With the Holiday Season here and shopping at its high point it becomes a very stressful time for all of us. Here at Lrm we have the opportunity to get to review a lot of great products that end up being great gifts during this time of year. If you are looking for a present for someone who is into film making and behind the scenes artwork Titan Books has a great selection to choose from. Check out the books below and pick up one or all of them from the links below.
Aliens: The Set Photography
A new hardback photography book documenting the making of Aliens, the 1986 smash hit movie directed by James Cameron. Aliens: The Set Photography reveals a unique new perspective on the making of James Cameron’s film as the focus shifts behind the cameras to capture the director, cast and crew as they...
Aliens: The Set Photography
A new hardback photography book documenting the making of Aliens, the 1986 smash hit movie directed by James Cameron. Aliens: The Set Photography reveals a unique new perspective on the making of James Cameron’s film as the focus shifts behind the cameras to capture the director, cast and crew as they...
- 11/24/2016
- by Michael Connally
- LRMonline.com
Kfm: Russian investor boards ‘Black Angel’ remake, ‘made in Russia’ blockbusters, Kfm pitching winners, Latido picks up Ukrainian debut
Russian investment is set to be tapped for Roger Christian’s feature version of his 1980 cult short Black Angel.
Speaking during the first edition of the KinoPoisk Film Market (Kfm) in Moscow, the film’s producer Harald Reichebner said that 70% of the budget is in place as a co-production between the UK, Belgium and Hungary, with the final 30% now to come from an undisclosed private Russian investor.
The $9.7m production features an international cast including Dougray Scott, John Rhys-Davies, Rutger Hauer (who starred as The Mystic Monk in Christian’s 1994 biopic Nostradamus), Turkish-German actress-model Meryem Uzerli, star of the Turkish TV series Muhtesem Yüzyil, and Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov, known to international audiences from Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Behind Enemy Lines.
Berlin-based, Austrian-born Reichebner – who had previously worked with Christian as the producer on Nostradamus - told...
Russian investment is set to be tapped for Roger Christian’s feature version of his 1980 cult short Black Angel.
Speaking during the first edition of the KinoPoisk Film Market (Kfm) in Moscow, the film’s producer Harald Reichebner said that 70% of the budget is in place as a co-production between the UK, Belgium and Hungary, with the final 30% now to come from an undisclosed private Russian investor.
The $9.7m production features an international cast including Dougray Scott, John Rhys-Davies, Rutger Hauer (who starred as The Mystic Monk in Christian’s 1994 biopic Nostradamus), Turkish-German actress-model Meryem Uzerli, star of the Turkish TV series Muhtesem Yüzyil, and Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov, known to international audiences from Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Behind Enemy Lines.
Berlin-based, Austrian-born Reichebner – who had previously worked with Christian as the producer on Nostradamus - told...
- 10/26/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Important News James Wan is officially directing Aquaman. Han Solo may also feature in the Boba Fett Star Wars movie. More young actors are up for the role of Spider-Man. And more directors are up for the Spider-Man gig, too. The Rock will star in a remake of Big Trouble in Little China. He also had his best opening ever with San Andreas. Sister Act is also being remade. Part of Fantasia is also being remade, as a live-action feature. Tron 3 is not happening. Jason Statham may star in a Layer Cake sequel. And he may play Bullseye in the Daredevil series. Roger Christian's Black Angel short is being turned into a feature. Clint Eastwood will direct a movie about Captain...
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- 6/6/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Another Star Wars spin-off? Not so fast.
While Disney plans to push the sci-fi franchise down our throats for the rest of our lives, it seems like an Indiegogo campaign will bring back a short that was attached to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in the 1980s. Titled Black Angel, the project is looking to get funded and is referred to as Game of Thrones meets Valhalla Rising.
While not related to Star Wars in any way, the project was a short film that played before Empire Strikes Back when it came to Europe and Australia in 1980.
