three cin3matic news bits for today. first, aicn got a scoop about kill bill. even tho kill bill v2 has been out for less than a week, tarentino mentioned that the full movie (v1+v2) has already been cut and will be shown at the cannes film festival this year. the guy works fast yo. they didnt mention whether some of the cut scenes were edited back in tho, including a fight between bill and michael jai whites character that was glimpsed back during harrys set visits in china.
HERO
and speaking of chinky things, a brief mailbag session on ign mentioned that zhang yimou’s hero will finally be released in america on august 20th (eenteresting). better late than never i suppose. quick plot synopsis for those unfamiliar…ancient china, three assassins are taken down by a humble lawman and is granted audience with the emperor and talks about how he took them down. jet li’s the lawman, btw. there ya go…word.
STAR WARS TRILOGY SET
and a bit of a belated news…the specs for the upcoming dvd release of the original star wars trilogy was released yesterday. the movies themselves were of course sharpened, digitally remastered, blah blah blah. the fourth disc however…thats what im looking forward to. the fourth disc accompanying the set will befilled with a number of coo features that should thoroughly wash away the bad taste of the prequels…the most notable of which is the two and a half hour documentary on the making of the saga (woo), with never before seen footage from the first three films. the other features on the fourth disc will be laid out in list form, because shit is it long…
– ep3 behind the scenes preview: the return of darth vader | self explanatory…covers anakins fall towards the dark side, with a first look at the new vader costume in ep3.
– the birth of the lighsaber | swish!
– the characters of star wars | a look at some of the weirdos in lucas universe.
– the force is with them: the legacy of star wars | how star wars influenced a new generation of geek filmmakers.
– star wars battlefront trailer and playable demo | a preview and demo for the upcoming xbox game.
– star wars ep3 making the game preview | self explanatory.
– original trailers and tv spots | coo beans.
– never before seen production gallery | word.
– posters and print campaigns | yay verily.
– exclusive dvd-rom content | porno gallery, maybe?
ADDENDUM
an article on cnn mentioned that the donnie darko re-release will premiere at the seattle film festival on may 29th, and then released nationally sometime in the summer. the re-release will feature some new effects and new music, and is said to be closer to the version originally shown at the 2001 sundance festival. for those unfamiliar with donnie darko, it was an overlooked movie back in 2001 that grossed just $515,545 at the box office…but went on to sell more than $10 million on dvd. which is fitting, because the movie is ridiculously good.
> kill bill news (via aicn)
> hero release date (via ign)
> star wars dvd set specs (via ign)
> donnie darko re-release (via cnn)
