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Beowulf Movie (2007)

// June 4th, 2006 // My Stuff

The epic Old English poem Beowulf has been adapted to film by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman. The film will be directed by Robert Zemeckis and will use updated Polar Express technology to deliver what I hope will be an amazing computer animated experience. The film is written as a purely adult targeted endeavor. Rumored plans are to shoot for a PG-13 rating, but to also create an NC-17 film to be distributed to IMAX theaters.

The cast is serious Hollywood big time, Crispin Glover is the evil Grendel, and surely Glover plays evil better than most. Angelina Jolie will play Grendel’s Mother and according to reports the character is crazy kinky hot beyond anything we’ve ever seen Jolie play in real life. On the good side, Ray Winstone plays the main character Beowulf. Anthony Hopkins supports him as King Hrothgar and Robin Wright Penn plays the good queen Wealtheow. Undeniably, this is a cast worth lining up for, especially if Jolie lives up to the early hype…

My initial fear about the film was about the “dead eye syndrome” which was the biggest problem with Polar Express. However, their updated technology includes a technique called electrooculography or EOG. Basically they record fine and detailed movements of the actors eye’s which is then reproduced in the animation.

The mix of action movie, sweet technology, and Neil Gaiman has me plenty excited. As soon as a there is any footage or trailers to be shown, trust me, I’ll blog them. If you want to hear more about this, Ain’t It Cool News got a sneak peek of the budding film recently, an interesting read.

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