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I really think that this, specifically the last 15 seconds, could be a great theme song for Timbaland’s foray into the one media he hasn’t yet saturated: children’s television.
So in addition to our show now being on iTunes (subscribe here!), episode two is now up for your listening + viewing enjoyment. This week, as made apparent by the album art, we did a commentary for Pixar’s “Up”.
So if you have any small children who insist on watching this on a constant loop, you’re in luck. Enjoy.
Say what you will about Night at the Museum, Shawn Levy, whatever - but this 20 minute “day in the life” video from MakingOf.com is pretty fascinating to someone like me. I love seeing as much uninterrupted, fly-on-the-wall sort of on-set footage as possible - Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong Production Diaries’ (now on DVD), Edgar Wright’s ‘Scott Pilgrim’ video blogs, Kevin Smith’s ‘Train Wreck’ behind-the-scenes videos from Clerks 2 - I really can’t ever get enough.
Enjoy.
From Michael Bay’s Blog:
After a month and half seven days a week most days going till midnight me and my crew have just about finished Transformers. I have never seen such a level of dedication from every crew member in a movie before.
Even today after the press in Japan and right before the premiere tonight, I have to sneak out to a digital house to approve the last few effect shots.
Wow. It’s hard to imagine the kind of stress that everyone involved in that film must be feeling right now. I’ve listened to a lot of visual effects podcasts, read a lot of interviews, and talked to a few industry professionals, and one thing that’s always common (especially for ILM, and especially after War of the Worlds had one of the first crazy-fast schedules that go producers excited) with big, blockbuster films is that they usually come pretty down to the wire. Whenever I hear a story about how close to the deadline a project was or how they almost touched the deadline before pulling through I can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened if they didn’t hit a deadline.
This is that time. From what I understand, films should be final at least a month before release in order to print the film and ship out reels in a timely fashion. From what I assume, IMAX film, being less common, would take even more time and resources. But to be finalising effects the same night of the premiere is insane, and I fully commend everyone involved if this gets into theatres on the 24th (which I am 99% confident it will). I’ve done little 48-hour film fests with up to 7 friends before. This is x1000 and so, so much more.
I’m looking forward to seeing your film later this month, Mr. Bay.
Godspeed.
Ok so this is kinda old news by now, but I’m writing this on the 8th, to be published later as I’m pretty busy with exams and all.
That said, from SlashFilm.com:
At the licensing fair in Las Vegas, Disney/Pixar revealed to buyers behind closed doors that they have yet another sequel in the works. Despite what Brad Bird said on stage at WonderCon two years ago, Pixar is now in the sequel business. Cars 2, Toy Story 3, and now Monsters Inc 2. According to Jim Hill, buyers who attended these limited preview sessions were sworn to secrecy by Disney officials, but several have confirmed that Pete Docter will be following up Up with a sequel to Monsters, Inc.
YESS. Monster’s Inc. 2. While I can’t imagine what this would be about and think that the first film was pretty much self-contained, I do love the film so very much, and feel like the post-UP Pete Docter is an even more mature filmmaker than he was 12 years before the sequel is expected to hit (and, on the standard Pixar 5-year dev. cycle, ~17 years after he started work on the first film. For reference, Pixar was still in a fire-hazardous spread of small building over an area of nothern California, nowhere near the beautiful campus they have now)
note: this teaser is so epic it covers the right-hand column of this site.
Well, folks are superpumped about the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen teaser that has just hit the internet (and will be on during the Superbowl tomorrow). Personally I really like effects shots/teasers that are slow and take their time. But whatevs; enjoy - and definitely click the little arrow in the bottom-right hand corner for high quality:
UPDATE: okay, nevamind. I like it. A lot.
WOOHOO NEW VIDEO BY ME YEAHHHH
Oh wait. It’s for Remembrance Day.
Don’t be excited, it’s a time for mourning.
BUT SERIOUSLY IT’S SO GOOD YEAHHH
