New Concept art from the new Pinocchio!

Yesterday while I was perusing Entertainment Weekly's website I came across some sneak peek concept art from the new 3D Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio...and I have to say that from what I've seen so far it looks like it's going to be fantastic!



http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20385926_20456486,00.html#21169473

These images to me look like this film will have the Guillermo del Toro stamp on it with these images looking a bit like 'Pan's Laberinth' with these images looking like it's still going to have the look of the fantastical like that movie was with the way the story was and how it delved into a fantasy world with all the different characters but it had (for me at least when I saw 'Pan's Laberith') , so I think it's fair enough for me to say that this film will definitly have this, but it will also look fantastic as it;s not only going to be in 3D but Guillermo del Torro will be making this in my favourite way to animate a film....stop-motion! YES!

And not only this but he will be co-directing this with the animation director Mark Gustafason from 'The Fantastic Mr.Fox' which not only looked great but if I can remember rightly when this was in cinemas this proved to be a big hit with audiences and all the critics kept banging on about the animation of the film. I have to be honest that since I saw 'Wallace and Gromit' and found out that they used stop-motion to creat these movies as well as the cartoons I have been a big fan of this type of animation as the quality of animation that it creates is fantastic to me and this may be an old fashioned way to animate a film but I think that you don't get a finish like it using any other piece of modern animation tech.

I do realise that I may have just rambled on there about how bigger a fan I am of stop-motion animation so I do apologise for this.

Anyhew...I think with this stop-motion animation and it looking like it's going to have Guildersonlermo del Torro's name written all over it-even though this is just in the preproduction stages as Guillermo del Torro is still at work on 'Pacific Rim' sci-fi film which will star Idris Elba-, that its going to look nothing like Disney's which I grew up with, but to be honest I think if Guillermo del Torro, Jim Henderson Company (which is producing this movie version of Pinnochio) and Mark Gustafason were to make a 21st Century 'Pinocchio' that looked like Walt Disney's classic version then it would look like that new director has just wasted their time and the studio's money on making another Disney film...but thankfully this has been more aptly put by Mark Gustafason as he has said said what everybody is thinking:

"You cannot top Disney"

Shooting for this version of 'Pinnochio' which I can't wait to see even when their will be more sneak peek images and other info on the movie going to come out before it's release will start in the summer of 2013.

Philip Seymour Hoffman in 'Hunger Games' Sequel

Update 10/07/2012: Entertainment Weekly has now been able to officially say now that Philip Seymore Hoffman has signed on to play Plutarch Heavensbee in 'The Hunger Games:Catching Fire' 

The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision has now been able to confirm that Philip Seymour Hoffman who you may or may not recognise from 'The Talented Mr.Ripley' as Freddie who is friends with Dave (to give him his proper name) Jude Law who organises the skiing trip has had an official offer made from Lionsgate to play 'Plutarch Heavensbee' in the Hunger Gasmes sequel 'Catching Fire'.

If you have read the books like me then you'll already know that Plutarch Heavensbee is the new Gamemaker after the last one was murdered for letting both Katniss and Peta win the games...if you haven't gotten around to reading these books yet and are waiting to watch the films then I'm sorry for the spoiler but I promise that there is no more after this one.

Also the new director that has come into the fold to replace Gary Ross who directed 'The Hunger Games' is Francis Lawrence.

Also to open this franchise up to the European market Lionsgate has signed a deal with Universal Studios to give them the distribution right to 'Catching Fire' in Italy.

Although the director for 'Catching Fire' has been finally decided as well as Simon Beaufoy who has written the first drafts for this script Lionsgate are in talks with Michael Arndt who wrote the screenpay to the hilarious 'Little Miss Sunshine' and also wrote 'Toy Story 3' to work on a script based on these Simon Beaufoy drafts but if this deal becomes final then the rewritten script has to be done quick stitch as Jennifer Lawrence has already committed to pick up where she left off in Fox's 'X:Men: First Class' sequel which I'm so excited to see when it comes out, as well as how Lionsgate want to have an international release date for 'Catching Fire' on November 22nd 2013.

This rushed time scale is said to be one of the reasons why Gary Ross didn't want to go ahead and direct 'Catching Fire'.

Ouji Board getting a film?

When I read this today on The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog I was a little bit confused and thinking 'How on earth is this going to work?', I was thinking this as when I was little me and my sisters went round a friends house and we got this board game out as this was the only game that we hadn't played.

According to 'Heat Vision' Hasbro and Universal Studios were working together with Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form from Platinum Dunes Productions to produce a board game to film adaption but dropped this in August due to concerns the studio had with the budget...but now this adaption has now been given the green light after the buget has been reconfigured and reset.

