Archive for January, 2010

Mel Gibson is looking forward to shoot a Viking epic

Mel GibsonAfter Mel Gibson performed Oscar-winning role in film about medieval Scotland, he is looking forward to another historical epic about Vikings.

Mel Gibson, who returns to work after playing role in the action-thriller “Edge of Darkness,” said he dreamed to make  a picture about the Norse warriors, when he was a child.

“The very first idea that I ever had about making a haze, my first thought ever about being a filmmaker was when I was 16-time-old, and I sought to make a Viking movie,” Gibson said to reporters.

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Walter Kirn, the writer of ‘Up in the Air’ is fliyng high with movie

Walter KirnMany authors dream their book becomes a film blockbuster.  But writer Walter Kirn is pleasing the pessimistic aspect of fellow Minnesota script writer Garrison Keillor as he watches the picture side of his book, “Up in the Air,” climb to serious and box task success.

“I’m a Minnesotan,” Kirn tells to reporters. “We fancy too big, we’re going to be humbled.”

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