at Universal. I said, ''You know what? I have to do The Wolfman! You've got to let me do this! I'll do some really cool stuff.'' The Wolfman and Frankenstein were probably the two most important films in my childhood that made me want to become a makeup artist. I pursued this job. Fortunately they said okay! It's been really fun. We've been filming at night, and were filming in this gypsy camp. It was like being in an old Universal film. We were in this forest with these cool gypsy wagons and these gypsies sitting all around, and people on horseback, and fog — I was just going, Yeah! The Wolfman!
How hard has this project been to work on compared to your others?
The ones that are harder are actually the ones that people tend to think are easier. The harder ones are really the human kind of makeup. Like Norbit, which I was nominated for this year [at the Oscars]: I had to turn Eddie Murphy into a believable old Chinese man, which is actually a lot more difficult, because people are more critical of that kind of makeup — because you see [humans] every day. So you have kind of a frame of reference of what you are looking at. You don't necessarily see werewolves or aliens every day, so you can accept those kinds of things.
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Exclusive: New Image From Wolfman
First look at Hopkins and Blunt
Source: Empire Online
Universal has provided us with an exclusive new image from The Wolfman. The image gives the first look at Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt in character, as well as the first official non-lupine look at Benicio Del Toro.
Based on the 1941 classic of the same name, The Wolfman tells of Lawrence Talbot, an actor (Del Toro) who returns to the home of his estranged father (Hopkins) after the death of his brother. Familial awkwardness becomes the least of his problems when he is attacked and bitten by a wolf and quickly takes on hairy, toothy qualities whenever the moon rises. Emily Blunt plays Gwen Conliffe, a woman for whom Lawrence develops an affection and who, to further complicate matters, was the fiancee of his brother. All is not chirpy in the Talbot household.
The Wolfman, directed by Joe Johnston, is released in April 2009.
'Wolfman,' 'Nottingham' delayed
'Fast and Furious 4' to open April 3
Marking major changes to next year's slate, Universal Pictures has pushed back the release of horror franchise hopeful "The Wolfman" from April 3 to Nov. 6 and taken Ridley Scott's "Nottingham" out of 2009 entirely.
Also, U's "The Fast and the Furious 4" will now open on April 3, instead of June 12.
"Nottingham," toplining Russell Crowe, will open in 2010, but U did not set a specific date.
U said the reshuffling was the sensible thing to do, considering that "Fast 4" is completed, while the Brian Grazer-produced "Nottingham" won't start lensing until February or March.
And moving "Wolfman" -- a reboot toplining Benicio Del Toro -- to Nov. 6 gives the film more of a high-profile release, as well as ample time for post-production. Pic is directed by Joe Johnston.
Even with "Fast 4" opening in April, Universal still has one June 2009 release, the Will Ferrell adventure-comedy "The Land of the Lost," which opens June 5.
With "Fast 4" gone, the June 12-14 weekend now sports two comedies, giving other studios a chance to slot in counterprogramming.
All three films will suck. I had high hopes for Wolfman when Romanek was attached, but not anymore.
Benicio Del Toro Goes Old School For 'Wolf Man,' Declares No Monster Cameos
Published by MTV
Earlier this year, Emily Blunt insisted that the Joe Johnston-helmed, "The Wolf Man," would not be your average campy monster movie. "It's a period gothic Werewolf story," she told MTV. "It's really good, it's really smart."
Now we've heard from the monster himself, star Benicio Del Toro, and he echoes this authenticity sentiment. The actor who will play Lawrence Talbot (the man who eventually turns into a wolf) and says the production is kicking it old school, vintage style.
"[When I did my research], I definitely looked at what Lon Chaney Jr. did in the original 'Wolf Man' and the movie," Del Toro told MTV News. "I also looked at the 'Werewolf of London,' the Henry Hull movie, which was made maybe 6 years before in 1935, and looked 'Curse of the Werewolf' with Oliver Reed."
While they are staying faithful to the aforementioned 1941 Chaney Jr. version (generally accepted as the "classic" Wolf man movie), he notes that there will be some minor deviations from the story that center around actor Sir Anthony Hopkins who plays his father in the film. He spills some background details on the characters and notes that he and the legendary thespian won't be playing very nice together either.
"Anthony Hopkins' role was [originally] played by Claude Rains and the relationship between Rains and Lon Chaney Jr was a good father and son [relationship]. In [our version], its definitely fractured, I'm like the prodigal son, I've been gone, he sent me away when I was a child and I haven't seen him in twenty six years and I can home again to visit my brother who's missing, but I [also play an] actor too which is also different."
Don't expect other monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein or the Mummy to walk into the frame either.
" You mean, the guy named Dracula waiting in the taxi outside?," Del Toro cracked? "No, there's no other monsters coming into play, that's maybe down the line."
U sets new date for 'Wolfman'
Reboot of monster franchise moves to 2010
Source: Variety
"The Wolfman" won't howl this year as planned. Universal Pictures is moving the reboot of its classic monster franchise to early next year.
The horror pic, which stars Benicio Del Toro as the hairy shape-shifter, will now be released Feb. 12 and serve as counterprogramming to New Line's romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," the Summit drama "Remember Me," with "Twilight's" Robert Pattinson toplining, and Disney's 3-D re-release of "Beauty and the Beast."
It's the fourth date for "Wolfman" after roaming from Feb. 13 to April 3 and then Nov. 6 this year.