For this we have to thank Jason Blum who was behind 'Insidous' and 'Paranormal Activity' as it's said that 'Ouija' will follow the same model as these two films,-this model being high-concept low budget which must be a godsend to Universal as the budget for their original 'Ouija' concept was thought to be just shy of $100million...not very economically viable!- and now it's thought that because of Blum the budget will now be somwhere near to the $5million mark...much better!

Universal Studios haven't confirmed a writter or director for this yet but Hasbro's Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir will also produce this....I just thought that Hasbro's VP and President and CEO are going to get themselves on these two projects so as to keep a very close eye on whoever directs them so as to make themselves happy that the storyline and everything else post preduction sits well and makes them happy but also makes new and old fans of both the Tonka Toys as well as the Ouji board game are happy when they leave the cinema and aren't thinking that they wouldn't go back and see the movie again, or that that was a waste of time going to see these movies.

Tonka Toys are having their own movie!

I was reading this on The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog today and I have to say this got me very excited as it was only a matter of time when the toys from the Cadbury advert that if you can't remember takes place at an aeroport between all the cars like the baggage transporter cars, the trucks that refuel the planes etc and they all have a race between themselves....well the tonka toys that featured in this ad are getting their very own movie! YAY!

Happy Madison Productions (Adam Sandler's Production company FYI) Habro (who created these range of toys) and Sony Pictures Animation will come together to produce as Bob Osher Sony Pictures Digital Preductions says:

"... a family-friendly motion picture that brings the Tonka experience to life..."

Not much is known yet about this movie other than this and that Fred Wolf will write this and Sony Pictures Animation have described this take on bringing this range of toys to the cinema screen by Fred Wolf, Happy Madison and Hasbro as 'inventive' but they (the studio) have also said that while this will be the case there will be a 'multi-generational appeal' for not just this movie but for people who will be interested in getting into the toys as these have been described by Sony Pictures Digital Productions as:

"Tonka toys are a rite of passage for kids all around the world"

Senior VP and Senior Managing Director of Motion Pictures of Hasbro Bennett Schneir along with President and CEO of Hasbro Brian Goldner will also produce along with Happy Madison.

But this isn't going to be the last Hasbro creation that will be made into a film by Sony Pictures...the other Hasbro toy adaptions that you should keep a look out for are: the board game 'Risk' as well as the other board game 'Candy Land'.

Big Apology...Sorry it's been so long!

I know that I haven't been on here for what feels like ages but I've been away on holiday to Ibiza and I've been ill.

Anyhew....while I was out there though although me and my sisters before we went we went on a mad supermarket sweep shop around our local HMV and bought a load of CD's to listen to on holiday but I did also have playing in my head my own internal playlist...and these songs coupled with the songs that were on the CD's that we took on holiday are ones that you definitly need to check out and get downloading and becoming fans of these bands on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter:

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1. LMFAO's Album-'Sorry For Party Rocking', this is an amazing album with every song on the album getting you in the mood for a pool party or for just getting you in the mood for getting ready to go out and go out for a big party. I have to be honest that me and the girls (sisters) loved this album soooo much that we played this every single day even if we were just sunbathing by the pool...and once you have this album there is no other way to listen to this than by playing this loud and pumping up the volume and we did! Apart from the singles on this album 'Sorry For Party Rocking', 'Sexy And I Know It', 'I'm In Miami Bitch' and 'Party Rock Anthem', my favourite tracks on the album were 'Champaign Showers', 'Put that Ass to Work' a'nd Shots ft. Little John'. Also as well as this being what I think is the must have album of the summer as you may already know here in Britain it's no bundle of joy weather wise as opposed to the weather in Ibiza, this album will as soon as you put it on you'll be instantly transported to Ibiza and feel like your either around the pool at a pool party, in the heart of PACHA(but I have to say though that I've been to PACHA while I was out there in Ibiza to see what all the fuss is about and it was absolute shit no one was dancing or looking like they were having a good time this goes for the dancers on the podiums!) or your having one of these what sounds like a good night out as descibed in all these songs.

This album has also been co-edited by Will.I.am so I'm thinking this is probably why this album essounds so awesome!

2. The Greatest Hits of Santana- This we played a hell of a lot and again I think this is a very fitting album for you to download to liven up your summer especially with Santana's biggest hit with Rob Thomas and for me I played a hell of a lot the Santana song featuring Steve Tyler from Aerosmith. All these songs for me are great songs to sit and chill to or even to put on when it's raining like it's monsoon season outside but if you put this on I guarentee you that it will transport you to anywhere sunny and make you feel like you are just anywhere but Britain.

