Orlando, Pirates 2 nominated for Teen Choice Awards
posted by Jas, 07/30/06
Orlando has been nominated for Teen Choice Awards 2006 for Choice Movie Actor-Drama/Action Adventure and Choice Male Hottie, the duel between Will Turner and Commodore is nominated for Choice Rumble. Bill Nighy has been nominated for Choice Sleazebag, both Johnny and Keira are nominated in several categories as well and Pirates 2 has been nominated for Choice Summer Movie-Drama/Action Adventure. Click here to cast your vote. The show will be telecast live on FOX on August 20, 2006 at 8 pm ET/PT. Red carpet pre-show starts at 7:30 pm ET/PT.

An interview with Geoffrey Rush
posted by Jas, 07/30/06
The Age has an interview with Geoffrey Rush and mention that he's about to finish filming Pirates 3

He is also just about to finish filming the third instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean in the Bahamas, as Captain Barbossa. This is about as mass-market as it gets, especially for Rush. He says, simply: "It's important that the script and actors and director are good, but sometimes it really helps if it coincides with the kids' holidays and some warm weather. "Everyone thinks, 'What a doddle,' " he says, "but last year for Pirates I made eight trips — to Los Angeles, then Miami, then Barbados, then a boat to an island, 30 hours all up, eight times, so that takes the edge off all the fun because you spend the time you are there jetlagged out of your brain, hating the tropics and hating being alive and then coming home to Melbourne jetlagged for a couple of weeks then going away to do it all again."

Central Coast could be site of 'Pirate' invasion
posted by Jas, 07/30/06
Parts of Pirates 3 will be filmed at the Guadalupe Dunes. Shooting is expected to take place in late fall, and will last one to three days.

Parts of the third installment of the highly successful "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies will be filmed at the Guadalupe Dunes, according to Martine White, Santa Barbara County Film Commissioner. White said the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean III" is expected to take place in late fall, and will last one to three days. It is unknown whether the shooting will bring the film's stars - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley - to the area, and White emphasized that even though the dunes have already been scouted by the director and department heads, a sudden script change could result in the scene being cut from the film. "It's never definite until they actually come and begin shooting," said White. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Pictures is doing its part to keep the shoot under wraps. The film's publicist, Michael Singer, said the filmmakers have had a "closed-up policy" since production began in 2005, and he cannot release any information about filming. Guadalupe's mayor said he has been hearing rumors that "Pirates" would film here for about a year now.

Pirates gag reel
posted by Jas, 07/29/06
More description of the Pirates 3 clip shown at Comic Con from Ain't It Cool and there's another at JoBlo. Spoilers ahead!

Then one of the effects guys that worked on Pirates came out and went into a lot of technical detail about how they created the effects for Davy Jones. They showed a lot of side by side shots of the actors in their motion capture suits and what the finished characters looked like. He also brought along a kind of gag reel that showed some of the jokes the animators did at the end of filming. The 2 that caught my eye were the 'Krispy Kreamed' scene. They made the rolling water wheel a krispy kreme doughnut. A lot of the animators had just worked on SW3 and showed a scene where Elizabeth was wielding 2 light sabers instead of swords. They then showed what I thought was a fairly long preview of the next movie. 2 of the scenes they showed that caught my eye was where Sparrow tells off the 2 women from Tortuga in a funny exchange after which they both slap the crap out of him. There is another scene where Sparrow asked if anyone rescued him just for the sake of rescuing him or liking him and all were quiet...except the monkey raised his hand. It looked pretty cool and should be a fun movie next year.

Video Download: POTC 2 UK Premiere - MTV China
posted by Jas, 07/28/06
Szeki has captured a red carpet interview with Orlando, Johnny and Keira at the UK premiere of Pirates 2 from MTV China. I have a birthday party to prepare (my one year old niece), no time to upload the video so go to OL Board to download it :-)

Orlando talks climate change
posted by Jas, 07/28/06
Kotaro reports that Orlando is currently in Japan, he arrived yesterday morning. Orlando gave a speech about Global Cool at the Fuji Rock Festival 2006, which is held in Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa-machi, Niigata, Japan. The event will be aired on WoWow on August 25. Fujirock Express has more pics of Orlando at the festival and don't forget to check Ka-Bloom for more pics to drool, I mean look at.

An hour after launching the Global Cool initiative at Fuji Rock 2006, Orlando Bloom and Global Cool founder Dan Morrell took the stage once more, this time in the dragonfly-specked Gypsy Avalon field. Talking to a crowd of Japanese festival-goers, the pair were joined by Steve Howard, head of The Climate Group.

Bloom told the crowd at the mountain-hemmed festival site, "This is a beautiful environment for a concert; we can save this environment." Morrell and Howard went on to explain the campaign in this intimate setting, inviting questions from the crowd. One passionate Japanese reveller asked, "Why are you telling us this when the Americans are the ones who backed out of the Kyoto protocol?" America signed the protocol, which aims to prevent climate change, in 1998, but has yet to ratify it or put it into place. Morrell replied, "We want you to forget what everyone else is doing, and just look at what you can do yourself."

Before the trio and their translator left the stage, Bloom made a parting comment. "This is all about small things that make a big difference," he said, adding with a smile, "Enjoy the party! Fuji Rocks…" The Gypsy Avalon stage is powered by 'soft energy', generated by bio-diesel fuel from recyled salad oil and solar power, and represents the ethos of Fuji Rock's carbon-neutral programme.

Haven to show soon
posted by Jas, 07/28/06
Director Frank E. Flowers talks about plans to screen Haven in Cayman

The film Haven, directed and written by Caymanian Frank E. Flowers, is planned for limited release from Friday, 15 September. Haven, filmed in Cayman during 2003, was originally due for release in April, however Mr. Flowers said it was put back to September to avoid coinciding with the release of the blockbuster movie Pirates of the Caribbean.

