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Fincher, who says ‘I think there is a trilogy here,’ opens up to MTV News about ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,’ ‘Cleopatra’ and ‘Goon.’ By Josh Horowitz Rooney Mara in “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” Photo: Columbia Pictures If you’ve somehow missed the cultural phenomenon that is Stieg Larsson’s massively successful Millenium trilogy, it might be time to give in and see what all the fuss is about. MTV has already named David Fincher’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” the best movie of 2011, so you can bet we had plenty to discuss when we sat down with revered director of “The Social Network,” “Fight Club” and “Seven” on the eve of his much-hyped film’s opening. In a wide-ranging discussion, Fincher candidly addressed the microscope his latest project has been under, plus his plans to work with Angelina Jolie, the summer tent-pole movie he’s actually excited to helm and who the famously intimidating director actually fears pissing off. MTV : Congratulations on the film. You may have heard that MTV named it the best film of the year. David Fincher : I heard that! MTV : After a long debate, we came to a consensus. Fincher : Really? What possible debate could there be? [ laughs ] MTV : You’ve obviously had plenty of opportunities to helm a franchise and this, despite not being a happy-meal-friendly one, still is one. Fincher : There are a lot of those [franchise] expectations. I think there is a trilogy here, [but] I was looking it as a one off. I see a beginning, middle and an end in this first story. I would like for people to enjoy it. I would like for people to tell their friends. And I think it tees up two fascinating characters who I have really come to care about. There’s no doubt [Stieg Larsson] wrote it to be a rip-roaring yarn, but I don’t think he could have possibly imagined what it has become. There was no doubt that when we went to Stockholm that there were people asking, “Is this just a Hollywood land grab? Is this a co-opting of our cultural phenomenon?” I saw it as a ripping yarn and a partnership that I’d never seen before, and I like the idea of these two people who should never meet, much less sleep together, much less partner up. I had never seen that before and thought that’s kind of interesting. It was very Swedish and kind of sexy but also kind of oddly moving. Having no experience with the — I’m not saying these books are “Twilight” — but that message-board freak-out phenomenon that goes with it, I was unprepared for it, possibly because I’m just too insulated from the real world and because I’m kind of immune to that kind of sh–. MTV : The casting story became … Fincher : The casting story was blown out of proportion by a lot of people. I wasn’t prepared for that. The only way to win is to win on merit, and it’s the only satisfying way to win, and hopefully, that’s what we’ve done. In the end, I still work 14 hours a day whether or not people are doubting me. I doubt myself more, in much smarter and salient ways than people surfing the web. MTV : Your ending differs from the book’s. Was that a difficult choice? Fincher : It was an easy choice to make. I thought it was sleeker. I like the idea of someone who has been subjected to this kind of trauma learning to hide in plain sight. It’s a different choice than the one the book makes. Lisbeth manages to occupy in the shadows and margins. This is another way of doing that. And they are parallel stories. It’s silly not to think of them as that. MTV : Do you have the same affection for the other two books? Are they as cinematically interesting to you? Fincher : I think the second book is very cinematic. It suffers a little bit from a lack of Salander. I think it also ends in an odd way. I love the notion of really talking about sex trafficking. MTV : Rooney [Mara] was telling us she already has some ideas for her look the next time around. Fincher : We did a lot of exploring [the look]. We looked into the stitched, Sally from “Nightmare Before Christmas.” We’ve played around a lot. There are some things that we’ve learned. MTV : You’re not going to ask her to get implants, are you? Fincher : It’s interesting because when you go through the checklist of what Larsson did with [Salander], there were a lot of things [that seemed] like quasi-stripper Kardashian land. To me, that’s not who Lisbeth is. The guy created it. He’s not here to defend himself. I hold him in the highest esteem, but I don’t always agree with his choices. MTV : If he were around, what would you ask him? Fincher : I don’t know. Look, the person I wanted to impress the most on “Seven” was [screenwriter] Andy Walker. The person I wanted to impress most on “Fight Club” was [author] Chuck Palahniuk. I think my responsibility is first and foremost to the creator. MTV : Will Jules Verne be happy with what you do with “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”? Fincher : I think he would be. If we get to do what we’re planning on doing, it’s pretty interesting. MTV : Was that a book that was important to you as a young man? Fincher : No, not at all. I was alive when a man stepped on the moon. It was awe-inspiring, the notion of that much care that NASA took. I’m sure it was the same thing for the Manhattan