It is still looking to get funded, with the campaign starting today, but it already has two big name cast members. Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones star John Rhys-Davies and Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer are set to play King Aeolus and High Priest Sirdar.
According to Variety, the film...
While Disney plans to push the sci-fi franchise down our throats for the rest of our lives, it seems like an Indiegogo campaign will bring back a short that was attached to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in the 1980s. Titled Black Angel, the project is looking to get funded and is referred to as Game of Thrones meets Valhalla Rising.
While not related to Star Wars in any way, the project was a short film that played before Empire Strikes Back when it came to Europe and Australia in 1980.
It is still looking to get funded, with the campaign starting today, but it already has two big name cast members. Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones star John Rhys-Davies and Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer are set to play King Aeolus and High Priest Sirdar.
According to Variety, the film...
- 6/2/2015
- by Zach Dennis
- SoundOnSight
Update 6/2/15: Black Angel director Roger Christian has revealed he's making a feature length version of the movie. They are raising some funds on IndieGoGo, but apparently it's just the last little bit of funding needed and the movie is otherwise ready to go. So if you are interested in seeing the feature gets made, head here for more information. When Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back hit theaters in 1980 a very special short film played in front of it in select theaters around the world. This wasn't just a fleeting five minute cartoon or anything like that, either. Black Angel was a robust, lushly photographed 25-minute film commissioned by George Lucas himself with the express purpose of showing audiences something they normally wouldn't...
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- 6/2/2015
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Hardcore "Star Wars" fans are well aware of the legend of "Black Angel," the short film that screened overseas before "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 and disappeared for more than three decades. Just last month, many of those fans were able to see the lost film for the first time when director Roger Christian, the original "Star Wars" art director, uploaded a restored version to YouTube. Read More: 10 Commandments for Promoting Your Film Campaign on Social Media Originally commissioned by George Lucas, "Black Angel," which some consider to be a crucial part of the "Star Wars" legacy, will be made into a feature film starring John Rhys-Davies ("The Lord of the Rings") and Rutger Hauer ("Blade Runner"). Production is slated for September 2015, with filming locations to include Hungary, Belgium, Morocco and Scotland. The film will be directed and written by Christian...
- 6/2/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
A long time ago – well, 35 years – in a place not quite so far away, an art director named Roger Christian, who had won an Oscar for his work on Star Wars, was asked by that film’s director, George Lucas, to make a short film to accompany The Empire Strikes Back. The result, Black Angel had a short life in cinemas and was presumed lost until recently, but now Christian is turning it into a full-length feature with genre stalwarts Rutger Hauer and John Rhys-Davies, at the head of the cast.Despite the short lingering in limbo until it was discovered in Universal’s extensive archives in 2013, it has been something of a cult sensation, and is cited as an influence on other films including John Boorman’s Excalibur.Christian, who in the intervening years became a director on the likes of Nostradamus, Masterminds and (whisper it) Battlefield Earth, is...
- 6/2/2015
- EmpireOnline
It’s been an awful long time since Roger Christian’s fantasy short Black Angel debuted alongside Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – 35 years, in fact – but now the filmmaker is turning to crowdfunding website Indiegogo to transform his dormant dream into a reality.
Interest in the so-called “lost” feature was piqued a fortnight ago when the 25-minute short reared its head on YouTube. A time capsule in every sense of the word, the recovered Black Angel soon went viral as fans and newcomers where once again whisked away to the rolling hills of Scotland. In 1980, the medieval film was shot on a budget of £25,000; now, Christian is hoping for a $15 million allowance to spin out his passion project into a fully-fledged feature.
According to the official Indiegogo funding page, Rutger Hauer and John Rhys-Davies are set to star, and the project is currently seeking $100,000 in total, with various...
