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More TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE Images!! + Further Casting Tidbits!!
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Some people are giddy that director Albert Pyun is undertaking his long ago promised follow-up to THE SWORD AND THE SORCER, called TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE. We've recived some nice mails from people ecstatic to see photos of this long-in-coming project.
And, not surprisingly, others are bitching that we're devoting too much attention/site space to TALES here on AICN.
Here's how I see it: whether you love or hate TALES (or simply don't care), Pyun & Co. are doing *exactly* what I (personally) wish every film maker would do with their movies: they're providing large quantities of media (including FX previz and a look at marketing materials in progress) to sites like ours for the fans to enjoy FROM THE OUTSET. They seem to be taking us along for the production journey. No coy hinting, no slick tap dancing & innuendo, no information manipulation like we've recently seen with larger scale projects. Just plain ol' "We're making a movie, here's some stuff to look at."
Is this publicizing their film? Sure. But no more so than any sanctioned material that is systematically released by studios later in production/post production process. The difference here is timing: the TALES material came to us starting from Day 1 of filming...and is still coming in. Essentially, we're wathcing it being made. Wouldn't we have been orgasmic to have seen the same kind of consideration & material coming out of projects like IRON MAN, STAR TREK, the BAT films, etc.?
It's my hope that this TALES material may entice other productions to adopt approaches/tactics similar to Pyun & Co. There's been some experimentation with the notion already (Danny Boyle's SUNSHINE being an example), but it would be awesome to see the idea pushed further.
With all of this in mind, here's a new wave of material from TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE. You can find our first batch (HERE).
Enjoy!

Here's a bevy of character teasers/filming announcements that pretty much speak for themselves.

BELOW: an FX test for an ocean sequence featured in the film (TALES has corsairs and asian pirates). This is from a South African FX house called Suspended Animation (website HERE ).

We've also fgotten word that the great Scott Paulin will appear in TALES as a "blind beggar vampire". Paulin was Deke SLayton iun THE RIGHT STUFF so that makes him cool beyond cool in my book.
Jennifer Siebel has also joined the cast.

