Exclusive: The Crow, I, Robot and Gods Of Egypt director Alex Proyas has signed with Gersh.
Sydney-based Proyas, also well known for movies Dark City, Garage Days and Knowing, started out as a music video director working with artists including Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, James Reyne and Inxs.
The Australian filmmaker is currently working on two projects: The New Country, a “sci-fi rock opera” with producer Brad Fischer; and The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, a sci-fi film noir with producer Mike Medavoy.
The New Country is a time travel story set in a desert in “a very rare 1982”. The Medavoy project is a long-gestating movie once set up with Red Granite. It’s based on the 1942 novella by iconic science fiction author Robert Heinlein. The novella was a favorite of Proyas’s from a young age and served as the inspiration for his Dark City.
Proyas, who has...
Sydney-based Proyas, also well known for movies Dark City, Garage Days and Knowing, started out as a music video director working with artists including Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, James Reyne and Inxs.
The Australian filmmaker is currently working on two projects: The New Country, a “sci-fi rock opera” with producer Brad Fischer; and The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, a sci-fi film noir with producer Mike Medavoy.
The New Country is a time travel story set in a desert in “a very rare 1982”. The Medavoy project is a long-gestating movie once set up with Red Granite. It’s based on the 1942 novella by iconic science fiction author Robert Heinlein. The novella was a favorite of Proyas’s from a young age and served as the inspiration for his Dark City.
Proyas, who has...
- 1/21/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo by Ajale / License
The 2017 Chinese/Australian film, “Bleeding Steel” is a sci-fi action film starring the legendary actor Jackie Chan. Chan plays the lead character Lin Dong, a special agent from Hong Kong who right at the beginning of the film must decide between seeing his dying daughter and protecting a critical witness.
Fast forward 13 years and Lin Dong must investigate the sources of an author who publishes a book called “Bleeding Steel,” which has a storyline that bears a resemblance to the real events in Hong Kong. Lin Dong later discovers his daughter has had a biochemical device fitted, a device invented by the witness he tried to protect. He then must connect the dots between his daughter, his enemies and the “Bleeding Steel.”
The film, which is set in Australia and China, saw its star, Jackie Chan, filming a fight scene on top of the Sydney Opera House.
The 2017 Chinese/Australian film, “Bleeding Steel” is a sci-fi action film starring the legendary actor Jackie Chan. Chan plays the lead character Lin Dong, a special agent from Hong Kong who right at the beginning of the film must decide between seeing his dying daughter and protecting a critical witness.
Fast forward 13 years and Lin Dong must investigate the sources of an author who publishes a book called “Bleeding Steel,” which has a storyline that bears a resemblance to the real events in Hong Kong. Lin Dong later discovers his daughter has had a biochemical device fitted, a device invented by the witness he tried to protect. He then must connect the dots between his daughter, his enemies and the “Bleeding Steel.”
The film, which is set in Australia and China, saw its star, Jackie Chan, filming a fight scene on top of the Sydney Opera House.
- 3/25/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Aftrs Open Summer School — now in its third year — has expanded to 17 intensive courses, including a new six-week doco school and a six-week film school.
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
These introductory and intermediate film courses running between November and January are designed for intensive learning and the chance to upskill in the rapidly changing media landscape.
Amongs the screen industry speakers and lecturers are writer/director David Caesar (Nowhere Boys, Underbelly, Dirty Deeds, Mullet), cinematographer Ross Emery (The Wolverine, Woman In Gold, I Frankenstein), TV writer Vicki Madden (The Bill, Water Rats, Blood Brothers, McLeod.s Daughters and Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident), feature film director Elissa Down (The Black Balloon, Offspring) and documentary director/producer Madeleine Heatherton (Call Me Dad, Bondi Rescue, The Nest,. Last Chance Surgery, Outback Truckies).
Also screenwriter Ian David ( Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy, Police State, Joh's Jury, Blue Murder, Killing Time, 3 Acts of Murder, The Shark Net,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Mila Kunis and Kick Gurry in Jupiter Ascending.
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Since Jupiter Ascending.s world premiere at Sundance the sci-fi action-adventure and writers-directors Andy and Lana Wachowski have been pilloried by most critics and the production is shaping as a costly write-off for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures.
Much of that criticism is unfair and disrespectful to the filmmakers, according to Kick Gurry, who plays Jupiter.s cousin Vladie in his second collaboration with the Wachowskis.
