LADIES & GENTLEMEN.. IT'S A WRAP!
"It is with great pleasure that I announce that Sanctuary wrapped principal photography on Saturday. It's been an incredible couple of months fraught with all kinds of political and technical mayhem but we made it, and the rushes look great. Thank you thank you thank you. Looking forward to working through the next phase of the project. It's all been worth it. Stay tuned for pics. Best.." .M.
AUSTRALIA'S DIGITAL MEDIA FUTURE
Brendan Harkin, the executive director of the X|Media|Lab, talks about how his international digital collaboration projects (including a new one shortly at 'Broadcast Asia' in Singapore next month) help Australia's digitial media industry by fostering both skills and relationships, as well as the creative, conceptual and technological issues that the creative industries face in the lead up to digital projects actually getting made. You can see a QuickTime Mac version of an interview with Harkin here: http://homepage.mac.com/jason_romney/NetvideoMOVBrendanHarkin040505.htm
or alternatively a Flash Video version for PC here: http://homepage.mac.com/jason_romney/NetvideoFLVBrendanHarkin040505.htm
STAR WARS 3 - REVENGE OF THE CENSORS
Star Wars' long-awaited Episode III 'Revenge of the Sith' will premiere tomorrow in 10 cities across the United States, but not without a 'generous helping' of controversy."The new Star Wars film is a 'bloodbath' which deserves its parental guidance PG-13 rating" a critic claimed after an early screening of the movie. 'Revenge of the Sith' is in fact the first Star Wars movie to receive a cautionary PG-13 rating in the United States. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4513837.stm
STAR WARS GAME PRECEDES MOVIE RELEASE
In a bold move LucasArts decided to unleash their colossal Console Game for Episode III 'Revenge of the Sith' for both the Xbox and PS2 platforms weeks before the worldwide release of the film. If you can handle a Death Star's worth of spoilers, read on: http://ps2.ign.com/articles/608/608359p1.html
INTERGALACTIC BADASS QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." - Darth Vader