For those of you who don't read any sort of graphic novels, read movie news or have just never heard of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series, here's a quick summary- Scott Pilgrim is a bass-playing Vancouver-ite in his early twenties who meets the girl of his dreams. Besides all the baggage that comes with starting any sort of relationship, there's one major one: seven evil ex-boyfriends that Scott must battle before he can even start dating her. It's currently one of the most praised graphic novel series currently being released and its sixth and final book is one of the most anticipated book releases this year (by me, anyway.)
In addition, Edgar Wright, director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz is directing the film adaptation. It stars Michael Cera (the guy Hollywood has weirdly decided represents early-twenty somethings, apparently), Kieran Culkin, and Up in the Air's Anna Kendrick. Wright has been releasing a picture a day from the set for the past year or so on his blog, driving up anticipation for the film.
Another nugget was announced today- Toronto band Metric has been collaborating with Wright to create some of the music for the soundtrack. A significant plot point of "Pilgrim" revolves around competing art-rock band called "Clash at Demonheads." Metric collaborated with Nigel Goodrich, who also produced for U2, Beck, basically tons of great bands, to work on 'Black Sheep,' encapsulating the sound of "Clash at Demonheads." You can hear it here, on Facebook (you have to become a fan to hear the song, oh no) and it's a pretty cool song, origins aside. It helps that they seem like a pretty cool band anyway, and the song originated before the movie, which only makes the song cooler.
The movie is being released August 13, 2010 and the final graphic novel still doesn't have a release date, making Edgar Wright and company still the only people who know how the series ends. Why do they tease me so?
Side note: Anna Kendrick was also in Twilight? For the love of God, no!
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