3:55 - More questions:
Someone got up to ask The Rock why his action film career derailed after “The Roundup,” to which The Rock shot back “You mean…. The Rundown?” Ouch, schooled by The Rock. Fickman chimed in with “No, he means The Round Up! That adult movie where you play a “friendly cowboy!” The Rock came back with, “Stay on for eight seconds… that was the tagline.”
Fickman compares the movie to “something between 48 Hours and a Bourne movie”. Now that’s what we like to call “reaching.”
Someone finally asked poor, neglected Carla Gugino a question, and wanted to know how she picks her material. She said, as all actors do, “It just depends on the material. Sin City happened because I’m a big fan of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, but I really like playing parts where I can just disappear into the role.
Someone came up and said that their job is to test DVDs, and that he’d watched The Game Plan thousands of times. Is that some form of cruel torture?
He’s also listened to the COMMENTARY on the DVD multiple times. Ouch. He wanted to know why The Rock and Andy Fickman (who also directed The Game Plan) got along so well. Andy’s short answer? “Well, Dwayne is a terrific actor.”
3:45 - Bringing back original Witch Mountain stars:
Good news for hardcore fans, both Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann are part of this movie, and not just in cameo appearances. Woot! Pardon me while I geek out over this news for a bit.
Fickman went off on a rant saying “This is my tenth Comic-Con. For nine years…. nine years!!! I’ve been coming to these thins and sitting in the audience. I’d come and wait in log lines, I’d eat sketchy food, I’d come in with my shopping list of things to buy at the booths. I’m a fan!”
The Rock really is towing the company line here, saying how much he loves Disney. “I have a beautiful six year old daughter, and I start and end every day with her. I like that I get to work on things with family values and also go off into action of fantasy at Disney.” I swear, when this panel wraps he might say “I’m going to Disneyland!”
3:40 - Fielding questions from the audience:
When asked what attracted him to the project, The Rock said “Well, as an actor… it was the paycheck. I mean, Disney… cha-ching!”
The next question came from a kid who “drove all the way from Texas and escaped Hurricane Dolly in order to ask this question - do you give The People’s Elbow to anyone in the movie?”
The Rock’s answer, “Clearly, there is some good weed in Texas.”
Wow, this guy really has a sense of humor, despite what you might have thought after seeing The Game Plan.
According to Fickman, The Rock actually “kicks a lot of ass in this movie” and the Rock said he does indeed drop the Elbow on “someone’s candy ass.”
Where’s the R-Rated version of Witch Mountain? That would be a real eye-opener. You’ve got kids with superpowers who can literally kick ass? It’s a no brainer.
Carla assures us that there’s a lot of comedy in the film as well.
Fickman is back to drag us down with a lot of UFO information, apparently Whitley Streiber was involved in the movie as well. Fickman said “I was born in Roswell, New Mexico, I’ve been living with alien probes all my life!” It’s not hard to believe, given his crazy voice. He sounds like a cartoon character.
3:32 - If you haven’t seen Disney’s Escape From Witch Mountain or Return to Witch Mountain, then you really need to. Especially since they’re remaking it now with a budget, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The trailer for the film unspooled before the cast took the stage, and it looks like a CGI fest. In fact, some scenes didn’t have any completed effects.
After that, The Rock stormed the stage, and was joined by co-star Carla Gugino and director Andy Fickman. Fickman calls it a “reimagining” of the original movie, and The Rock said he’s a huge fan of the original. It’s hard to picture him sitting down now, all bulked up and watching this… but maybe when he was a kid. Sure, I can get behind that.
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