Archive for July, 2008

Rumor Control: Johnny Depp as Riddler in next Batman film

Wow. That would be batshit insane! Coming from multiple sources via Nightly, this little nugget could very well be no more than a fanboy’s overactive imagination. But lets visit this little wonderland real quick: Yeah, Depp’s Riddler would be an awesome follow up to Ledger’s Joker. If anyone could make that segway, it’s be Depp. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see but for now….imagine. What do you guys think about Depp as the Riddler?

Che bootleg trailer appears online

So Soderbergh & company are really having a hard time selling this film. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that even after a somewhat mixed showing at the Cannes Film Festival, no studio has stepped up to distribute. I hope that the film eventually sees the light of day but these days, everyone is cutting back I guess. Check it out while it lasts!

Update: A slightly better version has popped up at Yahoo! Check it out here if you must.

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist trailer syncs on the internets

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Some good buzz building around this film and is set to premier at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Lately, I’ve been watching Arrested Development (what a great show! It truly sucks that it was cancelled….guess I shoulda watched when it was on the air) and Michael Cera has his delivery that hasn’t gotten old and seems to humanize him. Not sure how much longer he can keep pulling that off before it gets old but this film will certainly only help his star burn brighter.

Dem Trailers: Swedein’ Edition

Yes Man
There’s no way around it: Jim Carrey is getting up there, man. And his comedy routine is aging right with him. I long for the days of Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura and although those golden times might never be repeated, this trailer seems like it might be a step in the right direction. What do you guys think?

Flash Of Genius
Greg Kinnear I’ve been following since his days at Talk Soup and I’m glad to see he made it this far. Underdog stories like this one are always a treat and throw in some automobile industry espionage and I’m there (I thought Tucker: The Man And His Dream was an cool ass film). In here, Kinnear’s character invents the windshield wiper and big, bad Ford comes in and jacks his idea. Check out the trailer here at Apple.

Sex Drive
A teen comedy that centers around obtaining sex. Yeah, nothing too original in this film but the donut mascot wearing a sombrero along with a few other laughs make this movie go from “Bah!” status to “Mmmm…perhaps” status very quickly. Check it out for yourself over here at Apple.

Comic Con ‘08: The Wolfman bootleg footage appears

As usual, this stuff disappears quickly so check it out while you still can! This comes from Trailer Addict via SlashFilm.

Zero Puncuation: E3 2008 Wrap Up

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer materializes

Even after the head fake we all got when we saw the pathetic excuse for a teaser in front of The Dark Knight in IMAX, I’m still excited to see this. And it looks pretty good. Check it out over at Moviefone here.

The DUmb #7 • Nerd Overload

Yup, number 7 so pay no attention to the fact that I refer to this as our 8th podcast in the actually podcast. Yeah, I can’t add. So this week, Adrian Rodriguez from Late Update returns as he brought with him a new special, special guest: John Rios! Rios is the creator/artist/writer of Dead Days, the awesome web comic. Joins us as we talk all types of NERD. Be warned! This episode contains more nerdiness than usual. Please be advised! So much in fact that Adrian’s presence was almost not felt (it didn’t help that the poor guy had the stomach pain of a million warheads). So what did we talk about?

• The Dark Knight, of course. Swear, this will be the last time we beat this dead horse…this week. • The Watchmen and it’s newly released trailer. • San Diego Comic Con 2008 overview. • A Rodriguez/Rios soundboard prank call. • We talk about our entry for the upcoming Fresno Swede Festival. • E3 2008 overview: The best of the Microsoft, Nintendo & Sony announcements. • Some graphic design flubbs. • Old school video game nostalgia.

And there’s more! Download it, check it out and let us know what you think. As usual, NSFW as we tend to cuss a little bit. Feel free to email us comments or if you have any questions or want to be a guest on our humble podcast, drop us a line at thedumbdrum@gmail.com. Thanks to Late Update for hosting the podcast for us!

 
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W. trailer returns….this time in HD!

So the first time, it got pulled. Now Moviefone has the teaser trailer back up. So if you missed it the first time, click here to see our President hitting a beer bong. Oh this is gonna be good…NYUP!

