Title: AWE Disneyland Premiere Reports
Description: **Archived**
Description: **Archived**
Jesse - May 20, 2007 12:59 PM (GMT)
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| ANAHEIM – The mere mention Saturday of one name set off an ear-splitting shriek down Disneyland's fabled Main Street: Johnny Depp. "He's incredible, just an incredible actor," said an adoring Lisa Estrada, 37, of Santa Ana, who had been camping out since 6:30 a.m. to catch a glimpse of the popular actor. Depp and his fellow actors were there for the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," the final installment of the buccaneer blockbuster also starring Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. Tickets – which went for $1,500 apiece – were sold out in 14 days. The $3 million goal, which included a $1 million donation by Disney, is going to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. As with last year's debut of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Disneyland shortened its hours for park-goers from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to accommodate the movie's premiere. The mood at Disneyland was frenzied, with cheering fans and more than 200 media outlets from around the world taking their spot along a red carpet down Main Street. "The red carpet is longer than the movie," said Geoffrey Rush, who plays Capt. Barbossa. Before the red carpet event, Disney also unveiled a special addition to the upcoming video game based on the movie. Beginning Tuesday, Nintendo DS users who come to Disneyland can download extras for the game at special "X-marks-the-spot" icons hidden near the "Pirates"-related attractions. The movie's screenwriters, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, were also there. The pair met in the 1970s at Saddleback High School in Santa Ana. Their other collaborative efforts include Disney's "Aladdin" and "Treasure Planet." "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" hits theaters nationwide Friday, and like its predecessors, is expected to slash its competition on opening weekend. Last year's "Pirates" movie earned $135.6 million domestically over opening weekend, a record debut at the time. . |
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| THE final part of the Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy had a spectacular launch last night when it premiered in Disneyland. The stars of the seafaring blockbusters were on the red carpet for At World's End at the Los Angeles theme park. Studio bosses had kept the film closely guarded until last night, with no early screenings. And the movie, which opens in Scotland on Thursday, is set to break box office records after the first two Pirates films raked in more than £750million. The film, starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa and Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, is the last in three planned Pirates movies. And producer Jerry Bruckheimer told the Sunday Mail this will be the last... probably. He said: "It is a trilogy and this is the final part, there is completion in the movie." But the film ends with a scene that could set up a fourth film, although Jerry insisted: "As of now we are done. As far as future Pirates go, we don't know. "We are going to take a break and see what happens and see if the audience likes this, then we will make a decision." Depp, 43, has also hinted he would reprise his role. He said: "The possibility of saying goodbye to Captain Jack, perhaps forever, is not one I look forward to. But if that is the case then we had a good run." Orlando Bloom, who was at last night's charity premiere, is also sorry to see the series end. The 30-year-old said: "It's going to be sad to say goodbye to the character because I love him. "He is fearless and has become a pirate by the end of this. So just as I was getting excited about becoming a pirate it has come to an end. But it's cool." The latest adventure is the darkest and most spectacular of the three films. One of the highlights is rock wild man Keith Richards, who appears as Captain Teague. The Rolling Stone agreed to the role because Depp said he based his character on him. Director Gore Verbinski admits capturing the rocker's performance was tricky. He said: "You have to be very patient. It is like photographing a very strange insect. I put three cameras on him, he played a song, broke a fingernail, got up and walked away." |
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| The latest movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, At World's End, has had its world premiere in Los Angeles. Crowds of screaming fans turned out to glimpse stars of the film, including Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, as they attended the gala event at Disneyland. The original inspiration for the film series was a ride at the theme park. Three films on, it has become one of the most successful film franchises ever, with the second in the series taking over $1bn (£506m) worldwide. Only two other films - Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King - have ever reached the $1bn global box office takings mark. At World's End is one of the most expensive in Hollywood history, costing a reported $300m. At World's End picks up where the last film, Dead Man's Chest, left off and once again features the exploits of the intrepid Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Depp. Depp famously based his portrayal of the character on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richard's and in this instalment Richards makes a cameo appearance playing Jack's father, Captain Teague. British actor Bill Nighy, who returns as Captain Jack's arch nemesis Davy Jones, told the BBC that the success of the Pirates series lays in part with Depp's comic turn, which he described as "one of the great performances of recent times", and the swashbuckling adventure. But mainly he put it down to the films' feel-good factor saying: " I know it sounds cheesy but it's something to do with big heartedness and good spiritedness and you just feel a bit better when you leave the cinema than you did when you went in." |
Jesse - May 20, 2007 04:53 PM (GMT)
BBC NEWS has a clip posted of the premiere. You briefly see Orlando signing autographs for the fans.
