Damien Chazelle Wins Director’s Guild Award

Posted by RCNTV on February 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Damien Chazelle the Oscar nominated director of instant musical favorite La La Land has won the top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards ahead of the Oscars later this month. The 32 year old used his acceptance speech to profess he intended to celebrate the act of dreaming and to express his political displeasure with new president Donald Trump. An increasingly common political theme dominated the night as it sadly has done at all recent awards ceremonies.

The ceremony also saw Sir Ridley Scott, director of films including Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator, receive the 35th Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.

The DGA win for Damien Chazelle will most certainly boost his Oscar hopes as the Best directing Oscar has a reliable history of following the guilds voting patterns. Yet another success following La La Land breaking the record for the most Golden Globe Awards last month, winning seven prizes.

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James Cameron Filming Four Avatar Sequels

Posted by RCNTV on February 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment

James Cameron has confirmed that long delayed filming on Avatar 2 will now finally be starting because he has now finished writing the script for Avatar 5. Cameron had initially promised fans a trilogy before insisting he needed to take four films to finish his increasingly epic saga. Now adding a 5^th installment the visionary director has confirmed insanely ambitious plans to film all of the sequels in one go…

“The thing is, my focus isn’t on Avatar 2. My focus is on Avatar 2, 3, 4, and 5 equally. That’s exactly how I’m approaching it. They’ve all been developed equally. I’ve just finished the script to Avatar 5. I’m now starting the process of active prep. I’ll be working with the actors in the capture volume in August, so I’m booked in production every day between now and then.”

While studios increasingly do combine filming on major franchises to minimize costs and maximize cast availability it’s safe to say that Cameron’s plans to film four sequels at once are entirely unprecedented. Though many may question how sensible it is to gamble on the success of a franchise to such an extent in truth there may be some logic in Cameron’s madness.

While Avatar was a painfully long developed breakthrough in special effects that took over a decade to produce, given the massive strides in CGI over that past 8 year since the release of Avatar the actual costs of filming motion capture have decreased exponentially. By doing all the motion capture and vocal work for all his planned sequels at once Cameron effectively sets himself up to churn out his massive saga at relatively low cost later, having taken full advantage of the studios enthusiasm for what today remains one of the highest grossing films of all time.

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RBS Rugby Six Nations 2017 Interviews

Posted by RCNTV on February 2, 2017 · Leave a Comment

The RBS Six Nations 2017 starts this weekend with England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Italy and France doing fierce battle for national pride on a rugby field.
Check Out in depth Interviews below with Coaches and Captains ahead of the big kick off:

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Denis Villeneuve Directing Dune Reboot

Posted by RCNTV on February 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dune author Frank Herbert’s son Brian Herbert has confirmed via twitter that much acclaimed Arrival director Denis Villeneuve has been signed to direct Legendary Pictures’ upcoming Dune reboot.

Villeneuve is already responsible for the forthcoming Bladerunner sequel starring Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling. Positive reactions to early production art and teaser footage for that classic sci-fi reboot clearly makes him a very sensible choice for the studio.

Dune has already been brought to the big screen and the small screen in a whole range of formats, but remains a landmark work in the genre with considerable fan enthusiasm for yet another big budget retelling.

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