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Fast X (dir. Louis Leterrier).

Leterrier takes over the directorial reigns from longtime Fast & Furious franchise director Justin Lin, who previously helmed five entries and remains credited as co-writer/producer, after departing the tenth film a week into production. [This] is an ultra-maximalist sequel directly addressing the events of Fast Five. It takes the “family” to unhinged levels of car-based cinematic carnage and mayhem across the globe.

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Fast X Review

Well here we are. The tenth film in The Fast and The Furious franchise. What once started as a cops and robbers film about street fighters has now become a franchise where the street racers have become super agents stopping crime all around the world. Fast X has been labeled as the start of the finale for the franchise…for now. With that being said, it makes sense that this entry follows up on…

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Back sometime in the early '90s, I had occasion to go with a buddy of mine to Vegas. He was there for a lawyer conference, I was there, ostensibly, to do some book research for a novel I was working on. Neither one of us had been before, so it was kind of a lark -- at least at first.

I'm not a gambler, by nature or practice, so the casinos, with their visual overload, and constant money jangling, didn't do much for me. But I appreciated the weird neo-reality vibe of the place, the way in which time seemed unbound by our petty societal mores. It was always casino-o-clock there, and night had been permanently banished from the Strip -- along with taste, it must be said -- in favor of endless day, where you could spend every waking second losing more money to the greed-soaked corporations who were busy exploiting your human frailties for massive profit.

It was an interesting sociological experiment for about 24 hours. After that, even while drinking copiously, it became a grinding slog, as if spending days and nights locked inside a Fuddruckers. After a time, it came to me that Vegas was what happened when you removed the soul from a place entirely, and, to make up for it, spent enormous gobs of money to replace it. Everything felt flimsy and weightless, like the veritable front-facade buildings in old-timey Western pictures, only with a lot more neon attached to them.

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Still making my way through Saint Seiya, but I thought it'd be worth mentioning that one of the things that finally motivated me to go and read the manga a couple months ago was remembering how the Cloths was actually an inspiration for the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans. Clash director Louis Letterier has said (link to Anime News Network article) that Saint Seiya was an influence on the armor the gods wore on Olympus. Masami Kurumada was even commissioned to draw some posters for the film (link to Anime News Network).

The film's production notes on Sci-Fi Japan go into more detail about the thought process behind these designs: they were designed by Lindy Hemming, and each armor is designed with a motif that each god is associated with. So Zeus's armor has eagle designs, Poseidon's has shells and fish scales, Apollo's has the sun, etc. This applies to the goddesses as well, even if they aren't wearing full armor. I'd say their dresses could be inspired by Saori/Athena's dress, but to be honest Saori's outfit is already pretty close to actual Greek clothing that it's hard to say for sure.

These screenshots are actually from scenes that were deleted from the final film (a truncated version of this scene is there, though), but can be easily found online. One benefit of the effects not being done in these scenes, though: you get to appreciate the armor without the CG lighting that was applied to them.

[awardseason]

21st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards — Film Winners

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Walter Garcia, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, JD Schwalm — WINNER Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Christian Mänz, Olly Young, Benjamin Loch, Stephane Naze, Alistair Williams Jurassic World: Dominion – David Vickery, Ann Podlozny, Jance Rubinchik, Dan Snape, Paul Corbould The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Bryan Searing, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Paul Molles, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott Fisher

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Death on the Nile – George Murphy, Claudia Dehmel, Mathieu Raynault, Jonathan Bowen, David Watkins I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Paul Norris, Tim Field, Don Libby, Andrew Simmonds The Fabelmans – Pablo Helman, Jennifer Mizener, Cernogorods Aleksei, Jeff Kalmus, Mark Hawker The Gray Man – Swen Gilberg, Viet Luu, Bryan Grill, Cliff Welsh, Michael Meinardus The Pale Blue Eye – Jake Braver, Catherine Farrell, Tim Van Horn, Scott Pritchard, Jeremy Hays Thirteen Lives – Jason Billington, Thomas Horton, Denis Baudin, Michael Harrison, Brian Cox — WINNER

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Mad God, Chris Morley, Phil Tippett, Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons — WINNER Strange World – Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi The Bad Guys– Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans The Sea Beast – Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature  Avatar: The Way of Water: Kiri – Anneka Fris, Rebecca Louise Leybourne, Guillaume Francois, Jung-Rock Hwang — WINNER Beast: Lion – Alvise Avati, Bora Şahin, Chris McGaw, Krzysztof Boyoko Disney’s Pinocchio: Honest John – Christophe Paradis, Valentina Rosselli, Armita Khanlarpour, Kyoungmin Kim Slumberland: Pig – Fernando Lopes Herrera, Victor Dinis, Martine Chartrand, Lucie Martinetto

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Geppetto – Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shami Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Pinocchio – Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate — WINNER Strange World: Splat – Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones Turning Red: Panda Mei – Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Metkayina Village – Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris TaeHyoung David Kim Avatar: The Way of Water: The Reef – Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny — WINNER Jurassic World Dominion: Biosyn Valley – Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru Slumberland: The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream – Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: In the Stomach of a Sea Monster – Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho — WINNER Lightyear: T’Kani Prime Forest – Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano Strange World: The Windy Jungle – Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske The Sea Beast: The Hunting Ship – Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace Wendell & Wild: The Scream Fair – Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project ABBA: Voyage – Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones — WINNER Prehistoric Planet – Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chuan Hsu, Claire Hill The Batman: Rain Soaked Car Chase – Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project Avatar: The Way of Water: The Sea Dragon – Sam Sharplin, Stephan Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois — WINNER The Sea Beast – Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith Top Gun: Maverick: F-14 Tomcat – Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik Wendell & Wild: Dream Faire – Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake

