Screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul talk “Despicable Me” | MakingOf Exclusive Interview
Daurio and Paul talk about how an animator from Spain came up with the idea for a supervillain becoming the guardian of three little girls, how seeing the characters “perform” after months of 2-D storyboards was worth the wait, and how villains like ones from the 007 series influenced the character of Gru.
Jerry Bruckheimer on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
The man behind the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and “National Treasure” movies discusses one of his latest producing ventures with Disney.
Jon Turteltaub on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
He talks about how Nicholas Cage approached him with the idea of a remake, how Jay Baruchel fit the role of ‘Dave’ perfectly, and how he directs each actor in a different way.
Jon Turteltaub breaks down the “mop sequence”
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was inspired heavily by the classic mop scene in Disney’s “Fantasia” — here, director Jon Turteltaub describes how he brought it to life.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt discusses career and acting | MakingOf Exclusive Interview
“Inception” star Joseph Gordon-Levitt discusses how writing is a major factor in attracting him to a project, as well as who’s involved in the project, how to get involved in the industry, how he’s inspired by Orson Welles’ “F for Fake”, and his work with HitRECord.
If you take anything away from watching this, I hope it’s the fact that he’s truly grateful for his career and loves what he does.
Pitching Scripts with the Screenwriters of “Despicable Me”
Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud offer advice to those looking to pitch a story idea and turning it into a script. An interesting note? Coffin and Renaud used to sing their ideas during their pitches to studio execs.
Director Phillip Noyce and Angelina Jolie take us behind the scenes of “Salt”, discussing their meetings with ex-KGB and seeing their sacrifices, and how that aided Jolie in getting into the character of Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who is accused of being a Russian spy and becomes a federal fugitive.
Writer/Director Adam McKay discusses pitching and “Anchorman 2”
McKay discusses how ‘Anchorman’ almost didn’t get made, how work with Will Ferrell helped movies get made and spawned more projects between the two, and what’s up with that musical version of “Anchorman 2” we’ve heard rumors about.
McKay and Ferrell also worked together on the upcoming “The Other Guys”
Elizabeth Allen discusses “Ramona and Beezus”
Allen talks about adapting Beverly Cleary’s classic, how the Ramona series was one of her favorite’s as a kid, and how involved she was with casting the family.
Stunt Coordinator Simon Crane discusses the stunts of “Salt”
Crane, who has worked with Angelina Jolie in the past, reveals that she did about 99% of her own stunts in “Salt”.
