ALRIGHT, NEVER SAY I'M NOT ONE FOR SPEED! HERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED TODAY,
ANSWERED JUST BEFORE LUNCH! I CANNOT AND WILL NOT EVER PROMISE THIS TYPE OF RESPONSE TIME AGAIN, BUT THERE WERE MORE THAN A BAKER'S DOZEN, SO I JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN!

AND I WILL ONLY BE DOING THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. YOU STILL HAVE TO VISIT MY MAIN MAN
DEVIN FARACI OVER AT CHUD.COM FOR QUESTIONS.

Posted by: Rico 12/27/2006 at 09:36 PM
I want to know do all the other characters have there own poster just like Ray? If so will they be sold in stores or on this website? Let me just say I'm really waiting for this movie to come out, and I want to be a filmmaker what tips would u give someone who wants to make movies.

Rico:

Don't know if we can sell these things or not. They're owned by Universal, but we can give it
a shot. I would certainly buy a few. You want to make movies? Hustle your ass off and learn
to write. If you can both write and direct, you increase your chances exponentially. You gotta
make yourself grind, day in, day out and don't oblige bullshit and naysaying. That's how you
make movies.

Posted by: Severin 12/27/2006 at 11:09 PM
Would love to see other types of advertising collateral like presskits, and not just from the U.S. but from abroad as well. It would be great to compare the ad campaigns from different regions. And as long as you're taking requests, how about any behind-the-scenes vidoes of Reynolds, Keys, and others going through weapons training...or do you want to save that for the DVD

Severin:

Let me see if there are more electronic press-kit things that I can post that aren't going on the
DVD. I'll try to find the behind-the-scenes stuff of that gun training. It's pretty amazing footage
and you really get an idea of how fast they both were.

Posted by: Bana 12/27/2006 at 11:17 PM
This is probably out of the question for a few dozen reasons, but if you posted a chunk of your M:I-3 script, I'd die happy. Hell, even a page...

Bana:

I can probably do a page without getting sued. What I want to do is show you guys the Pre-Viz of
the opening I had for the film. If I can throw that up, I will and make them issue threats of lawsuits before I pull it. I doubt they will though.

Posted by: Eric 12/27/2006 at 11:58 PM
Contests could be an idea.

How about one where it's some kind of trivia thing and I will get the winner a copy of one of the
unused posters or something we all deem worthwhile.

Posted by: mikemdc 12/28/2006 at 01:37 AM
I rented NARC,got into it and about an hour in the dvd skipped beyond recognition.I went to the other video store and it was out.So my request is for a copy of NARC signed by you.
Now that's a manly request.

Mike:

Leave your address and we'll see what can be done. Sorry about the skipping. You'd think they'd
QC those things more often.

Posted by: Roxana 12/28/2006 at 01:49 AM
I would love to see movie clips from the shooting, behind the scenes with Alicia, Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Common :) Any funny things u can tell from the shoot? movie quotes?
We wanna win something (tickets, posters)here, so yeah contest would be great idea! :D
And important question is: Do we see you and cast at the UK premiere in London?
much luv!

Roxana:

I don't know sweetie. I would love to jet on over to jolly ol' for the premiere, but I think we're
all doing a ton of press back here and you folks have the honor of seeing it a full two weeks before
the rest of the world. I am working to put up some different stuff, but I'm a novice 'webmaster' HA! and can barely find the keyboard, much less do some dazzling site work that enables me to show you
all the things we've got. I'm working on it though.

Posted by: muzzleflash 12/28/2006 at 01:58 AM
Yeah, I second the idea of getting a section of the M:I3 script - but let's not kid ourselves, if we're going to get a section, we might as well ask for the whole thing. Let's see if a Barrett .50 can hit that long shot!

Muzzle:

If I can do it, without Paramount cleaning out what meager savings I have amassed to this point, then consider it done.

Posted by: Shalimar 12/28/2006 at 01:58 AM
Roxana kind of beat me to it. Is there going to be a premiere in the UK and will you be in attendance?

Shalimar:

Love to get there. Don't know if it's possible. I hope it kills over there though. You guys will really dig it.

Posted by: Princess of Peace 12/28/2006 at 06:57 AM
I am looking forward to seeing Aces. I just wanted to know if you are still going to make Killing Pablo? It sounds like it could be another great one.

Princess:

Love that moniker and love your fondness for violent films that much more! Do you see the paradox in that? Classic! Yes, KP is still in the works. I've just got to get through 'Bunny Lake' and 'White Jazz' first and then I'm going to try to make that one. It's still my favorite script and the one that really gets my blood pumping with possibility.

Posted by: Shanti 12/28/2006 at 07:45 AM
This is my first time posting a review on here. I can't wait for Smokin' Aces to come out! I've known about the movie since the summer when I read an interview with Taraji Hensen and she mentioned what the movie is about and her character. Can you tell us how it was working with alicia keys and common, knowing that this is their debut film?

Shanti:

Alicia and Common are fantastic. They both came into this process without any pretense and without
a shred of ego. Anytime you can make those things a permanent part of the playing field, you're going to yield great results. You won't be able to identify them as first-time actors with the performances they handed in and that's the best compliment I can pay them. Their work is perfectly intergrated with the other performances and the rest of the film. It's seamless.

Posted by: Enriko 12/28/2006 at 09:50 AM
I could give a fuck about seeing a million different poster concepts -- I want real insider information from a working filmmaker, not some running advertisement for Smokin' Aces. I'm beginning to think this site was suggested by the marketing department to reach out to an Internet audience and nothing more. And that's fine, but in order to do that you're gonna need some ACTUAL CONTENT. Still a big fan, but your blog is a snooze -- oh, and the comments appearing in ALL CAPS are driving me fucking insane.

Enriko:

Bro, ease off the throttle, ever so slightly. I got it, but you have to be specific. What do you want to know? Insider information of what variety? How to stuff? What? I'm down to answer, I just need to know what those things are. And hell YES, this site is a marketing tool! This is how you build awareness for the film and get people interested and anyone that says otherwise is full of shit. Anybody that is going to take time out of their lives and visit this site and participate, should be given some reciprocation. I think the concept posters are cool as hell and if they existed back when 'Raiders of The Lost Ark' was around, I would've eaten that stuff up. I'm here homie. Just give me specifics.

Posted by: cbower 12/28/2006 at 10:34 AM
Scripts Joe, please. I'm a huge fan of Narc, counting down the days to see Aces. I understand if you don't want to put the Aces script up before the movie opens, but the Narc script or BGBO would rock. Dan Gilroy's MI:3 script? Anything. Thank you.

Cbow:

Working on it dude. I'm going to make the I.T. folks at Universal put a hit out on me, they're going to be working on this blog so much.

Posted by: Omnivisor 12/28/2006 at 11:18 AM
How about a poster of a giant spade with bloodied bullet holes all throughout. The bloodier the better...and if banned by the theatres, you would then have a very sought after collecter's poster many would drool over...a definate must have for the fan base. Of course, this is just a thought. :)

Omni:

I might have something close, but not the blood man. The MPAA is not down with those depictions. If you want to see it done really well and probably pushing it, look at the 'Black Dahlia' poster where they got away with it, by saying it was lipstick. WRONG. Very creative stuff though.

Posted by: Vin 12/28/2006 at 11:56 AM
You know that comic spokin of in that BNAT video you posted?

Vin:

I will put up a page of that, how does that sound? It's going to launch next week, but I
actually have it on my computer.