Interest in the so-called “lost” feature was piqued a fortnight ago when the 25-minute short reared its head on YouTube. A time capsule in every sense of the word, the recovered Black Angel soon went viral as fans and newcomers where once again whisked away to the rolling hills of Scotland. In 1980, the medieval film was shot on a budget of £25,000; now, Christian is hoping for a $15 million allowance to spin out his passion project into a fully-fledged feature.
According to the official Indiegogo funding page, Rutger Hauer and John Rhys-Davies are set to star, and the project is currently seeking $100,000 in total, with various...
- 6/2/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Black Angel, the short film which aired in cinemas before Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, will be made into a feature-length movie.
All copies of the cult 25-minute film went missing after airing in cinemas in 1980, until a Universal Studios archivist found a negative in 2011.
Roger Christian, who wrote and directed the original 25-minute fantasy short, will return to helm the project, while John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) and Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) will star.
Christian is encouraging fans to be a part of the film by crowdfunding the project, which has a fundraising target of £66,000. Contributing will allow individuals the opportunity of perks such as an invite to the premiere, an opportunity to be part of the film or an all-expenses-paid mentorship with the audio department.
Black Angel: The Feature Film follows a knight who goes on a quest to battle the Black Angel,...
All copies of the cult 25-minute film went missing after airing in cinemas in 1980, until a Universal Studios archivist found a negative in 2011.
Roger Christian, who wrote and directed the original 25-minute fantasy short, will return to helm the project, while John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) and Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) will star.
Christian is encouraging fans to be a part of the film by crowdfunding the project, which has a fundraising target of £66,000. Contributing will allow individuals the opportunity of perks such as an invite to the premiere, an opportunity to be part of the film or an all-expenses-paid mentorship with the audio department.
Black Angel: The Feature Film follows a knight who goes on a quest to battle the Black Angel,...
- 6/2/2015
- Digital Spy
The 1980 short will be adapted into a fantasy epic starring Rutger Hauer and John Rhys-Davies and featuring mostly practical effects
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- 6/2/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
As Star Wars prepares to mount a big-screen comeback, so does Black Angel, the “lost” short that debuted in front of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. A Black Angel feature film is now in the works, with Roger Christian back to write and direct and Rutger Hauer and John Rhys-Davies set to star. […]
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- 6/2/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Black Angel first seen as a short at theatrical screenings of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
A short film shown before screenings of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, is to be adapted into a new feature film starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) and John Rhys-Davis (Lord of the Rings).
Black Angel: The Feature Film has partnered with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to launch a 45-day campaign aimed at raising $100,000 (£66,000) which goes live from today http://igg.me/at/blackangel.
Production is slated for September 2015, with filming locations to include Hungary, Belgium, Morocco and Scotland.
Carnaby International will handle worldwide sales and distribution on the film, which is a co-production between Belgium, Hungary, Canada and UK.
The film will be directed and written by Roger Christian, who wrote and directed the original short and won an Oscar for his work on the art/set decoration of the original Star Wars in 1977.
Rewards in the crowdfunding...
A short film shown before screenings of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, is to be adapted into a new feature film starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) and John Rhys-Davis (Lord of the Rings).
Black Angel: The Feature Film has partnered with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to launch a 45-day campaign aimed at raising $100,000 (£66,000) which goes live from today http://igg.me/at/blackangel.
Production is slated for September 2015, with filming locations to include Hungary, Belgium, Morocco and Scotland.
Carnaby International will handle worldwide sales and distribution on the film, which is a co-production between Belgium, Hungary, Canada and UK.
The film will be directed and written by Roger Christian, who wrote and directed the original short and won an Oscar for his work on the art/set decoration of the original Star Wars in 1977.
Rewards in the crowdfunding...
- 6/2/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
John Rhys-Davies and Rutger Hauer have joined the cast of "Black Angel," a feature-length version of the short film that was first attached to screenings of "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980.
A 45-day campaign has begun on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo in the hopes of getting together some supplemental financing for "Black Angel: The Feature Film". Roger Christian, who penned and directed the original short, will return in those capacities here.
