Looks like the transmedia onslaught surrounding Nine Inch Nails’ 2007 LP Year Zero (only the fourth-most-recent NIN release, believe it or not) won’t stop with that crazy alternate reality game.
As noted in a recent New York Times report, Trent Reznor has his eye on creating a cable television series to “tell the entire [Year Zero] story.” Quentin Tarantino’s producer buddy Lawrence Bender joins Reznor in the endeavor, but that’s all we know of it for now. The NIN man was previously rumored to be considering a Year Zero feature film project, but we suppose he’s shelved that so as not to spread himself too thin. Or maybe he doesn’t want to put all his eggs in one basket? So many adages to choose from!
While the Times had Trent around, they also took a peek at what the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails “Lights in the Sky” tour with all those rad opening bands may have to offer. Reznor is working with Montreal-based production company Moment Factory on what sounds like a pretty mind-blowing stage setup. Spectacles discussed include “three giant video screens” and “disorienting effects,” including some kind of moving video frame that can alter the sound of an instrument as it passes over. Nutty! As Reznor puts it, “What I’m trying to do is use the stage as an interactive instrument. I’m in the world of science fiction now.”
he does have that self flagellation thing. i don’t care for the interactive artist/audience approach to music. sorry. maybe it’s cool with video installations in a museum, but if i wanted to participate in the process, i’d get on the stage myself.
maybe that’s next. wait—didn’t the cocks do that?
I doubt if he’s taking things too far with this. He came up with a sci-fi story for an album, with a great series of websites to tell a story. I mean shit, it’s not like he’s going to be the star of the show. They got bruce campbell to play the trent role.
War Of The Worlds worked on the big screen didn’t it?[:P]
As for screens on tour, Reznor has been doing that since The self destruct tour (as far as imagery goes), this is a natural progression for him and I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out…