Several New Clips For Solomon Kane, Plus Behind The Scenes Footage
I’ve been looking forward to Michael J. Bassett’sSolomon Kaneever since we caught some glimpses of the sword and sorcery filmback at Comic-Con. The film starsJames Purefoy(Rome) as the titular Robert E. Howard (creator ofConan the Barbarian) character, and also includes Pete Postlethwaite and Max von Sydow among its cast. We haven’t seen much from the project up until now, aside froma trailerseveral months ago.
Today, the studio announced that they’ve released several clips from the film, including behind-the-scenes footage, in a convenient video widget. They’ve also included a higher quality version of the trailer, which definitely gives us a much better look at the scope of the film.
While it may be independently produced,Solomon Kanehonestly looks better than many big studio attempts at this spectrum of the fantasy genre. The film apparently had a $40 million budget, and judging from these clips, we see most of that on screen. I’m digging the production design, as well as the monsters (though the one in the Hall of Mirrors seems vaguely reminiscent ofPan’s Labyrinth).
Purefoy also seems to be inhabiting this character with a similar intensity to his Mark Antony inRome. Compared to the similarly attired Hugh Jackman inVan Helsing, Purefoy’s Kane is already far more engaging from these clips alone.
Overall,Solomon Kaneseems to be shaping up to be a fun sword and sorcery ride. There’s been both positive and negative buzz about it from various sites, and I can’t wait to judge for myself when it hits theaters in 2010.
