Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Patrick Thomas Parnell created today’s sketch of Rambo. I first met Patrick at MegaCon earlier this year. I don’t think I’d ever even seen his art before. Patrick was doing these really cool, tall/thin color sketches for a reasonable price. I asked him if he’d be interested in doing a Stallone piece for my collection and he chose Rambo.
If like me you’re a fan of Sean Phillips & Ed Brubaker or maybe just their cool crime series, Incognito, then you’ll be pleased to hear that the series has been optioned.
This trailer for the Jonah Hex movie is such a let down. The movie had so much potential with a cast that included Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox and a story based on the DC comic series. The “high tech” weapons, gatling guns on horseback and Jonah Hex as a gunslinging medium just don’t work.
Jonah Hex should have been a gritty western in the vein of the old Clint Eastwood classics. The sad part is that movie goers who don’t know any better will think that the stupid parts of the movie came from the comic series. Bah.
Movieweb recently posted a nice little interview with Michael Biehn who spoke about the making of Tombstone. Biehn provides a wealth of behind-the-scenes information and more. Here are a few tidbits:
I think Unforgiven is the best Western ever made. That is my feeling. You can go back to films like Shane. That, to me, is a great Western. Maybe things like The Outlaw Josey Wales, and a few others. But for me, Unforgiven is the greatest film that was ever made. Our film was more pop oriented.
Tombstone was such a good movie because it had a great script by Kevin Jarre. It had great characters. And it had great actors to play them. Kurt was great. I don’t think Val has been better in any other movie. It’s his greatest performance. You have Sam Elliott, you have Bill Paxton, you have Powers Boothe, you have Thomas Haden Church. You’ve got Jason Priestley and Billy Zane. Billy Bob Thornton and Frank Stallone. Everywhere you look, there is a new face that pops up. They are a celebrity, but they fit into this world.
I give Kurt Russell a lot of credit for managing everybody’s egos. And making the right decisions on what needed to be cut and what didn’t need to be cut.
The interview covers a lot more ground including why the original director was fired, lost Tombstone footage, and why Biehn won’t work with Bill Paxton on a certain project. You can read the full interview right here.
If you want to see a Japanese teaser trailer for The Expendables just click right here.
Most folks these days won’t watch black and white, let alone silent movies. I have no problem with either, if the film is a good one. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in the days when most shows on television were broadcast in black and white.
At any rate, I’m looking forward to seeing Fritz Lang’s silent [and yes, black and white] classic Metropolis with the fully restored footage. If you check out this trailer and make it all the way to the end, Metropolis may be a movie you’ll want to watch as well.
This week we have a watercolor piece of Sly as Jack Carter by Fatima Camiloza. I saw Fatima’s art here and noticed that she was doing ten dollar 4″x6″ watercolor pieces. I liked Fatima’s art enough to give it a go and the piece above is the end result.
I’m extremely pleased to have a piece by Fatima in my collection… and perhaps there will be more in the future!
Peruvian filmmaker Ricardo de Montreuil made this teaser for a potential film trilogy. The Raven aka Chris Black possesses a unique power that threatens the current power structure…
The chase is on as Chris runs for his life in this sci-fi thriller set in an alternate and futuristic Los Angeles.
This has a lot of potential. I hope we see more soon!
I’ve never been a fan of any of The Nightmare on Elm Street movies, but I have to admit I like this motion poster for the reboot.
If you’re a Frank Miller completist, then you’ll want to pick up the first issue of Jurassic Park: Redemption since Miller provides the cover. The mini-series from IDW will run five issues and is written by Bob Schreck with art by Nate Van Dyke. Tom Yeates is also providing a variant cover to the first issue, so be sure to let your comic shop manager know which cover you’re after should you decide to get one.
Future issues will feature covers by Arthur Adams, Paul Pope, Bernie Wrightson and Bill Stout.
The Entertainment Weekly Summer Preview issue takes a look at 96 films coming out this summer. Guess that’s why it’s called the summer preview issue, right? Anyway, one of the films covered is Jonah Hex. The picture above is the first clear close-up that I’ve seen of Brolin in character. I thought it was pretty cool. Hope you do too.
Now THIS is an Iron Man 2 poster that works… and there’s no Iron Man in sight. You can see a larger version at IMPAwards.com.
Vin Diesel recently posted the art above on his facebook page. It’s pre-production art for the proposed sequel to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. Man, I hope Riddick gets made!
Earlier today, Patrick Sauriol of Coming Attractions posted a very positive script review of David Twohy’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking. According to Sauroil, Twohy has created a script that acknowledges all that happened in The Chronicles of Riddick and yet takes Riddick back to the type of character he was in Pitch Black.
From all that Sauroil writes, Twohy has crafted the perfect return for Vin Diesel as Riddick. The only thing that I would suggest is to change the title of the new film from The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking to Riddick.
Jon Riggle is back, this time with his take on Sly from Demolition Man having a bit o’ rat. Jon is an illustrator and photographer. He also created the Sci-Fi comic strip Sonic Jack and is available for commissions. You can see more of Jon’s art here and here.
Thanks to Jon and John Beatty for the gift.