A Belgium, Hungary, Canada and U.K. co-production, the film aims to be shot in an "earthy and authentic style combining high adventure with high drama". Production is slated for September in Hungary, Belgium, Morocco and Scotland.
The story follows a knight who undertakes a classic hero’s journey to fight the Black Angel, the Demon Kings commander in the lands of Serandal. Guided by a sorcerer and the daughter of a rival king, they take on an epic adventure.
A 45-day campaign has begun on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo in the hopes of getting together some supplemental financing for "Black Angel: The Feature Film". Roger Christian, who penned and directed the original short, will return in those capacities here.
A Belgium, Hungary, Canada and U.K. co-production, the film aims to be shot in an "earthy and authentic style combining high adventure with high drama". Production is slated for September in Hungary, Belgium, Morocco and Scotland.
The story follows a knight who undertakes a classic hero’s journey to fight the Black Angel, the Demon Kings commander in the lands of Serandal. Guided by a sorcerer and the daughter of a rival king, they take on an epic adventure.
- 6/2/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Thirty-five years after it screened alongside Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, fantasy short Black Angel is getting the feature-length treatment. Roger Christian (Nostradamus, Battlefield Earth), who won an Oscar for his set decoration work on the first Star Wars (where he, among other achievements, helped design the first-ever lightsaber), is returning to write and direct the adaptation of his first-ever effort as a director. “It’s my passion project, has been for 35-36 years,” Christian tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I guess ‘patience is a virtue’ is a true saying.” Originally commissioned
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- 6/2/2015
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The film that screened before Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back has been made available to watch for free on YouTube.
Black Angel was directed by Empire Strikes Back set decorator Roger Christian and played before George Lucas's sequel on its European run.
Star Wars: 10 things you never knew about the galaxy far, far away
"Accompanied by an exclusive introduction from the director Roger Christian, the incredible fantasy short returns," reads the YouTube description.
"It was first released in certain cinemas ahead of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Lost for 35 years, it has been found and restored to its former glory."
Christian said: "George Lucas had requested a film to be made to go out as a programme with The Empire Strikes Back.
"He read my story and commissioned it on the spot. So with a grant of £25,000 I headed to Scotland...
Black Angel was directed by Empire Strikes Back set decorator Roger Christian and played before George Lucas's sequel on its European run.
Star Wars: 10 things you never knew about the galaxy far, far away
"Accompanied by an exclusive introduction from the director Roger Christian, the incredible fantasy short returns," reads the YouTube description.
"It was first released in certain cinemas ahead of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Lost for 35 years, it has been found and restored to its former glory."
Christian said: "George Lucas had requested a film to be made to go out as a programme with The Empire Strikes Back.
"He read my story and commissioned it on the spot. So with a grant of £25,000 I headed to Scotland...
- 5/15/2015
- Digital Spy
Back in 1980, during the original theatrical release of "The Empire Strikes Back," several hundred UK cinemas screened a short film in front of theatrical showings of that movie.
The 25 minute short was a fantasy tale directed by Roger Christian and entitled "Black Angel". Thought lost for decades, there came word in 2011 that a copy of the film had been found and would be getting a painstaking frame-by-frame restoration followed by a digital release online sometime in the future.
That future is now with the entire short film going up online on Youtube today and including an introduction from Christian himself. Christian also says further news regarding the film will arrive on June 2nd and will be announced on the film’s social media channels.
The 25 minute short was a fantasy tale directed by Roger Christian and entitled "Black Angel". Thought lost for decades, there came word in 2011 that a copy of the film had been found and would be getting a painstaking frame-by-frame restoration followed by a digital release online sometime in the future.
That future is now with the entire short film going up online on Youtube today and including an introduction from Christian himself. Christian also says further news regarding the film will arrive on June 2nd and will be announced on the film’s social media channels.
