New Victory award to Henson

HensonCheryl Henson continues to be drawn on to get the brand new Victory Arts Award, a kudo passed out included in the annual gala for brand new 42nd Street, the nonprofit that works the brand new Victory Theater in addition to midtown studio spaces.Henson, prexy from the grant-meting out Jim Henson Foundation, draws the laurel on her leadership and advocacy within the area of puppetry. She was professional producer from the Henson Intl. Festival of Puppet Theater from 1992 to 2000 and it is presently about the board from the Jim Henson Co.Family-friendly New Victory Theater, run by New 42nd Street, has designed numerous puppetry choices because it started procedures in 1995.Gala is skedded for March. 17 in the New Vic. Evening will contain a perf praising Henson, then an evening meal. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Spike Puts Scripted Development On Hold

The writing had been on the wall for awhile, and Spike executives began quietly telling agents over the past couple of weeks that the network is getting out of the scripted business, at least for the time being. One of the network’s 2 scripted executives, Laurence Sullivan, has already departed to join Conan O’Brien’s production company Conaco. The last time Spike announced a scripted development slate was last October. Of the 7 projects on it, one, the Walt Becket-produced and Andy Tenant-directed Thunderballs, went to pilot but hasn’t been picked up to series. Spike also passed on its 2 pilots ordered last year, Back Nine and Playing with Guns. (Playing With Guns was later redeveloped by Comedy Central). Spike’s only remaining scripted executive Dustin Davis will continue to oversee existing development, including a script the network bought last month about an NYPD bomb squad, as well as Spike’s sole scripted series, Blue Mountain State. Spike’s recently picked up 4 new series, all in the reality genre where the channel has had ratings success with such hits as Auction Hunters and Repo Games.

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Hurricane Shuts Down Subways and City Cultural Events

Hurricane Irene is already having a huge impact on New York City and it hasn't even arrived yet. City officials on Friday announced a suspension of the Big Apple's public transportation system effective noon on Saturday. Cultural events will also shutter due to the inclement weather predicted for this weekend.The New York International Fringe Festival has canceled its performances scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Before the transit announcement, the Fringe had already canceled its Sunday, Aug. 28, events.The Fringe is not the only organization taking precautions. The Actors Fund has postponed its special Sunday evening performance of the acclaimed musical "The Book of Mormon." Fund representatives said the performance will be rescheduled. Also, the Classical Theatre of Harlem has canceled its production of "Henry V." It was to be performed in East River Park this weekend as part of SummerStage. Despite concern over Hurricane Irene's arrival, on Friday morning the Broadway League posted a statement on its website saying that all Broadway shows this weekend will perform as scheduled. The League advised people who want to exchange tickets or get refunds to contact their point of purchase. The League's optimism, however, may be premature, especially given the lack of transportation options for audiences this weekend. Disney Theatrical Productions announced at 3 pm Friday that performances of "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" scheduled for August 27 and 28 will not be presented. Disney Theatrical Productions operates outside the Broadway League.Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York announced early Friday afternoon that the New York City subway system will shut down on Saturday. All service on Metropolitan Transportation Authority subways and buses, the Long Island Rail Road, and the Metro-North Railroad will be suspended at noon. New Jersey Transit trains and buses will also stop running at noon. If winds at any point exceed 60 miles per hour this weekend, bridges such as the George Washington Bridge will close. If there are any Broadway cancelations or updates, they will be posted at www.broadwayleague.com.UPDATE: The Nederlander Organization tweeted, "All Broadway shows canceled for 8/27 and 8/28. Please share, and be safe," at 4:26 pm.

U scraps fantasy pic 'Wicked Lovely'

