Let Me In, the English language remake of creepy Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In, is being released on October 1. So why are we writing about it here? Well, tangentially, there’s a scene in the trailer where it shows the female lead Chloe Moretz (from Kick Ass) wearing a KISS shirt. But really, it’s so we can urge you to rent the original flick before this one comes out and tarnishes the Swedish one. That said, the trailer for this one doesn’t look that bad, and it’ll probably be worth seeing. There are a number of shot for shot replications from the original. Hopefully they’ll leave this one in.
Whether we like it or not, a biopic about Ozzy Osbourne is inevitable. It’s a project that has been in the works for a while now, but with the success of his memoir I Am Ozzy, the film has gained steam. Thus, rumors of who will actually play the Prince Of Darkness has already started to swirl around town. While don’t be surprised to hear a lot of false speculation (sorry Sharon, but Johny Depp will most likely not be playing Ozzy), this casting rumor sounded to intriguing not to mention.
Cinematical.com is reporting that Irish bad boy actor Colin Farrell is the latest rumored actor to be in the running to play Ozzy. By no means should this be taken as more than just a rumor, but the site claims that Farrell is appearing to be Paramount and MTV Film execs’ top choice. This does, however, contradict with Osbourne’s previous claims that he would want an unknown to play him in a film.
Despite Ozzy’s desire for an unknown to portray him, I’d have to say that Farrell would actually be a very good choice for the role, and not just because of the bad boy image he is associated with. If you have seen the movie In Bruges, then you know that he has the acting chops. He may not be everyone’s favorite actor, but all in all, I’m sure he would do an impressive job. However, if I may add more fuel to the fire, Ewan McGregor’s halloween costume last year had me thinking of him as a possible choice. Expect to hear more rumors flying around for a while now.
What’s stranger, that there’s actually going to be a “dark” movie about Facebook, or that Trent Reznor just finished the score for the film? It makes a little more sense when hearing that David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) who has directed Nine Inch Nails videos, is at the helm of the film. It’s also more plausible when hearing that the movie’s not about Facebook itself, but the struggle of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
While Reznor has produced soundtracks before (like Natural Born Killers and Lost Highway) and scored music for the video game Quake, this will be the first time that he’s done the entire score for a film. Reznor opened up about his contribution to the film on Nine Inch Nails’ website:
I was planning on taking some time off after the continual waves of touring that ended last fall and spend this year experimenting around with what would becomeHow To Destroy Angels and some new NIN. Well, that plan didn’t work out so well. David Fincher started inquiring about my interest in scoring his upcoming film, The Social Network. Yeah, the movie about the founding of Facebook.
I’ve always loved David’s work but quite honestly I wondered what would draw him to tell that story. When I actually read the script and realized what he was up to, I said goodbye to that free time I had planned. Atticus Ross and I have been on a creative roll so I asked him if he wanted to work on this with me and we signed on.
Months later, I’m happy to tell you we’re nearing the completion of this and I couldn’t be happier with how it’s turned out. The level of excellence that David operates on is inspiring and the entire process has been challenging and truly enjoyable.
As Atticus and I near the end of the scoring process, we’re looking forward to the next phase – distilling the large amount of music we’ve written for this down to a satisfying record (or two). The film opens Oct 1 in the US with the record likely available a couple of weeks ahead of that.
Speaking of the film… it’s really fucking good. And dark!
When it was announced late last year that Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax were playing some European festival shows together, American metal fans were at first left out in the cold, and then extremely psyched when it was announced that they would be broadcasting Tuesday’s show from Sofia, Bulgaria to movie theaters around the world. In fact, it must have sold well, since they announced they’re doing it again tonight. I attended the showing on Tuesday night, just hours after actual concert took place halfway around the world, and in short, if you couldn’t make it on Tuesday, GO!
