Show Me Shorts Film Festival has announced an impressive selection of official ambassadors, including Sir Richard Taylor.
Sir Richard, creative director of Weta Workshop, says:
“It is my great pleasure to offer my support to the Show Me Shorts Film Festival. This year’s festival will feature a huge range of films, every one a unique idea crafted by a collection of creative minds. It’s truly inspiring to see the effort, talent and passion that goes into the telling of these stories.”
The 2013 ambassadors include: Kate Rodger (film critic and entertainment reporter from TV3), actress Miranda Harcourt (Fracture), comedian and TV personality Te Radar, writer Nick Ward (Love Birds), filmmaker Gaylene Preston (Home by Christmas) and movie critic Francesca Rudkin.
Festival director Gina Dellabarca comments on the endorsement:
“The warmth and generosity of these iconic industry leaders has been overwhelming. This in addition to their success is what makes them such inspirational ambassadors for Show Me Shorts.”
Te Radar will host the Rialto Channel Opening Night and Awards Ceremony that kicks off Show Me Shorts at Auckland’s Capitol Cinema on 6 November.
For more on Show Me Shorts, visit www.showmeshorts.co.nz
Elizabeth Olsen will play Scarlet Witch
News on Scarlet Witch’s inclusion in The Avengers: Age of Ultron has been buzzing around for months, but one bad mo’fo’ confirmed that the stupendous Elizabeth Olsen (Liberal Arts) will be taking the role of the reality-bender. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Samuel L. Jackson commented on the filming of the hotly-anticipated sequel:
“I know we’re shooting in London, that James Spader is Ultron and going to be the bad guy, and that we added Ms. [Elizabeth] Olsen [who will play the Scarlet Witch], but I don’t know what she’s doing, if she’s on the inside or the outside. I haven’t seen a script.”
Rush screenwriter to pen Ang Lee’s 3D boxing film
Talking with The Daily Mail, Rush screenwriter Peter Morgan detailed his latest script that Life of Pi‘s Ang Lee will direct, a 3D boxing film that focuses on the historic confrontations between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier:
“It’s a look at how brutal the confrontations were between Ali and Frazier. They were marked by how aggressive Ali was towards Frazier out of the ring. He taunted and belittled him. Ang wants to work with 3-D technology that will make an audience feel as if they’re inside the ring.“
Rush is currently playing in cinemas, and is really worth your time.
First set image of Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man
It’s not much, but this tweet from director Edgar Wright (The World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) made us happy…
Now I’m back in LA, it’s high time to finish a little something I’ve been working on… pic.twitter.com/ko3u1q45C4
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) October 2, 2013
