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Just saw "The Evil Spirit" trailer on ABC at 8:22 during the NBA finals.  It gave me chills.

A poster on another site said she an ad for the Tarzan  Trailerpops up  practically every time she uses You Tube to watch a trailer for another movie.

Quote from Michael Sellers on June 2, 2016, 10:01 am

That's an interesting quote from Reddit. I saw that you asked him for more info . . . let us know if he replies. Thanks.

Their response:

A lot of friends (who have nothing to do with the movie) have only told me good things. Namely that the direction is stellar and the movie is much better than it could have been. My friend who hates everything described it as "fun, but still surprisingly smart."

Who knows, honestly. From my end, I enjoyed the script and trust the opinions I've heard. I'll see it.

Great new article from Total Film. I've uploaded the full resolution images from the magazine: http://imgur.com/a/iaKdN

Lots of behind the scenes stuff.

Edit: Budget $185 million...

Looks like some guy has seen a few too many trailers on the History Channel:

Well @HISTORY I'm about done with you if I have to see another #LegendOfTarzan trailer.

— Sumo (@Sumo___) June 3, 2016

More magazine articles (sorry if there are repeats, but didn't recall seeing these):

http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/86019/20160602/legend-tarzan-alexander-skarsgard-admits-hated-getting-in-shape-film-poll.htm

http://www.thevitalvoice.com/the-legend-of-tarzan-set-to-by-among-summers-hottest-films/

I've had a bunch of students say they saw the trailer during the basketball game last night like us and another saw it this morning again on ESPN sports center.

I've been trying to get the kids to tell me what they watch on YouTube.  There favorite response is "random stuff".  I had one student tell me he was watching Vine videos.  I'm showing my ignorance here but I've never heard of Vine before.  It's part of Twitter were you record 6 seconds of video.  I guess people then post these 6 seconds on YouTube and now this is a new source of entertainment.

Just had another student say they saw the trailer on YouTube while watching a music video.  They are also not shy to let me know they just skip the ad after the 5 seconds.

Just read an article in Goss.ie regarding the Bloom Tarzan  Garden. It was a nice article and good PR for LOT but it said that LOT was a live action remake of Disney's cartoon.  Urgggg??

Cine Premiere magazine has an article up on the filming of Victorian London scenes.

I put the image files through Optical Character Recognition and then Google Translate to have a translation ready in less than a minute.

The unexpected return to the jungle

It is a sunny morning in Hertfordshire, England, and I find at Leavesden Studios, Warner Bros., where a group of journalists will meet with the most popular of all time wild man. We walked by very large tents that serve as warehouses and departments of different areas: art, costumes and makeup. When I least realize, what began as a film studio is more like a machine broken time: around us there are more than 300 people, all dressed in the style of the late nineteenth century, or the characterization of imposing tribal warriors. In front of us there is a huge line of men and women in Victorian court waiting to eat fish and chips serve them in a foodtruck. On the other hand, a man of an African tribe one selfie is taken while your friends retouch their makeup. When looking further afield you can see Samuel L. Jackson dressed in what looks like a robe and a turban (which, incidentally, are not part of your wardrobe on tape) grabbing a cupcake. Among the eclectic mix that causes a feeling of both fascination and discomfort, not to be dressed for the occasion. A lack of belonging that only Tarzan -now played by Alexander Skarsgárd- understand.

He could not be more wrong, because man is more comfortable than ever. In The Legend of Tarzan (directed by David Yates), the protagonist has left the loincloth in the past, and has changed for the best London fashions. Now his name is John Clayton III and is perfectly coupled to civilized life "This is the story of a man who grew up in the jungle, but when we know it already has in London a decade. It is a Lord and plans to stay forever in London . Everything changes when George Washington Williams (Jackson) comes with a very convincing argument to return to the Congo ', reveals the actor. As expected, this powerful reason is nothing but a hoax captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz) to carry out a destructive plan. And although the film will see John reunited with Tarzan, her wild side, now on the set not see anything like that. Nobody walks on all fours or hangs from lianas. in the scene we see Clayton has just received the news of their inevitable journey, and not very happy about it. a row of carriages and horses parade in front of a block of inner-city homes. from my location, visibility is low and not enough to hear what it happens, but clearly see the protagonist and Washington have a very brief conversation. The scene cuts time before a couple of times by problems of coordination of movement, and as our time on the set is finished, we fail to see the final shot. However, we have seen enough to know that awaits us an interesting trip, so the return to the past that visually provides, for the internal fight between animal instinct and social rigidity, ie, between John Clayton and Tarzan. As we move away from the set everything it goes back to normal. there are no old men or strange tribes who transported us to another time and another place. All that is left is very curious to see how John Clayton is reconciled with its origins and become, once again, in the simian man going through the jungle climbing trees, swinging on vines and making the cry we all know .