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11 Things We Learned From the Set of 'The Legend of Tarzan'
Posted June 14, 2016
by Moviefone Staff
two years ago we were invited to the set of "The Legend of Tarzan" (then shooting under the far pulpier title of "Tarzan the Untamed") and it was really, really cool. The massive production, helmed by "Harry Potter" director David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård (as Tarzan), Margot Robbie (as Jane), Christoph Waltz (as real-life historical baddie Léon Rom, a man who supposedly kept the severed heads of black Africans in his flower bed), and Samuel L. Jackson (as a much more benevolent real-life character, George Washington Williams), stretched across several massive sound stages at Warner Bros.' Leavesden studio.
We walked through everything from a recreated Victorian street to a large cave where a dramatic showdown between Tarzan, native African warriors, and giant apes occurs (you can see this in one of the many striking trailers for the film). It was hugely impressive, and on the day we were there, got to see part of a fight sequence that seemingly took place on a runaway train.
Everything about the movie is huge–Yates shot some of it on 70mm film and it will be distributed in IMAX, and the attention to detail in every part of the production is staggering.
Below are 11 more things that we learned from the set of "The Legend of Tarzan" (opening on July 1st).
1. It's Not an Origin Story
Hollywood is origin-story crazy at the moment (under the logic that it's more exciting if you know where they came from) and while some of the early marketing materials from "The Legend of Tarzan" would suggest that it's a straight origin story, that simply isn't the case. The film actually begins with the titular wild man living the life of a refined gentlemen in polite England (John Clayton III or Lord Greystoke), who is then pulled back into the muscular savagery of the jungle. "That was one of the things that attracted me to the project -- it's a classic, epic tale that's been told many, many times. But it's almost always the origin story. And in this one, while there are some flashbacks to him as a child, the emotional journey isn't the man from the jungle trying to adapt to Victorian London. It's quite the opposite," Skarsgård explained on the set. "When we first meet him, he's very civilized in British law and he goes back to his emotional home and it's that kind of dichotomy between man and beast. He's got an amazing wife, a fantastic manor, a really good life on the surface–but he's not happy. He's not himself. I thought that was really interesting." We think it's interesting too.
2. Skarsgård Made Animal Noises to Get Himself Pumped Up
Since we were hanging around set, like a bunch of creepy, sweaty weirdos, before actually getting to talk to Skarsgård, we got to watch the actor both prepare to shoot the sequence and then got to see him actually, you know, act. While the acting was very good and fine and handsome, what was really interesting was the preparation: after consuming what we can only assume is an amount of protein that would make Chad from "The Bachelorette" jealous, Skarsgård could be seen whipping himself into a frenzy. He would do this by making loud, guttural sounds that really were animalistic. But, apparently, he does this on all of his movies and this wasn't specific to "Tarzan" (which makes this 100% more incredible). "When you shoot a scene like this, you're thrown right into the middle of a big fight sequence," Skarsgård explained handsomely. "So that's what I do to pump myself up and get ready for it so I don't start the scene with a yawn."
http://www.moviefone.com/2016/06/14/the-legend-of-tarzan-preview/
Posted June 14, 2016
by Moviefone Staff
two years ago we were invited to the set of "The Legend of Tarzan" (then shooting under the far pulpier title of "Tarzan the Untamed") and it was really, really cool. The massive production, helmed by "Harry Potter" director David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård (as Tarzan), Margot Robbie (as Jane), Christoph Waltz (as real-life historical baddie Léon Rom, a man who supposedly kept the severed heads of black Africans in his flower bed), and Samuel L. Jackson (as a much more benevolent real-life character, George Washington Williams), stretched across several massive sound stages at Warner Bros.' Leavesden studio.
We walked through everything from a recreated Victorian street to a large cave where a dramatic showdown between Tarzan, native African warriors, and giant apes occurs (you can see this in one of the many striking trailers for the film). It was hugely impressive, and on the day we were there, got to see part of a fight sequence that seemingly took place on a runaway train.
Everything about the movie is huge–Yates shot some of it on 70mm film and it will be distributed in IMAX, and the attention to detail in every part of the production is staggering.
Below are 11 more things that we learned from the set of "The Legend of Tarzan" (opening on July 1st).
