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Quint on the set of THE MIST: Day 3!!! Carmody! Earthquake! And... Wanna see some pics from the set?

First by film_fanatic_in_the_original_bla ck_and_white	Mar 3rd, 2007 02:35:18 AM
So cool. I cannot wait for this movie. I've dreaming of it ever since I heard the 3D book.
coverage, baby by otari	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:13:25 AM
Quint, thanks so much for these great reports. Really cool to read such in-depth description of the coverage that Darabont is getting - and how he will make a set as static as a supermarket come alive. Cheers from Wellington.
I cant wait! by LuckyYoga	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:38:26 AM
The supermarket looks exactly how I pictured it in the book. Good job!
Why not one Peter Straub book on the rack? by Det. John Kimble	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:39:32 AM
I mean COME ON!
can I just say... by Seph_J	Mar 3rd, 2007 04:21:29 AM
... I would genuinely love to see all 30 days of this shoot being reported on in such detail. Is this possible, Harry, Mori, Quint.... hello? Anyone? PLEASE? Come on... thats gotta be a first for the site... the entire shoot of a film being covered in such brilliant detail?
great stuff quint by Evil Hobbit	Mar 3rd, 2007 04:32:07 AM
cheers
The supermarket's size... by jollysleeve	Mar 3rd, 2007 05:29:00 AM
...thankfully looks just how I'd pictured it. For some reason I was worried that the movie version would be one of those REALLY big supermarkets most of us shop in. But no, this appears to be the type of small-town version I've always pictured when I read this story.
cool news! by theBigE	Mar 3rd, 2007 05:51:00 AM
Keep 'em coming, Quint!
The last photo looks like gay hentai! by DerLanghaarige	Mar 3rd, 2007 06:57:38 AM
AICN needs more Tentacle rape!
Excellent work. by Nordling	Mar 3rd, 2007 07:34:13 AM
Love that last picture. This movie's going to be as fun as the novella. Great work there, Quint.
Why do those idiots think it's "cute" to put these in? by JackPumpkinhead	Mar 3rd, 2007 07:52:00 AM
"Hey, you, viewer of our movie, look! Hahaha! Here's a stack of Stephen King books, and all in a Stephen King movie! Doesn't this remind you that it's a just a film? Hahaha! Oh, we're so clever for putting such witty in-jokes in our movie!"
Finally. by ELGordo	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:21:00 AM
Finally Darabont directs a straight up horror film. The guy is a walking encyclopedia on horror geekdom but he's never directed one untill now. Can't wait to see this.
Pretty sised to see this... by mgg1025	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:41:00 AM
"The Mist" has been one of my favorite King works for as long as I can remember. The supermarket looks exactly as I pictured it in my head, lo these many years. Can't wait!
Soundtrack by Quasimike	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:53:50 AM
I hope Mr. Darabont will decide to keep the soundtrack of The Mist minimal. One of the scariest aspects of this story is how it plays out in your head as you read it...no soundtrack, just images. In real life, the only soundtrack to an event like this would be natural; the voices of people around you, sounds from the creatures, and mostly silence. There's not much that's scarier than silence, since it allows you to concentrate on the moment rather than dictate how you SHOULD feel at a certain point. Nothing to distract you from WHAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE! On the 3-D audio CD of The Mist, the only soundtrack was a sort of musical "heartbeat" kind of sound along with a discordant, almost alien kind of synthesized sound which played only between scenes. It was VERY effective. I'd hate to see some lush, fully-orchestrated score attached to this. At any rate, I wish everyone the best with this project...it really is one of Steven King's best works, and I'm glad Mr. Frank "ShawFrank" Darabont is directing. King should hire him to direct all of his works. He no doubt would have made even "Maximum Overdrive" a thoroughly watchable flick...
TENTACLES GOTTA EAT! by 24200124	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:55:11 AM
Somebody had to say it...
Awesome! by rxse7en	Mar 3rd, 2007 09:11:02 AM
Good job Mr. Quint. Really enjoy this series. Thank you! B
Really kinda hoping by Space oddity	Mar 3rd, 2007 09:24:03 AM
that Darabont would switch the initial setting to a smoke-filled movie theater with AMC's 3 am programming schedule played on a loop. 'Cause everybody knows that if you're gonna make a movie, especially one based on Stephen King book, that smoke-filled theaters are a must. Just kidding, that last photo might be the last possible image I would ever think about if you said "Darabont's new movie". This could be some fun
JackPumpkinhead by Kraken	Mar 3rd, 2007 09:48:48 AM
Idiots? Really Jack? So tell me, when was the last time you did anything significant with your life... you know, other than figure out how to wipe your own ass the other day and learn to use a message board on the internet? I'm curious where your superiority complex originates from. Or maybe you're just naturally a dick.
