Even if you'd never heard of the source material, you'd be able to feel the comic book influences. "These additions are what makes Scott Pilgrim such a true comic book adaptation. These wouldn't work in just any movie, including other comic adaptations," Meghan Hale wrote in a 10-year anniversary retrospective for Comic Years. the World throws in little details of unrealistic sounds, imagery, and on-screen captions. The word "masterpiece" gets thrown around a lot these days, but Scott Pilgrim certainly deserves the moniker for sheer chutzpah. One of the fun memories I have is of dressing real ice and snow down Queen Street West in the height of summer, confusing the locals." Scott Pilgrim's long-awaited return to the screenĭespite underwhelming box office sales, the film garnered rave reviews, and has since gone on to achieve a powerful cult status for its audacious assault on the audio-visual experience. "We love Toronto and the Canadian crew, who are still close friends. the World," the production designer concludes. "I have really fond memories of our time filming Scott Pilgrim vs. Rowland also enjoyed the construction of the sparsely-furnished apartment Scott shares with his roommate, the sassy Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin), "because it was such a character in the film and needed such careful detailing." "It is such an iconic music venue," he says. OUT Dan Sultan appeared in the Australian feature film Bran Nue Dae,' which had a. The interior of the club had since been renovated, prompting Rowland to recreate the original layout in loving detail on a nearby soundstage. 25, promotion kick-started in August with Lee performing showcases. Scott's vibrant Canadian odyssey to win the heart of the reserved Amazon delivery girl with the colorful hair brought the production to legendary Toronto spots such as Lee's Palace, whose exterior mural was captured before the city tore it down to make way for a burrito restaurant. That’s not to say that we didn't expand visually from the books it was just always the first point of reference." "The books were always based around real locations in Toronto and the drawings were surprisingly faithful to these places. "We relied extensively on the graphic novel for inspiration," Rowland explains. " has a singular vision and great clarity about the direction he wants to take the script and film," the director's longtime production designer, Marcus Rowland, tells SYFY WIRE over email.Īnna Kendrick says desire to work with Edgar Wright trumped confusion with 'Scott Pilgrim' script Ingeniously mashing up elements of cinema, comic books, video games, and music into a deliciously frenzied stew of pure entertainment, the big screen adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novels would remain unmatched in its creative ambition until Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swung onto the scene nearly a decade later. RELATED: From Chris Evans to Brie Larson: Remembering the Wildest Stars in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (now streaming on Peacock!) into the collective lap of unsuspecting moviegoers. The comic book movie rush that currently has major studios panning for superhero gold didn't exist.Ī formal rubric for the genre had yet to be finalized and it was within this nebulous lull that filmmaker Edgar Wright delivered Scott Pilgrim vs. With just three titles under its belt, the mega-franchise we now know as the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still a ways off. No timeline has been announced for the planned Broadway production.Let's turn back the clock to August 2010. In addition to Highmore, it starred Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard and Robin Williams. Hart from a story by Paul Castro and Castle. The film version of August Rush was directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Nick Castle and James V. He won Grammy Awards for his work on the soundtracks to Disney’s The Lion King and Tarzan, and has composed numerous scores for film and television, including August Rush, Bad Boys, Con Air, Twister and Speed. Mancina composed the music and co-wrote the lyrics. Sam Pinkleton will serve as choreographer, with Kimberly Grigsby ( Spring Awakening, Here Lies Love) as musical director.īerger, who wrote the book and lyrics, is known for his play Underneath the Lintel, and for his work on the troubled superhero musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Cast for the workshop includes theater veterans Terrence Mann, Isabel Keating, Alexander Gemignani and Mark Jacoby.
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