I'm not grabbing this because of the poor quality. :blink:
Also:
Contact Music
I'm not grabbing this because of the poor quality. :blink:
Also:
Contact Music
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| The third film in the hugely-successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has received its premiere in Los Angeles. Stars Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom were present at the At World's End gala event, held at Disneyland in a nod to its theme park ride origins. The first two films in the series took more than $1 billion (£500 million) at the global box office, with At World's End expected to break the recent opening weekend record set by Spider-Man 3 when it goes on worldwide release on May 24th. Depp reprises his role as Jack Sparrow in Disney's latest film, with the pirate captain finding himself in a spot of bother at the end of its precursor, subtitled Dead Man's Chest. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who Depp based his Oscar-nominated portrayal on, makes a cameo appearance in At World's End as Sparrow's father. A host of British actors also reprise their roles in the third movie, including Bill Nighy, Kevin McNally, Tom Hollander, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce and Naomie Harris. Martial arts action hero Chow Yun-Fat makes his debut in the series as Captain Sao Feng. |
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| JERRY Seinfeld dressed up as a bee to raise buzz about his Cannes Film Festival movie last week, but Aussie actor Geoffrey Rush got in on the animal act yesterday, sporting a real monkey on his back for the US premiere of the new film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Rush almost managed to steal the spotlight from the flick's pin-up boy Johnny Depp with the monkey business, with Rolling Stones party animal Keith Richards adding to the star cast. Richards turned out looking like he had just stepped off the movie set, waving about a skull-and-crossbone scarf as he walked along the ruby rug with his wife and two daughters. The Disney opening drew an A-list crowd, including Desperate Housewives Teri Hatcher, Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maine and Aussie dancing queen Kym Johnston. |
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THE red carpet was laid out at Disneyland in Anaheim, California for the premiere of the third Pirates Of The Caribbean film, where captains Jack Sparrow and Barbossa fought for best costume.   |
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 The hoopla started Saturday night at Disneyland with an over-the-top premiere. At 8:45, composer Hans Zimmer appeared on a stage before a giant movie screen with an electric guitar to lead his orchestra in selections from the film's score. After the cast was introduced, the film played until 11:35. Then came fireworks. With leading lady Keira Knightley in Europe shooting The Edge of Love, Keith Richards easily emerged as the most colorful character of the evening. "I feel like I'm on a sort of flashback acid trip," the Rolling Stones legend marveled on the red carpet. Richards joins the cast as father to Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow, and Depp got a big chuckle after hearing Richards' remarks. "Disneyland is all about the imagination, and that sort of psychedelia can go in any direction, can't it? It can be quite dark, and it can be quite light and perfect here at the happiest place on Earth with the giant mice." Looking very Depp himself in a black vest, skulled scarf, shades and jewelry, Richards said he and Depp are "growing into each other." He arrived in L.A. on Thursday and is now off to Brussels to begin rehearsals with his fellow Stones for a concert June 5. Geoffrey Rush (Captain Barbossa) walked the carpet with his character's pet monkey, Chiquita, 11, perched atop his shoulder and sipping from a juice box. Rush joked, "I invited the monkey because I knew they were going to print a lot of photographs of Johnny (Depp) and Orlando (Bloom), and I needed a gimmick." Disney has plenty of those to keep Pirates on moviegoers' minds. Among them: •Beginning Tuesday, Disneyland guests can download exclusive features to their Nintendo DS players at three X-marked spots near the Pirates ride. •On Friday, Disneyland will unveil its Pirates Lair attraction on the redesigned Tom Sawyer Island. And Pirates' voyage in theaters might not yet be done. Though producer Jerry Bruckheimer vetoed a TV series, he says more Pirates movies and even a Broadway musical are "a definite possibility." |