1. It's Not an Origin Story
Hollywood is origin-story crazy at the moment (under the logic that it's more exciting if you know where they came from) and while some of the early marketing materials from "The Legend of Tarzan" would suggest that it's a straight origin story, that simply isn't the case. The film actually begins with the titular wild man living the life of a refined gentlemen in polite England (John Clayton III or Lord Greystoke), who is then pulled back into the muscular savagery of the jungle. "That was one of the things that attracted me to the project -- it's a classic, epic tale that's been told many, many times. But it's almost always the origin story. And in this one, while there are some flashbacks to him as a child, the emotional journey isn't the man from the jungle trying to adapt to Victorian London. It's quite the opposite," Skarsgård explained on the set. "When we first meet him, he's very civilized in British law and he goes back to his emotional home and it's that kind of dichotomy between man and beast. He's got an amazing wife, a fantastic manor, a really good life on the surface–but he's not happy. He's not himself. I thought that was really interesting." We think it's interesting too.
2. Skarsgård Made Animal Noises to Get Himself Pumped Up
Since we were hanging around set, like a bunch of creepy, sweaty weirdos, before actually getting to talk to Skarsgård, we got to watch the actor both prepare to shoot the sequence and then got to see him actually, you know, act. While the acting was very good and fine and handsome, what was really interesting was the preparation: after consuming what we can only assume is an amount of protein that would make Chad from "The Bachelorette" jealous, Skarsgård could be seen whipping himself into a frenzy. He would do this by making loud, guttural sounds that really were animalistic. But, apparently, he does this on all of his movies and this wasn't specific to "Tarzan" (which makes this 100% more incredible). "When you shoot a scene like this, you're thrown right into the middle of a big fight sequence," Skarsgård explained handsomely. "So that's what I do to pump myself up and get ready for it so I don't start the scene with a yawn."
http://www.moviefone.com/2016/06/14/the-legend-of-tarzan-preview/
Tarzan Lives: What We Saw on the Set of the New Film
By Scott Collura Tarzan’s not messing around. The six-foot-something, golden-haired ape-man (played by Alexander Skarsgard) is making his way through a 19th century train car, back to front, taking down a dozen Belgian soldiers along the way. Clad in a tan safari-type suit rather than his traditional loincloth, Tarzan throws the soldiers, he hits them, he even tosses one up into the ceiling of the car, where the poor SOB just gets stuck, dangling from above while the Lord of the Apes fixes his hair.
This scene unfolded in front of me and a handful of other reporters when I visited the set of Warner Bros.’ upcoming The Legend of Tarzan at Leavesden Studios, just outside London. This is the same place where the Harry Potter films were shot (and where the permanent Potter studio tour can be found), and where Wonder Woman just wrapped and Justice League is currently underway. (Tarzan helmer David Yates also directed four Harry Potter films here, and has the Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in the pipeline as well.) Leavesden is obviously a place for magical beings and superheroes, so where better to stage the latest incarnation of one of the original superheroes?
Although, unlike most movies of this kind, The Legend of Tarzan will not dwell on the title character’s origin story.
“That's one of the things that attracted me to the project in the first place,” Skarsgard tells us during a break from beating up soldiers. “That it's a very classic, epic tale, and it's been told many, many times, but it's almost always the origin story of him growing up in the jungle. In this one, even though we do see some flashbacks of him as a child -- you learn more about the backstory -- the emotional journey isn't the man from the jungle trying to readjust or adapt to life in modern day or in Victorian London. It's quite the opposite. When you first meet him, he's in England. He's very civilized and a British Lord, and then he goes back to his home, his emotional home, the Congo, and it's that kind of dichotomy between man and beast. He's not really happy in England. He's got an amazing wife, a fantastic manor, a really good life on the surface, but he's not happy. He's not really himself there.”
That wife, of course, is Jane, played by Margot Robbie (yep -- me Tarzan, you Harley Quinn). Christoph Waltz also stars as the villain Captain Léon Rom, a real-life historical figure. The film’s producer, David Barron, explains that co-scripter Adam Cozad wanted to maintain historical accuracy within the story, which is set during King Leopold of Belgium’s exploitation of the Congo, circa 1889. And yet, tonally, the filmmakers are shooting for an action-adventure feel with “a bit of solid underpinning of reality.”...
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/14/tarzan-lives-what-we-saw-on-the-set-of-the-new-film
By Scott Collura Tarzan’s not messing around. The six-foot-something, golden-haired ape-man (played by Alexander Skarsgard) is making his way through a 19th century train car, back to front, taking down a dozen Belgian soldiers along the way. Clad in a tan safari-type suit rather than his traditional loincloth, Tarzan throws the soldiers, he hits them, he even tosses one up into the ceiling of the car, where the poor SOB just gets stuck, dangling from above while the Lord of the Apes fixes his hair.
This scene unfolded in front of me and a handful of other reporters when I visited the set of Warner Bros.’ upcoming The Legend of Tarzan at Leavesden Studios, just outside London. This is the same place where the Harry Potter films were shot (and where the permanent Potter studio tour can be found), and where Wonder Woman just wrapped and Justice League is currently underway. (Tarzan helmer David Yates also directed four Harry Potter films here, and has the Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in the pipeline as well.) Leavesden is obviously a place for magical beings and superheroes, so where better to stage the latest incarnation of one of the original superheroes?
