January
04 / 01 / 07 And I'm sure you have: See it
here.
Hopefully you've checked out all the new and shiny
bits on HotFuzz.com by now, but also make sure
you sign up on the now revamped JoinTheFuzz.com
for the full fan-community experience!
07 / 01 / 07 08 / 01 / 07 And we have more goodies added to the
Videos and Downloads page! Another Bluetones video and two sketches from the 1997 show 'Mash
and Peas' with Lucas and Walliams, all directed by you-know-who.
Lastly, got MySpace?
Edgar wants to be your friend. And yes, that is really him.
09 / 01 / 07 If you take a gander at the 'Hot Fuzz' listing you'll also see
that the "special guests" have been confirmed as Simon Pegg and Nick Frost; that the screening is now a
double-bill (being paired with 'The Super Cops') and that Edgar will be DJing between films. Nice.
11 / 01 / 07 19 / 01 / 07 26 / 01 / 07 27 / 01 / 07 The link to the chat can be found
here, so bookmark that
ready for Monday and start thinking up your questions now. See you there!
Also, selected Vue Cinemas are hosting advanced gala screenings of 'Hot
Fuzz' on the 5th February. Find your local cinema on their site
and see if you can't bag yourself a pair of tickets.
31 / 01 / 07 If you missed the webchat on Monday,
here's the archive. I'm not sure how long that
will stay up for and it's quite confusing to read, so I may try to edit it all together at some point.
UPDATES: I've just been informed that the March issue of Film Review
has an interview with Edgar in it (thanks Rach!), so you've got some more shopkeeper hassling to do. And help
promote the film even more (on your MySpace or whatnot) with the new
'Hot Fuzz' animated banner builder!
03 / 02 / 07 Design an original Hot Fuzz poster to win an official
glossy Hot Fuzz poster signed by none other than Nick and Simon! The overall winner and 5 runners
up will also win a copy of the official Hot Fuzz soundtrack. Plus your poster will be seen by
Nick, Simon and Edgar and everyone else around the world!
The winning designs will be displayed on the official
Hot Fuzz MySpace page
(www.myspace.com/hotfuzzthemovie)
and across our partner fan sites:
www.peggster.net,
www.frostitution.net,
www.spaced-out.org.uk,
www.edgarwright.co.uk.
THE RULES: So do the guys proud and get out your Photoshop and
drawing boards - and show us you've got what the Fuzz is looking for.
For more detailed Terms and Conditions please see
here.
And if that's not enough to keep you busy, Edgar has updated
his blog with information on two more 'Hot Fuzztival' intros he'll be doing and a few of the HMV signings he'll
be attending with Simon and Nick. Click.
06 / 02 / 07 08 / 02 / 07 Click
here if you're hip enough to already have iTunes or
here to download it if,
like me, you're not very cool but really want to watch the Fuzzcast.
09 / 02 / 07 UPDATE: Now up in V&D.
12 / 02 / 07 20 / 02 / 07 Metro are currently running a competition to win a
trip to LA for the 'Hot Fuzz' US premiere. All you've got to do to be in with a chance is record a 60 second
video... that's gotta be worth the effort. Enter
here.
24 / 02 / 07 See
here for more information and to purchase tickets for the Austin, Texas showing which also features screenings of four
other top notch cop films. Takes place on March 31st.
Or
here for the New York showing which is preceded by 'Electra Glide in Blue'. Takes place on April 10th.
27 / 02 / 07 09 / 03 / 07 Information about the guys' visit to Australia and NZ can be
found on Edgar's blog
here.
Empire have been running a competition to
win an evening with our favourite director on their site
here. And
the closing date for that one is today so get to it!
And finally, The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA are running
a 'Hot Fuzztival' this month which features a preview screening of 'Hot Fuzz' presented by Mr. Wright and
Mr. Pegg on the 25th. More information
here.
10 / 03 / 07 12 / 03 / 07 15 / 03 / 07 22 / 03 / 07 30 / 03 / 07 Winners The overall winner will receive an official, glossy signed 'Hot Fuzz'
poster and a copy of the official soundtrack. The guys’ picks and the runners up will receive a copy of the
official Hot Fuzz Soundtrack. Well done to those people!
