As he prepared for the premiere of his first series, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, David Anaxagoras shared some insights into what it’s like to bring the characters in your head to life – finding the real-life people who will step into their shoes speak your words.
The First Stage: Holding Your Breath
So many miracles had to happen for us to pull off this show, because it really wasn’t something there was a template for. We knew that these characters, Gortimer and Mel and Ranger, were cut from a different cloth than a lot of the characters on kids TV right now. And it was scary because we couldn’t have a show without believable actors. But I had no idea if anybody was even out there who could pull it off. So I held my breath and we started the casting process.
The Leading Man...
The First Stage: Holding Your Breath
So many miracles had to happen for us to pull off this show, because it really wasn’t something there was a template for. We knew that these characters, Gortimer and Mel and Ranger, were cut from a different cloth than a lot of the characters on kids TV right now. And it was scary because we couldn’t have a show without believable actors. But I had no idea if anybody was even out there who could pull it off. So I held my breath and we started the casting process.
The Leading Man...
- 12/1/2014
- Hollywonk
BBC
One of Steven Moffat’s biggest strengths as a writer is his ability to take every-day situations, put a spin on them, and make them terrifying. Are you my mummy? The clockwork robot under your bed. Remembering not to blink. The shadows that will eat your flesh. The angel in the television screen. The monster you keep forgetting. Holding your breath. Time and time again, Moffat has risen to the challenge of delivering scares to Doctor Who.
You might argue that nine years on, Moffat’s ability to transform normality into a place of terror has made this unique skill a little tired. Is he falling back on familiar tricks one time too many? Perhaps. But at the same time, if Moffat has to resort to the same staple in his writing over and over again then frankly, it’s a hell of a staple to have!
Listen was no different.
One of Steven Moffat’s biggest strengths as a writer is his ability to take every-day situations, put a spin on them, and make them terrifying. Are you my mummy? The clockwork robot under your bed. Remembering not to blink. The shadows that will eat your flesh. The angel in the television screen. The monster you keep forgetting. Holding your breath. Time and time again, Moffat has risen to the challenge of delivering scares to Doctor Who.
You might argue that nine years on, Moffat’s ability to transform normality into a place of terror has made this unique skill a little tired. Is he falling back on familiar tricks one time too many? Perhaps. But at the same time, if Moffat has to resort to the same staple in his writing over and over again then frankly, it’s a hell of a staple to have!
Listen was no different.
- 9/28/2014
- by Baz Greenland
- Obsessed with Film
Breathtaking and horrifying, Hurricane Sandy's devastating aftermath left many speechless and others still talking. "Go Home Sandy," "Boo! Go Away Sandy We Want Candy," "Better Safe than Sandy," and a slew of other witty taunts graffitied onto boarded windows and doors tried to disguise mass fear. Hundreds of 3x3 white hate-notes with brief messages to Sandy veiled shop windows in New York City. Written in different languages, the sentiment was the same. The superstormdid not discriminate, decimating already poverty-stricken and economically challenged islands including Cuba and Haiti but also sweeping away multi-million dollar homes along the gold coast of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
Restless winds and waves ravaged seashores, uprooted massive trees, embroiled electrical wires, and ripped up rooftops, leaving millions of people in a cold, dark, empty shell, watching, wondering, waiting to breathe again. Alone in her lower Manhattan studio, self-taught artist Ula Einstein kept on working...
Restless winds and waves ravaged seashores, uprooted massive trees, embroiled electrical wires, and ripped up rooftops, leaving millions of people in a cold, dark, empty shell, watching, wondering, waiting to breathe again. Alone in her lower Manhattan studio, self-taught artist Ula Einstein kept on working...
- 11/28/2012
- by MichelinaDocimo
- www.culturecatch.com
Filed under: Movie News, Sci-Fi
Holding your breath for 'Star Trek 2?' You'll have to hold it for nearly another year. The sci-fi sequel was originally slated for a June 29, 2012 release, but has just been bumped back to May 17, 2013 -- where it will take the spot vacated by Roland Emmerich's 'Singularity,' which moves to November 2013. Even more news? The entire cast is set to return for the sequel, which will be shot in 3D. J.J. Abrams, who's co-writing the follow-up to his 2009 reboot, was too busy with 'Super 8' to hit the original deadline, so Paramount gave the June 2012 slot to 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation.'
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Holding your breath for 'Star Trek 2?' You'll have to hold it for nearly another year. The sci-fi sequel was originally slated for a June 29, 2012 release, but has just been bumped back to May 17, 2013 -- where it will take the spot vacated by Roland Emmerich's 'Singularity,' which moves to November 2013. Even more news? The entire cast is set to return for the sequel, which will be shot in 3D. J.J. Abrams, who's co-writing the follow-up to his 2009 reboot, was too busy with 'Super 8' to hit the original deadline, so Paramount gave the June 2012 slot to 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation.'
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- 11/23/2011
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
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