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From Island Packet
St. Helena Island resident boards crew for 'Pirates' sequel
BY JASON RYAN, The Beaufort Gazette
Published Saturday, February 12th, 2005
For part-time St. Helena Island resident Brooke Brunson, it's business as usual mingling with movie stars and baking under the Caribbean sun.
Brunson is leaving in two weeks for St. Vincent and the Grenadines to
begin work on the sequel to the 2003 Disney blockbuster "Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
She was tapped to be an assistant locations manager for the original
movie because of her familiarity with the island of St. Vincent. She spent
13 years on the nearby Bequia when she was growing up.
"I'm thrilled. I'm pretty much the only person from that country to work in film," said Brunson, 28, who has dual citizenship in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the United States. "I remember in the first film they said, 'You're the needle in the haystack.'<2009>"
Brunson and her mother moved to family-owned land on St. Helena Island in the early 1990s. Brooke attended high school and college in the United States, though she took trips to the islan often as she could.
At 16, she got her first taste of film and television when she worked locally as a production assistant on Nickelodeon's "Gullah Gullah Island." She also worked on movies filmed in the area like "Forces of Nature" and "Radio," where she cast many extras.
This time around, Brunson will be working with the production design department, helping to decorate the island and maritime sets.
Brunson said St. Vincent was picked as the film's location because of its relatively undeveloped coast.
"You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a bay in the Caribbean without a Hilton," Brunson said.
The 2003 blockbuster provided a huge "shot in the arm" to the economy there, contributing more money to the country's gross domestic product than the usual island breadwinner -- bananas.
Brunson said set workers created a version of the historical Jamaican pirate haven of Port Royal along a portion of the island's coast, an area she described as having "one road into town and one road out."
Because of the terrain difficulties and the number of movie facilities built on boats and barges in the bay, the crews rented almost all of the speedboats on the island to ferry filmworkers across sometimes rough seas.
"If you're seasick or have any problem with water, you cannot do this," she said.
But any daily aggravation from the seas was short-lived.
"At the end of the day you walk off set and you're having wine with Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp," Brunson said.
Sipping a cappuccino and donning sunglasses Tuesday outside Firehouse Books and Espresso Bar, Brunson seems to have adopted many of the casual habits of the Hollywood superstars that she works with, including an indifference to their celebrity.
"You hate to say it, but they are just regular, normal people," Brunson said. "The magic of it is gone after you work with them every day."
Not that the actors don't have their amusing quirks that raised Brunson's eyebrows, including the elaborate "green room" Depp used between sets and decorated for himself, complete with saber scars along the walls and doors from practicing his swashbuckling.
"His green room looked like what a pirate's cave would have looked like," Brunson said.
Brunson also mentioned Rush, who played a haggard, evil pirate in the first film, as an actor who embraced his role by growing out his fingernails.
"He was just yucky -- he totally took it on," Brunson said.
When filming on St. Vincent's is finished in May or June, Brunson isn't sure if she will continue on to another island with parts of the crew to continue filming.
Although the island's distant location necessitates that nearly all the movie's props be shipped by container and the pirate ships be sailed for weeks before arriving, Brunson is happy about St. Vincent's seclusion.
"What's nice on a movie like this is everyone is so isolated," Brunson
said. "When you're stranded on an island with just these people, it's a
lot more relaxed."
Found by emma at the Beaufort Gazzette
St. Helena Island woman to work on Caribbean movie
Published Thu, Feb 10, 2005
By JASON RYAN
The Beaufort Gazette
For part-time St. Helena Island resident Brooke Brunson, it's business
as usual mingling with movie stars and reveling under the Caribbean sun.
The tall, golden-tressed local is leaving in two weeks for the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to begin work on the sequel to the 2003 Disney blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."
Brunson was tapped to be an assistant locations manager for the original movie because of her familiarity with the island of St. Vincent, as she was raised on nearby Bequia for 13 years.
"I'm thrilled. I'm pretty much the only person from that country to work in film," said Brunson, who has dual citizenship in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the United States. "I remember in the first film they said, 'You're the needle in the haystack.'"
Brunson and her mother moved to family-owned land on St. Helena Island in the early 1990s and Brooke attended high school and college in the United States, though she took trips to the islands as often as she could.
At 16, she got her first taste of film and television when she worked locally as a production assistant on Nickolodeon's "Gullah Gullah Island" and also worked on movies filmed in the area like "Forces of Nature" and "Radio," where she cast many extras.
