This morning has been quite the disenchanting read on the internet. Everywhere I turn, it’s all the same content: “Nightmare on Elm Street” set visit reports, ogling nothing images released from “Iron Man 2,” Comic-Con preparations with the requisite trappings, “OMG, Sam Raimi’s gonna direct ‘World of Warcraft,’” etc. Bleak indeed. It seems to be an ever-growing symptom of the net as studios, more than ever, understand how to use various outlets as an extended mouthpiece.
That mini-rant out of the way (apologies for that), I was nevertheless excited to stumble across — shock and awe — some intriguing exclusive content. Over at Filmonic, the discussion of the economy’s affect on studio decisions has reared its head in the form of a retrospective on David Fincher’s trials and tribulations putting together “Alien 3” at 20th Century Fox. It’s a nice summation of what went down (for the most part), with particular emphasis on the lingering anxiety over how today’s environment will hinder some of the talented new filmmakers in our midst.