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Mrs 'I'm-too-fuckin'-slutty-to-be-a-pirate' says no to "Pirates 4" ... once again...
At the press junket for Atonement in Manhattan on Tuesday, one brave soul piped up during the roundtables to ask Keira Knightley if she was or was not interested in returning for a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. You may remember that the third one ended on that rather ambiguous note, but then sort of doubled-back with a pretty definitive, boxed-into-a-corner end-credit teaser. Knightley seemed to be ready for this question and had a very definitive answer. She quickly responded, with a tone of sadness and seriousness in her voice, "I can't imagine doing another one. That was an amazing experience, really was, totally extraordinary, but I think three for me is probably enough." This was probably to be expected. The Pirates series is subject to the same industry realities as the X-Men series -- the more money those movies make, the bigger the paychecks the cast members are going to demand for future installments. Say goodbye to our bitch ...
Verbinski on pirates' future
With his films having taken in more than $2 billion worldwide, Gore Verbinski can be classified as one of Hollywood’s elite directors. His direction of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy makes up a major part of that financial success. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” alone, took in $1 billion dollars worldwide. The third film in the franchise, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” will be released on DVD on Dec. 4.
Verbinski recently took part in a junket to promote the DVD release, during which myself and other journalists previewed some bonus content from the disc and had the opportunity to ask him questions about his experience working on the “Pirates” trilogy. On one of the featurettes, Verbinski said the sets used for the film began with “a piece of paper and a napkin.” When asked how close the sets in the finished movie came to what was envisioned during those paper and napkin drawings, he responded, “The creative process is complex. I try to be specific and deliberate as I storyboard and pre-visualize the entire film. Yet I am constantly aware that this process can make a film cold and clinical. I try to remain open to gifts that a little bit of randomness can provide along the way.”
He also stressed the collaborative nature of the production process. “The contributions of others are essential in creating that particular form of ‘controlled chaos.’ The napkin drawing is a starting point from which I encourage evolution. Most of the time the concept remains intact but execution shifts dramatically.”
The “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” DVD comes packed with bonus features. Verbinski identified the Making of the Maelstrom featurette as a standout segment. “[It] gives you a small window into the complexity of creating and executing a sequence that has never been accomplished before. Months in planning and eight weeks of shooting required a synergy between stunts, camera, practical effects and visual effects.”
While computer-generated images played a major part in the final look of the Maelstrom sequence, the featurette documents how the filming of that sequence recreated the atmosphere of a real sea storm battle. “Day after day we were operating amid 100 miles per hour winds, cascading rain and debris, deafening cannon fire with 150 sword-wielding stuntmen battling across two undulating vessels on the largest gimbals ever constructed for filming. Although artificially created, practically speaking, we were filming a battle within a massive storm. I think the viewer will get a good sense of what everyone went through to bring this to the big screen.”
During the junket, the topic of a fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” inevitably arose. Although Verbinski failed to confirm that another film would be made, he provided his thoughts on the type of direction he’d like to take with a fourth installment. “I think the trilogy is now complete,” he said. “All of the stories set in motion by the first film have been resolved. If there ever were another Pirates of the Caribbean film, I would start fresh and focus on the further adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow.”
Despite the massive success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy, Verbinski remains humble about his accomplishments. When asked if he feels powerful, he joked, “Only when I wear my eye patch.”
Geoffrey Rush on Possible Pirates 4
Next month, Geoffrey Rush will be reprising the role of Sir Francis Walsingham in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, the director's follow-up to the 1997 period drama which introduced much of the world to one Cate Blanchett. ComingSoon.net was given a rare opportunity to talk to the celebrated Oscar-winning actor who's no stranger to sequels and franchises, which spurred us to ask Rush for his thoughts on the possibilities of him and Johnny Depp returning for a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. Even though some were disappointed with Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End, it has grossed $960 million worldwide, more than any other movie this year, so making a fourth movie must be something on a lot of minds.
"I think people will let it sit for a while. There's a strange attitude about franchise movies. People look at them as that rather than storytelling. Back in the old days, how many Thin Man movies did William Powell end up doing? Probably five or six. How many road movies did Bob and Bing end up doing over 25-year period? There could be a point… because Jack Sparrow is probably now to a certain generation more well known as a representative of the Disney imagination than Mickey Mouse himself and Johnny's performance in that role is such an extraordinary thing… that it may pop up."
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Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 ?
I've collected all information I had found about the fourth installment of pirates, so check it out:
June 19, 2006:
Johnny Depp about Jack Spparrow: "He's a blast to play. I'll be in a deep, dark depression saying goodbye to him. ... I'll keep the costume and just prance around the house, entertain the kids." & about possibility of reprising his role as Captain Jack beyond Pirates 3: "Maybe Pirates 4, 5 and 6, If they had a good script, why not? I mean, at a certain point, the madness must stop, but for the moment, I can't say that he's done."
