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Post by himiko on Jul 29, 2015 20:59:04 GMT
The boards are looking a little quiet lately, but fear not for I come bearing NEWS! There's currently a new Arthurian film being made- directed by Guy Ritchie, it's being described as an "Epic Adventure Film". Currently in the process of being filmed- more details and cast list can be found at the Wikipedia article. Charlie Hunnam ( Queer as Folk, Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim) has been cast as Arthur, with Jude Law as Vortigern and Eric Bana as Uther. Other cast members currently listed include Katie McGrath (Morgana from BBC's Merlin), Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger from Game of Thrones), Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders, The Tudors) and Djimon Hounsou. I'm not 100% sure how accurate this list is - there are quite a lot of discrepancies between this and the imdb page in terms of cast (Aidan Gillen isn't listed on imdb at time of writing, for example), but should be one to keep an eye on. Based on the few descriptions so far and Guy Ritchie's other films, I'm guessing this is probably going to be a shameless fantasy action piece rather than one that aims for historical accuracy and a realistic grounding- not necessarily a bad thing.
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Post by sleepyqueenie on Aug 8, 2015 8:56:46 GMT
YAAAAY NEWS hmmm I hope that will be a good (or even okay) film. I am almost always up for some new arthurian stuff. By the way, I am late with this, but there is a poll going on for those interested on the best arthurian films and series: it.surveymonkey.com/r/CM56WFWWho here likes Gormenghast? I read book on the making of its BBC tv series and mentioned there quite at the start is a film the Gormi makers admire: our Merlin! I would quote, but I don't have said book with me.
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Post by himiko on Aug 8, 2015 23:49:08 GMT
YAYMOREPOSTERS! I also hope that it will be at least entertaining. At minimum I am hoping that the wikipedia cast list is correct in listing Aidan Gillen as having a part in it Another interesting tidbit of news, according to the Wikipedia article they have already filmed some of the film in Wales. In particular, one of the locations listed is Nant Gwynant, which was also used as a location in Merlin- you may recognise it from the picture as the location of Camelot (in the valley, next to the lake), so some parts of it may be familiar to us I very much enjoyed Gormenghast, book and series (though the book was heavy going at times, to say the least), but it's good to hear that Merlin was getting some love from the series creators (clearly people of taste!). I can definitely see some similarities there- both are made for TV miniseries with strong fantasy leanings (though in different ways - Merlin is set in the history of "our world" but with added magic, Gormenghast has no magical elements as such, but is set in a different world), both had quite high quality casts and probably reasonably high budgets. It seems like back in the late 90s/ turn of the millenium, shows made for TV didn't have that kind of budget/ cast very often, though perhaps I'm misremembering, I was pretty young at the time.
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Post by sleepyqueenie on Aug 11, 2015 14:04:26 GMT
Aidan Gillen, that would be fun. "so some parts of it may be familiar to us " YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY I would love to visit Merlin locations some day. Gormenghast: I am taking on the book as we speak. Yep, I was very happy to see them reference Merlin there. If I remember correctly they loved the quirky atmosphere of the film and its experimental nature (in filming, special effects,...) "Gormenghast has no magical elements as such, but is set in a different world)" and is bizarre as hell "shows made for TV didn't have that kind of budget/ cast very often, though perhaps I'm misremembering" No, I believe you are right. Series did not often have big budgets back then. The shows I remember watching were when compared to films of the same years very lacking in the special effects department, though I loved their stories. They were intended as lighter than films. While series of modern days lke to dig in where a film can't because of the limited time available to it. Series now are, in my eyes, becoming more important than film. People don't ask me anymore what films have you watched but which series are you watching? Tv channels put huge effort and budget into their shows to keep a hungry audience satiesfied. The bar has most definitely been set higher.
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Post by himiko on Aug 11, 2015 19:15:56 GMT
Oooh, I hope you enjoy Gormenghast! Yeah, I was very excited to hear about the location, too- I'm just going to be eyeing up the scenery in the film to see if I can spot it I definitely agree with you about series vs. films. It seems like the budgets and just overall quality have really stepped up in recent years. I very rarely talk about films with people at work, when we're discussing what we've watched you might get the occasional comment about say, Mad Max or Jurassic World or similar, but by and large, the big topics of entertainment discussion are the TV shows- Game of Thrones and Orange is the New Black seem to be the two major ones atm, and pretty much everyone in the office has seen a few episodes of Breaking Bad.
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Post by sleepyqueenie on Aug 15, 2015 12:20:17 GMT
Thank you I am sure I will. Yes, Breaking Bad can't be avoided. The same counts for Game of Thrones.
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Post by maellowyn on Jul 2, 2017 21:26:29 GMT
reviving that topic after having seen this adaption directed by Guy Ritchie ... aaaaaaargh I wanted to scream after the first few seconds. .. Elefants lloking like a mix between Brachiosaurus and Olifants.. and for the rest. pppft I wonder if the writers ever bothered to read some of the former versions or even source materials... maybe they weren't capable of reading at all. Without the intention to give spoilers... they got about everything wrong in this story that you can get. And I am not even starting about all these awfull anachronisms. No I just don't understand why nowadays you have to abuse a famous name or a famous story to completely ignore its tradion and sell your own bullshit by it. The movie could have actually worked and could have been entertaining if the writers/directors would have bothered enough to use their braincells to place that weird story in his own universe by inventing their own characters (names) for their story and a different background to place them in. I mean do not call them Merlin, Arthur or Vortigern and we're fine. Because that story had nothing to do with these characters. .. I get people and generations want to create their own versions, but if they don't respect their predecessors then at least they should try something autonomous, something completely new leaving the old stuff alone for those who appreciate retelling ancient stories so people'll never forget these legends that founded our culture.
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