Producer Adi Shankar has done it again. Immediately following the release of his “Power/Rangers” fan film comes the release (and banning) of his take on James Bond entitled “James Bond: In Service of Nothing.”
I love these ‘behind the scenes’ making videos of movies. Some people think it takes the air out of the tires. Like a magician showing how he does it. But I find that after I’m ‘wowed’, I want to learn what went into the creation of the entertainment I just enjoyed. The hard work and dedication in making the movie is the true ‘magic’ that has been performed.
Did you ever want to see a dark gritty version of the Power Rangers? Well now you can! Director Joseph Kahn (Torque) and Producer Adi Shankar (Dredd) have brought us an almost 15 minute version called “Power/Rangers” starring James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica).
Well I just came across this little gem. It’s a fantastic parody trailer for the upcoming summer blockbuster “Jurassic World” starring everyone’s favorite new action hero (and possible Indiana Jones reboot) Chris Pratt.
HBO has just release their almost 30 minute Behind the Scenes Special on the Making of “Game of Thrones” Season 5. It covers a lot of ground and really makes you appreciate the folks who work their butts off behind the camera. And you also get a good idea why we only get 10 episodes a year. They are filming basically a 10 hour movie. And that takes lots and lots of time.
Have you ever wanted to make a movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme? I didn’t think so, but now you can! This green screen footage was shot a year ago for a contest on Funny or Die. Even though that contest ended quite some time ago, I thought it would be interesting to present it here just in case you never saw it before. I’m putting up a little 9 second demo of my own just to show some of the interesting backgrounds you can throw into it. When I have more time, I am definitely going to play around with it. It would be fun if more actors did this for the amateur filmmaking community.
A very clever “Star Wars” fan has turned his Quadcopter Drone into a a ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. And we all know that ship is the Millennium Falcon. One of these days I would love to get a Quadcopter, but after seeing this, I don’t think any regular Quadcopter would do now.
Welcome to a new segment called Know It All Joe’s ‘Weirdo of the Week.’ And for the very first one, the honor is bestowed to “Independence Day” and “Christmas Vacation” actor Randy Quaid. This NSFW video pretty much speaks for itself. It truly is frightening to see the places the mind can go when it breaks. And the fact that there is two of them? Even more frightening.
J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson from Sam Raimi’s round of Spider-man films) was on Howard Stern’s Sirius Radio Show on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. At the end of the interview, Stern asked Simmons if he is going to do another Spider-man film. His answer… “I just heard that we… that that’s a possibility!” Stern then asked him if he would actually do it. “Absolutely” he replied.
Michael Keaton gave a great speech when accepting his Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical for the movie “Birdman” at the 2015 Golden Globes Awards Ceremony. But even so, I felt it could have been slightly better. I think this version would have been more effective.