Das ÃœberPost-Rubberband Ball Edition

Well, the end of Comic Con this past week has arrived and although we posted much of the major stuff coming out of there (some of it…actually, most of the vids were eventually pulled) there were some other morsels that slipped by us. So what does that mean? Time for an ÃœberPost!

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will see it’s first trailer drop tonight over at AOL at 9pm EST. We will post it here as soon as it’s up but in the mean time, head on over to USA Today here to see some exclusive pictures from the film, including a young Voldemort.

•At Comic Con this weekend promoting Drag Me To Hell, director Sam Raimi revealed that he’s is most definitely working with Bruce Campbell on another Evil Dead movie. AWESOMMEEE! Check out the details over here at SlashFilm.

•More Comic Con news, Robert Rodriguez confirmed that Machete, one of his “trailers” from Grindhouse starring the great Danny Trejo, will indeed be expanded upon and turned into a proper film…TRILOGY! Uh… yes, please! The Movie Blog blesses us with the news.

Update on the new film ordanince (nope, it wasn’t passed….just yet)

So this morning saw me once again downtown at our beautiful city hall to support the approval of a new city ordnance, of which you can read about on my previous post, that could possibly change the way local filmmakers create here in town. Never one to adept at public speaking, I went up in front of the council to voice my support. After some questions back and forth, including some additional questions for me from Blong Xiong and Henry Perea, the council decided to look into some very valid questions raised (including the wording on the fact that people shooting without permission would be charged with a felony and also the changing of the phrase “nudity” to “public nudity”) and speak to some other local filmmakers to see where the community here in town stood on the issue. As long as this issue isn’t totally drawn out and the council is quick to do the research on the matter, it’s cool with me. Surprisingly, Jerry Duncan moved to approve the ordinance right then and there but no one stood up to second it. Sucks but I guess it might be for the best that everyone is on the same page and those few issues get corrected (it’s like wanting to buy that car right now rather than waiting for a better deal next week). The fact that this is even happening here in town excites me to no end and I hope, if this thing does go through, that people here in town take the initiative to go out, create and help put Fresno on the map. Something tells me we will.

Another call to arms: Fresno City Council set to vote on filmmaker friendly ordinance tomorrow morning

This was the email sent out by Ray Arthur earlier today (I apologize for it’s lateness): 

Dear Friends,

It’s been a long journey but the City of Fresno Film Ordinance will be brought to the Fresno City Council on Tuesday, July 29th. It is scheduled as a timed item for 9:30 AM. That means it will be heard at or after 9:30 AM.

The Film Ordinance and Staff Report can be viewed on the City of Fresno website here.

Following is a portion from the Staff Report that notes the changes in the Film Ordinance from its previous version presented in February:

On February 26, 2008, the Fresno Film & Entertainment Commission (FFEC) presented the Fresno City Council with a previous version of this Film Ordinance. Council, at that time, expressed concerns in the areas of required insurance for student and small independent film productions.

With the assistance of the City Attorneys Office, this revised version of the Film Ordinance responds to Council’s concerns by incorporating the following changes:

Student Filmmaking will be exempt from both the film permitting process and insurance requirements.

The “Rule of Three” has been expanded to the “Rule of 15.” This revision greatly broadens the previous “Rule of Three” to include all productions of 15 people or fewer, providing they use handheld equipment and do not interfere with the general flow of the citizenry.

Two additional definitions, for “hand held devices” and ”obstruction,” have been added to the definition section of the ordinance to clarify elements of the “Rule of 15.”

With the inclusion of these additional revisions the FFEC feels these steps meet the interests expressed by all parties.

Sincerely,

Ray

Comic Con 08: Jackman promises Wolverine badassery and "Berzerker Barrages"!

Hugh Jackman gives us a little insight as to what we can expect from the new X-Men Origins-Wolverine film. Will it be badass? Are we going to see a little Berzerker Barrage? I sure hope so. Check out the interview with Hugh and see what he has to say about it.

*NOTE*: The leaked footage videos were taken down so I’ve reposted them for you. I think these might even be better than the Trailer Addict vids. Enjoy, if you haven’t already.

Part 1

Part 2