- 5/14/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A week from tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of not only “Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back,” but also of the much-discussed and long-lost short film “Black Angel,” which screened in front of the blockbuster back in 1980. After spending some time on iTunes, the short has finally arrived in full for free on YouTube until the end of the month. Two years ago, director Roger Christian revealed that an original negative of his influential short (John Boorman is said to have screened the short for the cast & crew of “Excalibur”) had been located, which allowed for a full restoration. After playing festivals in 2013, the restored film hit iTunes sometime last year and Christian has seen fit to post his film along with an introduction online. Beautiful, haunting, and with a running time just shy of half an hour, the short follows a newly-returned warrior who seeks revenge and justice...
- 5/13/2015
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
A small piece of Star Wars history has been restored. Black Angel ran ahead of screenings of The Empire Strikes Back in Europe and Australia in 1980, but was lost until three years ago. The 25-minute film was directed by Roger Christian, who earned an Oscar for set decoration on the original Star Wars. It tells the story of a knight returning home from the Crusades who gets lost in a fantasy realm. George Lucas wanted a film to play ahead of Empire, and commissioned Black Angel after hearing Christian's pitch. Christian took £25,000 and headed to Scotland with
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- 5/13/2015
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Accompanied by an exclusive introduction from the director Roger Christian, the incredible fantasy short Black Angel returns. It was first released in certain cinemas ahead of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Lost for 35 years, it has been found and restored to its former glory – but be quick, Black Angel is only available for free on YouTube from 1pm today for a limited time only, until the end of May.
Thirty-five years ago, a legend was born… As viewers sat down to watch ‘Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back’ in 1980, they were shown a short film. It was so mysterious and dark that many never forgot it. Its name was Black Angel. The project began when Roger Christian, Art Director on ‘Episode IV: A New Hope’, was given the green light by George Lucas to turn his fantasy script into a short film. Having spent...
Thirty-five years ago, a legend was born… As viewers sat down to watch ‘Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back’ in 1980, they were shown a short film. It was so mysterious and dark that many never forgot it. Its name was Black Angel. The project began when Roger Christian, Art Director on ‘Episode IV: A New Hope’, was given the green light by George Lucas to turn his fantasy script into a short film. Having spent...
- 5/13/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Back in 2010, Shadowlocked ran a piece entitled The lost film that accompanied The Empire Strikes Back. It was an excerpt from an in-depth with the short film's writer/director/producer Roger Christian, conducted by our Founding Editor Martin Anderson, and discussing the interesting behind-the-scenes story of the for-a-long-time-lost-but-not-forgotten fantasy short film Black Angel.
Not to be confused with James Cameron's TV series Dark Angel, or Joss Whedon's TV series Angel, Roger Christian's 25-minute short film Black Angel preceded Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, before the print was destroyed and the film thought lost to the world. In recent years, however, another print has been discovered, and now it's been made available for free on YouTube until the end of May.
The Black Angel team have teased “another exciting announcement coming on 2nd June.”
A post on the film's official Facebook page tells fans...
Not to be confused with James Cameron's TV series Dark Angel, or Joss Whedon's TV series Angel, Roger Christian's 25-minute short film Black Angel preceded Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, before the print was destroyed and the film thought lost to the world. In recent years, however, another print has been discovered, and now it's been made available for free on YouTube until the end of May.
The Black Angel team have teased “another exciting announcement coming on 2nd June.”
A post on the film's official Facebook page tells fans...
- 5/12/2015
- Shadowlocked
Black Angel, the legendary short fantasy film attached to initial screenings of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, is now available for free on YouTube until the end of May 2015 (you can watch it below).
The film is accompanied by an exclusive introduction from director Roger Christian. A crucial part of the Star Wars legacy, Black Angel was commissioned by George Lucas, who chose it to accompany Empire in Europe and Australia. The 25-minute film was produced on a budget of £25,000, given to Christian by an Eady Scheme fund from the UK government.
