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9th April 2004: The Alamo Update:
The movie trailer #3 for The Alamo is now online:
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Monday
29th March 2004 The Alamo Update:
The following promo images for The Alamo were just received!
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23rd February 2004: The Alamo
A New movie poster for The Alamo has been released today.
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2nd February 2004: The Alamo Update:
The Superbowl Ad for The Alamo is now online:
http://www.thealamofilm.com/downloads/alamo_tvspot.mov
Friday
30th January 2004: The Alamo Update:
Wade
has been in touch with the following "A 30 second preview
of the Alamo will be shown during the Superbowl.The clips are
new and rumored to be amazing. The running time for the Alamo
is more than two hours,but less than three.The film is not yet
complete,but will be soon.Rumors have come along saying John
Lee Hancock realy likes how the film has developed."
Monday
12th January 2004: The Alamo Update:
The official site for The Alamo can be found here:
http://alamo.movies.com/
Monday 8th December 2003: The Alamo Update:
The UK release date for The Alamo has been set as 30th April 2004.
Thursday 27th November 2003: The Alamo Update:
The US release date for The Alamo has been set as 9th April 2004.
Sunday 2nd November 2003: The Alamo Update:
The trailer for The Alamo has been released today.
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Wednesday 29th October 2003: The Alamo Update:
The release date for The Alamo has been changed to April 2004. Dick Cook, chairman of Disney had this to say about the reasons for the move "The decision to move 'The Alamo' to April 2004 was made at the request of the filmmakers, who felt they needed additional time to complete this great movie. Too often in Hollywood these days, release dates are set before a film has even completed shooting and it forces the director into a situation that compromises the work. Our experience working with John Lee Hancock has been so terrific and our belief in his opinions, talents and abilities so strong, that we felt his concerns about the looming release date warranted strong consideration. Ultimately, the end product is more important than the need to meet arbitrary deadlines for awards, etc. Audiences will have to wait just a bit longer to see 'The Alamo,' but we feel that the wait will be worth it and result in a motion picture that is superior and
satisfying in every way."
Director John Lee Hancock had this to say "Dick and Nina Jacobson have been 100% supportive of this film throughout the entire production process and I am thrilled that they have agreed to give me the necessary time to complete it to my satisfaction. The Alamo has, from a very early age, been the most important story of my life, so when I agreed to rewrite and direct the film, I set the bar very high, both for myself and the finished product. Post production on an epic ensemble piece takes time and no deadline, no prestige release date, no awards season is worth more to me than the movie being fantastic. I owe that to myself as well as the film."
Monday 13th October 2003: The Alamo
A new movie poster for The Alamo has been released today
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Thursday 9th October 2003: The Alamo Update:
Elainia has been in touch to advise that Stewart Finlay-McLennan who is currently filming National Treasure has a role as Dr. James Grant in The Alamo.
Sunday 28th September 2003: The Alamo Update:
The trailer for The Alamo has been released today.
The Alamo Movie Trailer Quicktime Hi-Res
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Thursday 28th August 2003: The Alamo Update:
Disney's The Alamo will premiere in the home of the real thing, at the
Majestic Theatre in San Antonio on December 12. "We're very excited about
it," said Tom Copeland, Texas Film Commission director. "I've said all along
that the movie would have benefits for San Antonio, and this is one of
them." The film is scheduled for general release in the USA on December 25.
It will be the second Alamo movie premiere held in San Antonio. The Alamo,
starring John Wayne, opened there in 1960.
Saturday 16th August 2003: The Alamo Update:
The trailer for The Alamo has been released today.
The Alamo Movie Trailer Quicktime Hi-Res
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Wednesday 17th July 2003: The Alamo Update:
Have received an email advising that there were only 183 men involved in the Alamo filming not 300 as I stated earlier. Thanks to Anon!
Tuesday 17th June 2003: The Alamo Update:
A set report and images from the last days of filming on The Alamo have
appeared online Click Here
Monday 16th June 2003: The Alamo Update:
Just received the following update on The Alamo filming "The Alamo wrapped up filming today the 13th June" Thanks to Wade!