13 / 04 / 07 18 / 04 / 07 Don't let Nick flush all your cakes, E.
23 / 04 / 07 24 / 04 / 07
Cake Flush 1 and
Cake Flush 2.
Spectacular.
26 / 04 / 07 I'd especially like to point out the inclusion of
'Dead Right' at the bottom there, a clip of which can be found in V & D.
If that's not enough to get you to order it this second, I don't know what is.
HMV are apparently exclusively offering
the US poster style cover, so if you liked the look of that I'd order it from there.
03 / 05 / 07 04 / 05 / 07 09 / 05 / 07 There's another nice interview up over
here at Backstage.com. Also worth taking a look at
this little outtake after you've read it.
(Thanks to Chris for the heads up!)
23 / 05 / 07 Also, maybe you'd like to have a browse of the
new shop.
25 / 05 / 07 And then I think with 'Planet Terror' you're
gonna to get the trailers. But we cut all those trailers down [for 'Grindhouse']. So you're
gonna get the full Edgar Wright, the full Eli Roth - we were cutting the **** out of those
trailers to make time.
31 / 05 / 07 HOT FUZZTIVAL COMPETITION
Join director Edgar Wright as he
takes you through his film inspirations for the action comedy box office smash 'Hot Fuzz'.
Date: Sunday 10th June
Venue: Prince Charles Cinema, London, WC2H 7BY
In attendance: Edgar Wright, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
Show times are as follows:
We have 4 pairs of tickets to give away. All you
have to do is answer this simple question:
What is the name of Edgar Wright's 1993 film which
features on the 'Hot Fuzz' DVD?
Send your answer, along with your full name and address, to
llama@edgarwright.co.uk.
The closing date for this competition is June 6th at 9:00pm.
The winners will be announced here and notified by email.
Please note that winners of this competition must be able to make their
own way to London to attend, and will need to be at the Prince Charles Cinema by 10:30am.
If you are not lucky enough to receive these tickets
then you can come down and queue for free entry on a first come first served basis. I must stress that
there is a limited amount of tickets for this event, and so coming on the day will not guarantee you
entry.
Good luck!
EDIT: And this just in from HMV.co.uk...
"Actor Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright will be signing
copies of the 'Hot Fuzz' DVD at HMV 150 Oxford Street, London - Monday 11 June - 1.00pm".
02 / 06 / 07 Hey muddy funsters. Join me at
the Prince Charles on June the 10th for a marathon of hot cop action. Not only will we screen
three of our favourite actions films, but you will get to see a totally unique live commentary
from myself, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, as well as other special guests from our Bad Bobby
opus HOT FUZZ.
And who can argue with the triple whammy of John Woo's
classic HARD BOILED, the bruising, hilarious LAST BOY SCOUT and the palpable homo erotic
tension of POINT BREAK.
I will be your host for the day, will join you in watching
the marathon of bad-assery and will be flinging a few goodies and surprises your way.
Come join. First come, first served. And totally free.
Get there early. The hardcore will be duly rewarded.
Edgar
07 / 06 / 07 What is the name of Edgar Wright's 1993 film which
features on the 'Hot Fuzz' DVD?
The answer was, of course, 'Dead Right'.
The four winners drawn from my lovely trilby last night
were: Remember, 300 tickets will be available on the day on
a first come first served basis, so if you didn't win - don't give up hope and get there early!
09 / 06 / 07 So you know it's gonna be good.
11 / 06 / 07 Also check the 'Hot Fuzz' DVD
banner builder and
promote the release of the Region 2 DVD (which is today) on your MySpace or blog or whathaveyou. Whilst
you're at it, why not purchase 'Hot Fuzz' from our shop?
01 / 07 / 07 09 / 07 / 07 Currently working on a whole truckload of 'Hot Fuzz'
screencaps too, so watch this space.
11 / 07 / 07 08 / 08 / 07 Right, here come the interviews:
M&C at Comic-Con, bit of news on a
'Spaced' Region 1 DVD release, a Q&A with
NY Post, another with
CHUD.
And if you're too lazy to read,
here's the audio to one of those Q&As, and a
video from the Comic-Con. Another video interview about the DVD
here.