September 19, 2006:
Mark Zoradi (president of the Disney Motion Pictures Group): "The third film... will conclude the initial Pirates trilogy, though it is unlikely to be the last Pirates sequel."
November 10, 2006:
Keira Knightley: "I've been playing this girl since I was 17. I'm 21 now and I'm onto very different things, but it's fun to try to invest Elizabeth [Swann] with some rebellious spirit."
February 2007:
Terry Rossio: It's like the fourth Indiana Jones picture - there are forces in play to make it happen, and forces in play to make it not happen. I think we will try to write a screenplay. I can't say if we'll be able to solve the challenge of making a good fourth film, or if our screenplay will be enough to get a film made.
April 2, 2007:
(Source: IGN)
The third film in the series reportedly ties up loose ends and seemingly brings closure to characters and storylines central to the first three Pirates movies, but the Los Angeles Times cites unidentified sources at Disney who claim that the studio is taking seriously overtures by Johnny Depp expressing that he's keen to stay on with the franchise.
Furthermore, there's fresh speculation that Orlando Bloom may be cut from any future films. We've been here before when rumors of Will Turner's death in Pirates 3 began swirling last October. And while his big-screen demise doesn't seem likely, it could be that his character arc will simply be resolved and that he'll be written out of Pirates 4. If Disney wants to make more movies in the series they may want to cut costs by slashing, arguably, the most expendable member of the lead cast.
May 10, 2007:
Jerry Bruckheimer: "This is the end,this is the end of the trilogy. Whether there will be another movie depends on whether we can create something new and different, but this is the end,but whether one of the characters or a couple of the characters continue on, it's a possibility. ... Certainly, in a moment at the end of the film there is a hope that something else might happen."
According to JimHillMedia.com, "Depp actually has told the folk at Walt Disney Studios that he'd be willing to reprise the role of Capt. Jack Sparrow. Which is why the Mouse has already tentatively made plans to shoot Pirates 4 in 2009. With the hope that this film could then be the studio's tent pole for the summer of 2009."
But if Depp sails again it may be without director Gore Verbinski. JimHillMedia.com claims that author Berkeley Breathed, who is working with Verbinski on adapting his book Flawed Dogs for the screen, said at a recent book signing, "Gore's sick of pirates. If I wrote a scene that had to be shot on water, he'd run the other way."
May 23, 2007:
Johnny Depp : “Doing the Pirates movies has been an absolute blast, I’m the luckiest guy in the world to have had such a great experience. If I walk away from Jack now, I’ll walk away with some amazing memories. But At World’s End leaves open the possibility of a fourth or fifth movie, which I wouldn’t be opposed to on an actor level because I feel there is a lot more territory to explore with Captain Jack. I’ve never really felt I’m done with playing the character, so why shouldn’t we try a fourth and a fifth?"
June 20, 2007:
(source- Cinema Blends)
Some franchises just don’t know when to quit. Whether or not people are getting sick and tired of the whole Pirates of the Caribbean thing, when a franchise makes that much money, it’s hard to let it die. We’ve been hearing rumblings about a possible fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie for months now, but tonight I got an email from the old friend of the site which not only confirmed a fourth movie will almost certainly be happening, but dropped details on where the series may end up going when it continues.
Our source says that Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is no longer just a possibility, it’s almost a certainty. More importantly, Johnny Depp is all but assured to return, though our scooper claims he may end up making as much as $35 - $40 million to do it. Also returning will be Geoffrey Rush and Gore Verbinski as director, but forget about the rest of the cast because from now on the movies will only be about Captain Jack.
That’s right, Pirates 4 will cast aside Will and Elizabeth to make it an all Jack Sparrow movie. That won’t be the only change Disney is planning to make when the series continues though. Our scooper says, “the ending of Pirates 3, the fountain of youth story might not be the only story they might used the next pirate’s film. The fountain story could used in another form to introduce the story for Pirates 4… the next film might be a departure from the same formula of the last three movies as well, meaning that Jerry Bruckheimer could be planning to enter the realm of Science Fiction this time around and it could be the heart of a new trilogy with Jack Sparrow and his crew of misfits. Some of the brainstorming going around involves some Jules Verne type of scenarios involving some pretty big flying machines, a man who wants to rule more than just the ocean, a encounter with the most famous and dangerous pirate of all, a race to get to a lost world (Hint, Hint) and Jack and his crew going to where no pirate has gone before (No, its not space but Disney had made animated movie about this place before with Michel J Fox voicing one of the characters).”
Pirates science fiction? What the heck? The Michael J. Fox movie our source is referring to is almost certainly Atlantis, which would tie in the Jules Verne and science fiction elements mentioned. Apparently we’ll also get more of Jack’s past and his family, which could also mean more Keith Richards. I’d actually be ok with that, Keith was surprisingly good.
