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Friday, 10 February 2006 |
 By Joseph B. Mauceri
{Fearsmag} - James Wong & Glen Morgan became friends in an English
class at El Cajon Valley High School, San Diego. Their love of genre
films and television lead them to their feature films "Final
Destination," "The One," and "Willard." For television, theyve written
and produced for ì21 Jump Street,î ìThe Commish,î ìX-Files,î and ìThe
Others,î in addition to creating the series ìSpace: Above and Beyond.î
In bringing this third installment of the franchise to the screen Wong
& Morgan create a terrifiyng roller coaster accident, but thats
only the beginning. Those who survive the disaster discover that fate
is hard to escape and death is not so easily cheated.
FEARS: At what point after working on the first film did you and
Glen Morgan start thinking about possibly returning to the franchise?
James Wong: After we completed the first film we werenít really
think about sequels because we never knew it would be such a success. |
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Saturday, 04 February 2006 |
 By Joseph B. Mauceri
{FEARSmag} - ìCon Air,î ìThe Generalís Daughter,î and ìLara Croft: Tomb
Raider,î director Simon West knows action. West, who first received
critical acclaim for his work in London on music videos and
commercials, moved to Los Angeles in the 90ís. As an action/adventure
director, whose three previously mentioned films have grossed over $700
million dollars worldwide, could West tackle a remake of a classic 1978
genre film? Now more than a quarter of a century later, FEARS talked to
Simon West about creating his vision of this PG-13 adventure into
terror.
FEARS: WHEN A STRANGER CALLS is certainly not as action
orientated as your previous films. When you first read the script what
made you feel you could make it work?
Simon West: I didnít know if I could make it work, and it
certainly isnít like the other films Iíd done. It is so contained,
taking place all in one house, and with almost only one actor. That
appealed to me. As a director you always want to try and flex some
different creative muscles, and directors are always after control. In
a way, the smaller the film the more control you have. Youíre not
running a gigantic enterprise that has 500 people working on it
everyday. The small the better, really, and that attracted me. |
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Friday, 03 February 2006 |
 BY Joseph B. Mauceri
{FEARSmag} - Take one die-hard
horror fan, a dash of high school anxiety, and a different kind of
twists of a few teenagers untimely, but not unjust demise, and you have
TAMARA. Written by Jeffery
Reddick, a friend of FEARS we first met on ìFinal Destination,î when he
was still employed by New Lin Cinema in their New York Offices. I saw
Jeff at this yearís New York City Horror Film festival, where TAMARA was screened. When we
learned that Lions Gate was helping to distribute the film we got in
touch with Jeff to help bring to you, the fans, a behind-the-scenes
look at one of the first ambitious and frightfully entertaining films
of 2006.
FEARS: Itís been sometime between when we first spoke on ìFinal
Destinationî and now TAMARA.
Was this film your intended next feature?
Jeffrey Reddick: Itís interesting because it was kind of the
next project after ìFinal Destination.î I sold the story to New Line
for the second one as well, and than I decided to quit the office life
and peruse writing fulltime.
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Saturday, 21 January 2006 |
 Reported by Joseph
B. Mauceri
British actress Kate Beckinsale first gained notice in the U.S. as the
heroine of John Schlesingerís ìCold Comfort Farmî and subsequently
appeared in Kenneth Branaghís ìMuch Ado About Nothing,î Whit Stillmanís
ìThe Last Days of Disco,î Jonathan Kaplanís ìBrokedown Palace,î and in
the British comedy ìShooting Fish.î
In 2001, Beckinsale starred opposite Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in
the Disney epic ìPearl Harbor.î She has also starred opposite John
Cusack in ìSerendipity,î and opposite Christian Bale and Frances
McDormand in the ensemble drama ìLaurel Canyon.î Her Recent film
appearances include starring opposite Hugh Jackman in ìVan Helsing.î
Reprising her role of Selene from the 2003 ìUnderworld,î Beckinsale
once again dons her latex suite, contacts, and fangs to take on
vampires and lycans in her husbandís, Len Wisemanís anticipated genre
action sequel UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION. |
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Friday, 20 January 2006 |
Reported by Joseph
B. Mauceri
Filmmaker Len Wisemanís began his career through his work in the art
department on the blockbuster hits like ìGodzilla,î ìMen In Blackî and
ìIndependence Day.î His design talents soon got him behind the camera
directing commercials for PlayStation, Time Warner, Oracle, Intel and
Activision, and quickly lead to work in music videos. Len received
numerous award nominations, including Best Art Direction at the 2002
MTV Awards for Quarashiís ìStick ëEm Upî and Best Director at the 2002
MVPA Awards for the Rufus Wainwright video ìAcross the Universe.î In
addition, Wiseman directed music videos for Megadeath, En Vogue, Static
X, Paul Oakenfold and Brooke Allison.
Len came to the
attention of Skip Williamson, President of Lakeshore Records. After
seeing his work on the set of the Rufus Wainwright video, Williamson
made the push for Lakeshore to take a look at ìUnderworld.î
Len and writer
Danny McBride met through their agent, Nick Reed at ICM. The two hit it
off through their common love and fanís knowledge of genre films.
In 2003 Len and
Dannyís ìUnderworldî was released and went on to become a box office
hit. Itís 2006, and armed with a bit more money and a few new faces to
the story, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION is poised to ravage your local
theaters. |
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