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Showing posts with label steampunk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steampunk. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

1884: Yesterday's Future (2012)

Terry Gilliam is the ‘creative adviser’ for 1884: Yesterday's Future, described as an animated steampunk parody based on George Orwell’s 1984. It will use CGI and live-action puppets to create an alternate version of 19th century Europe. (Directed by Gilliam's longtime collaborator and digital animation specialist, Tim Ollive)

From Screenrant:
1884
is an $8 million production that presents an alternate version of 19th century Europe with a steam punk aesthetic -- a world in which the movie itself was created in 1848 (some four decades prior to the actual invention of film… makes sense to us). Variety describes 1884 as “a tale of laughable imperialist derring-do and espionage,” where man has already reached the moon and England is populated by steam-powered vessels and flying vehicles.

Ollive and Gilliam will bring their off-kilter collaboration to life via the use of 2D and 3D (read: digital) animation, live-action puppets that have actors’ eyes and mouths superimposed over their CGI heads, and a mix of miniatures, graphics, and old-fashioned photography to create the backdrop of London, France, and other locales across Europe -- all of which will be colored with sepia tones to as to further recreate the look of a silent flick from the late 19th century.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

The First Men in the Moon (2010)

BBC Four has announced an adaptation of H.G. Wells' science fiction classic The First Men in the Moon as part of their fall lineup.


Rory Kinnear and Mark Gatiss
It's July 1969 and the Apollo 11 astronauts are about to make their historic Moon landing. But they are in for a surprise – somebody has beaten them to it.
Mark Gatiss ( Sherlock, S&S 2008) takes the lead role as Edwardian scientist Professor Cavor.
As the world waits for news of Apollo 11, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford played by Rory Kinnear (Return to Cranford, Mansfield Park) who tells him an extraordinary story.As a young man back in 1909, Bedford happens across Professor Cavor, who has developed an amazing invention – Cavorite, which makes anything to which it is applied immune to gravity.
Recognising a miracle when he sees one, and with a keen eye on the potential profit, Bedford encourages Cavor to think big. The two men set about constructing a copper and cast-iron sphere, in which they intend to fly to the Moon.
What terrors await them in the lunar interior, and will they ever succeed in returning to Earth?
The cast also includes Alex Riddell who will play Jim, the inquisitive boy listening to Bedford's story. Jim's father is played by Peter Forbes and his mother by Katherine Jakeways. Lee Ingleby will play Chessocks, and Julia Deakin will play Mrs Fitt.

Source: BBC
Thanks to Judy at Costume Drama Reviews for heads up!

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