Although, unlike most movies of this kind, The Legend of Tarzan will not dwell on the title character’s origin story.
“That's one of the things that attracted me to the project in the first place,” Skarsgard tells us during a break from beating up soldiers. “That it's a very classic, epic tale, and it's been told many, many times, but it's almost always the origin story of him growing up in the jungle. In this one, even though we do see some flashbacks of him as a child -- you learn more about the backstory -- the emotional journey isn't the man from the jungle trying to readjust or adapt to life in modern day or in Victorian London. It's quite the opposite. When you first meet him, he's in England. He's very civilized and a British Lord, and then he goes back to his home, his emotional home, the Congo, and it's that kind of dichotomy between man and beast. He's not really happy in England. He's got an amazing wife, a fantastic manor, a really good life on the surface, but he's not happy. He's not really himself there.”
That wife, of course, is Jane, played by Margot Robbie (yep -- me Tarzan, you Harley Quinn). Christoph Waltz also stars as the villain Captain Léon Rom, a real-life historical figure. The film’s producer, David Barron, explains that co-scripter Adam Cozad wanted to maintain historical accuracy within the story, which is set during King Leopold of Belgium’s exploitation of the Congo, circa 1889. And yet, tonally, the filmmakers are shooting for an action-adventure feel with “a bit of solid underpinning of reality.”...
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/14/tarzan-lives-what-we-saw-on-the-set-of-the-new-film
After four straight Harry Potter movies, you’d think David Yates would be done with sequels. With The Legend of Tarzan, he gets the best of both worlds. The latest film about everyone’s favorite vine-swinging, loincloth-wearing jungle man is being presented as the start of a new franchise. However, the story itself is also something of a sequel to nearly ever other Tarzan movie ever. Basically, it’s an homage to the character’s entire history without copying any one story in particular.
First question: What about the loincloth? It’s Tarzan’s signature item and, in a movie this different from its predecessors, you had to wonder if it was going to be there. On a set visit you generally drop by all the departments to see the incredible amount of detail and care that goes into a production this size, and one of the first stops was with Emmy-award winning costume designer Ruth Myers.
She explained that because Tarzan starts this movie as a normal London man and only later becomes the brute who was raised in the jungle by gorillas, the outfits start out very stuck up and tight. Then, over the course of the movie, they get more and more tattered. So the loincloth, as it were, is basically just trousers ripped to shreds, a very realistic approach. (Myers was mum on whether the film may eventually graduate to an actual loincloth.) That believable spin on an iconic beat is what The Legend of Tarzan is all about. The character has no big Clark Kent moment. He’s taking the ride, just like the audience. As Skarsgård puts it, the film is kind of Tarzan’s descent into madness.
We saw a bit of that madness during shooting. The scene we witnessed takes place on a train early in Tarzan’s return trip to Africa. Jane has been kidnapped. Tarzan has begun to learn about Captain Rom’s plan and he’s teamed up with a mystery man named George Washington Williams, played by Samuel L. Jackson.
After swinging onto the train (a shot which we didn’t see), Tarzan makes his way through a slew of Belgium soldiers. His fighting style is more WWE than martial arts, as he literally heaves men left, right, down, and, in the most impressive bit, up. After dispatching several of the soldiers in a single shot, they shoot a stunt where Tarzan manhandles a solider through the ceiling. This is accomplished by a huge pulley system, worked by two men on the other side of the stage pulling down really hard just as Tarzan throws the soldier...
http://www.slashfilm.com/the-legend-of-tarzan-set-visit/
First question: What about the loincloth? It’s Tarzan’s signature item and, in a movie this different from its predecessors, you had to wonder if it was going to be there. On a set visit you generally drop by all the departments to see the incredible amount of detail and care that goes into a production this size, and one of the first stops was with Emmy-award winning costume designer Ruth Myers.
She explained that because Tarzan starts this movie as a normal London man and only later becomes the brute who was raised in the jungle by gorillas, the outfits start out very stuck up and tight. Then, over the course of the movie, they get more and more tattered. So the loincloth, as it were, is basically just trousers ripped to shreds, a very realistic approach. (Myers was mum on whether the film may eventually graduate to an actual loincloth.) That believable spin on an iconic beat is what The Legend of Tarzan is all about. The character has no big Clark Kent moment. He’s taking the ride, just like the audience. As Skarsgård puts it, the film is kind of Tarzan’s descent into madness.
