I first heard about this teaser trailer when I stumbled across an article about how fans are mystified and more than a little outraged to see how dark and grim and Tim Burton-y is Weta’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s bright and jaunty book. Having now seen the teaser, I have to agree. What are these people thinking? Of course, Peter Jackson doesn’t have anything to do with this, though the sunny pastoral quality of his version of the Shire would seem to be exactly what a Willows film would need. And the bizarreness of the animation, not to mention its frankly amateur quality, make more “sense,” of a kind, when you learn that this is being directed by Ray Griggs, who made the appallingly amateurish Super Capers as well as the weird animated short “Lucifer.”...
- 8/6/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Ray Griggs, creator of the abysmal Super Capers, previously made this short as a promo for his vision of a film trilogy about the rise and fall of Lucifer. Not a bad idea for a movie trilogy, and this certainly looks much more impressive than Super Capers. Well, until it starts to look like a videogame after the dragon attack-- er, Cerebus attack. And until the angels start pouting at each other with stuff like, “I thought we agreed not to use our abilities.” Then it’s remarkably like Super Capers. I would expect archangels to have snappier things to say to each other than that. If this is what Heaven was like before God invented humans -- kinda like a D&D campaign, or a bad novel by Anne McCaffrey called Dragonriders of Hell -- then no wonder He needed some distraction. Wonderangel powers activate!
- 3/23/2009
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Roadside Attractions sent us this very cool promo poster from the upcoming film “Super Capers” by director Ray Griggs (Lucifer) and starring Christine Lakin (Race to Witch Mountain), Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies), Tom Sizemore (Shadows in Paradise, The Flyboys) and Danielle Harris (Halloween). Synopsis: Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only faith, Gruberman must travel through time to uncover an evil plot involving some gold bullion, a fiery femme fatale, and a criminal mastermind with a dark secret about Ed’s past. “Super Capers” opens in theaters nationwide March 20, 2009. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for [...]...
- 3/19/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Roadside Attractions recently released this movie trailer from the upcoming film “Super Capers” by director Ray Griggs (Lucifer) and starring Christine Lakin (Race to Witch Mountain), Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies), Tom Sizemore (Shadows in Paradise, The Flyboys) and Danielle Harris (Halloween). Synopsis: Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only faith, Gruberman must travel through time to uncover an evil plot involving some gold bullion, a fiery femme fatale, and a criminal mastermind with a dark secret about Ed’s past. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Super Capers”.
- 3/10/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Roadside Attractions just released this new movie poster from the upcoming film “Super Capers” by director Ray Griggs (Lucifer) and starring Christine Lakin (Race to Witch Mountain), Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies), Tom Sizemore (Shadows in Paradise, The Flyboys) and Danielle Harris (Halloween). Synopsis: Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only faith, Gruberman must travel through time to uncover an evil plot involving some gold bullion, a fiery femme fatale, and a criminal mastermind with a dark secret about Ed’s past. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Super Capers”.
- 2/16/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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