Ridley Scott scouting film locations for Prometheus in Iceland.
Location: Iceland According to the media, director Ridley Scott has been scouting out film locations for upcoming sci-fi flick Prometheus here in Iceland. Ridley Scott and entourage arrived here on Friday, April 29th on a private jet and were met by staff from True North, a production and service company for the film and television [...]
The Icelandic Connection
When I was younger in my drinking days I would spend a lot of time talking about my unified theory of the Icelandic Connection. Briefly it goes like this. Icelanders are not happy until they find an Icelandic Connection to any event or person in history… ever. No matter what comes up, Icelanders will go [...]
Economic Disaster Area – Blog
Blog you should read if you are interested in the Icelandic Economic Disaster. It is written by an Icelander in english. :: Economic Disaster Area [>] – Daði Rafnsson Blogs about the economic situation in Iceland.
I Am Not My Goverment
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. – P.J. O’Rourke
Icelandic Viking movie in the works
Viking movie with estimated budget of 40-60 million dollars is in the works. The movie is yet to be named but has the working title “Saga”. The script began as a adaption of the 13th century story of “Njáls saga“, they seem to have drifted away from the story and now it is based loosely [...]
Did anyone say… Astropia?
Collection of blogs and reviews of Astropia. I will add to this entry when or if anything else pops up. :: Harry Knowles review on Aintitcool.com [>] :: Review and comments on the Fantasticfest site [>] :: Astropia (IMDB) [>] :: Astropia on Wikipedia [>] :: Astropia Movie Reviews – Rotten Tomatoes [>] :: TGTV047 [...]
Two Videos from Fantastic Fest – Astropia
Ottó Geir Borg and Jóhann Ævar Grímsson talk a little about Astropia Astropia Q & A after Sept. 18, Fantastic Fest screening Note: The names of the director, Gunnar Guðmundsson and one of the screenwriters, Jóhann Ævar Grímsson, are switched in the video.
Framestore Iceland
According to the media here in Iceland Framestore is opening a daughter company here on this dinky little island in the middle of the Atlantic. This scan is from Morgunblaðið (monday 21. July), one of the big newspaper here in Iceland. The bigger item is from page 8 but the small spot below was on [...]
