Unsere Hoffnungen werden wohl erfüllt - Bericht vom Teaser und vom
Gespräch mit Tarsem Singh von der WonderCon - klingt toll, teils
300, teils Abenteuerepos:
WonderCon launched its Immortals panel with quite a few members of
the ensemble cast taking the San Francisco stage; Luke Evans
(Zeus), Isabel Lucas (Athena) and, eliciting the most noise from
the crowd, soon-to-be-Superman Henry Cavill (Theseus) joined
director Tarsem Singh and Producer Mark Canton.
The panel opened with a teaser trailer, featuring narration by the
film's antagonist, Mickey Rourke (King Hyperion), speaking
poetically about a mounting battle. What was primarily striking was
the imagery, very much a hyper-stylized merging of Tarsem's The
Fall with something like Zack Snyder's 300 (not surprisingly from
the same producers).
Words don't quite do the teaser justice (the just released
posters give a rough idea of the design, but they lack the overall
colorfulness of the what was screened), but there were a number of
decidedly striking shots, including an elaborate Sistine
Chapel-style image of period warriors engaged in war, seeming
floating across the frame. Another had Zeus' weapon of choice, a
flaming whip, moving through the air in slow-motion.
The character of Hyperion featured an elaborate helmet, sort of
like a metal wolf complete with jagged ears and long, tusk-like
teeth running along the edge of Rourke's bearded face.
We also saw quite a bit of Cavill in action, breaking free a bow
from a mass of rock and firing glowing arrows in rapid succession,
the camera traveling with their journey to multiple bullseye shots
amongst an army of attacking soldiers.
Tarsem spoke frankly (and quite humorously) about the film, fully
embracing and defending some of the negative criticism he felt
could accrue for a project such as Immortals. He explained that
(just as is the case with his next film, Snow White, the reason the
plot may, on the surface, be similar to other films that have hit
in recent time is because he's fascinated with trends in popular
culture and enjoys adding his own "D.N.A." to genres that have
caught the public's eye.
Tarsem went on to joke that he'd like to gladly direct Canton's
Piranha 3DD and the producer immediately said that they could sign
the deal right now.
As for picking his cast, Tarsem wanted a balance that would be both
youthful and mature, explaining that, since the Gods could be any
age they wanted, they would probably appear in their mid-20's.
Though they do have "powers" so to speak, they're somewhat limited
in how most people might view them, focusing primarily on, as the
title hints, immortality. To that end, a god can drop from an
enormous height and survive, but they can't jump or fly back up the
same distance.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/wonderconnews.php?id=75930
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