This time around, Brunson will be working with the production design department, helping to decorate the island and maritime sets.
Brunson said St. Vincent was picked as the film's location because of its relatively undeveloped coast.
"You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a bay in the Caribbean without a Hilton," Brunson said.
The 2003 blockbuster provided a huge "shot in the arm" to the economy there, contributing more money to the country's gross domestic product then the usual island breadwinner -- bananas.
Brunson said set workers created a version of the historical Jamaican pirate haven of Port Royal along a portion of the island's coast, an area she described as having "one road into town and one road out."
Because of the terrain difficulties and the number of movie facilities built on boats and barges in the bay, the crews rented almost all of the speedboats on the island to ferry filmworkers across sometimes rough seas.
"There were many, many a day I went to work under plastic," Brunson said of protective measures from sea spray. "If you're seasick or have any problem with water, you cannot do this."
But any daily aggravation from the seas was short-lived.
"At the end of the day, you walk off set and you're having wine with Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp," Brunson said, impressed with their acting talent.
Sipping a cappuccino and donning sunglasses Tuesday outside Firehouse Books and Espresso Bar, Brunson seems to have adopted many of the casual habits of the Hollywood superstars that she works with, including an indifference to their celebrity.
"You hate to say it, but they are just regular, normal people," Brunson said. "The magic of it is gone after you work with them every day."
Not that the actors don't have their amusing quirks that raised Brunson's eyebrows, including the elaborate "green room" Depp used between sets and decorated for himself, complete with saber scars along the walls and doors from practicing his swashbuckling.
"His green room looked like what a pirate's cave would have looked like," Brunson said.
Brunson also mentioned Rush, who played a haggard, evil pirate in the first film, as an actor who embraced his role by growing out his fingernails.
"He was just yucky -- he totally took it on," Brunson said.
When filming on St. Vincent's is finished in May or June, Brunson isn't sure if she will continue on to another island with parts of the crew to continue filming.
Although the island's distant location necessitates that nearly all the movie's props be shipped by container and the pirate ships be sailed for weeks before arriving, Brunson is happy about St. Vincent's seclusion.
"What's nice on a movie like this is everyone is so isolated," Brunson
said. "When you're stranded on an island with just these people, it's a
lot more relaxed."
From The Boston Herald
Kate loses matey to ‘Pirates’
By Inside Track
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
KATE BOSWORTH broke it off with her ``Lord of the Rings'' hottie, Orlando
Bloom, because of his grueling work schedule, Star maggie reports. The
Cohasset homegal allegedly grew frustrated with Bloom's ``Pirates of the
Caribbean'' sequel so she gave him an ultimatum, saying, ``It's Johnny
Depp or me!'' ``Orlando's locked into shooting sequels from this February
through October,'' a source tells the mag. ``It completely canceled out
Kate's wedding plans, and she told Orlando she'd waited long enough. He
was given a choice and he chose the Pirates.'' Can you really blame him
for picking Johnny over frail Kate?
From Daily Breeze
Long-delayed Long Point project begins in RPV
Work crews prepare the former Marineland site for the construction of resort overlooking the ocean in Rancho Palos Verdes.
By Nick Green
A work crew that has been demolishing an old gas station at the entrance of the defunct Marineland theme park in the last few weeks is the first step toward construction of the $300 million Long Point resort.
"The launch of Long Point is major," said Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Larry Clark. "I'm pleased we're moving toward concrete evidence that the project is real."
It's certainly been a long time coming.
The city first approved a 400-room hotel on the 102-acre property that sits on coastal bluffs overlooking the ocean in 1990, three years after Marineland closed.
But those original plans were scrapped after the landowner filed for bankruptcy.
York Long Point Associates purchased the property for $28 million in 1995 and spent seven years getting city approval for the project.
Late last year the investment group quietly sold the property for an undisclosed sum to Lowe Enterprises, the Brentwood-based company whose Destination Development subsidiary will build the resort.
The move enabled Destination to secure two construction loans worth $225 million, documents show.
Long Point will include 550 hotel rooms, bungalows and casitas, 32 privately owned villas, a conference center, health spa, driving range and clubhouse.
When complete in 2007, the resort is expected to provide up to 700 full-time jobs and $5 million in annual municipal revenues.
"We've invested a substantial amount of our sales price in the project," said Jim York, while declining to name the amount the investment group that he heads received. "I think it's a good investment and I'm also planning to buy one of the condos when they go on the market."
Sales should begin in the next few months.