Friday 6th June 2003: The Alamo Update:
Mark Blucas has been talking about his experiences on The Alamo "I've never been on a horse in my life. I think I'm on horse more than I am on foot in that movie. I had an unbelievable horse-chasing scene. It was one of those moments as an actor where.. You know, there's not many times where you are alone and you get an opportunity to be in a full-on action sequence by yourself. It was the biggest set ever built in the United States. It was on 53 acres. It was on a 2000-acre ranch so you didn't see a house, you didn't see a power line, and you didn't see a car. You couldn't help but be transported to 1835, that's just what it was. It is historically to scale. It's historically perfect. It's phenomenal"
Thursday 15th June 2003: The Alamo Update:
Just received word that the filming on The Alamo has nearly been completed. A great fan site can be found here. www.thealamofilm.com Thanks to Wade!
Tuesday 27th May 2003: The Alamo Update:
The Alamo star Billy Bob Thornton has been talking about the film. "I was
pretty astounded when I first saw the set," explains Thornton. "Particularly
the Alamo itself. It kind of gives you a chill. And when I saw the Mexican
army up on the hill there and there I was in my full rig, with my flintlock
rifle, it got kind of spooky."
Monday 5th May 2003: The Alamo Update:
A great set report from The Alamo has appeared online Click Here
Thursday 10th April 2003: The Alamo Update:
W. Earl Brown, who played Warren in There's Something About Mary and Kenny the news cameraman in Scream, has been cast as David Burnet in Disney’s upcoming historical epic The Alamo. Burnet was the judge of the district of Brazos before becoming the first President of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
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Wednesday 9th April 2003: The Alamo Update:
Touchstone Pictures has released a five-minute behind-the-scenes clip (in QuickTime format) from its upcoming historic epic, The Alamo. The fansite AlamoFilm.com offers it in both Low-Resolution and High-Resolution. The segment shows writer-director John Lee Hancock in action and provides the first look at co-stars Jason Patric and Patrick Wilson in costume.
Wednesday 19th March 2003: The Alamo Update:
The release date of The Alamo is now being planned for 12th December 2003 and there are approximately 185 men involved in the war scenes not 300 as previously reported. Interestingly the production filmed the Fall of The Alamo on it's anniversary the 6th March. Thanks to AlamoBob!
Friday 7th March 2003: The Alamo Update:
The first image of Billy Bob Thornton in character as Davy Crockett has appeared online Click Here He has also been talking about the character I'll put it this way. I'm no stranger to this character. There are legends about my life. Some are true. Some aren't."
Monday 27th January 2003: The Alamo Update:
Director John Lee Hancock has been talking about The Alamo that starts filming today "I want a PG-13 movie. I want kids to come. I'm going to do that without giving up one frame I might shoot. I'm not even thinking commercially. I'm thinking what is the very absolute best version of this movie so they'll never have to do it again".
Sunday 26th January 2003: The Alamo Update:
Filming is finally getting underway on The Alamo and it will start tomorrow at a ranch on Hill Country near Austin Texas. The shoot is thought to be taking four months and will also take in locations in Austin, the State Capitol, the Paramount Theatre and Bastrop which will double for the San Jacinto battlefield.
Thursday 16th January 2003: The Alamo Update:
More additions to The Alamo cast with news that Emilio Echevarria, Jordia Molla, Nick Kokich and Matt O' Leary have all signed on. Echevarria will portray famed Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and Molla will play Tejano soldier Juan Seguin in the historical actioner. Kokich will play lawyer-turned-Alamo defender Daniel Cloud, and O'Leary will play a shop owner's son who goes off to fight in the war.
Thursday 9th January 2003: The Alamo Update:
You've only got one day left to apply for a role as an extra in The Alamo and you can do it at this address :
Texia Productions -- Alamo Extras
c/o The Austin Center
701 Brazos Street, Suite 420
Austin, TX 78701
Tuesday 7th January 2003: The Alamo Update:
Variety reports that Jason Patric (Narc, Sleepers) has signed up to play Jim Bowie in The Alamo. He will join Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Patrick Wilson in the film directed by John Lee-Hancock (The Rookie).