Haven, the director's first full length feature, will initially be shown in eight cities across the US, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Miami before expanding to 40 cities by the end of the theatrical run. Mr. Flowers said that they are also working with the local cinema in Cayman. "It is a big priority for us to have a screening in Cayman," the director said.

Plans are currently under way for a Cable and Wireless sponsored screening to be shown in Cayman during September. At the time of going to press C&W were unable to confirm any details. The film, which cost in the region of US$6 million to make, involves a shady US businessman (Bill Paxton) who flees to Cayman to avoid federal prosecution. At the same time a Romeo–and–Juliet style love affair is chronicled by Orlando Bloom and Zoe Saldana. Haven has had numerous mentions in the international press, thanks to Orlando Bloom.

"He has been very supportive of the campaign and is very excited about the film," the director said. "Obviously he is very proud of Haven and small films need support like this." Since the filming of Haven wrapped up, Mr. Flowers has branched out into the music industry. Commenting on the film, Mr. Flowers reflected: "Haven was especially inspiring as it was such a mammoth undertaking for my first film. To have it out in the world, especially in Cayman, is such an honour, to see a slice of Cayman's culture on the big screen. I am excited to see how it all goes over."

Haven preview
posted by Jas, 07/26/06
Movies Online has a preview of Haven which is set to be released on September 15. Update: Preksuperteacher reports that Cinema Blend has posted their own preview

KOH Director's Cut DVD review
posted by Jas, 07/26/06
The Trades has a review of Kingdom of Heaven's Director's Cut DVD

Pirates products
posted by Jas, 07/26/06
Beth reports that Things You Never Knew Existed website has some Pirates products in their catalogue like a Jack Sparrow talking figure, POTC monopoly, a replica of Jack Sparrow's ring, and a Jack Sparrow motion lamp.

Pirates 3 description at Comic Con
posted by Jas, 07/24/06
More description of the Pirates 3 clip shown at Comic Con from IGN of a video clip from P3 shown at Comic Con, Spoilers ahead! stop reading if you don't want to know

After the cliffhanger ending of Dead Man's Chest, it appeared Captain Jack Sparrow may have met his maker. Considering he showed up in many of the clips of footage, he is apparently alive and well in the third film. Also seen were some glimpses of the new character Sao Feng, played by Chow Yun-Fat. There were also shots of a large sea battle, with Captain Jack displaying some of his non-traditional battle tactics. There were also shots of swordfights, and scenes with dialogue that show the traditional Pirates of the Caribbean humor will also be present in this sequel. Every major character that appeared in the first two films seemed to appear in this clip, so it would appear the series will be going out with a big bang.

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Excite Japan
posted by Jas, 07/24/06
Pamela reports that Excite Japan has posted their interview with Orlando when he was in Japan to promote Pirates 2, download here (low) or here (high)

Video Download: POTC 2 Japan Press Conference - Movie Walker
posted by Jas, 07/24/06
I downloaded this clip weeks ago but forgot to post ack!, sorry about that, thanks Pam! Movie Walker has posted their version of Johnny and Orlando at the Japan press conference, content is the same as the full press conference I already posted but this version is from a different angle and a lot closer. Download here (low) or here (high)

New P2 production photos & trading cards
posted by Jas, 07/24/06
Jan has posted new production photos & digital trading cards from POTC 2 as well as some left overs from the Gorbachev Foundation dinner

Interview with Orlando
posted by Jas, 07/24/06
Pamela reports that Cinema Cafe has an interview with Orlando, Pam has posted some photos here. So-net also posted their interview with Orlando with some photos here

Interview with Mackenzie Crook
posted by Jas, 07/24/06
The Guardian has an interview with Mackenzie Crook where he talked about filming Pirates 2 among other things

One afternoon we were shooting on White Cay in the Bahamas. To get there we left at four in the morning - then there was half an hour in the car, plus 45 minutes in powerboats to base camp, which was two vast container ships anchored about a mile from the Cay. There we were costumed and made up, and then smaller speedboats would take us halfway to land before the water got too shallow and we waded the last half-mile. Our movements on the small exposed area of sand and scrub were restricted owing to a unique species of iguana whose rights came before ours, so most of the work was carried out in the shallows. Legend has it that some of the first crew members to arrive on the island were "going commando" and the sun's glare off the blinding white sand, quite frankly, burned their balls. We were advised to wear undergarments.

And even here, after four hours of sitting in a rowing boat waiting for the correct lighting conditions, I found myself getting irritated because an unidentified 6ft shark was taking an interest in the proceedings and causing the crew to run for land or boat. -- Full interview

'Pirates' sails to third box office win
posted by Jas, 07/23/06
Pirates 2 was the top movie for the third weekend in a row, bringing in an estimated $35.0 million in ticket sales. The film passed $300 million on its 16th day in theaters, passing the previous 17-day record of the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

P3 teaser trailer on Thanksgiving
posted by Jas, 07/23/06
Movieweb spoke to Pirates 3 visual effects supervisor, John Knoll at the Comic Con and he revealed that we will probably see Pirates 3 teaser trailer closer to Thanksgiving and then a story oriented trailer in earlier Spring. He also talked about what to expect in Pirates 3

"All of the things we could not do in Pirates 2, we are gonna do in Pirates 3. There were not a lot of ship to ship battles in the second film and we are gonna change that." He went on to say that "Characters in Daveys crew... some of the guys who were not featured will be getting some close-ups." It also appears that now that they have done Davey Jones once, making him in this movie is going to be a lot easier. "We do not have to figure out the process anymore. Animating and lighting him... is no longer a time consuming process."