Project Director Keith Lamparter, who has 15 years experience building large resorts, said construction trailers should move onto the property in March. A sales and marketing trailer that will eventually have a mock-up of a typical hotel room will be installed in late May to early June.
"We'd like to be grading late this summer and then start real construction by the end of the year," Lamparter said.
The schedule is tentative though.
The city and state all have to approve various permits along the way. One of the project's biggest challenges is the strict level of regulatory oversight in California, Lamparter said.
As if to confirm that, work was halted on the gas station demolition when city officials discovered Destination had not secured the right paperwork to permit the removal of potentially contaminated soil caused by the gas station's old underground tanks. Work is expected to resume within two weeks.
Moreover, filming for two sequels to the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean," which was also shot at Long Point, is supposed to occur before the end of May.
However, safety concerns related to the impending demolition prompted city officials to deny the film company the necessary permits. An appeal is expected.
Given those sorts of delays to two relatively minor projects, Lamparter is reluctant to provide a hard and fast timetable for the complex construction. Those projects pale in comparison to ripping up the massive parking lots in an ecologically sensitive coastal area. That is expected to occur in phases.
"We really don't want to go out there and tear up 102 acres and have the sand and dust blowing," he said.
Lamparter also has to figure out the logistics of busing as many as 500 construction workers to the site.
"You only get to do this one time," he said of the construction. "We
want to do it right."
Hot Topic now has Captain Jack Sparrow fleece blankets and pillow cases
Sent in by Liz from Mobile Alabama's Mobile Register
Pirates of the Bayou
Sunday, January 23, 2005
By RUSS HENDERSON
Staff Reporter
BAYOU LA BATRE -- A 130-foot, floating piece of Walt Disney fantasy is being built in the heart of this working-class seafood town, a new Black Pearl pirate ship for the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, set to be filmed this year and released in 2006.
But Disney representatives, for now, remain as secretive as guardians of unmarked treasure about the ship that's being built under a large covered shed at Steiner Shipyard, just a couple of blocks from Bayou La Batre City Hall.
The project is visible to all who pass by on the street, but Russell Steiner, owner of the shipyard, and Disney officials said they can't utter a word about it.
"Everybody in town's talking about it, but apparently it's a secret," said Police Chief Johnny Joyner.
Other local shipbuilders said the boat is unlike any ever seen at a Bayou La Batre boatyard. Through the large door of the shed can be seen the rear of a 96-foot-long steel utility boat around which a much larger, wooden hull is being constructed.
Plans on the office wall at Steiner Shipyard show how the steel vessel will fit inside the much larger pirate ship, supplying the Black Pearl with a ready-made, 11-knot engine, 37,644-gallon ballast capacity and other features without requiring the construction of a real wooden boat.
"They're saving time and money by building the wooden ship over a steel one," said Joey Rodriguez, owner of Rod riguez Boat Builders in Bayou La Batre. "That way it doesn't have to be watertight. The wooden hull can just be a prop. I'm sure that's why they're doing it that way."
The plans on the wall list the name of the upcoming sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest."
In the first movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," the vessel was a 17th century-style warship, similar to a galleon, with two gun decks and space for dozens of oars.
Constructing a real, multi-masted wooden ship today would be next to impossible for many reasons, Rodriguez said. First, the craftsmen that know how to build them have all but died out. Second, the types of wood commonly used in shipbuilding in centuries past are now in extremely short supply.
"This way, you can use pine if you want, then make it up to look like a real, 17th century ship," Rodriguez said.
In the original movie, most of the shots of the Black Pearl were computer generated, Disney officials said.
The movie, inspired by the long-running Disney theme-park ride, starred Johnny Depp and debuted in summer 2003. It grossed $305 million in U.S. theaters and more than $600 million worldwide.
Steiner said he's done boat work for movies before. In 1987, his workers converted a 180-foot oil crew boat into the gray Navy destroyer replica seen in the World War II mini-series "War and Remembrance," much of which was filmed in Pensacola. That mammoth, 30-hour production aired on ABC in 1988. Steiner said the job cost less than $100,000.
Rodriguez said a project such as the pirate ship could easily cost upwards of $1.5 million. The utility boat itself would cost about $300,000, then, "as for the rest of it, it depends on how elaborate they're going to get with this thing. With sails and ropes and rigging and everything and with elaborate woodwork, this thing could get expensive real quick."
Steiner said his father, Clarence Steiner, first bought the shipyard in 1954 and began working on small wooden boats. Steiner bought the yard in 1969, and he and six employees continued to repair and build wooden boats.