Project. The idea of a post-Civil War version of science fiction and the notion of being able to breathe underwater was so radical in its thinking. That’s pretty cool. If you’re going to do big tent-pole teenage PG-13 summer movies, it’s kind of cool that it would be this. MTV : Is “Cleopatra” something you’re currently developing? Fincher : That’s something I would love to do with Angie [Jolie]. It’s something that was brought to me that you have to take seriously. [Producer] Scott [Rudin] has this wonderful book, and hopefully [screenwriter] Eric [Roth] can find a way in. I’m not interested in a giant sword-and-sandal epic. We’ve seen scope; everyone knows we can fake that. That stuff doesn’t impress in the way that it did even 10 years ago. We expect that from Starz [now]. So that’s not the reason to do that. What is it about this character that has purchased this place in our history and imagination that is relatable today? MTV : One film I’ve talked to you about in the past is “Rendezvous With Rama.” Should we keep talking about it, or should I drop it? Fincher : You should drop that. It’s great but it’s just a really expensive movie, and talk about the bones being picked by so many other stories … MTV : IMAX is something that filmmakers like Brad Bird and Christopher Nolan have lately been using. Does it interest you? Fincher : No. They’re going to have the digital equivalent of IMAX very shortly. I don’t like the idea of changing fidelity in the middle of a movie just to say, “Here comes some big sh–!” Whatever Brad Bird or Chris do is fine by me. I normally think in terms of homogenization. I want to be able to count on a kind of resolution and depth of field. I never saw “The Dark Knight” in IMAX. I could definitely see a difference in fidelity of the IMAX sequences. But to each his own. MTV : I saw you last at Comic-Con for “Goon.” How is that project looking? Fincher : We’re still trying. Eric [Powell] rewrote his script. He got away from the genesis story, and I feel like we need to go back to a little bit of what he had before. I don’t think you can tailor what Powell does to what Hollywood does. I think you have to allow for the disparity. I don’t think you can go into it saying, “We have to make it fit into this box.” Everything is a digression from what the main through line is. MTV : Is there anything else you’re looking to collaborate on with Trent Reznor? Fincher : We’ve talked about a lot of stuff. I would do anything for him. I feel so lucky to have had his attention for the year and a half that I’ve had it. I’m not going to push my luck. I’m walking on eggshells. I don’t want to piss that guy off. MTV : There’s always the “Fight Club” musical. Fincher : I keep trying! Check out everything we’ve got on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos Best Movies Of 2011 Debate
My name’s Trish and November 23rd was the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. My friends and I were trying so hard to get VIP passes to see Justin at the Today Show and of course we had no luck. We were so unsure if it was even worth going down there. We were devastated until we found out about THE VIEW! We had a half day of school so we decided to skip school and go down to the city at 8 am. When we first got to The View, they were done handing out passes to get in. So we decided to wait outside! We waited near the exit where all the celebrities leave. We made so many friends while waiting, it was great!. While waiting we were looking at Twitter and saw that Scrappy tweeted about how there wasn’t enough beliebers inside The View! EVERYONE in the crowd outside told him that he should come out side! About 20 minutes later Justin came out. I WAS DYING. I’ve never been so close to Justin in my life! Girls pushed down the brocades to get in front of the gate. My friends and I stayed near one of the gates. We kept screaming Justin’s name and then Kenny pointed to us telling us that Justin would come over to us next! He came over right in front of me. He touched my hand and looked me in the eyes and was like, “How are you”. I always had like a conversation planned out on what I would say to Justin when I first met him. That plan failed, the first thing I said was I LOVE YOU . After Justin left I was in SHOCK. I called all of my friends hysterically crying. We then walked to Rockefeller Center. My uncle was one of the workers there so we were hoping we would be able to somehow get close to see Justin perform! We waited downstairs and met so many people. We met all the dancers, Scooter, and Dan Kanter. While we were talking to the dancers, guess who walked right passed us? USHER! My uncle was able to get us VIP PASSES to go on the ice to watch Justin perform with Busta and Usher. This day was the best day EVER. Even though I didnt get a picture with Justin, this will be a memory I will NEVER forget. -@trishhhhhhhh Originally posted here: My name’s Trish and November 23rd was the BEST DAY OF MY…