Knoll was then asked if Davey Jones could be improved. "I think we did a pretty good job." Knoll said that that he looks at Pirates 3 as an opportunity. "Since these characters are in 3D, animated all the way through, we thought we could better the performance to something close to motion capture quality. The goal was to make it easier."

How about there being new characters in the third installment? "I cannot say anything specific. The same imagination from the other films is still present." It had long been thought that mermaids might make an appearance in the new film. "No," Knoll laughed. "You will have to talk to the writers about that."

Pirates 3 footage at Comic Con
posted by Jas, 07/23/06
Coming Soon has a picture of Pirates 3 teaser poster and a brief description of a video clip from P3 shown at Comic Con, Spoilers ahead!

The footage was about two minutes long and included brief interviews with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Orlando Bloom. Chow Yun-Fat's character had many speaking lines in the clip, which featured lots of Singapore floating village shots, a rescue Captain Jack Sparrow scene, a scene where Sparrow has to convince the crew to run back and forth on the shipdeck to rock a ship over, Jack the undead monkey in Chinese Warrior armor, shots of Barbossa and Sparrow amid a huge shipboard sword battle, and a swordfight between Sparrow and Davy Jones atop a crows nest in a giant storm.

Behind the scenes photos
posted by Jas, 07/23/06
Jan has posted new behind the scenes photos of Orlando on the set of POTC 2

Video: Interview with Rick Heinrichs, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Disney Movie Surfers has posted video clip of their interview with POTC 2 production designer, Rick Heinrichs and Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook

Scream Awards 2006
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Nominations for Spike TV's SCREAM Awards 2006 were announced at the Comic-Con International in San Diego on Friday and Dead Man's Chest has been nominated for Best Fantasy Movie, Best Sequel, Best Heroic Performance for Johnny Depp, Best Screamplay and Best F/X. The event will be held at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, CA on Saturday, October 7 and will be aired on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 10 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT). Read press release here and then cast your vote here

Pirates director tired but happy
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Stuff has an interview with director Gore Verbinski where he talked about Pirates 2 and Pirates 3 a bit of spoiler ahead.

But is it true that a lot of people had doubts about Johnny Depp's performance before the first film came out?
The first time out I think everyone thought, just what is he doing? After the movie came out, Geoffrey Rush [Barbossa in The Curse of the Black Pearl] came up to me and said, Kudos to Johnny because all of us thought he was going to be an embarrassment, that he was operating way outside the quadrant.

There are some spectacular sequences in Dead Man's Chest. What was the most difficult to get on screen?
The actors always complained about the sword fight on the wheel, which involves Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Jack Davenport in a three-way sword fight. They were tied into the wheel and they were being rolled through the jungle, so it wasn't easy. But I think it turned out really well.

Any clues about what we can expect from Pirates 3?
The next film goes to Singapore, so there's a lot more Asian influence. You're going to see the pirate lords and a lot more of the Davy Jones love story -- what went wrong and why he did what he did -- and how that mirrors Will and Elizabeth's love story. There's also a different villain, or at least a lot more of the East India Company, which was the 17th century equivalent of a big multinational corporation and determined to stamp out piracy once and for all. With Davy Jones it's personal. When he kills, it's not random. But it's much scarier when a corporation does it. It's much more clinical. It's how the railroad was in the American West and what it did to the gunfighter. There's a great scene in Once Upon a Time in the West where the head of the railroad gets a gun to his head and he says there's only one thing more powerful than that and he pulls out a wad of cash. And it completely neutralizes the villain. And I think that's what the last part of the Pirates trilogy is about, that it's the end of an era because in a corrupt society there's no place for honest thieves.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has already mentioned the possibility of a Pirates 4. Will you be along for the ride?
Never say never. Right now I'm exhausted, but I always feel different after a rest. What I can tell you is that Johnny Depp has certainly not done playing this character. -- Full interview

Orlando Bloom lifesize cutouts
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Colin from Cardboardcutout.net wrote in to say that there's a new range of life sized cardboard cutouts from Pirates of the Caribbean, including Orlando as Will Turner. This is their third image of Orlando available as a cutout - joining the two Legolas cutouts available! UK/Europe fans can check it out at www.cardboardcutout.net, US fans can go to advancedgraphics.com. Thanks Colin.

Video Download: POTC 2 Featurete - Hans Zimmer Score
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Buena Vista has sent links to watch and download a video clip of POTC 2 composer, Hans Zimmer taking you behind-the-scenes and reveals how the on-screen action inspired the musical elements. All quicktime videos are downloadable. Flash files require a flash player, download one here. Thanks Minjae.

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Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - ET on MTV
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Guitarchick has posted a junket interview with Orlando aired on ET on MTV, here or here

Video Download: POTC 2 UK Premiere - Movies Online
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Movies Online has posted a red carpet interview with Orlando, Johnny and Keira and the UK premiere for Pirates 2 download Orlando's clip here or full clip here.

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - ET
posted by Jas, 07/22/06
Ka-Bloom has the second part of ET's interview with Orlando, download here or here

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Movies Online
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
Movies Online has posted their interview with Orlando and Keira, download Orlando's clip here or full clip here. Thanks to Eowadia for the tip

Davy Jones Progression gallery
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
See how the film's effects crew transformed Bill Nighy into Davy Jones from these images from Buena Vista. Thanks Jen

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Biglobe
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
Biglobe has posted their interview with Orlando and Johnny when they were in Japan, download Orlando's clip here or here (hi-res), the guy really loves the Kraken.

