Salt Director Grateful For Wasted Taxpayer Money Dan Koelsch, July 20, 2010 We’ve been covering the Salt Day X Exists game for several weeks now, so I found this news from NBC LA rather interesting. Director Phillip Noyce made what almost seemed like a political comment, claiming that wasted taxpayer money actually helped the film. The action spy thriller follows Agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) as she flees from her own agency after she is framed (or is she?) for being a Russian spy. The film takes place in Washington D.C., but was actually shot in another capitol, Albany, NY. During a screening of the film on Monday night, Noyce talked about why the city worked so well for the films’ action sequences.“Due to excessive pork barreling over the years, the capital of New York has built up the most elaborate freeway system you have ever seen,” Noyce said at a screening of the film on Monday night.There was even “one overpass to nowhere which just stopped,” he added with a little surprise. While clearly a symbol of taxpayer waste, Noyce had to admit: “It was really convenient to one (movie) sequence,” he said. “It’s a tragedy (for taxpayers) but great for filming.”This misguided highway infrastructure plays a role in at least one major action sequence, as you can see in the clip below. At least something good came out of those millions of dollars wasted. Columbia Pictures’ Salt opens nationwide in theaters on July 23rd. News Phillip Noyce.Salt
Two Cast Members Revealed for Super 8 September 17, 2010September 17, 2010While Super 8, the sci-fi film being produced by J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg, may be under a cloud of secrecy (like almost all of Abrams’ projects), we are starting to see bits of light shine through. We’ve already been clued in to the shooting location in West Virginia, and… Read More
Iron Man 2 Defeats Weekend Box Office May 9, 2010May 9, 2010Everyone knew Iron Man 2 would win out this weekend, but by how much? Would it do outpace the original (which some argued was better) or maybe even break The Dark Knight‘s record? The estimates are in, so see the full chart and find out after the break. Read More
Iron Man 2: Stark’s ‘Tude Ain’t Goin’ Anywhere November 25, 2009Iron Man 2 is starting to slowly but surely pick up some steam as we move forward to the May 7th, 2010 release. We already had the viral site start (and go nowhere, though hopefully that changes after we get a teaser, possibly as early as next month), we’ve seen… Read More
First, they're not called “freeways” out East. Second, we're talking about ONE INTERCHANGE over downtown Albany. One. Yeah, it's tangled, but it's nothing like the freeway system in L.A., for crying out loud.Also: the highway that ends in midair is a testament to city activists who kept the elevated roadways out of residential neighborhoods and a park.