I say, this here Thom J. Davies has entered the Done In 60 Seconds competition for this years Jameson Empire Awards with a humorous 60 second version of Duncan Jones’ ‘Source Code‘
While you’re there, you might like to vote for Source Code itself in the 2012 film awards themselves 
There is only one GERTY, Lunar Industries robotic companion to employee Sam Bell during his three year shift on Moon base Sarang in Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut MOON. But, could there be another?…
Friends over in Ireland have a unique opportunity to attend a MOON masterclass next month. Taking place on Friday, 10th February in Galway. Read on for the official doings…
You’ve no doubt seen the new Virgin Money ’40 Years Of Better’ commercial directed by Duncan Jones, premièred on UK TV on Sunday 8th January. Some of you have been able to catch it on the big screen as well in the week since at your local picture palaces. So how would you like to see a featurette on the making of this journey through the history of the Virgin Group? Some incredible model miniature work mixed with post production CGI and a hell of a lot of talent. Wrap your eyes round this
Meant to pop this one up a while back when MOON Concept Artist & VFX Supervisor Gavin Rothery pointed it out, which is some compliment to start with, as Gavin designed it!
A wonderful LEGO MOON Lunar Rover by Ron Haller, and not the first time we have seen a LEGO tribute to Duncan Jones’ 2009 debut feature, we’ve also got a LEGO Sam Bell to go with it
Make sure you pop over to Ron’s LEGO creation site for more pics of the MOON Lunar Rover, and many more Sci-Fi related LEGO vehicles, amazing stuff!
Also check out Gavin’s site for his online portfolio, and a fantastic Making Of MOON blog for lot’s of behind the scenes info.
Thanks to our friend Rintaro Watanabe over in Japan, we now have a home release date for Source Code ミッション：8ミニッツ (Mission: 8 Minutes) in Japan.
After a successful run in theatres in Japan toward the end of 2011 (opening in October), you will now be able to pick up a copy of ミッション：8ミニッツ Mission: 8 Minutes on DVD or Blu-Ray on the 21st March 2012.
Rintaro has also sent over the link to Amazon Japan in case you want to pre-order, sure there are plenty of other retailers you will be able to pick it up from as well. I’ll leave you with the Japanese trailer.
In London on Friday 10th February? Fancy seeing Sam Rockwell do his thing in MOON & David Bowie do his thing in The Man Who Fell To Earth, on the big screen in a fantastic Duncan Jones & Nic Roeg double bill? Well you’re in luck, cus you can
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Thanks to Paul Byrne for the heads up
Central Ohio Film Critics Association have awarded Ben Ripley ‘Best Original Screenplay’ for Source Code in their 2011 Awards, beating Woody Allen into second place.
Back in 2007 Ben Ripley’s Source Code was added to the ‘Black List’, an industry distributed list of the top currently unproduced screenplays (see this article over on Little White Lies for more on that). Filmed in 2010, and released in 2011, Source Code is a Sci-Fi thriller centered on Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. Source Code stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan & Jeffrey Wright and is Directed by Duncan Jones.
Congratulations to Ben, and everyone involved with Source Code
There’s a wee bit of Ben talking about the science theory in Source Code in the video below (00:44)
We teased this earlier in the week, and now we can reveal a new commercial from MOON & Source Code Director Duncan Jones. Filmed in London at Shepperton studios, UK, in October 2011, this new commercial for Virgin Money was premièred on Sunday 8th January 2012 at 20:15 on UK television channel ITV.
As you will see, Duncan’s fondness for utilising old school techniques returns with the use of model miniatures. This isn’t the only connection with Duncan’s debut feature MOON though, as the trip back over from Los Angeles to direct the commercial also included a return to the same studios where MOON was filmed in 2009, as Duncan tweeted at the time:
At Shepperton studios! Just been wandering around the old Moon sound stage. In there again shooting a commercial! Feels weird.
Great fun working with some of the same model miniature peeps I did Moon with!
Anyone wondering what the two pieces of music in the commercial are, Starts with Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, then fades into Outlands by Daft Punk from TRON: Legacy.
Seems to have caught Duncan Jones’ eye as well because he has just re-tweeted this from founder of Virgin, Richard Branson…