Don’t get too attached to the idea of another Pirates of the Caribbean sequel though. Our insider thinks that Disney plans to take a long, long breather between Pirates movies: “word is that the start date could be around 2009 to 2011.” I don’t think we need another Pirates sequel, but if they’re going to do one, giving the franchise time to recharge is probably a very good idea.
As always, consider everything above as nothing but rumor till something more develops. Our source is a proven one, but if we can’t give you our source, then consider anything we tell you as unconfirmed gossip.
GOODBYE, MATES!
Ahoy, mates! This blog was the part of my life in two last months, but now, when pirates 3 are so close and spoilers/videos/photos/advertisements are almost everywhere in web I guess usability of this blog has exceeded. I really don't want to collect or search for any news, because spoilers follow every step in web, so I don't want to read any of them and don't want to find out anything about third pirates now (even reviews), that's the reason! You have to understand me - I just don't want to ruin the day when I'll see the movie I've waited such a long time!!! And my advice to you - just shut the idea of getting all sorts of information about this movie - just wait a bit - just one day - and you will finally see it and feel it!!!
Tnx for everyone who have found this blog useful!
PS> But stil, I'll post Pirates' box-office results, news about movie's DVD release and rumors about sequels in future, so don't think this blog is dead, but now it is, mmm, sleeping :)
PPS> Sorry for my English, it's not my first language :)
NEW VIDEOS: Interviews, TV Spots
There are many videos in the web, because pirates are coming and world premiere has already happened, so promotional staff is everywhere (and must be everywhere), so just check them out(i really liked a TV spot called "The Ultimate Battle"):
New TV spots - "We're Back" & "The Ultimate Battle"
Exclusive Interview: Jerry Bruckheimer on POTC3!
Exclusive Interview: Geoffrey Rush on Captain Barbosa
Exclusive Interview: Bill Nighy on Davy Jones
Depp, Knightley, Bloom on Pirates 3
New clip from AWE
A new which's called "four of you" has been out. Check it out!
Click HERE to see it on MSN
New TV Spot
And once again - an absolutely new TV spot which, how always, gives us only a few new moments: DOWNLOAD
"At World's End" Soundtrack review
A review of movie's soundtrack by Mike Brennan had been posted on Soundtrack.net: link
New videos: TV spot & behind the scenes footage
TV spot is in CAMrip quality and it doesn't show anything new, but some moments seems fresh for me!
But 18 minutes of behind the scenes footage are amazing!!! I mean it's not just interesting, but it also shows tones of new scenes and making of them.
New AWE CLIPS in quite high quality!!!
Four of these are absolutely new. I like the one with Jack the monkey and Tia Dalma, Tia is hot dirrrrty bitch, monkey is so cute!!!
Clip #1("Lost")
Clip #2("Punishment")
Clip #3("Weapons")
Clip #4("You're mad...")
Clip #5("Lost bird")
Clip #6("Will you marry me")
EXCLUSIVE NEW VIDEO: Starz on the set of POTC:AWE
THIS VIDEO IS REALLY AMAZING!!! A lot of new scenes, interviews and behind the scenes footage!!! Sorry, but quality isn't best!
DOWNLOAD
tnx to Serein from OrlandoLove
NEW CLIP: POTC3:AWE "World's End" scene
"The View" showed a new clip from At World's End last night!!! Great scene!!!
AWE new clip with preview on Extra
It's a low quality video, but it has some new scenes!
Check it out here
AICN visits the editing room of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3: AT WORLD’S END!
AICN: Last year, at the start of June, I visited the editing room where Gore Verbinski was hard at work trying to finish PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2: DEAD MAN’S CHEST. I got my first look at finished Davy Jones in that room, my first sense of the larger world that the filmmakers were trying to create. I was enthused about what I saw, and I thought the final film was pretty damn fun. I’ve heard a lot of complaining about the second movie, but I absolutely stand behind what I said then: I think these are dense entertainments, and I like the complex juggling routine that Elliott and Rossio have set up for themselves as screenwriters. The ultimate artistic success of this series depends on how this third film plays out. The second film introduced about a half-dozen story threads that have to play out now, and this new movie is all about how those threads are completed. Can this team stick the landing?
This year, I met Bruckheimer in the same exact place I met him last year, in one of the mixing theaters on the Fox lot. We talked a bit about what I’d seen of the other summer movies as we walked back to where Stephen Rivkin, the film’s editor, was waiting. I’ve visited Bruckheimer during post several times in this last year, and it’s always the same sort of experience. He’s a gracious host, direct, and I never feel like I’m being hyped. He’s content to just show you the footage and let it speak for itself. He told me that the first bit of footage I’d be seeing would be the opening of the film.
And so I saw the first shots of Singapore. Kiera Knightley as Elizabeth, heading into the city in a small boat by herself. Singing. It’s a pirate song, but it’s not one we’ve heard before. Some of the people she paddles past know the song, though. It draws attention. And when she finally pulls up to dock and she gets out, she’s immediately approached by some rough-looking Chinese pirates who warn her about singing that song, especially when traveling alone.