We saw a bit of that madness during shooting. The scene we witnessed takes place on a train early in Tarzan’s return trip to Africa. Jane has been kidnapped. Tarzan has begun to learn about Captain Rom’s plan and he’s teamed up with a mystery man named George Washington Williams, played by Samuel L. Jackson.
After swinging onto the train (a shot which we didn’t see), Tarzan makes his way through a slew of Belgium soldiers. His fighting style is more WWE than martial arts, as he literally heaves men left, right, down, and, in the most impressive bit, up. After dispatching several of the soldiers in a single shot, they shoot a stunt where Tarzan manhandles a solider through the ceiling. This is accomplished by a huge pulley system, worked by two men on the other side of the stage pulling down really hard just as Tarzan throws the soldier...
http://www.slashfilm.com/the-legend-of-tarzan-set-visit/
‘Tarzan’ Gets July China Release Date
Warner Bros. The Legend of Tarzan (泰山归来：险战丛林), a new version of the ape-man saga, will open in China on July 19, over two weeks after its U.S. opening, the studio announced on one of its Chinese social media accounts on Monday.
The film will screen in 3D, IMAX 3D, and China Film Giant Screen formats.
Warner Bros. had hinted the film would get a cinematic release in the world’s second-largest film market when it released a video a week ago of Tarzan star Alexander Skarsgård wishing fans a Happy Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated late last week.
“Hello China. I’m Alexander Skarsgård, and I play Tarzan in the new film The Legend of Tarzan, which is packed with action, adventure and romance,” the Swedish actor said in the video.
“Stay tuned for more updates by following the official Warner Bros. Weibo and WeChat pages. Happy Dragon Boat Festival.”
As part of their marketing push, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow, and the filmmakers and stars of The Legend of Tarzan announced they would be teaming up with international NGO Stop Ivory in early June.
That decision could also boost its marketing efforts in China, where a ban on the ivory trade has become a clear priority of the government.
China and the U.S. agreed to impose “nearly complete bans” on the ivory trade in September 2015, and since then internal propaganda efforts against the trade have ramped up inside China.
Skarsgård and Australian co-star Margot Robbie are set to feature in an international Stop Ivory PSA, but it’s not clear if it will be shown in Chinese theaters or online in China.
http://chinafilminsider.com/tarzan-gets-july-china-release-date/
Warner Bros. The Legend of Tarzan (泰山归来：险战丛林), a new version of the ape-man saga, will open in China on July 19, over two weeks after its U.S. opening, the studio announced on one of its Chinese social media accounts on Monday.
The film will screen in 3D, IMAX 3D, and China Film Giant Screen formats.
Warner Bros. had hinted the film would get a cinematic release in the world’s second-largest film market when it released a video a week ago of Tarzan star Alexander Skarsgård wishing fans a Happy Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated late last week.
“Hello China. I’m Alexander Skarsgård, and I play Tarzan in the new film The Legend of Tarzan, which is packed with action, adventure and romance,” the Swedish actor said in the video.
“Stay tuned for more updates by following the official Warner Bros. Weibo and WeChat pages. Happy Dragon Boat Festival.”
As part of their marketing push, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow, and the filmmakers and stars of The Legend of Tarzan announced they would be teaming up with international NGO Stop Ivory in early June.
That decision could also boost its marketing efforts in China, where a ban on the ivory trade has become a clear priority of the government.
China and the U.S. agreed to impose “nearly complete bans” on the ivory trade in September 2015, and since then internal propaganda efforts against the trade have ramped up inside China.
Skarsgård and Australian co-star Margot Robbie are set to feature in an international Stop Ivory PSA, but it’s not clear if it will be shown in Chinese theaters or online in China.
http://chinafilminsider.com/tarzan-gets-july-china-release-date/
Thanks for the articles.
^I read the Penthouse article - no new pics and the questions seem to be almost a complete retread of what I could see of the Healthy for Men article.
From yesterday in Australia (June 15, 2016):
Good to see my man Alexander Skarsgard make his way down under! Absolutely loved him in #True BLood know he's going to do a killer job as #Tarzan can't wait to see it
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From yesterday in Australia (June 15, 2016):
Good to see my man Alexander Skarsgard make his way down under! Absolutely loved him in #True BLood know he's going to do a killer job as #Tarzan can't wait to see it
-aliiscoollike instagram
Alexander Skarsgard: Interview with Australian Penthouse, June 2016 Edition
I love tPF's new look and especially the LIKE feature. I'm also still cautiously optimistic Tarzan will do OK in the market. I certainly hope it gets Alex bigger roles, either in the movies or TV. I did see his Australian TV interview and really liked it. Seems like he was enjoying himself with the hosts.
