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
SXSW News: Is Cloverfield 2 Moving Forward? March 15, 2010March 15, 2010Film festivals always bring out interesting news, and the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas is no exception. In fact, Cloverfield director Matt Reeves was at SXSW over the weekend, and MTV asked him about the current prospects for a sequel to the monster flick. Find out what he… Read More
Aaron Paul Talks “Need For Speed”, His “Price Is Right” Appearance, Better Call Saul, And More March 10, 2014Aaron Paul is just one of those actors who started off with humble beginings. From small time commericals like Juicy Fruit to appearing in The Price Is Right, the actor has come a long way before winning two Emmys for his work on Breaking Bad. Now he is taking the… Read More
First Footage of Iron Man 2 December 15, 2009Thanks to the guys at SuperHeroHype, we get a look at actual scenes from next year’s Iron Man 2 for the first time. Their clip (embedded below) is from a promo for tomorrow night’s segment of Entertainment Tonight, where there will presumably be more scenes cut together so fast you… 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.