This awesome video projection system has the power to create the most unique movie immersion experience ever, basically turning your living room into the movie you’re watching. Apparently this was all done without the aid of SFX, post production or cuts.
“By attaching the PlayStation Move to the camera, we can track projections to screens in real time, enhancing the effect of spatial deformation and false perspective on the projections and allowing viewers to look round (virtual) corners, bend walls, create a hole in the wall, or remove the walls altogether to reveal vast expanses of virtual worlds.”
Check out the videos after the break to see the system in action.
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It’s time for the fourth production video from the set of The Hobbit. Peter Jackson has been giving fans a unique perspective into the creation of the films with these videos. So far, we’ve visited Bag End, watched Andy Serkis in action as a director, and accompanied the crew on location scouting. This video, released on Jackson’s Facebook page, is a bit more technical and takes a look at how the 3-D part of the shoot works.
Jackson is loving filming The Hobbit in 3-D. He states that if he would have been able to, he would have done the same for the Lord of Rings trilogy. He believes it’s adding a depth to the film, and the crew and cast featured on the video (from camera to hair and make-up) talk a bit about what it takes to make 3-D look good. For example, the prosthetics and make-up have to be applied differently since the cameras are rolling at 48 frames per second. Even the concept art has to be handled differently. Alan Lee and John Howe have to create identical images, one in red and one in blue.
I was skeptical about the usage of 3-D for this movie. I’m not saying I approve or think it’s necessary, but after watching this production video, I get it. Jackson thinks he is enhancing the movie, not doing it for a gimmick. I can get behind that.
Enter Middle Earth (and see Elijah Wood, dwarves, Gandalf, and more) in the video after the break.
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File this entire post in the category of “please, oh please, let it be true.” Joss Whedon has been known for doing readings of Shakespeare at his home, and he’s been thinking about making a feature film version of Much Ado About Nothing for a while. When he took a month’s vacation from The Avengers, he had a super secret shoot for the play at his home in Santa Monica.
The cast includes usual suspects Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Sean Maher (Firefly), Amy Acker (Angel), and Alexis Denisof (Angel). EW.com has an interview with Whedon and some of the cast and Nathan Fillion tweeted a link to the official movie website. Surely, it has to be a real thing. Keep your fingers crossed.
Check out the complete press release after the break.
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The Hunger Games movie will be out next spring (March 23 to be exact). If you haven’t heard of the movie or the book the movie is based on, you have time to join the legions of crazed fans.
Lionsgate knows that fans are eager to see or hear anything about the upcoming release so they’ve launched a marketing campaign to encourage people to choose one of the 12 districts of Panem (the fictional nation of The Hunger Games). After each district gets enough Likes and Tweets, the district logo is revealed. So far, they are droolworthy. Districts 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, and 12 have already been posted—you can check them out after the break.
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The redwoods of northern California look like Endor for a reason. Parts of Return of the Jedi were filmed around Sequoia National Park. When Anthony Herrera took his family on vacation there, he told his kids that it was the home of the Ewoks. Though they didn’t spot any during the trip, they did notice a couple of furry creatures lurking in the photos once they got home. Really, it’s lucky they weren’t spotted; they didn’t have a C-3PO with them to save the day.
Check out additional photos after the break.
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The release of the Star Wars saga on Blu-ray last weekend prompted promotions and celebrations around the world. Some of them were smaller in scale (like an intense couch-surfing marathon of all six films) and some of them were grander. In addition to the BT Tower being transformed into a lightsaber in London, these lightsabers appeared in Japanese train cars.
Check out an additional image after the break.
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The Dark Knight Rises is filming in Romania, and it looks like the country offers the perfect location for Batman’s lair. The Turda Salt Mines has the look and plenty of space for the hero and all his gadgets. It’s a rumor for now, but it certainly looks plausible. If not, I hope Batman is planning to steal this location from whomever it belongs to.
Here’s what the rumors are saying so far:
1) There is a Batcave in The Dark Knight Rises and it will be an enhanced version of what we saw in Batman Begins.
2) The exteriors, including the waterfall, have already been shot on location in Wales.
3) Many interiors will be shot at a Warner Bros soundstage.
Two more photos of the new digs after the jump.
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It’s not bad enough that the original Darth Vader got replaced by the Force ghost of “Annie Wani Vaderkins” (or Hayden Christensen) in the special edition versions, now he gets added dialogue. One of the alleged changes for the upcoming Blu-ray release is that Vader will now scream, “NOOOO” as he tosses the Emperor in Return of the Jedi. Unlike the change in The Phantom Menace upgrading puppet Yoda to a CGI Yoda (video comparison here), this alteration may not be for the best. It doesn’t fit.
View the video of old footage dubbed with an mp3 of the new dialogue after the jump.
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No seriously, I want to know. But I’m more of a right brain kind of guy so this is like staring into the sun. What are these movie titles?
(Spiked Math via Geeks Are Sexy)
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Yahoo has the new trailer for the Smurfs movie coming out
My opinion?
“I think I just smurfed in my mouth.”
But, hey, everyone has an opinion and you know you wanna watch it anyway, so check out the clip after the break.
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