She’s not alone, though. In fact, Singapore is positively crawling with other characters from the films.
There’s the crew of the Black Pearl, for example. They’re making their way through the underbelly of the city, almost at a parallel to Elizabeth. When she’s dragged into the presence of Sao Feng, played with remarkable charisma by Chow Yun-Fat, she’s not alone. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) is there, a prisoner. Barbossa is there. This is basically the Jabba’s Palace/Barge scene from JEDI, but without any shitty musical numbers or Muppets. It’s a nice build-up, a cool way of dropping us back into the world of the films.
We can tell that things are changing. The net is closing. It’s the end of an era. And the only way our characters can see to fix things is to get hold of the charts to the end of the world. That’s what Sao Feng has that they want.
Deals are made. Double-crosses are set into motion.
The actual trip into the afterlife is surreal. I’ve only seen a bit of this, but what I saw is wild, and I’m dying to see the rest of it. Here’s where we get a whole lot of Johnny Depp. I have a feeling this is the closest we’re ever going to get to the heart of what makes Jack Sparrow tick. His rescue is suitably absurd, and the return to the land of the living is positively Gilliam-esque.
Yeah. That’s right. I said it.
After the return to the world of the living, the crew of the Black Pearl has to get to a meeting that’s been called of all the Pirate Lords. Each of them carries an item with them that is the symbol of their membership in the Pirate Brethren. This is one of the most outrageous sets in the film, at least based on what I saw.
This is also where the movie’s primary mystery is laid out: the nature of Calypso. It turns out that there was a time when pirates were afraid to sail the open ocean because they were afraid of Calypso’s fury. Then they found a way to bind her, to make her take on human form, and in doing so, they were able to tame the oceans. Now, with the East Indian Trading Company using the heart of Davy Jones to tighten the net around every single pirate still working, it’s time to consider radical solutions to the problem at hand. Like releasing Calypso and surrendering the oceans without surrendering to the East Indian Trading Company.
Which raises the question... who (or what) is Calypso?
Of course, that’s not the only thing the film has to accomplish. There’s a reason this one is skirting the three hour mark... they’re going to resolve everything they’ve put into motion, and just like with DEAD MAN’S CHEST and the first film, there’s even a little bit of extra movie at the very, very end after all the credits. Among the many storylines to be resolved, we see Elizabeth deal with both her betrayal of Jack and her relationship with Will. We see Will resolve his attempts to rescue his father Bootstrap Bill (Stellan Skarsgard) from the service of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), who is now under the thrall of Lord Beckett (Tom Hollander) and Admiral Norrington (Jack Davenport), who are commanding a tremendous naval force that is imposing a new order on the entire world. Even supporting characters like Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook) and Pintel (Lee Arenberg) and Gibbs (Kevin McNally) and Marty (Martin Klebba) get some degree of resolution.
Double crosses are revealed. New deals are made.
I was amazed by the scale of this final film in the series. In the hour or so that I was shown from the film, the most amazing stuff by far was from the end of the film. You’ve seen a hint of it in the trailers, with the ships fighting back and forth across a giant whirlpool. That scene starts outrageous and then just keeps getting bigger and bigger and wilder and more insane. There are things going on all over the place, different planes of action and comedy and drama playing out.
After watching the footage, I walked with Bruckheimer back to the mixing stage where Gore Verbinski was working. When I saw him last year, he looked exhausted. This year, he had that stare like Private Pyle in FULL METAL JACKET. The screen in the stage played a scene involving Calypso, and I got a pretty long look at who that is and how they finally appear. Verrrrrrry interesting. The volume on that mixing stage was painful, and they just kept playing the same few sound effects over and over. Verbinski made a reference to the Chinese Water Torture, and then we were on the move again, leaving him to it.
I asked Bruckheimer if he misses being able to test-screen these movies. He told me that he showed it to a group of friends and family, and that they made some adjustments based on that screening. He says it’s just not possible to finish one of these movies early enough or well enough to show to a test audience. And indeed, when I was there, they were still basically waiting on a set number of shots to be delivered from ILM each and every day. Amazing how close these giant movies come in terms of delivery dates.
Even so, as I left the studio, I called my writing partner to talk to him about how anything is possible in movies now. You can pretty much do anything. The old crticism "That's too big, and it's impossible to film" no longer applies. This ending is so bizarre, so bold and audacious that it seems like almost a dare from the writers to Verbinski: "Let's see what you can really do." This certainly isn't a case of a sequel just doing what's been done before in the series.
I’m seeing this movie soon. Right now, I’m confident that what we’re getting is a fitting end to this trilogy. I think you have to think of this and DEAD MAN’S CHEST as two parts of a film, then the first part was all set-up and this one is all pay off. At least, that’s what I hope it is. For now, I think this looks like a really satisfying third entry in a series, and about as much bang for the buck as anything any studio’s releasing this year.
