Snyder's 'Alice in Wonderland with Machine Guns' - Sucker Punch
March 5, 2007
by Alex Billington
This week's big frontrunner, Zack Snyder, the director of 300 (which arrives on Friday finally), has put out one heck of announcement about another film he may possibly be working on. The action-fantasy film is called Sucker Punch and is the first project at Snyder's new production company Cruel and Unusual Films. Snyder will co-write it with Steve Shibuya, from his own short story, and produce with his wife Deborah Snyder. He is considering directing it, but he's also got one heck of another project on his shoulders - Watchmen. Read on for a more detailed look at the twisted story.
Sucker Punch is set in 1950's and follows a girl who is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out before she is deflowered by a vile man.
"A while ago I had written a script for myself and there was a sequence in it that made me think, 'How can I make a film that can have action sequences in it that aren't limited by the physical realities that normal people are limited by, but still have the story make sense so it's not, and I don't mean to be mean, like a bullshit thing like Ultraviolet or something like that?' " Snyder said. "And also, I was really inspired by the worlds of movies like Moulin Rouge, which is modern but at the same time timeless."
And the reason why it has that rather interesting description is that Snyder himself has called the world "an 'Alice in Wonderland' with machine guns," including dragons, B-52 bombers and brothels. Zack's wife and producer Deborah Snyder concludes, "in the end, it's about this girl's survival and what she needs to do to be able to cope." Sounds pretty damn entertaining to me, and Zack knows the good from the bad (from the mention of Ultraviolet above).
Tim Burton Directing Frankenweenie and Alice in Wonderland in 3D
November 16, 2007
Source: Variety
by Alex Billington
The 3D revolution is certainly coming. We already brought you the news from ShowEast that there will be at least 12 to 18 full 3D movies by 2010. On a separate note, a rumor arrived back in October that Tim Burton's Frankenweenie was going to be remade into a full feature. Now on the day of Beowulf's release in 3D, which is the way you need to see it, official news arrives stating that Tim Burton is slated to direct two new 3D films for Disney - Frankenweenie and Alice in Wonderland.
Alice in Wonderland is first, starting production early next year slated to be finished by May before the strike. The film will combine performance-capture imagery, the kind you see in Beowulf, with live-action footage. How will that work? The script is based on the Lewis Carroll classic and is written by Disney-regular Linda Woolverton (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Homeward Bound). How do you like the sound of that? "Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in 3D!"
Following up after Alice in Wonderland is Frankenweenie, the story about a pet dog brought back to life by his loyal owner. As with Nightmare Before Christmas, the film will be stop-motion and 3D. You can read up about that film and the back story at the original article. Burton originally made Frankenweenie as a short in 1984.
I'm still trying to figure out whether 3D is really the "future" or still just a gimmick that is getting better and better. If there is anyone who could pull of great visuals, it's Tim Burton. And I'm more than satisfied having Tim Burton, James Cameron (who is working on Avatar in 3D), and the folks at DreamWorks as the frontrunners of 3D. Warner Brothers, who did that select 20 minutes of Superman Returns in 3D, thanks and nice try, but they're really not going define the future of 3D. Alice in Wonderland may end up being a big deciding factor in the success and future of 3D, so let's hope for the best from Mr. Burton!
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