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Babylon A.D.'s Mathieu Kassovitz Opens Negatively Up About Fox
FirstShowing.net —
... , wanted it to be. In a rather eye-opening interview with AMC, Kassovitz opens up about the problems he had with Fox and the troubles with the film. If you're one of those people who thought it wouldn't be a problem if Fox ended up ...
Director Mathieu Kassovitz Rips Into Fox About ‘Babylon A.D.’ Experience
We Are Movie Geeks —
... Director Mathieu Kassovitz spoke with AMCTV just five days before his newest film, ‘Babylon A.D’, is released into theaters. His reaction to the film and to working with 20th Century Fox on the project? ...
Babylon A.D. Director Hates His Own Film
Cinema Blend News —
Babylon A.D. Director Hates His Own Film Babylon A.D. opens this weekend and its outlook is pretty dire. Its being screened for the press, but only selectively (for instance there are no screenings in Dallas), and those few who it has been screened for have hated it. Its not just critics that think this thing is a piece of crap though
so does its director. Talking to AMC , French import Mathieu Kassovitz ripped apart his own movie. I'm very unhappy with the film, he admits. However, hes not taking any of the blame. He says, I never had a chance to do one scene the way ...
'Babylon A.D.' Director Mathieu Kassovitz Doesn't Have Kind Words for Fox
RopeofSilicon.com —
... anyone and this past weekend The Rocker seemed to commit suicide. What is going on? Fox seems to be the only major studio without any kind of real success this summer outside of the moronic What Happens in Vegas . That isn't saying much, but Babylon A.D. director Mathieu Kassovitz is saying more than his fair share and he is saying it before his new film even hits theaters almost seeming to torpedo it before anyone else gets a chance to do it themselves. In a new interview at AMCTV Kassovitz says of Babylon A.D. , "I'm very unhappy with the film. I never had a chance ...
Babylon A.D. Director Mad at FOX
TheMovingPicture.net —
Babylon A.D. Director Mad at FOX babylon_director_mad.jpg Mathieu Kassovitz’s Babylon A.D. arrives in theaters this Friday, but it isn’t the film he envisioned. In a new interview with AMC Kassovitz opens up about the production and he isn’t practically happy with how everything went down.“The scope of the original book was quite amazing,” says Kassovitz. “The author was very much into geopolitics and how the world is going to evolve. He saw that as wars evolve, it won’t be just about territories any more, but money-driven politics. As a director it’s something that’s very ...
Vin Diesel’s New Movie Sucks (The Director Says So)
1416 and Counting —
... Months went by and I didn’t hear much, aside from the usual promotional buzz. I wasn’t really feeling very good about what I was seeing, but I was holding out some small sliver of hope. I wasn’t going to let my candle go out, no sir — I sat through Birthday Girl for this fool — and then I read this: ...
‘Babylon A.D.’ Director Takes the Promotional Road Less Travelled [Industry Politics]
Film School Rejects —
... Kassovitz spoke with AMC TV about the film, 20th Century Fox, and how there is no word in the French language for ‘discretion.’ “I’m very unhappy with the film,” the disgruntled director says. “I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn’t respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience.” He says Fox reps swarmed on the production after weather related setbacks and other budgetary concerns began to appear during production. “Fox was sending ...
BABYLON AD DIRECTOR HATES FOX, HIS MOVIE
FilmDrunk.com —
... to realize Babylon A.D. is a total disaster. Still, it's pretty fun to hear the director himself say so. Mathieu Kassovitz recently spoke to AMC TV. ...
Director of Babylon AD Hates His Film
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... Yup, Matthiu Kassovitz, director of the heavily advertised Babylon AD, is not happy with the film. On the AMC SciFi blog (I was directed to this story by ...
Director Of Babylon AD Calls Movie "Terrible Experience" [Babylon Blunder]
io9 —
... made everything difficult from A to Z." And now it's been revealed that Fox carelessly hacked away a large bulk of the plot in the editing room — about 15 minutes, but still enough to make Diesel joke that his entire performance is on the cutting room floor. Still Kassovitz did say that there are a few moments where he is pleased with the end result. Though he was quick to add that he didn't think anybody would prefer his film over Batman. [AMC Scifi Scanner]
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“Babylon A.D.” Director Mathieu Kassovitz Mad at FOX
FilmoFilia —
... The Vin Diesel sci-fi/action flick “Babylon A.D.” hits theaters on August 29 and of all people that should be happy about it, the director, isn’t. Matieu Kassovitz (Gothika) clearly didn’t have a very good time making the film. As he candidly tells AMCTV :“I’m very unhappy with the film. I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn’t respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience. The script wasn’t respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience Kassovitz says Fox reps ...
