Holy BATFLECK!

Me posting images like this is ridiculous, really. I mean, for the readership this gets, it's not like I'm extending the audience for geeky movie stuff. On top of that, if this blog is the first place you're seeing stuff like this, then either you do not spend a lot of time on your computer, or you have terrible taste in websites.

That said...

Any true Batman fan knows where they are going with this look....

AFFLECK RETURNS BITCHES!

I'm an unapologetic Ben Affleck fan... always have been.. and I've been a Batman fan since I was a kid - though it really kicked in during the summer of 1989 (Micheal Keaton Batman brought me back into the fold.)

 My wedding boutonniere

Batman and Ben Affleck together is like my own personal "Reese Peanut Butter Cups".

"You got Affleck in my Batman!"

Damn right you whiny fan boys. This is gonna rule!*


*This movie will likely have the best Batman yet, but will probably be a boring movie with 45 minute fight scenes that feel like 75 minute fight scenes.

RIP Community....

#darkesttimeline
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) May 9, 2014

While this is supposed to be about personal projects, this is a show that's personal to ME...

Community was killed today, before it's 6th season... but it WILL have a glorious resurrection... I know it.... I know it.

6 Seasons and a Movie....

Tonight I will mourn in my own way... watching past episodes on Netflix, while drinking Gin out of my "Troy and Abed in the Morning" mug.

Bound 3 on ELLEN!

Yeah so he doesn't give us our due praise... or even mention us... but here is Seth Rogen showing off the vid Kev, and I helped work on.



Good times.

A Change of Mind - Will Concept Drawing!

This Will concept drawing showed up in my inbox today...

With the Characters roughly locked, pretty soon Colin should have some boards coming down the pipe, and this project will really get rolling!

We should also be casting for the roles of "Minds" pretty soon. Should be fun.

We interupt my lack of updates with.....

HOLY CRAP!

 April 29th, Pinewood Studios, UK - Writer/Director/Producer J.J Abrams (top center right) at the cast read-through of Star Wars Episode VII at Pinewood Studios with (clockwise from right) Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Producer Bryan Burk, Lucasfilm President and Producer Kathleen Kennedy, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Writer Lawrence Kasdan. Copyright and Photo Credit: David James.

Okay... So I've known of Episode VII for a while now, and I've been mildly excited/interested. But today's official casting announcement got me right in the nerd.

  "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud." - J.J Abrams

When they first announced the new movie, I didn't REALLY care. I followed all that prequel crap, getting all excited, and then hit the brick wall of "The Phantom Menace". Needless to say, getting all geared up about another trilogy just wasn't going to be in the cards.

Then they announced JJ Abrams.

I love this dude. I still say the strongest pilot ever written for television is the pilot for Felicity. It's his ability to write characters that should kill anyones fears of scenes like this happening again (Prepare for garbage dialogue):



THIS is how it's done (from the Felicity pilot):



Now over the last year or so I've really become infatuated with prop making, and spending a lot of time on the Replica Prop Forum. It reminded me of the artistry in the old model making, practical effects, etc. So I got a little MORE excited when this image popped up.

That is Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy (Head of Lucasfilm) standing with an R2 Unit created by Lee Towersey and Oliver Steeples, heads of the R2 Builders group. These two have spent years studying on screen R2-D2, and now will be building them for the new flick. A non CG R2? Is Abrams really focusing on less green screen and more "practical effects"?

Then there were rumors of building a fulls scale Millenium Falcon...

Then came the rumored signing of Adam Driver from "Girls"... a sign they aren't going for pretty boy, popular actors. This guy is great on Girls as Adam, the kind of crazy boyfriend  to Lena Dunham's character, Hannah.



The casting of Mark Hammil, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford was heavily rumored, but not locked... until today, when Adam Driver was confirmed as well.

And on top of that you get Andy Serkis (Gollum), and Max von Sydow (The Exorcist)... Along with some other returning players - Kenny Baker (R2), Anthony Daniels (3PO), and Peter Mayhew (Chewie).

There were a couple of others I haven't heard of, including Daisy Ridley, who is rumored to play Han and Leia's daughter..

That clicking noise you hear is the Internet collectively scrambling to google Daisy Ridley.
— Matt Jacobs (@tarantallegra) April 29, 2014

So yeah... It's like Christmas morning for a guy like me...

Officially excited for this flick to hit the theaters.

Colin Giles - New Writer for Cartoon Brew...

So a little coverage on our Co-Director for "A Change of Mind"... Colin Giles will be one of three new writers covering animation for the site "Cartoon Brew"

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/site-news/cartoon-brew-expands-animation-coverage-with-three-new-writers-97724.html


Here's their write up... which has more info on Colin than I have given in the past:

Pictured: Colin Giles (right) with a young Jimmy Fallon (middle) and Dr. Zaius (Left)

"Colin Giles, our first Canada-based contributor, will lead our new educational-initiative Cartoon Brew-ED. Colin is an animation industry veteran who currently serves as a senior animation instructor at Vancouver Film School. The new Cartoon Brew-ED subsite will be a curated guide to valuable instructional and educational resources for today’s animation artist. For now, it will remain independent of the main site, and will be available exclusively at Facebook.com/AnimationTips and CartoonBrew.tumblr.com.

COLIN GILES (@cartooncolin) is a Vancouver-based animator, filmmaker, and educator. Currently Senior Animation Instructor at Vancouver Film School, he has lectured at Siggraph 2013 and universities and workshops in Seoul and Vancouver. For over 16 years he has contributed as both animator and supervisor on a wide range of productions including Disney Interactive titles, Ren & Stimpy’s Adult Party Cartoon, Robotboy, and Thomas and Friends (linkedin). Colin has trained many future bosses now working at prominent studios such as Sony Imageworks, MPC, EA, Nerdcorps, Bardel, and Nitrogen. Connect with him on LinkedIn."

House of Ten is all about Celebrities.

There is a serious lack of color going on in these posts lately... so....

If you don't know what this image is from, you're life is more empty than you realize.

A little pre-production into the weekend....

Alrighty, the weekend is upon us, and as we end the week, here is a size comparison chart... just for kicks.

 NOT FINAL DESIGN!

So as you can see... the kid is NOT a giant (unless they're BOTH giants)... so you can throw those story theories out the window (or CAN you?!). That's not what it's about (it really isn't) Though it wouldn't exactly be a stretch considering another project I'm involved in putting together (that I can't really talk about).

So hopefully this weekend I will get the rewrite done on "A Change of Mind" and send off to Colin to get opinions. It's not a whole lot of work, but things have been crazy at my day job.

I also need to get working on this:

Show pitch I'm putting together unrelated to anything else in the past... but it's likely the pitch I've been most excited about getting together...

Just. So. Busy.

I mean... there's also THIS!!

SHIT GOING DOWN!!!!