Universal has scrapped yet another potential franchise project, putting "Wicked Lovely" into turnaround just two months after tapping Mary Harron to direct. Vince Vaughn's Wild West Picture Show Prods. banner was set to produce the adaptation of Melissa Marr's bestselling fantasy novel, the first of five books in the series. Project is expected to get made -- just not at Universal -- so the producers' next move will be to shop the property around. There will likely be interest in the material, as studios are looking for fantasy franchises now that "Harry Potter" has come to an end and "The Twilight Saga" is wrapping up. Story follows a teen girl with the unique ability to see dangerous faeries who finds herself torn between a seductive faery prince and the mortal she loves. Caroline Thompson ("Edward Scissorhands") wrote the script and Vaughn is producing with Valeri Vaughn and Peter Billingsley. HarperCollins published "Wicked Lovely," which is a New York Times bestseller and has been published in 18 languages. "Lovely" is just the latest in a string of projects that Universal has shelved or put into turnaround. On Wednesday, the studio confirmed that it pulled the plug on the supernatural action-adventure film "Ouija," set up under Uni's 2008 deal with Hasbro. Studio also decided last month to put Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series into turnaround, four months after dropping Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "Mountains of Madness." It has also chosen not to go ahead with the MLK biopic "Memphis" and a screen adaptation of the Broadway hit "In the Heights." Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Shawn Levy Can Provide Existence To Frankenstein

For twentieth century FoxWith the planned three dimensional remake of Fantastic Voyage still sitting miniaturised within the development syringe, it appears that director Shawn Levy might be prepared to jump ship, or at best push the sci-fi pic further back on his schedule, because he views other projects first. Now Voyage studio Fox is pushing the thought of him dealing with the studio's planned version from the Frankenstein story. Max Landis reaches focus on a script, which may be another undertake the monster and the maker according to Mary Shelley's tale of man's scientific folly. Deadline reviews that Levy, that has been wavering about the Voyage job for some time (recent reviews had him thinking about ditching it if he could not get Will Cruz to star), has his eye on several films, but that Fox is searching to leave ahead within the crowded Frankenstein movie market and secure a director after speaking to the kind of David Yates, Ron Howard and Paul Greengrass. If Levy does sign up, he'll go into the Franken-fray against a minimum of five other projects including Universal's lengthy-planned Guillermo del Toro pic (which will not go anywhere in the near future given his schedule unless of course he hands the pointing reins to another person), Stuart Beattie's I, Frankenstein, Peter Ackroyd adaptation The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein at Ghost House Pictures, Summit's This Dark Endeavour, that provides a journey in the dodgy doc's early many Sony's planned modern-day update. Which will stagger to meet torch-carrying cinema audiences first? At this time there is no sign...Levy's next film, Real Steel, brings its robo-boxing action to the screens on October 14.

Ed Zwick To Direct Legendary Easts First Film The Great Wall: Marshall Herskovitz & Chuck Roven Also Attached

BREAKING: Ed Zwick will direct The Great Wall, the first project for Legendary East, that Hong Kong-based standalone entertainment company that was started by Legendary Entertainment’s Thomas Tullwith Asian partners. Zwick and his longtime partner Marshall Herskovitz will write the script based on a story about the mystery behind China’s greatest manmade structure as imagined by Legendary chairman Thomas Tull and World War Z author Max Brooks. Based in Hong Kong with Chinese management and international investors besidesTull,the new company wants to be positioned to produce content that is as commercially viable within China and the rest of the world. The Great Wall will be produced byLegendary’s Tull and Jon Jashni, as well as Atlas Entertainment’s Alex Gartner and Chuck Rovenwho is a frequent producer on Legendary/Warner Brosfilms (currently in production on The Dark Knight Rises and Man Of Steel), and Zwick and Herskovitz. The project will be distributed in China by Legendary Easts co-production partner, Huayi Brothers, while distribution in all other parts of the globe is anticipated to be handled by Warner Bros Pictures, which is Legendary Entertainment’s longtimepartneron films. Our partnership with Ed and Marshall is indicative of the creative ambition and financial commitment we are bringing to Legendary East — not next year or next month, but today, said Jon Jashni, Legendary Entertainments Chief Creative Officer, who also serves as an advisor to the Legendary East team. Their ability to translate a sense of history while communicating emotion and wonder has been proven repeatedly. The Great Wall exemplifies the type of globally-appealing, commercial movie we intend to have Legendary East become known for.”

UK Hacking Case: News Corp Was Paying Former Editor While He Held Political Post

Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World arrested on suspicion of involvement in phone hacking and bribing the police, was receiving payments from News International after starting work as the Conservative Party's Director of Communications, the BBC reports. Coulson's received hundredsof thousands of dollars inseverance paymentsuntil the end of 2007, which means he continued to be financially linked to the UK division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for several months during his tenure as David Cameron's main media adviser, the BBC reports. The Conservative and Labor parties traditionally battle for the endorsement of Murdoch's papers. Meanwhile Monday, Needham & Company analyst Laura Martin downgraded her recommendation on New Corp from "buy" to "hold." The company has set aside millions to prep itself for lawsuits in the scandal's wake, but Martin told Reuters she didn't think it was enough. News Corp shares, which have lost almost 14% of their value sincenews since the investigation began in July, closed down five cents at $15.51 per share on Monday.