.The Matrix was the best action film of the last 25 years,. the Los Angeles-based Gurry tells If. .I don.t know why people revel in lampooning Jupiter Ascending so much. The Wachowskis should be held in higher regard than they are by some reviewers.
.I love the movie, its message and what it stands for. It.s great that movies inspire debate and conversation but it upsets me when some of the criticism gets more personal.
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Since Jupiter Ascending.s world premiere at Sundance the sci-fi action-adventure and writers-directors Andy and Lana Wachowski have been pilloried by most critics and the production is shaping as a costly write-off for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures.
Much of that criticism is unfair and disrespectful to the filmmakers, according to Kick Gurry, who plays Jupiter.s cousin Vladie in his second collaboration with the Wachowskis.
.The Matrix was the best action film of the last 25 years,. the Los Angeles-based Gurry tells If. .I don.t know why people revel in lampooning Jupiter Ascending so much. The Wachowskis should be held in higher regard than they are by some reviewers.
.I love the movie, its message and what it stands for. It.s great that movies inspire debate and conversation but it upsets me when some of the criticism gets more personal.
- 2/12/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Marton Czokas is one of those actors I've always found to be really underrated. I first remember seeing him in XXX as the Bond villain-style baddie. While the movie itself hasn't aged well, Czokas was actually quite good and his performance holds up pretty well. He was also terrific in The Great Raid, Kingdom Of Heaven, and Garage Days - another underrated flick. Lately, Czokas has been showing up in more and more movies, including a bit as Dr. Kafka in The Amazing Spider-man 2, and now...
- 9/23/2014
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Aussie actor Kick Gurry ("Spartan," "Garage Days") is re-teaming with his "Speed Racer" directors Andy and Lana Wachowski on their upcoming sci-fi thriller "Jupiter Ascending" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Set in a future where humans are a lowly species, the Queen of the Universe discovers that the genetic make-up of lowly blue-collar worker (Mila Kunis) is a threat to her dominance.
Sean Bean, Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth also star. Shooting is underway in London ahead of a release in July 2014.
Source: Deadline...
Set in a future where humans are a lowly species, the Queen of the Universe discovers that the genetic make-up of lowly blue-collar worker (Mila Kunis) is a threat to her dominance.
Sean Bean, Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth also star. Shooting is underway in London ahead of a release in July 2014.
Source: Deadline...
- 3/26/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Cameras have begun rolling on new film Galore, from writer-director Rhys Graham.
Shot in Canberra, the film is produced by Philippa Campey, with executive producers Sue Murray, Victoria Treole and Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson. Hopscotch Films is distributing with Entertainment One handling international sales.
The film features Ashleigh Cummings of Tomorrow When the War Began and Puberty Blues, Toby Wallace of Nim’s Island 2, Lily Sullivan of Mental and Maya Stange of Garage Days.
The story follows four teenagers who are living life to the fullest until the bush fires of 2002 throw their lives into a world of grief and heartbreak.
Campey said of Graham’s story: “This is an intensely personal film for Rhys Graham, one of Australia’s most exciting new film talents. His screenplay, which has such a strong sense of place given his intimacy with the very particular world of Canberra’s outer suburbs, is a work of incredible beauty and power.
Shot in Canberra, the film is produced by Philippa Campey, with executive producers Sue Murray, Victoria Treole and Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson. Hopscotch Films is distributing with Entertainment One handling international sales.
The film features Ashleigh Cummings of Tomorrow When the War Began and Puberty Blues, Toby Wallace of Nim’s Island 2, Lily Sullivan of Mental and Maya Stange of Garage Days.
The story follows four teenagers who are living life to the fullest until the bush fires of 2002 throw their lives into a world of grief and heartbreak.
Campey said of Graham’s story: “This is an intensely personal film for Rhys Graham, one of Australia’s most exciting new film talents. His screenplay, which has such a strong sense of place given his intimacy with the very particular world of Canberra’s outer suburbs, is a work of incredible beauty and power.
- 11/5/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian feature film Galore has begun filming in Canberra.
The film, written and directed by Rhys Graham, follows four teenagers whose lives are thrown together late one night ahead of the devastating bushfires of 2002. It stars Ashleigh Cummings (Tomorrow When The War Began), Toby Wallace (Nim.s Island 2), Lily Sullivan (Mental), Aliki Matangi, Maya Stange (Garage Days) and Oscar Redding (Van Dieman.s Land).
Galore is being produced by Philippa Campey (Bastardy) and executive produced by Sue Murray, Victoria Treole and Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson.
Campey said Galore was an intensely personal film for Graham.
