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The Australian actor discusses working with Jennifer Garner and 'Warrior' fights
Once again, in "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," Joel Edgerton is the All-American lad. He's done it before, in "Warrior," and he'll do it again, soon, in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming "The Great Gatsby." But for this film, the Australian actor is one half of a couple whose red-wine wishes for the child they can't have literally come to life, playing opposite Jennifer Garner as his loving spouse and C.J. Adams as young, strange Timothy. We spoke with Edgerton in L.A. about magic, realism, comedy, and living down George Lucas' "Star Wars" prequels in front of the karaoke guy.
MSN Movies: In this, you and Jennifer Garner play a married couple who want to be parents, write down all of our hopes for a child they know they can't have, bury it in the garden, out comes this wonderful child ... but as you read this were you ... not cynical, but a little bit suspicious thinking how are they going to make this work on screen?
Joel Edgerton: Oh, definitely, definitely. And it's a real interesting balance 'cause you're like... do you go through the trouble of trying to over explain a science or create a science that's feasible? The best thing you can do is just have faith that your audience still believes in magic and that you hand them the conceit and they'll take it on board once they know what's the story. And I think the reason it works is 'cause we were all kids at one point, and at one point we all fully believed in magic. And I think now, as we get older, we kind of still hope to believe in magic. So yeah, I mean I was a little bit concerned, but I did have faith.
Were you startled, reading it and working with Miss Garner and young Mr. C.J. Adams, at how funny the film was? At how much potential for comedy and human frailty there was in it and not just (phony-smiling) "Ahhhhhhh"?
Yeah, absolutely. I think the movie needed to have a warmth and humor to it, otherwise it would be too earnest and too weird in a way. But the fact that we had a chance to kind of be silly -- to a degree, mind you, too, 'cause I think if you swing the pendulum too far it'll become like a pie in your face kind of movie.
It can't be the "The Wacky Life of Timothy Green," either.
Yeah, yeah. "The Incredibly Odd and Wacky Life of Timothy Green" 'cause then it's harder to get them back at the end in terms of getting them to really feel real emotion as well I think.
And, yes, it will probably be in 3D
These days, if a beloved film franchise isn't getting rebooted with an all-new "reimagining," it's soon to be saddled with a shoehorned-in "sequel." Case in point? "Jurassic Park." Do you love "Jurassic Park"? Obviously. You may even love its two sequels (though probably not), but you probably haven't spent the last twelve years since "Jurassic Park III" hit theaters wishing for yet another sequel.But she will appear in the third film
Here's to you, Leonardo DiCaprio
Joe Dante's werewolf movie gets the special edition treatment
The same year that "An American Werewolf in London" opened up the possibilities of the werewolf horror with a mix of black comedy and horrific transformations, Joe Dante went a different direction with "The Howling" (Shout Factory). Working on lower budget, Dante discarded the usual lone wolf route to frame the drama in terms of the wolf pack. His wolves weren't mad dogs on the rampage, but a primal force balancing survival with primal urges.
Dee Wallace, just a year before making "E.T.," stars as an investigative TV reporter recovering from a brush with a serial killer in a retreat called "The Colony," a mix of new age commune, primal therapy, and red meat culture. It also happens to be the hub of a werewolf pack that quickly adds her husband (Christopher Stone) to their ranks, transforming the easy-going vegetarian into an aggressive, meat-eating hunter in the process.
It's more clever than compelling, to be fair, an interesting take with inventive effects (thanks to Rob Bottin), impressive moments of horror, an undercurrent of dark humor, and an earthy, feral sensibility. John Sayles (who previously wrote "Piranha" for Dante) came with Dante from the Corman movie factory and contributes a clever script (adapted from a novel by Gary Brandner) with some character nice touches in the supporting roles (many of them played by his B-movie heroes and genre character actors, from Kevin McCarthy and John Carradine to Roger Corman and Forrest J. Ackerman) and a modicum of wit in the dialogue.
It's a real film buff feast but Dante also uses the opportunity to stretch himself.
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Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton star in this thrilling story of survival
Years ago, winter came and never went away. Beneath the surface of an ice-covered world, survivors in Colony Seven struggle to keep their fragile society from collapsing as food dwindles and temperatures drop. Already plagued by illness and internal conflict, the colonists suspect the worst when they lose contact with the only other known settlement. A small group decide to go on a dangerous expedition to discover what happened and what they find is worse than they could have ever imagined. Now the fight for survival really begins.
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See more exclusive photos from "The Colony" opening in theaters August 23 after the break.
But nobody has any idea why
Here's some sad and/or indifferent news. According to Coming Soon, Robert Rodriguez's upcoming "Sin City" has been delayed from this fall until August of next year. Why? Well, probably because the movie's not finished yet, but maybe the glut of superhero movies this year also had something to do with it?And...it's not heinously awful!
When we first heard that they were making a "Lego" movie, we thought that it was some sort (very) poorly timed April Fool's joke. And/or a "Producers"-like scheme to bilk money out of unsuspecting investors, since a "Lego" movie is too obviously preposterous to actually be real. But lo, today brings us the film's first trailer, courtesy of ENTV. And—unlike certain other franchises based upon cheap plastic children's playthings, we're looking at you, "Transformers"—at least this one has a sense of humor.Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels still attached to long-awaited sequel
According to Deadline, that long-awaited "Dumb and Dumber" sequel—recently put into turn-around by original studio Warner Brothers—has found a new home at Universal. Production is expected to proceed quickly, as stars Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey have other undoubtedly less-important but unfortunately unavoidable projects looming on their schedules. Like HBO's "The Newsroom" and some stupid bank heist movie with Owen Wilson.
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