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An epic fantasy adventure, the script follows a knight (Tony Vogel) who returns from the Crusades, only to be transported to a fantasy world to rescue a princess from the [Continued ...]...
The film is accompanied by an exclusive introduction from director Roger Christian. A crucial part of the Star Wars legacy, Black Angel was commissioned by George Lucas, who chose it to accompany Empire in Europe and Australia. The 25-minute film was produced on a budget of £25,000, given to Christian by an Eady Scheme fund from the UK government.
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An epic fantasy adventure, the script follows a knight (Tony Vogel) who returns from the Crusades, only to be transported to a fantasy world to rescue a princess from the [Continued ...]...
- 5/12/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Okay, Toronto, here's a rare treat!Back in 1980 famed Star Wars art director Roger Christian made the move to the director's chair with a 25 minute short film titled Black Angel. George Lucas was enough of a fan of the film that he tied it to the release of The Empire Strikes Back in the UK, Australia and Scandinavia but despite the famous backing it was never released on any home video format and, in fact, was believed to be lost entirely until a 35mm print turned up in December of 2011.Well, it's getting a release now. Canadian outfit Juice Distribution will be making Black Angel available on iTunes and other VOD platforms around the world on May 20th and to celebrate they've got Christian...
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- 5/9/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Black Angel, commissioned by George Lucas and shown with The Empire Strikes Back, to feature at Glasgow film festival
A long-lost short that was screened ahead of the original run of Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back is to be shown in the UK for the first time in more than three decades, according to the BBC.
Fantasy story Black Angel was specially commissioned by Star Wars creator George Lucas to be screened with his 1980 blockbuster in European cinemas. Shot on location on the tidal island of Eilean Donan in the western Highlands of Scotland, it is described as an Arthurian tale of a knight who rescues a princess on his way home from the Crusades.
The original prints went missing after Empire's run in cinemas, but turned up in the archives of Universal Studios in the Us two years ago. Now the film, directed by Oscar-winning Star Wars...
A long-lost short that was screened ahead of the original run of Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back is to be shown in the UK for the first time in more than three decades, according to the BBC.
Fantasy story Black Angel was specially commissioned by Star Wars creator George Lucas to be screened with his 1980 blockbuster in European cinemas. Shot on location on the tidal island of Eilean Donan in the western Highlands of Scotland, it is described as an Arthurian tale of a knight who rescues a princess on his way home from the Crusades.
The original prints went missing after Empire's run in cinemas, but turned up in the archives of Universal Studios in the Us two years ago. Now the film, directed by Oscar-winning Star Wars...
- 2/7/2014
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Tenth edition of the Glasgow Film Festival to host a record 60 UK premieres; Under the Skin to receive Scottish premiere as closing film.
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel will receive its UK premiere as the opening film of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) on Feb 20.
With the festival celebrating its tenth edition this year, its opening gala recalls their first-ever closing gala, Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which will also receive a screening during the festival on Glasgow’s Tall Ship.
Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, which was partly shot in Glasgow and stars Scarlett Johansson as a predatory alien seductress, will receive its Scottish premiere as the closing film on March 2.
Premieres
This year’s edition (supported by Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, EventScotland and Creative Scotland) will feature a record 60 UK premieres, including Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo; Sandra Nettelbeck’s Mr. Morgan’s [link...
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel will receive its UK premiere as the opening film of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) on Feb 20.
With the festival celebrating its tenth edition this year, its opening gala recalls their first-ever closing gala, Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which will also receive a screening during the festival on Glasgow’s Tall Ship.
Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, which was partly shot in Glasgow and stars Scarlett Johansson as a predatory alien seductress, will receive its Scottish premiere as the closing film on March 2.
Premieres
This year’s edition (supported by Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, EventScotland and Creative Scotland) will feature a record 60 UK premieres, including Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo; Sandra Nettelbeck’s Mr. Morgan’s [link...