Tuesday 10th December 2002: The Alamo Update:
Looks like Emilio Echevarria has been signed up to star in The Alamo reports suggest today. He would take the role of the Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Filming starts in January on The Alamo.
Monday 14th October 2002: The Alamo Update:
Director John Lee Hancock has been talking about the upcoming The Alamo movie that will start filming on 20th January next year. "I'm very interested as I've always been in my writing and directing in character. I'm interested in the people who were involved. It's an opportunity to make a movie that's both grand and epic and small and character-driven. Those are rare combinations." He also talked about the screenwriters of The Alamo "All of them added something that was really relevant to both the movie and my work in terms of bringing it all together for me to write and finish it. Les Bohem wanted to demythologize the men and make them real and start over, the way Unforgiven did with the Western.John Sayles came in and did a brilliant job forcing a perspective that you wouldn't necessarily think of, letting different people than the ones who head the chapters of history books tell the story from both sides.Stephen Gaghan's work was really about the characters. He developed more of the emotion and personal lives of these characters."
Friday 4th October 2002: The Alamo Update:
Looks like things are moving on apace again on The Alamo with news this week that Billy Bob Thornton looks to have signed onto the dotted line to star.
Wednesday 2nd October 2002: The Alamo Update:
First image has appeared online of the set for the troubled production of The Alamo. Click Here To View
Monday 30th September 2002: The Alamo Update:
Ron Howard has approached the lead singer of Sons Of The San Joaquin to pen a song for the still in development The Alamo.
Thursday 19th September 2002: The Alamo Update:
Director Ron Howard has been shedding some light on why he passed on the director's hot seat for The Alamo and that he is still involved in the project. "I'm one of the producers, so I'm working on it all the time, I did a lot of research on that and thought a lot about directing it, but ultimately -- and there was a lot written that it was all about money and budget and all that -- but those issues could have been sorted out. We were working on that, but ultimately I realized that there was a disconnect between the studio and I as to how the film should be approached. They felt like if they spending that much money, they really needed to make it accessible to audiences of all ages and they really thought it had to be, at the most, PG-13, And I felt for me as a filmmaker, at this point in my career, if I did anything that looked or felt like it might be compromised or watered down, the reality sort of sanitized in any way, I'd be hurting the subject and not doing myself any favors."
Monday 26th August 2002: The Alamo Update:
The Alamo continues to have production troubles with word today that filming is pallned for some point this year. Ethan Hawke is still thought to be taking a role in the much troubled production.
Tuesday August 20th 2002: The Alamo Update:
Now this sounds like a total shame and I would have thought better of the people involved. Guess it always comes down to money. It has been revealed why Ron Howard and Russell Crowe jumped ship on the remake. Both Howard and Crowe wanted too much of the cut of the movie upfront, and the studio baulked at it. They apparently wanted 37% of the GROSS. This teamed up with the production cost, which conservatively was set at $105 million. Meant that the movie would have to be a sure fire hit to make any money for Disney.
Wednesday 31st July 2002: Hancock To Helm 'The Alamo'
It seems that Disney have decided on who will direct The Alamo. They've gone with their 'Rokkie' director John Lee Hancock to take on the project. As well as directing The Rookie, Hancock, has written the Clint Eastwood films Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil and A Perfect World. Ron Howard, who was previousley attached to direct, will produce alongside Brian Grazer for their company Imagine Entertainment.
The question that now arises is 'Will Russell Crowe still be involved?' Well, Crowe only came aboard to work with his Oscar winning director again. Howard left the project weeks ago, and there has still been now word on Crowe's involvement.
Another rumour circulating the net is that the budget has been cut now that Hancock is in charge. It's now set at a mere $75 million compared to the $125 million Disney had set aside for Ron Howard.
Stephen Gaghan is still rewriting the screenplay, and Hancock himself may have a bash, so say IGN FIlmForce. They also add that Gaghan's draft has Gaghan's draft is "a sharp script about a rich historical subject."