HAMMOND: Time For Billy Very & Oscar Again? UPDATE: Brett Ratner Responds

MONDAY PM UPDATE: You may already know Brett Ratner is creating the Oscar show with Don Mischer and e-mailed me tonight together with his a reaction to Billy Crystal's claims regarding possibly hosting the Academy awards again.Ratner states: "I did not see what Billy stated. I am really centered on finishing my film Tower Heist at this time. [But] I had been relayed through the Academy which i do not have to create a decisionuntil mid-September." PREVIOUS: Same with Billy Very once more the response to all Oscar's worries? His statement in response to a fan's query in an American Cinematheque screening of City Slickers on Friday evening was he may be available to hosting again "maybe a couple of more occasions". But that is not really the very first time he's dropped the hint this season. In March, soon after he earned his appearance about the 83rd Oscar show to recognition Bob Hope, he was hosting a charitable organisation event and told a reporter, "I believe the show must change. There's a lot of honours also it needs to kind of freshen itself up, and when I'm able to take part in that, that might be great." Between might Friday's encouraging words, also perform the Academy Of Movement Picture Arts & Sciences and recently minted producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer have to hear? Obviously, if Very means he'd host as lengthy because there "were less honours" he is able to no way. The Academy's Board (largely comprised of below-the-line craftspeople) regularly balk at any make an effort to limit the amount of honours about the actual ABC broadcast itself, insisting the producers and host/s canbasicallydo what you want artistically except attempt to eliminate some of individuals 24 groups. When Bill Condon and Ray Mark created the show three years ago they can privatelysuggested at some point that possibly a few of the craftscategories (the shorts for example?) may be handed outduring the Red-colored Carpet pre-show. This way they'd be broadcast across the country, just notin the standard wayas area of the large express. It had been an immediate no-range from Academy honchos. Gil Cates, that has created the show 14 occasions, even attempted providing a number of individuals honours in the audienceon the 2005 show inorder to maneuver things along. However the idea wasn't well-received(some felt it belittled individuals honours)and wasn't attempted again.This filmorganization is not known as The Academy of movement Picture Arts & Sciences for free. ButCrystal clearly was vitalized through the standing ovation he received in the 83rd Academy Awardsas well as everything flatteringpraise --instead of the critical drubbing for co-hosts James Franco and Hathaway As Catwoman. Billy gets his Oscarjuices flowing. The American Cinematheque appearance gave him another (unplanned?) chance to transmit a note towards the Academy.Along with a high-profile full-blown Oscar hosting gig might be a win-win for Crystaland the Academy that is still spinning from a few of the critical brickbats tossed finally year's hosts. In the end, Billyhasn't starred inside a major live action movie since 2002'ssequel Evaluate Might has not starred inside a significantly well-received pic since 1999's Evaluate This. Although he stated he wasn't promising anything, the Academy as well as their producers could be crazy to not takeBilly's hint, particularly since Ratner saysone of the things that the show needs is much more comedy. And Mischer co-created and directed the show where Crystal's return am cordially received. Within the annals of Oscar hosts the golden comedytrio continues to be Hope (18 occasions), Johnny Carson (1979-82 and 1984) and Very (8 occasions between 1990 and 2004). Is Crystal's Oscar moment coming again? It will.

Fox Pays Convicted 'Barefoot Bandit' $1.4 Million for His Story

Colton Harris-Moore — a teen who spent two years stealing airplanes, boats and cars, evading authorities, and burglarizing homes — is picking up $1.4 million in restitution money to be paid to his victims from Fox for the rights to his story (though he’ll only collect if Fox exercises its options). Known as the ‘Barefoot Bandit” because he once committed a crime without shoes, the convicted Harris-Moore is in jail awaiting trial for an October sentencing which could land him 10 years in jail. The Oscar-winning scribe Dustin Lance Black was hired to write the picture. May I suggest a title? Barefoot in the Clink? [Deadline]