 

The internal playlist I had on a constant loop in my head was:
1. One of my favourite unsigned band 'The Dead Famous' and 'If the World Starts Without You', this along with Go:Audio's 'Made Up Stories' (when I first heard this song on Fizz TV back in the days when I had SKY I got a little bit obsessed with this song, I'd tell everyone I know about this song and band, I would time from the minuite I got back from school to the time it took for this channel to play the video and then I'd make sure that this was turned up loud, I'd even get my sisters to watch the video and tell their friends about this band) , I'd play these songs on Youtube on my sisters Ipad along with others constantly so much so that my sisters ended up nagging me to not play this for a bit and put something more holidaye on like 'Flo-Rida' but these songs are sooo addictive and I love this band so I'd always refuse to do this...and I'd then be playing all their other fantastic songs which you seriously have to download and listen to as this band are sooo amazing!

I couuldn't find this amazing track- 'If the world starts without you'- on Youtube so if like me this is your favourite track go over to their Facebook page and have a listen  to the track and while your doing this why not subscribe to their Youtube channel.

2. Before I went away as a big fan of 'The Vampire Diaries' I managed to see an episode with both my favourite artists in Ed Sheeran and Hurts (also this Hurts song that was playing in this episode was my favourite track off the album featuring Kylie Minogue 'Devotion', for anyone who has bought this albumk like me after hearing one song this is track 8 on the album). The Ed Sheeran song 'Give Me Love' I instantly fell in love with and played this to excess on holiday that I had to keep sneaking this onto the Ipad when no one was looking as this was another song that wasn't deemed holyday enough but it is highly addictive as is 'Devotion'.

I have put the Acoustic version of 'Give Me Love' as this is the version I heard before I went away and fell in love with...this is in my opinion is the best version of the song and I hope you like this version too.





More News on Katheryn Bigelow's Hunt for Osama Bin Laden Film

Katheryn Bigelow as you already know has been trying to cast a film that charts the behind the scenes hunt for Al Quaeda's terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, which has been to say the least very controversial.

But Deadline Hollywood reported that Harold Perrineu (you might recognise him from either being in 'LOST' or from 'The Matrix II' where he was married to the sister of Tank who was the Neberkanezza's captain in the first Matrix film, Nash Edgerton and Jennifer Ehle are also signed on to this film that charts the Navy SEAL Team 6's looooooooooooooong hunt to find Osama Bin Laden which ended as we all know in his death...this has been penciled in by Sony Pictures for a December 19th release so as to avoid the U.S presidential elections in November.

Kyle Chandler has also signed on to do this film and he'll supposedly be playing a CIA agent but as yet it isn't known what parts Perrineu, Ehle, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke or Chris Pratts parts will be in this movie.

James Bond Looking Good!

I've just seen these fantastic new promotional pictures of the new 'James Bond:Sky Fall' movie, and if I must say so these images look like Same Mendes has taken this new James Bond movie back to its origins which going to be fantastic as I think that I'm going to love this film even more than the other
 Bond Films.

 If you want to take a sneak peak of these fantastic behind-the-scenes images then you can go see them on the official site for everything James Bond...if your like me and love James Bond you will definitely love the James Bond Tracker on this website as it tells you where the cast and crew are at the mo...they are as this website says today in Turkey:

http://www.007.com/action-stations-new-skyfall-images-here-now/#!carouselLightbox

Another image that isn't amongst these images on the website is the one that gave me the impression that this Bond was going to have elements like 'Quantum Of Solace' that harks back to other Bonds like where the scene of Daniel Craig coming back to the Hotel Grande from the party with 'Camille' to find Jemma Arterton's character 'Fields' dead on the hotel bed covered in oil...and this if your like me this is like the scene from Goldfinger where the girl that tells Goldfinger what cards the other person has at the hotel that Bond seduces then she gets killed by being covered in gold paint.

This being that Daniel Craig is pictured wearing another sharp suit alongside a classic Aston Martin DB5...and I have just read on this post thanks to Digital Spy that their should be (fingers crossed) a first trailer for 'SkyFall' on May 25th in front of screenings for 'Men In Black 3'...so if this isn't a big enough reason to go see 'Men In Black 3' then I don't know what is...but I am now thinking that I might go into the cinema to see this and then I might then leave as I to be honest (now don't be offended by what I'm about to say) am not that interested in seeing this eventhough I've seen 'Men In Black I and II'.