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[FoneBone]

Looks interesting.
http://www.sonypictures.com/previews/player/movies/mirrormask/index.html

 

[sefskillz]

awesome, thanks.

 

[sefskillz]

synopsis from the website:

MirrorMask centers on Helena, a 15 year old girl in a family of circus entertainers, who often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister.

i'm a big gaiman fan, so im definitely looking forward to this

 

[Dan]

I'm down for this, if only for the imagery and supporting original stuff and the Jim Henson Company. If there's a good story in there, it'll be more than awesome.

I wonder if Henry Selick's Coraline will have a similar look.

 

[LinesInTheSand]

WTF? Sounds like a Talisman ripoff.

 

[border]

Ugggh, does anyone have a direct link for the WMV? It's all stuttery when I try to stream it...

 

[FoneBone]

WTF? Sounds like a Talisman ripoff.

Now that I think about it, that synopsis sounds kind of similar... but I really, really doubt the movie itself will bear much of any resemblance.

Personally, I'm suprised just how much it looks like a McKean painting. I wasn't sure whether they could make it work in a movie, but they did, obviously.

 

[Prospero]

Now that I think about it, that synopsis sounds kind of similar... but I really, really doubt the movie itself will bear much of any resemblance.

Personally, I'm suprised just how much it looks like a McKean painting. I wasn't sure whether they could make it work in a movie, but they did, obviously.

Dave McKean did some design work on the last Harry Potter movie--he was one of something like six conceptual artists, though. What exactly he did I can't confirm, but my eyes tell me that at the very least he designed

Spoiler

the werewolf who shows up at the end

.

 

[FoneBone]

Dave McKean did some design work on the last Harry Potter movie--he was one of something like six conceptual artists, though. What exactly he did I can't confirm, but my eyes tell me that at the very least he designed

Spoiler

the werewolf who shows up at the end

.

Didn't know that before.
http://www.dccomics.com/features/vertigox/mckean.html

What’s your connection to Harry Potter?
I contributed the production design of the spiders and mandrakes to Potter 2, and werewolf, hypogriff, shroudy floaty guys (can’t remember what they’re called), and some other bits and pieces to number 3, and I’m still working on that one.

 

[FoneBone]

More details on the movie, for the curious:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2613

 

[Sagitario]

Windows Media Player sucks! The player wont play the movie and I wont install RealOne... meh!

 

[Dan]

More details on the movie, for the curious:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2613

A couple tidbits in there were new for me. A $4 million budget. Wow, at least from the trailer is looks pretty damned good for that. I thought it was coming out late this year in limited release, but apparently it's summer 2005 with a theatrical release being questionable at best. Oh well, I'm okay with buying the DVD, no problems there.

 

[ManaByte]

A couple tidbits in there were new for me. A $4 million budget. Wow, at least from the trailer is looks pretty damned good for that. I thought it was coming out late this year in limited release, but apparently it's summer 2005 with a theatrical release being questionable at best. Oh well, I'm okay with buying the DVD, no problems there.

Unless you have a MAJOR name or franchise attached to your movie, releasing it in theaters Summer 2005 is suicide. Sony knows this, which is why they aren't sure on a theatrical release.

 

[FoneBone]

That article is old -- it is scheduled for a theatrical release in January, though it'll probably be pretty limited.

 

[Dan]

Unless you have a MAJOR name or franchise attached to your movie, releasing it in theaters Summer 2005 is suicide. Sony knows this, which is why they aren't sure on a theatrical release.

Oh, I know. But as of a few months ago the movie was due out this fall, so I would assume the movie wasn't going to be ready, because that delay is only going to give it a harder time in theaters, if it happens. If the movie is indeed good, I'd think releasing it in limited, even very limited, release at any point and getting good reviews would be more than worth any risk in not making back the costs of the rollout. Then depend on the DVD release as the main source of revenue.

That article is old -- it is scheduled for a theatrical release in January, though it'll probably be pretty limited.

Really? I'm pleased to hear that. I'll go out of my way to catch it in theaters.