STACK NZ Aug #76

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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 . 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 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 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

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

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.

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YOU’VE BEEN MAIMED Colin and Cameron Cairnes send video pranks to hell in their new horror flick.

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

M icrosoft’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. • For more details, visit www.stack.net.nz

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 www.stack.net.nz later in the month.

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