Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:54PM - By Mali Elfman
And you thought that Elijah Wood on Yo Gabba Gabba doing the “Puppet Master” was weird, check this out! It’s a new short film by Yo Gabba Gabba called Exploring the Universe. With awkward pauses, weird looks, musical fruit, and odd noises popping up in all the wrong places, it’s definitely entertainment for everyone! Why is Elijah Wood so interested in fucking with our children’s minds? He told us in an interview for 9 last year…
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:21AM - By Mali Elfman
Are you ready to face your nightmares in Shane Acker’s stunning feature length post-apocalyptic animated nightmare produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov and starring Elijah Wood? Well get ready, because it’s finally 9-9-09, which means that 9 is in theaters now!
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 12:58PM - By Mali Elfman
Shane Acker’s 9 starring Elijah Wood hits theaters tomorrow on 9-9-09! The film is probably the most original and inspired films to hit theaters this year. The film is about 9 puppet like creators in a post-apocalyptic world who have to fight against the machines for survival. That is until 9 comes along with his fearless inquisitiveness and stirs up trouble and possible answers.
We spoke to Wood a little while ago about the dark tone of the movie, which in the US is odd and yet refreshing to see in an animation, as well as what NEVER to do while recording voice overs, Spyro the movie (or lack there of), his random appearance in the Puppet Master and a whole lot more…
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 7:17AM - By Krystal Clark
3:44: We just saw another trailer and that’s all folks!
3:41: Burton says that even though a lot of his films have Gothic themes, he doesn’t consider himself a dark storyteller. He got involved with 9, because he wanted to see the film on the big screen.
3:35: Timur said he doesn’t think there will be any other films in the Day Watch series. The crowd let out a be sigh. I guess those films mean a lot to people here.
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Friday, June 19, 2009 7:40AM - By Laura Aguirre
It hasn’t been 10 years since the release of Oliver Hirschbiegel’s German film Das Experiment yet, but already a remake is on its way. Boy, does everyone love to remakes, no matter what the genre! Director Paul Scheuring will helm Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood and Cam Gigandet in The Experiment starting next month in Iowa.
The original Das Experiment is based on the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971. Check out more about the film below…
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Monday, June 8, 2009 3:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
After Shane Acker’s fantasy film 9 received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film, Acker decided that a feature film was needed and this year we will get to see 9 in action. The story about a group of rag dolls living in a post-apocalyptic world and 9 (Elijah Wood) is the leader of the rag-doll posse. This year, Acker’s short film turned feature film has help from the Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, as co-producers, and co-writer Pamela Pettler from Corpse Bride.
Check out the highly descriptive photo below…
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Friday, December 26, 2008 10:00AM - By Mali Elfman
This looks really amazing. It’s got an dark and mysterious vibe mixed in with a modern post-apocalyptic animation. It has voices by Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Elijah Wood, Crispin Glover, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, and more. It has been executive produced by Wanted Director Timur Bekmambetov and produced by Sweeney Todd Director Tim Burton. I guess that’s there that vibe comes from.
It’s about puppets trying to save the world from… Well just watch the trailer below.
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