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Mezamashi
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
Miwa has captured a junket interview with Orlando from Mezamashi TV, download here (contains 2 files) or here

Pirates 3 shooting in West Wendover
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
KUTV reports that according to Peppermill Casinos spokesman John Spillman, Pirates 3 is scheduled to film scenes in town, and cast members will stay at Peppermill's tropical-themed Montego Bay

More Tia Dalma in Pirates 3
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
MTV reports that Naomie Harris will have more screen time in Pirates 3

Its second chapter is already the highest-grossing film of the year, with the biggest box-office opening of all time. Next month, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" step in front of movie cameras again to finish their third flick, "At World's End." According to series newcomer Naomie Harris, the seemingly endless box-office love for "Dead Man's Chest" has given the actors a renewed sense of enthusiasm. "But it's also more intimidating as well, because we have to make sure that 'Pirates 3' matches up," she admitted. In the third film, Harris gets considerably more screen time, and her voodoo-priestess character gets considerably more power. "Tia Dalma gets to go on the ship with all the other characters, and you find out that she's a lot more powerful than you realized in 'Pirates 2.' " Laughing, she added that she can't wait until the film's May 25 release: "We'll try and break some new records with 'Pirates 3.' "

Just How Bland Is Orlando Bloom, Really?
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
Jason from TheJay.com wrote in to say that he has written an article about Orlando which he thinks Orlando fans will get a kick out of crucifying him LOL! prepare for what's coming at you Jason, everybody lock and load! ha! ha!

Orlando & Johnny Hollywood Hotties MSN
posted by Jas, 07/20/06
Linda reports that both Orlando and Johnny made the list as some of the Hollywood Hotties on MSN.com

Pirates 3 spoiler pics
posted by Jas, 07/19/06
Sparrow in Flight has some spoiler pics (click on next button for more) from Pirates 3

"Pirates" FX Guru John Knoll
posted by Jas, 07/19/06
Coming Soon has an interview with Pirates 2 special effects supervisor, John Knoll.

CS: When I talked to Gore, he still had to shoot about 2/3rds of the movie. Is there enough preplanning that you can be working on certain effects shots even before they've begun shooting?
Knoll: Yeah, we're working one of the big set piece scenes. There's a lot of R 'n' D (research and development) that's underway right now.

CS: Is there anything as complicated as the Kraken or Davy Jones that you have to work on for the third movie?
Knoll: Oh, yeah. They haven't given up on the bold ideas.

CS: Can you talk about the looming deadline for the next movie, since you must have less time between now and the Memorial Day release date Disney has set for it.
Knoll: It's a little bit shorter production schedule than we had last time. It's six weeks less on the tail end that we had this time, but on "Pirates 2," we were shooting up until March, so we're going to wrap up principal photography in October, at least that's what we're saying now, so the post-production, editing portion of it won't be quite so frantic. Visual effects are probably going to be just as frantic as they were on "Pirates 2," meaning the size of the show is probably about the same number of shots, and from the time we get the finished cuts turned over to us to work on, until it's due, it's going to be about the same time span we had on "Pirates 2." -- Full interview

Pirates Culture Feature / Pirates Dice Game
posted by Jas, 07/18/06
With moviegoers actively seeking out information about pirate culture, myths and legends, learn about Pirates in the public, pirates in fashion and how to talk like a pirate from these photos from Buena Vista, click on thumbnails for larger view

In addition to this try your hand at Pirates Dice and see how you would fare against Davy Jones!

New Haven production stills
posted by Jas, 07/18/06
Rope of Silicone has new stills from Haven including the poster

Interview with Orlando and Keira
posted by Jas, 07/17/06
Empire Online has an interview with Orlando and Keira

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - ET Online
posted by Jas, 07/17/06
ET Online has a clip of Orlando visiting the ET set, download here or here

Video Download: New TV Spots - Buena Vista
posted by Jas, 07/17/06
Buena Vista has sent links to watch and download the two new TV Spots posted at Coming Soon the other day, this time in various formats, all quicktime videos are downloadable. Flash files require a flash player, download one here. Thanks Jen.

TV Spot #10
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TV Spot #9
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Video Download: POTC 2 London Premiere - Channel 4
posted by Jas, 07/17/06
KayDee has captured the London premiere for POTC 2 from Channel 4, there are also clips from the movie and interviews with the cast. Download part 1 and part 2 or go here

'Pirates'' Loot Tops $258.2 Million
posted by Jas, 07/16/06
LA Times report that POTC 2 is the first movie this year to hit the quarter-billion-dollar mark. It grossed an estimated $62.2 million in it's second weekend at the box office in the U.S. and Canada to bring its 10-day total to a record $258.2 million.

"Pirates" became the first movie this year to better the quarter-billion-dollar mark, and the fourth to top $200 million. Based on early returns, "Pirates" has a good shot at becoming the seventh picture ever to exceed $400 million at the U.S. and Canadian box offices, said Brandon Gray, president of BoxOfficeMojo.com. Worldwide, "Pirates" could become the third picture to break the $1-billion mark, joining "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

"Pirates" has no chance, however, of challenging the all-time record grosses of $600.8 million in the U.S. and Canada and $1.8 billion worldwide, both held by "Titanic," Gray said. "It's not as complete and compelling a movie experience," he said. "It's more of a middle movie with a cliffhanger ending, but you really have to satisfy audiences to get them to see a picture over and over again." Even so, Gray said, audiences obviously like "Pirates," which bodes well for the third installment in the series, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." That movie is due out Memorial Day weekend 2007. -- Full report

Does Orlando Bloom?
posted by Jas, 07/16/06
The Philippine Star has an interview with Orlando

PS: Any particular role that you'd like to play?
OB: "Hmmmm. You know, I'd like to go back to theater."