- 1/21/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Back at the end of 2012, news came that Roger Christian's long lost short film Black Angel has been found. Newly restored, the short premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival last week and will now be getting a full digital release via Netflix and iTunes in 2014. The film was long thought lost until the negative was re-discovered recently. Only those who saw the original theatrical run of The Empire Strikes Back got to witness the 25 minute film that inspired George Lucas as well as the...
- 10/21/2013
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
The newly rediscovered Black Angel has released a clip.
The short film originally screened before The Empire Strikes Back in Europe and Australia in 1980.
The fantasy tale was directed by Star Wars art director Roger Christian with financial help from George Lucas.
It was assumed lost until it was recovered in December in the Universal archives and digitally restored by Athena Studios.
Black Angel received its North American premiere this week at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Marin County.
The short centres around a knight from the crusades who is transported to a magical land where he must rescue a maiden from a black knight.
Christian is planning to release Black Angel through Netflix and iTunes.
The short film originally screened before The Empire Strikes Back in Europe and Australia in 1980.
The fantasy tale was directed by Star Wars art director Roger Christian with financial help from George Lucas.
It was assumed lost until it was recovered in December in the Universal archives and digitally restored by Athena Studios.
Black Angel received its North American premiere this week at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Marin County.
The short centres around a knight from the crusades who is transported to a magical land where he must rescue a maiden from a black knight.
Christian is planning to release Black Angel through Netflix and iTunes.
- 10/17/2013
- Digital Spy
It would appear from the volumes of making-of materials and documentaries on “Star Wars” that Lucasfilm has nearly every piece of film surrounding it stored in the archives. However, less preserved are the outside works of those who worked on the saga, namely “Star Wars” art director Roger Christian: with financial assistance from George Lucas in 1979, he wrote, produced and directed a 25-minute short entitled “Black Angel” that showed in front of “The Empire Strikes Back.” Since its release, it was presumed that copies of the film were lost forever, but with the news back in December that its original negative had been found, we've got our first glimpse of the short, as well as clarification on its latest release. Following "a knight returning from the Crusades who is transported to a mystical realm where he must rescue a princess from a black knight," the Akira Kurosawa-influenced film...
- 10/17/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Shadowlocked's old friend Roger Christian, creator of the original lightsaber for Star Wars (A New Hope), has just married in Toronto and was kind enough to send us a few pics. Star Wars Academy award winner Roger wed Lina Dhingra at Toronto's prestigious Hunt Club. After the Anglican and Indian ceremonies the bride and groom were escorted into the dining hall by 2 young laser sword wielding Jedis and two formidable-looking 501 Storm Troopers. Then a Bollywood dance troupe entered and even the stormtroopers got their Bhangra on!
And here's Roger on the happy day with Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Mortal Instruments Producer Don Carmody, a fellow academy award winner for Chicago.
Roger won the Academy Award for his work on Star Wars (1977) and was Oscar-nominated for Alien (1979). He returned to the Star Wars universe in the role of assistant director for The Phantom Menace (1999), and has directed 14 movies in his own right,...
And here's Roger on the happy day with Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Mortal Instruments Producer Don Carmody, a fellow academy award winner for Chicago.
Roger won the Academy Award for his work on Star Wars (1977) and was Oscar-nominated for Alien (1979). He returned to the Star Wars universe in the role of assistant director for The Phantom Menace (1999), and has directed 14 movies in his own right,...
- 7/23/2013
- Shadowlocked
If you saw The Empire Strikes Back in Europe or Australia during its original theatrical run, you may remember seeing before it something called Black Angel, a 25-minute short by the film's art director, Roger Christian. About a knight returning from the Crusades who rescues a princess from a mystical realm, the movie was less similar to Empire and much more like Excalibur and other sword-and-sorcery films that followed it-- in fact, it inspired those films. But until now, nobody-- not even Christian himself-- has been able to revisit it. We hear often of films from the early HOllywood era being lost to time, but it's rare for something made in 1980 to genuinely disappear. All the same, after influencing countless young Star Wars fans, Black Angel was believed to be lost for decades, with no VHS or DVD release and even Christian unable to hunt down the original negative.. until...
