The superhero Green Lantern is not as well-known as some of DC Comics’ other characters like Superman and Batman, but Warner Bros. is banking on director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) and lead actor Ryan Reynolds changing that when the live-action Green Lantern movie hits theaters.
So far, Reynolds is the only actor cast in the movie, and principal photography isn’t expected to begin until March. However, that doesn’t mean that work on the movie hasn’t already begun. In a recent interview with Empire, Campbell said that there will be roughly 1,300 visual effects shots and that “the process” of coordinating all of those shots is both “daunting” and “mind-blowing.” He said that most of the effects revolve around the source of Green Lantern’s super powers, stemming from his power ring.
Campbell added “It’s energized by a battery on the planet of Oa, which taps into the willpower of everyone in the universe. From that ring you can form constructs. So if you got into a fight, you could form a giant fist. Or a fighter plane.”
Clay Pinney is the special effects supervisor. Mr. Pinney is known for his work in such films as Independence Day, The Matrix Reloaded, Star Trek, Angels & Demons as well as Speed Racer.
Before the end of 2009, expect the rease of this film described as an Action, Horror, Western Thriller
Tagline: Live by the gun. Die by the gun. Come back for more
The Story: A mysterious gunman, Aman (Wesley Snipes), is the son of a nun who breaks her covenant with God to ensure his survival. This act brings a curse upon Aman – all those that die by his gun will return. Soon, he is hunted by a gang of his undead former victims, led by the vicious Kansa (Kevin Howarth). Aman enlists Fabulos (Riley Smith), a new young warrior, to fight by his side.
Make Up Department
Becky Cain … prosthetic technician
Iraina Crenshaw … hair stylist: Mr. Snipes
Jackie Fowler … chief makeup artist
Dan Frye … prosthetic technician
Rod Hamlin … prosthetic technician
Brian Hillard … sfx makeup: moldmaker, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Kristyan Mallett … prosthetics technician
Sue Michael … key makeup assistant
Richard Northcroft … prosthetic technician
Conal Palmer … prosthetic technician
Alison Rainey … makeup artist
Clare Ramsey … prosthetic technician
Cyndi Reece-Thorne … makeup artist: Mr. Snipes
Tommy Van der Nest … hair stylist
Special Effects Department
David Beneke … sfx makeup: moldmaker, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
George Bernota … special effects makeup: key mechanic, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Julia Bogdan-Rollo … production accountant: Tatopoulos Studios Inc.
Robert Braune … special effects
Bruce Spaulding Fuller … special effects makeup: sculptor, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Nikky Haberle … contact lens technician
John Halfmann … special effects makeup: moldmaker, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Guy Himber… special effects makeup: shop supervisor, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Paul Hyett … prosthetics supervisor and special effects makeup
Clive R. Kay … special effects contact lenses
Allison Klein … assistant to designer: Tatopoulos Studios
Carol Koch … special effects makeup: sculptor, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Russell Lukich … special effects makeup: sculptor, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Amber Meno … special effects makeup: purchasing assistant, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Max Poolman … special effects supervisor
Richard Redlefsen … sculptor/painter: Mosca: additional photography: Los Angeles
John Shea … fabricator: Tatopolous Studios Inc.
Patrick Tatopoulos … special effects makeup designer
Janek Zabielski … special effects supervisor (2006)
July 25, 2009 Before he enjoyed mainstream commercial success directing Clive Barker’s “Candyman,” Bernard Rose helmed this amazing 1988 dream-horror film that wowed critics who called it a thinking person’s “Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Charlotte Burke plays an overly imaginative 11-year-old British girl who, during an illness, falls deep into a fantasy world where she hooks up with a crippled boy (Elliott Spiers) that she’s never met before. She also has disturbing and frightening visions of her father (Ben Cross) and a dark, foreboding country house. The dreams become more and more frightening as the film goes on, in a film that is in many ways better than the more commercial “Candyman.”
While it mainly stars children, “Paperhouse” is intended strictly for adults and even features some terrifying make-up effects. Perhaps the fact that “Paperhouse” is a difficult film to pigeonhole — is it a horror film, a fantasy film, an art film? — that has made it a title that its makers have decided to no longer market in the United States. Or perhaps it’s hung up in a rights dispute. Who knows. The only thing we can be sure of it is that it’s unavailable.
The film hit VHS in the U.S. in 1990 and never saw another release. Considering what a good film it is, it’s ard to believe it never made its way to DVD — but it never did and there’s no sign whatsoever of any kind of release. In addition, child actress Charlottte Burke never went on to appear in anything else.
The film was based on the novel “Marianne Dreams” by Catherine Storr — also out of print.
