New: Pictures of $quid cast

Some new pictures from $quid (Aust-2009; dir. Daley Pearson and Luke Tierney):

Brooke Sheehan as Danielle

Ed Kavalee as Jess

Henry Nixon as Alan

Josh Lawson as Chris

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• Bits of $quiddishness (Undead Brainspasm)
  

Update: $quid

Bits of $quidishness

$quid is an in-production Aussie film about a giant squid living in the Brisbane River. It is being made by Daley Pearson and Luke Tierney and is set to be released this year.

It began life as an award-winning short film:



This isn't the only short film featuring the Brisbane River that Pearson and Tierney have undertaken. Another is called Adrift, which is, with its pseudo documentary style, quite hilarious.



At some point the guys decided to make $quid the short film into $quid the feature-length film. Here's what they say about its inspiration:

Imagine Anaconda directed by the Coen Brothers -- a 'creature feature' driven by character rather than action. Then imagine a giant squid attacking a New Year's Eve singles cruise on the outskirts of the Brisbane River. That is the inspiration for the feature film, $quid. ... We're calling it a Romster Comedy. That's a genre we invented, which is a romantic, monster comedy.

Of course, the motivation behind the attacks seems to be the fact that one of the passengers on the cruise owes money to the giant squid. Hence the dollar sign in the title.

$quid will be directed by Pearson and Tierney and stars Ed Kavalee (Thank God You're Here, Boytown), Josh Lawson (Thank God You're Here, Sea Patrol), Christian Clark (Neighbours), Henry Nixon (Noise, The Pacific), Brooke Sheehan (pictured below) and Lauren Lillie.

Pearson and Tierney have put together a 15-part Making of $quid documentary. Here is the Introduction:



And here's Part One:



You can watch all 15 parts from the guys' YouTube page.

Now... the Trailer!!!



Filming:

Publicity: (click to make bigger)

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Another 20,000 Leagues

Not content to get the geek world in a tizz about his upcoming Terminator Salvation, director McG is now taking on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo -- a prequel to Jules Verne's famous novel about the misanthropic captain of the piratic submarine Nautilus.

The novel was one of the first to be adapted to film -- as a short by Georges Méliès in 1907 under the title 20000 lieues sous les mers, and then full-length in 1916 by Stuart Paton.

Of course, apart from the Nautilus itself, one of the most famous things about the story -- particularly cinematic versions -- is this scene (here taken from an early illustrated version of the novel):

One wonders whether McG will be featuring some such cephalopoidal character in his prequel, which, as scripted by Bill Marsilli (Deja Vu), is an origin story, no doubt depicting the development of Nemo's rather negative attitudes toward humanity and the creation of his dreaded warship.

The prequel is being produced by McG for Disney, who of course were responsible for the famous and memorable 1954 version, starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the first live-action film made by the Disney Studios. It became the second-highest grossing film of its year and won three Oscars.

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