In the 1970s, the yard transitioned to steel and aluminum hulls. It
now generally builds vessels 100 feet long and larger, many of them for
the U.S Coast Guard, Steiner said. He has about 40 employees.
From Dark Horizons
Official "Pirates" Sequel Details
Source: The Orlando Bloom Files
Author: Garth Franklin
At the recent Disney Investor Conference Studio Presentation, new details came out about the two sequels to "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" that are set to begin filming shortly according to The OB Files.
It's been confirmed the films are headed for a Summer 2006 & Summer 2007 release theatrically and the first one will be called "Dead Man's Chest" as it has been rumoured since late last year.
Story wise: "This time around, Captain Jack (Depp) owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. If Jack can't figure a crafty way out of this one, he'll be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.
As if that weren't enough, Captain Jack's problems throw a huge wrench
into the wedding plans of the blissful Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann,
who quickly find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures."
From RTE Entertainment
04 February 2005
March start for Pirates follow-ups
Shooting on the back-to-back sequels to 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' will begin next month, reports MTV.Com.
Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival, where she was promoting her new film 'The Jacket', star Keira Knightley said: "I don't know anything about the story. I hear a secret script has arrived in my flat, but I haven't read anything yet, no character breakdowns, no nothing."
Joining Knightley, Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are '28 Days Later' star Naomie Harris and 'King Arthur' star Stellan Skarsgard.
The first sequel is due in cinemas in the summer of 2006.
From Addict3d
Pirates Sequels Detailed
Added by: A^C^E
Date: 03.02.05
Time: 21:05:02
Source: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=30...
The upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequel film will be called Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and will open in summer of 2006, followed by a third film in summer of 2007, Disney studio chairman Dick Cook revealed in a conference call with investors. The two sequels are being shot back to back.
In Dead Man's Chest, Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow, who owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. The sequel will also bring back Orlando Bloom as Will Turner and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann, according to a report on the ComingSoon.net Web site.
Jerry Bruckheimer will again produce, and Gore Verbinski is back to
direct. Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Alex Norton round out
the cast.
From the Star
New Pirates of the Caribbean recruits
Stellan Skarsgard and Naomie Harris are boarding Walt Disney Pictures’ back-to-back sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The sequels reunite the main players in the 2003 blockbuster: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley star, Gore Verbinski directs, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio write and Jerry Bruckheimer produces. In the new films, Skarsgard will play Bloom’s long-lost father, and Harris will play a gypsy queen. Pirates 2 is scheduled for a summer 2006 release. Shooting is to start early next month in Los Angeles and the Caribbean.
Stellan Skarsgard will play Orlando Bloom’s long-lost father in the
Pirates sequels.
Pirates 2 reunites Skarsgard with Bruckheimer; the actor appeared in
last year’s King Arthur, which Bruckheimer produced. Skarsgard’s recent
credits include Exorcist: The Beginning and Dogville. Harris might be best
known stateside for starring in the horror film 28 Days Later. She also
appeared in After the Sunset as well as British TV’s adaptation of Zadie
Smith’s novel White Teeth.
Confirmed by the Hollywood
Reporter
Skarsgard, Harris join "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels
POSTED ON 01/31/05 AT 9:00 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Stellan Skarsgard and Naomie Harris will be joining the two "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels, both of which are being filmed back-to-back.
The sequels are reuniting the main players from the 2003 blockbuster, including actors Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, director Gore Verbinski, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
In the new films, Skarsgard will play Bloom's long-lost father, and Harris will play a gypsy queen.
"Pirates 2" is due out the summer of 2006.
From the Daily Record
TAGGARTS OF THE CARIBBEAN
Jan 28 2005
Alex lands
pirate film role
By Paul English
TAGGART star Alex Norton is swapping 'murdurrr' in Maryhill for adventure with Johnny Depp in the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel.
The 55-year-old actor has landed a high-profile part, playing Edinburgh sea captain Sam Bellamy, in the £300million follow-up to the blockbuster, .
But despite securing the biggest role of his acting career, Alex says he'll be back behind his desk in Maryhill as DCI Matt Burke after filming with Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, which starts next month.
Speaking from his trailer on the Taggart set in Glasgow, Alex said: 'It's safe to say this is about as big as it gets.
'I've only just heard that I got the part of Captain Bellamy. I'm really excited.'
Alex, who has starred in Hollywood hits Braveheart, Patriot Games and White Hunter Black Heart, as well as Local Hero and Gregory's Girl,said:'I start filming in Los Angeles next month.