Thanks to Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer for having me in on this one.
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POTC:AWE Spoilers
MTV has some "POTC: At World's End" spoilers
WARNING!!! Don't follow this link if you don't want to be spoiled!!!
Geoffrey Rush Interview
Geoffrey Rush reprises his role as supernatural pirate Captain Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", the highly anticipated third instalment in the blockbuster franchise.
yourMovies editor Mark Beirne spoke with the Oscar winner at the press junket in Melbourne to uncover some of the movie's secrets.
yourMovies: Barbossa was the villain in the first "Pirates" movie, but in the second he became an ally. Can he be trusted?
Geoffrey Rush: Well spotted! You'll need to see all of the various chess moves that happen in part three to fully satisfy that answer. But certainly the implication from that cliffhanger ending on part two is that out of all of the people you want to bring back from the dead to help rescue Jack from being eaten by the beastie, Barbossa's not the best guy to do it. They're sworn enemies. That forms the premise of one of the many key plots that dominate the third film.
yM: Details of the third movie are top secret - what can audiences expect to see?
GR: "Pirates 2" and "3" were always conceived with one huge story arc, with that cliffhanger interval - the presumed death of Jack Sparrow followed by Barbossa's resurrection. To be honest, because it is one huge story, a lot of what happened in "Pirates 2" was putting down the pipe-work for the kinds of dramatic payoffs that are going to happen in the third film. As I was going through the screenplay, I thought "My God, every seven pages there's some phenomenal new action sequence that comes out of the storyline or flips the story into another dimension". The big set pieces the fans are looking forward to, as well as the convolutions and permutations of the character conflicts, are there in force.
yM: The "Pirates" movies are very tongue-in-cheek - was the atmosphere as light-hearted on the set?
GR: We had a hefty schedule on our hands because they're big films, and just the logistics of shooting out at sea means you look at the daily call sheet and [realise] you're 30 miles out at sea, I've got to get up in the dark and go out in a dinghy on very rough seas to get to the location - and then spend two hours in make-up. Of course we've been doing this on-and-off now for four-and-a-half years so there's a tremendous camaraderie between all of the departments. The actors don't just spend time amongst themselves; you spend a good part of the day with the make-up team, the stunt guys, the expert marine department who are ferrying you there. Someone like Johnny is a great team leader... it's great not to have a diva. It's great to have someone who's very laid-back, very playful... he's probably the only person who dares to ad-lib. A lot of what he throws in makes it into the final mix. Jack Sparrow is some crazy part of Johnny's brain.
yM: What are the main differences between a Hollywood blockbuster of this nature and movies you have filmed in Australia?
GR: It's a question of scale and attitude. If you work for Disney, which is one of the big studio conglomerates in the business machine that is Hollywood, there's a different kind of heritage and attitude. Most of what we make in Australia are much smaller scale, independently produced films. Being on a film like "Candy", the scale of it is just smaller - the aspirations may be as great, but you have a crew of 20, whereas on "Pirates" some days we would have lunch for 700 people. "Pirates" costs an extraordinary amount of money because of the nature of the CGI, actors, large numbers of people.
yM: You have played such a range of unique characters in your career - do you have a favourite?
GR: Not particularly. I always look very fondly back on "Shakespeare in Love" - again, it had a large cast. When I was promoting that film, I said it was the party of the year. It was a very funny, very lively set because all those guys who were playing Shakespeare's acting troupe were all fine actors in their own right and some of them fresh out of drama school and they were frisky. That's the one that I hold great affection for. A film like "Quills" and "Peter Sellers" - big companies, lots of actors. "Peter Sellers" particularly because we would have the Charlize Theron section of the shoot for two-and-a-half weeks and then Emily Watson would turn up and then Stanley Tucci and Stephen Fry... just great, great actors to work with.
yM: What about a favourite actor you have worked with?
GR: I've been pretty lucky for a middle-aged character actor; my leading ladies have been Cate Blanchett and Salma Hayek and Charlize Theron and Kate Winslet. And Johnny Depp, we've been together for four-and-a-half years now on these films; he's one of the great character actors in a leading man's body who constantly surprises himself and his audience with his capabilities and imagination.
yM: Is "At World's End" the end for Barbossa, or do you hope to star in future sequels?
GR: The decision would be totally in the hands of the Disney executives or Jerry Bruckheimer. Of course if the movie makes a lot of money, they will always consider "Can we make more out of this?" As a business, it's like releasing a new car: if the car works and sells and people like it, they go "Next year we'll make a new model and make it more eco-friendly". But being a film, it then involves the creative people, and if the writers feel they've exhausted the potential of the genre or if Johnny feels he's burnt Jack out... I don't know, it's all speculation at the moment.
yM: Tell me about "The Golden Age", the sequel to "Elizabeth".
