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(May 26, 2002) PAUL HUNTER VIDEO WINS MVPA
AWARD
The 11th Annual MVPA Awards
were handed out this past week and 2 Paul Hunter videos won
awards. The Paul Hunter-directed Guilty Until Proven Innocent
by Jay Z. feat. R. Kelly won for Best Rap Video.
Lady Marmalade also won for Best Styling (stylist:
Trish Summerville).
(April 26, 2002) LISA "LEFT-EYE"
LOPES DIES IN CAR CRASH
Lisa "Left-Eye"
Lopes, part of the R&B trio TLC, died in a car crash in Honduras
yesterday. Left-Eye along with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas
and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins formed TLC, the biggest girl-group
in the 1990's. Paul Hunter directed their 1999 video Unpretty.
He also directed the series of Gap Holiday 2001 commercials this past
Christmas, which featured Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and other
artists. We offer our deepest condolences to the family and
friends of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes.
(April 7, 2002)
MVPA AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
The 11th Annual MVPA (Music
Video Production Association) Awards nominations have just been
announced. The awards are voted on by members of the association,
people within the video production industry. Paul Hunter videos
received four nominations. The awards will
be handed out May 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles (where the
Oscars were presented a few weeks ago).
click
here for full nominations list
***Nomination*** Rap Video: "Guilty
Until Proven Innocent" - Jay Z
***Nomination***
Soundtrack Video: "Lady Marmalade" - Mya, Pink,
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim
***Nomination***
Direction of a New Artist: "Like A Feather" - Nikka
Costa
***Nomination***
Styling: "Lady Marmalade" - Mya, Pink, Christina
Aguilera, Lil' Kim (Tricia Summerville)
(March 27, 2002)
* EXCLUSIVE ON-SET PICTURES *
We have 2 exclusive photos taken
on the set of Bulletproof Monk, currently shooting in
Toronto. The first one is of star Chow Yun-Fat and director Paul
Hunter. The second is of Paul Hunter and Seann William Scott.
Chow Yun-Fat & Paul Hunter |
Seann
William Scott & Paul Hunter
(thanks to SK for the pics!)
(March 16, 2002) DR.
PEPPER COMMERCIALS
I mentioned last year that Paul Hunter
had shot commercials for Dr.
Pepper which featured Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, rappers Black
Eyed Peas, and Latin singer Thalia. The commercials
have begun airing in mid-February. The commercials feature the
artists performingtributes to past recording artists such as rock and roll great Buddy Holly (McGrath), Latin music star Tito
Puente (Thalia) and jazz icons Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong (Black
Eyed Peas). The campaign emphasizes the originality, individuality and personality of all recording artists featured.
(March 10, 2002)
BULLETPROOF MONK BEGINS FILMING IN TORONTO
Bulletproof Monk
has begun
filming this weekend in Toronto. The film will be shot in Toronto
for the next 3 months, with an expecting wrap date of June 4,
2002. I've created a special section where all new Bulletproof
Monk news will be posted.
***click here for Bulletproof Monk section***
(March 8, 2002)
MARCUS JEAN PIRAE JOINS CAST OF BULLETPROOF MONK |
FILMING BEGINS TOMORROW
According to Variety,
Marcus Jean Pirae has joined the cast of Bulletproof Monk
as the leader of a street posse that pacts with the monk (Chow Yun-Fat)
and his student (Seann William Scott) to fight an evil gang.
Checking the Internet
Movie Database, Marcus Jean Pirae has only appeared in one other
film, Nothing To Declare.
(thanks to Comics2Film for the info)
Bulletproof
Monk begins shooting tomorrow (March 9) in Toronto. The cast
has already been spotted in Toronto. According to the Star
Gazing column in the Toronto
Star last Sunday, Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, & James King have all
been spotted dining around the Yorkville area of downtown Toronto this
past week.
click to view image
(March 1, 2002)
BULLETPROOF MONK SHOOT-DATE
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COMIC BOOK RE-RELEASE
Sources working on the Bulletproof
Monk film-shoot in Toronto report that the movie will indeed begin
shooting on March 9, 2002 and aim for completion on June 4, 2002.
The entire movie is set to be shot in Toronto.
The 3-part comic book Bulletproof Monk
(which the movie is based on) was released back in 1999 by Image
Comics and Flypaper Press. The company is planning on
re-releasing all three issues in one single graphic novel in the next
few months. Amazon.com
lists it as coming out in April 2002, 96 pages, and at a cost of
$9.95US.
(January 28, 2002)
SHOOTING FOR BULLETPROOF MONK DELAYED |
MOVIE TENTATIVE RELEASE DATE
Official sources report that the
shooting start-date for Bulletproof Monk has been delayed until March
9, 2002 in Toronto. In other news, Entertainment Weekly
and other online sources report that the film is tentatively scheduled
for a Christmas 2002 release.
(January 4, 2002) ***REHEARSALS
BEGIN NEXT WEEK FOR BULLETPROOF MONK***
According to Dark
Horizons today, 6 weeks of choreography & rehearsals of the
"flying" stunts for Bulletproof Monk begin in Toronto
this Monday, leading up to the February 18 shoot start-date.
(January 3, 2002)
JAMES KING JOINS BULLETPROOF MONK
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HSI NAMED PRODUCTION
COMPANY OF THE YEAR
The
Hollywood
Reporter reported in mid-December that actress James King has
signed on to play the villain character in Paul Hunter's upcoming movie Bulletproof
Monk. She joins previously announced cast-members Chow Yun-Fat
and Seann William Scott. James King will play a "sexy Russian
mob princess called Bad Girl". Other sources report that
actresses Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodrigues had originally auditioned
for the role.
Creativity
magazine has named HSI
Productions as Production Company of the Year for 2001.
Paul Hunter's success with commercials for Gap and Nike this past year
had greatly influenced the decision.
(December 31, 2001 -
January 1, 2002) YEAR-END REVIEW 2001
As the year comes to a close,
it's time to take a look back at the work of Paul Hunter in 2001.
2001 was a landmark year for Paul, who spent his time split between
videos, commercials, and developing a movie career. All of his
work this year has been well-received and highly publicized. He
only directed 7 videos this year, including notable ones such as Lady
Marmalade (Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, Lil' Kim), We
Need A Resolution (Aaliyah), and the high-profile come-back
video for Michael Jackson's You Rock My World. My
personal favorites were Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Jay Z),
Like A Feather (Nikka Costa), and We Need A
Resolution (Aaliyah). For his great work in music videos
this year, Paul Hunter received the award for Best Director
at the 2001 Billboard Music Video Awards.
Paul Hunter also made a mark in the
commercial industry, directing some of the most popular commercials this
year: Nike Jordan "Much Respect" (feat. Michael
Jordan), the mega-popular Nike "Freestyle" commercial, Gap
Denim "My First Love" commercials, and Gap's Holiday
2001 commercials. He also directed commercials for Coca
Cola, Mountain Dew Code Red, Dasani Water, and Miller
Beer. To top off an already extraordinary year, it was
announced in November that Paul Hunter will direct his first feature
film, Bulletproof Monk, early in 2002. The movie, which
stars Chow Yun-Fat and Sean William Scott, begins shooting in Toronto in
February 2002. Although we probably won't see too many music
videos and commercials from Paul Hunter next year, we certainly look
forward to see what great things he does with his new movie.
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