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By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

Closed Set? Tee Hee!

Dave — It’s so funny — in that article you posted on “movie star” Naomi Watts (trust me, she wouldn’t trade it in for anything), the writer says, “Jackson has kept the film set closed during production with a strong expectation for the movie following the success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.”
Oh? Closed? Closed to what? Press from Botswana? Closed…except for the half-hour daily Internet diaries showing every last detail of the production from craft service to scenes being filmed and an AICN writer hanging out for, like, two weeks, and all the rest of the media hoardes. Except for that, sure, it was closed. What a joke.
Obviously, there’s nothing wrong with press on set (obviously), but why try and create this fiction?

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15 Responses to “Closed Set? Tee Hee!”

  1. Terence D says:

    It’s what they do and how they try to create buzz. Works for both parties. Since guys like Jackson get access to fans and doesn’t have to answer much and the sites/journalists get a bone, some buzz and an exclusive story.

  2. Martin says:

    Nothing to do with this discussion at all, but am I the only one that looks at Lemony Snicket as a major misfire on the level of Godzilla? G98 = franchise ‘starter’ with $160 mill. budget, $130 domestic gross, perceived as a loser. Lemony snicket – same thing, except it did even less, only about $120 mill. Both essentially have no chance at a sequel. Yet somehow Snicket is seen as a ‘hit’ by many people. I don’t want to rag on the movie, it might be very good. But it’s box office has to be seen as kind of a disaster.

  3. jeremy says:

    I’ve been wondering the same thing for months. I thought it was getting off light due to the regime change; still, there’s no spinning it as anything but a theatrical disappointment. It’ll be interesting to see how it does on DVD.

  4. Angelus says:

    It got off light because I don’t know who expected it to be be a 200 million movie.

  5. jeffrey boam's doctor says:

    it wasn’t an open set. the entire online diary is what they allow the fans to see. believe me, there are certain things this production does not want to slip out. they have appeared open but in reality this is a tight tight production. the AICN guy was wheeled out to what they wanted and then escorted off. You want some real insider dirt about whats so secret? Just ask the Dr..

  6. Joe Leydon says:

    Doctor: You aren’t going to start telling us how you feed your people, are you?

  7. jeffrey boam's doctor says:

    only if I got demoted to being a script editor like the spamster

  8. jesper says:

    now now dear Dr. spill your beans and elaborate

  9. Don says:

    JB’sD is right….what *are* you seeing in those daily internet diaries? You’re seeing silly little stuff and alot of “fun” type things (interviews with crew, cast, the craziness of shooting such a huge film)…but you aren’t seeing anything that’s going to give anything about the movie away.

  10. Joe Leydon says:

    Well, I hear from a reliable source that it’s actually a remake of a Jeff Bridges movie. No kidding. Spam Dooley told me.

  11. PastePotPete says:

    What’s the big secret anyway? We know the plot(I’m not expecting any big changes to the “go to island, find monkey, monkey scary, bring monkey to new york, monkey get mad, monkey die” plot of the original. The only thing that can really be revealed about this production is how Kong looks, and from the productiona artwork that’s “leaked” it looks like a more realistic ape than the other ones. Until there’s some footage of Kong in action there’s nothing to see.

  12. jeffrey boam's doctor says:

    Hey pasty pete, believe me that there are a couple of MAJOR surprises coming to the fans. anyone know how much trouble you get in for breaking confidentiality agreements?

  13. bicycle bob says:

    spam dooley said peter jackson has a beard

  14. Mark says:

    We’re being spammed!

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