PS: How do you handle success and balance it with your private life?
OB:"As best as I can. To be honest, it's one of those things that you just have to accept and, yes, try to do the best that you can with it."

PS: Are you a vegetarian?
OB: "No, I'm not."

PS: How do you react to being called Sexiest Man Alive (by People magazine)?
OB: "Flattering. Yeah, very flattering."

PS: What part of your body do you think is the sexiest?
OB: "I have no idea." -- Full interview

Orlando article
posted by Jas, 07/15/06
EnterTeenment News has an article on Orlando talking about stunts, sequels and bonding with co-stars in POTC 2

Orlando featured in Sexiest
posted by Jas, 07/15/06
Preksuperteacher reports that Orlando is one of the celebrities featured on E sexiest Europeans stars, he's listed at #8. The show will air again on Monday at 1 am central time.

Video Download: Haven clip
posted by Jas, 07/14/06
Mel reports that a clip from Haven has been posted at YouTube, download here

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Chichinpuipui
posted by Jas, 07/14/06
Miwa has captured a junket interview with Orlando when he was in Japan promoting POTC 2 from Chichinpuipui. Download here (interview part only) or here (full clip)

Bloom considers other career options
posted by Jas, 07/14/06
Ireland online reports that Orlando is considering other career options after Hollywood

Movie heart-throb Orlando Bloom is considering alternative careers should fickle Hollywood turn its back on him. The 29-year-old is wowing audiences in mega-hit movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's Chest, but he still worries he will be forced to take up another discipline. He says: "I'd be a photographer or maybe a sculptor. I'd photograph wildlife or be a documentary photographer. I would go to war zones and stuff. "I think it's really brave and courageous but also a really hard thing to do because you see those photos of somebody dying on the street and you think: 'Why is that person taking a photo and not jumping in to help.' But those photos move the imagination."

Video Download: New TV Spots - Coming Soon
posted by Jas, 07/14/06
Coming Soon has two new TV spots for POTC 2, they are actually clips from the previous tv spots put together, download clip #1, clip #2 (right click link and save)

Five Lessons 'Pirates' Can Learn From 'Jedi'
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Preksuperteacher reports that someone at AOL Journal wrote a funny article about how Pirates 3 should open and end.

Orlando Bloom on his pirate, not private life
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Another interview with Orlando from Bay Area Reporter

The fact that he is currently dating Superman Returns star Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane) doesn't seem to bother his fan-base. "Girls giggle and point, no matter where I go, as if I am some high school star soccer player or something," he laughed. "But I like my privacy, and try not to make too much of a spectacle of myself. I save that for the big screen."

Later this summer, Bloom will appear in a little movie, Haven, which he finished filming two years ago on the Cayman Islands. "It's this crazy, kooky little movie directed by a 24-year-old kid, Frank E. Flowers. It's really a hard movie to describe. It's independent, action, mystery, but not really. The movie was a lot of fun to make, and I'm very proud of it and can't wait until it gets a theatrical release. But it is not easy getting financing for movies that have not already been financed by a huge studio."

Will there be a fourth Pirates, perhaps of the Atlantic? "Ha, ha," he laughed. "Very funny, but with Disney, you never know. Let's see how the second and third do. If audiences love them, there's no telling how many more there could be." Maybe even with Bloom as the star, if Depp gets killed off. Hint, hint. -- full interview

Orlando Bloom breaks hearts and his own head in DMC
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Sean from IF Magazine wrote in to say that they have an exclusive interview with Orlando. Update: Part two of this interview is now up

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Extra
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Extra TV has posted an extended junket interview with Orlando, download here (right click and save)

Video Download: POTC 2 London Premiere, Kiss, kiss - Yahoo UK
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Yahoo UK's POTC 2 page has posted a short clip of Johnny, Orlando and Keira at the London premiere, blowing kisses to the camera, download here or here

Video Download: POTC 2 Japan Red Carpet Interview - Biglobe
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Biglobe has posted more clips from the Japan promo, the arrival, edited version of the press conference and the premiere. I only grab the red carpet interview Jerry, Orlando and Johnny, download here (Orlando only) or here. The rest of the clips contain the same footage from the webcast I already posted here and here. If you haven't seen the press conference yet, Walkerplus also has an edited clip up.

Extras air date
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Funny.co.uk reports that the new Extras series will air on September 15, 2006.

Ricky Gervais has announced the date for the airing for the new series of Extras. If you didn't know, the series features around struggling actor Andy Millman (Gervais) and friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen) as they work with, around and on real 'A' list celebrities who satirise themselves. This series has been abound by rumour and conjecture as to who would be appearing, mainly because Gervais had been making up stories and dropping random names to the press. However names having become more concrete it seems that Gervais has upped the ante in the established celebs pot and will be featuring at least two an episode. The likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Diana Rigg, Stephen Fry, David Bowie, Orlando Bloom and Sir Ian McKellen who Andy, supposedly, has a snog with. Gervais stated on a recent podcast that this eagerly anticipated series will air on 15th September 2006 so start the rumour-mill for the Extras 3 cameos!

New photoshoot
posted by Jas, 07/13/06
Jan has posted new photoshoot of Orlando by Rankin

A pirate's life for Orlando
posted by Jas, 07/12/06
Another press interview with Orlando about POTC 2, so the answer is more or less the same.

Again, the Kraken was computer-generated. What did you think of the finished sequences?
"Surprised. It was phenomenal. The Kraken was weird, because you obviously never saw it. I was standing on top of the mast, stabbing at the air and swinging around on the ship. It was a crazy sequence because you were just slashing at the air and hope that it's going to be as terrifying as you are making it look."

