Watashi
01-29-2009, 08:22 PM
1906
Brad Bird of Pixar has interestingly (officially via Hollywood Reporter) signed on to direct actual people in an upcoming movie called 1906. Stepping away from animation is noteworthy enough, but Bird is also tackling a story that is anything but cartoonish.
1906 is based on a novel by James Dalessandro of the same name. The story is described as: Set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, this page-turning tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance, rescue—and murder—is based on recently uncovered facts that forever change our understanding of what really happened.
John Carter of Mars
MTV caught up exclusively with Pixar's Andrew Stanton, who confirmed the film is real. "We're full bore on it right now. We're over the hump of the writing phase, and we're certainly far from rewrites." In fact, they're well into pre-production, and even looking at casting the hero. "I know everybody wanted Hugh Jackman forever. But he's only getting older and more exposed now, so it's a tough call. I'm your typical filmmaker, I want to find the next best unknown."
Penning a script out of an episodic story has been one of the major pitfalls of all movie attempts, but is a problem Stanton thinks he cracked. "It almost had an absence of a story for a feature film because it was very episodic. In its day it was a comic book. I mean, this book was written in 1912. It was the comic book you got in the time before there was such thing as comic books. So, it was really just about the next fight, the next adventure, the next romance. The key was putting a story into it and creating characters that had to grow and real basic stuff that we all know a movie needs."
Both 1906 and John Carter of Mars will be live-action. This is the first time both Pixar directors will venture into live-action filmmaking. 1906 will be the first non-animated Pixar film. John Carter of Mars is not a Pixar film, but only Disney, but his creative crew from Pixar is still involved.
Both of these films are probably my most anticipated films.... ever.
Which are you anticipating more?
Brad Bird of Pixar has interestingly (officially via Hollywood Reporter) signed on to direct actual people in an upcoming movie called 1906. Stepping away from animation is noteworthy enough, but Bird is also tackling a story that is anything but cartoonish.
1906 is based on a novel by James Dalessandro of the same name. The story is described as: Set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, this page-turning tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance, rescue—and murder—is based on recently uncovered facts that forever change our understanding of what really happened.
John Carter of Mars
MTV caught up exclusively with Pixar's Andrew Stanton, who confirmed the film is real. "We're full bore on it right now. We're over the hump of the writing phase, and we're certainly far from rewrites." In fact, they're well into pre-production, and even looking at casting the hero. "I know everybody wanted Hugh Jackman forever. But he's only getting older and more exposed now, so it's a tough call. I'm your typical filmmaker, I want to find the next best unknown."
Penning a script out of an episodic story has been one of the major pitfalls of all movie attempts, but is a problem Stanton thinks he cracked. "It almost had an absence of a story for a feature film because it was very episodic. In its day it was a comic book. I mean, this book was written in 1912. It was the comic book you got in the time before there was such thing as comic books. So, it was really just about the next fight, the next adventure, the next romance. The key was putting a story into it and creating characters that had to grow and real basic stuff that we all know a movie needs."
Both 1906 and John Carter of Mars will be live-action. This is the first time both Pixar directors will venture into live-action filmmaking. 1906 will be the first non-animated Pixar film. John Carter of Mars is not a Pixar film, but only Disney, but his creative crew from Pixar is still involved.
Both of these films are probably my most anticipated films.... ever.
Which are you anticipating more?