"His screenplay, which has such a strong sense of place given his intimacy with the very particular world of Canberra.s outer suburbs, is a work of incredible beauty and power," Campey said in a statement.
Galore, which has received financial support from Screen Australia, Screen Act, Film Victoria, the Miff Premiere Fund and Deluxe, will be...
The film, written and directed by Rhys Graham, follows four teenagers whose lives are thrown together late one night ahead of the devastating bushfires of 2002. It stars Ashleigh Cummings (Tomorrow When The War Began), Toby Wallace (Nim.s Island 2), Lily Sullivan (Mental), Aliki Matangi, Maya Stange (Garage Days) and Oscar Redding (Van Dieman.s Land).
Galore is being produced by Philippa Campey (Bastardy) and executive produced by Sue Murray, Victoria Treole and Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson.
Campey said Galore was an intensely personal film for Graham.
"His screenplay, which has such a strong sense of place given his intimacy with the very particular world of Canberra.s outer suburbs, is a work of incredible beauty and power," Campey said in a statement.
Galore, which has received financial support from Screen Australia, Screen Act, Film Victoria, the Miff Premiere Fund and Deluxe, will be...
- 11/5/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
I’m not the biggest fan of Alex Proyas’ “I, Robot”, and I’m pretty much a fan of most things Proyas does, from “The Crow” to “Dark City” to even a little known indie film called “Garage Days” that he did back in his native Australia. “Garage Days” isn’t sci-fi, but it’s pretty rad, I recommend you check it out anyway. But if you happen to be a fan of Proyas’ “I, Robot”, starring Will “Big Willy” Smith and Bridget “The Former Mrs. Tom Brady” Moynahan, then you’re in luck, because Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has plans to re-release the film on Blu-ray (a 2008 version is already floating out there). I’m guessing the new Blu-ray release will be, you know, new and such. But perhaps the big news is that geeks attending Comic Con this week will be able to order a groovy Special...
- 7/12/2012
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
Cliché: a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel.
With Hollywood producing so many movies ever year, it is no surprise that they are often full of clichés. Jeff Smith created this montage under the Bottoms Up Productions label for acclaimed movie blog FilmDrunk.com, showing clips of some of the biggest movie clichés from a total of 102 films. The list of films are below the video. Enjoy!
“You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?” – A Montage of Cinema’s Worst Writing Cliche from Jeff Smith on Vimeo.
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0:00 – 2:00
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1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
2. Breaking and Entering (2006)
3. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
4. Annapolis (2006)
5. Daylight (1996)
6. Platoon (1986)
7. The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
8. Tooth Fairy (2010)
9. Hud (1963)
10. The General’s Daughter (1999)
11. Clockers (1995)
12. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
13. I Sell the Dead...
With Hollywood producing so many movies ever year, it is no surprise that they are often full of clichés. Jeff Smith created this montage under the Bottoms Up Productions label for acclaimed movie blog FilmDrunk.com, showing clips of some of the biggest movie clichés from a total of 102 films. The list of films are below the video. Enjoy!
“You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?” – A Montage of Cinema’s Worst Writing Cliche from Jeff Smith on Vimeo.
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0:00 – 2:00
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1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
2. Breaking and Entering (2006)
3. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
4. Annapolis (2006)
5. Daylight (1996)
6. Platoon (1986)
7. The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
8. Tooth Fairy (2010)
9. Hud (1963)
10. The General’s Daughter (1999)
11. Clockers (1995)
12. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
13. I Sell the Dead...
- 6/16/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Australian director Alex Proyas once theoretically held some promise, although we're not exactly sure how. The music video veteran showed some gothic style in the original take on "The Crow," and on the sci-fi mindbender "Dark City," even if both films were ultimately pretty hollow. Since then, however, the results have otherwise been pretty weak--the terrible passion project "Garage Days," the anonymous "I Robot," and the loved-inexplicably-by-Roger-Ebert-and-basically-no-one-else Nicolas Cage vehicle "Knowing." Proyas was next meant to be teaming with Sam Worthington on the period vampire actioner "Dracula Year Zero," but this seems to have lost momentum for the star, in…...
- 12/2/2010
- The Playlist
If anyone is an authority on all things Milton and all things Proyas amongst our ranks it would be Todd but he is in the final throes of Tiff so it is up to me to share with you news that you have likely already read about today.
