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“The Goon” Teaser Poster
Reporting from San Diego Comic-Con, Ain’t It Cool News has posted photos of several collectibles and booths promoting various animated fare. They snapped this shot of a teaser poster for the upcoming CG-animated movie “The Goon“, based on the Dark Horse series created by Eric Powell.
David Fincher is producing the project right now, let’s hope he can be convinced to direct it.
Exclusive ‘The Fall’ Clip
From director Tarsem Singh and “presented” by David Fincher and Spike Jonze, is a throwback to classic, vintage Terry Gilliam with hints of Guillermo del Toro thrown in against a visual style that is all Tarsem.
In the film, set in 1920′s Los Angeles, a little immigrant girl (Catinca Untaru) finds herself in a hospital recovering from a fall. She strikes up a friendship with a bedridden man (“Pushing Daisies’” Lee Pace) who captivates her with a whimsical story that removes her far from the hospital doldrums into the exotic landscapes of her imagination. Making sure he keeps the girl interested in the story he interweaves her family and people she likes from the hospital into his tale.
Brad Pitt and Paramount Pictures Search for Lost City
Paramount Pictures has preemptively bought Lost City of Z, a David Grann manuscript based on a September 2005 article in the New Yorker. The trade says that Brad Pitt is producing the feature through his Plan B shingle. He also has the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading hitting theaters in September and David Fincher‘s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which Par will open in December.
David Fincher to Create New Animated Film ‘Heavy Metal’
Paramount Pictures will make a new animated film based on the ’70s sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, reports Variety. Director David Fincher is spearheading the project inspired by the magazine which spawned the original 1981 animated film and the 2000 sequel. Fincher will direct one of the segments; Kevin Eastman, the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” co-creator who is now owner and publisher of Heavy Metal, will direct another. Tim Miller, whose Blur Studios will handle the animation, is also directing a segment for what is being conceived as an R-rated, adult-themed feature.
