October 27, 2005
Saw - Rebirth Animated Comic
The official Saw 2 site has an animated comic explaining the Jigsaw Killer's origin and all that fun jazz. Considering the first movie was pretty terrible, I don't know why anybody would even care about this sort of thing. Admirable for the movie company to go the lengths of this, but really nobody's interested. Except for, like, the twelve people that actually did enjoy the first Saw.
- Saw - Rebirth Animated Comic [Official Site]
Lucasfilm's empire is expanding
Lucasfilm has just opened a 3,715 square meter digital animation studio in Singapore and its first release is going to be a TV adapation of its Clone Wars micro series. Give him a few short years and I'm sure George Lucas will own Asia. That's what he does. He takes over continents.
- Lucasfilm extends empire to Singapore [Guardian Unlimited]
King Kong is going to be long as hell
Universal has agreed to release King Kong at it's full three hour run time. Peter Jackson and Universal had originally contemplated a running time of around two and half hours, with a budget around $175 million, but things never go right and the budget went over to $207 million.
Decision to increase the running time and budget was made after Universal brass -- including Ron MeyerRon Meyer, Stacey SniderStacey Snider, Marc Shmuger and Mary ParentMary Parent -- flew to New Zealand to screen the pic. The U delegation knew they were going to see a three-hour version, but hadn't made any decisions on whether to release it. "We expected to see a long movie," said U chair Stacey Snider, "and we loved it. It's a brilliant movie, an epic feast."
This better be as incredible as the poster looks, because it takes a lot more than a giant gorilla to get me to sit still for three hours straight.
- Primates getting pricier [Variety]