What were your hardest and most fun scenes to do?
"I think one of my hardest scenes was the sequence with Davy Jones, where I'm feeling through the tentacles because there weren't any tentacles there. It was kind of an odd thing to be doing. I loved doing all the action. It was fun to do my Errol Flynn number. I enjoyed jumping off the mast and doing that sort of thing. A movie set is quite a controlled environment so you're able to be a big kid, especially on a pirate movie. You can get to do all of that mad stuff and know that you've got wires there and people watching you."

Who do you prefer: Legolas or Will Turner?
"That's a tricky one. I have such fond memories of being in New Zealand and working on Lord of the Rings. It was my first experience of film and it's very close to my heart. But Will is more me than Legolas and I'm enjoying playing him. He's developing nicely as well. I think the writers Ted [Elliott] and Terry [Rossio] have done such a great job of taking the characters and evolving them for us. They really write for Johnny so beautifully but they started writing for us in a way that made it a lot of fun to play." -- Full interview

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Hanamaru Market
posted by Jas, 07/12/06
suzan00 has posted a junket interview with Orlando from Japanese program, Hanamaru Market, thanks to Yoyo for the clip. Download here or here

Depp on Pirates 3, "At World's End" not the title
posted by Jas, 07/12/06
IGN has Johnny Depp talking about Pirates 3 and they report that according to a Disney rep "At World's End" is not the title of the third film, the new title will be announce in the next few months.

The shoot has moved to a Shanghai set currently housed within Universal studios. Depp has been shooting scenes with a new Pirates cast member: "With Chow Yun-Fat…" He says that the new films will take the eccentric sparrow to some new places that audiences should enjoy. "Oh, I think that, yeah, there's some kind of fun surprises that they're posing, sort of messing with."

Video Download: POTC 2 Clip - The Big Wheel (extended)
posted by Jas, 07/12/06
Buena Vista sent in links to watch and download the extended clip of The Big Wheel scene, all quicktime videos are downloadable. Flash files require a flash player, download one here. Thanks Jen.

Quicktime: super high, high, medium, low
download (right click and save): super high, high, medium, low

Windows: high, low
Real: high, low

Flash (progressive download): high, low, .

Pirates 2 discussion
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Box Office Prophets staff talk about the Pirates 2 actors and the movie success

Joel Corcoran: Based on the Curse of the Black Pearl, people wanted to see a great movie experience for what it should be: pure escapism. And the public wasn't disappointed.
Tim Briody: Since when are Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley quirky? And boy, do they also owe Depp a good portion of their careers. Bloom is officially the biggest luck-sack ever, having the Rings movies and now this.
Reagen Sulewski: He's got a wing at the Mark Hamill Hall of Fame all designed and ready to go.
Kim Hollis: He and Ian McKellen are the unlikeliest mega movie openers ever.
Joel Corcoran: I meant "quirky" for everyone outside of Bloom and Knightly. They provided the element of glamour to the film, or at least prettiness.
Kim Hollis: Does the performance of Dead Man's Chest similarly boost Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley's careers this time around?
Reagen Sulewski: They certainly will get the pick of their next few projects. But no one sane is crediting them with the success of this franchise.
Kim Hollis: The other thing about both Bloom and Knightley is that there seems to be a tightly knit set of British actors that continues to get work together. Their fame is actually a little different than that of the typical American movie star. -- Full discussion

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Tribute.ca
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Tribute.ca has posted a junket interview with Orlando, download here or here

Orlando Bloom breaks hearts and his own head in DMC
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Sean from IF Magazine wrote in to say that they have an exclusive interview with Orlando.

iF: How did you do the wheel fight?
Bloom: They rented a wheel and hooked it up to the back of a truck. They moved it up and down hills and we were on harnesses and moving with it. It was complicated. The production team that came up with the way of shooting that deserves a medal.

iF: Do you have to choose your roles more carefully now that you've gotten so big?
Bloom: I've been in big movies, but I still feel like I'm learning a lot about my craft. I don't think you ever stop. I try to be specific about my choices. I did a small movie called Haven between the big ones. I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself. That comes out September 15. I'm trying to do another small one called Seasons of Dust right after Pirates finishes. I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

iF: Are you as romantic as your character?
Bloom: No, I'm completely unromantic and I'm definitely one of the troublemakers. There are broken bottles and hearts all over the Caribbean. I had to leave a few stray dogs behind and they were very brokenhearted. Poor little pups, but they've got good homes. -- full interview

Video Download: POTC 2 Japan Promo - Hong Kong Cable TV
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Szeki has captured a clip of POTC 2 Japan promo from Hong Kong Cable TV, it has clips from the premiere and the press conference where Orlando talked about the big wheel scene, download here or here

Video Download: POTC 2 Behind the Scenes - Planeta TV
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Planeta TV has a behind the scenes clip from POTC 2, download here or here

Video Download: POTC 2 Paris Premiere - NRJ
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Loiskent found another clip from Paris premiere of POTC 2 from NRJ, download here or here (unedited)

Video Download: POTC 2 Full Japan Press Conference
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Biglobe has posted the full Japan press conference for POTC 2, download here. Goo also has an edited clip from the press conference and the premiere. It's nice to see the bond between Johnny and Orlando, so sweet. Miwa has captured a clip from the event from Mezamashi TV which you can download here

Orlando articles
posted by Jas, 07/11/06
Couple of articles that mention Orlando. Update: An interview with Orlando from NJ Media Group

