quote:Is Australian actor Matthew Newton going to a Galaxy Far, Far Away?
According to The Sunday Herald Sun - quite possibly.
George Lucas has done an 'availability check' on the young actor - the son of TV legend, Bert - to see if he's free for his upcoming 100 episode "Star Wars" TV series.
via moviehole Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
What's all this hooplah with this Star Wars series? Does it even have a name?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Kind of goobery lookin'. Maybe it's just the beard in that picture. I wonder what role he's being looked at for? I guess it would depend on what time period the show is set in.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Then there is that Cartoon series... it better not be something like Jar Jar Binks and Friends.
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
As I understand the cartoon series is just going to be an extension of CLone Wars somehow, dunno how as it was meant to lead into RotS but I read it was meant to be completely CG instead of that ridiculous bad imitation of anime that Cartoon Network does so much of.
I dunno what part they're gonna cast this Newton guy in but I hope to the fates that they force him to get a decent haircut and get rid of that fluff off of his upper lip and chin.
Posted by Mighty Blogger Snay (Member # 411) on :
Marauth,
I think the new CGI "Clone Wars" cartoon will take place before the Cartoon Network "Clone Wars" ... and I'd also point out that we don't even know if it will focus on Obi-Wan & Anakin.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
"that ridiculous bad imitation of anime"
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
What he said. Buh?
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
Sorry, should have clarified: on the Clone Wars DVD the director Genndy Tartakovsky states that he was inspired by and tried to make the visual style of the show similar to anime, I've never seen a single anime that looked anything like Clone Wars or any of the other Cartoon Network shows, some of which bear quite a resemblance to the style in Clone Wars, I believe one is called Samurai Jack and was also made by Tartakovsky.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Uh, well, yeah. Presumably it's on the strength of that show (which I've never seen, but various nerd sources were all "It is crazy and sweet!) that he got offered the Star Wars thing.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You foudn time to watch The Powerpuff Girls, so I'm sure you can squeeze in Samurai Jack somewhere.
The impression I get from the shows is that the action sequences are slightly anime inspired, but the actual character design is unique. If he says otherwise, then I suppose as the creator he's right. (Although various western animated artists seem to be getting annoyed at the "everything is inspired by anime" commentary. Craig McCracken seems to field in in every interview about the PPGs.)
It was more the "ridiculous bad imitation of anime" comment. People who dismiss things as being "just a cartoon" narrow minded. People who dismiss things as "it's not anime, it's just a cartoon" are nerd snobs.
(Apparently, the people who worked on The Clone Wars so pleased George that he let them see Revenge Of The Sith two days before it opened. Wasn't that nice of him?)
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
Very nice of him indeed.
I wasn't dismissing the story-telling potential of the series just because I dislike the visual style; I was merely commenting that it is not - as some of the creators and at one point even Lucas himself say - anime, it is a unique and very stylised, erm, style that bears little resemblance to anime other than both are forms of cartoon art.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
And Padme has enormous saucer-eyes.
(I do agree though, it looks nothing like anime.)
Posted by FawnDoo (Member # 1421) on :
It might just be me, but some of the clone wars character designs struck me as being slightly similar to the Gerald Scarfe-inspired designs for Disney's "Hercules". Something about the whole stylised look to them struck me as slightly similar.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying they're carbon copies, just that the Clone Wars stuff struck me as slightly reminiscent of the Disney "Hercules" look. Especially the characters with beards - Obi-Wan and Dooku. Anyone else seen a similarity?