Outstanding Effects Simulation in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Fire and Destruction – Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Simulations – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian — WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: City Street Flooding – Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

Outstanding Effects Simulation in an Animated Feature Lightyear – Alexis Angelidis, Chris Chapman, Jung-Hyun Kim, Keith Klohn Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, Kiem Ching Ong, Jinguang Huang — WINNER Strange World – Deborah Carlson, Scott Townsend, Stuart Griese, Yasser Hamed The Sea Beast – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Landing Rockets Forest Destruction – Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Integration – Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews — WINNER The Batman: Rainy Freeway Chase – Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert Top Gun: Maverick – Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Frederic Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project Avatar: The Way of Water: Current Machine and Wave Pool – JD Schwalm, Richie Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock — WINNER Black Adam: Robotic Flight – JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Andrew Hyde, Andy Robot, Mad God, Phil Tippett, Chris Morley, Webster Colcord, Johnny McLeod The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power “Adrift” Middle Earth Storm – Dean Clarke, Oliver Gee, Eliot Naimie, Mark Robson

Emerging Technology Award Avatar: The Way of Water: Depth Comp – Dejan Momcilovic, Tobias B. Schmidt, Benny Edlund, Joshua Hardgrave Avatar: The Way of Water: Facial System – Byungkuk Choi, Stephen Cullingford, Stuart Adcock, Marco Revelant Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Toolset – Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, Steve Lesser, Sven Joel Wretborn, Douglas McHale — WINNER Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: 3D Printed Metal Armature – Richard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen Turning Red: Profile Mover and CurveNets – Kurt Fleischer, Fernando de Goes, Bill Sheffler

[hollywoodoutbreak]

For Fast X, the 10th film in the Fast & Furious series, the reins have been turned over to director Louis Letterier. It's his first time working on a Fast & Furious movie, and it's a dream come true for him. In fact, he remembers exactly where he was, what he was doing, and who he was with at the time he decided to go see the original The Fast & the Furious in 2001, and he shared that memory with us.

Fast X opens in theaters on May 19.

[abraham2love]

louis letterier : director

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FAST AND FURIOUS 11 to be written by THE FLASH writer Christina Hodson and Oren Uziel

Universal Pictures is starting development Fast and Furious 11 and they hired Christina Hodson (The flash, bumblebee) AND Oren Uziel (The Lost City, 22 Jump Street) to co-write the screenplay. It was previously confirmed that Fast X director Louis Letterier he’s returning to directing. Mark Hamill and his return of the J… Please enable JavaScript Mark Hamill and his Return of the Jedi helix…

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'Now You See Me' – a sleight-of-hand heist on Peacock

‘Now You See Me’ – a sleight-of-hand heist on Peacock

Now You See Me (2013) combines magicians, con games, high-concept heists, and an elaborate revenge plot in a colorful story that zips along from scene to scene with the momentum of an adrenaline-charged action film. That’s something of a specialty for director Louis Letterier, who apprenticed on Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp production and graduated to director on The Transporter (which he took over…

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Another decade.

Another year.

Another month.

Another week.

Another day.

In the age of wonder.

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Let’s celebrate by throwing Podlings!

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New behind the scenes video for The Dark Crystal : Age of Resistance. Jason Isaacs features along with the puppeteers, the crew and some of the other members of the voice cast.

Getting happy goosebumps from my childhood when I watch the new footage. I saw the original at the cinema when I was a child. Still is one of my favourite films to date. Can't wait for the new series.

Check out the behind the scenes video in the link.

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*The Incredible Hulk (2008, dir. by Louis Letterier)

[vintage1981]

The Dark Crystal: Netflix Prequel Series Now Filming

According to Cultbox, filming has begun on the streaming service’s upcoming TV series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

Based on the 1982 film from Jim Henson, the upcoming series “returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.” Louis Letterier serves as director and executive producer.

Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, which is slated to premiere in 2019.

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Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky THE INCREDIBLE HULK (2008), directed by Louis Letterier

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Would rather have a long two hour episode of the dragon prince animated or live action?

Honestly?

I feel I could deal with either.

While a live action adaptation would no doubt be diverting, maybe even great if given the proper director and script writer (Louis Letterier and his work on The Dark Crystal and Clash of the Titans come to mind) but knowing how... particular fandoms are these days about adaptations that do anything but a glorified retread, it would probably be better just to have the two hour episode.

Which isn't bad, so long as it actually serves the purpose of expanding on the characters and the world they live, rather than just be a fanservicey one-off slugfest meant to invigorate the brand (lookin' at you, Road to Ninja).

My point is, either would be good. Any project can be elevated with the proper people involved. Projects that no-one thought would be any good (the Lion King, Bram Stoker's Dracula) proved award-winning financial successes with scenes and designs no-one had seen before and whether it's animated or live action, the Dragon Prince could easily do the same.

All we have to do is give it the chance.

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