Big Picture/Life of Pi Images/Coming Attractions: 12 Years

Good Friday morning form Santa Fe!

BIG PICTURE

I'm sure many of you have seen the Vanity Fair 100th Anniversary photo for Paramount films.  It's very cool...impressive.  Some 116 stars and directors gathered together for the shot.  Some huge names and many, many past Telluride participants.  What's kind of entertaining is trying to figure out why some of the "lesser lights" made the cut for posing...Katie Featherston anyone? (who was in Telluride film "Paranormal Activity".

Here's the link to the Vanity Fair post complete with a magnifying and identification tool

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/07/paramount-pictures-100th-anniversary-photo


LIFE OF PI IMAGES

Fox 2000 continues to slowly role out info, pictures, etc. for And Lee's "Life of PI" set for a Nov. 12th release date.  A clip found its way online yesterday to a variety of forums and though it's really short, it is intriguing.  Here are multiple stories/links:

SlashFilm:
http://www.slashfilm.com/life-pi-clip-online-banners-show-gorgeous-imagery/

Rope of Silicon:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/life-of-pi-clip-ang-lee-prometheus/

First Showing.net
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/beautiful-images-first-clip-found-on-the-official-life-of-pi-website/

The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-blink-and-youll-miss-it-footage-from-life-of-pi-plus-new-banners-from-ang-lees-film-20120614

"Life of Pi's" IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/

"Life of Pi's" chances to be at Telluride: 20%


COMING ATTRACTIONS; "12 YEARS A SLAVE"

Steve McQueen has had both of his first directing efforts "Hunger" and "Shame" make appearances at Telluride and I suspect a reasonably good chance that his next project "12 Years a Slave" will make it there in 2013.

We have been seeing a number of casting stories concerning the film including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Brad Pitt.

Here are the stories I have collected concerning the film and its casting:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-fassbender-says-12-years-a-slave-is-his-next-film-shoots-summer-2012-developing-his-own-projects-one-with-an-ex-beta-band-member

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Shame-Director-Next-Film-Twelve-Years-Slave-May-Have-Found-Financing-Distribution-30363.html#

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/paul-dano-joins-chiwetel-ejiofor-michael-fassbender-brad-pitt-in-steve-mcqueens-twelve-years-a-slave-20120521

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/pariah-star-adepero-oduye-lining-up-role-in-steve-mcqueens-twelve-years-a-slave-with-michael-fassbender-20120416

"Slave's" IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/


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