“The Artist” movie review
A love letter to silent cinema, “The Artist” features the career of a Douglas Fairbanks-esque movie star and the effect the introduction of sound has on his career. In a gimmicky but brilliant move, the black-and-white film is itself a silent movie.
Kevin Durant movie “Thunderstruck” seeks extras
The Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant celebrates a basket during the opening day NBA basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Orlando Magic at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Christmas Day. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
The Kevin Durant film “Thunderstruck” is seeking extras for a shoot next week in Oklahoma City.
Extras will portray passers-by and neighbors in some street scenes on Monday and Wednesday, Freihofer Casting has announced. Tuesday, the casting office will hire 500 paid extras to portray Oklahoma City Thunder fans at a home game.
The casting office is looking for ages 11-70; entire families and all ethnicities will be considered. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Extras must be available all day. Tuesday, extras will begin in the early afternoon and will shoot into the night. Applicants may email a recent photo and all contact information to the casting office at Submissions@FreihoferCasting.com. The photo must be attached to the email and the body of the email must include a name, city of residence, all phone numbers and an email address.
Additionally, the subject heading of the email should be THUNDERSTRUCK EXTRAS — (day(s) of availability). It is requested that all information is sent in one email.
Submissions must be received no later than noon Sunday.
- Matt Price
“Wolf Head” to screen tonight at Harkins in Bricktown
The locally filmed movie “Wolf Head” will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday at Harkins Theatres, 150 E Reno Ave. The 90-minute film was produced, cast and shot in the greater Oklahoma City area.
According to a news release, the action-comedy centers on the overly sheltered Flannigan brothers who come home to discover their mother is sick and can no longer provide. So they turn to the only person who can help them make money: their mother’s new boyfriend Leonard. He gets them started on a life of street hustling to make money, but things don’t go as planned.
“Wolf Head” was written, directed and produced by filmmaker Ryan “Staples” Scott, founder of Yukon-based RYIT Creative.
Lucas Ross, Ryan Bellgardt, Jack Elliot and Emoly West appear in the film. Tickets are $7; pre-order tickets are $7.50.
For more information, or to obtain advance tickets, go to www.ryit.tv/wolfhead.html.
- Matt Price
Raiders of the Lost Ark in stop-motion
Via TNI, here’s a stop-motion shot for shot remake of the first six minutes of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which starred Harrison Ford as 
Indiana Jones. More info at the facebook page for the project.
- Matt Price
Guest post: A look back at The Shadow
Larry Latham writes that the 1970s' "The Shadow" was a high point for the character in comics.
I asked writer/artist/director/pulp expert Larry Latham for his take on the news of the revival of “The Shadow,” and what he sent me was so interesting and informative, I’m sharing it all here for Nerdage readers! You can follow Larry’s excellent web comic and his well-researched posts on pulps, mysteries, comics and more at www.lovecraftismissing.com. “Lovecraft is Missing” is set in 1926. It follows three strangers who are drawn into a web of horror when a little known pulp author, H.P. Lovecraft, mysteriously vanishes. Now, on to “The Shadow”:
It’s always fun when someone tries to revive one of the iconic hero characters like The Shadow; fun, at least, until you have the book in your hands and find that, once again, the concept just doesn’t quite work. The Shadow is one of those characters, and a number of truly talented creators have taken their shots with him, both in film and comics, but the track record isn’t good.
“The Shadow” to return in Garth Ennis-written Dynamite comic series
Dynamite Entertainment has announced the return of the pulp hero The Shadow in a new ongoing comic-book series to be written by “Preacher” creator Garth Ennis.
Artist Aaron Campbell joins Ennis on the creative team for the comic, which will feature covers by artists Alex Ross, Howard Chaykin, Jae Lee and former Oklahoman John Cassaday. “The Shadow” No. 1 is scheduled for release in April.
The series will be set in 1938. The character wears a wide-brimmed, black fedora and a crimson scarf, has scores of secret operatives, and was last played in films in 1994 by Alec Baldwin. A new film version of the character is in development, with producer Sam Raimi attached.
“The Shadow is probably the last established character I like that I haven’t gotten around to writing yet, certainly on this side of the Atlantic,” said writer Garth Ennis in a news release. “It makes a kind of bloody, bullet-riddled sense: I always had a feeling our paths would cross sooner or later.”
The Shadow was created in pulp magazines; the character debuted on the radio in 1930. The gunslinging character has since appeared in novels, television, films and scores of comic books. The well-known introduction from the radio show stated, “”Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!”
In addition to the new series, Dynamite will be reprinting Howard Chaykin’s take on “The Shadow” from 1985. The story, “Blood and Judgment,” will be re-released as a trade paperback in April.
- Matt Price
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Monday movie quote challenge #163
“You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren’t up there now… I don’t think it would be snowing. Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it.”
Identify who said the above quote in what film in the comments!
- Matt Price
Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker and the Ramones; Turn off the Dark Broadway record; Marvel Comics anime
Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark swings past all time Broadway record, two new official images from Amazing Spider-Man, and Blade Anime comes to G4 in the Planet 46 Comics Podcast.
Monday movie quote challenge #162
“It is a blazer out there. You’re lucky you got air conditioning in here like Mother Nature intended.”
Identify who said the above quote in what film in the comments!
Monday movie quote challenge #161
“When I was young and successful, I was greedy and foolish, and now I’m left with no one. Wrinkled and alone.”
Identify who said the above quote in what film in the comments!