- 1/4/2013
- cinemablend.com
It’s no secret that many films have been lost to the ravages of time -- an estimated 90 percent of American films made before 1929 are believed to gone forever -- but it’s hard to believe that an influential short film released in 1980 in front of showings of “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” could be missing. But that’s exactly what happened though...until now. Wired is reporting that the original negative of “Star Wars” art director Roger Christian’s directorial debut, the 25-minute short film “Black Angel,” has been located. The short film, which boasted George Lucas' “financial assistance," follows "a knight returning from the Crusades who is transported to a mystical realm where he must rescue a princess from a black knight." After its initial run in front of the theatrical screenings of the 'Empire' in Europe and Australia, the short film faded into history despite.
- 12/31/2012
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Let's go back to 1980 when Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was first relased in theaters. Now let's get location specific. For those who lived in Europe and Australia and went to see the film, you were most likely treated with a short film that opened before the main course called Black Angel. This short was the directorial debut of Star Wars art director Roger Christian with financial backing from Lucas. Christian said this of when the director first read the material, .When George...
- 12/28/2012
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
In the fourth of the new Shadowlocked podcasts, we chat with our old friend Roger Christian - Oscar winning inventor of the look of Star Wars and Alien, and subsequently a director in his own right (he also helped out old friend and colleague George Lucas by being 2nd Ad on The Phantom Menace).
Additionally Alien art director Christian holds many of the secrets of Ridley Scott's much anticipated Prometheus 'Alien prequel', and he and I did at least get to discuss the recent trailers, the potential of a trilogy that goes off in an unexpected direction, and how Ridley Scott might be reliving the executive-strewn nightmare of 1978 in far happier circumstances, with a great deal more experience and power.
As usual, I'm moaning about the lack of xenomorphs.
Additionally the ever-busy Christian has just finished zombie movie 13 Eerie, and among a slate of financed projects he is...
Additionally Alien art director Christian holds many of the secrets of Ridley Scott's much anticipated Prometheus 'Alien prequel', and he and I did at least get to discuss the recent trailers, the potential of a trilogy that goes off in an unexpected direction, and how Ridley Scott might be reliving the executive-strewn nightmare of 1978 in far happier circumstances, with a great deal more experience and power.
As usual, I'm moaning about the lack of xenomorphs.
Additionally the ever-busy Christian has just finished zombie movie 13 Eerie, and among a slate of financed projects he is...
- 3/21/2012
- Shadowlocked
Roger Christian, art director on Alien and Star Wars and a director in his own right (The Dollar Bottom, Black Angel, Battlefield Earth), is set to liven up Germany's most famous beer festival by unleashing hordes of the undead on the perennial booze-tourists at Munich's Octoberfest. The director provides this synopsis...
"When a group of English lads go to the beer festival for the drink and the women, they bite off more than they can chew; chemicals sprayed underground to neutralise the millions of gallons of urine has the unfortunate side effect of literally waking the dead. Long-buried in ancient crypts below the site and in the hospital morgue, the zombies arise..."
A horror-fest erupts as the unprepared revellers battle the undead hordes unleashed on them. Christian describes the project as "In the vein of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland" and promises that the film will embrace "the comedic...
"When a group of English lads go to the beer festival for the drink and the women, they bite off more than they can chew; chemicals sprayed underground to neutralise the millions of gallons of urine has the unfortunate side effect of literally waking the dead. Long-buried in ancient crypts below the site and in the hospital morgue, the zombies arise..."
A horror-fest erupts as the unprepared revellers battle the undead hordes unleashed on them. Christian describes the project as "In the vein of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland" and promises that the film will embrace "the comedic...
- 12/13/2010
- Shadowlocked
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