- Solomon Kane (film)
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name = Solomon Kane
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director =Michael J. Bassett
producer = Paul Berrow
Samuel Hadida
Kevan Van Thompson
writer =Michael J. Bassett
starring =Max von Sydow James Purefoy Rachel Hurd-Wood Pete Postlethwaite
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cinematography =Dan Laustsen
editing =Andrew MacRitchie
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country =France Czech Republic UK
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0970452"Solomon Kane" is a film directed by
Michael J. Bassett , and based on the character created byRobert E. Howard in 1928.James Purefoy will star in the title role.Plot
The movie tells the origins of
Solomon Kane and is hoped to be the first of a trilogy of movies. At the start of the story Kane is a pirate and mercenary, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realises he must live a life of peace and seek some form of redemption. The story will include Kane fightingghouls and meeting evilsorcerer s. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jGEqOT-8mI Michael Bassett discusses Solomon Kane on YouTube] ]“James Purefoy has been cast as
puritan ["sic"] swordsman Solomon Kane in a movie of the same name to be made from the stories of “Conan the Barbarian” creatorRobert E. Howard . Kane is a 16th century soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him but is determined to redeem himself by living peaceably. But he finds himself dragged out of retirement for a fight against evil.” [ [http://www.joblo.com/solomon-kane-poster Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane Movie] ]Cast
Production
In 2001 it was announced that
Christopher Lambert ("Highlander") was offered the role of Kane and was seriously "considering it as it's a very compelling part" [ [http://www.mail-archive.com/rehfans@xenite.org/msg00712.html REH Message Board] ] . At this point Don Murphy (producer of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" movie) was a producer on the movie, with Samuel Hadida, Paul Berrows and Michael Berrows, and was attempting to set up the movie with New Line Cinema. Murphy left the project in 2003 under a cloud when the project fell apart with New Line. [ [http://www.conan.com/invboard/lofiversion/index.php?t2670.html Conan Message Board] ] . Things went quiet for a while untilMichael J Basset was hired as writer and director of the Kane movie, and in August 2006 he finished writing the script [ [http://www.conan.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=3345 Michael Bassett's post to Conan Message Board] ] . Finally on October 1st 2007, it was announced that James Purefoy was cast as the lead. [ [http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6362 Superherohype Board] ]Principal photography began in Prague on 14th January 2008 and is scheduled for a 12 week shoot. Director Bassett says of James Purefoy that he "is a delight to work with; he is giving his heart and soul to this. He's in brilliant physical shape and his sword fighting is just brilliant to behold and he's finding depth and sophistication within the character in ways I really hoped he would." As of the end of February, sets were still being built for the later part of the production, and Max Von Sydow and Mackenzie Crook have yet to begin shooting. [ [http://www.michaelbassett.com/pages/stuff.htm Michael Bassett's Production Blog] ] Jan Cileček, a czech artist produced a number of sculptures for the movie and there are some photographs available on his [http://www.cilecek.com/sculptural-work-for-movies-of%20-jan-cilecek/3/ website] [ [http://www.cilecek.com/sculptural-work-for-movies-of%20-jan-cilecek/3/ Jan Cileček's Solomon Kane Sculptures] ] .
An article in the "
Daily Mail " states that during the production Purefoy was injured while staging a sword-fight with a stuntman, resulting in his geting five stitches to the forehead. The article also mentions that Michael J. Bassett is into extreme measures "so his cast and crew have been working in the cold, the rain, and as much mud as possible." [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=547935&in_page_id=1794 Daily Mail Interview with Rachel Hurl-Wood] ] .On April 16, Michael Bassett posted a messsage on his blog saying "Principal photography is completed on Kane. Now for the long-haul of post-production to get it all into shape". He also says that everything is set up for the future parts of the trilogy, which "will tap more completely into Howard's original stories". Finally he mentioned that "the final scenes of the film were shot in England on the North Devon coast. It was all done on a private estate which used to belong to the real Sir Richard Grenville". [ [http://www.michaelbassett.com/pages/stuff.htm Michael Bassett's Production Blog] ]
According to Paradox Entertainment CEO Fredrik Malmberg, the film's budget was $40,000,000 USD. [ [http://www.redeye.se/vdintervju/21328 RedEye] ] A release date is still to be determined.
External links
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* [http://www.michaelbassett.com/pages/solomon_kane_main.htm Michael Bassett's Solomon Kane Page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jGEqOT-8mI Michael Bassett discusses Solomon Kane on YouTube]
* [http://movies.ign.com/objects/490/490947.html IGN's Solomon Kane Page]
* [http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=project&j=276 Comics2Film's Solomon Kane Page]References
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