Make Up Department
Sarah Grundy … hair stylist
Jenny Shircore… makeup chief Special Effects Department
Steve Crawley … wire effects
Alexander Gunn … special effects technician
Bob Harman … wire effects
Alan Whibley … special effects supervisor
Colin Firth’s new film, Dorian Gray, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The classic story is about A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
The British film, which also stars Ben Barnes and Emilia Fox, will debut at the Canadian festival along with Harry Brown, starring Michael Caine, and Perrier’s Bounty, featuring Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent.
Make Up Department
Sidony Etherton … daily makeup trainee
Duncan Jarman… prosthetic sculptor
Paul Mooney … hair stylist
Paula Price … make-up/hair artist
Lesley Smith … makeup artist and hair stylist
Jeremy Woodhead… hair and makeup designer
Special Effects Department
James Davis III … special effects senior technician
Hugh Goodbody … special effects senior technician
Mark Holt … special effects supervisor
District 9 is an upcoming science fiction film produced by Peter Jackson, set for an August 14th release date and will be distributed by Sony’s Tristar Pictures.
It takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa; aliens made first contact with Earth twenty-eight years prior while humanity waited for the hostile attack or for giant advances in technology, though neither came. Instead, the aliens that arrived were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them. Patience over the alien situation ran out and control over them was contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare.
MNU stands to receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ advanced weaponry work, but have failed because it requires alien DNA. Tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable, for he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Van der Merwe becomes ostracized and friendless and hides amongst the creatures locked within District 9.
Make Up Department
Donald Brooker … makeup effects & prosthetics: WETA Workshop
Daniel Cockersell … makeup effects & prosthetics: WETA Workshop
Joe Dunckley … prosthetics effects supervisor
Ben Hawker … makeup effects & prosthetics: WETA Workshop
Thebe Malatse … assistant makeup artist
Antony McMullen … prosthetic artist: WETA Workshop
Matt Patte … makeup effects & prosthetics: WETA Workshop
Frances Richardson … makeup effects supervisor: WETA Workshop
Sarah Rubano … prosthetics makeup supervisor
Charlie Runge … assistant makeup artist
Eden Small … makeup effects & prosthetics: WETA Workshop
Greg Tozer … makeup effects & prosthetics: WETA Workshop
Leon von Solms … makeup/hair supervisor
Special Effects Department
David Barkes … special effects coordinator: additional photography
Doug Falconer … special effects technician: New Zealand
Steve Ingram … special effects supervisor: New Zealand
Gareth J. Jensen … creature painter
Joel McGowan … special effects technician: additional photography
Phil McLaren … special effects technician: New Zealand
Carlos Slater … special effects technician
A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.
Sylvester Stallone is the Director and Writer
Cast
Sylvester Stallone … Barney Ross
Jason Statham … Lee Christmas
Jet Li … Bao
Dolph Lundgren … Gunnar Jensen
Eric Roberts … Monroe
Randy Couture … Toll Road
Steve Austin … Dan Paine
David Zayas … General Garza
Giselle Itié … Sandra
Terry Crews … Hale Caesar
Mickey Rourke … Tool
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Brittany Murphy … Amy
X-Men Origins Wolverine on Blu Ray DVD
Make Up Department
Nikki I Brown … makeup artist
Scott H. Eddo … makeup department head
Stacy Kelly … key makeup artist
Rick Stratton … special tattoos
Amy Wood … assistant hair stylist
Special Effects Department
Marcio Bittencourt Farjalla … pyro/ weapons house manager
Garry Cooper … special effects workshop supervisor
Lawrence Decker … special effects technician
Erika Faccini … special effects producer
Sergio Farjalla Jr. … special effects coordinator
Giuliano Fiumani … special effects senior technician
Alexander Gunn … special effects floor supervisor: Brazil
Graham Hills … senior special effects technician
Edward Joubert … special effects technician
Michael Kay … special effects engineer
Jeff Khachadoorian … special effects co-supervisor
Jack Lynch … second unit coordinator
Jeff Ogg … special effects co-coordinator
Richard E. Perry … special effects foreman
Bob Trevino … special effects technician
Andy Weder … special effects supervisor
Jeffery D. Woodrel … special effects technician
Bradley Cooper (left), Ryan Reynolds (c) Justin Timberlake (right) (Getty)
Borys Kit – The Hollywood Reporter
Warner Bros. is about to decide who will wear the super-powered ring in “Green Lantern,” the studio’s latest DC Comics tentpole movie.
Along with director Martin Campbell and producers Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti, Warners has spent the past five months searching for the actor to play Hal Jordan, the hot-shot Air Force pilot who is chosen by a dying alien to be his successor in an intergalactic police force known as the Green Lanterns.