We'll wait and see........
19th July 2002: The Alamo Update:
Stax over at IGN FIlm Force has taken a look at the script for The Alamo. The screenplay is written by John Sayles. Here's a little of what he thought.
I've read several complaints online about this Alamo being a Titanic without a love story or, worse, another Pearl Harbor. Thankfully, there wasn't any cliché love story tacked onto this script.
This story is about The Alamo. The siege and the battle aren't short-changed. The first and last half-hours are just spent outside of the Alamo for a very good reason. As a native Texan, Knowles admits that he grew up hearing stories of the Texas Revolution over and over. Well, the rest of us haven't so we need those non-Alamo scenes in order to understand what led to that battle, to see why these guys went there and why we should care about their sacrifice. It would be boring, frankly, to just do another film set entirely inside the Alamo. It's been done already. What new ground is there to cover then?
Please, read the rest of the review over at IGN Film Force.
Meanwhile, there have been more casting rumours. Besides Billy Bob Thornton and Ethan Hawke being rumoured, IGN have received word that Viggo Mortensen may be up for the role of Jim Bowie. Mortensen has apparently recently met up with Rod Howard, where they discussed the part.
IGN FilmForce contacted Viggo's rep at The Rawlins Company about this report. The representative, Jenny Rawlins, would neither confirm nor deny the rumor, only saying that she could not comment on the matter. (Her tone abruptly shifted from cordial to cold once the issue of The Alamo was broached and she promptly ended the call.) More....
Howard himself is still attached to produce through Imagine Entertainment, but a director is still to be confirmed. More details as we get it.
8th July 2002: The Alamo Update:
Ron Howard has left The Alamo. The Beautiful Mind helmer was to produce and direct the big budget remake for Disney. Variety reports that he has decided to look into other projects to follow his Oscar winning success with A Beautiful Mind. It's rumoured that he also decided to jump ship as the studio took so long to get the film into production. He may still produce the film with Brian Grazer through their production company Imagine Entertainment. This comes as a major surprise as there is already a cast imn place as well as various set already being built around Austin, Texas.
The trade has said that casting will continue as well as a hunt for a new director. As far as we know Russell Crowe, Ethan Hawke and maybe Billy Bob Thornton are still in place to star, but that could change as soon as a new director was hired. Apparently Crowe only agreed to the film because he wanted to work with Howard after their success with A Beautiful Mind.
1st July 2002: The Alamo Update:
Ron Howard and Imagine Entertainment remake the 1960 film 'The Alamo'! The true story of group of 300 men who in 1836, against all the odds, fortified a Fort called the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas in defense against the daunting power of the Mexican Army. Featuring such people as Davy Crockett and Jim Bowen, the story has been film a number of times before, most notably in 1960 where John Wayne starred and directed 'The Alamo'.
This time, the film will be helmed by A Beautiful Mind's Ron Howard and will be produced by his and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment. The film is set to reunite the Oscar winning Howard with Oscar winning Russell Crowe. Joining Crowe will be Ethan Hawke and possibly Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Hanks.
Here are the rumours. Russell Crowe will star, but it's thought that his role will be relatively small. Billy Bob Thornton however, may play the role of Coronel Davy Crockett, but his involvement is still unconfirmed. The only other name that I have seen attached to the project, apart from the above, is that of Sylvester Stallone! What his involvement (if any) will be remains to be seen.
Coming Soon revealed a little more about what John Sayles screenplay will cover in a recent posting.
"Alamo" is expected to deal with many of the historical complexities -- including the Mexican point of view -- that were glossed over in John Wayne's 1960 film. Alamo heroes William Barret Travis' serial marital infidelities, Jim Bowie's slave trading and Davy Crockett's overall political incorrectness will also be addressed.
Coming Soon also posted the first pic from the set of The Alamo. The film kicks off shooting in December, but it looks like they're already setting things up near Austin, Texas. Hit the link to go and check out that image.
Other locations that the shoot will take in are Dripping Springs, Texas, Austin, Texas, San Antonio, Texas and Los Angeles, California.
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