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Johnny Depp is a lizard named "Rango"; "The Avengers" will be filmed in New Mexico; Chicago Film Critics Association Awards nominees and winners;

  • It seems that Johnny Depp will "appear" as a lizard next March... I mean, he will give his voice to a lizard in a movie named Rango, directed by Gore Verbinski (The Pirates of the Caribbean's three first installements). The way Depp's voice was captured was really interesting, it was a way that needs that actors playing the characters (on most animated feature, the animators are used as reference for character's movements, but in this one, the actors themselves are the references - characters sound and move like the actor, which make it a more natural acting experience, giving expressivity to Rango's characters!). Just watch it:



  • According to Collider "Marvel Studios plans to shoot much of The Avengers in Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico, taking advantage of the state’s 25% tax rebate for film and TV productions. The rebate has lured over 150 projects to the “Land of Enchantment,” including Breaking Bad, True Grit, and Marvel’s Thor. According to Variety, The Avengers is the largest production to shoot in New Mexico to date. Secondary locations for the 3D production include New York and Michigan."
    The Avengers will star Robert Downey Jr. (as Iron Man), Mark Ruffalo (as Hulk), Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury), Chris Evans (as Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (as Thor), Scarlett Johansson (as Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (as Hawkeye) and is set for a May 4, 2012, release.
    Aren't you thinking "Is it possible that this movie will rule with so many characters?"??? Yes, I have my doubts about this one too... Let's wait and see... Marvel have been done some good comic movies like Spider-Man franchise, The Incredible Hulk and the two Iron Man movies, but it seems to have potential to be such a messy movie... I don't know...
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards winners were announced some couple of days ago... Here's the list with the nominees with each category winner marked with *:

    Best Picture
    Black Swan
    Inception
    The King’s Speech
    The Social Network     *
    Winter's Bone

    Best Director
    Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
    David Fincher - The Social Network *
    Debra Granik - Winter’s Bone
    Tom Hooper - The King’s Speech
    Christopher Nolan - Inception

    Best Actor
    Jeff Bridges - True Grit
    Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
    Colin Firth - The King’s Speech *
    James Franco - 127 Hours
    Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine

    Best Actress
    Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
    Jennifer Lawrence - Winter’s Bone
    Lesley Manville - Another Year
    Natalie Portman - Black Swan *
    Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

    Best Supporting Actor
    Christian Bale - The Fighter *
    Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
    John Hawkes - Winter’s Bone
    Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
    Geoffrey Rush - The King’s Speech

    Best Supporting Actress
    Amy Adams - The Fighter
    Helena Bonham Carter - The King’s Speech
    Melissa Leo - The Fighter
    Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit *
    Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

    Best Original Screenplay
    Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin
    Four Lions - Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain & Chris Morris
    Inception - Christopher Nolan *
    The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
    The King’s Speech - David Seidler

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay Abaire
    The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin *
    Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
    True Grit - Joel & Ethan Coen
    Winter’s Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

    Best Foreign Language Film
    Biutiful
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    I Am Love
    Mother
    A Prophet     *

    Best Documentary
    Exit Through the Gift Shop *
    Inside Job
    Restrepo
    The Tillman Story
    Waiting for Superman

    Best Animated Feature
    Despicable Me
    How to Train Your Dragon
    The Illusionist
    Tangled
    Toy Story 3 *

    Best Cinematography
    Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
    Inception - Wally Pfister *
    Shutter Island - Robert Richardson
    The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth
    True Grit - Roger Deakins

    Best Original Score
    Black Swan - Clint Mansell *
    I Am Love - John Adams
    Inception - Hans Zimmer
    The Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
    True Grit - Carter Burwell

    Most Promising Performer
    Armie Hammer - The Social Network
    Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
    Jennifer Lawrence - Winter’s Bone *
    Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
    Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

    Most Promising Filmmaker
    Bansky - Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Derek Cianfrance - Blue Valentine
    David Michod - Animal Kingdom
    Aaron Schneider - Get Low
    John Wells - The Company Men

    Just one more word: Hailee Steinfeld shouldn't be the winner of so many critics' prizes in the way that I bet that Jacki Weaver will win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar and this kid is getting all the awards and I'm afraid she steals Weaver's worthy Oscar (Haven't you already seen Weaver's performance in Animal Kingdom? The Devil looks like Heidi after seeing Weaver's performance as a real "monster-mum"!).

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