Hey folks, Harry here with some more groovy links to some stuff found out there in the nether of the Internet. It seems that an amazingly talented production artist named Sylvain Despretz has a very cool homepage that showcases some examples of his work on films like: ALIEN RESURRECTION, SUPERNOVA, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, etc. And while some of the work there is for these past films, he has a few glimpses at some of the work he has done for films yet to be seen, and perhaps never to be seen.

Now, many of you are quite excited for Brad Bird's first feature, THE IRON GIANT, and are more than likely quite curious as to what he has in store for the future. Well, I'm sure many of you have heard that Brad Bird was allegedly talking with George Lucas about some sort of animated STAR WARS film/television series. Well, this is and always has been BUNK! But I do know that George saw THE IRON GIANT and he and Brad Bird did allegedly talk. The current rumor that's floating around from whispering lip to open ears is that Brad pitched Lucas RAY GUNN... and he might have bit at the bait. Nothing really firm quite yet, but while Brad Bird does have a deal at Warners... He might end up doing his long dreamed of project, RAY GUNN, that he spoke a bit of in Moriarty's Interview with Brad Bird. Below are links to both of the pre-production sketches by Sylvain Despretz...

Cool Femme character called Venus Envy from Brad Bird's RAY GUNN

Futuristic City from Brad Bird's RAY GUNN

Also, Sylvain worked on the Ridley Scott helmed I AM LEGEND, before Ridley walked off that project for GLADIATOR. Sylvain has put up some STORYBOARDS from that production. Be sure to follow the links through all the storyboards once you get there!

I AM LEGEND Storyboard Page

Then there is this, Bill Ward-esque, shot from EYES WIDE SHUT (for mature eyes only please!).

Production Sketch from EYES WIDE SHUT

However, this is just a few tasty treats. You'll want to head over to Sylvain's Page to check out all his work, he really is amazing!