First Look: Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf

Published: July 25, 2007, 3:52 am

Tags: adaptation, 3d, paramount pictures, images, sci fi fantasy, movie marketing, action adventure, beowulf, robert zemeckis

The Los Angeles Times has a first look at Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. The article includes two brand spanking new images (seen above and to the right). Here is an interesting clipping from the newspaper’s feature: His knack for a good scrap is on show in one of the film’s pivotal fight scenes when Beowulf battles Grendel in the nude, mano a beast-o. (”Bob asked if he had to be nude, but we said, ‘It’s in the poem,’ ” Gaiman explained.) So in a crafty bit of staging to allow a PG-13 rating, Beowulf’s naughty bits are obfuscated by random objects in the foreground. It’s more subtle and subdued, but shadows, swords, mead flagons and shoulders block all in a sequence not unlike the prankish cloaking device used in “Austin Powers” films. The article does say that there has been some talk about releasing an unrated version with more violence, blood, swearing and nudity (presumably on DVD). The movie was

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