Picture this: A psychotic killer is coming after you to make sure that your next breath is your last. Only, he’s got one hang-up: Being an environmentally conscious consumer, he has to make sure his electrically powered chainsaw has enough energy to take your life, “green” style.
Despite the fact that it had happened three times before for Eric Roth and it was an entirely new experience for Lance Black, Oscar nomination announcements had both men up early with their televisions, tuned to their local news channel.
After getting his undergraduate degree in computer science at UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Emud Mokhberi took the next logical step and went for his master’s of science in computer science. Little did he know that an animation class that he took for fun would eventually lead to a form of professional success known by many but received by a select few: an Oscar nomination.
Had it not been for the purely coincidental fact that Darius Marder shared a park bench in Brooklyn with Dan Campbell, a man who had a story to tell about treasure hunters, there is a large possibility that his film, “Loot,” would have never been made.
It is an unspoken rule in acting that if a couple portrays a romantic couple on-screen, they typically will not have any chemistry. Take the failed “Gigli,” staring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, or even “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The actors may have been in some state of happy coupledom in real life at the time of filming, but unfortunately this didn’t translate to the screen.
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