Paris reveals best advice Michael gave her. By Gil Kaufman Paris Jackson appears on “Ellen” Photo: Warner Bros Paris Jackson will give her first-ever solo interview on Thursday morning (December 15) when she appears on “The Ellen DeGenres Show” to promote her upcoming acting debut. After a cloistered childhood, Paris, 13, the only daughter of late pop icon Michael Jackson , opened up to Ellen about her formerly sheltered life and how her dad’s music inspired her acting. In excerpts released before the airing, Paris explained that her dad helped her prepare for her upcoming first movie role, in which she’ll play Lundon in “Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys,” an adaptation of the fantasy series based on writer Dennis Christen’s novels. “When I was really little my dad was in the movie ‘Moonwalker’ and I knew he could sing really well but I didn’t know he could act,” she said. “I saw that and I said, ‘Wow, I want to be just like him.’ ” She said Michael also gave her at-home acting lessons. “We would do improv together. He would give us little scenarios. He would (say), ‘OK, in this scene you’re going to cry’ and I’d cry on the spot.” In one of the most (literally) revealing moments, Paris explained what it felt like for herself and her siblings, Prince and Blanket, to wear disguises for most of their young lives. “I’m like, ‘This is stupid. Why am I wearing a mask?’ But I kind of realized the older I got like he only tried to protect us and he’d explain that to us too,” she said. The masks, in fact, helped the three kids live as normal a life as they possibly could considering that their dad was one of the most-sought-after paparazzi targets on earth. “I do have like a regular childhood,” she said. “I mean, I’m treated the same. When I came to [my new school] they didn’t know who I was. I was like, ‘Yes, I have a chance to be normal.'” When asked if she realized how big a deal her dad was when she was a child, Paris admitted, “I just thought, ‘He’s got a few songs out,’ but I figured everyone did that.” In the action-animation hybrid “Lundon,” Paris will voice the lead character, a human, in a fantasy adventure in which “sea magic turns a dolphin into a human, a teenage boy into a dragonfly and a loving jellyfish queen into an evil fairy godmother.” Among the other voices in the movie are former CNN personality Larry King and his wife, Shawn, and ex ‘NSYNC member Joey Fatone. Paris told DeGeneres that her dad warned her before his surprise death in June 2009 that he would not be around forever. “He said, ‘If I die tomorrow always remember what I told you.’ I took his advice and I remembered everything he told me,” she said. Related Photos Family & Friends Say Goodbye To Michael Jackson
Paris reveals best advice Michael gave her. By Gil Kaufman Paris Jackson appears on “Ellen” Photo: Warner Bros Paris Jackson will give her first-ever solo interview on Thursday morning (December 15) when she appears on “The Ellen DeGenres Show” to promote her upcoming acting debut. After a cloistered childhood, Paris, 13, the only daughter of late pop icon Michael Jackson , opened up to Ellen about her formerly sheltered life and how her dad’s music inspired her acting. In excerpts released before the airing, Paris explained that her dad helped her prepare for her upcoming first movie role, in which she’ll play Lundon in “Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys,” an adaptation of the fantasy series based on writer Dennis Christen’s novels. “When I was really little my dad was in the movie ‘Moonwalker’ and I knew he could sing really well but I didn’t know he could act,” she said. “I saw that and I said, ‘Wow, I want to be just like him.’ ” She said Michael also gave her at-home acting lessons. “We would do improv together. He would give us little scenarios. He would (say), ‘OK, in this scene you’re going to cry’ and I’d cry on the spot.” In one of the most (literally) revealing moments, Paris explained what it felt like for herself and her siblings, Prince and Blanket, to wear disguises for most of their young lives. “I’m like, ‘This is stupid. Why am I wearing a mask?’ But I kind of realized the older I got like he only tried to protect us and he’d explain that to us too,” she said. The masks, in fact, helped the three kids live as normal a life as they possibly could considering that their dad was one of the most-sought-after paparazzi targets on earth. “I do have like a regular childhood,” she said. “I mean, I’m treated the same. When I came to [my new school] they didn’t know who I was. I was like, ‘Yes, I have a chance to be normal.'” When asked if she realized how big a deal her dad was when she was a child, Paris admitted, “I just thought, ‘He’s got a few songs out,’ but I figured everyone did that.” In the action-animation hybrid “Lundon,” Paris will voice the lead character, a human, in a fantasy adventure in which “sea magic turns a dolphin into a human, a teenage boy into a dragonfly and a loving jellyfish queen into an evil fairy godmother.” Among the other voices in the movie are former CNN personality Larry King and his wife, Shawn, and ex ‘NSYNC member Joey Fatone. Paris told DeGeneres that her dad warned her before his surprise death in June 2009 that he would not be around forever. “He said, ‘If I die tomorrow always remember what I told you.’ I took his advice and I remembered everything he told me,” she said. Related Photos Family & Friends Say Goodbye To Michael Jackson
