We love posting some unofficial artwork here on HeyUGuys and these three creations from artist Lloyd Stas are too good to pass by.

On his Flickr page (which we were pointed to by LFF and Quiet Earth) there’s a wonderful series of posters for Edgar Wright’s films, even one for his TV show Spaced and his epic Grindhouse trailer ‘Don’t', and they are really worth a look.

The posters below are a sample of his work and ones which really caught our eyes – the posters for Source Code and Mute are such different styles but work completely although we know next to nothing about Mute, a project which Jones has said will probably be made into a comic book first and, if there’s interest, a film later on. If he needs anyone to create an alternate cover I think we know to whom his first call should be placed.

The final poster here is for the forthcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes, created obviously before panic set in that people may not tie it into the Apes series and assume James Franco was narrating a wildlife documentary.

The critical and commercial success of Source Code has made a lot of Duncan Jones fans happy.

The director’s first film, Moon, was a triumphant debut and formed part of the resurgence of intelligent and commercially successful sci-fi seen in the last few years. All eyes were on his next move and Source Code, the Ben Ripley scripted sci-fi thriller which Jones chose as his second film,  opened to excellent reviews a week and a half ago.

I had the chance to sit down with Duncan Jones last week, when the reviews for Source Code were already in, and we talked about the pressure of following Moon, find out what happened to his supposed follow up Mute and, of course, we touch on the rumours about Jones picking up The Wolverine now that the film’s original director, Darren Aronofsky, has left the project.

Here’s the interview in which we talk in detail about Moon and Source Code so does contain some spoilers for the films.

While the world and his Gerty waits for the verdict on Duncan Jones’ follow up to Moon when his time bending thriller Source Code premieres in Austin tomorrow night word has escaped about his long awaited sci-fi project Mute.

Set in the same universe as Moon, with an epilogue of sorts featuring the character of Sam Bell, Mute’s brief synopsis told of a story about a woman whose disappearance causes a mystery for her partner, a mute bartender. When she disappears, he has to go up against the city’s gangsters. Then Source Code came along, and Mute was pushed back.

A few moments ago Jones tweeted the following,

If anyone has a recommendation on the best publishers for graphic novels, (US only, I’m afraid,) let me know. I’m a researchin’.

Immediately my mind went to Mute, which was at one time to be the next film Jones made after Moon, but when Source Code was announced there were rumours that Mute may become a comic book. Jones tonight confirmed those rumours.

ManMadeMovies brought us the news from Gordon and the Whale who sat down with the man himself to talk over his future projects and Mute came up. Here’s what he said when asked about his third film, and Mute was suggested,

Not MUTE, no. Although, I can sort of tell you that I’ve been talking to my producer today and we have decided that we’re going to release MUTE as a graphic novel. Because we’ve had so many problems trying to get this film made, you know? The people who are involved with financing films have just been…shy…shy of making the script. So what we decided to do is we’re going to make a graphic novel of it, prove it…prove it to an audience that this works and maybe in the future get the chance to come back and make it.

While I’m very pleased we’ll be able to see Mute sooner rather than later I am slightly disappointed that it won’t be the big screen Blade Runner-esque film it was teased to be. The budget was rumoured by be around $25 million when it was shaping up to be Jones’ next project, certainly not huge by today’s standards, and if Source Code does well there’s a good chance that studios will be throwing that sort of money at the director.   Although the conversation then turned to what the director’s actual film will be,

I will say this; you know what a big fan I am of BLADE RUNNER…but there’s all this news on the Internet lately about the rights to BLADE RUNNER being bought up…I’m interested in doing a city-based science fiction film. And this is going to do all the geeky things I would want [from one of those kinds of films].

City-based sci-fi?  It’s a damn shame Judge Dredd and Mr Jones didn’t get to meet. But at least we’re looking forward to spending more time in the company of one of most talented directors of our day.

Duncan Jones, the man behind Moon has just been announced as the director of Source Code, which will star Jake Gyllenhall.

Brendon at /Film has read an early draft of the script, and if his synopsis is anything to go by, it sounds like ideal fodder for Jones, combining a novel idea, a talented actor and near-future sci-fi setting.

The film is being produced by a new company called Vendome, and a quick browse of the interwebs led us to vendomepictures.com. As yet it’s a completely bare website, but it’s probably worth keeping an eye on the site for updates about the picture, which is due to start shooting early next year.

Obviously, this is going to cause Jones’ pet project, Mute, to be pushed back until after Source Code is complete.

That said, it is clear in the statement he made to HeyUGuys, that Jones is not only excited about his new project, but aware of how much closer this will bring him to realising his vision for Mute:

“Source Code is an amazing opportunity at the right time, and with any luck, if I can do a good job with it, it will make getting the financing for Mute a much easier prospect.“