GR: "The Golden Age" won't be released until much later this year, around about October I think. I have seen the current edit and it looks absolutely fantastic. Given that there's been so much Elizabethan product out there - Helen Mirren, and another English television film and the series "The Tudors" - from a test audience it rated extremely high.
yM: Have you ever been on the "Pirates" theme park ride?
GR: Oh yeah, of course! I went on that many years ago when I first took my kids to Disneyland, probably back in the late '90s. I'm now part of the ride - they've taken Blackbeard out and they've put Barbossa in. And Jack Sparrow now pops up as an animatronic figure. He's a bit like Where's Wally, you've got to find him as you go through the ride.
yM: Keith Richards is in the latest "Pirates" movie - did you meet him on set?
GR: Yeah. He's done his bit, he has a beautifully presented little cameo. It's quite a big scene in the film, one of the major plots is the conflict between the East Indian Trading Company and Davy Jones versus the Black Pearl. So Barbossa calls together this meeting of the nine global pirate lords - it's a bit like G8 for pirates - and Keith has a role in that scene.
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Pirates 3 Singapore Set Visit!
Last year, ComingSoon.net was invited by Walt Disney Pictures to visit one of the sets being used for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, that being the recreation of the much oft-mentioned Singapore where Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow spends a lot of his time. This is also where we meet Chow Yun-Fat's Captain Sao Feng as the various pirate crews unite to fight the East India Trading Company.
Here is CS correspondent Andrew Weil's report from the visit:
The set that opens "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" took over the vast expanse of Stage 12 on the Universal Lot. Once home to the Penguin's Lair in "Batman Returns," this soundstage was home to the awe-inspiring re-creation of 18th Century Singapore for 'Pirates 3.'
Built to scale, the incredibly-detailed Singapore set was incredible to walk through, built over a 3-foot deep pool of murky water giving the illusion of being held up by bamboo stalks, all with lit lanterns. There were 22 thatched structures actually built on stilts and numerous bridges linking together huts and a town center square, which featured an elaborate spice market next to a giant moat that allowed for great possibility for action sequences. The fireworks store that faced the spice market also set the scene for some explosive action. Every square inch of the set was cluttered with details, giving a very rich, full look to the city.
I even had a sense of fear crossing a very rickety bridge that, in the film, is used as a launching pad for East India Trading Company soldiers to attack our heroes. While I was not privy to what was filming that day of shooting, I did notice Geoffrey Rush wandering around the set practicing dialogue.
Disney also gave ComingSoon.net a chance to talk with production designer Rich Heinrichs about the design and construction of this particular set:
ComingSoon.net: How much warning did Gore Verbinski give you about having to construct 18th Century Singapore on a soundstage in L.A.?
Heinrichs: Well, you know, when it exists there as a word in a treatment, "Singapore," well it's a city, we know that, and then you do research on it. When the script's not completed and you have no sense from the director of the action that needs to take place, you're kind of creating and communicating to the director enough information that he actually is piecing a scene out of. It's a lot of fun in these movies to have that kind of an influence over the direction the movie is going to take, come up with various ideas along the way that would provide physical comedy or action ideas to enhance it. You don't often in films have the opportunity to give the sense of a whole community. I got to do it in "Sleepy Hollow" and "Lemony Snicket" and various other films that I've worked on. There's something about a collection of structures that are related and yet all different and organically melded into a landscape. It's such an amazing thrill to work on. Singapore is no different. In fact, it was a combination of water-based architecture, stilt houses or they're called cantons in Southeast Asia, along with more land-based structures. We turned this whole stage, and it's a fairly large stage, not huge but pretty good size, into this period urban environment that had so many different and interesting points of view and little pathways going from one place to another, so that the director was able to just turn the camera a little bit and get a completely different look in all these different directions. Whereas, when you stand there and look at the set, it's this composite, but when you actually see it on film, it becomes larger if you will, and allow all different kinds of action. There were interior parts, there were tunnels with water in them, the stilt houses and bridges. It was one of those sets that is a fantastic set to visit, because it's so unusual, and you look at it and go, "So this is what Hollywood is like." It was the opposite of a green screen film.
CS: How closely did you work with Gore on the design of the set? Did he give you any sort of idea what he needed beforehand or did you just design something and then change it as he needed things?
Heinrichs: With Gore and with any director, it's a chipping away process of kind of vague overarching concepts and what the set pieces will represent. The funny thing here was the fact that we were shooting the 2nd "Pirates" film while planning this major set for the 3rd film. The director is concentrating on all the action and characters and elements of the 2nd movie, and you're trying to get his attention on this third movie that doesn't come out for another couple of years. He knows he's got to do it, but he's got other stuff going on. What I had to do was kind of interesting. We built an eighth inch scale model of the set that we had to pack up in special boxes, and I had to fly it down to the Southern Caribbean, hoping that all the elements would come through in baggage and customs, find a place near Gore's cabin on the island of Dominica, set-up the model again. I brought down my lipstick camera. We were just sort of way out there and I had all of my elements constructed from the art department, where we could actually could get into it and Gore could figure out what action was going to be taking place and what the characters that were going to be in that. It was one of those great moments of feeling that all of the tools that we bring to bear on what we do, we were able to bring down to Dominica. I got all the info I could from him at that time and went back, chopped away at the model and redesigned it and ten weeks later, we had a set.
