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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Vulcan on May 04, 2009, 04:28:48 PM
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Wee updated you lads might be interested in:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/2383809/Takeoff-looms
(http://static.stuff.co.nz/1241430225/807/2383807.jpg)
Director Peter Jackson has unveiled the first glimpses of his Dambusters movie.
Jackson, the King Kong of New Zealand's film industry, visited Hood Aerodrome in Masterton yesterday to oversee a mockup of a World War II airfield, complete with a full-scale replica of a Lancaster bomber.
It took a large crew a week to put together the replica, which is one of 10 designed by Weta Workshop and built in China out of fibreglass and steel.
Sandbags, guns, tanks and hired extras in war uniform all helped to set the scene.
Although the Jackson-produced NZ$52-million movie about 617 Squadron's famous dam assault was announced to the world in 2006, little has been said until now about its progress other than confirmation that British writer and comedian Stephen Fry would write the script.
The film is being directed by Kiwi first-time director Christian Rivers.
It has also emerged that Fry was asked to come up with alternative names for squadron leader Guy Gibson's dog, cupcake, but that executive producer Sir David Frost rejected them all.
"Guy sometimes used to call his dog 'Nigsy', so I think that's what we will call it," Sir David told the Daily Mail newspaper. "Stephen has been coming up with other names, but this is the one I want."
Matthew Dravitzki, a spokesman for Jackson, confirmed the movie was still in development stages, with work focusing on building the Lancasters and writing scripts.
Just when shooting will start is still under wraps and the movie is yet to be cast.
"Right now we are having fun working on a number of different projects and have the luxury to make things at our own speed. We are yet to choose the location for the film's shooting, and that is going to come down to wherever is most suitable for our needs."
Yesterday's mockup was also a chance to test new camera technology. "We are not shooting any scenes that are project-specific; this is about just keeping up with technology and trying new things."
Preparation for Dambusters is part of a hectic schedule for Jackson. Big-budget science fiction movie District 9, which he has produced, comes out in October, and The Lovely Bones, which he directed, is due for release on Boxing Day.
The first of three planned Tintin movies is in post-production and The Hobbit is to be shot next year.
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Stephan Fry is writing it? That's a surprise, didn't know he was a screenwriter as well to his other numerous talents. I loved watching A Bit of Fry and Laurie when I was younger.
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Stephan Fry is writing it? That's a surprise, didn't know he was a screenwriter as well to his other numerous talents. I loved watching A Bit of Fry and Laurie when I was younger.
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did you ever see turtle conkers
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Yup, knew this would happen:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/5281875/Fur-flies-over-racist-name-of-Dambusters-dog.html
Lets just say for you yanks that the last time the original dambusters was shown on a TV channel near you.......well the dog's name isn't Trigger. ok?
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Do the lanc's props sycronise with each other or something? They look very close together in that pic, like they would overlap if spun and collide if not syncronised.
Yes, I am ignorant yet observant.
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Next time you're in AH view a lanc from directly above and you'll see why they dont collide.
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Argh! I worked it out without needing to log in. LoL. im surprised i did not think of that before. :rolleyes:
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Do the lanc's props sycronise with each other or something? They look very close together in that pic, like they would overlap if spun and collide if not syncronised.
Yes, I am ignorant yet observant.
(http://d951443.u114.weberz.com/images/5_Bombers_scale_drawings/Avro_Lancaster_scale_drawing.JPG)
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yes :)
Intresting though, I did finally work out what the plan view would show, but in that diagram the prop arcs seem much further apart than the one in the original pic. Maybe its just my eyes.
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Well if Ben Affleck isn't in it flying a spit to protect those bombers I don't think I want to see it...
:devil
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Yup, knew this would happen:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/5281875/Fur-flies-over-racist-name-of-Dambusters-dog.html
Lets just say for you yanks that the last time the original dambusters was shown on a TV channel near you.......well the dog's name isn't Trigger. ok?
Maybe they should take a look how Mel Brooks solved that problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upvZdVK913I
:)
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I think they will use that 'word' in the film. At the moment they're just putting people away by mentioning alternatives. Besides this is all just a sideshow an as usual is being hyped as if it was actually important. The really important thing is that this film is being made at all and apparently the right people are involved. I wonder though what the tone will be. The fact that Guy Gibson wasn't the nice guy he was made out to be in the original and in the book. Will they show him as he was?
My worry is the fact that it appears to be going to be made in New Zealand. To me that implies lots of CGI. Inevitable when it comes to flying sequences, I suppose. But New Zealand is not that much like Britain in the forties. But the fact that Peter Jackson is a warbird enthusiast bodes well.
We wait and see.
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I read somewhere they're gonna refer to the dog as "Nigsy", apparently Gibson used to call him that on occasion.
And yeah, I was wondering about the location too. As long as Frodo doesn't make an appearance I'll be happy.
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I found a clip of the dam bombing run they just released...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHc-U2FNHk
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But New Zealand is not that much like Britain in the forties.
Neither does Britain now.
Besides weta is one of the best cgi workshops in the world now. The amount of cpu horsepower in that part of town is astounding. They even chucked in a 120Gbps fibre ring to link the various production and post production sites last year :)
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I found a clip of the dam bombing run they just released...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHc-U2FNHk
my #1 alltime favorite advert :rofl
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For the geek-at-heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMfBKrdErY&NR=1 :lol
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Yup, knew this would happen:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/5281875/Fur-flies-over-racist-name-of-Dambusters-dog.html
Lets just say for you yanks that the last time the original dambusters was shown on a TV channel near you.......well the dog's name isn't Trigger. ok?
You can hear the name of the dog in the background on The Wall. :uhoh I've seen the Original and saw nothing wrong then, or now.
I'll see this one too.
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I found a clip of the dam bombing run they just released...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHc-U2FNHk
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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