Some how the new X-Men movie was leaked online just a month before its release date in the states. Hugh Jackman has expressed his disappointment over the leak and his disgust to who ever was responsible.
It has been confirmed that about 100,000 people illegally downloaded the semi complete movie from sharing websites before it was identified and removed before anyone else could do the same. The film is due to be released on the 1st May this year in the US and 29th April in the UK.
Jackman said:-
“It’s a serious crime and there’s no doubt it’s very disappointing. I was heartbroken by it. Obviously people are seeing an unfinished film. It’s like a Ferrari without a paint job.”
Jackman then teased fans with a 20min preview of the film at the event.
With the Films industry struggling at the moment, it is sad to see this situation constantly occurring for the sake of saving £5 for a cinema ticket. If this continues it could see the end of big movie blockbusters like this in the future.
The FBI are still investigating where the leak came from and 20th Century Fox have put their foot down regarding this incident. Having insisted that who ever was responsible would be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”.
The old yet still popular TV comedy show Only Fools And Horses is soon to be back on our screens yet again, but this time it we get to see where it all began in a prequel to the series.
Writer, John Sullivan has said that the prequel will surround Del Boy’s father Freddy Robdal. Also Nicholas Lyndhurst is back, he played Rodney in the original show but now he is to play Freddy The Frog - a gangster from Peckham who funny enough is actually Rodneys dad.
The BBC hasn’t given the final go ahead to get a move on with developing the series but Sullivan is confident it will happen saying:-
“Nick and I are both on board the train, if you like, waiting to arrive at the station.”
Its been a long wait for the BBC to find out how Ofcom was going to punish them after their poor handling of the the Sachs prank phone call controversy however, they have finally agreed on a £150,000 fine.
Oftom say that the BBC had breached the Broadcasting Code twice by airing the incident. The incident was when Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross decided to leave messages on veteran actor Andrew Sach’s phone - which involved Brand boosting about having relations with his grand daughter Georgina Baillie.
The TV watch dog said that the broadcast had “unwarrantably and seriously infringed” the privacy of Sachs and his granddaughter and described the programme as “gratuitously offensive, humiliating and demeaning”.
The BBC said:-
“We accept Ofcom’s findings,”
“As we said last October, this material should never have been broadcast and we apologised unreservedly for that”
“We note that Ofcom has found that senior management acted swiftly to mitigate the offence and damage caused by the breaches of the Code.”
“The BBC has since taken comprehensive action to deal with what were unacceptable failures in editorial judgement and compliance which led to the broadcast.”
As a result of this event, Jonathan Ross was suspended without pay for 12weeks, Russell Brand left his Radio 2 show and station controller Lesley Douglas quit.
Michael Caine has confirmed that the third installment to the Batman franchise is a long way off.
Caine has played Alfred Pennyworth in the two most recent Batman films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. He hopes to reprise his role as the superheros butler in the new movie however, fears its going to take some time before this happens because director Christopher Nolan is very busy on other movies.
Caine said:
“Christopher is doing a picture called Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio which I saw on the Internet. So I imagine another Batman is quite a long way away.
“If they do another one, I’ll probably be the butler. I hope I’m still alive. Michael Gough, who played Batman before me, the last time he played in Batman he was 84.”
He is confident that Nolan will return to direct the next Batman movie and has dropped a hint that the next super villain will be The Ridder, who was originally played by Jim Carrey in the 1995 version Batman Forever directed by Joel Schumacher.
Producer Michael Uslan has estimated that it wont be until 2011 before this film will hit our cinema screens.
Film makers are starting to use logo designs in movies to encourage higher returns on films.
A good film logo on a big movie could see film makers rake it in via advertising and promotional items such as t shirts, mugs and other means. The most recent example of this has to be blockbuster movie Watchmen’. The films logo of ‘The Comedian’ (a yellow smiley face with blood trickling down) has helped the film become widely recognised, encouraged viewers and branding for merchandise.
This is not a new development for the film world, Star Wars is probably the best example. Although the movie brought in huge profits for the film producers it was the branded products, toys etc.. most of which sporting the films logo that made the big money!
A good Logo Design can separate similar types of movies being categorised as the same and helps it establish its individual identity. Movies like Troy and Alexander are victims of this kind of categorisation which did end up leading to decreased interest from potential viewers, where as 300 was pretty much in a league of its own and was a very popular choice amongst the cinema watching public.
Making money from films is tough these days with illegal downloading being the main culprit so every avenue possible should be adopted to get the most return of investment - a films branding can contribute towards this!