His accent will be British as stated in the Cosmo interview. I read on another site that a Britsh person, who'd heard the accent reported that it was undefinable ( as in a particular British accent) but it was good.
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I obviously meant if it will be any good, not what kind of accent. The proof will be when we all get to hear it
More photos of Alex promoting The Legend of Tarzan in Mexico City (May 19, 2016, Mexico):
Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico showed an impressive preview of the most anticipated films this year for Warner Bros. Pictures. The presentation included trailers, clips and even exclusive, never before seen footage and comments from some of the stars and filmmakers involved in creating each of the films. With the presence of the actors Alexander Skarsgård and Patrick Wilson, writer Adam Cozad and director James Wan, Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico announced the films that will set precedents in the film industry...
...Alexander Skarsgård and Adam Cozad, writer of the story of The Legend of Tarzan (Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures), shared their experiences from the filming of the movie...
Source: Shockvisual.net
http://style.shockvisual.net/warner-bros-pictures-interior/
Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico showed an impressive preview of the most anticipated films this year for Warner Bros. Pictures. The presentation included trailers, clips and even exclusive, never before seen footage and comments from some of the stars and filmmakers involved in creating each of the films. With the presence of the actors Alexander Skarsgård and Patrick Wilson, writer Adam Cozad and director James Wan, Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico announced the films that will set precedents in the film industry...
...Alexander Skarsgård and Adam Cozad, writer of the story of The Legend of Tarzan (Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures), shared their experiences from the filming of the movie...
Source: Shockvisual.net
http://style.shockvisual.net/warner-bros-pictures-interior/
I am not sure what you are referencing but my response was to your comment that you were interested in the tone and the accent. There has been a lot of commentary on what accent Tarzan would use. anpmercsn or British, so I didn't think your general comment about bring interested in his accent was " obviously" about the quaintly of the accent which was reported as" good". I thought you were interested in which one was he was going to use and if British how good it was.I obviously meant if it will be any good, not what kind of accent. The proof will be when we all get to hear it
Separate form that,someone else at another site made the observation that in the Cosmo interview Skarsgard said Tarzan's accent in the script was British but that doesn't mean they followed that part of the scipt in the film. This may very well be so and it will turn out that Skarsgard uses his now undefinable American accent rather than an undefinable British accent. Whatever it turns out to be ,I'm not an accent listener. Perhaps because I never heard my mother's Spanish accent. I was raised in the States and my father was North American and I raised in a community in which she was the only one with an accent but I never heard it. I hear her families ' accents but not hers. So, I am not the best at picking up subtleties in accents and consequently it doesn't bother me if it's off.
It was mentioned as "good" by one report only. One report doesn't convince me and having seen what a bad accent did to Andie MacDowell in the earlier film (dubbed by Glenn Close) and given we haven't heard it in any of the promo's yet - it's natural to be curious.
I don't think they're holding it back to create anticipation. Most of the movie-going audience outside the Alex/True Blood fandom are hardly likely to care until they see the whole movie. Alex fans are more likely to know he's struggled a little in this area before and want to hear it.
Being interested to hear him speak in the film isn't negative - it's natural..lol.
My comment about tone was regarding the tone of the overall film. Greystoke was serious in nature. This new version seems to have humour sprinkled through it as well.
I don't think they're holding it back to create anticipation. Most of the movie-going audience outside the Alex/True Blood fandom are hardly likely to care until they see the whole movie. Alex fans are more likely to know he's struggled a little in this area before and want to hear it.
Being interested to hear him speak in the film isn't negative - it's natural..lol.
My comment about tone was regarding the tone of the overall film. Greystoke was serious in nature. This new version seems to have humour sprinkled through it as well.
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New shirt and belt, but I think the pants and shoes are older. I don't know about the underwear.
IIRC, that tweet is about the only mention of his accent, so I'm not sure about it being, well accurate isn't the right word, but as it's not otherwise really been mentioned, it's sort of an outlier. And yes, it's natural to be curious, especially since we know about the TB accent and that accents aren't his strongest acting skill.
The humor interests me because they've sort of sold it as being more serious, but what reports there are from the screening indicate it's got more humor than the trailers and current promo show.
