Empires of the Deep (2012)

[SFI]

Set in a mythical world, the story of an unlikely love story between a young human and a mermaid.

Director: Michael French
Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Steve Polites, Maxx Maulion, Jean-Michel Casanova
Budget: 100 Mio $

sehr interessanter Trailer:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=96321

[freeman]

Sieht aus wie der Trailer eines Videogames. Ruckeln inbegriffen ...

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[kami]

Sieht nett aus. Schade, dass nicht, wie ursprünglich angekündigt, Christophe Gans die Regie übernommen hat.

[StS]

Sieht absolut furchtbar aus. Und wie hoch soll das Budget gewesen sein?

Hier noch einige Hintergrundinfos zum Projekt...

Not sure if any of you have heard of a little movie called EMPIRES OF THE DEEP, but I can tell you after checking out this trailer you will never forget. Why would Olga Kurylenko sign on for this? I've seen video games with better graphics. How did something like this even get made?

Well, Chinese real estate tycoon Jon Jiang wrote a script and co-financed the project, which was much talked about in 2009. Monica Bellucci was going to star with CATWOMAN's Pitof helming, even Irvin Kershner (EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) was on board to produce. Two out of three ain't bad, right?

Then as soon as all three were on, they immediately got off. Michael French replaced Pitof and Kurylenko replaced Bellucci. Harrison Liang and Kevin Jiang from E-Imagine Studio came on as producers; they are also responsible for the effects you will be seeing. Apparently one hundred and thirty million dollars was spent on the graphics. Oh, okay...

Maybe you like shit like this. Maybe I'm just being mean spirited. Or perhaps I didn't get the mandatory dose of LSD that accompanies a screening. Did I mention it's in 3D? Brace yourselves.

(Joblo)

[kami]

Okay, Pitof, nicht Gans.

[freeman]

Die kriegen das Geld doch niemals im Leben wieder rein. Nochmal geguckt. Und wie beim ersten Mal gefragt, warum man bei den meisten Effektszenen nicht mal merkt, dass die eigentlich unter Wasser spielen sollen?

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[StS]

Vor allem sieht das nicht einmal wirklich nach 10 Millionen Budget aus. Erinnert mich irgendwie an das "Star Wars: EP1"-Fiasko - nur ohne dem bekannten Titel und den Stars als Zugpferde. Das Geld ist echt futsch...

Hab irgendwo als Kommentar gelesen: Puts the "epic" back in "epic fail".