A highlight of the first half of 2010 was the culmination of Ridley Scott Associates’ collaboration with Philips to create five short films whose only connection were the six lines of dialogue to be used. The Parallel Lines premiere played host to the five films and you can see those films, and read our report [...]
Alex Garland To Adapt Logan’s Run
June 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
The good news that Carl Erik Rinsch has jumped aboard the Logan’s Run remake is further compunded by the news today that Warner Bros have enlisted the services of novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland to adapt the story. Bear in mind that this is not a remake of the 1976 film which starred Michael York [...]
Carl Erik Rinsch’s Logan’s Run To Be 3D
June 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
Hiring Carl Erik Rinsch for his retooling of Logan’s Run was a smart move from Joel Silver, and while the project is still early on in the developmental stages, a quote from an interview conducted by MTV confirms that the film is going to benefit from an extra dimension. Here’s the quote which necessitated this [...]
Carl Erik Rinsch to Take On Logan’s Run
May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The much anticipated Logan’s Run remake is a step closer today with the news that one of Ridley Scott’s own, Carl Erik Rinsch, is talking to Warners about taking over the project. The 1976 film was a favourite of mine and told the story of a future society in which the population is maintained by [...]
Warner and Fox Looking to Expand Carl Erik Rinsch’s Parallel Lines Short ‘The Gift’
April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday Dave and I watched the five Parallel Lines short films at a BAFTA screening and saw some pretty impressive work by the five directors. If you’ve not read the article please take a look, not least because we’ve embedded each of the five films into the post, you’ll also have a reference point for [...]
Philips Parallel Lines Premiere Report – Watch the 5 Finalists Here
April 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
The Philips Parallel Lines project held the premiere tonight of its five short films, each containing the same six lines of dialogue, each a totally unique vision. It was a great way to celebrate the art of the short. What was unveiled tonight were five disparate visions, but each sharing in vibrant storytelling and arresting [...]
Competition: Win VIP Tickets to the Philips Parallel Lines Project Screening
March 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
HeyUGuys isn’t all about big budget Hollywood blockers, we love to look at the lesser known but often equally as good (or even better) projects like this one that Philips are working on. The project is called Parallel Lines and this copy from the Philips website gives you a little more of an idea of [...]
47 Ronin get a director
November 18, 2009 By 2 Comments
Variety is reporting today that Universal Pictures are close to naming Carl Erik Rinsch as director for the forthcoming 47 Ronin movie. It will be Rinsch’s first feature, he is best known for being a director of commercials. The movie is set to be a big budget action movie along the lines of 300, so [...]