Tentacles... by performingmonkey	Mar 3rd, 2007 09:50:05 AM
I still think the tentacles are gonna mess up the movie. Surely there's nothing cheesier than tentacles attacking people. It would have been better to lose them and make it more about personal horrors and the mist.
Never read it or "heard it" by liljuniorbrown	Mar 3rd, 2007 10:12:56 AM
But one of my best friends in high school was telling me one day he had read a short story called "The Mist" and it was pretty freaking scary with all of these people trapped in a supermarket and monsters in the fog.I think he told me how it ended but i forget. I know King's fans are not ever happy with his endings so I wonder what the movie ending will be,and if its the same as the novella , is that a good thing or bad?
I wonder who will score this? by Osmosis Jones	Mar 3rd, 2007 11:06:30 AM
It'd be awesome to hear a Thomas Newman score for a balls-out horror movie. Imagine all the weird musical effects he could wrangle for this.
so true. the market is exactly how I pictured it too by misnomer	Mar 3rd, 2007 12:31:12 PM
and the dialogue sounds like classic king. can't wait to see this. skeleton crew rocked. i wonder if therell ever be a movie about the tiger in the bathroom? ;)
without me having to read 3 articles by white owl	Mar 3rd, 2007 12:38:20 PM
someone wanna tell me what The Mist is all about? I have a life and... not alot of time to divulge in detailed set reports unfortunately.
Anybody here has the "3D book" on mp3? by Gilkuliehe	Mar 3rd, 2007 12:45:48 PM
Come on, I'm dying to listen to it. Drop me a line here: graograman22 at yahoo dot com. I'll even blow you if you turn out to be cute.
here you go, White Owl by Orange Crush	Mar 3rd, 2007 12:57:13 PM
Innocent (and not so innocent) people go about their normal lives. Something bad happens, then lots of terrible things happen, systematically lowering the number of characters you have to keep track of. Definitely one of the best horror stories by King. Horrors aren't just things going bump in the night, but the things that inhabit the souls of man, too.
Ah, pictoral bliss! (book spoilers ahead!) by Kamaji	Mar 3rd, 2007 01:56:58 PM
Another day, another jaw-dropping report from Quint! That opening photo of the market was truly beautiful. For years, I've had my own variation of the market. Where I grew up in Iowa, there was a Hy-Vee supermarket and a Walgreens next to it about 500 ft from our local shopping center. Because it was so isolated, I envisioned The Mist overtaking it perfectly (though in terms of geography compared to the book, the crew would have had to have gone right instead of left to get to the drugstore). Too bad Quint's about to leave as the panic begins to set in-it's like Mommy leading you away from the tiger pit just as they throw some meat to the hungry cats. Btw, did anyone notice that in the photo of the closeup of the glass, we can see the window that is cracked? And just beyond it are those fertilizer bags next to that Jeep. One item that noone ever talks about with the book, is the woman who leaves the market. She's the only one who seems to go into the Mist, and we hear no scream, or creature noises-it's a great speculation of did she somehow make it? I still hope that Frank also has some hand in the sound editing of this piece, because sound will be key. I can imagine girls clinging to their boyfriends as we hear the tentacles slither around the different sound channels in the theater (preferably a THX-certified theater).
Myst. by vivavitalogy	Mar 3rd, 2007 02:26:30 PM
And yes, I mean the video game.
The Fog. by vivavitalogy	Mar 3rd, 2007 02:32:47 PM
And no, I don't mean the 2005 version.
Seph_J by vivavitalogy	Mar 3rd, 2007 02:41:32 PM
I hate to break it to you but 30 Days of...isn't going to get this kind of treatment because everyone knows it is going to be a travesty. It would be a waist of time. While David Slade can make a film look good he doesn't have much in the way of creating an engagind story. I'm sure when the butchered adaptation of 30 Days hits the big screen, pretty as it may be, will disapoint all of us.
* engaging * by vivavitalogy	Mar 3rd, 2007 02:44:11 PM
typo
Vivavitology by number5withabullet	Mar 3rd, 2007 02:56:06 PM
You also missed "waist" of time.
Wow. by vivavitalogy	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:27:56 PM
I cannot spell.
Count me stupid. by vivavitalogy	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:28:24 PM
And grumpy.
thanks for the pics by ATARI	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:51:30 PM

Damn them tentacles look NASTY by Daddylonghead	Mar 3rd, 2007 03:59:11 PM
Great job on the design. They're definitely distinctive and gross lookin'... And I accidentally referred to the awful "Fog" remake as "the Mist" in a talkback a little while ago, but I will definitely pledge to contribute $6 to get my ticket for this on opening day...