She's married to San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, & you can find more of her extensive credits HERE.
Finally, if you're on the "many projects should never be PG-13" bandwagon (as I am), you may be happy to hear that TALES is being described as "balls out R rated film".
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Reader Talkback
I'm not sure by kwisatzhaderach | Jan 7th, 2009 10:15:38 AM | This looks crappy! by PietjePuk | Jan 7th, 2009 10:17:47 AM | bloody menstral soft core porn by ArcadianDS | Jan 7th, 2009 10:22:59 AM | ... but in a good way? by Animation | Jan 7th, 2009 10:23:12 AM | why do they have to always
CGify water now?... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 10:25:21 AM | Well, those first two shots
look right by Movietool | Jan 7th, 2009 10:25:25 AM | Yeah this needs a sequel by beetlegeuse | Jan 7th, 2009 10:25:29 AM | ...after three or four drinks
I'd watch the shit... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 10:26:45 AM | Animation gets it by Movietool | Jan 7th, 2009 10:29:26 AM | Yep, still looks awful by Thunderbolt Ross | Jan 7th, 2009 10:29:44 AM | ...Alana Rajan look exactly
the same. Exactly. by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 10:32:05 AM | I really don't know what to
think about this by slone13 | Jan 7th, 2009 10:32:48 AM | I keep imagining Cheech in
Ghostbusters II. by Orionsangels | Jan 7th, 2009 10:39:03 AM | I will love this movie by Gwlush | Jan 7th, 2009 10:39:07 AM | That is one Ancient Empire
with some by kabong | Jan 7th, 2009 10:42:12 AM | Never saw the original... by enderandrew | Jan 7th, 2009 10:52:54 AM | Is this a... by medicinaluser | Jan 7th, 2009 10:53:03 AM | Its safe to say by Movietool | Jan 7th, 2009 10:54:24 AM | BEHOLD!!! by spud mcspud | Jan 7th, 2009 10:58:02 AM | I Love S&tS! by CaptainCosmos | Jan 7th, 2009 10:59:22 AM | Oh come on. by Zarles | Jan 7th, 2009 11:00:18 AM | Kevin Sorbo= straight to DVD by DoctorWho? | Jan 7th, 2009 11:01:34 AM | How can this help but be cool
in some fashion or other? by DrAstroZoom | Jan 7th, 2009 11:08:33 AM | I want Lee Horsley, practical
gore and boobies!! by Mr Nicholas | Jan 7th, 2009 11:14:50 AM | I loved SUNSHINE, great SF
movie. Great ending by Stormwatcher | Jan 7th, 2009 11:15:39 AM | That effect's house's showreel
looks godawful for a movie by bullet3 | Jan 7th, 2009 11:15:42 AM | God, what's up with all the
pictures all of a sudden? by SkidMarkedUndies | Jan 7th, 2009 11:19:05 AM | It'd be nice if I could watch
the original film somehow by VAWitch | Jan 7th, 2009 11:21:08 AM | Janelle Taylor is Rajan!!
Inbar Levi is Alana!! by skimn | Jan 7th, 2009 11:25:18 AM | Does anyone really by palpatinefuckedmydog | Jan 7th, 2009 11:41:54 AM | Scott Paulin by Munro Kelly | Jan 7th, 2009 11:42:16 AM | Inbar Levi as Alana by kabong | Jan 7th, 2009 11:43:33 AM | fortunately for us by readyoufool | Jan 7th, 2009 11:48:40 AM | Harry, Answer Me PLEASE! by SamuelLappDance | Jan 7th, 2009 11:53:54 AM | Yeah, I dont know if I can
share Harry's enthusiasm... by m_reporter | Jan 7th, 2009 11:55:26 AM | palpatinefuckedmydog by skimn | Jan 7th, 2009 11:57:18 AM | The Bat Films are a different
story by most excellent ninja | Jan 7th, 2009 12:10:26 PM | Palpatine by Movietool | Jan 7th, 2009 12:13:12 PM | I hope it's not "balls out" by DarthChimay | Jan 7th, 2009 12:22:31 PM | Movietool - Bad movie we loved
from childhood by spud mcspud | Jan 7th, 2009 12:28:38 PM | Let me get this straight... by Blue_Demon | Jan 7th, 2009 12:32:14 PM | ENDERANDREW...SATS is on DVD by Kaiser Soze | Jan 7th, 2009 12:32:23 PM | Bad movie I absolutely adore: by Blue_Demon | Jan 7th, 2009 12:36:49 PM | Why? by neoaddix | Jan 7th, 2009 12:38:30 PM | Sorbo????? by Le Phantom | Jan 7th, 2009 12:50:37 PM | Here's What I Don't Get... by Brians Life | Jan 7th, 2009 12:55:25 PM | This movie WILL go Direct To
DVD by Brians Life | Jan 7th, 2009 12:58:19 PM | Always surprising... by GoDFaDDa42 | Jan 7th, 2009 12:58:27 PM | Kevin Sorbo in Indiana... by EriamJH | Jan 7th, 2009 01:10:35 PM | We had better see penile
vaginal penetration in this by Damien Chowder | Jan 7th, 2009 01:24:32 PM | I don't get it... by Circean6 | Jan 7th, 2009 01:35:28 PM | Does anyone really want to see
this trash? by ScottinDC | Jan 7th, 2009 01:49:47 PM | Seriously people.. this has to
be a porn movie. by StarQrtrs | Jan 7th, 2009 01:52:31 PM | Gonzo Porn Stars ... by Animation | Jan 7th, 2009 01:55:55 PM | Americans are such morons by Ray Gamma | Jan 7th, 2009 02:16:10 PM | Anyone remember
Deathstalker?... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 02:24:45 PM | Sunshine most underrated
sci-fi movie of all time by MattmanReturns | Jan 7th, 2009 02:28:12 PM | Ray Gamma by MattmanReturns | Jan 7th, 2009 02:31:24 PM | I thought SUNSHINE fell apart
at the end... by Brians Life | Jan 7th, 2009 02:41:34 PM | Don't know why we're talking
about SUNSHINE, but... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 02:54:56 PM | I second the call for no fake
boobs, by Movietool | Jan 7th, 2009 03:02:31 PM | Sorbo should have kept
Andromeda going by the milf lover | Jan 7th, 2009 03:44:16 PM | If those chicks by Abominable Snowcone | Jan 7th, 2009 04:00:37 PM | B movies these days try to be
all classy and presentable... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 04:12:21 PM | Oh! Hercules is doing another
movie by Datascream | Jan 7th, 2009 04:23:43 PM | To really screw this movie,
they should by kabong | Jan 7th, 2009 04:45:25 PM | I'd rather just watch
Deathstalker II again. by Flim Springfield | Jan 7th, 2009 05:19:14 PM | is it DTV? by Power_Girl | Jan 7th, 2009 05:37:03 PM | This movie isn't going to
theaters... by Gungan Slayer | Jan 7th, 2009 06:47:32 PM | Sometimes you want Resturant
Food by ComputerwizardPK | Jan 7th, 2009 08:49:39 PM | Kevin Sorbo?! I'm there! by The Grug | Jan 7th, 2009 09:10:10 PM | Gungan Slayer nailed it... by MonkeyLord | Jan 7th, 2009 09:22:01 PM | I'M ALL FOR... by BurgerTime | Jan 7th, 2009 11:17:09 PM | I'M ALL FOR... by BurgerTime | Jan 7th, 2009 11:17:13 PM | Deathstalker by Lost Jarv | Jan 8th, 2009 02:57:22 AM | Sorbo's Kull... by DocPazuzu | Jan 8th, 2009 06:19:27 AM | As suggested by earlier
posters by skimn | Jan 8th, 2009 08:48:30 AM | Tales of Ancient Typecasting by mos6507 | Jan 8th, 2009 09:58:10 AM | Admittedly - Sorbo is no
Horsley by Movietool | Jan 8th, 2009 02:55:21 PM | TALES OF AN ANCIENT VAMPIRE by spud mcspud | Jan 8th, 2009 09:04:48 PM | TALES OF AN ANCIENT UMPIRE by spud mcspud | Jan 8th, 2009 09:05:28 PM | DocPazuzu by spud mcspud | Jan 8th, 2009 09:09:13 PM | Lost Jarv by spud mcspud | Jan 8th, 2009 09:13:47 PM | I happen to think that showing
too much spoils a movie. by Knuckleduster | Jan 9th, 2009 04:13:33 AM | Who's TIG? by Movietool | Jan 9th, 2009 08:49:26 AM | Thomas Ian Griffith perhaps by skimn | Jan 9th, 2009 11:39:44 AM | hmmm by brandon11 | Jan 9th, 2009 01:10:25 PM | TIG = Thomas Ian Griffith by spud mcspud | Jan 9th, 2009 01:58:53 PM |
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