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POTC At World’s End – trailer

Ahrrr, Davy Jones is back …

Bill Nighy nominated for a Saturn Award for best supporting actor

Davy Jones – Pirates of the Carribean – Dead Man’s Chest
The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror films has just announced it’s nominations for this years Saturn Awards. Bill Nighy has received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Carribean : Dead Man’s Chest.
The [...]

More Bill Nighy, more Davy Jones

Industrial Light & magic has a beautiful interactive site about the CGI magic behind Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest.
There is a lot of background information about how they turned a handsome actor (Bill Nighy) into a handsome Squid : Davy Jones. Watch the video clips, download wallpapers, eat your pirate heart [...]

Bill Nighy as Davy Jones, the squid

Cinemablend has a really cool clip showing how they filmed Bill Nighy in his funky computer pyjamas and whites dots all over his face, and how those shot ended up on in the film after some serious CGI work.
Pirates Of The Caribbean Effects Videos
Pirates of the Carribean 3 : The World’s End has it’s premiere [...]

From Bill Nighy to Davy Jones in three steps

Comingsoon.net has an interview with Visual Effect man John Knoll. In the interview there are several pictures of how they transferred a living computer pyjama wearing Bill Nighy into the CGI creature Davy Jones.
Very interesting read, and Bill Nighy doesn’t need to worry, he looks cool in whatever he wears.
(Click on the pictures for a [...]

Ahrr – Bill Nighy at Pirates Premiere in London

10 pictures of Bill Nighy at the European premiere of Pirates of the Carribean in London
Podcast video with a short interview with Bill Nighy talking about his beloved and funky computer pyjamas at the Sun’s website.
More pictures from the Premiere with one picture of Bill Nighy and some pictures at Wired.
Pirates Premiere at BBC [...]

Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

“This is Davy Jones – of locker fame – and if that sounds like a cliché too far even for a camp pirate flick, Jones, played by Bill Nighy, and his crew are to this film what Depp was to its predecessor. They’re like a bad acid trip at the sealife centre. They sail in [...]

Nighy : Getting in touch with his inner octopus

To achieve this ghastly image, which was created with the help of computer graphics, Nighy had to perform wearing cumbersome grey overalls with light-emitting diodes, so the machine could trace his movements for later adornment. It was nothing like the cool pirate clothes that stars Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom wear, and it was also [...]

RS : Nighy blows away every other villain this summer

The first reviews for Pirates of the Carribean and Davy Jones are coming in, and Bill Nighy gets some Big Words from the Rolling Stone.
“And what works most devilishly is Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), the squid-faced captain of the Flying Dutchman who bargains for the souls of those he captures. Davy and his crew of [...]

Interview with Bill Nighy – returning to stage – in New York

Darkhorizons.com has another excellent interview with Bill Nighy about his role in the Pirates of the Carribean – Dead Man’s Chest. He talks about the ships, and a lot of other interesting things in a very Nighy way.
“Question: Did you discover the inner pirate in you when you embarked on it?
Nighy: There is a touch [...]

Bill Nighy on the red carpet in Disney Land

The US already got their official premiere of Pirates of The Carribean : Dead Man’s Chest last sunday. This all happened at a huge event in Disneyland, where both the film had it’s premiere but also the relaunch of Disneyland’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Attraction. This popular attraction has had a make over, and is [...]

Telegraph : Half crab, half squid – and all charm

Bill Nighy is not only half crab, half squid and all charm (as Davy Jones that is), he is also a hot item at the moment. This results in loads of interviews and attention, the latest one being a long interview in the Telegraph.
Meanwhile, in two weeks, he can be seen with Johnny Depp [...]

A warm blue day with Bill Nighy

Also Timeout has a very nice interview with the master of the Ocean (Bill Nighy).
Of course they talk about Pirates, and Davy Jones but they also talk about Hot Fuzz, Stormbreaker, Notes on a Scandal (which seems to is coming in the fall this year) and the best news from this article is probably that [...]

Ain’t he cool : Bill Nighy

The people from Ain’t it cool have been visiting Jerry Bruckheimer, while postproducing the upcoming Pirates of the Carribean. Seems like Bill “Davy Jones” Nighy is really something. And really something to look forward to too.
“And that, of course, is Davy Jones. Bill Nighy, who’s been on a real roll lately, is going to be [...]

More Bill Nighy and Davy Jones

Filmforce has a short interview with the new star in Pirates of the Carribean – Dead Mens Chest – Bill Nighy.
Bill Nighy about Davy Jones’ background:
“To him, his origin is a bit foggy,” says Nighy. “At one time he was a man, a captain of the Ship of Death. This was so long ago, and [...]