Since 1995, archaeologists have been doing excavation of several of the famous giant heads on Easter Island, yet somehow this is the first I’ve heard of the heads having bodies buried underground. Not just plain slabs, but detailed, carved bodies buried deep in the dirt.
Here’s the first trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson, starring Bill Murray as FDR, depicting the visit of the King and Queen of England to America, the first diplomatic visit of British royalty to the US. I cannot wait to see this movie when it comes out on December 7th of this year.
Just when you think that Dubai and the UAE are surely running out of money and they’ve built all the crazy, over the top shit they can build, they come up with something else. Like this amazing futuristic underwater hotel of the future.
The architectural innovators over at Deep Ocean Technology have a conceptual design that is set to change the hotel industry and the vacationing experience in the Middle East. The Water Discus Underwater Hotel is designed as a modern and aquatic alternative to the mundane hotels found on land.
The grand structure features several discs both above and below water. The central tower adjoins a saucer-shaped space approximately five to seven meters above sea level with another mobile one that is generally stationed about ten meters underwater. The lower deck has the ability to resurface above water in the event of an emergency, which is demonstrated in the project’s promo reel. Otherwise, guests can enjoy one of the twenty-one suites in the lower disc that offers comfort with the additional visual benefit of the natural marine environment. Other amenities of this luxurious hotel complex include a helicopter pad, a rooftop garden, an above-ground swimming pool, restaurants, a spa, and a recreational center.
So after “Battleship” had one of the worst openings since Disney’s “John Carter,” there has been some people saying that Rihanna’s cameos in the trailer only made things worse. The idea is that her horrible acting and absurd placement into an action film led to an incredible drop in credibility and interest. I completely agree. If you don’t, I highly recommend that you take a look at all of her lines from the movie. I have posted them below, and they are ridiculous:
Guillermo Del Toro announced that they will begin production on his take of Pinocchio sometime next summer. Del Toro says that his version of Carlo Collodi’s 19th Century book will be much more “surreal and slightly darker” which I don’t think will surprise anybody who is familiar with his films. He has just started casting and so far he is doing a fucking tremendous job.
While no one’s locked in just yet, del Toro said he does have a few names in mind. He revealed that Christopher Walken and Tom Waits were on his wishlist, and let slip that Daniel Radcliffe had already expressed an interest in joining the project. More details after he jump.
The filmmaker spilled the beans to the Cannes Marché du Film attendees via video conference earlier this week. According to del Toro, Radcliffe has approached del Toro about “getting involved” in the project. While he did not mention whom Radcliffe might be playing, the obvious guess is that he’d take the starring role of Pinocchio.
Del Toro also named Waits as a hopeful for an unspecified role — likely that of Pinocchio’s father, as mentioned last week. Interestingly, he also floated the idea of Walken playing the fox in the story, although he said not long ago that Donald Sutherland was in consideration for that same part. In any case, it’s all just talk at this point. As del Toro himself was careful to emphasize, no actors are currently signed on to the project.
During the call, del Toro also confirmed that production is on track to hit theaters sometime in 2014. The shoot is expected to take about a year. “Stop motion takes that long to gather footage,” he noted. Pinocchio will be del Toro’s first time helming an animated feature. Fortunately, he’ll have help from folks with more experience. Co-director Gustafson served as animation director on Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the project is being backed by the Jim Henson Co. As of last year, UK company McKinnon and Saunders, which also worked on Fantastic Mr. Fox, were on board to make the puppets.
As previously reported, del Toro intends for his Pinocchio to be ”more surreal and slightly darker” than earlier adaptations of the tale, as well as more faithful to Carlo Collodi‘s 19th century book. However, the story will be modernized somewhat, taking place in Italy between the two World Wars (“when everyone was behaving like a puppet, except for puppets,” says Del Toro). Nick Cave is lined up as the film’s music consultant, while the visuals will take inspiration from the work of Gris Grimly.
For whatever reason, the spectacular film ‘Moon’, directed by Duncan Jones and starring Sam Rockwell is streaming for free on YouTube. If you’ve never seen it, you really should, it’s one of Rockwell’s best flicks, and he has been in some pretty solid flicks.
With The Avengers having smashed through the $1 billion mark, ABC is very much dedicated to bringing the Hulk back to TV, though it probably won’t happen until next year. The past few years have seen a number of comic book properties trying to make it on television, with many of them failing, but will Hulk be a SMASH?
The network’s entertainment president told reporters Tuesday during a conference call ahead of his formal upfront presentation to Madison Avenue ad buyers in New York that he’d still like to “see some Marvel projects come to television.”
“Hulk is in development,” he confirmed. “It wasn’t going to be ready this season but we hope it’s going to be ready for next season.” Oscar nominee Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labrynth) is developing the project for the Disney-owned network after ABC’s parent company purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in late 2009.
Within just seven hours of Diablo III being released yesterday, several groups had already beaten the game and within 12 hours, one lone bastard beat the game single-handedly. While these sorts of speed runs don’t really allow for a real enjoyment of the content, it is pretty impressive and it’s the kind of crazy that comes with most Blizzard releases.
The single player who beat the game, named Yoshichan, posted his end-game stats, and has a time of twelve hours and twenty-nine minutes. He made it to level 32 as a barbarian, playing on normal difficulty.
Of the two groups that cleared the game in seven hours, one was from South Korea, the other from China.
Members of the Halo Waypoint Forums were emailed 32 pieces of the Halo 4 box art, which they had to put together. When they did… voila! This is the official box art for the next Halo game.
The game is set four years after the events of Halo 3. “Master Chief returns to confront his destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe.”