CS: How has this compared to other sets you've done like for "Lemony Snicket" or the last Pirate movie?
Heinrichs: It's different in the sense that… "Lemony Snicket" was fairly unusual in that it was a little bit more trying to have as many real textures and yet have an intentionally theatrical feel to it. These are more real adventures out there in the real world, getting as much in-camera as possible out on the location. Getting as much of what makes sense on stage. The visual effects that are added to it really are enhancements. They're not creating the world. They're simply filling out or adding onto it. I think that's one of the great things about P2 is that it feels like this amazing adventure that the audience is in, and that they're really out there and the visual FX are there to support that rather than simply to create something new completely.
CS: I've asked a few other production and set designers about this, but how does it feel when you create something huge and amazing like this, and eventually, you know that it has to be torn down? Essentially, it's only being built for this one project and it has a finite life.
Heinrichs: I have young children, and I would guess it's like when they have to go off to college and become adults. You sort of have to kiss it goodbye in your mind and think fondly of the good moments. Maybe that's not the right metaphor (chuckles), but it is just one of the… we're not building for museum storage, we're building for the moment of actual filming. It's just part of the process and all you want to do is make sure you're recycling as much as you can and that you're not being too wasteful. Hopefully, you're only building what's needed for filming and being as efficient as possible that way and that you're being responsible about it. Then basically, you've just gotta turn your back on it and walk away.
ComingSoon.net
"Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End" official MySpace blog
Check it out!!!
There is nothing special on this blog at the moment, but some interesting things like Character Timeline, Interactive Map(Where you'll be able to find nine Pirate Lords) and some kind of Remixes, are coming soon!
Preview of AWE soundtrack!!!
You can listen to snippets of four tracks of PoTC:AWE soundtrack here!!!
"Parlay" sounds interesting ( like from a cowboy movie :D )!!!
NEW VIDEOS: Interviews and an exclusive preview
I didn't want to make a new post for each of these videos, so here they are:
MSN interview with Keira Knightley
MSN interview with Orlando Bloom
Exclusive Preview of the Next 'Pirates of the Caribbean' on EXTRA
New featurette ["Pirate Lords"] in HQ
This one is great!!! A lot of new footage!!!
Download in HD 1280*720 or HI Quicktime
Another new vid from Disney channel's "Movie Surfers" .
WATCH HERE
This time it's with Keira talking about changes in Elizabeth and her character. It also includes one new interesting (very very small)scene. Quality is low [CAMrip].
Lee Arenberg Talks Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The third installment of the trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End hitting theaters next month; it’s likely to bring closure to most of the story lines left open in the previous two Pirates films. I say most of the story lines because JewReview.net sat down with one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, Lee Arenberg, one of the Black Pearl’s very own residents, Pintel – and one of the two comedians on the ship (along with Mackenzie Crook’s Ragetti).
We talked about becoming part of the series, returning to shoot the second and third movie together, working with Keith Richards, Johnny Depp, and director Gore Verbinski, as well as the continuation of the series. Of course, not wanting to give away too much information, Lee was nice enough to spill a couple of details about At World’s End and the future.
Check out what he had to say:
What’s it like getting on the set and putting on the make-up? Do you become Pintel, or are you still Lee?
Lee Arenberg: I must say, fortunately, this role is one I can approach pretty technically. And so the transition of that make-up, which after 300 times of doing it, takes a little over an hour. My guy, Joel Harlow, is one of the most talented dudes on the whole set; he’s a jack of all trades on the artist side, and he’s been my guy for all three pictures. It was a lucky break to have that consistency and the artistry of what he does – the placement of the scar - throughout the process. Sometimes the make-up thing can be where you just sit there and take it, like a Star Treky thing. But with Pintel, you’ve got to stretch the skin, and it’s little participation bits; you’ve got to move your chin, you’ve got to stay locked in in that make-up, which is cool. Because when you stay there for an hour and you see that transition in the room, you’re there. And the very last thing you do before we do a take is the teeth; there’s nothing of Lee left. As long as my sounds sound like something from over there, I’m ok; I’d always run my lines by the other cast members, Mackenzie or (Kevin) McNally. After the first movie, I was on my own and I trusted them; it’s not that easy, especially when you have to ad-lib something. There’s something about those ‘a’ sounds, like ‘father’ or the word ‘last;’ it doesn’t sound right to me, so every time I would say it, it’d be like ‘clink, clink, clunker, clunker.’ To be able to do it enough times that your minds ear gets it; you really do have to nestisize your ears to the sound – (in his Pintel voice) ‘Pintel, he’s real convoluted, you know, at all times.’ And if I had to say those lines, ten times through, I’m good at identifying each one; you see my line, I re-write it above it on the page – ‘i’ becomes ‘oy,’ ‘time’ becomes ‘toyme.’ And every time, it’s not pretty, but my script looks like that; when I’m reading it in my mind, I’m reading the phonetics, I don’t memorize the words – ‘rain’ – ‘rayn.’