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| May 21, 2007 "It's nuts," described director Gore Verbinski, as fans thrust notebooks, posters, anything, for him so sign. A handler walked in advance of Depp on the red carpet, explaining to fans how to comport themselves for autograph signing and picture taking. "Look at the sea of faces," said Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group president Oren Aviv on the red carpet, which was bordered on both sides by upwards of 15,000 fans, young and old. |
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| Dead men tell no tales, but the vocal might of tens of thousands of young women tell a singular story. The cast of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" drew high-decibel appreciation along the red carpet Saturday at Disneyland, where the Mouse House hosted the world preem for the third installment of its Caribbean cash cow. "There's such excitement over this one, such anticipation, and I think it's bigger than any of us expected," said Disney chairman Dick Cook. "I think Jerry Bruckheimer would be a fabulous pirate," added the boss. "He's a swashbuckler." In terms of buccaneers, Bruckheimer said he identified with "all of them. They're all scoundrels." And how would Cook fit in? "Dick would be the guy manipulating it all, the guy on top. He wouldn't get his hands dirty." The event marked the first time tickets for a "Pirates" preem -- at $1,500 a pop -- were made available to the public, with proceeds going to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America and Make-a-Wish Intl. Combined with an upfront Mouse donation of more than $1 million, the org garnered some $3 million. Johnny Depp, as usual, engendered weepy, Beatle-level worship, and graciously obliged the autograph-seeking faithful. The actor's Jack Sparrow muse and "World's End" scene-stealer Keith Richards showed up sporting an emerging, curiously challenged mustache. Did he see himself in Depp's notoriously affected performance? "Yeah, a little bit," chuckled the Rolling Stones guitarist. And Orlando Bloom had the ladies in a tizzy, happily signing anything thrust his way, paying special attention to those wielding Magic Markered entreaties like "Orlando Please Hug Me!" Pic's Keira Knightley couldn't make it to the event. Pirate-garbed fans lined up three and four deep along the 2,000-foot carpet that wound down Main Street to Adventureland to glimpse the likes of Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris and franchise director Gore Verbinski. "Pirates" scribes Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were on hand, as well as Cuba Gooding Jr., Kobe Bryant, Jon Voight, Teri Hatcher, director Tony Scott, Paula Wagner, Nina Jacobsen, Disney prexy Bob Iger, production head Oren Aviv, Disney-ABC president Anne Sweeney, Pixar founder John Lasseter and Roy Disney. As with the two previous "Pirates" preems, a buffet dinner awaited the hungry, and a 100-by-50-foot screen stood on Tom Sawyer's Island, with well-padded bleachers on the opposite bank set to accommodate 2,000 viewers. The audience settled in as security types with nightvision scopes spotted errant cell-phone users, while a healthy set of mainly disco hits was performed by a band dressed as pirates. Hans Zimmer, composer for the second and third "Pirates" installments, led his own musicians in a medley of the film's themes, followed by cast intros. Then, at 9 p.m., beneath a real crescent moon, the imagineered shores of Anaheim were invaded by the sights and sounds of "At World's End." At movie's end, 168 minutes later, the sky filled with fireworks, and, in the shadow of the towering bleachers, the line for Pirates of the Caribbean began. The ride, that is. |
and a selection of Red Carpet interviews (including Gore Verbinski, Ted Elliott and Naomi Harris) from Movies Online
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| MoviesOnline got up close and personal with an amazing array of stars, special guests, lucky ticket-holders, and thousands of enthusiastic pirate fans who came to Disneyland on Saturday for the highly anticipated world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," the third installment of the hugely popular "Pirates" trilogy. Once again Disney transformed their Main Street, USA into an exciting Hollywood red carpet arrival scene where enthusiastic fans and media alike cheered the many celebrities who attended the special event. Many fans had staked out a spot along the red carpet waiting since early dawn in the hopes of getting a glimpse of their favorite stars and perhaps an autograph. Their long wait was rewarded when many of the stars of the film appeared including Johnny Depp, Orando Bloom, Keith Richards, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris, Chow Yun-Fat, and Geoffrey