Nothing really new about Mute, but any news is good:
While talking to Duncan for his upcoming fantasy epic Warcraft, Den of Geek got an update on the progress of Mute, which has been rumored to start filming later this year with Alexander Skarsgard and Paul Rudd already attached. Jones told us over the phone:
Ive joked about it before, that its my Don Quixote.* But it absolutely is my Don Quixote and its just been this incredibly challenging passion project to try and find a homeimages.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png for and get it made. I know weve found the right home for itwe havent announced it yetbut Alexander Skarsgard and Paul Rudd and myself are going to be making this movie with a couple other people who havent been announced yet, and Im thrilled. Its just a great group of actors and I cant wait to finally make this weird little film, which I think people are going to either love or hate, and I dont care which.
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/duncan-jones/255590/duncan-jones-says-mute-is-moving-forward
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/duncan-jones/255590/duncan-jones-says-mute-is-moving-forward
Speaking of making weird little films...
I saw War on Everyone tonight at the Chicago Film Critics Festival showing. Michael Pena was there in person and intro'd the film and did a short Q&A post the movie.
The film is a lot of things, mostly comedy, although the tone changes at points to something darker and sometimes to a lesson learned in an afterschool special, so that probably could have used some work. The opening scene is pretty telling. Pena noted upfront that the director is a huge film history buff and he said "there are so many references in here, no one could keep track of them all", which proved right. Almost every line had a double meaning/reference to something else. Same with the music. It reminds me a bit of Tarantino in that way. The leads do pretty well with the material they have - Skars and Pena have good chemistry and I f-king love Tessa Thompson. There are some really good gif-able scenes with Alex and Tessa that I'm sure you talented ladies will be getting on to when you see it. It's not for everyone - it's quirky, uneven, the secondary characters are pretty cartoon-ish (probably intentionally so), but since everyone on here likes Skars, I'm sure you'll find it pays off. Very different from his other stuff.
From the Q&A, some tidbits:
- Pena said to him, that it's a love story between the two buddies and how they support each other, and how his character helps Skars' character
- They had no time to meet or rehearse together because Alex was cast at the very last minute (he had a funny little mimicked anecdote about how Alex was all "I'm done with LA - I f-king hate LA" and had moved to NY and then had to come right back to audition for this)
- they did improv some of the dialogue
And yep, Skars does get out of those clothes every now and again.
I saw War on Everyone tonight at the Chicago Film Critics Festival showing. Michael Pena was there in person and intro'd the film and did a short Q&A post the movie.
The film is a lot of things, mostly comedy, although the tone changes at points to something darker and sometimes to a lesson learned in an afterschool special, so that probably could have used some work. The opening scene is pretty telling. Pena noted upfront that the director is a huge film history buff and he said "there are so many references in here, no one could keep track of them all", which proved right. Almost every line had a double meaning/reference to something else. Same with the music. It reminds me a bit of Tarantino in that way. The leads do pretty well with the material they have - Skars and Pena have good chemistry and I f-king love Tessa Thompson. There are some really good gif-able scenes with Alex and Tessa that I'm sure you talented ladies will be getting on to when you see it. It's not for everyone - it's quirky, uneven, the secondary characters are pretty cartoon-ish (probably intentionally so), but since everyone on here likes Skars, I'm sure you'll find it pays off. Very different from his other stuff.
From the Q&A, some tidbits:
- Pena said to him, that it's a love story between the two buddies and how they support each other, and how his character helps Skars' character
- They had no time to meet or rehearse together because Alex was cast at the very last minute (he had a funny little mimicked anecdote about how Alex was all "I'm done with LA - I f-king hate LA" and had moved to NY and then had to come right back to audition for this)
- they did improv some of the dialogue
And yep, Skars does get out of those clothes every now and again.
Good review SS. I can tell you're not wanting to give away too much of the plot.
I'm interested in seeing this one. I love Tessa Thompson too so that's a bonus.
Interesting anecdote on Alex on LA given the house-buying speculation.
I'm interested in seeing this one. I love Tessa Thompson too so that's a bonus.
Interesting anecdote on Alex on LA given the house-buying speculation.
