Elijah recently attended the Supanova Comic Con in Sydney. Pictures have been added from the event.
Update: A few more pics can be found here: Dailymail
Actors, directors, and filmmakers often use real life subjects as inspirations for their works. Characters like Moe from The Simpsons, Kramer from Seinfeld, even Nacho Libre had real life inspirations. In Elijah Wood’s new role as a DJ and self-proclaimed music business mover-and-shaker in the film Come to Daddy, director Ant Timpson revealed he wanted the actor to emulate producer/DJ Skrillex.
“When Ant sent me the script, it came with a photo of Skrillex,” said Wood. “No joke. He was like, ‘This is kind of what I’m imagining.’ And I was like, Oh, f—, he must be kidding. Skrillex is fine. [But] his look is more extreme. I was like, ‘Oh s—, that is what he has in his head.’ And as we got into production, actually, his ideas got crazier. Like, Skrillex was mild in comparison. So, the costume design stuff, and the hair, and all of that, that was really a collaboration. I was like, ‘He has to be human, we have to relate to him on some level. He can’t be a total alien.’”
Come to Daddy follows Wood’s character in the film, Norval, as he visits his father (Stephen McHattie) for the first time since the latter abandoned him and his mother decades previously. As you can see in the clip below, the look Wood ended up going with is far more extreme than the Skrillex inspiration he was given.
The film released to theaters earlier this year.
“Man-child” Norval Greenwood (Elijah Wood) reconnects with his estranged father after 30 years of idealizing certain expectations and an image of his father, only to be disappointed when he discovers his father’s dark past finally catches up to them both.
When discussing his experience portray such a complex character, Wood strived to dig deep into his broad, emotional range in order to pay homage to Norval’s character and director Ant Timpson’s rather personal story.
“It was fun! I felt a great deal of pressure being there to deliver for Ant. He’s a dear friend and it was an important thing for him because it is based off, to some degree, a small degree, on his relationship with his dad,” said Wood. “Certainly for the experience he had with his dad, so that was really important to me. It was a challenging role. It was actually a heightened, emotional role. I think I was really anxious about that, and wanting to be truthful.”
Wood and Timpson first met at the Genre Film Circuit. According to Wood, Norval was an immensely multi-faceted character to portray, and he was excited to dive into the depth’s of his complexity and given circumstance throughout the film.
“It’s a rollercoaster for this character; Norval comes to see his dad after 30 years with incredible expectations that are not met, and they’re constantly subverted,“ said Wood. “He has these herring experiences that he’s going through, and it’s extremely cathartic and extremely emotional. There’s a lot. It was a lot for me to sort of tap into and deliver. It made me really anxious, and I didn’t take that responsibility lightly.”
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When “The Lord of the Rings” first became a blockbuster franchise with Peter Jackson’s filmed adaptation, it was seen as a monumental achievement in both storytelling and craft. Jackson’s combination of cutting-edge CGI and a flair for classical fantasy transformed J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels into an epic trilogy that ultimately grossed $2.92 billion worldwide off a combined budget of roughly $281 million.
But that scale sounds like peanuts compared to the current project underway at Amazon Studios, where a new television series based on the novels is underway for a reported $1 billion. Elijah Wood, who catapulted to fame as beloved Hobbit Frodo Baggins, can’t quite process that figure.
“That’s crazy to me,” the actor said in a recent interview, pointing out that the success of the original films likely set the stage for Amazon’s costly endeavor, which includes the $250 million it spent to acquire the rights. “That wouldn’t have happened back then because the Tolkien estate didn’t know what they had as much as they do now,” Wood said. “It’s all a product of the world they live in. They know now what they have, they know how lucrative it is.”
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Shudder’s original content (Horror Noire, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, and the upcoming Creepshow anthology) has been impressing horror fans of all kinds this year, and the horror streaming service doesn’t appear to be slowing down. Shudder is about to get into the podcast game with three new shows featuring names that should be familiar to all horror fans: Eli Roth, Adrienne Barbeau, and Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah.
