The Water Horse — Press Coverage

Here is a sampling of press coverage of the upcoming film, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. Have you seen a mention of the movie somewhere? Let us know!

“EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Joe Letteri Talks the Visual Effects of The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” MovieWeb.com, April 7, 2008
Joe Letteri has been behind the scenes on some of the biggest movies in the 90s and into the 21st Century. From his first job on The Abyss to The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of The King to King Kong, Letteri has been involved in some of the biggest pictures of all time. His latest film, Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on April 8 and I had the chance to talk with Letteri over the phone. Here's what he had to say. Read more

“Film Review: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” High-Def Digest, February 8, 2008
Unable to come to terms with his fatherÕs death in the war, youngster Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) feels disconnected from his older sister Kirstie and mother Anne, who works as house- keeper at a sprawling mansion close to Loch Ness. During a trip to the beach, Angus stumbles upon a giant egg, which hatches to reveal a cute creature. Read more

“The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” High-Def Digest, February 8, 2008
Something of an E.T. for the post-millennium generation, The Water Horse sees a lonely young boy, Angus, find a mysterious egg, which hatches into a mythical sea creature. Raising it in the bathtub, Angus eventually has to come to terms with the fact that his new friend, who he names Crusoe, will eventually have to be returned to the open water where it belongs. Read more

“Sony Plans ‘Water Horse’ Blu-ray for April” High-Def Digest, January 22, 2008
In an early alert to retailers, Sony has revealed an April Blu-ray arrival for the fantasy-adventure ‘The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.’ The family-friendly tale of a young boy who discovers the world-famous Loch Ness monster, ‘Water Horse’ was given only a limited release in the U.S. this past holiday season, where it failed to generate much box office thunder. Read more

“‘Horse’ wins China release derby” Variety, January 21, 2008
Sony's “The Water Horse” looks set to be the first pic to break China's blackout on foreign movies when it bows here on Feb. 16, a week before the previously announced “Atonemen” on Feb. 22. Read more

“The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” MovieFix, January 11, 2008
Based on the novel by Dick King-Smith (who also penned "Babe"), "The Water Horse" tells the story of Angus (Alex Etel), a Scottish boy who lives with his mother, Anne (Emily Watson), while his father fights in WWII. Read more

“The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” MovieFix, January 8, 2008
A rollicking fantasy about the worldÕs most famous mystery monster, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is set at a mansion on the shores of Loch Ness in 1942. Angus (Alex Etel), a boy too timid to swim in the lake, spends his days picking up treasures on the shore and his nights listening to the wireless and keeping up with the progress of the Allies against Hitler. Read more

“‘Water Horse’ works for all members of family” Quad City Times, January 8, 2008
The show opens, naturally, near Loch Ness, where a couple of American travelers are drawn into a story told by a local fellow (Brian Cox). The story is told in flashback, beginning in 1942, when a boy named Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel, ÒMillionsÓ) is leading a solitary life. Angus dearly misses his dad, who has gone off to war. Read more

“The Water Horse” Deseret News, January 6, 2008
LOCH NESS, Scotland - The Christmas Day release of the film, "The Water Horse," is likely to spark a storm of renewed interest in the Loch Ness monster. The legendary sea creature, known affectionately as Nessie, is said to swim the depths of Scotland's fabled lake. Read more

“The Water Horse” Sydney Morning Herald, January 5, 2008
We first glimpse it as a hatch-ling, resembling an undersized tortoise in search of its shell. But by the time the film is an hour old, this tiny creature has grown into an amphibious marvel with the looks of a dinosaur, the joie de vivre of a dolphin and the dimensions of a maxi-yacht. Read more

“Acting is a hobby for ‘Water Horse’ star” Albuquerque Tribune, January 4, 2008
As Angus in "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep," Alex Etel rides on the mythical title creature, hanging on for dear life as his plus-sized friend carries him above and below the surface of a vast Scottish loch. But that's the movie, not real life. Read more

“‘Water Horse’ works for all members of family” Quad City Times, January 3, 2008
The show opens, naturally, near Loch Ness, where a couple of American travelers are drawn into a story told by a local fellow (Brian Cox). The story is told in flashback, beginning in 1942, when a boy named Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel, ÒMillionsÓ) is leading a solitary life. Angus dearly misses his dad, who has gone off to war. Read more

“Review: ‘Water Horse’ a touching story” Jackson News-Tribune, December 30, 2007
This extremely sweet tale of a lonely boy named Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) who finds an egg on the shore and befriends its contents once it hatches - a slimy, mischievous but irresistibly cute creature that can only be described as a baby water horse - will tug at anyone. In era when pop-culture onslaughts are more fashionable, family movies of this quality are hard to find. Read more

“Horse filmmaker starts with music” Arkansas Democrat Gazette, December 27, 2007
Jay Russell’s The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is one of the best surprises of this Christmas season, an intelligent and warm family movie that doesn’t dissolve into sentimental treacle or stoop to bathroom gags. Read more

“Review: ‘Water Horse’ is sophisticated family fare” The Examiner, December 25, 2007
This story about a young boy, who raises a sea monster from when it hatches until the all-too-short time when it has reaches the fearsome size of a dragon, has the earmarks of an “E.T.” story. Read more

“‘Water Horse’ is predictably entertaining” Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 24, 2007
After kicking around low-budget documentaries, direct-to-video movies and Saturday morning cartoons for decades, the Loch Ness monster finally gets the big-budget, special-effects treatment in the predictable but entertaining kid movie, "The Water Horse." Read more

“The Water Horse, Cast & Director Interview” MoviesOnline, December 22, 2007
MoviesOnline sat down recently with director Jay Russell and actors Alex Etel and Ben Chaplin to talk about their new movie, “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep,” about a young Scottish boy, Angus (Etel), who finds an enchanted egg. Read more

