film « The Irate Nation

Because I’m against organized religion

The maker of the upcoming apocalyptic film "2012" has conceded he enjoyed orchestrating the visual disintegration of the world's religious symbols, such as the Vatican and the famous statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro.

But he left an Islamic symbol alone because he feared the reaction from the Muslim world.

"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," Emmerich said. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie. And he was right. ... We have to all ... in the Western world ... think about this."

Tagged as: comThe, disintegration, emmerich, fatwa, film, Harald, harald kloser, Islamic, islamic symbol, Jesus, maker, muslim world, Nbsp, religious symbols, Rio de Janeiro, statue, statue of jesus, symbol, Vatican, Wnd, World No Comments

Michael Caine Takes A Pop At The British Government

Sir Michael Caine has spoken to Sky News about his new film Harry Brown in which he plays a vigilante pensioner. The British actor told us how he is a right wing socialist, with capitalist leanings who is happy to pay tax, but really detests how the government spends it. Andrew Wilson went to meet the legendary actor

By:skynews

Tagged as: actor, Andrew Wilson, british actor, film, film harry, government, Harry Brown, legendary actor, michael caine, new film, news, pensioner, right, Sir Michael Caine, Sky, Sky News, Socialist, tax, vigilante, wing No Comments

A film about the Prophet Mohammad backed by the producer of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Matrix”

clipped from www.haaretz.com

A film about the Prophet Mohammad backed by the producer of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Matrix" is under discussion, a Qatar media firm said on Sunday, aiming to create an English-language blockbuster for the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.

Filming of the $150 million movie is set to start in 2011, with Barrie Osborne as its producer, Alnoor Holdings said.