Alex Proyas (Knowing, I, Robot, The Crow) is set to direct Legendary Pictures' Paradise Lost, an adaptation of John Milton's 17th-century English poem. The movie is about the epic war in heaven between archangels Michael and Lucifer, and will be developed as an action vehicle that will include aerial warfare, possibly shot in 3D, says Variety.Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce along with Vincent Newman (A Man Apart) through his eponymous banner. Stuart Hazeldine developed the primary draft of the screenplay, which was written by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi. Lawrence Kasdan and Ryan Condal have both polished the script.
Alex Proyas (Knowing, I, Robot, The Crow) is set to direct Legendary Pictures' Paradise Lost, an adaptation of John Milton's 17th-century English poem. The movie is about the epic war in heaven between archangels Michael and Lucifer, and will be developed as an action vehicle that will include aerial warfare, possibly shot in 3D, says Variety.Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce along with Vincent Newman (A Man Apart) through his eponymous banner. Stuart Hazeldine developed the primary draft of the screenplay, which was written by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi. Lawrence Kasdan and Ryan Condal have both polished the script.
- 9/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
In the late '90s, Alex Proyas had established himself as a director worth following after offering up two stunning films: The Crow and Dark City. Since then, however, he hasn't quite lived up to his early potential, and over the next decade he directed Garage Days (which I still haven't seen), I, Robot (which I wasn't a big fan of) and Knowing (which I liked despite its many flaws). There was a time when I would be heavily anticipating his next project, but now I'm not quite sure what to think. He's obviously still a talented guy, but it seems like he's been worn down by the Hollywood system. The good news is, Proyas has just signed on for a project that could be pretty amazing if it's done right: an adaptation of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. According to Variety [1], the project is being set up at Legendary Pictures,...
- 9/16/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
You don't see this transition every day: Composer to director. Aussie Andrew Lancaster has juggled both of those roles over the past 20 years or so, working on his own films as a director or director-composer, and he's also done scores and music editing for other projects, too, including Alex Proyas' Garage Days.
His new film (as a director) is Accidents Happen, which plays the Sydney Film Festival this weekend and has already seen time at Tribeca. This appears to be a standalone teaser that could be separate from the plot of the film, but the cinematography is so unbelievably pristine that I had to look it up to be sure. Wouldn't you know it: Even though it's made to look like a postcard version of the movie, this actually is a scene from the film.
And it figures, too, because producers don't want to pay to film for a...
His new film (as a director) is Accidents Happen, which plays the Sydney Film Festival this weekend and has already seen time at Tribeca. This appears to be a standalone teaser that could be separate from the plot of the film, but the cinematography is so unbelievably pristine that I had to look it up to be sure. Wouldn't you know it: Even though it's made to look like a postcard version of the movie, this actually is a scene from the film.
And it figures, too, because producers don't want to pay to film for a...
- 6/8/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
This film has Geena Davis in it, but hold up.. it looks well shot and up and coming Aussie talent Andrew Lancaster (who worked on Alex Proyas's Garage Days) directed the film. It premiered at Tribeca earlier this year but we ranked it low on our review list so that obviously didn't happen, but still, it's worth a look. On a side note check out the scifi mystery flick Lancaster has in development called Valve.
The manicured lawns of 1980’s New England imply an order that simply doesn’t exist for the Conway family, headed by razor-tongued Gloria. Youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents, including one that fractured his whole family. Always the good boy, Billy takes up with the neighbourhood troublemaker in acts of delicious delinquency in a world already spinning out of control. The ensuing collision of guilt, truth and...
The manicured lawns of 1980’s New England imply an order that simply doesn’t exist for the Conway family, headed by razor-tongued Gloria. Youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents, including one that fractured his whole family. Always the good boy, Billy takes up with the neighbourhood troublemaker in acts of delicious delinquency in a world already spinning out of control. The ensuing collision of guilt, truth and...
- 6/5/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Knowing Directed by: Alex Proyas Written by: Ryne Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Stuart Hazeldine, Alex Proyas Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend Back in the late '90s, Alex Proyas was a director that had earned himself a lot of admirers. He had two dark and visually stunning cult hits under his belt with The Crow and Dark City (the latter of which Roger Ebert continues to sing the praises of to this day), before he threw everyone a curve ball and he went in a completely different direction with the rock n roll coming of age movie Garage Days. He followed that with the disappointing Will Smith action sci-fi blockbuster I, Robot. Suddenly no one knew what to think of the guy anymore. Five years later, Proyas has returned to his sci-fi/horror roots with a movie called Knowing, but with the plot...