What’s it like working with Johnny Depp?
Lee Arenberg: Johnny Depp is one of the greatest actors for his talent, his intellect, his choices, and also just his look – he’s got the ‘ace face’ to back it up; if you’re going to call bullsh*t, you’re a good looking man. He always says the fans are the boss of him, and he works for the fans; I think it was really interesting to me. One of the things about him that was so magical about him on the first one, Curse of the Black Pearl, was here you have one of the greatest actors – although corky and probably many of the audience hadn’t caught many of his pictures, or if they saw him, he was under scissorhand make-up or a pretty elaborate make-up job; to see him there, just nailing a character - in a way, very few actors in film actors ever have. There’s very few actors nominated for Oscars for a comedy; it’s Chaplin-esque. It’s legendary, it’s like Bob Beamon jumping three feet farther than anyone. The studio didn’t want to do it because they were afraid of the sexuality of his character, they didn’t know what to make of the teeth thing; but he sees three steps ahead. The romantic pirate is like a rock and roll star, so I’m going to base my character on my favorite rock and roll star, Keith Richards – and put in a little Pepe Le Peu for the kids.
What about Keith Richards?
Lee Arenberg: When I met Keith Richards on P3, he reminded me of a modern f*ckin’ pirate, he really did; his bodyguard, Bill, was the real Pintel. Here’s a guy from South London, the dialect I’m trying to pull off; he’s my size, bald, stocky, and he works for a Pirate – he is Pintel. And he was paired up with a New York dude, but he was doing a double act too. So the parallels that Johnny sees, allowed for the rest of our success. A magical thing happened when all that came together.
What was that like to see him on set?
Lee Arenberg: So cool; when I first met him, it was the best! He was in the make-up trailer and I just poked my head in there; I wanted to see Keith Richards. Johnny was in there doing a make-up test on him. I was dressed as Pintel, and he looked at me and busted into this Cheshire fat grin smile – he goes to Johnny, ‘Johnny, there’s another one!’ And that made me feel so good; he was such a great addition, if nothing more than a breath of fresh air. Obviously, he busted everyone’s balls – this is Keith Richards; he really is a cool dude, and a legend for a reason. He’s super smart, real charismatic, and it’s a different circus than he’s part of – that rock and roll circus. It was interesting of the two circuses locking up, just to hear his manager – the way we work, and he works hard too, in just one burst of artistic energy, where ours is sustained. We have a lot more people than a rock show, but they’re still there. I don’t want to give it away, but he is very cool – and just to be in the scene. That’s what we always checked in the first version of P3, we figured out where his part was going to be and make sure Mackenzie and I were always in that scene. But to me, it was more of his cameo was more of a kudos for Johnny – Johnny’s work, Johnny’s love. His wife, Patti Hansen, she’s gorgeous; she made me blush – and it’s hard to make Pintel blush. The kiss from Keira, that’s about it; his whole life, the guy’s never blushed and Patti Hansen did it, too.
Seeing Johnny and Keith next to each other as father and son, was it almost trying to figure out who the dad was and who the son was?
Lee Arenberg: What’s interesting is the dynamic – how we act around Johnny is how Johnny acts around Keith. It was more about him hanging out outside Keith’s trailer like the rest of us poor shmucks – it was pretty neat. That’s the great thing, Johnny’s layer of humanity; he sees himself as a regular dude with a superstar gig. I don’t think he buys into his own bullsh*t either really; he’s got a beautiful family, and it’s given him a different perspective. When his daughter came to the set on the first one, he was worried she’d be scared of the pirates, but she loved them – the nastier, the better and that’s what was another good kudo for the project.
Will we see more of the Pirates?
Lee Arenberg: I hope there’s more of them out there; I would want to think so. There’s always a possibility of them making a Pintel and Rigetti movie; I would want to do it, I love the characters. I always have thought these guys are the classic double team; it’s two actors brought together by a physical difference. Luckily for Mackenzie and I, they were looking for sexy and sexy – cause they got that right! Two highly hot, sexy men cast together. He’s such a great guy, I love the chance just to get to hang out with him and work; his acting sensibility matches mine. We were assigned to become really good friends off the first movie, and fortunately I’m loud, he’s quiet; he’s smart, I’m not – that kind of thing, it’s a nice combo. Those things, you can’t take any of that luck, that magic for granted. But when they get it right, they get it right; and the investment of a half a billion dollars, or whatever it is, to invest in a couple more movies – they made it on the first one. Both movies (2&3) are paid for from the success of the first.
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