Robert Rodriguez hosted two panels for the Television Critics Awards today on behalf of his El Rey Network, speaking about his interview series The Director’s Chair and season two of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. He even showed a clip of his chat with Michael Mann about Heat. After the panel, Rodriguez stayed to…
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This new poster for Heavy Metal, designed by Swedish artist Killian Eng and set for release at Comic Con, doesn't seem to have much relation to the 1981 film of the same name. The poster is fantastic (and would pair well with Eng's great poster for Jodorowsky's Dune) but doesn't feature any elements of the…
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Robert Rodriguez may originally be from San Antonio, but Austin, TX has been his private and professional home for many years. So an appearance at the SXSW festival is to be expected, and Rodriguez did indeed show up at the film and interactive portion of the fest to talk about his upcoming projects. Some of…
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For some time I've hoped that David Fincher would really find a way to make a new version of Heavy Metal. The original animated anthology film based on or inspired by stories from Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal magazine was released in 1981 and didn't find a huge audience, but turned into a cult classic over time.…
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We've been waiting for word that the David Fincher-produced new version of Heavy Metal might actually go forward. That film, which is an update/follow-up to the animated 1981 version produced by Ivan Reitman, has a number of big directors attached (Guillermo del Toro, James Cameron, Zack Snyder, Rob Zombie, Gore Verbinski and Mark Osborne have…
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You've probably noticed that there's been a lot of David Fincher coverage in the past few days. But what can we do? He's one of the most interesting mainstream directors working today, he's got a good number of potential new projects, and he's doing a lot of interviews. Sadly we're not getting all the updates…
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Media Rights Capital is turning into a film funding juggernaut, and one of the moves the company is making is to enable name-brand directors to make new movies under their own auspices. Just earlier today we talked about the M. Night Shyamalan-produced series The Night Chronicles, which MRC has been funding. Now David Fincher is…
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A new version of Heavy Metal, the 1981 animated anthology film with stories based on the comics magazine Heavy Metal (originally Metal Hurlant in France), has been batted around for the last couple years. At various points a whole laundry list of directors have been 'confirmed' to helm segments: David Fincher, James Cameron, Guillermo del…
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Buried in a video interview with MTV, Jack Black mentions that he and Kyle Gass, aka Tenacious D, have written a song for the new Heavy Metal movie. Which doesn't mean that we'll ever hear it, because the project could be perennially stuck in development hell, but the very idea of having a song in…
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Heavy Metal publisher Kevin Eastman has announced that the upcoming Heavy Metal animated film might end back up at Paramount. The movie studio's backstage disagreement with David Fincher over the length of Benjamin Button's running time supposedly resulted in Heavy Metal's departure. But it looks like everything has been patched up. Eastman has also announced…
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Heavy Metal publisher Kevin Eastman says that Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro and Gore Verbinski have expressed interest in joining executive producer David Fincher to direct segments of the upcoming Heavy Metal animated film. The feature is scheduled to include eight or nine segments, and is being envisioned as an adult-themed R-rated film. Animator Tim…
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Last week, I screened 20 minutes of clips of scenes from David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In our first impression article, I expressed my concern and disappointment over the footage shown, partly because I felt some of the short scenes dragged. Note: I haven't seen the entire film - I want to…
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"Feed me, feed me comics," booms Hollywood. According to TheGoon.com, /Film fave, David Fincher, has optioned movie rights for The Goon with plans to adapt the Dark Horse comic book into a CG animated film from Blur Studio. If this news sounds familiar, back in March it was announced that Fincher would team with Blur…
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Director David Fincher (Se7en, Zodiac) is set to co-direct, oversee and produce an animated feature film based on Heavy Metal Magazine, the adult fantasy and sci-fi publication founded in the '70s that's still in print today. The R-rated flick will consist of eight or nine individual animated tales, each to be helmed by a different…
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David Fincher sat down with MTV, and boy did he blab about a bunch of potential upcoming projects. First up he confirmed rumors that he wants to bring Fight Club to Broadway in 2009!? "One of the things I want at the 10-year anniversary is to do "Fight Club" as a musical on Broadway. I…
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