Take it From its Director: 'Babylon A.D.' Sucks [Creative Differences]
Gawker: defamer —
... — no one could really fault French filmmaker-actor Matthieu Kassovitz for expecting miles of auteurist latitude on his new film, the sci-fi Vin Diesel thriller Babylon A.D. Least of all Kassovitz himself, it appears, whose journey to the farthest-flung frontiers of studio hackery (or Eastern Europe, whichever came first) nevertheless found him face-to-face with micromanagers from 20th Century Fox — "lawyers who were only looking at all the commas and the dots," he recently told inquiring minds at AMC. ...
Bad Reviews + Pissed Off Director + (The Usual) Hating On Fox = Welcome BABYLON A.D.!!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. —
... on their site. Amidst all of this, BABYLON A.D. director Mathieu Kassovitz is busy lobbing nukes at his own movie. "I'm very unhappy with the film," he says. "I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn't respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience." ...says THIS ARTICLE at AMC's website, which goes on to call out the studio. "Fox was sending lawyers who were only looking at all the commas and the dots," he says. "They made everything difficult from A to Z." The last stroke, Kassovitz ...
Babylon A.D. Director slates - Babylon A.D
Original Sharp Says... —
... so there you have it folks. If you ever find yourself being the big-cheese at a muti-billion dollar film studio - NEVER INTERFERE IN ART! (Or Vin Diesel will be out to get you...). When a movie's Director AND leading Actor are both ready to openly slate the movie (in whatever context), you have to ask yourself if you played the game properly. You also have to wonder HOW exactly this might effect things at the box office. Source: AMC
Babylon A.D. Director Mad as Hell, Calls Movie Stupid, Fox Gut-less
/Film —
... “I should have chosen a studio that has guts,” Kassovitz told AMC. “Fox was just trying to get a PG-13 movie. I’m ready to go to war against them, but I can’t because they don’t give a shit. …I don’t see how people who went through all these amazing blockbusters like The Dark Knight and Iron Man this summer will take [Babylon A.D.].” ...
'Babylon A.D.' Director Joins Critics of 'Babylon A.D.'
Cinematical —
... In an exclusive interview with AMC's sci-fi blog, Kassovitz admits that a troubled production and comprised final cut (at least in the States, although ...
‘Babylon A.D.’ Director Matthieu Kassovitz Talks Up His Movie: ‘Pure Violence and Stupidity’
Vulture —
... if ever we saw one — would represent yet another stumble in the career of a talented director. But thanks to Kassovitz's angry interview with AMC's SciFi Scanner blog, it might actually represent the end of his career. ...
Yet another movie not screened for critics?
FilmChat —
... . And as if the critics weren't unimpressed enough as it is, director Mathieu Kassovitz told AMC yesterday that he is "very unhappy with the film" because the studio, Fox, interfered with the film "from A to Z" and reduced the movie to "pure violence and stupidity". Make of all that what you will.
"I knew then that the SOB was going to be a 'star.' "
IFC: Indie Eye —
... --Mathieu Kassovitz (who, we must always remind you, once directed "La Haine") tries to distance himself from "Babylon A.D.," at AMCTV. ...
The Dailies: August 26, 2008
MTV Movies Blog —
... - Director Matthieu Kassovitz rips into Fox for destroying his movie, “Babylon A.D.” “It’s pure violence and stupidity.” (AMC) ...
Mathieu Kassovitz dissatisfied with 'Babylon A.D.'
The Screening Log —
... Mathieu Kassovitz is not exactly a happy man right now. Talking to AMC, the French director said he's not at all happy with the production of his newest action flick "Babylon A.D.," which opens nationwide this Friday. ...
FOX keeps fucking up life for everybody
Oh No They Didn't! —
... to making it all make sense. "I should have chosen a studio that has guts," he says. "Fox was just trying to get a PG-13 movie. I'm ready to go to war against them, but I can't because they don't give a s--t." That's a sentiment that's all too familiar when it comes to genre projects at Fox. But you didn't hear that from me. Read everything that Kassovitz has to say - including the few nice things he has to say about the finished project - at AMC. Source. Apparently Babylon A.D. was Kassovitz's pet project, ...
Babylon A.D.: Kassovitz on Warpath Against Fox
Thompson On Hollywood —
... No matter how bad Babylon A.D is (here's Variety's pan of the full-length European version), it's usually not a good idea for a director to go negative on his own movie, especially when the studio's actually spending marketing bucks to support it. Suppose the movie does some business? Then you are really high and dry, without being able to claim credit for a hit.
Kassovitz is not only protesting Fox's trimmed version, which opens August 29 stateside, shorter by ten minutes. (Here's Variety's report.) He insists that Fox, which co-financed ...
