Movie Non-news
Movie info. It's been preciously thin on the ground as of late, apart from a few rumblings from the cast that it is on the cards. In the name of good research (or, indeed, poking our nose in where it isn't wanted), we got in contact with the Pacific Film and Television Commission; Queensland's government organisation which aims to "develop and support the local film industry, attract production to Queensland, and celebrate an active screen culture across the State". They've been linked to the Red Dwarf movie production via this Herald Sun article (published 16th July this year); specifically, that "The Pacific Film and Television Commission confirmed... that they had spoken to those involved in the Red Dwarf movie, and it was possible that the production would come to Queensland." And we all know that Doug Naylor has been scouting in Australia.
Their response was slightly disappointing, but nonetheless not unexpected; and at least we got an answer. Sally Ormston told us that "as yet there is no confirmation of where Red Dwarf will be filming". This could of course mean anything from 'it's all sorted out, but there is a media embargo on the news' to 'nothing is fucking sorted out at all, argh', to anything in between. Still, they were very helpful, and told us to look out for the official site's crewing information, and the PFTC Media Releases (as Sally told us, "issued whenever a project is confirmed to Queensland").
So where does this leave us? No further on. To recap recent events: Robert Llewellyn, in his Q&A session at Dimension Jump X, said that shooting was due to start September 15th. On 18th April, in their last news article on the movie, www.reddwarf.co.uk said that shooting was intended to start in Australia "in late September". The Herald Sun article cited above was the first we know of to specifically mention Queensland. Then, on the 14th August, Craig Charles gave an interview to Teletext - where he says that the movie is planned to shoot for four months in Australia, starting from October; but he also said that "money is still a stumbling block". Robert Llewellyn was far more cautious in his interview to The White Hole; he simply stated that "There is a movie in the pipeline, but as to exactly when and where we will shoot it, it is very much in the lap of the bankers".
We'll keep you up to date with all the latest rumours. Now, are you impressed I got a news article out of that?
Comments
THE MOVIE WILL BE SHITE
Yes, that's right folks, it's fucking official - the forthcoming Red Dwarf movie will be (to quote one of the hilarious running "Kryten" gags from series VII of the series) "So shite it'll make series seven and eight of a once-popular science fiction comedy series in space appear equal in quality to series seven and eight of a once-popular science fiction comedy series in space that had a crap seventh and eighth series!"
Here's a quote from thereddwarfmoviewillbeshite.com:
"Craig Charles, the moaning Liverpudlian Priest brought to Ireland in separate packages, has this to say about the latest movie developments: 'Yeah, you know, the movie is destined to be absolute shite. The selection process for lines that would make their way into the script began with Chris (Barrie) and myself watching series VII and VIII of the series on a broken sofa, with Doug (Naylor) watching over us until we reached the unanimous decision that those jokes and performances surely represented the best of Red Dwarf. With that benchmark we looked for similar lines and performances from earlier in the show's run. They were pretty much all Doug's lines that we chose. Chris particularly liked "What's an iguana?" of mine and, although Robert (can't be bothered to check how to spell his surname because the movie will be so shite) wasn't with us, his voice and mannerisms for the line "Blue Midget is loaded!" were selected for emulation throughout the film, though he will have a slightly more "aren't I a funny performer?" air about him, particularly in what he does with his eyes and mouth. It's not something I regret personally because it'll make me richer than two whole series of Robot Wars with half the shouting, but for the rundown, here it is. Basically there'll be loads of shite lines written by Doug, loads of shite CGI, and loads of shite performing by the cast who are, if you haven't read the publicity poster, a bunch of particularly self-absorbed tossers with a troop of slightly morbid-looking Red Dwarf obsessives moping around after them, breathing in their every passing fart. Feel free to fund the film's production by purchasing DVDs and other merchandise, but the movie will be shite.'"
Well hopefully that will finally quash the choir of optimists so that we can move on. I respect Craig for saying such things, even at the expense of revenue. And it's a perspective that people will worship rather than bleat about being just speculation etc. So hurrah, it's official, all together now: "THE MOVIE WILL BE SHITE! SHOVE IT UP YOUR ARSE!"
Posted by Edward Jackson at September 9, 2003 04:33 PM
What an arrogant, attention-seeking, cod-'controversial' cunt.
If you don't mind me saying so.
Posted by Darrell Jones at September 9, 2003 06:43 PM
Actually, I found it rather amusing. Utterly wrong, but I like the mentions of notoriously bad lines.
Posted by Ian Symes at September 9, 2003 08:42 PM
I read that Craig Charles interview too. Seems like a solid bloke.
Posted by Northerner in Drag at September 11, 2003 04:32 PM
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