Michael Shanks new ARCTIC BLAST

[wraithfodder]

Seriously, every time I hear the title, I think of chewing gum...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/29/2670523.htm?site=hobart

 

8/28/09

 

EXCERPT:

 

Tasmania's capital is one of the stars of a new feature film being shot in the city.

 

'Arctic Blast' stars U-S actor Michael Shanks, as he leads a battle to save the world from a series of huge blasts of ice fog that are causing deadly snap-freezing.

 

The film's Australian and Canadian producers started filming on Monday, and will shoot for a total of 18 days.

 

One of the executive producers, Pierre David, says when he films in Canada, local cities are often represented as being in the U-S, but that is not the case with 'Arctic Blast'.

 

"This script is written for Hobart. It says Hobart, it has Hobart, we don't change the licence plate, we don't change anything, we have emergency vehicles from Hobart, we have police vehicles from Hobart.

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It is scheduled for worldwide release in the latter half of 2010.

 

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Comments

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I work for one of the TV/radio networks here and told them to correct it on our stories, so ours should have that he's Canadian.

[zats-clear.livejournal.com]

you are so incredibly sweet! you do realize that I was poking at US (I'm US) as well...notorious for thinking "it's all one (whatever)" and I am sure most Americans haven't a clue where you are (it's so sad!)

I do hope it takes off - magnavox_23 says it is beautiful there and gorgeous scenery is hard to find.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Tasmania's gorgeous. Apparently. I've never been there. I live in Victoria, which is just across Bass Strait on the mainland.

It's only an hour away by plane, but I've tended to go to warmer places, when travelling around Australia!

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

On the subject of the US, there was an interview I saw once with Guy Pearce, around the time he did Memento, I think, where he was asked how he managed with the American accent. He told the interviewer most Americans assume you're American anyway, so if you get the accent halfway right, they believe it!