The closest thing metal fans have to a shared experience right now is a probably via the Internet. So in and of itself, this was a pretty momentous event. Literally hundreds of movie theaters around the country showed the concert at the same time, so it was viewed by tens of thousands of people. Not on demand, not in a YouTube clip (although those exist), but a humongous four-hour shared event that was a communal experience for anyone that went. So Tuesday was an epic occasion for any metalhead, and almost worth the price of admission right there. My thoughts on the showing I attended after the jump. Read more »
Killswitch Engage’s latest video, for “Save Me,” finds them in a position they’ve never been before – made of clay. Currently premiering over at CraveOnline, the video looks like a cross between Robot Chicken and a Tool video. Guitarist Adam D. and drummer Justin Foley seemed to enjoy making the video:
Here’s what KSE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz had to say about the video, which was directed by Jim Starace:
“This was my favorite video shoot EVER! It took like 1/2 an hour, and we were turned into clay. And who doesn’t like claymation and space aliens? They didn’t like my suggestion of turning me into a blood-thirsty pterodactyl with laser eyes at the end of the vid, but it’s cool. Thanks to all who worked wicked hard on this video…it looks sweet.”
From drummer Justin Foley:
“If you are going to follow in anybody’s footsteps, it may as well be Green Jello, right? With the “Save Me” video, we have finally achieved a band goal that we’ve been striving for a long, long time; shooting a video that we do not appear in. We also get to go into outer space.”
And also a great way to make a video when your vocalist is weathering a potential scandal, although he’s since returned to the KsE fold.
If you’re really metal, you’ve already booked a flight to Europe for Sonisphere to see the big four (that would be Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and, er, Anthrax) play for the first time together . For the rest of us, there’s your local multiplex. 450 theaters across the country and 350 theaters in the rest of the world will be simulcasting the Sofia, Bulgaria show on June 22. We’ll let Metallica explain the rest:
Now the nitty gritty details: Tickets for the one night only event are available at the local theater box offices and online at thebigfourlive.com where you can see a complete list of presenting theaters. They will start to go on sale Friday, May 21 in the U.S and Friday, May 28 internationally. Please note that ticket on sale times and even days will vary by theatre, so check with your friendly neighborhood participating movie theatre for exact days and times tickets will be available and keep watching thebigfourlive.com for theatre additions/changes. For our friends in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, delayed screenings will be coming your way. Again, keep watching here and thebigfourlive.com for updates.
A few more tidbits you might find helpful: Ticket prices in the U.S. will be around $20 plus whatever service charges your local theater may add. No, unfortunately each band’s entire set will not be shown, but trust us, you’ll see most of the action.
$20 for a once in a lifetime event? $20 for a bunch of metal fans to take over a movie theater, probably smuggle in flasks, and commune in the most metal event at a theater since Anvil: The Story of Anvil (or Rock Star)? $20 to watch Anthrax play in potentially the same movie theater as John Bush, Dan Nelson or Neil Turbin are watching it in? We’re in!
…Then this movie is an instant classic. Entertainment and tech-oriented Web site Collider made their way to a press junket for the movie, where they unearthed the following fake album cover fashioned after Poison’s 1986 classic album Look What the Cat Dragged In. Not sure how old the dudes at Collider are, but they didn’t recognize what art it was taking off until a reader tipped them off. They did however, recognize the cover that pays homage to KISS’ Destroyer, pictured after the jump. However, that album was released in 1976, which kind of throws off the whole concept of guys traveling back in time to 1986. Oh well. Hot Tub Time Machine comes out this Friday. Props to Zena Metal for uncovering.
If there’s one person more iconic than anyone in the world of punk, metal and rock and roll, that person is Lemmy Kilmister. The Jimi Hendrix roadie turned Hawkwind member turned Motorhead bassist/frontman has forged his own path for the last 40 or so years. Now Lemmy is the subject of a documentary, making its world premiere tonight at SXSW. We caught up with co-directors Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver to talk to them about what making the film was like, what would surprise us about Lemmy, and their plans for the film.
What led you to make a film about Lemmy?
Wes: In the fall of 2006, I had gotten a hold of Fool’s Paradise, the record by The Head Cat, Lemmy’s rockabilly band, which also features Danny B. Harvey on guitar and Slim Jim from the Stray Cats on drums. I was addicted to it, and sort of fascinated by it. These are the songs that Lemmy grew up on, stuff by Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, etc., and they were all delivered with a noticeable sort of affection for the material. I had just interviewed him shortly before that, and had had a great chat with him. So when Greg and I sat down to brainstorm about the next documentary we were gonna start, Lemmy was the first thought I had. And of course, it was perfect. He’s a perfect subject.
Greg: Wes had the idea and I said ‘hell yeah!” The hardest part of good ideas is seeing them through to the end. Three years later and I’m damn proud that we pulled it off.
