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After the cannibal gore-fest The Green Inferno, Eli Roth is set to tackle a very
different sort on man-eater in Meg.
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06 AUGUST 2016
EXTRAS
Microsoft’s E3 2016 press conference
will be remembered for not one,
but two hardware announcements.
While gamers will probably have to
wait until late 2017 to get their hands
on Project Scorpio, the Xbox One S is
available in-store this month.
The attractive white console is 40
per cent smaller than the Xbox One and
features a slightly redesigned controller,
4K streaming and HDR support, making
it a cost effective Ultra HD player as well
as a games console. The initial Xbox One
S batch will ship with 2TB of storage, and
this will be supplemented later in August
with 1TB and 500GB models. Look out
for the Xbox One S in JB Hi-Fi now.
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Scarlett Johansson is puurrrfect as the seductive snake Kaa in the reboot of The Jungle Book.
S carlett Johansson has fond memories
of the original 1967 animated version
of The Jungle Book.
“I remember that soundtrack well,” she
recalls. “It was so popular when I was a kid.
Bare Necessities was on constant repeat for
every kid my age. And the idea of this jungle
kid being raised by animals was just fantastic.”
So Johansson needed little persuasion to
lend her voice to the character of Kaa, the
seductive but sinister python, when director
Jon Favreau came calling. The pair had
previously worked together on Iron Man 2 and
Chef, but it was her voice-only performance in
Spike Jonze’s Her that convinced the director
the actress would make a perfect Kaa.
“Ever since I was really young, I’ve
loved doing voice work,” Johansson says.
“For me, the opportunity to play Kaa as
envisioned by Jon was so exciting.The snake
from the animated film is a boy. He’s a
friendlier, goofier version of the character.
“In this film, Kaa seduces and entraps
Mowgli with her storytelling. She’s the mirror
into Mowgli’s past. It was thrilling to reinvent
this character in this rendering of the story.”
The character is designed to be
intimidating yet believable and the actress
did get the chance to see what Kaa would
look like before laying down her vocal parts.
“Kaa is magnificent,” she enthuses. “The
way that she moves is very alluring, almost
coquettish. It was important for me to see
how she looks in proportion to Mowgli to
help inform the presence and intensity of my
voice. The audience will see this creature
through the innocent eyes of this small boy
Mowgli – they’ll become part of his world.”
Adam Colby
The Jungle Book is out on August 17.
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
W inner of Best Film and Screenplay
at last year’s Australian Monster
Fest, Scare Campaign is the latest
film from the Melbourne brothers who
established themselves with the splatter
comedy 100 Bloody Acres.
‘Scare Campaign’ is also the title of the
horror-prank TV series within the film – a
show forced to up its game to the next level
in order to compete with the sicko online
mavericks that are pushing the envelope in
terms of bloody realism.
It was looking at various prank videos
on YouTube that got the Cairnes brothers
thinking: What would happen if you pranked
the wrong guy?
“There was one in particular from Mexico
where the victims/stooges enter a gag lift
and it breaks down, and then this little ghost
girl pops out from behind a false door and
scares the crap out of the victims,” recalls
Cameron. “We thought what would make an
interesting scenario is if one of these victims
actually fought back. Reality TV and this dark
online presence – all these awful images
coming out of the Middle East – was feeding
into it as well, so the script did develop quite
organically.“
And the movie doesn’t skimp on the
splatter. “We’re gorehounds at heart, so we
know what the fans want to see,” he adds.
“I think you need to have two or three big
crowd-pleasing moments in a horror film.”
Scott Hocking
Scare Campaign is due out on August 11. Check out
the full interview on later in the month.
YOU’VE BEEN MAIMED
Colin and Cameron Cairnes send video pranks to hell in their new horror flick.