“The Wakatipu Nessie” The Dominion Post, December 22, 2007
Movie producer Barrie Osborne knows what it's like using New Zealand's breathtaking scenery to stand in for another place. Osborne produced Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, which used many landmarks around the country to represent JRR Tolkien's imagined land of Middle-earth. Read more

“The Wakatipu Nessie” Associated Press, December 21, 2007
The fantasy family film “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” was directed by Jay Russell, who previously directed ÒMy Dog Skip.Ó And the script was based on the book by Dick King-Smith, who also wrote ÒBabe: The Gallant Pig.Ó Read more

“Loch Ness film wins monster approval” The Times, December 21, 2007
Alex Etel, the child actor who upstaged Dame Judi Dench and Sir Michael Gambon in the TV drama Cranford, has wowed American critics in a film about the Loch Ness monster. Read more

“Riding Out the War With a New Friend” The New York Sun, December 21, 2007
In a pub by the shores of Loch Ness in present day Scotland, two young tourists pause at a framed picture of the creature alleged to live somewhere deep beneath the surface of the loch. The grainy "Surgeon's Photo," as the image is known in real life, was debunked long ago. Read more

“IESB Exclusive Interview: Jay Russell, Director of The Water Horse” IESB, December 20, 2007
I met Jay Russell for exactly four seconds as he shook hands with random background faces from a crowded church on artificial movie-Christmas. Read more

“The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” Georgia Straight, December 20, 2007
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is a charming movie about a shy boy who discovers an exotic sea creature. Based on the novel by Dick King-Smith. Read more

“SCENE STEALER: ‘The Water Horse’” Los Angelas Times, December 20, 2007
The key to audiences' acceptance of each model was using character animation to create a through-line from adolescence to adulthood. Read more

“Horsing around” Now Toronto, December 19, 2007
The Water Horse offers a good telling of a familiar tale: the wounded child and the beloved beast. The twist is that itÕs a magic beast from Scottish folklore. Read more

“‘Water Horse’ star Etel was in right place, right time” phillyBurbs.com, December 18, 2007
One usually thinks of child stars as having intensely driven stage moms and dads pushing them for parts on the big screen and grooming their youngsters for roles in lucrative movies. Read more

“Film was moving role for young Alex” The Press Association, December 17, 2007
Young actor Alex Etel plays the lead in the film, about a lonely boy who discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend. Read more

“Interview: Alex Etel Of The Water Horse” Cinema Blend, December 17, 2007
Alex Etel made his first movie when he was eight years old, plucked out of school by director Danny Boyle to play the lead role in Millions. Her’s been on hiatus for the last five years, though, living as a regular school kid in England. That is, until the Loch Ness Monster came calling. Read more

“Exclusive Coverage: Los Angeles Screening of Jay Russell’s The Water Horse,” IESB.net, December 10, 2007
The IESB has red carpet interviews plus a complete photo gallery from the special Los Angeles screening of the Water Horse. Sony Pictures held a special screening of The Water Horse this past weekend and IESB’s Silas Lesnick was there to talk to the celebrities making their way down the red carpet. Read more

“ Nessie Movie Bid to Lure Tourists,” The Daily Record, December 10, 2007
A movie about Nessie is set to lure more tourists to Scotland - even though it was shot in New Zealand. The producers of The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep decided to film it 11,000 miles from Loch Ness because of New Zealand's dazzling scenery and “established film community”. Read more

“Monster Bid to Lure US Tourists,” Midloothian Today, December 10, 2007
Tourism bosses are hoping to lure “set jetting” US movie fans to Scotland with a film about the Loch Ness monster. VisitScotland is hosting a private sneak preview of The Water Horse - Legend of the Deep in New York for the US media. They hope the film, set around the legend of the famous monster, will inspire viewers to visit Scotland. Read more

“Elston Gunn Interviews THE WATER HORSE DIRECTOR Jay Russell!!” Ain’t It Cool News, December 10, 2007
Hello. Elston Gunn here. Years ago when I was doing the weekly recap, I specifically remember walking by the MY DOG SKIP movie poster at my local theater and recalling having read in the trades for the recap months before that the movie was being made, but the director's name, Jay Russell, was unfamiliar to me. Read more

“Dallas sixth-graders take part in children’s charity event,” The Dallas Morning News, December 8, 2007
Hands flew in the air as Alex Etel began taking questions. The 13-year-old star of the upcoming movie The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep made a special appearance at St. Rita Catholic School on Tuesday. Read more

“Movie raises hope of ‘monster’ tourist boost”, The Inverness Courier, December 7, 2007
TOURISM businesses around Loch Ness are bracing themselves for an influx of visitors who may have a different view of the world-famous loch, thanks to a new Hollywood blockbuster. For the expanse of Highland water featured in the movie “The Water Horse: Legend of The Deep” is actually the sea - Loch Fyne in Argyll - and not the freshwater home of Nessie. Read more

“Schoolboy starts small but set for monster hit,” Daily Mail, November 23, 2007
Alex Etel, a 13-year-old British schoolboy, is about to receive a lot more recognition than he bargained for. Alex plays the bright-eyed ragamuffin Harry Gregson in the BBC1 Sunday night drama Cranford opposite Philip Glenister, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imogen Stubbs, Francesca Annis, Simon Woods and many others. Read more

"EXCLUSIVE: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Behind the Scenes Clip,” Cinematical, October 31, 2007
Cinematical has just received the first of four behind-the-scenes clips from the upcoming film The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. Based on the book by Dick King-Smith, the film takes us back to the 1930s where a young Scottish boy discovers a mysterious egg that has washed up on shore. Read more

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