Es un buen cacho y esta en ingles, habla de que michael va ser el co- director de una peli, en el ultimo parrafo habla de que michael podria ser el protagoniat de otra peli. Ya teneis un buen rato para leer :meparto: :meparto: :meparto:
The King of Pop and a filmmaker from Ontario seem like an unlikely pair. But Michael Jackson and director Bryan Michael Stoller have found they have much in common.
"We really hit it off. We're both introverts. We both are big kids, definitely, and we both were child stars," says Stoller, 41, who will come back to Canada next year to help the pop star make his feature film directing debut.
Stoller and Jackson, 43, will share directing credit on Home Of The Angels, to shoot in Toronto and Ottawa probably in the summer months. Stoller wrote the script for the drama set in New York that he describes as "like Stand By Me with a little bit of Oliver," about an eight-year-old orphaned boy.
"Michael can relate to this because I think he feels that he kind of grew up as an orphan. Some of his favourite movies are Boys Town and Oliver," he says.
Jackson won't appear in the film, but is financing its modest $12-million production and will write a song or two for the soundtrack.
"Michael has for a long time wanted to direct feature films," Stoller said from his L.A. home. "I don't know if you know, but he bought the Oscar for Gone With The Wind. He bought it for $1.5-million. He proudly displays it on a turnstile in his living room under glass. But he wants to earn one. He's never won an Academy Award and he feels this material could attract Academy attention."
Stoller, who grew up in Ottawa, by age 12 had spun his talent for making short films into a hosting gig on the CBC series Film Fun. As an adult, he's directed the TV series Tales From The Darkside and written and produced the documentary The Making Of Slapstick. He's made three features, the heartwarmer Undercover Angels, the science-fiction The Random Factor and thriller Turn Of The Blade.
He and Jackson first made contact 15 or so years ago, when Jackson inquired about a young actor Stoller had featured in an HBO short. Jackson cast the kid, Brandon Adams, in Badder, his spoof of his music video Bad. Eighteen months ago, Stoller heard from Jackson again, this time with a request to screen Undercover Angel and an invitation to Neverland Ranch.
"It's like going to Disneyland and there's nobody there except him," Stoller says of the vast spread with private zoo, movie theatre and railroad. But he's quick to defend his eccentric friend from public perceptions that he's a weirdo.
"See, people get it wrong. There's a difference. You can be childlike, but not childish," he said.
"Even people in their seventies and eighties can be childlike and it's very endearing. Michael and I both love animals and the reason why he likes kids -- I can totally relate to this -- is because he trusts them. They look at him like just a fun person. They don't look at him like he's a movie star or, 'Oh, what can you do for me?' I've seen how he is with kids and it's totally innocent, from what I've seen. He really does care. We were sitting watching TV in his room one night and a commercial came on for starving children and he was crying. He just wanted to do something. He wanted to help."
Stoller is single. "I've been saving myself for Sandra Bullock for the last 10 years," he says.
So, might Home Of The Angels include a role for a beautiful brunette? Perhaps, and Jackson and Stoller plan to call on other A-list Hollywood friends for the project, even asking them to take pay cuts to stay on budget.
After the movie is done, the pair have a second project planned.
Jackson is considering a starring role as an 11th Century wizard living in modern times in The Dragon's Candle, a feature film Stoller has written.
"He loves putting on makeup and disguises, so it's perfect for him."
The King of Pop and a filmmaker from Ontario seem like an unlikely pair. But Michael Jackson and director Bryan Michael Stoller have found they have much in common.
"We really hit it off. We're both introverts. We both are big kids, definitely, and we both were child stars," says Stoller, 41, who will come back to Canada next year to help the pop star make his feature film directing debut.
Stoller and Jackson, 43, will share directing credit on Home Of The Angels, to shoot in Toronto and Ottawa probably in the summer months. Stoller wrote the script for the drama set in New York that he describes as "like Stand By Me with a little bit of Oliver," about an eight-year-old orphaned boy.
"Michael can relate to this because I think he feels that he kind of grew up as an orphan. Some of his favourite movies are Boys Town and Oliver," he says.
Jackson won't appear in the film, but is financing its modest $12-million production and will write a song or two for the soundtrack.
"Michael has for a long time wanted to direct feature films," Stoller said from his L.A. home. "I don't know if you know, but he bought the Oscar for Gone With The Wind. He bought it for $1.5-million. He proudly displays it on a turnstile in his living room under glass. But he wants to earn one. He's never won an Academy Award and he feels this material could attract Academy attention."
Stoller, who grew up in Ottawa, by age 12 had spun his talent for making short films into a hosting gig on the CBC series Film Fun. As an adult, he's directed the TV series Tales From The Darkside and written and produced the documentary The Making Of Slapstick. He's made three features, the heartwarmer Undercover Angels, the science-fiction The Random Factor and thriller Turn Of The Blade.
He and Jackson first made contact 15 or so years ago, when Jackson inquired about a young actor Stoller had featured in an HBO short. Jackson cast the kid, Brandon Adams, in Badder, his spoof of his music video Bad. Eighteen months ago, Stoller heard from Jackson again, this time with a request to screen Undercover Angel and an invitation to Neverland Ranch.
"It's like going to Disneyland and there's nobody there except him," Stoller says of the vast spread with private zoo, movie theatre and railroad. But he's quick to defend his eccentric friend from public perceptions that he's a weirdo.
"See, people get it wrong. There's a difference. You can be childlike, but not childish," he said.
"Even people in their seventies and eighties can be childlike and it's very endearing. Michael and I both love animals and the reason why he likes kids -- I can totally relate to this -- is because he trusts them. They look at him like just a fun person. They don't look at him like he's a movie star or, 'Oh, what can you do for me?' I've seen how he is with kids and it's totally innocent, from what I've seen. He really does care. We were sitting watching TV in his room one night and a commercial came on for starving children and he was crying. He just wanted to do something. He wanted to help."
Stoller is single. "I've been saving myself for Sandra Bullock for the last 10 years," he says.
So, might Home Of The Angels include a role for a beautiful brunette? Perhaps, and Jackson and Stoller plan to call on other A-list Hollywood friends for the project, even asking them to take pay cuts to stay on budget.
After the movie is done, the pair have a second project planned.
Jackson is considering a starring role as an 11th Century wizard living in modern times in The Dragon's Candle, a feature film Stoller has written.
"He loves putting on makeup and disguises, so it's perfect for him."