Orlando Bloom is intimidated by Johnny Depp. The handsome actor - who stars with Depp in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies - admits he was terrified of working with the Hollywood heavyweight at first. He said: "Starring with Johnny Depp raises the bar. It really does. It's intimidating sometimes too." However, the 22-year-old actor - who plays hero Will Turner in the pirate adventure films - says he soon struck up a friendship with his mega-famous co-star. He told Britain's OK! magazine: "Working with Johnny was really great. He's cool." -- more from Female First (thanks Preksuperteacher)

Pirates co-star Orlando Bloom says the most important lesson the veteran Depp taught him is: "It's about the experience." Bloom recounts a key conversation: "He said to me really early on, 'I've made a career out of making movies that are failures, or considered failures.' And, to me, he's had one of the most courageous, exciting, spontaneous careers to date. So, sometimes, you have to take the knock." -- more from London Free Press

Pirates in Japan
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
Crisscross has a report on the POTC 2 promo in Japan

Johnny Depp couldn't help but be moved when he arrived at Narita airport this week and was greeted by about 3,500 fans, many of them dressed in pirate costumes, yelling out "Jack Sparrow," his character's name in the wildly popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.

"When we made the first one three years ago, I was touched that the character was embraced to such a degree by people of varying ages. I've seen 5-year-old kids trying to imitate Captain Jack and that's really something," said Depp, 43, of the character that earned him his first Oscar nomination. Joining Depp to promote the second film in the trilogy, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," were Orlando Bloom, 29, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "It was physically far more demanding," said Bloom, popularly known in Japan as "Ori." "One three-way swordfight took three weeks to shoot. But to be part of a film series that people have responded to like this is phenomenal." -- Full report

Interview with Orlando
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
Dan from The Cinema Source wrote in to say that they have an exclusive interview with Orlando as well as with other POTC 2 cast members.

"The real special stuff, honestly, was working with Stellan. It's a father-son dynamic that is a real core for Will. That's his inner battle. The girl or my dad? What do I do? What do I do? As a young man you have to have a relationship with your Father and he needs that." Bloom not only appreciated the thematic importance of the scenes, he also loved the opportunity to work with Skarsgård. "I just loved hanging out with Stellan. He's a family man. He's a great actor, he's a great guy. He was a great example to me and a wonderful guy to hang out with."

Filming on the third Pirates feature is still under way. Bloom has an even-keeled outlook on the prospect of his second trilogy coming to an end. "You never really say goodbye. It's weird. By the time you've done all the press and the movies are released and they're out in the world and people come to talk to you about them, you never really say goodbye. It's like Rings. I was really sad to say goodbye to that. But you know what, Legolas is still a part of my life, in one form or another. I still think about him, he's still kind of out there. He's still out in the world, and so is Will. So, you never really say goodbye. But I will be very sad not to be rocking up to set or flying down to the Caribbean and hanging out." In a time when celebrity is fleeting and summer blockbusters are a dime a dozen, it's reassuring to see that a star like Bloom is so attached to his work and invested in the characters that he helps create. -- Full interview

Video Download: POTC 2 Japan Promo & Premiere
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
MTV has a story on Pirates 3

The opening weekend of one of the most anticipated films in years has come and gone, and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" took home a predictably impressive booty. Now, with a third film due May 2007, the time has come to try to get the pirate performers to cough up their secrets.

"I am so not going to say anything!" an indignant Keira Knightley shrieked recently when pressed for details on "At World's End," the newly titled third and final "Pirates" flick. "I'd have to kill you if I said anything. It would be very messy."

So, like a child running from mommy's "no" to daddy's "yes," sometimes the best thing a fan can do is keep trying until a desired answer is given. And although Knightley is threatening bodily harm, series director Gore Verbinski is happy to discuss the Herculean task that would have most directors running for the hills like Jack Sparrow when faced with headhunters.

"I hope that you feel like there was an era and that era came to an end and there was a reason why," said Verbinski of the trilogy. "It's nice to make a pirate movie, expand that movie and then almost do the postmodern version of that pirate movie in a trilogy. That's what I like about 'At World's End,' because not only do we have to go to the end of the world, but there's also a double meaning because of what happened there. You'll see."

"We're going back soon," Orlando Bloom said of the final leg in the "Pirates" journey, which begins shooting next month. "We're going back to film three more months."

This much we know: "End" will begin where "Chest" concludes, building off the surprise ending that brought back a pivotal character from "The Curse of the Black Pearl." Chow Yun-Fat ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") will join the cast as the mysterious Captain Sao Feng. The film opens and is largely set in Singapore, utilizing a massive set that inhabited Universal's Hollywood lot for months. Oh, and if you think you've seen the last of Captain Jack Sparrow, you're as clueless as a pirate wearing two eye patches.

"Are they gonna stay on?" Johnny Depp said of Sparrow's trademark gold teeth, currently adorning his mouth. "Only until we're done filming number three. Then I'll have to go through the process of yanking them."

With the seemingly imperiled Sparrow returning, fans can look forward to the aftermath of his love-triangle-creating kiss with Knightley, as well as further developments in his relationship with gypsy hostess with the mostess Tia Dalma.

"It's supposed to be that we're lovers," revealed actress Naomie Harris, who plays the mysterious soothsayer. "We talked about it in rehearsals, but Gore left it up to us, really, to come up with our own stories ourselves."

In the third film, Tia Dalma's role is expanded substantially, and she even gets to see some action. "I go on a ship with all the guys and go on their journey, which is really nice," Harris revealed. "No fighting, although I do throw a bomb. That's as physical as I get."

Verbinski, who calls Yun-Fat "fantastic, such a pleasure to work with," says that his character and the Singapore location — which includes a scene in a bathhouse — will bring a welcome change to the pirate tale.

"Fortunately, just when [staleness] starts happening in the third movie, we get to have an Asian influence," he said. "The pirates get a whole changeover, and that's really nice because you get kind of sick of the same old [thing]: beard, slap on the hat, put on the bandanna, put in the rotten teeth, argggh!"

