WAR PIGS (Ryan Little, 2015)

[Mosquito]

I would imagine it was Dolph or Rourke, or both of them. I can see why some actors wouldn't want to be associated with a kickstarter campaign. And indeed they really should know better than to not okay things with their principal cast before getting underway with such a campaign.

I don't know. Iron Sky's crowdfunding campaign was incredibly successfull regarding both publicity and funding. Of course they had put a lot of time and effort into it and it was a really fun campaign.

[Tom]

That worked but it was kind of a culty idea which attracted interested. They didn't have any star names attached either.

I'm not particularly a fan of seeing star vehicles using this tool. They should conceivably, even with ideas out of their norm, find it much easier to attain financing in the conventional ways than up and coming indie film-makers. There's more than enough money men who'd put together a Dolph/Rourke war film with nods to Inglorious Basterds. It's not a huge change of pace for them. I just don't think they should be begging for 7,500 grand. Evidently Dolph or Rourke didn't like that either.

[Jox]

I think he's an old school kind of guy. I don't think he'd necessarily go for something like crowd funding, not until it becomes a norm.

Yep, probably.

[dude hallenbeck]

I don't think he'd necessarily go for something like crowd funding, not until it becomes a norm.

That's a really good point. It is getting there soon. Veronica Mars turned out pretty successful, it'll be interesting to see how Spike Lee's blood addiction movie fares.

[Mosquito]

I'm not particularly a fan of seeing star vehicles using this tool. They should conceivably, even with ideas out of their norm, find it much easier to attain financing in the conventional ways than up and coming indie film-makers.

Yep, true. If you look at it this way it seems that they maybe just did it because it's a "cool" thing to do.

[Tom]

Yeah in some cases it seems so.

[Jox]

Plenty of pics from location scouting, wardrobe/costumes prep etc on the FB page by the way:
https://www.facebook.com/warpigsmovie

[Jox]

Dolph is playing a french cap (Will you give him lessons Jox ? ).

This is where I wish I had done the military service: I need to learn and translate some army dialect/lingo to find the French equivalents...!

[bomaz]

Ahahah ... he can still ask advices to Olivier Gruner

According to Luke Goss' twitter, shooting should start this week.

[Jox]

Yeah, Dolph went to Utah (where the movie is shot) over the week-end.

War Pigs Movie ‏@warpigsallies
@Dolph_Lundgren just got done getting fit for his uniform. He looked GREAT! #WWII #Warpigs #uniform #awesome

[Jox]

Today is Day 1 of principal photograhy.

[TEMIRLAN]

Any Mickey Rourke?

[dude hallenbeck]

I'm glad to see Dolph in another project with potential. Hopefully Mickey Rourke puts in a good showing too. He's one of my favourite actors when he's on form.

[Jox]

Video from writer/producer Steven Luke
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10 ... 97&fref=nf

Day 1 behind the scenes pics:

Luke Goss @LukeGoss
#WARPIGS DAY 1 @Dolph_Lundgren great guy!! Great day.

https://twitter.com/warpigsallies/media

War Pigs Movie @warpigsallies
First day of production went swimmingly! #moviemaking #Utah #WarPigs #WWII #DolphLundgren #lukegoss

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 802&type=1

[savagesketch]

Utah of all places strikes me as an odd choice for a WWII set film. Many of Dolph's previous films have been shot in Bulgaria due to the low production costs. Though it's still too early to tell, a European location like Bulgaria seems like it would suit this production a little better than Utah...