Virtual Stuntmen will be used in Troy The Z Review
The first ever Virtual Stuntmen will be used in Troy, the Hollywood Iliad adaptation directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Seven) as Achilles. Leading visual effects house The Moving Picture Company chose virtual humans developed by NaturalMotion, an Oxford University spin-off company, to help create ultra-realistic action scenes for the movie.
Kodak Teams with Disney to Promote POTC through NASCAR Business Wire
Eastman Kodak Company and The Walt Disney Company announced a joint promotion of Disney's epic motion picture, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, through Kodak's NASCAR marketing program. A Pirates of the Caribbean 'wrap' will adorn the Kodak No. 4 car during the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 5. The movie theme also will appear on the suit worn by driver Stacey Compton.
Bloom Reshot King Scenes SciFi Wire
Orlando Bloom told SCI FI Wire that he recently returned to New Zealand to film additional scenes for Return of the King. "I did the reshoots a few weeks ago," Bloom said in an interview while promoting his upcoming film Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. "[Director Peter Jackson] loved the audience's reaction in the first movie [to] Leggy running over the back of the cave troll and killing the cave troll, and then in the second movie, sliding down the stairs and jumping [off] the horse. And in the third movie, he's kind of combined a whole load of stuff. So it's like another one of those sort of Leggy moments."
The actor added that there are scenes in the previous two films he would have liked to have been able to shoot over again, if given the chance. "I've changed so much," he said. "And I thought, oh God, I would have done that different now. What was I thinking? I obviously wasn't. I was so nervous. I'm so tense. There's things like that. But s--t, it was an opportunity and I love that character. I tried really hard to get it right, and Pete was amazing and directed me really well, and I feel lucky."
Now that all of his scenes have been filmed, Bloom says that he is ready to put the project behind him and move on to other roles. "I had to go back, and I have done, and it's done," he said. "I'm holding out for f--king three guys sitting around a table playing cards. Not that I'm not grateful for the opportunities and experiences I've had, but I just think it would be good for me to do something like that just to show that I'm not just an action-reaction, one-line man. You know what I mean? There's more to me than that, and hopefully I can get an opportunity to show that."
Orlando's in LA posted by Anon in LA
From a contact in LA: "It seems that everyone is in LA now...Orlando included. They made arrangements for Orlando to come to NY for a day (Tuesday) and he made it for the press conference. I can't keep up with all the extra stuff that Disney has added in the last couple of days...They were so worried about Geoffrey Rush not being here so they pulled strings and got Orlando. Disney is holding nothing back. The media on this is HUGE."
Positive POTC pre-screening reviews Ain't It Cool
Harry has posted a couple of fan reviews from a pre-screening of POTC. Comments include "Hooray for good Pirate movies" and "What we had the opportunity to see was some of the most shameless fun I have had at the movies in a longtime"!
POTC article in Score magazine posted by Mina Mina sent us this scan of the Pirates article from french SCORE magazine (N°14). It does not say anything new (and doesn't mention Orlando), only that we can expect a bigger coverage in the next issue.
Orlando & JD on the cover of Cine Live mag posted by Francoise
Francoise sent us a scan of July/August issue of Cine Live magazine which features Orli & Johnny in POTC outfit on the cover.
Orlando on ET video posted by Jennifer
Unfortunately, there wasn't much more to see than the clip already showed on ET's website. The full interview is now available for Streamload. your streamload username if you want the file. Go here for Screencaps
Orlando at the POTC press conference Wireimage
Wireimage has posted a link to 34 photos of Orlando from the POTC press conference but the photos are not up yet so keep checking.
ROTK marketing campaign Dark Horizons
Dark Horizons has posted some info on the the marketing campaign for ROTK, find out what to expect.
POTC script idea posted by Jan
Here is an interesting article posted at Wordplay Forum from Ted Elliot, one of the POTC screenwriters about how the POTC script got started.
POTC on Access Hollywood and Extra posted by Teru
Teru informed us that there's a POTC segment on Access Hollywood and Extra last night and Keira and Johnny were interviewed but no Orlando.
'Hulk' star Bana to fight Brad Pitt in 'Troy' Chicago Sun-Times
'I haven't disfigured Brad Pitt just yet," promises Eric Bana, the Aussie who stars in this weekend's box office monster "Hulk." He goes up against hunky Pitt in the upcoming epic "Troy." The two are filming the historical flick in Malta right now, where Bana plays Hector to Pitt's Achilles. "It's quite literally the role of a lifetime," Bana says. "He's the ultimate warrior." Both Bana and Pitt have added muscle for the roles. "We've been working out like crazy," he says. "I have to be strong because Achilles kicks my ass." As for a Hulk sequel, Bana adds, "I guess we will do one. It might sound silly, but I really haven't thought about it. It's hard to think Hulk when you're in the middle of 'The Iliad.' "
'Pirates' Film to Premiere at Disneyland Yahoo News
The stars of the new movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" can shout they're "going to Disneyland." Since the movie was inspired by the Disneyland ride, that's where the premiere will be.
New Pirates ad? posted by Brandi and Courtney
Brandi wrote: Was just watching "Meet My Folks", and seen 2 new POTC ads- the 1st one was longer (about 20-45 seconds long) and featured some of the same stuff we've seen before, but introduces both Jack and Will. The 2nd one was short (about 15 seconds or so), and had a new scene of Will poking his head up out of the water, as well as Barbossa looking out a spy glass (not sure what you call the binoccular-type thing *LOL*), and through the glass he sees Jack tip his hat. There may be more commercials, so i'll keep my eyes open :-).
Courtney wrote: My brother watches Cartoon Network all day every day and they show POTC all the time well I just flipped to it and the were showing it. It had a few more new scenes the on with Orlando in it that I got a real look of is when Orlando picks his head up out of the water so watch Cartoon Network to see it and get it recorded.
Orlando's long lost sibling Sports Illustrated
Could it be that tennis star Justine Henin-Hardenne is Orlando's long lost sibling?
Cate's son gets a taste for Oz Herald Sun
Actor Cate Blanchett is feeding her young son Vegemite to make sure he grows up with a taste of her homeland. The star takes 18-month-old Dashiell with her on all film shoots, along with her husband Andrew Upton.