"At World's End" will also resolve the tender story line between Will and his damned daddy, Stellan Skarsgard's "Bootstrap" Bill Turner. Revealing that "you'll see me even worse off in the next one," Skarsgard said this about the cost-cutting strategy of shooting two sequels simultaneously: "Basically it's like making one five-hour movie and then chopping it up in two."

"It's inevitably triage every day on the set," Verbinski laughed while discussing the process that will take more than four years of his life. "You have release dates coming at you, and you've got two massive puzzles that have been dumped out on a table. The pieces are all mixed up, and we're in Dominica and we're filming scenes for 'Pirates 2,' and while we're here, because we have to clean out and we're not going to come back, we have to get a scene from 'Pirates 3' that hasn't been written yet.

"We've had a skeleton of both movies, so even though certain scenes weren't written, we knew what they were about," the director continued. "Pages would come in on Wednesday, the actor would get them on Friday and then we would shoot them on Monday."

After the final round of shoots (scheduled to take place from August to the end of October), Verbinski plans to give audiences a film that is both thrilling and cohesive when it hits theaters come May. "You can't give them the same thing again," he said of his promise to the audience. "You have to surprise them, and you have to take it up a notch and give them twists and turns. Inevitably, part of those twists and turns is taking them places that they don't expect, and it creates anticipation of the third film, with many people feeling like the three films were designed as one epic tale.

"Well, they weren't," the director added. "But I want to be able to look at all three films on DVD someday and be like, 'That was a cohesive trilogy.' "

"You'll have to wait and see," the tough-to-crack Knightley said. "It should be good, though."

Interview with Naomie Harris
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
Film Focus has an interview with Naomie Harris

FF: Was it good fun to work with Johnny, Keira and Orlando?
NH: They're wonderful. Orlando's a really wonderful guy, actually, he's so sweet and he's a Fire Dragon like me. Fire is our natural element and Dragon our astrological sign. We're both Buddhist. I really liked him and I really got in with him. He's very spiritual and lovely.

And I caught a cold on my first day of filming. I did all this work on my role and we only had one day of rehearsal with Johnny. I had to do all this prep before my first day of shooting and I was so excited and I caught a cold on the plane going over to Los Angeles. I arrived for my first day of shooting and it was awful. I only had four days of filming on Pirates 2 for those two scenes and they had the on-set doctor come and she said, "Well, you know, to get through the four days what I'd recommend is that you have a steroid injection. It will stay in your body for seven years but it'll get you through these four days." *laughs* I was like, "Umm, no... I'll just plough through!"

So I was told that I was not allowed to speak in between takes so I was sort-of miming what I wanted in-between takes. And Orlando was so sweet because he stepped in. He was my interpreter; he'd say, "Naomie wants a tissue! Naomie wants water now! I think she's saying..." And he gave me loads of homeopathic remedies as well. So I love Orlando. I got through those four days and the voice actually helped the character, which was good. -- Full interview

Video Download: POTC 2 Japan Promo & Premiere
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
Goo has posted a clip of Orlando and Johnny's arrival at the Narita airport on Sunday, download here (Orlando only). And I manage to catch the live webcast of the premiere which you can download here

Video Download: POTC 2 Japan Press Conference (partial)
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
I only caught the last 20 minutes or so of the press conference, the world cup final match ended at 5 am my time, I had to get some sleep and couldn't wake up in time to catch the press conf. anyway, here's the unedited video, I will grab the clip again when they re-broadcast the press conference on Tuesday and replace the file. Download the unedited video at OL board. The red carpet event starts in a few hours and I'll try to grab the webcast and post it later. According to airport officials about 3,500 fans greeted Johnny at the Narita airport on Sunday.

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - E Talk & E News
posted by Jas, 07/10/06
canihavehim has captured more POTC 2 junket interview from E Talk and E News, download here or here (undedited, dated July 7)

Orlando in Japan
posted by Jas, 07/09/06
Orlando and Johnny have arrived in Japan to promote POTC 2, here are some photos from Getty Images and Wireimage. A press conference will be held tomorrow afternoon followed by the premiere at 5:55 pm. Update: Ka-Bloom now has the hi-res and untagged photos up.

'Pirates' scores record $132m debut
posted by Jas, 07/09/06
First of all congratulations to Italy for winning the 2006 World Cup, Forza Italia!!! what was Zizou thinking? *shakes head* I've seen a lot of stupid acts in world cup finals but that is by far the most stupid! anyway back to the Caribbean, AP reports that Dead Man's Chest has taken in a record $132 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday... Arrrr!! Box Office Prophets has the facts and figures about Pirates weekend box office records

Interview with Hans Zimmer
posted by Jas, 07/09/06
CNN has a video interview with POTC 2 composer, Hans Zimmer, watch here

Dead Man's Chest breaks opening day records
posted by Jas, 07/09/06
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" set a single-day record for box office sales, raking in $55.5 million on opening day Friday. It swiped the honor from "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which took in $50 million the day it opened in May 2005. Full report

Video Download: POTC 2 Paris Press Conference - Commeau Cinema
posted by Jas, 07/08/06
Commeau Cinema has posted a clip of Orlando and Johnny at the press conference for POTC 2 in Paris, download here or here

Video Download: POTC 2 Junket - Roo TV, MSN
posted by Jas, 07/08/06
Two POTC 2 junket interviews with Orlando from Roo TV, MSN and CBS has a clip of Orlando and Jerry Bruckheimer at the Paris premiere commenting on Johnny, I'm not grabbing this as it's the same footage from one of the clips previously posted.