Lastly, if you happen to be in LA this Sunday 12th, you might
want to make it down to the New Beverly cinema
for a double bill of 'Hot Fuzz' and 'Shaun of the Dead'. Edgar will be there and doing a Q&A with prizes
and surprises. More details on Edgar's blog and the New Beverly site.
09 / 08 / 07 21 / 08 / 07 21 / 08 / 07 21 / 08 / 07 Check them out in
Videos and Downloads or you can download them directly from
here.
If you're especially wishing to visit "The Winchester"
it'd be worth doing the tour sooner rather than later because, sadly, work has already started on
tearing it down in favour of a block of flats. Boo and hiss indeed.
21 / 08 / 07 09 / 10 / 07 Channel 4 celebrates its 25th anniversary this year,
and as part of its celebrations will be showcasing a selection of its recent successes
at the BFI Southbank. SPACED being one of them.
On Saturday 10th November 2007 there will be a whole day of Spaced. Series 1 will be shown
from 12.30 and series 2 will be shown from 19.00. If that's not enough excitement for one day,
there's more! At 17.00 Simon, Jess, Nick and Edgar will be there to discuss Spaced,
behind-the-scenes story of the series, talk about the bits that didn't make the final cut
and how it inspired Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
BFI members postal bookings are taken from 1st October. Members online and phone booking
on 8th October. Public booking 11th October. Tickets are £19.75 (concs £14.50) for both
series and the talk or £12.50 (concs £9.25) for the talk and either series. BFI members
pay £1 less. (Taken from Spaced-Out.org.uk)
UPDATE: There's now a direct link for all you lazy
people... here.
01 / 11 / 07 A quick search, however, shows that McG and Barr appear
to be basically the only people in favour of this. Check out all the links and what the man himself
has to say on the matter on
Edgar's blog. (Also worth visiting to see pictures of a truly excellent Halloween costume.)
And now for some significantly better news - "New Beverly
has the Wright Stuff"! Edgar has programmed a festival of films for December of this year. He will
also be presenting a fair few of them, so go to as many as you can you lucky LA-ers! Click
here for details of dates, costs and the full list of films being screened.
20 / 11 / 07 Edgar has also updated his blog to include details
of the special guests who will be joining him for the "Wright Stuff" festival.
Check it out, the line up is really something!
I also hope everyone who could make it to the 'Spaced' marathon
enjoyed themselves. And if you couldn't be there on the day, I know there are various clips up on YouTube
which are worth a watch.
03 / 12 / 07
This special edition contains the following (copied from Edgar's blog)...
- All the commentaries, the Sandford Police (Simon, Nick, Rafe, Kevin, Olivia, Jim Broadbent), the NWA (Timothy Dalton, Edward Woodward, Paul Freeman, Ken Cranham) and the real Somerset fuzz (this is very funny, listen to the very end it cracks me up, they genuinely think no-one will still be listening in the final moments)
- A brand new-new commentary with me and Quentin Tarantino gabbing away like crazy about British films, movie cops and pretty much everything except Hot Fuzz which comes up 8 times during two hours. You have never heard two bigger geeks talk so fast.
- A longer version of THE FUZZBALL RALLY, very much uncut and unrated. Featuring the infamous 3rd cake flush and much much more. Warning, it really is quite profane. I'd like to apologise to my mother for the fruity language. It gets hard out there on the road.
- A commentary on the FUZZBALL RALLY with me, Nick, Simon and Joe Cornish. This was a blast too. Had a really good time with this. You must let us know what you think.
- Some other blogs that are previously unreleased. There some VW sponsored blogs that cover the UK press tour and premiere and some very funny ITUNES podcasts where we were so tired and delirious that we are mucking around a lot.
- Plus all the hours and hours of stuff from the two-disc that wasn't on the single disc. The plotholes, the making of, DEAD RIGHT (with two commentaries, Simon and Nick's is hilarious)
You can find it on Amazon.com... or
elsewhere if you search around!
I'd like to point you in the direction of Charlotte Hatherley's new video for her song 'Behave'. Very
nicely animated by a certain Oscar Wright, and not a bad tune either. It's well worth checking out if you've got a
spare few minutes.
Calling all Londoners! There's a very special advanced screening of 'Hot Fuzz' happening on 10th February
at the ICA. "Why so special?", I hear you ask - well, this particular screening will be followed by
a Q&A with Edgar and "special guests" (to be confirmed). For more information see the ICA's site
here.