NBC, MLS cut 3-year TV deal

NBC Sports group has inked a 3-year privileges agreement with Major League Soccer to broadcast 45 MLS games -- and therefore the MLS can also be shedding the package that operates on Fox Soccer Funnel. ESPN systems continues to transport MLS and U.S. matches. Deal includes digital privileges across all platforms for that games within the agreement. Both ESPN's deal and also the new pact expire in 2014.The offer puts the majority of the content about the lately renamed NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus), which NBC now runs in compliance using its acquisition by Versus parent Comcast. Two regular-season games and 2 2010 nfl playoffs is going to be broadcast on NBC proper, as will four Men's National team matches.As the agreement gives NBC a larger share of the market within the lucrative sports programming world, additionally, it enhances the MLS's lot: NBC Sports is within nearly 80 million houses, instead of Fox Soccer's 40 million. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Will VUDU's iPad App Help Walmart To Outflank iTunes?

Walmart is about to fire a warning shot at Apple's iTunes: The retail colossus will introduce on Wednesday an iPad app for its VUDU online video purchase and rental service. "We're committed to offering the VUDU experience on as many devices as possible so customers can shop for and access their favorite movies and TV shows however they want, whenever they want," says VUDU general manager Edward Lichty. Walmart has a mixed track record in video. Although it's the leading seller of DVDs, the retail chain failed in an effort to create a Netflix-like mail rental service. It also stumbled in itspartnership with Hewlett Packard to offer movie downloads. Walmart bought VUDU in 2010 and has slowly been building it into a service that's too powerful to ignore. The retailer says that VUDU is available on more than 300 electronics devices including the PlayStation 3, making it the most widely accessible broadband pay-per-view service. Its library includes more than 20,000 movies and TV shows and canbe streamed at full 1080p high-definition video quality with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound.

Arnold Schwarzeneggers Stogie At Austrian Airport Could Get Him Into Legal Trouble

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 9, 2011 2:04 PM EDT VIENNA, Austria -- Was it lit or was it cold? The status of a cigar in Arnold Schwarzeneggers mouth at an Austrian airport could decide whether or not he faces legal action. Smoking at airports is banned in Austria and an anti-smoking lobby said Tuesday it plans to launch a suit against the former California governor for puffing on a stogie after arriving in June at Salzburg Airport. But officials suggest the affair will go up in smoke. Salzburg municipal legal expert Josef Goldberger told state broadcaster ORF that Arnie can ignore any requests from authorities in his homeland to respond since the charge is not covered by treaties. Airport spokesman Alexander Klaus, meanwhile, says the cigar was out. Burning cigars smoke and there were no puffs for Schwarzenegger, he says. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Attack the Block's John Boyega on Going 'From Hoodie to Hero,' and Taking Hollywood by Storm

