While there is no information on what the content may be, the iconic rock group is putting people in place for their first foray into the field of feature films. Thus far, Metallica has put producer Charlotte Huggins onto the project to get it started. She has an extensive background in documentary, IMAX, and 3D features with Blue Man Group: Mind Blast, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and its upcoming sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which stars Dwayne Johnson, on her resume. The band will finance the feature themselves and are presently looking for the right director to put the heavy metal band on the big screen. This is no word as of yet to whether the movie will be a concert film or will have another structure, which may be established with further development. This...
- 10/24/2011
- by Eric Whitman
- The Daily BLAM!
National Geographic Entertainment is making an IMAX 3-D movie about Blue Man Group, those bald, blue mimes who rock out and eat marshmallows. Variety reports Blue Man Group: Mind Blast will be a "comedy that explores the human mind and brain." (Mind and brain.) It's about time a film brought the painted performance artists to those unable to catch their unique brand of musical magic in New York (or Orlando, or Las Vegas, or Boston, or on The Tonight Show, or at your last corporate retreat). This is good news for fans of the original Blue Men, Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton, who will reportedly star in the new film. It's also potentially good news for Paul Karason, because Hollywood seems to be in the midst of an unprecedented blue streak. First, there was Watchmen's Doctor Manhattan. A Smurfs film is in the works. Avatar's teaser trailer certainly features some cerulean characters.
- 9/16/2009
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
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