More ICA news for you - Edgar will be presenting as many films as he can in the upcoming 'Hot Fuzztival'
(the "massive fortnight of non-stop cops and hardcore action"), so it'd be in your best interests to get down
there and see at least some of the films which inspired your favourite director and his lovely cohorts for
their latest flick. More info on that when I get it.
ICA now have all the info about the 'Hot Fuzztival' up on their site
here. Have a browse through the films
down the left-hand side there, each one is listed with ticket prices and times.
Check out the Yahoo exclusive US 'Hot Fuzz' trailer, with an intro from the guys and a few more differences
to the one you've already seen:
Click.
Update on the 'Hot Fuzztival' films being presented by Edgar
here on his MySpace blog (I think
you have to be logged in to Myspace to read it).
Get yourself down to your local newsagents and hassle the shopkeeper until they give you the March 'Explosive
Action Issue' of Empire. It's got a Fuzzy feature with an interview with our three main men: Wright,
Pegg and Frost. It's also got a really, really great photo.
Live webchat date confirmed! Working Title have very kindly organised an hour-long online chat for us all
with Edgar, Simon and Nick on the January 29th at 6:00pm (GMT).
The UK release date has changed, but don't worry - it's been moved forward two days to the 14th
February. And you can now also add the
official MySpace of the film to your friends list.
Fuzz It Up: Hot Fuzz Poster Design Competition now open!
Send all your entries to hotfuzzposters@yahoo.com.
New article added to Interviews in which Edgar
discusses two 1987 classics: 'Evil Dead 2' and 'Raising Arizona'. Well, no... unless
round is funny.
Download to watch Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & director Edgar Wright interview each other
in a series of four FUZZCASTS, celebrating the release of hit cop action comedy HOT FUZZ.
Hilarity ensues as the boys discuss favourite cop films, onscreen duos – and what it’s
like to share the middle name ‘John’!
'Hot Fuzz' has a new trailer... and it's possibly the best trailer ever. Edited by Edgar and scored by
Robert Rodriguez - check it out at
Empire.
US citizens, I have more bad news. If you've not found out already, your release date has been pushed back
yet again to the 20th April. But that's only a week longer to wait... and it's worth it.
Few things for you after being busy for the last week or so and not updating (apologies). There are a number of new
interviews and photos
to take a look at. Also, check out the movie reference game on
HotFuzz.com (the village section) - excellent if
you're looking to doss off work for a bit.
More news for US citizens... This time very good news. Advanced screenings of 'Hot Fuzz' have been confirmed for
Texas and New York. And Edgar will be in attendance at both!
Edgar, Simon and Nick will be signing copies of the 'Hot Fuzz' soundtrack at Virgin Megastore,
Piccadilly Circus, London tomorrow at 6pm. It's a cracking album so get down there and grab one
if you can. Sorry for the short notice!
Yet more apologies for lack of updates of late. Hopefully what I have for you now will make up for that:
Some truly great photos courtesy of the lovely Harmony
from the lovely Peggster.net (taken from the Wells Journal).
NZ's 3 News have a video interview up with the guys on
their
site.
Everyone except Edgar... click here, please!
Full details of the 'Hot Fuzz' US tour can now be found on
Edgar's blog!
IGN have an interview up at the moment that I'll just
link you to for the time being (will put it up in Interviews
when I get a chance); another video interview at the
Beeb; and Moviehole
coming up with the goods too.
The 'Hot Fuzz' Original Poster Re-Design competition winners have been chosen! They are as
follows (Click the name to view the poster):
Overall Winner: Nick Nanumenn
Simon’s Pick: Nick Nanumenn
Edgar’s Pick: Christian Fudge
Nick’s Pick: Timothy Visentin
The Best of The Rest
Ben Borthwick
Martin Shepard
Pretty Members
Lucy Crew
Guess what... New blog! Mosey on over to Rogue Pictures
here,
or here if
you're in need of YouTube, and witness some Pirate Maths ©.
In case you didn't notice, it's Edgar's birthday. So if you're in the US and you bump into him
today make sure you wish him many happy returns and give him a big slap on the back.
Apparently whilst I was away a few more blogs happened. You can now find all four in
Videos and Downloads. Thanks for the uploads, guys.