Now that his feature film debut as a hoodlum-turned-savior in Attack the Block is finally hitting theaters stateside, 19-year-old John Boyega is savoring his big moment. As Moses, the hardened teen anti-hero of Joe Cornish’s British alien invasion romp, Boyega leads a gang of misfit delinquents into battle against a horde of vicious E.T.s to defend a South London council block. Off-screen, the charismatic up-and-comer has a new territory in his sights: Hollywood. Upon debuting at SXSW, Attack the Block earned its geek-approved buzz the hard way: By earning it, with relatively little marketing from distributor Screen Gems, through a grassroots campaign that won some of the most dedicated fans (“Blockheads”) of any film this year. (Opening over the weekend, Attack the Block earned a $16,250 per-screen average in limited release.) Much of the hook is the genre appeal — part John Carpenter, part Goonies, it flies on its sharp wit and the visceral thrill of letting children fight aliens, plain and simple — but there’s more than meets the eye to Attack the Block. Like Boyega’s performance, for starters. Moses the character is a clever, biting piece of film-as-social commentary in itself; introduced while mugging a young nurse (Jodie Whittaker) at knifepoint, he becomes a hero by circumstance when furry, animal-like aliens begin assaulting South London one fateful night, triggering his juvenile aggression. But circumstance is just as much to blame for Moses’s violent ways to begin with, and under Cornish’s direction, Boyega lets his vulnerable secrets slip, bit by bit, to reveal tragic beginnings. It’s a performance made all the more impressive by Moses’s relatively little dialogue, built primarily on silent glances and sheer screen presence. (Boyega cites The Wire as pre-performance homework.) In real life, however, the ebullient actor couldn’t be farther from his on-screen alter ego, as Movieline learned upon meeting him earlier this summer on the Sony lot to discuss Attack the Block and his future plans for taking Hollywood by storm. You’ve taken this film from its humble beginnings to opening in the U.K. to now doing a press tour in the U.S., and we’re talking to you for a column called The Verge. How do you feel things are going from where you’re sitting? Well, I feel things are looking more clear. Just have to put in the work, you know. There’s a lot of hard work to do. How so? Because it’s the first film, it’s the first role… I’ve grown as an actor, so now it’s time to put it into other stories, to tell other stories in different formats and stuff. All that magickibob. [Laughs] That’s not a slang, I just made that up. Put that out there, I just want to influence America a little. Will do. We’ll get that trending. Thank you. Yes! What’s your background as an actor and what were your goals when you initially signed on for Attack the Block? I’ve been acting since I was 5 years old, from primary school to secondary school, did training at drama school which was the big thing for me because they trained me, put me out into the industry. That was my first… I wouldn’t call it a big break, but a break. But what was I expecting, what were my goals? To be good, you know. When you start as a kid your goals may not be as fully formed as they are later in life… Yeah, when you start off as a kid you don’t really see it, but when I was maybe 9, 10 I watched films and went, ‘Oh yeah, they get paid for that! That’s an actual job, it’s not just a hobby — I want to do this.’ And I found myself in Sony in L.A., for some reason. I’ve been following you on Twitter… Nice! You seem to be having the time of your life here, visiting L.A. Well, you know… it’s been great. I’ve been here for two weeks now. Tell me about your Hollywood experience so far. Highlights? Oh! Well, we’ve had a little bit of highlights, you know… we’ve seen some people, some weird people. McDonald’s is a big highlight for me. What? You have McDonald’s in London. Yeah, but you do things differently. Seriously. I mean, I asked for a burger and they give me a tank. It’s like, ‘Wow, you guys eat!’ I really respect that. We don’t have the little thing where you can refill your drinks. We don’t have that! So yeah, it’s been fun. Seeing the history, seeing the Hollywood sign. I’ve been on Sunset. I went to the Griddle Caf. Oh, man. I had an Oreo pancake. It was heavenly. I don’t want to go back now, just because of that pancake. Speaking of things I learned from following you on Twitter, I know that you are a huge movie nerd. Yes. I know my movies. I love my movies. I’m an actor, what the hell would I be doing otherwise? [Laughs] It’s like being a doctor and not knowing what the flip you’re doing in there. Are you up on the latest blockbusters? Well, I’ve seen Super 8, I’ve seen Green Lantern. I’m looking forward to seeing Transformers. I’m a Michael Bay fanatic. Ah! The few, the proud. Yeah! People say that! You guys, go away. Michael Bay’s beautiful, that’s what he is. He’s a great guy. I love him. So, Attack the Block. How many times have you seen it with an audience now? Over eight times. That’s what makes it really special. Back home I went to different cinemas and I’ve seen it here. What’s the reception been like back home — do people recognize you now on the street? Well, yeah. Little by little. But I’m a quiet guy, I just do my thing. It’s not like, “Oh my God, it’s you!” People recognize you, they say hi, you say hi back, and it’s appreciation for people thinking you were good in it. What were your initial thoughts when you first heard about the project, and what did you do in your audition to nail it? I first heard about the project through my agent, and they told me it was about aliens coming to a South London council estate, and attacking this block, and I thought it was incredibly stupid. Then, I got the script, and I just fell in love with it straight away. For me, that cinematic element just 15 minutes away from where I live, it’s crazy — having orchestral music, having Basement Jaxx on the soundtrack