Zanti Misfits by Boba Fat	Mar 3rd, 2007 05:01:30 PM
Hopefully those spiders won't have huge bushy eyebrows. Vasquez Rocks in L.A where that Outer Limits episode was filmed has been used for an incredible amount of fantasy films. Kirk Vs Gorn in Arena, most famously. IMDB Vasquez Rocks you'll be amazed I tell ya! P.S Thanks Quint, thanks Frank all this and a tentacle too. You're spoiling us.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Mar 3rd, 2007 05:06:18 PM
Damn you Michael Bay
Mr. Darabont by scoooot	Mar 3rd, 2007 05:28:41 PM
Since there's actually a possibility you might read this, I'd like to take this opportunity to say: I absolutely LOVED Shawshank. I absolutely LOVED Green Mile. So many movies are ruined by their endings, yet these are two of the best endings ever put on film. So good, in fact, that I kept worrying they'd go too long and be ruined. I kept thinking, "Oh yes, perfect. Roll credits!" but then it would continue and get even MORE perfect. Brilliantly executed, sir. They're unforgettable films. Thank you for doing what you do. And please, please... KEEP DOING IT!
All this and a tentacle too by blackwood	Mar 3rd, 2007 06:27:14 PM
Another great report. I am damn excited for this film. Have been ever since 3D Mist - and it looks like they're making the movie I've always wanted to see. Very cool.
Yeah, Shawshank is possibly the best ending ever by performingmonkey	Mar 3rd, 2007 07:56:54 PM
The final lines spoken by Morgan Freeman, pretty much straight from King's book dialogue, are pure excellence. It's something like 'I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.' Fucking amazing. Seriously, is there a more satisfying ending to a movie?
Hey Gilkuliehe by bobwiley	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:27:40 PM
Here's a link to download a mpeg file that will play on Windows Media Player: http://www.stephenkingshortmov ies.com/ Just go to the music page and right-click on the mist picture to download the file. There's a bunch of other short films based on Stephen King stories that are on this website.
correction on link by bobwiley	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:29:06 PM
Sorry, I just noticed there's a space in that link. Delete out the space between the v and i and it should work.
correction on link by bobwiley	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:29:15 PM
Sorry, I just noticed there's a space in that link. Delete out the space between the v and i and it should work.
ff by BobPalpatine	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:35:56 PM
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Calling a kid an asshole by BobPalpatine	Mar 3rd, 2007 08:38:23 PM
Yea that was funny. As for the supermarket, it looks good. I think everyone who has read the story pictures their neighborhood market or drugstore in the story. Great novella btw, stuck with me for a few days after reading it. And to the user who asked if the book ending is any good. It's pretty much the quintessential King ending: more about haunting the reader then offering any closure. I doubt Darabont will keep it as is.
Ooooh, look everybody...white owl has a LIFE by 'Cholera's Ghost	Mar 3rd, 2007 10:01:05 PM
You want a frickin' medal or something? Go read The Mist and earn your right to know like the rest of us! Just kidding. The Mist is, as O.Crush said, about bad things happening to good and/or not-so-good people. It is likely some of these people will not be around at the end. There is also a strong possibility that it involves mist.
I'm picturing the head-spider in THE THING '82 by shermanium65	Mar 3rd, 2007 10:52:20 PM
this could be the greatest Lovecraftian film ever... Right up there with "The Thing" and "Bring it On"
great articles man by El Borak	Mar 4th, 2007 12:39:54 AM
i know some people could care less about this but i love it.
Is this a period piece? by bootle2	Mar 4th, 2007 01:45:31 AM
That jeep could be from WW2... shouldn't they have some ridiculouslu over-the-top humvee with department of homeland big-brother written on?
The Mist by Chop Top	Mar 4th, 2007 08:17:30 AM
Wow looks like Darabont has nailed it.I just hope he doesnt try and add some sort of emotionaly uplifting scenes.R.E: Shawshanks classical music scene(like convicts give a toss about opera) Or the way he messed with the story set up on the Green Mile. The Mist's main attraction is how downbeat and bleak it was.So no happy ending and for the love of god lets not have Tom Jane turning into the Punisher half way thru.
Thanks Bobwiley. by Gilkuliehe	Mar 4th, 2007 09:32:18 AM
But that link doesn't work. (And yes I took out the space, THE MIST picture sends you to 404sville). I'll keep trying.
This Is Madness...! by buster00	Mar 7th, 2007 04:20:38 PM
THIS...IS...SPARTA!!

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