Saturday, February 20, 2010

Johnny Depp on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and First Clip from the Movie !



In an interesting interview on comingsoon.net Johnny Depp talks about his character in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland:

Q: When he came to you and said the Mad Hatter what was your reaction to that?

Depp: Well, I mean to be honest he could've said Alice and I would've said [yes]. I would've done whatever character Tim wanted, but yeah, certainly the fact that it was the Mad Hatter was a bonus. It was because of the great challenge to try and find this guy and not to just sort of be rubber ball heaved into an empty room and watch it bounce all over the place. So to find that part of that character but also a little more history or gravity to the guy.

Q: There's kind of a tragic nature to the Mad Hatter's background in this, too, that I've never seen before in an "Alice in Wonderland." Can you talk about that?

Depp: Well, I think that part of it, there's the whole Hatter's dilemma really, which is where the term 'mad as a hatter' came from; the amount of mercury that they used in the glue to make the hats and everything was damaging. So in terms of The Hatter, looking at him from that perspective, it's this guy who's, yeah, literally damaged goods. He's physically damaged. He's emotionally a little obtuse. It was kind of taking that and deciding that he should be as opposed to just this hyper and nutty guy, he should explore all sides of the personality at an extreme level. So he could go from one second being very highfalutin and with a lot of levity and then straight into some kind of dangerous potential rage and then tragedy. So, yeah, it was interesting. Trying to map it out was really interesting.

In the interview Captain Jack talk about other projects - including his next movie with Angelina Jolie! - but also have some words about next Pirates of Caribbean movie and what happened when Dick Cook left the Walt Disney Studios:

Q: Johnny, we heard that there's not going to be any Keira Knightley or Orlando Bloom in the next "Pirates." Is it going to be more Jack Sparrow front and center?

Depp: Yeah, there's no Keira or Orlando in there. I don't know. I don't think we'd ever throw too much Jack Sparrow in there. It'll be everybody.

Q: You were sort of wavering a little after Dick Cook left. Have you regained your confidence about it or what reassured you?

Depp: One thing that I found very reassuring was a very good conversation with Dick Cook who is someone I admire greatly. That helped a lot. Also, knowing that we're coming at it from a different angle at this point. [Director] Rob Marshall and a totally new take and a new story.

Q: What did Dick Cook say after he left?

Depp: Oh, I mean he was just a perfect gentleman about the entire thing.

You can read Johnny's full interview on comingsoon.net HERE



Disney has also released a first clip from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and probably more clips should arrive soon. In the meantime,enjoy this first one, below!




Pictures and Video: copyright Disney

Interview: copyright comingsoon.net

D&M Exclusive : Universal Studios Singapore Grand Pictorial Report - Part Four



Here is the part four of the Universal Studios Grand pictorial report and, thanks to Disney and more readers Fabian Fan and Wee Sen we will have today a closer look to Far Far Away and Lost World lands. You can read the previous Part Three HERE, the Part Two HERE and the Part One HERE, all with dozens of great pictures of the other lands!














































Below, two short videos showing the Far Far Away castle and the Enchanted Airways family coaster.






Let's move to the Lost World land, home of Jurassic Park and Waterworld.



































Below, three short videos showing the end of Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure, Dino Soarin and Canopy Flyer.










The Waterworld stunt show arena is located near Jurassic Park, let's have a look at it!









A last short video showing the Waterworld arena.



See you on Monday for the last part of the Universal Studios Singapore report!

Pictures: copyright Fabian Fan or Wee Sen depending of the pictures.

Youtube Videos: copyright singaporesearchsite whom i thanks a lot for the videos.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Universal Studios Singapore Video



We will walk through the gates of Universal Studios Singapore Far Far Away land later tonight with the part four of the Grand pictorial report but in the meantime here is a 8.27 minutes well edited video showing the whole park, filmed by mikeleekokhuat. Take the time to look at it, you will enjoy it.

And, talking about USS my good sources told me that they're still looking for a possible "soft opening" on March 3rd. During the sneak preview all the rides were not working so hopefully most of them should work during the soft opening. However, as we've seen so many changing dates this month, until this March 3rd soft opening is confirmed please consider it only as a rumor.

Okay, on with the show and enjoy the video!




Video: copyright mikeleekokhuat whom i thanks a lot.

Picture: copyright Fabian Fan

D&M Exclusive : Universal Studios Singapore Grand Pictorial Report - Part Three



Here is the part three of the Universal Studios Grand pictorial report and, thanks to Disney and more readers Fabian Fan and Wee Sen we will have today a closer look to Ancient Egypt and Sci Fi City. You can read the Part Four HERE, Part Two HERE and the Part One HERE, both with great pictures!

We begin by Ancient egypt and these first pictures will show you the land entrance with the Anubis colossus and the Revenge of the Mummy temple.



















Guests can meet some "Ancient Egypt" performers as you've seen above. Here is a short video showing them.



Treasure Hunters is another interesting attraction of Ancient Egypt. Designed for young children, guests board a vintage motor car and drive it through an abandoned excavation site. A kind of Autopia meets Indiana Jones, pretty cool idea.











Here is two short videos showing the Treasure Hunters motor cars. I like the very simple effect with the blue scarabs on the second video. Note that although no attractions were opened during the sneak preview some of them were working but with nobody inside, a kind of "demo mode"!







Some sunset shots...











Let's move to Sci Fi City, the next land.









This next video shows Sci Fi City and its street performers.




The Battlestar Galactica entrance and a good video showing the dueling coasters.








Guests have the choice between "Human" or "Cyclon".




The Accelerator "tea cup" ride and another short video showing the attraction.






A last sunset picture of the dueling coasters.



Don't miss the Part Four of this Grand pictorial report, now on line, showing pictures and videos of Far Far Away and Lost World lands!

Thanks to leave a comment or discuss this article on D&M english forum on Mice Chat

Pictures: copyright Fabian Fan or Wee Sen depending of the pictures.

Youtube Videos: copyright singaporesearchsite whom i thanks a lot for the videos.