'We then head out to the Caribbean island of St Vincent in June and July.
'But there's no question of this being the end of Taggart for me.'
He said his sons Jock, Rory and Jamie are huge fans of the original
Pirates blockbuster and are thrilled at his new film role.
Found by Lauren from Coming Soon
Skarsgård in Pirates of the Caribbean Sequels
Source: Hugo January 26, 2005
Swedish
actor Stellan Skarsgård (Ronin, Amistad, Exorcist: The Beginning,
King Arthur) has landed the role as Orlando Bloom's father 'Bootstraps'
Turner in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels
slated to start shooting this year.
According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Skarsgård starts working on the project in February and will finish in December.
"We are going to shoot around the Los Angeles area as well as in the Bahamas and the West Indies," says Skarsgård. "I'm playing the old pirate 'Bootstraps' Turner... it should be fun, I enjoyed the first one."
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently said he was also negotiating with Geoffrey Rush to return as Barbossa in a third "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are all signed on to return, along with the director and writers from "Curse of the Black Pearl."
So, what do we think??? I'm not sure, I'm not really familiar with this
guy except that I did see King Arthur.
As noted in Oh Johnny!'s report on the panel at the El Capitan January 13, 2005 (See Page 3 ) another source as confirmed that my assumption was correct: Keith Richards will NOT be in POTC2, he will appear in POTC3.
Oh Johnny can also confirm that two of the 'location' shooting areas
will be Louisanna and St. Vincents - Virgin Islands.
From Moviehole
Exclusive Interview : Geoffrey Rush
Posted on Thr, 20-Jan-2005
Recent Golden Globe winner Geoffrey Rush, in town to help publicise the US release of the Australian film "Swimming Upstream", appears to be eventually set for "both Pirates of the Caribbean" films. Talking exclusively, the actor says while both Pirates sequels are not a sure thing for the Oscar winning actor, he is keeping himself available.
“It is not an official announcement, but at the moment I am on hold until there is a date somewhere late January where I think they are going to role out the schedule and the scripts.They have got a big job ahead of them, as they are going to shoot two and three together for logistical reasons and they are certainly determined not to make it a sausage machine project. It seems they are very keen on expanding the possibility of what Barbossa and Jack Sparrow and all the characters get involved in, and I think they are going to take into some quite fantastical and surprisingly new directions,” says Rush, excitedly.
But it is not just the Hollywood blockbusters that appeal to Rush, who received a Golden Globe this past weekend for his portrayal of Peter Sellers. While waiting to rediscover his inner pirate, once again, Rush returns to Australia to star in Candy, for director Neil Armfield, “who is my long time theatrical collaborator. Based on a Luke Davis novel from a couple of years ago and it’s with Heath Ledger and Abbey Cornish, an actress who is just one out of the box, an extraordinary young woman. Candy is a really, really good script and it is going to be great to be on,” enthuses Rush.
While Swimming Upstream – in which the actor delivers a powerful performance as an alcoholic, abusive father who pits his sons together as they both thrive for excellence as swimmers – has already been and gone in Rush’s native Australia, MGM is releasing the film in limited markets throughout the US on February 4. Despite its apparent Australian parochialism, Rush feels that American audiences should get the 1950s-set drama. “Hopefully they will get it, because they will see it through the kind of specific detail we hopefully have put into it. I know the kind of debilitating effect that alcoholism can have on a family, and I have seen it in friends’ fathers, who were kind of battered and bruised and came out silent and angry.”
It is clear why Rush was attracted to such an intense character, but denies that he prefers that kind of pure acting, to the experiences he faces on a Jerry Bruckheimer extravaganza. “I never look at the Production House before I look at the script. Swimming Upstream happened to be an American outfit called Crusader Films and it was going to be staffed entirely by Australians. The script just leapt at me on a level, where at a very particular time there was a certain moodiness in the world after September 1. I had just been doing Banger Sisters and Frida and I loved the opportunity to play a role in my own dialect and something that came from my own culture psyche,” Rush explains. “It was just very vibrant for me and then something like Pirates comes up, and again it was the script and in there with Johnny Depp and Jerry Bruckheimer.”
It’s been 8 years since Shine catapulted the then predominant stage actor to movie stardom and at 52, the Aussie Oscar winner still admits surprise to his success. “Yeah, I am constantly intrigued. because you know none of the last eight or ten years were ever in my sights or something that I aspired to. I just took a completely left hand turn when I started doing films with On Our Selection, Shine and then Children Of The Revolution and it just sort of went in weird and wonderful directions ever since.”