giving it that kind of, you know, we can represent in Hollywood too! We can do a feature film like that! How aware were you of how all the elements — the look and feel and sound of the film — would come together? If there’s one thing about Joe [Cornish], he knew where he was going with it. He even gave us a DVD package with Warriors, The Goonies, giving us the vibe. Attack the Block is a love letter to all these films like that. I thank you letter for coming on Channel 5 and getting us kids escapism from the cruel, cruel world. [Laughs] Take me into the psyche of Moses, because one of the tremendous things about him and your performance is how much is conveyed emotionally, and with such complexity, through so little dialogue. Well, Moses is a strong and silent character and you meet him at a point where he’s trying to make two decisions, whether to go on the right path or the wrong path. Obviously all that is disturbed by this alien invasion that so happens to come to South London, and with that, that brings out the good in himself. But it’s about him trying to find that, trying to find what he lost due to circumstances due to no fault of his own — you see his room, you see the way he’s living. You watch it at first and think, “This is a terrible kid.” Then you see that he hasn’t got family. The boys are his family. He’s got no money. And it’s like, wow. Do you know what I mean? He’s just a kid. For me it’s about trying to externally give out, “Oh, I’m hard,’ but in the interior you’ve just got a little boy who’s just trying to make ends meet. It seems challenging to accomplish that, again, with such little dialogue — and we glimpse shades of his true self along the way. When we see him among actual gangsters there’s a vulnerability to him, for example. Exactly - which are decisions I made to show the audience. Because you get those urban roles, you get those hood roles, and you only get the forefront. You only get, “I’m hard,” and that’s about it. But back to these roles, I wanted to give you guys kind of a kid, a human being who’s able to cry, who’s able to laugh, who’s able to feel sad. Just trying to give you that, breaking him down from hoodie to hero. You have a moment where something tragic happens and you turn toward the camera with this tear streaming down your face, which I found quite moving. That was actually quite petty, man. We were crying on set, all of us — even little Alex [Esmail] — because Joe likes to make everything real and we were preparing for the scene. Joe was like, “[Character name redacted] is dead, on the floor.” And I was just like, I wasn’t going to cry, man. Then the tears just started going and I had to turn around and do the kind of scared shot. I was breathing hard, when I was filming I thought, “This is going to look so stupid,” I thought I needed to turn around and do a little [affects bold hero voice] “Oh yeah, what’s out there?” kind of thing. But they used that shot, which was interesting. For me, it showed a lot. Putting myself out of it and watching it solely as an audience member, it showed a lot about Moses and his journey, and that’s the first time you think, “Aw, he’s just a kid. A kid in bad circumstances.” Moses also has so much invested in this group of kids, as their leader. Yeah, those are his boys, those are his family because he has no one. Speaking of that group, how much did you and your cast mates know about “hoodie” culture, so to speak? I’ve lived in South London all my life, but obviously there’s a difference between living there and being a part of there. It’s just something you see every day, if you get to a certain area, you live in a certain area, you’re going to be exposed to certain things. You know, urban culture is fun, it’s lovely. You have fun elements to it, you have dark elements, you have light elements… so you kind of know that, right, because you’re there. So you get that and just bring that to the film through your performance. You mentioned the Warriors as a reference Joe gave to you, but there’s also a distinct Goonies vibe. Oh, yeah. I felt that on set. How do you go about capturing that spirit? No no, that’s down to Tom Townend , our cinematographer. Warriors was shot at night, and me watching that gave this a certain flavor, a certain kind of light in the darkness kind of flavor. Kind of fun, filled with these sequences, they weren’t all stilted shots, they were still and focused, which for me reminded me of The Warriors. With the Goonies, it’s just a thing of normal kids in abnormal circumstances. Even the banter, the kind of fun, the jokes, getting scared and saying things like, “This is too much madness to explain in one text!” Saying the silliest things… that reminded me of The Goonies. The aliens in Attack the Block are unusual in that they were physical, practical presences on set, and so different in design than most aliens we see these days. What were they like to work with? What did you even have to work with? We had Terry Notary in a suit, on all fours. This guy is amazing. He was in Avatar, he was an ape in Planet of the Apes, great guy. He brought a Hollywood energy to the set. He was like, “Let’s get this shot, John!” He was really like, “I’m going to bite your ass off before you even start a scene!” Or making the sounds and stuff. And I was there like, “‘Hey Joe, this guy’s taking it a bit too seriously…” [Laughs] But he was fun to work with. What would you like to happen, career-wise, from this point on? What I would like to happen? To carry on telling you guys stories, in the form of cinema. Eventually I’ll be here, up in the hills looking over your city, seeing where I’ll attack next. Make the arrangements. I’ll be here soon. Do you have projects already lined up to do next? Not in this country, but there are plans being made. I’ve read a couple of scripts, you guys are bringing out some really good stories in the future that I’m willing to be a part of. So when the yes comes from me, I’ll let you guys know. [Laughs] Attack the Block is in limited release.