Hopefully you've been following the
MySpace blogs because we now have footage of the
legendary cake flushing courtesy of Mr. Wright.
Did you know you can now pre-order 'Hot Fuzz' on double-disc DVD ready for release on
June 11th? No? Well, you can. By the looks of things they've spoilt us rotten for special features -
and you thought the 'Shaun' DVD was jam-packed...
Check out the
Edgar Wright vs. Shane Black interview over at Esquire.
Ladies and gentlemen....
Cake Flush 3.
Now this may not mean a lot to us 'Grindhouse' virgins here in the UK, but according to
Rotten Tomatoes
there is talk of extending Edgar and Eli Roth's fake trailers. Whether anything will come of this,
I Don't know.
Have a look at the end of Empire's
Cannes Blog #5 to see Wright discussing his new movie, 'Antonement',
with Keira Knightly and James McAvoy, and their homo-erotic relationship.... (Ta, Katie!)
Further E-ball action in
Cannes Blog #6. Also discussed here is the fate of the fake trailers:
Little
bit more info on the Fuzztival (please do see below...) from the desk of Wright:
Hot Fuzztival Competition Results
Aislinn Prior
Michael Krotosky
Hayley Scanlon
Nicholas Akrivos
Well done to those people!
Very late news, I know, but from the horses mouth is an updated list of those beautiful people doing the one-off
live commentary on 'Hot Fuzz' tomorrow at the Fuzztival:
EDGAR WRIGHT
SIMON PEGG
NICK FROST
BILL BAILEY
KEVIN ELDON
OLIVIA COLMAN
PADDY CONSIDINE (schedule permitting)
ADAM BUXTON (schedule permitting)
You think you know everything there is to know about 'Hot Fuzz'? Well, prove it and test
your 'Hot Fuzz' IQ here. The questions
are devised by none other than the man Edgar Wright himself!
Don't worry, we're still here, and have news: Edgar and Nick will be at the San Diego Comic Con
again this year! "Our autograph signing at ComiCon is on Friday, July 27 from 3:30 - 5 pm in
the Sails Pavillion Autograph Area of the Convention Center...". So get your arses down
there. Also watch this video.
Edgar talks us through the trailer for the 1967 film 'Danger Diabolik' in his contribution to
Trailers From Hell.
As promised... 'Fuzz' caps! And please, if you do wish to
use any of the pictures elsewhere, upload them to a photo hosting site first (such as Imageshack or
Photobucket). Thanks.
Huge apologies, everyone, for the complete lack of updates. Hopefully most of you
have been kept up to speed by the man himself on MySpace. I've had a lot going on recently
and this has taken a backseat... So, take a big mental-breath and we'll see how much I can catch up!
Edgar interviews Jonah Hill and Michael Cera of 'Superbad'.
Contains strong language.
'Hot Fuzz' has been nominated for Best Comedy at the National Movie Awards,
due to be aired on ITV1 on 29th September. Vote for it
here. Unless, of course, you'd rather 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' won....
Some good information on 'Ant-Man' and a little on 'Scott Pilgrim..'
hyar.
Fancy doing a tour of locations used for the filming of 'Spaced' and 'Shaun of the Dead' in London?
Well, we now have maps and directions available for you to download!
MTV
have a little bit of plot info up about 'Them'... David Icke will be pleased.
Hi everyone. Sorry yet again for the lack of updates, I've recently moved to university
and there are some issues with the network here. I won't bore you with the details but please
note this also affects my site email so I apologise if you have sent me email recently and not
received a reply. Now, onto important things - 'Spaced' marathon at the BFI!
By now, most of you will probably have heard about "McSpaced".
But if you haven't... Fox Television are planning on making a US version of 'Spaced'. It also seems they made no
attempt whatsoever to contact Edgar, Simon or Jess before announcing it, despite implying that they are somehow
involved in the project. Here's the news story from
Variety.
Issues with updating this thing have been sorted out now, so we should be back to normal!
For those of you who didn't catch Edgar presenting "Jonesy's Jukebox" a few weeks ago... "Edgar's Eggbox" is
available to listen to / download here.
The 'Hot Fuzz' 3 disc Region 1 DVD is now on sale.
