"The band's collaboration with Holly Golightly, "There Is an End", was the theme song of Jim Jarmusch's 2005 film, Broken Flowers.
Throughout their career, the Greenhornes have toured almost constantly, only taking breaks when the musicians have worked on other projects.
Lawrence and Keeler, along with Detroit musician and producer Dave Feeny, were in the Do-Whaters, the band formed and led by Jack White of The White Stripes for Loretta Lynn's 2004 album Van Lear Rose. Lawrence and Keeler spent all of 2006 at work in The Raconteurs with Benson and White. Lawrence is also the banjo and autoharp player for the Detroit band Blanche, which also includes Feeny, and plays bass in The Dead Weather, a band that includes Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Jack White and Dean Fertita (The Waxwings). Recently, Fox, McKinney, and Olive have been playing together in a new, still-untitled band in and around Cincinnati." (Via.)
The Greenhornes [Feat. Holly Golightly] - There Is an End.
The Abbot of Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, now an auteur (as you may know if you keep up with The People's Poseur) tweeted a little over an hour ago - "just another day editing, watching my vision of Man With the Iron Fist come to life. Bong!"
Bong! Bong, y'all! With RZA putting in 14 hour days filming The Man With the Iron Fist (2011) in China and bankable Hollywood actors like Russell Crowe signing on this movie is going to be insane. Eli Roth (writer/director of the gory Hostel movies and the "Bear Jew" from Inglorious Basterds), Quentin Tarantino (the RZA's mentor in the ways of filmmaking), and the rest of that crew are on board as well. Roth helped RZA re-do his original script as I've previously mentioned; he described it along the lines of a martial arts spaghetti western with a hip hop sensibility. I personally cannot wait.
Read the earlier posts for more information about the film. Peace y'all.
Oh, and while you're here, check this out:
RZA - fast cars (film by Gerry Johnson).
"I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way." - Jim Jarmusch (The Man With The Iron Fist - Film Update #3)
"I'm just going to say that I'm looking to make a real good movie for us, yo. I want to make something that… They said the album, 36 Chambers, by Wu-Tang, was new, different, and they said it helped propel the hip-hop community. I would love to do that somehow on film. I would love to make the same mark or impact, and I'm striving to do it with this film as my first serious directorial debut. And I'm going to tell you that we put a lot of time into the script, a lot of energy into it, a lot of people were supporting me on it, and if the energy comes out right, it should be a classic film to have in your library" (Via.)
For those not in the know, the RZA produced the soundtrack of Kill Bill Vol. 1 for Quentin Tarantino and, while doing so, studied the auteur's craft in hopes of transferring the knowledge gained into making his own films. As previously featured on The People's Poseur, The Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan directed and co-starred in his very own low budget Kung Fu flick Wu-Tang vs. The Golden Phoenix:
Wu-Tang vs. The Golden Phoenix (trailer).
Of course, I didn't bring you back here to tell you what you already know (at least if you've been following us here). While the above movie isn't currently slated for any kind of release (theatrical, direct-to-DVD or otherwise), his upcoming project The Man With The Iron Fists (2011!) is listed by IMBd (click here) as featuring Lucy Liu (as "Madame Blossom"), former pro-wrestler Dave Batista (as "Brass Body"), Byron Mann (as "Silver Lion"), Asian American rapper and actor Jin Auyeung (as "Chan"), and creator of the Wu-Tang Clan symbol Gano Grills (as "Thomas"). IMBd also lists as cast members Daniel Wu, Cung Le, RZA, and, now, . . . Russell Crowe!?!?
So what can you expect of The Man With The Iron Fists? A film set in feudal China where a blacksmith forges weapons and teaches local Chinese peasants and villagers to fight back against an oppressive lord and . . . Well, RZA wrote the script and then got help retreating it from Eli Roth, he's starring in it, he's producing it (along with Eli Roth and his production company; oh and evidently Quentin Tarantino is also producing it as well now), and he's going to be doing the soundtrack for it. Universal has picked it up (via) and given it a budget of 20 million; Eli Roth is currently on location with RZA shooting (right now!) in China (via), although Tarantino evidently isn't. Of the Chinese film crew Roth recently tweeted that they are "are so fast and efficient I feel like I’m watching an episode of Benny Hill" (via.)
And yes, Russell Crowe is a confirmed cast member (click here).
Oh, and if that isn't enough you can click over to here where RZA talks about a planned ODB biopic and his role in a remake of the cult classic The Last Dragon (1985), which I read somewhere is going to have Rihanna . . . as a dominatrix. Oh, and Samuel L. Jackson will be co-producing it together. He had this to say ""There's been a new script out already, but to me, they didn't nail it, so I sent the writer some books he should read, and I gave him a few pages. I'm not the writer, but I helped him out, gave him five pages of information, sent him some books so he could really make a story that'd resonate with today’s times for The Last Dragon. But I want to keep the martial-art integrity, parts that the first one may have lost, because the other guy was in love with Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is still the master, still the greatest, but maybe his popularity in cinema is not the same as it was in the '80s, because in the '80s, you were still getting Bruce Lee releases."" (Via.)
Gano Grills ("Thomas") was also featured in a Jim Jarmusch film - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), which starred Forest Whitaker and which the RZA again did the soundtrack for:
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (trailer; IMBd here).
Early on, Roth said of The Man With Iron Fists: "Yes, it is true. RZA's script is amazing. He has been studying directing with Tarantino for years and he's really ready to get behind the camera. His impact on rap music and hip hop culture cannot be measured, and he's ready to add his own unique style and vision to the world of film. This movie will have everything martial arts fans could want, combined with RZA's superb musical talent. This project has been his dream for years, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. And fans should know that yes, there will be blood... This ain't no PG-13" (Via.)
The Cure starring RZA.
Early on Roth also said that "While I was away shooting Inglourious Basterds, RZA went to China to shoot test footage on his own, with all the choreography. It was very visual and I think he will bring to life a script that mixes kung fu with a spaghetti western mindset and a hip hop influence. RZA has imagined every tribe, every fighting style, every costume. He knows kung fu like I know horror" (Via.)
Chi Kung by RZA [Wu-Tang Clan].
Bong, bong!
The RZA On The Man With The Iron Fist Shooting + ODB Biopic + The Last Dragon Remake
