{"id":1860,"date":"2006-12-06T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-06T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/12\/newsbites-docs-troopers-morocco-reilly\/"},"modified":"2006-12-06T11:41:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-06T11:41:00","slug":"newsbites-docs-troopers-morocco-reilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/12\/newsbites-docs-troopers-morocco-reilly.html","title":{"rendered":"Newsbites: Docs! Troopers! Morocco! Reilly!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s another fresh batch of news blurbs.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/a> The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/i> reports that it is no longer possible to see many Canadian documentaries, thanks to rising copyright clearance costs, according to a recent paper released by the Documentary Organization of Canada<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Copyright Clearance Culture and Canadian Documentaries, written by Ottawa copyright lawyer Howard Knopf, cites many eyebrow-raising cases. An example: Quebec filmmaker Sylvie Van Brabant\u2019s film Remous\/Earthwalk<\/i> has been withdrawn from public circulation because its main character sings 30 seconds of a recognizable tune whose rights the National Film Board has deemed too expensive to renew.<\/p>\n

The cost of paying to use archival footage has been increasing, in part, the white paper notes, because underfunded institutions such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and NFB have taken to using licensing fees as a revenue source. Filmmaker Avi Lewis was told that it would cost him $187.50 per second for CBC footage of his own grandfather, former NDP leader David Lewis, uttering the phrase \u201ccorporate welfare bums.\u201d The younger Lewis backed off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2.<\/a> Carmen Andres<\/a> at In the Open Space reports that Starship Troopers 3<\/a><\/i> is in the works, and according to one plot summary, \u201cReligion makes a comeback.\u201d As Carmen says, \u201cReligion? Huh.\u201d<\/p>\n

3.<\/a> \u201cLike Webster\u2019s Dictionary, we\u2019re Morocco-bound.\u201d So sang Hope and Crosby<\/a>, and an increasing number of filmmakers are saying this too, reports The Hollywood Reporter<\/i>, via Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

At this time of year, Morocco resembles Los Angeles with its pleasant days and cool nights. But when it comes to filming, the country is hotter than ever.<\/p>\n

Paramount Vantage\u2019s \u201cBabel<\/a>,\u201d New Line Cinema\u2019s \u201cThe Nativity Story<\/a>\u201d and MGM\u2019s upcoming \u201cHome of the Brave\u201d have shot there in the past year \u2014 as did an episode of CBS\u2019 \u201cThe Amazing Race.\u201d Universal Pictures\u2019 \u201cCharlie Wilson\u2019s War\u201d just finished shooting there, while New Line\u2019s \u201cRendition\u201d and Warner Independent Pictures\u2019 Paul Haggis mystery thriller \u201cIn the Valley of Elah\u201d are lining up shoots in the near future.<\/p>\n

The main reasons are subject matter and safety. In the post-September 11 world, most U.S. movies that deal with or are set in the Arab world have found their options for location shooting limited because of safety concerns. And Morocco has been the beneficiary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I especially love this anecdote:<\/p>\n

In fact, if anything, there\u2019s so much production, particularly in Ouarzazate, that filmmakers are tripping over themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were there with \u2018Babel,\u2019 they were doing \u2018The Hills Have Eyes 2\u2019 and some Moses miniseries<\/a> with Omar Sharif,\u201d Golin says. \u201cSo you\u2019re at the pool of the hotel and there are four other movie crews there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds: \u201cYou get tired of your own crew after awhile, so it wasn\u2019t so bad.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4.<\/a> Production Weekly<\/a> reports that John C. Reilly will star in Walk Hard<\/i>, a spoof of musical biopics like Ray<\/a><\/i> and Walk the Line<\/a><\/i>. As Jeffrey Overstreet<\/a> notes, Reilly proved he could sing in A Prairie Home Companion<\/i>, and he proved he could do comedy in Talladega Nights<\/i>, so the potential<\/i> for greatness is certainly here.<\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that, according to DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg, the problem with animated films this year<\/a> was not the sheer glut of them<\/a>, but the sameness<\/i> of them:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the glut of animated pics but the glut of animated pics about wise-cracking animals that caused the downturn in average box office for toons this year, Jeffrey Katzenberg said at the UBS media confab in New York on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing I did not anticipate that was more problematic than the volume of product was the sameness of product,\u201d the DreamWorks Animation CEO told investors. \u201cThat is what has created a bit of animation fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year featured a number of toons that many critics complained were tough to distinguish, such as \u201cThe Wild,\u201d \u201cOpen Season,\u201d \u201cIce Age: The Meltdown\u201d and DWA\u2019s own \u201cOver the Hedge,\u201d potentially wearing out auds. Only pics that broke out were \u201cMeltdown,\u201d \u201cCars\u201d and \u201cHappy Feet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Katzenberg\u2019s assessment would mean a whole lot more to me if his DreamWorks cartoons didn\u2019t all feel the same \u2014 and I\u2019m not just referring to the fact that Shrek 4<\/a><\/i> is already in the works.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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