This week, the race narrowed to Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Justin Timberlake. The clock is ticking on the decision as the holding deal the studio had on the actors expired Monday, meaning the three are now free to accept other offers.
The studio ordered up two rounds of screen tests with Cooper, Reynolds and Timberlake. Other actors in the early mix included Michael Fassbender, Henry Cavill and Jared Leto.
Apparently, De Line, Campbell and the studio each had a different favorite among the three finalists, making it difficult to come to a consensus.
Another issue impacting the casting process is the rising budget. “Lantern” is a full-blown space epic that is expected to cost between $150 million and $200 million, if not more. Warners would like to have the production costs at a reasonable level before proceeding.
The studio has scheduled the movie for a December 2010 opening.
Cooper, repped by CAA and Thruline, is feeling a lot of love from Warners as he stars in the studio’s surprise comedy hit, “The Hangover,” which has grossed $210 million domestically.
UTA-repped Reynolds recently starred in a comic book movie, Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” where he played “the merc with a mouth” Deadpool. The character is now being developed for a spinoff to which Reynolds is attached. The actor is also in theaters with Disney’s romantic comedy “The Proposal.”
Timberlake, repped by CAA and Rick Yorn, has been steadily building an acting resume, appearing in such dramas as “Alpha Dog” and “Black Snake Moan” while also showcasing his comedy chops with appearances on “Saturday Night Live.”
Clay Pinney (Independence Day, The Matrix Reloaded, Star Trek) has been tabbed as special effects supervisor.
It’s hard to know what to make of Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner of “28 Weeks Later”) the first few times he goes into action in Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker.”
As the new head of an elite U.S. Army bomb-disposal team in Iraq, James is unsettlingly casual about defusing or dismantling small-to-large IEDs, or Improvised Explosive Devices. (Those are the bombs used by the insurgency in Iraq since the U.S. invaded.)
Uncomfortable in a bulky, protective “bomb suit,” James sometimes sheds it while working wherever explosives are found: on the side of a road, connected to corpses, left in packages. Unable to locate an IED in an abandoned car — but making a perfect target for insurgent snipers — James insistently tears the vehicle apart despite the pleas of a seasoned subordinate, Sgt. JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie of “Notorious”).
It makes one wonder: Is James nuts? Hooked on chaos? Or just so good at his job he’s entitled to do it his way?
By the time “The Hurt Locker” is over, it’s possible to have believed any one of those options at different points. Bigelow’s sweaty-palms thriller, a combat film rooted in reportage by formerly embedded journalist Mark Boal, concerns both the day-to-day nightmare of encountering multiple IEDs for a year and the appeal of wartime danger to individuals who thrive on a sense of control.
Boal’s unusual script is structured, in large part, as a relentlessly tense drama, a string of missions punctuated by James’ and Sanborn’s downtime restlessness. (Bigelow also breaks up the suspense a bit with well-placed cameo appearances by Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce and David Morse.)
The story also hints that James — who, by the way, is played by Renner as a low-key and likable fellow — is so bent by battle his judgment is askew concerning ordinary relationships.
Shot near the Iraqi border in Jordan, the mesmerizing “Hurt Locker” — with its fever-dream tone, ravaged backdrops and realistic action — is certainly among the most accomplished works of Bigelow, a distinctive action director with several cult films (“Strange Days,” “Point Break”) to her credit.
Bigelow’s admiration for James is as obvious as her determination to portray him honestly as a damaged, complicated hero. That interesting duality keeps this story as unpredictable and tragic as it is genuinely riveting.
Make Up Department
Daniel Parker … make-up and hair designer
Robin Pritchard … prosthetic makeup artist
Janice Rhodes … key hair stylist
Special Effects Department
Blair Foord … special effects on set coordinator
Ernst Gschwind … special effects
Rafiq Kamhawi… special effects assistant: Jordan
Colonel Kurdi … IED advisor: Jordan
Richard Stutsman … special effects supervisor
If there’s one movie you absolutely must have on Blu-Ray this year, it has to be Watchmen. Just imagine those glowing blues of Dr. Manhattan popping off your television, or the dark, film noir shadows lurking on your screen as Rorschach stalks the streets of your disc. You’ve gotta have it.
It arrives both on Blu-Ray and DVD as a 2-disc Special Edition Director’s Cut in just a few weeks on July 21st. Warner Bros. has given us a sneak peek at just some of what you can expect loaded onto this disc, with a series of clips showcasing some of the film’s behind the scenes features along with flat out badass scenes that you won’t be able to live without seeing again.