Babylon AD Reviews - Not Good
Movie Moron —
... the energy of it and I got some scenes I’m happy with, but I had something much better in my hands I just wasn’t allowed to work. …I don’t see how people who went through all these amazing blockbusters like The Dark Knight and Iron Man this summer will take it. …I should have chosen a studio that has guts. Fox was just trying to get a PG-13 movie. I’m ready to go to war against them, but I can’t because they don’t give a s–t.” (source: AMC) ...
US Career Suicide - Episode #432
The Hot Blog —
... The very talented Mathieu Kassovitz has pretty muhc burned his last bridge in Hollywood by attacking Fox for the handling of his Vin Diesel starrer, Babylon A.D.. ...
Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up
Screen Rant —
... they don’t give a s–t.”
It sounds like Fox isn’t too talent friendly when it comes to genre movies these days. Alex Proyas had similar problems with the studio when making I Robot, Kassovitz seems to have been used as a studio puppet and now Gavin Hood with Wolverine issues. It’s hard to believe that this is the same studio that let George Lucas make the original Star Wars back in 1977.
Source: AMC
3. Speaking of Vin Diesel it seems like old chrome dome is interested in ...
The Latest in Theaters: Summer's Last Gasp
Movie Dearest —
... : Vin Diesel stars in this low-rent Children of Men sci-fi thriller that has its own director (Mathieu Kassovitz) calling it "pure violence and stupidity". Michelle Yeoh, Gérard Depardieu and Charlotte Rampling also star. ...
Review: Babylon A.D.
Cinematical —
... has already disavowed the film, like the numb dumb clang of very line of dialogue in it -- you realize that Babylon A.D. is a bad, bloated big-budget science fiction film that doesn't even have the distinction of being memorably horrible or bravely idiotic or fascinatingly inept; it's simply an inert mass, a lump of product, a failure too expensive to simply discard. ...
Buzz Multiplex: Disastrous Movies?
Yahoo! Buzz Log —
... . Radioactive wastelands and human smugglers may be signs of the apocalypse, but when a director hates his own movie, that's just a bad sign all-around. French director ...
An Arbitrary Guide To This (Long) Weekend’s New Releases
Hollywoodtuna —
... Considering Babylon director Mathieu Kassovitz just came out campaigning against his sci-fi adaptation after too much “studio interference”, it sure doesn’t look like A.D. will turn out to be anything other than the bland Blade Runner-wannabe it appears in the previews. But consider me even less likely to head out to Disaster Movie, another crapfest from the people who brought you Date Movie entirely cobbled-together from the ...
Avoid Babylon A.D. At All Costs?
Pop Critics —
... , including the studio and the director, Mathieu Kassovitz. After a bit more poking around, I found some pretty telling quotes from Kassovitz and as you can probably deduce, he’s a bit cheesed. From SciFi Scanner on AMCTV: ...
'Lost' Creator Wants to Take On Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower'
Cinematical —
... I don't know when exactly AMCtv.com's Sci-Fi Scanner blog came about, but after bringing us the news last week that Mathieu Kassovitz wasn't exactly happy over the final product that was Babylon A.D., they've continued their hot streak by landing ...
Weekend Attractions: (5 - 7 September ‘08)
Fataculture —
... . Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. Even the director doesn’t like it , so there is no reason as to why you should give it the time of day. In a world where reality and entertainment are continuously colliding, Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Bill Guttentag’s feature debut follows ABN network president Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes) and up-and-coming documentary filmmaker ...
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is
Hecklerspray —
... Kylie sounds like she’s singing ‘I’ll be leaving you’ instead of ‘I believe in you’ during her song of the same name (amazing what two hours of staring zombie-faced at 4Music can teach you)
Step Brothers (it’s hard not to chuckle when Will Ferrell is forced to lick white dog shit)
Want to know why Babylon A.D. sucked so many balls? (here you go…)
Creased:
Anne Hathaway stars in ...
10 Careers That Need to Backtrack to the ’90s
SpoutBlog —
... , it is rated 100% fresh by critics; Babylon has a nearly inverse score of 7%. Kassovitz, who has also done fine work as an actor (Amelie; Munich), recently claimed that the movie is bad because of alterations made by 20th Century Fox rather than because of his work as a director. Well, fine, but the guy’s previous film, Gothika, was pretty shitty too (how it received a RT score of 73% or earned $150 million is beyond me). What he needs to work with again to get it back: French dialogue; independent distributors. ...
Rothman Talks DAREDEVIL Reboot!!
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... being one example, Mathieu Kassovitz being another). Ugly and awkward, Mark Steven Johnson's 2003 DAREDEVIL film actually looked like it was made by a blind man...a dubious accomplishment to be sure. Maybe they'll get luckier this time. Ands, you know I have to say it, I say "Shia" for Matt Murdock!
