FX artist is NOT ALONE directing 1st feature; exclusive images
Monday, September 21, 2009 12:49 PM | From Fangoria
NOT ALONE, the debut feature from British FX artist-turned-director Tristan Versluis, is midway through its three-week shoot. Though set in 1957 on the East Coast of the United States, Versluis and his cast and crew are shooting in locations around England; he sent along a few exclusive early photos, which you can see below.
Lucy Benjamin, familiar to UK audiences from five years on the BBC soap EASTENDERS, stars as Eli, an emotionally damaged young woman who arrives at an abandoned family cabin with a head full of nightmares and a car trunk full of unburied secrets. Before long, her nightmares turn real and the things that stalk her mind become the walking, talking demons that are found inside everyones soul. Trapped by her own doingor imprisoned by some unseen motion set in action by someone elseEli soon starts to spiral into a reality she has lost control of many times before.
With an FX résumé that includes Jake Wests EVIL ALIENS and Adam Masons BROKEN and THE DEVILS CHAIR, plus work on bigger pictures such as SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN, Versluis has a great deal of genre experience. In recent years, he has honed his directing skills with a trio of shorts, most notably the almost wordless I LOVE YOU. Doing my shorts has been a learning curve on how to deal and manage a cast and crew, Versluis tells Fango. Im now taking this knowledge onto my feature, allowing me to shape and refine my storytelling skills.
Produced by Andy (THE SCAR CROW) Thompson, the film features production design by Melanie Light and photography by Stuart Nicholas White, both of whom have worked with Versluis on his previous works. The small cast also features soap actors Bill Ward and Kika Mirylees, plus Alexandra (DOCTOR WHO) Moen. Weve still got another 10 days to go, but everything is looking fantastic! Thompson raves. Were really pleased with the production. The mood and landscape of 1950s northeast-coast America is a perfect setting for the chilling horror!
NOT ALONE is a haunting, family-based horror film, really, Versluis adds. By which I mean I wanted to make a story as much about atmosphere and horror as character and plot. I have tried to move away from an effects-heavy approach; nevertheless, there are still some tasty effects! This movie reflects a lot which has been residing in my shorts so far, about human personality and how crazy it can be. Only this time, Im just pushing it up a bar higher!
NOT ALONE is expected to wrap principal photography on September 26, and will be released next year. For more on the film, go to its official website.
First Look: The Chronicles of Narnia Ship the Dawn Treader
Hopefully you didn't forget, but The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is actually in-production at 20th Century Fox. Disney dumped the Chronicles of Narnia franchise last year after Prince Caspian performed poorly, mainly due to marketing problems since that movie and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe were disconnected in setting and tone, among other things. Fox stepped up and now they're shelling out millions to get it made. From the looks of it, though, they might have a "replacement" movie for Pirates of the Caribbean, as Disney is behind on getting the fourth movie ready.
An endless amount of photos of the Dawn Treader have been leaking out, but ComingSoon landed the first batch of photos of the entire thing completed and ready to go, which I thought was finally worth featuring.
C.S. Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader follows the two youngest Pevensies siblings, ...
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With a 2010 release still in mind, 20th Century Fox has announced that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will enter production this month.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third in the epic series of films based on the bestselling books by C.S. Lewis, will begin principal photography on location in Queensland, Australia, today - July 27, 2009. The production, a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Walden Media, continues the franchise which commenced with the spectacular, Oscar®-winning 2005 release, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and its 2008 follow-up, Prince Caspian, whose combined global boxoffice gross tops $1.2 billion.
This time around - Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb - find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
An international teaser trailer for Dorian Gray has hit the web. The film is based on the classic Oscar Wilde novel and stars Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian), Colin Firth, Emilia Fox, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw, Caroline Goodall and Ben Chaplin.
Directed by Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband), the film centers on a corrupt young man who somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. It opens in September in the UK. A North American release date is still TBD.
The trailer for the upcoming horror/thriller "Dorian Gray," starring Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) and Colin Firth (Mamma Mia!), has appeared online. Check it out below.
Movie Trailer: International Trailer for Dorian Gray
Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:14 PM | From Fused Film
A movie that we have sort of forgotten about with nothing much from the production except a poster being released. Ben Barnes (Stardust, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) will be bringing the timeless character Dorian Gray to life in a movie adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic The Picture of Dorian Gray.
The film also stars Colin [...]
Garth over at Dark Horizons has scored a new piece of promotional artwork for Dorian Gray, an adaptation of the classic Oscar Wilde novel starring Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian), Colin Firth, Emilia Fox, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw, Caroline Goodall and Ben Chaplin. Check it out below.
Directed by Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband), the film centers on a corrupt young man who somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. It opens in September in the UK. A North American release date is still TBD.
DORIAN GRAY movie Poster
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:56 PM | From GeekTyrant
Here’s the first poster for Sweeny To… I mean Dorian Gray. It stars Ben Barnes whom you may have see as Prince Caspian in Chronicles of Narnia, as a corrupt young man who somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. I thought that’s what TMZ [...]
"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" - 3-Disc Blu-ray Digital Copy review.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 6:59 PM | From MovieJungle
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Blu-ray 3-Disc Digital Copy Review By Peter Dimako, Editor
An incredible amount of features are awaiting the keen buyer of Disneys The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian in a 3-Disc Blu-ray Digital Copy.
When comparing this with the first film? The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe pushed past the amateur acting skills of its leading cast thanks to a dedicated screenplay by South African screenwriter Ann Peacock. The second film is a darker offering and one unsuited to children. There is just too much violence to recommend that a parent allow their younger children access to this.
The Harry Potter films seem to be in the same rhythm of late; this was started by Christopher Nolans interpretation of Batman Begins and the recent follow-up The Dark Knight which is a gargantuan leap to the dark side since the earlier films.
Additionally, the screenplay by helmer Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely fails to capture the magic of the C.S. Lewis written Caspian that Peacock did so well before.
As I said before, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell, the leading cast from of the first film, have not improved their acting talents and could turn in a few hours with a coach.
An amusing but overall lackluster adventure which misses the mark compared to the first film.
Blu-ray Features:
Feature fans rejoice. Theres a lot to enjoy here.
There are 3 discs included with of course the one being a Digital Copy which a buyer can drop into their computer and watch via ITunes or Windows Media Player.
Disc one contains Circle Vision Interactive: Creating the Castle Raid and BD-Live; both exclusive to Disney and Blu-ray.
Theres also audio commentary with Andrew Adamson as well as the actors.
Disc Two:
Although there may be just a single item available on the menu labeled as Behind-the-Magic, youll find plenty of interesting features. Here are the features broken down:
NOT ALONE, the debut feature from British FX artist-turned-director Tristan Versluis, is midway through its three-week shoot. Though set in 1957 on the East Coast of the United States, Versluis and his cast and crew are shooting in locations around England; he sent along a few exclusive early photos, which you can see below.
An incredible amount of features are awaiting the keen buyer of Disneys The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian in a 3-Disc Blu-ray Digital Copy. 