Posts Tagged ‘3d’
Q&A With Up Director Pete Docter
Pixar vet Pete Docter has made you laugh with his directorial debut, Monsters, Inc. And now -- well, he's going to make you laugh again with Up, a rather odd-sounding story about the friendship that develops between a 78-year-old widower named Carl (Ed Asner) and an 8-year-old boy named Russell (Jordan Nagai) when the kid becomes an unintentional stowaway in Carl's balloon-propelled home.
But Docter wouldn't mind if you also cried a bit, too. Carl's decision to take to the air is inspired by his recently deceased wife and a long-planned trip they never got to take. He repeatedly talks to her throughout the film; we see her hanging portrait and watch him thumb through their book of memories.
And in Up's introduction, there's an exquisite, silent montage of the couple's years together that shows an implied miscarriage and Ellie's illness and death. Bring tissues. Or possibly an entire box of Kleenex. Interview after the jump. Read More "Q&A With Up Director Pete Docter" »
Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers, and the Boss?
Bruce Hendricks, director of 2008's Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour and present bomb Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, told MTV that he'd love his next 3D concert film to feature...Bruce Springsteen.
Considering Springsteen's knee-slidin', shtick-filled Super Bowl performance, perhaps the idea isn't so far-fetched. Hendricks has yet to pitch the Boss.
Porn Embraces 3D Technology; Patrons Delightedly Ducking Errant Wangs, Virtual Teabagging
Well, not quite yet. But PRNewswire reports that the first 3D adult film will be released this March, its technology compatible with the same glasses that will be required to enjoy the effects of the 3D commercials to be broadcast during the Super Bowl.
The name of the movie is Tommy Gunn's Cummin' at You!, and you can sample its "hot adult action" at cummingatyou.com.
I tried watching the teaser trailer using the RealD glasses I kept from Coraline and My Bloody Valentine, but alas, I never felt as if I were about to get a nipple in the eye.
Regardless, I imagine the novelty lasting about as long as most people actually spend watching a porno. Isn't the genre usually pretty, um, interactive as it is?
Cleopatra, Rockin’ at Last
For those of you who have been wondering when the hell someone would make a rock musical about Cleopatra -- and I imagine you're legion -- Steven Soderbergh has heard your cries.
The director is still looking for financing for Cleo, which will star Catherine Zeta-Jones and Hugh Jackman and feature music from Guided by Voices.
The best part? It's going to be in 3D. I'm guessing by the time this gets off the ground, Hannah Montana fans will be old enough to appreciate a little history with their OMG-it's-like-I'm-totally-there! music flicks.