Despite the change, studio's theme park still plans to heavily hype the property at its annual Halloween Horror Nights event.
"We have seen just how enormous first quarter movies can be," said Adam Fogelson, president of marketing and distribution for U, citing the $215 million that studios generated on the February weekend this year, versus the $136 million that pics earned on the November date last year.
Marketers believe next year could become "a perfect storm" for distribs, considering Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday and will be closely followed by the President's Day holiday, the next day.
The November slot will be taken by U's alien-abduction drama "The Fourth Kind," starring Milla Jovovich. It had previously not had a home on the release schedule. Studio picked it up from Gold Circle Films.
haha. bomb!
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ooo la la.
Trailer here. (http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/the-wolfman.html?showVideo=1)
I know this will probably suck, but that trailer made this look like a REAL DAMN HALLOWEEN MOVIE!!!
I love the look of the film here. It seems they gave it a decent amount of thought. And Hugo Weaving looks great.
New Trailer here. (http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thewolfman/)
Okay, I take back everything I've said about this. It looks fucking awesome.
CG transformation aside, I think it looks pretty great.
I like the transformation scene. It seemed to mix cgi with regular basic Rick Baker makeup effects very well.
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lol.
yea i gotta pipe in and say these are hilarious
That is fantastic. Nice work!
Alternate title: "The Wolfner".
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Either this is a British poster or the date just get pushed to December 2010.
It's not great and it's not terrible. It's hard to watch and not imagine how great Mark Romanek's version would have been but it's easy to see traces of great stuff around here. I love the costumes, production design, cinematography, but the film does seem a bit cobbled together narratively. I guess that tends to happen when a movie switches directors, editors, composers and is delayed for 2 years. Benicio is pretty bland, which is probably the biggest disappointment here since (from interviews I gather) he seemed to be a big fan of the character. The film doesn't give nearly (any) time to portraying him as a tragic character who is living with this curse. (Think about how much sympathy you have for Jon Gries in Monster Squad in just a few short scenes!) I recently saw a list of the Top 10 Werewolf Movies of All Time but it reminded me there have really only been a handful of good ones ever and the rest pretty much suck. So considering the bar is usually pretty low, this was really good on the werewolf scale. Hopkins is great, Weaving is good, Blunt is fine, Del Toro was a snooze. Winner = the gore.
Seriously, this could have been so much worse (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711840/)/better (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738796/).
Also: I went to THREE THEATRES to see this tonight because it was sold out at the first two places I went. Did I mention I saw this BY MYSELF. How sad did this whole story just become?
This is ugly and really bland. I was ultimately bored out of my fucking skull. I'm sorry I'm not more elaborate but I didn't passionately hate this or love this so there is no reason to care or elaborate.
Quote from: SiliasRuby on February 17, 2010, 09:17:15 PM
This is ugly and really bland. I was ultimately bored out of my fucking skull. I'm sorry I'm not more elaborate but I didn't passionately hate this or love this so there is no reason to care or elaborate.
So it's no Jennifer's Body?
Quote from: SiliasRuby on September 23, 2009, 02:19:43 AM
:yabbse-undecided: but overall I give it a :yabbse-thumbup:
A different look at horror that while bold and intriguing is at the same time uneven and isn't sure what kind of horror film it wants to be so the tone is all over the place. It goes without saying that both Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried radiate charisma and unalderated sexiness. While Fox is extremely gorgeous she isn't my type and honestly I have always been more turned on by Amanda Seyfried. Ever since 'Mean Girls' I've been enamored of her and watched 'Mamma Mia' for her alone.
Anyway, the premise is quite simple and it would be quite run of the B movie-ish if it weren't infused with Cody's quirky dialogue. I don't care what anyone says, I rewatched 'Juno' and saw the whole 'United States of Tara' and I'm enthralled. At least she's trying something unique and different than all of the other crap that's out there. But here, it seems like the director didn't really know how to deal with Cody's script and the writing being as if she wasn't really trying as hard as she could, some segments feel out of place. I don't know, maybe its just me. But is it scary? In some parts yes, in others its just as laughable to watch as the 28 run it into the ground sequel of 'halloween'
The cast does save it though with small roles by JK simmons and Adam Brody as the lead singer of a emo goth band who turns Fox's character into a demon who feeds on the boys in her high school.
Rent it for the hotness, the lesbianism and something to watch with your gf to freak her out. Nothings more freaky or will get you more sympathy sex than a story the hottest woman on the planet being a horrible cunt to males and then eating them.
You elabroate in the weirdest (unnecessary) fucking places.
Fuck Megan Fox.
Haha I love that Jennifer's Body review. There are awesome weird quotes in it, especially the end here:
Quote from: SiliasRuby on September 23, 2009, 02:19:43 AM
Rent it for the hotness, the lesbianism and something to watch with your gf to freak her out. Nothings more freaky or will get you more sympathy sex than a story the hottest woman on the planet being a horrible cunt to males and then eating them.
This one's not bad too.
Quote from: SiliasRuby on February 17, 2010, 09:17:15 PM
I have always been more turned on by Amanda Seyfried. Ever since 'Mean Girls' I've been enamored of her
It was nothing original but it was entertaining. Del Toro looks a wee bit like the dude in the original when he's Wolfman off mode. The effects were brilliant though. Rick Baker did some great work on Anthony Hopkins character. I'm sure he gave Hopkins a couple of bottles of vodka and waited for the effects. The gore was lovely but too few for my liking.