Film director and photographer Peter Rodger is working with composer Alexander van Bubenheim to shoot Oh My God, a film set in over 22 countries, exploring the different ideas and thoughts people from around the world have on God. Rodger is treating the film as a work in progress and has released a four minute trailer based on filming already done in India, Kenya, Israel, Palestinian territories, Morocco and the United States of America.
Peter explains some of the background to the Oh My God project.
“We are experiencing days of religious turmoil, of fundamentalism, fanaticism and the breakdown of spirituality through technology and reason. After the collapse of the piety that was rooted in myth, cult, occult, ancient myths and religions, I ask the question, “What is God?” It’s not so much “Who is God”, but “What” is God?”
“I want this question to be answered from the mouths of many different people - from religious leaders to a peasant child; from an industrialist to a fisherman off the coast of India; from a Hollywood celebrity to a Maasai Warrior.”
Peter says that many of his subjects were stimulated by the question, “What is God?” to start thinking, in some cases coming back to ask for a second interview to express new insights.
The trailer is available to download in HD Quicktime,
I’ve just had a look at the trailer for Jonathan King’s horror movie, Black Sheep. Set in New Zealand. the movie tells the story of Henry Oldfield (Nathan Meister) returning home to sell his share of the family farm to his older brother Angus (Peter Feeney), who is carrying out secret genetic experiemnts. While trying to reveal Angus’ experiments, a pair of environmental activists accidentally release a mutant lamb, which infects the herd and turns them into killer sheep.
The film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in September last year and is being released on NZ screens in March this year by Icon, originally supported by New Zealand Film Commission
Weta Workshop is providing animatronic puppets, special make up effects and other trickery to bring killer sheep to life in gory detail.
Get ready for the violence of the lambs. If you dare, see the Quicktime trailer for Black Sheep online at www.blacksheep-themovie.com
Also worth checking out is Scott Weinberg’s interview with director Jonathan King for Cinematical.
Some time soon we’ll be hearing about the cinema release of Highlander: The Source, the first in a new trilogy of films featuring Duncan Macleod, the immortal Highlander, and his friends as they search for the holy grail of their world.
Here’s the promo from the official movie site:
The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left…
Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal and The Source of their immortality.
Shooting for the film begain in Lithuania in October and finished in December. Director is Brett Leonard, with Adrian Paul starring as Duncan MacLeod as well as producing. Brett pioneered the creation of digital visual effects in filmmaking with 1992’s Lawnmower Man. He also directed 1995’s Virtuosity, and most recently completed Marvel’s Man-Thing.
Davis-Panzer Productions is busy further immortalizing the Clan MacLeod during the series’ twentieth year with an anime feature film in partnership with Imagi of Hong Kong and Madhouse of Japan and a video game with SCI Games Ltd. of London. David Abramowitz, writer from the TV series, is writing the script.
Adrian Paul’s Diary - straight from The Source - has details on the shooting of the movie. Highlander Worldwide, the official Highlander fan club, has photographs from the shoot.
Shooting for the film begain in Lithuania in October and finished in December. Director is Brett Leonard, with Adrian Paul starring as Duncan MacLeod as well as producing. Brett pioneered the creation of digital visual effects in filmmaking with 1992’s 