- 3/20/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
As every good lover of dark fantasy and horror knows, the name Alex Proyas is ultra important. His double dose of gothic pulp The Crow and Dark City defined the 1990's while amiable efforts like I Robot and Garage Days were stylish sidesteps. His latest picture is Knowing (starring the dude I've been musing on for the last few entries, Nicolas Cage) which also happens to be the subject of a recent Fangoria article. The film is fantastic, bringing in elements of Dark City to the point where it almost feels like a companion piece, while deviating into terrifying apocalyptic territory, family drama and conspiracy thriller. And the end is among the most moving and unsettlingly beautiful I've ever seen...
Anyway, I caught up with Proyas recently while the man was off plugging Knowing and asked him about his craft...
Have a listen:...
Anyway, I caught up with Proyas recently while the man was off plugging Knowing and asked him about his craft...
Have a listen:...
- 3/15/2009
- Fangoria
Nicolas Cage's new movie "Knowing" which is coming to theaters Friday, March 20. PopStar was on hand for interviews and was able to speak with all the stars of the exciting film. "Knowing" stars National Treasure's Nicholas Cage, Damages star Rose Byrne, and was directed by Alex Proyas who also directed I, Robot. PopStar saw the thrilling film and spoke with the movie stars that brought to life this truly remarkable story. "Knowing" offers amazing action scenes, haunting visuals, intense acting performances, new young stars, and a plot that keeps you thinking long after the movie has ended. Expect the same action and unexpected twists of Cage's very successful National Treasure movies, plus moving family relationships and big questions for us all to ponder. You've seen the previews: A page full of numbers from a fifty year old time capsule. John Koestler (Cage), an MIT astrophysicist is distressed to...
- 3/13/2009
- by ggorman@world.com (Gerald Gorman)
- ScreenStar
Nicolas Cage's new movie "Knowing" which is coming to theaters Friday, March 20. PopStar was on hand for interviews and was able to speak with all the stars of the exciting film. "Knowing" stars National Treasure's Nicholas Cage, Damages star Rose Byrne, and was directed by Alex Proyas who also directed I, Robot. PopStar saw the thrilling film and spoke with the movie stars that brought to life this truly remarkable story. "Knowing" offers amazing action scenes, haunting visuals, intense acting performances, new young stars, and a plot that keeps you thinking long after the movie has ended. Expect the same action and unexpected twists of Cage's very successful National Treasure movies, plus moving family relationships and big questions for us all to ponder. You've seen the previews: A page full of numbers from a fifty year old time capsule. John Koestler (Cage), an MIT astrophysicist is distressed to...
- 3/13/2009
- by ggorman@world.com (Gerald Gorman)
- ScreenStar
Nicolas Cage's new movie "Knowing" which is coming to theaters Friday, March 20. PopStar was on hand for interviews and was able to speak with all the stars of the exciting film. "Knowing" stars National Treasure's Nicholas Cage, Damages star Rose Byrne, and was directed by Alex Proyas who also directed I, Robot. PopStar saw the thrilling film and spoke with the movie stars that brought to life this truly remarkable story. "Knowing" offers amazing action scenes, haunting visuals, intense acting performances, new young stars, and a plot that keeps you thinking long after the movie has ended. Expect the same action and unexpected twists of Cage's very successful National Treasure movies, plus moving family relationships and big questions for us all to ponder. You've seen the previews: A page full of numbers from a fifty year old time capsule. John Koestler (Cage), an MIT astrophysicist is distressed to...
- 3/13/2009
- by ggorman@world.com (Gerald Gorman)
- PopStar
Chicago – “I want to make movies that touch people in unique ways and affect people in unique ways. And, you know, that’s what I’ve tried to do with this film.”
“Knowing” director Alex Proyas has defied categorization throughout his career. Sure, all of his movies are what could be called “dark” and there’s a sci-fi edge to most of them but there’s such a variety of scope in his films. From the massive budget of a film like “I, Robot” to a more personal project like “Garage Days” to the beloved cult flicks “The Crow” and “Dark City”. His newest work is “Knowing,” starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne, opening on Friday, March 20th, 2009.
Proyas recently sat down for a conference call to talk about his new blockbuster film, why he chose to write it, the trend of disaster-driven films, the spiritual side of his work,...
“Knowing” director Alex Proyas has defied categorization throughout his career. Sure, all of his movies are what could be called “dark” and there’s a sci-fi edge to most of them but there’s such a variety of scope in his films. From the massive budget of a film like “I, Robot” to a more personal project like “Garage Days” to the beloved cult flicks “The Crow” and “Dark City”. His newest work is “Knowing,” starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne, opening on Friday, March 20th, 2009.