Crew edited by Mark Gorelord – GoreMaster.com
Make Up Department
Anji Bemben … hair department head
Greg Cannom … special makeup designer
Rita Ciccozzi … key makeup artist
Rosalina Da Silva … makeup department head
Emanuela Daus… makeup artist
Cara Doell … assistant hair stylist
Vanessa Giles … assistant makeup artist
Celine Godeau … tattoo artist
Will Huff … special makeup effects artist
Jason James … mold/lab technician
Jim Knell … production photographer: Drac Studios
Rebecca Lee … assistant makeup artist
Carrie LeGrand … makeup production supervisor: Drac Studios
Harvey Lowry … director of operations: Drac Studios
Sharon Markell … assistant hair stylist
Mark Nieman … silicone prosthetic supervisor: Drac Studios
Geoff Redknap … special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton … tattoos
Miles Teves … makeup designer
Miles Teves … special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker … creative director: Drac Studios
Steve Winsett … special makeup effects artist
Jacqueline Robertson Cull … wig maker (uncredited)
Special Effects Department
Dan Cervin … special effects first assistant
Jerry Constantine … special effects makeup
Dan Crawley … special effects technician
Brandon Ellison … special effects technician
Brandon Engstrom … special effects technician
Janet Pearce¹ … special effects technician
Bill Fesh … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.
Damian Fisher … special effects technician
Christopher Gilman … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Chris Hampton … special effects supervisor
Nicholas Hiegel … model maker
Kelly Kerby … pyrotechnician
Alan McFarland … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Randy Pike … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Dale Shippam … special effects technician
Charles Sowles … costume specialist
Andrew Verhoeven … special effects: electronics
Adam Walls … special effects technician
Joel Whist … special effects coordinator
Brad Zehr … special effects technician
Suma Adams … seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ozzy Alvarez … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jason Barnett … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Sophia Coronado … specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Robert Kato DeStefan … body shop technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Megan Flagg … special effects technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez … mold shop supervisor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Carol Koch … sculptor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Steve Koch … sculptor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jacqueline Makkee … seaming and patching dept: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.(uncredited)
Walter Phelan … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh … prosthetic suits supervisor: Quantum Creation FX Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh … specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ray Shaffer … special effects lab technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Brett Stern … special effects costume painter: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Chris Wolters … mechanical designer: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited
On Tuesday, a popular cable network gets a new name and opens the door to a passel of mysterious artifacts and enigmatic relics.
With the two-hour premiere of “Warehouse 13,” SCI FI Channel becomes SYFY and shakes up its on-screen image, hoping to expand its audience even further beyond science-fiction fans.
“Warehouse 13” focuses on two Secret Service agents — Peter Lattimer and Myka Bering (Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly) — who save the life of the president and wind up transferred to a facility called Warehouse 13.
Located in South Dakota, the top-secret bunker houses a collection of bizarre objects, all under the care of Secret Service agent Artie Nielsen (Saul Rubinek), who answers to Mrs. Frederic (CCH Pounder).
“Everybody is a closet conspiracist,” says Jack Kenny, who executive produces with David Simkins. “We all want to think, ‘Oooh, there is all this stuff going on that we don’t know about.’
“And there probably is a bunch of stuff we don’t know about and probably don’t want to know about. We like the idea that there’s a warehouse out there that houses everything the government doesn’t know what to do with but needs to safeguard and protect.”
He also emphasizes that we’re not talking about alien bodies from Roswell or anything of that sort.
“We don’t want to go into alien stuff because it stretches the point of believability,” Kenny says. “Every one of these artifacts, we want to be absolutely viable.”
“The artifacts come from history,” Simkins says. “They come from science. They come from strong-willed individuals (like) Lucrezia Borgia. All the artifacts are based in reality.
“You could go to Wikipedia or Google and look this stuff up.”
Luckily for science-fiction fans, while the artifacts may not be from outer space, a few guest stars have worked there.
Among them are Tricia Helfer and Michael Hogan from “Battlestar Galactica” and Joe Flanigan from “Stargate Atlantis.” Others include Ivan Sergei (“Charmed”) James Naughton (“Gossip Girl”) and Erica Cerra (“Eureka”).
The show also promises a sense of humor. For example, there’s the purple goo.
“We get purple goo squirted all over us,” McClintock says. “The purple goo is a big story point. When we put an artifact into the purple neutralizer, it takes all its power away and makes it easier to transport.”
The Special Effects Crew
Michael Innanen (Max Payne, The Incredible Hulk, Jumper) is the special effects supervisor
Laird McMurray (The Incredible Hulk, Dawn of the Dead, Cinderella Man) is the special effects coordinator
Shane Million (Assault on Precinct 13, Dawn of the Dead, Man of the Year) is the key special effects artist
Marcus Rait (X-Men, 16 Blocks, Chicago) is the special effects foreman
The classic story is about A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
