Wim points me in the direction of this article from Slashfilm where Peter Sciretta enjoys a visit to the set of Indiana Jones IV and a brief interview with Steven Spielberg himself, managing to winkle out a few tidbits on the upcoming Indy sequel (he resisted his friend George Lucas’ suggestions to go digital and is sticking to film as well as also making as many effects as possible physical rather than CGI), the title of which he confirmed is indeed Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (which brings back memories of Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious Worlds). Peter also manages to ask the World’s Most Famous Director (TM) about the Tintin movie trilogy he and Peter Jackson are working on:
“Spielberg confirmed that Tintin will be shot on stage using motion capture over a 30-day shoot. One of the films will be shot by Steven, the other by Jackson, and the third by… and this is the shocker: Spielberg said they are on the lookout for a director for the third film, but they are considering filming the movie together. That’s right – Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson directing side by side on the epic conclusion to the Tintin trilogy. This is something that has never been clearly stated in the trades.”
Meanwhile on Wim’s own blog, The Ephemerist, he has the posters for the US release of the film adapted from Marjane Satrapi’s much-praised Persepolis graphic novel:
And also the poster for the German film release – spot the difference. As Wim says, is it just coincidence the German version features a prominent cigarette and the US one doesn’t?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am
usa democratic my ass..the german version much better,she smokes in a film,they gonna see it any way..
rec,exe!!I even cryed
July 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
And the background pictures are also different and don’t reflect the real tension in the film! In Portugal they also choose a poster similar to the one in the States. I prefer the poster from Germany. The image it’s so much real!