Proyas recently sat down for a conference call to talk about his new blockbuster film, why he chose to write it, the trend of disaster-driven films, the spiritual side of his work,...
- 3/11/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
***Updated*** [Nicholas Cage finds out why you should always, always, pay your subway fare. The Subway clip has joined the trailers and clips after the break.]
Our love affair with the man Alex Proyas has been long running. I remember when Todd and the web monkey had a site they called something like thingsicangivethefinger.com and it was just that. Pictures of things they were giving the finger and one of the best was a shot taken by Proyas’ assistant giving his boss the finger. So yeah, we’ve been love with Proyas for a long long time.
Enter his next film, Knowing.
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Koestler.
Our love affair with the man Alex Proyas has been long running. I remember when Todd and the web monkey had a site they called something like thingsicangivethefinger.com and it was just that. Pictures of things they were giving the finger and one of the best was a shot taken by Proyas’ assistant giving his boss the finger. So yeah, we’ve been love with Proyas for a long long time.
Enter his next film, Knowing.
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Koestler.
- 2/26/2009
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
Forget Roland Emmerich's 2012, Alex Proyas' Knowing is the apocalypse movie we should be all looking forward to! Ain't It Cool News has debuted the first teaser poster for the film that thankfully doesn't feature the face of Nicolas Cage anywhere on it. You might've already forgotten about the teaser trailer that we ran for Knowing way back in early July, so do yourself a big favor and watch it again. This poster is pretty slick and I'm sure it's going to catch the attention of quite a few passersby. Though we're all still wondering whether Proyas has made another great movie, since most believe he lost his touch with I Robot, although I personally disagree. And will Nic Cage recover his own downward trend? What do you think? Knowing is directed by Alex Proyas of The Crow, Dark City, Garage Days, and I, Robot previously. The script was...
- 12/4/2008
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
- Nicolas Cage has signed on for the lead in Knowing- to be directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot). The pic will start shooting March 17 in Melbourne- and will be produced and distributed by Summit Entertainment. Cage will be playing a teacher who, upon examining a time capsule unearthed at his son's school, discovers that the world is going to end within a week. This project has been in development for years, at one point it looked like it might be Richard Kelly's follow-up to Donnie Darko. That didn't happen- and Proyas signed on over two years ago. With the writer's strike in full gear, and the upcoming Screen Actors Guild strike looming on the horizon, a lot of back burnered project are getting the greenlight- and this appears to be no exception. I've always been a Proyas fan- The Crow is a classic,
- 12/11/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
A Sony Pictures Classics film starring Billy Bob Thornton as an ex-convict on his way to redemption after serving a 19-year murder sentence will set the stage for the 2003 Sundance Film Festival as the opening-night film in Salt Lake City on Jan. 16. The Ed Solomon-directed Levity also features a name cast of Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter and Kirsten Dunst. The Park City roster then kicks into gear the next night with the Premiere Category selection The Singing Detective, from Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey's Icon Prods. Gibson also stars in the Keith Gordon-helmed feature, which is about a writer (Robert Downey Jr.) who hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots. Robin Wright Penn, Adrien Brody and Katie Holmes round out the cast. Both star-heavy projects are indicative of the other selections in Sundance's Premiere Category, most of which star top-level Hollywood talent. Included in the set is the Larry Charles-helmed Masked and Anonymous, from Intermedia Film and Spitfire Pictures, which stars Bob Dylan as a musician who encounters a cast of characters played by Jessica Lange, Penelope Cruz, Val Kilmer, Jeff Bridges, Luke Wilson, Ed Harris, Angela Bassett and others on his way to a benefit concert after his release from jail. Al Pacino, Tea Leoni, Kim Basinger and Ryan O'Neal turn out in Miramax Films' People I Know from director Daniel Algrant. The drama, set for release next year after a postponement because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, finds Pacino as a New York publicist who gets drawn into the world of politics and celebrity when his famous actor-client becomes involved in a scandal. The star contingent continues with Lions Gate Films' Confidence, directed by James Foley. Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns and Andy Garcia topline the story of a con man's latest scam that puts him in debt with the Mafia. Paul Giamatti, Donal Logue, Rachel Weisz and Morris Chestnut round out the cast. Fox Searchlight Pictures has two films in the Premiere Category with Jim Sheridan's In America, starring Samantha Morton and Paddy Considine, and Alex Proyas' Garage Days featuring Kick Gurry, Maya Stange and Pia Miranda.
- 12/4/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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