Rush, as well as producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski. In addition to the cast members, crew, and other VIPs from the "Pirates" film, dozens of other celebrities turned out to celebrate the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Invited guests included Teri Hatcher, Kobe Bryant, Ian Ziering, Janice Dickinson, Martin Landau, Jon Voight, Emma Roberts, Matthew Lawrence, and stars from ABC's hit program, "Dancing with the Stars": former 'N Sync member Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson, and Julianne Hough and speed skater Apollo Anton Ohno. Special guests also included Roy Disney, John Lasseter, the Chief Creative Officer of Pixar, and David Williams, President and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation International. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is dedicated to granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions and the Walt Disney Company is helping to make wishes come true for children all over the world by donating proceeds from the World Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Make-A-Wish International. This was the first time that the public has been invited to participate in a Pirates Premiere. The gala celebration for the third installment of the enormously popular Pirates saga raised over $3 million for Make-A-Wish efforts through ticket sales, with Disney providing an initial donation of over $1 million to the charities as well as underwriting the entire cost of the Premiere so that 100% of the ticket income will benefit both Make-A-Wish organizations. The red carpet event began at 4:30 pm and concluded a little after 8:00 pm as celebrities and guests made their way up the red carpet to the Frontierland/New Orleans Square area of the Disneyland where special stadium seats and a giant movie screen had been constructed around the Rivers of America for the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Over the past week, workers had built the seating and screen in the area, installing props from the movie, lighting, as well as bridges across the Rivers of America so guests could access the stage on the island to be introduced before the movie. Guests were treated to a dinner at dining locations on the west side of Disneyland. Various booths offered food and drinks, as well as promotions for various Pirates of the Caribbean related products. Guests were then slated for the film once it became dark, and the world premiere began. On the specially-decorated stage on Tom Sawyer Island, the stars of the film, including Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keith Richards, were presented. Also, composer Hans Zimmer performed some of the pieces he wrote for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. After the film premiered, the guests were invited to enjoy the rides and attractions on that side of the park until closing time. |
RosieB - May 22, 2007 07:39 AM (GMT)
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| Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom received a near-hysterical reception from pirate fans at the world premiere of Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End. Die-hard fans queued outside Disneyland overnight to bag themselves a prime spot on the red carpet. However they, and the world's media, had a long wait on their hands to catch a glimpse Captain Jack Sparrow. Due to the sheer number of press interviews the actors had to give, it wasn't until almost four hours into the premiere that Orlando, then finally Johnny made it around to where fans were waiting, and by which time the atmosphere was feverish. Orlando abandoned interviews to sign autographs and hug fans, reducing several girls to tears. Despite being told to hurry through the actor insisted on greeting those who had waited patiently, and as fans around the park chanted his name, he even stopped to wave to those who he couldn't get near. Then, shortly after, Johnny - the man everyone had been waiting for - headed straight over to greet the crowds. Dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, the actor decided he'd had his fix of giving interviews and would speak only to fans. Hiding under his chin length mop of brown hair he turned his back to TV cameras, and it was only after much protesting and chants from fans waiting behind the crews that he briefly turned his head around to wave. If the support at the premiere is any judge, the third instalment of the blockbuster trilogy - which also stars Keith Richards and Naomie Harris - should draw the crowds. |
Which just goes to show how much Orlando and Johnny really care about their fans - Ok I know we already knew that :lol: :pirates: