Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Funny Stuff: Ridiculous Protests #322–Avatar In The Westbank
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Film: Cameron Says Avatar Not A Slam On Corps? Oh Really?
Why is it that most of the characters in the movie, to include the main character, are former Marines? You have laced the fabric of your movie with everything Marine, and then you put a PMC bow on top of it and say ‘oh, we aren’t slamming the Marines’. Oh really?
Not to mention that he tries to make out the main character of the film, as the hero, because he turned on his fellow Marines or ‘mercenaries’ (whatever is convenient for Cameron) during the process. We have a term for that in the real world, and that is called traitor.
By the way, am I immoral because I am a former Marine, and I also protect people and things in war zones as a civilian security contractor? Do I get to be the hero in Cameron’s eyes, if I switch sides in this war and kill whomever I am guarding or working with? With this twisted movie plot logic, that would make Maj. Hasan of the Ft. Hood incident a hero. I love how Hollywood works. When are we going to see some good movies that celebrate the military and their service in this war, as opposed to this crap?
Finally, if Cameron was really interested in appeasing the Marines for his 3D traitor movie, he would donate a ton of money to some Marine wounded warriors. Thats if they would even take the money. –Matt
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Cameron: ‘Avatar’ not slam on Corps
By James K. Sanborn
Saturday Jan 23, 2010
James Cameron’s “Avatar” has been met with enthusiasm by audiences across the globe. But despite commercial success, the film has been the target of some who see it as an affront to the Marine Corps.
Cameron tells Marine Corps Times that “Avatar” was meant in part to pay homage to the Corps.
“The highly sympathetic main character of the film … is a former Marine,” Cameron said in an e-mail. “His courage in the face of overwhelming odds makes him a hero of mythic proportions by the end of the story.”
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Film: PMC’s In Film– ‘Knock Out’ Starring Gina Carano, Director Steven Soderbergh
This just popped up on my radar screen and I am interested. Gina Carano is pretty popular in the MMA arena, and she has the potential to really kick ass. She is not an actress, so for Steven to take a gamble with this gal is a bold move. I am not sure how that will translate on the screen. She does get points for actually being tougher than some of her co-actors, and that will actually make things a little more believable on the big screen with fight scenes and action stuff. But then there is that little thing called dialogue and acting, which either you can do, or you cannot. I hope for her sake, she can pull it off.
Now on to the PMC portion. I have not seen the movie, but from the sounds of it, McGregor will probably mimic a Erik Prince type, or with his accent, maybe a Tim Spicer type. Who knows, but more than likely, he will play the bad guy, thus putting his company in a bad light. Nothing new there. But at least the star of the movie, Gina, will be a security contractor that works for a PMC.
By the way, I have a ton of Hollywood folks reading the blog, and a few that have actually contacted me. For you that are just readers, welcome, and if you need any assistance on your project, let me know. Also, Cade Courtley would be a good choice for any roles in this movie involving contractors, seeing how he has a TV show on Spike and is a former SEAL and security contractor. –Matt
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McGregor, Douglas, Fassbender in Soderbergh’s ‘Knockout’
January 7, 2010
Steven Soderbergh promised to surround mixed martial artist Gina Carano with strong actors for her feature debut when he first spoke about his revenge spy movie “Knockout,” and he is now delivering the goods.
Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor and Michael Douglas are in negotiations to join the cast of the production, which is being financed by Relativity. Dennis Quaid is also in negotiations in join the cast.
Written by Lem Dobbs, the story sees a female spy (Carano) working for a Blackwater-style security contractor who is betrayed by one of her teammates.
McGregor would play the owner of the company, a one-time confidant of Carano who switches allegiances.
Fassbender will play a British agent who teams up with Carano but proves untrustworthy while Douglas will play an American executive of McGregor’s company who works with her to take down the company.
The movie is scheduled to go before cameras in February in several locations around the world and will be selling at the European Film Market in Berlin. Lionsgate is distributing the movie domestically.
Fassbender, repped by WME, is coming off Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” where he played Lt. Archie Hicox. McGregor, repped by WME and United Agents, next appears in Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” while WME-repped Douglas, who worked with Soderbergh on the Oscar-winning “Traffic,” wrapped “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” last month.
Link to blog here.
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1/07/2010
When the action spy picture “Knockout” was first announced a few months ago, director Steven Soderbergh promised that the lead star, non-actress/ mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano would be surrounded by a name-recognizable cast of supporting talent and he wasn’t kidding.Sources close to the project have confirmed to us that the principal cast members supporting Carano include Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Hunger”), Ewan McGregor, Dennis Quaid and Michael Douglas.
However, it looks like the original concept, — a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes — having gone through the gestation/inception stage was eventually rethought and cast aside (both filmmaker and writer felt that it had “been done”). (more…)