I first saw Rush on stage in Sydney alongside relative newcomer Mel Gibson. The two ex-roommates have remained friends, and Rush smiles at what has happened to the pair since. “Actually I am presenting Mel with an achievement award tomorrow night for Australians in Hollywood, so I’ll have a few funny anecdotes about when we were a 1/4 of a century younger.”
- PAUL FISCHER
From China Daily
Chow Yun-fat's
new pirate style revealed
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2005-01-19 08:54
Hong Kong action hero Chow Yun-fat has been hiding from the media for
some time in an attempt to keep his image for his role in the upcoming
Pirates of the Caribbean sequel a secret.
Hong Kong movie star Chow Yun-fat raises mustache preparing for his new role in the the next two sequels of the box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean. [sohu]
However, the attempt proved to be in vain as the Hong Kong media caught him yesterday, sporting a thick mustache and a goatee.
According to Chinese newspapers, Chow is preparing for the next two sequels of the box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean, which he is set to star in next month.
To keep his image in the films secret, as requested by the contract, Chow reportedly shunned a photo exhibition in which his works were displayed and declined invitations to show up at fund-raising performances for tsunami victims.
The actor is reported to appear with silver hair and grey beard and will play the famous 15th century Chinese pirate Cheung Po-tsai for the second and third installments of the film series.
In the films, Chow will join returning cast members Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is pushing to have both sequels filmed back-to-back. The savvy filmmaker says, "We hope that we can do it as well as Lord of the Rings did it."
The first Pirates of the Caribbean was a massive success, taking in
US$720 million worldwide in 2003.
From China View
Chow's new pirate style revealed
www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-19 08:06:12
BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- Hong Kong action hero Chow Yun-fat has been hiding from the media for some time in an attempt to keep his image for his role in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequel a secret.
However, the attempt proved to be in vain as the Hong Kong media caught him yesterday, sporting a thick mustache and a goatee.
According to Chinese newspapers, Chow is preparing for the next two sequels of the box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean, which he is set to star in next month.
To keep his image in the films secret, as requested by the contract, Chow reportedly shunned a photo exhibition in which his works were displayed and declined invitations to show up at fund-raising performances for tsunami victims.
The actor is reported to appear with silver hair and grey beard and will play the famous 15th century Chinese pirate Cheung Po-tsai for the second and third installments of the film series.
In the films, Chow will join returning cast members Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is pushing to have both sequels filmed back-to-back. The savvy filmmaker says, “We hope that we can do it as well as Lord of the Rings did it.”
The first Pirates of the Caribbean was a massive success, taking in US$720 million worldwide in 2003.
(Source: Shenzhen Daily)
From Dark Horizons
Geoffrey Rush Talks "Pirates" & "Candy"
Posted: Wednesday January 19th, 2005
Source: Dark Horizons
Author: Garth Franklin
Recent Golden Globe winner Geoffrey Rush, in Los Angeles to help publicise the US release of the Australian film "Swimming Upstream", appears to be eventually set for both Pirates of the Caribbean films. Talking exclusively to Dark Horizons, the self-confessed fan of DH ["I love the site, I use it as my bible"], says while both Pirates sequels are not a sure thing for the Oscar winning actor, he is keeping himself available.
"It is not an official announcement, but at the moment I am on hold until there is a date somewhere late January where I think they are going to role out the schedule and the scripts. cause They have got a big job ahead of them, as they are going to shoot two and three together for logistical reasons and they are certainly determined not to make it a sausage machine project. It seems they are very keen on expanding the possibility of what Barbossa and Jack Sparrow and all the characters get involved in, and I think they are going to take into some quite fantastical and surprisingly new directions," says Rush, excitedly.
But it is not just the Hollywood blockbusters that appeal to Rush, who received a Golden Globe this past weekend for his portrayal of Peter Sellers. While waiting to rediscover his inner pirate, once again, Rush returns to Australia to star in Candy, for director Neil Armfield, "who is my long time theatrical collaborator. Based on a Luke Davis novel from a couple of years ago and it's with Heath Ledger and Abbey Cornish, an actress who is just one out of the box, an extraordinary young woman. Candy is a really, really good script and it is going to be great to be on," enthuses Rush.
The full interview with Rush about his work on "Swimming Upstream" will be included next week.
Thanks to 'PF'
