I'm delighted to have found such overwhelming support here in NSW for such a unique film offering unparalleled exposure for NSW cast and crew to the cutting edge technology that will be used in the making of Paradise Lost.Proyas' last feature was filmed in Melbourne in 2008: the sci-fi thriller Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage. We would like to share some of the more interesting details: Paradise Lost will spend more than 20 weeks in pre-production, followed by eight weeks of principal photography and motion capture, and 72 weeks of post-production and visual effects work. Isn't it amazing? The Paradise Lost film will obviously follow the story of the epic war in heaven between Archangels Michael and Lucifer. Formerly the most beautiful of all angels in Heaven, Lucifer is a tragic figure best described by the must-known quote ‘Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.' Cooper said to EW:
I loved studying that poem at Georgetown. I just fell in love with that character. Satan is kind of the guy you agree with — I don't know if you agree with him, but you understand his argument and he's very compelling. Hopefully we'll be able to maintain the integrity of that…I think he's going to look like me. I don't know what that says about how satanic I look, but yes, it will be me.Furthermore, Cooper denied this is rather a sci-fi take on Milton's poem:
It's not a sci-fi take on Paradise Lost — it is Paradise Lost. It's a cinematic adaptation of Milton's poem with motion capture. That technology is evolving exponentially by the minute, so where they were when they did Avatar as opposed to where they are now is almost different worlds. I just did the whole fitting for the motion-capture helmet that you wear, and we start shooting at the end of October in Sydney, Australia. I'm very excited.That's awesome! Stay tuned.
Director Alex Proyas and Acting Premier Andrew Stoner
Source: IF