The official titles for each podcast include: “Eli Roth’s History of Horror: Uncut, an expansion of the television series AMC Visionaries: Eli Roth’s History of Horror; She Kills, a podcast by and about women in the horror genre, hosted by Adrienne Barbeau; and Visitations with Elijah Wood & Daniel Noah, a unique series that invites listeners into the lives and homes of some of the most creative figures working in genre entertainment today.”
Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager, stated that “We’re thrilled to be working with amazing talents like Eli Roth, Adrienne Barbeau, Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, who have assembled an unprecedented collection of horror creators for this slate of podcasts. They’ll be exploring timely topics, unpacking the history of the genre and pointing the way to its future by talking to the people who made horror it what it is today.”
Fans will have to wait a little longer for Visitations with Elijah Wood & Daniel Noah (which isn’t due until Spring) but listeners can expect to hear Wood and Noah talk to “…some of their most creative friends and colleagues for casual conversations at locations of their subjects’ choosing—at their homes, on set, or in their personal workshops—in the ten-episode Shudder Original Podcast, Visitations with Elijah Wood & Daniel Noah. Episodes will feature visits with filmmakers Ana Lily Amirpour, Taika Waititi, and John Landis, writer Dan Harmon, musician Flying Lotus, and fashion designers Rodarte, among others.”
EXCLUSIVE: Elijah Wood’s Company X/SpectreVision has acquired the Los Angeles-based experiential marketing agency Lucey Stepp. Under the Company X/SpectreVision banner, Lucey Stepp’s team will specialize in creative solutions for brands and cultural properties.
The newly formed Company X Marketing has been making waves in the event production and brand partnerships space. The company specializes in developing forward-thinking approaches to brand-messaging, curating buzzworthy moments, unique event execution, and more. Company X Marketing roster of clients includes L.A. Comic Con, Legion M, The American Cinematheque theaters, The House on Sunset as well as El Cine, a Latinx Programming Series and Cinematcher, a platform digitizing hiring, managing and payroll for productions.
Former Lucey Stepp founders Brian Lucey and Ariel Stepp will lead the charge of Company X Marketing along with Company X/SpectreVision partner and CEO Lisa Whalen. With a background in marketing from Universal Pictures, Lauren Magura will be leading business strategy. Lucey and Stepp will remain majority partners in Company X marketing, alongside Whalen, and minority partners Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller;bringing decades of industry experience to the team and a passion for connecting brands and cultural properties to entertainment industry projects, talent, media and events.
“We are so excited to be part of the Company X family. The added resources and entertainment relationships of Company X allow us to approach a project with insider connections & a true understanding of the inner workings of the industry. We are now a one-stop shop for creative ideation, production, partnerships, programming, and content creation,” Lucey said.
“While attending entertainment premieres, FYC events and festivals, we have been continually impressed by the strength and creativity of Lucey Stepp’s activation concepts, as well as their vast connections to lifestyle, entertainment, music and sports brands,” said Lisa Whalen, Company X/SpectreVision CEO.
Lucey Stepp’s past projects include event production and partnerships for Deadline, Sony, Fox, Cinespia, Anheuser- Busch, GQ, Hulu, Red Bull, Universal, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Gallo, TVLine and Virgin Produced. New projects include the Pizza Hut / Legion M Lounge featuring the Getty Studio at Sundance Film Festival, the Stan Lee Tribute, as well as the aforementioned L.A. Comic Con.
This week on The Star Wars Show, Andi sits down with actor Elijah Wood from Star Wars Resistance and Anthony heads to Titmouse Animation Studios to discuss the creation of Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures. Plus, all the news in the world of Star Wars from over the break, including big stars coming to Star Wars Celebration, a Marvel Galaxy’s Edge comic and other books that tie in to the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort themed lands, and more!