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Gorgeous Posters by Lloyd Stas for the Work of Edgar Wright

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 5th, 2011 at 7:56 am

Artist Lloyd Stas has drawn up an awesome set of posters based on the work of Edgar Wright.  Not only did Stas make posters for Wright’s feature films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but also for his terrific TV series Spaced and his fake trailer Don’t that was part of Grindhouse.  You need to get a look at these posters and Stas needs to start selling these bad boys.

Hit the jump to check out the posters.

COUGAR TOWN Gives a 21 Finger-Gun Salute to SPACED

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 4th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

If you’ve seen and fallen in love with Shaun of the Dead and/or Hot Fuzz, chances are you wondered to yourself, “Where can I get more of this brilliance?” and found your way to the British TV series Spaced which was created by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes.  Edgar Wright directed all fourteen episodes of the series, including the amazing season two episode, “Gone”.  In the episode, the characters engage in massive gunfights except instead of using guns, they’re using their fingers.

Last night’s episode of ABC’s Cougar Town decided to pay homage to Spaced‘s comic genius by having their own finger-gun-showdown.  A close friend has been telling me that I really need to get into Cougar Town and I’m starting to understand why.  Hit the jump to check out the clip from Cougar Town and the clip from Spaced.  I won’t spoil how Cougar Town specifically gives a shout-out to Spaced. And if you’ve never seen Spaced, all of the episodes are on Hulu.  You have your assignment for the weekend.

Producer Nira Park On Set Interview PAUL

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 15th, 2010 at 9:01 am

While on the set of director Greg Mottola’s Paul last August, I was able to participate in a roundtable interview with Producer Nira Park.  While you might not recognize Nira Park’s name, I promise you have seen some of the things she’s produced: Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and she’s also producing Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.  So…like I said…you’ve seen her work.

As you might imagine, when you’ve produced everything that Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have made together, you’re going to get an interested group of online reporters.  So when she had a break, we sat down with her to talk about how the project came together, how was she dealing with going back and forth to Toronto on Scott Pilgrim, how have the guys changed, working with a CGI component, and so much more.  Hit the jump to either read the transcript or listen to the audio:

Olivia Williams Video Interview GHOST WRITER – Plus She Talks SPACED, DOLLHOUSE and JOSS WHEDON

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 24th, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Currently playing in theaters is Roman Polanski’s great movie Ghost Writer.  Starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Catrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton, & Eli Wallach., the film is about a gifted author (McGregor) that’s hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of a controversial former British Prime Minister (Brosnan).  Soon after, he becomes a hunted man as he uncovers explosive secrets about the Prime Minister’s past.

To help promote the film, I recently spoke to Olivia Williams in New York City as she plays the wife of Pierce Brosnan.  During the interview we reminisce about how she appeared on Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s Spaced, how she got involved in Ghost Writer, Dollhouse, Joss Whedon, and a lot more.  Check out what she had to say after the jump:

Exclusive: Jason Schwartzman talks SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD. Confirms Split Screens and Animation

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 6th, 2009 at 12:25 am

One of my big films in 2010 is director Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”.  As the director of “Spaced”, “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”, Edgar Wright has proven that he’s one of the best directors working today.  While I’d be interested in whatever project he chose to do as his next film, the fact that he’s making the fantastic comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley is just awesome.  Anyway, people have been shown footage from “Scott Pilgrim” and the mini-reviews have been crazy.  Director Jason Reitman pretty much lost his mind after seeing 30 minutes.  And I’m beginning to figure out why.

I think the reason people are so excited for the film is Edgar Wright is pushing the boundaries of narrative storytelling.  While every movie has moving cameras and interesting shots, I’ve heard rumors that “Scott Pilgrim” is going to use a lot of split screens and animation to help tell the story.  And after speaking with Jason Schwartzman the other day, I can now confirm it.  While I do not know how many scenes use split screens, I think it’s a big part of the movie. Perhaps it’s all about trying to make comic book frames work on a movie screen. Anyhow, if you’d like to see Jason Schwartzman talk about seeing the first 19 minutes of the movie, working for Edgar and with Michael Cera, and what’s up with “Bored to Death”, hit the jump to see the interview.

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