Karl - finally something about Pathfinder!

Karl Urban, Pathfinder Interview

By Troy Rogers

"Do you back your bloodline and relatives, or your adoptive family?" Karl Urban is no stranger to physical characters, havingtaken on roles in The Chronicles of Riddick, The Bourne Supremacy, The Lord of the Rings and DOOM. However, the Kiwi thespian admits to us that his latest film Pathfinder was his most physically demanding role to date. As Pathfinder gears up for an April 27, 2007 release, Karl was more than happy to talk to us about spending time with Viking lore and Indian culture plus the physicality required to play the character Ghost, a man caught between two distinct cultures during the Viking era.

More at the link - no spoilers to speak of. I'm very curious for this one, being interested in Indians. Knowing Russell Means is in it certainly doesn't diminish the attraction, plus the trailer looks good (even though I find Clancy Brown's costume rather OTT)! I doubt we'll get it here, but I hope it will not take too long to be released on DVD in the US... *crosses fingers*

I had forgotten about Comanche Moon - wasn't that done ages ago already?!

MGM raising money to fund UA - and also The Hobbit?!

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2007-02-27T225851Z_01_N27402293_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-MGM-SLOAN-DC.XML&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage1

Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:58pm ET

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

BOSTON (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is raising hundreds of millions of dollars to produce sequels to some of its most popular films, such as The Terminator and The Pink Panther, at a time Wall Street investors are eager to pay for movie making in Hollywood, the company's chairman said.

"We are putting together a fund to finance our franchise movies -- James Bond, The Pink Panther, The Terminator and The Hobbit," MGM Chairman Harry Sloan told reporters, explaining the financing may be raised in more than one single fund.

The $60 million to $150 million it will take to make each of these movies "is a big enough number to merit bringing in outside investors and outside financing," Sloan said after a luncheon at the Boston College Executives Club.


This is the only mention of The Hobbit - full text at the link above, for those interested.