Ang Lee speaks out on ‘censor law’April 21st, 2008 at 11:05 am

“People should be free to say anything,” Ang Lee said when asked about Bill C-10. The Canadian amendment makes it possible to deny tax credits to a film considered ‘offensive’ or ‘contrary to public policy.’
The Oscar-winning director even went as far as saying not even the communistic Chinese government censored him during the making of his sex filled ‘Lust, Caution.’ Nor did anyone during the making of his controversial ‘Brokeback Mountain.’
The bill turns financially-assisted films into propaganda and “[the government] should know better than that,” Lee said. Of course the Canadian industry welcomed his comments. “He’s dead on,” said Toronto-based author Susan Swan. “Ang Lee has done us a great favor.”
It’s good to see some big names speak out on this. The bill was initially buried in a pile of harmless material, so some extra attention is always good.
Terminator 4 not canned after allApril 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am

As I said to take the cancellation story with a pack of salt, the news just came out about Moon Bloodgood, who is in the final phrase of signing up for Terminator 4. The movie, produced by Warner Bros, will begin shooting May 5 and stars Christian Bale.
It goes without saying, Moon will have one of the most intellectual parts in the movie. Ok, I’m getting cranky, it’s time for me to go to bed now.
‘The Dark Knight’ in for more surprisesApril 21st, 2008 at 7:00 am

It looks like Batman is really getting into the unconventional marketing. Other than surprisingly showing the secret new trailer at Comic Con last Friday, a new viral marketing campaign was started by sending out e-mails. And while this may not be that impressive, they also started calling people.
The described call actually sounds rather dull, but it might have been cool to get one. After picking up, a computer starts asking questions about Harvey Dent, a character in the movie. In which you have to answer by pushing in a rating from 1 to 9.
After the interrogation you are able to give the telephone number of someone else, so he or she will get a call too. A fun trick and I fully expect more of these to follow before the opening of the movie.