Was there an instant rapport between you and him, or did it take a while for him to let you in, so to speak?
Greg: He was very open in our interviews from day one. It was surprising at first, but then you realize that’s just how he is. He’s the exact opposite of a politician where you can see the wheels spinning in their head as they force out the most ridiculous non-response to an answer in an interview. Lemmy shocks you faster than most people can even think of what to say, so it has to be genuine
Was it hard to get him to focus?
Wes: Not really. If he didn’t want to be filmed, he let us know. If he’s gonna take the time to do something, he’s gonna do it right.
Greg: When we could pull him away from the video game at the Rainbow Bar & Grill he would focus for sure. The hard part is communicating with him when he’s playing the game or his fruit machine backstage. Its actually awesome to see how focused he gets on his games.
Iron Man 2 was already going to be a pretty metal-friendly block buster. First, Marvel Studios announced the Iron Man 2: AC/DC soundtrack. Then it was revealed that Lamb Of God will contribute a new song to Iron Man 2: The Video Game. Now it has been confirmed who will help contribute to the rest of the movie’s soundtrack: Tom Morello.
While AC/DC’s hits will be featured throughout Marvel Studio’s big summer flick, the Rage Against The Machine guitarist has been working with composer John Debney on the film’s additional score. “…Iron Man kicks my ass. I’m working on score for Iron Man 2. Rockin. Movie is awesome,” Morello confirmed via his Twitter page. The trailer for Iron Man 2 made the film look cool enough as it is. But now that Iron Man and The Wrestler (Mickey Rourke plays the villain) will be duking it out to the sounds of Morello, the movie will sound even better!
In addition to playing guitar on the first Iron Man score, Morello actually made a cameo in the film. Remember the scene in the cave where the first incarnation of Iron Man is killing terrorists? Morello played terrorist #87 (or what ever they called the first terrorist who got his ass kicked by Tony Stark). Morello has also performed on the soundtracks to Spider-Man, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Iron Man 2 hits theaters on May 7.
Behind The Suit and Tie, a long-in-the-making documentary on the metal industry, appears to finally be on the brink of release, as a six-minute trailer has been released:
The film features one-on-one interviews with many notable who’s whos of the metal scene (including many of our friends and participants in the No Label Needed series) discussing piracy, corruption and the future of the record label.
According to a press release, the 90-minute DVD will contain insight from:
Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records)
Jason Lekberg (Epic Records)
Doug Keogh (Roadrunner Records)
Carl Severson (Ferret Music)
Paul Conroy (Ferret Music)
Ray Harkins (Century Media Records)
Al Dawson (Earache Records)
Missi Callazzo (MegaForce Records)
Alan Becker (RED Distribution)
Burt Goldstein (Big Daddy Distribution)
Eddie Trunk (VH1 Classic, Q104.3, Sirius XM)
Pat Egan (Re Records)
Ralph Graupner (Indevent Music)
Gary Susalis (Music Choice)
Ged Cook (Demolition Records)
Bryan Mechutan (Demolition Records)
Lee Barrett (Ascendance Records)
Adam Watson (Plastic Head Distribution)
David Ellefson
Erik Rogers (Dangerous New Machine)
Tairrie B Murphy, Mick Murphy
Rob “Blasko” Nicholson (Mercenary Management)
Rayny Forster (Moshpit Tragedy Records)
Commented creator/producer Robert Bolger Jr., “Unlike most music documentaries, Behind The Suit and Tie will spend more time with the people behind the labels rather than the more musician-focused approach of most music documentaries to address piracy, corruption, manipulation issues and the future of a record label.”
The DVD package is expected to be released some time in June on a label to be announced.
When it was announced late last year that Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax were playing some European festival shows together, American metal fans were at first left out in the cold, and then extremely psyched when it was announced that they would be broadcasting Tuesday’s show from Sofia, Bulgaria to movie theaters around the world. In fact, it must have sold well, since they announced they’re doing it again 
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If there’s one person more iconic than anyone in the world of punk, metal and rock and roll, that person is Lemmy Kilmister. The Jimi Hendrix roadie turned Hawkwind member turned Motorhead bassist/frontman has forged his own path for the last 40 or so years. Now Lemmy is the subject of a 
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