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Written by Lex Walker
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 09:53 |
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 George Romero's upcoming ...Of the Dead will take his very well-worn zombie path down a new direction: necrophilia. Not in the gross sexual way that we automatically attribute to the word - but in the truly etymological way. As you probably know "necro" means "death or of the dead" while the suffix "-philia" means "love of or to love". So Romero proposes - what if instead of hating and slaughtering these zombies, these dead friends and relatives come back to life - we love them.
Read the official synopsis from the Voltage Pictures production website after the jump.
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Written by Anders Nelson
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 09:50 |
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 So the Producer’s Guild of America nominations were announced yesterday. For those of you who aren’t as in the know on the awards circuit as I am (you know, those of you with lives), the PGAs are the best indicator of what the final Academy Award nominations are going to be. Surprise, surprise, The Dark Knight is nominated, meaning that the film has a serious shot as a best picture nomination.
I know that this is big news for a lot of people, but I’m afraid that I can’t look at this with anything but complete and utter dread. The Dark Knight should not, nay, must not, win Best Picture, for reasons that have nothing to do with my liking or not liking it.
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Written by Arya Ponto
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Monday, 05 January 2009 22:55 |
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 Creative Screenwriting magazine has this great 70-minute audio recording of an interview and Q&A panel with Pixar's Andrew Stanton. In it, he talks about his experience as an animator, what it's like working at Pixar, as well as his process in creating Finding Nemo and Wall•E.
It's a great interview to listen to if you're a Pixar fan, but especially if you're an aspiring screenwriter or animator.
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Written by Arya Ponto
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Monday, 05 January 2009 14:59 |
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It's no secret that back in the day, both Disney and Warner Bros used to make some unrepentantly racist cartoons. One of the most infamous ones is Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, an all-black parody of Disney's Snow White by Merrie Melodies that was released in 1943. Not surprisingly, this cartoon was banned from circulation and WB has never released it on video to this day, but the short is very popular among animators not just because of its offensive portrayal, but also because it's actually an excellent piece of animation and storytelling. Quite the dilemma.
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Written by Lex Walker
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Monday, 05 January 2009 11:37 |
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This may sound premature - but I already hate the upcoming Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. The "Legend of Chun-Li"? Really? The "Legend"? Her "legend" is a really bland  and simple revenge story. Can thunder thighs really pull a movie all by herself? She couldn't even do it as a cartoon - Ken and Ryu had to keep the movie going on the other end.
My griping aside, I've decided that to honor the debut of this awfully wretched poster for the new street fighter movie, I've put together a Street Fighter Package which includes the following:
Street Fighter: The Animated Movie
Street Fighter: The Movie
(I couldn't help myself...suckage...)
Street Fighter II
(the good ol' SNES Cartridge!!!)
I'm hoping the awesomeness of the Animated Movie and the SNES cartridge overpower the suckiness of the Van Damme movie - we'll see. No complaints if the Van Damme Street Fighter taints the other two, please.
How do you win? Read on...
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