While we were waiting for Michelle’s friend, we saw a guy by with the flowers for the One Less Lonely Girl. We called the guy and ask him to leave the flowers with us for a while. We took pictures with the flowers and give back to him. We got our meet & greet wristbands and I couldn’t help but cry. We looked back and guess who was there? Justin’s grandparents! We needed to talk to them, take pictures and everything. But we did not want to bother them. They understood what we wanted and called us to take pictures, they were very polite! Then we went to the meet & greet. It was a lot of excitement, we could not stop talking about Justin, we could not wait to get our turn! I was the first to walk in and my friends were right behind. I got stuck looking at the beauty of Justin. I could not walk, talk, do anything. I could not believe that the boy that I love in front of me! The moment I saw him my body froze. He was very cute, laughing and talking with his team until he looked at me and he was waiting for me. OMG, I can tell you he is PERFECT. My friends were on my side, also without reaction. Until Kenny said, ”Come on girls” and I was like OMG Kenny is talking to me, Kenny touched me, I freaked out. I came very close to Justin and the moment, I gave him a hug and my friends did the same. That was my best feeling of my entire life! I hugged Justin could not believe it. He smiled at us and at the time of the photo, he ran his hand on all of us. I looked into his eyes and said, ”Thank you for everything”. He smiled, looked at us and said, ”I have to thank you” He was very sweet and gentle and his smile is the prettiest thing in the world. I was shaking and could not believe what had just happened. I never cried so much in my life, we could not do anything but cry until I heard my friend screaming, ”Scoooooter” and I looked forward and Scooter Braun was there. He was going to Justin’s dressing room. He turned to us and said ”Hi girls” and we went crazy. After this, we watched Justin’s concert, we danced, cried and had the best day of our lifes! I just wanted to remind you to never stop believing because dreams do come true! I was very sad because I will not meet Justin but look what happened? -@isabeltenorio1 See more here: While we were waiting for Michelle’s friend, we saw a guy…
Before the show, I lost my friends, so I decided to take a walk. It was the second show in Brazil and the second show that I went to. I didn’t know what to do, it was then that I saw a group of people near one of the entrances of the production. Then I got closer to see who it was, and when then I realized, it was Scooter Braun! I asked a girl who was there, ”Is the Scooter?” and she said, “Yes, but shut up!” I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! Scooter Braun was in front of me! In front of my eyes! ”Shut up”? Not! So I said, ”Scooter, come here please!!” He took a while because he was talking to a girl who spoke English better than me but he came, then the first thing that I said was, ”Hug me!” and he looked at me like ‘wtf?’ hahaha. But even then he hugged me. I asked him if he could help me to meet Justin, but he said he couldn’t, it was too late. I cried, then I asked him if he could hug me, so he did. I did not have a camera, but I asked him if he would take a picture with me. He accepted, so I asked to the first person that I saw if she could take the picture, and she accepted. One of my dreams came true! I met Scooter Braun! And he’s so cute! I miss him, but I have sure that we will meet again! See you, Scooter! See the article here: Before the show, I lost my friends, so I decided to take a walk….
Earlier today, 100 puzzle pieces were passed around the Internet, as various sites – including our friends at Movie Fanatic ! – were selected to Tweet clues that would eventually come together and form the latest poster for The Hunger Games . And here it is! The mesmerizing image features Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen, bow and arrow in hand, standing in the middle of the Capitol arena, surrounded by flags of herself and Josh Hutcherson’s Peeta. Does anyone else have goosebumps? And, seriously, for the 412th time, is it March 23 yet?!? Watch The Hunger Games trailer now and count down the days with us.
Here’s a sexy little number named Melanie Iglesias in a naughty holiday flip book. I don’t know what they mean by flip book, I’m guessing like one of those things kids make in elementary school, but if it involves this hottie and her friends half naked I don’t really care what it is. Hot chicks fooling around in Xmas lingerie definitely gets me in a festive mood. Keep up the good work.
Kelly Clarkson wants us all to have a merry little Christmas – and one of our favorite singers has just gone a long way toward helping us accomplish that goal. The original American Idol has released a new music video, this one in honor of “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).” Kelly Clarkson Music Video – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) The incredibly talented 29-year old stages a global flash mob in the video, actually using footage provided to her by fans after she posted the following message on her blog, which accompanied the video’s choreography: “I’d like everyone to join me in my global flash mob… Learn it with me and get your cameras ready to record you and your friends rocking these moves in a unique location that shows where you are in the world. Submit your clip using the form below and maybe you’ll see it in my music video!!” Pretty cool, huh? Watch now.