Apparently it does as there have been references to this by someone who saw a screening. It's overall tone is dark but it uses light as well, in both mood ( humor) and tone( use of lighting)
Alex was cast at the very last minute because Garrett Hedlund dropped out just before filming was to start. At Berlinale in an interview Hedlund was mentioned Mcdonagh and his response was " He's a dick".Speaking of making weird little films...
I saw War on Everyone tonight at the Chicago Film Critics Festival showing. Michael Pena was there in person and intro'd the film and did a short Q&A post the movie.
The film is a lot of things, mostly comedy, although the tone changes at points to something darker and sometimes to a lesson learned in an afterschool special, so that probably could have used some work. The opening scene is pretty telling. Pena noted upfront that the director is a huge film history buff and he said "there are so many references in here, no one could keep track of them all", which proved right. Almost every line had a double meaning/reference to something else. Same with the music. It reminds me a bit of Tarantino in that way. The leads do pretty well with the material they have - Skars and Pena have good chemistry and I f-king love Tessa Thompson. There are some really good gif-able scenes with Alex and Tessa that I'm sure you talented ladies will be getting on to when you see it. It's not for everyone - it's quirky, uneven, the secondary characters are pretty cartoon-ish (probably intentionally so), but since everyone on here likes Skars, I'm sure you'll find it pays off. Very different from his other stuff.
From the Q&A, some tidbits:
- Pena said to him, that it's a love story between the two buddies and how they support each other, and how his character helps Skars' character
- They had no time to meet or rehearse together because Alex was cast at the very last minute (he had a funny little mimicked anecdote about how Alex was all "I'm done with LA - I f-king hate LA" and had moved to NY and then had to come right back to audition for this)
- they did improv some of the dialogue
And yep, Skars does get out of those clothes every now and again.
Sounds like my kind of movie!
Just checking out the upcoming "Cons" and wondering why WB aren't putting up a panel at MegaCon in Orlando starting this week on the 26th.
It's a pretty impressive selection of guests and panels:
http://megaconvention.com/guests
It's a pretty impressive selection of guests and panels:
http://megaconvention.com/guests
Speaking of making weird little films...
I saw War on Everyone tonight at the Chicago Film Critics Festival showing. Michael Pena was there in person and intro'd the film and did a short Q&A post the movie.
The film is a lot of things, mostly comedy, although the tone changes at points to something darker and sometimes to a lesson learned in an afterschool special, so that probably could have used some work. The opening scene is pretty telling. Pena noted upfront that the director is a huge film history buff and he said "there are so many references in here, no one could keep track of them all", which proved right. Almost every line had a double meaning/reference to something else. Same with the music. It reminds me a bit of Tarantino in that way. The leads do pretty well with the material they have - Skars and Pena have good chemistry and I f-king love Tessa Thompson. There are some really good gif-able scenes with Alex and Tessa that I'm sure you talented ladies will be getting on to when you see it. It's not for everyone - it's quirky, uneven, the secondary characters are pretty cartoon-ish (probably intentionally so), but since everyone on here likes Skars, I'm sure you'll find it pays off. Very different from his other stuff.
From the Q&A, some tidbits:
- Pena said to him, that it's a love story between the two buddies and how they support each other, and how his character helps Skars' character
- They had no time to meet or rehearse together because Alex was cast at the very last minute (he had a funny little mimicked anecdote about how Alex was all "I'm done with LA - I f-king hate LA" and had moved to NY and then had to come right back to audition for this)
- they did improv some of the dialogue
And yep, Skars does get out of those clothes every now and again.
Thanks! I don't feel like waiting for fall for this, but I guess I must, at least we finally have a US distributor.
I do wonder if the house buying bit came from the photographer, who was making presumptions. About 3 years ago we had pics of Alex and two men walking around some shopping area of LA, and one photo agency had them looking at property for Alex, and this was after we knew he had a house, and the other had them helping Alex buy a carpet.
It doesn't look like any film studios are having anything, and even for the Star Trek stuff there's no one (that I can see) from the newest films.
London's ComicCon is next weekend as well, and WB is doing stuff for that, but nothing Tarzan related it seems. WB seems to not think that the Cons are the way to promote LOT.
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