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The final production video for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has appeared online, which focuses on putting the finishing touches on the film, as well as the worldwide premiere of the film in Wellington, New Zealand. Hit the jump to watch!
Written By: Dan Geer
Eleven years ago, director Peter Jackson and his highly-skilled team of writers brought to life what many thought for decades to be impossible with the live-action adaptation of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. When it concluded in 2003 with The Return of the King, many (including myself) deemed it to be the greatest trilogy of films ever made in the history of cinema. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seemed to agree with that sentiment, with all three films receiving a nomination for Best Picture (something that almost never happens with fantasy films), and The Return of the King landing a clean sweep of eleven Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture. It was one of the most historic moments in film history (The Oscars have never again been as interesting), and it was just a great thing to see the creative people behind the making of these films get rewarded for the incredibly hard work and tremendous love they put into the trilogy over the years.
So it goes without saying that Jackson’s return to Middle Earth nearly ten years later with The Hobbit Trilogy has been met with expectations higher than the peak of Mount Doom – expectations that are more than likely impossible to live up to completely. It is thus necessary to inform the reader on just what exactly to expect this time around, as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyis not quite on the level of genius as 2001’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but is nevertheless a fun adventure and welcome return to Jackson’s incredible vision of Tolkien’s imaginative and captivating fantasy world.
Source: Famous Monsters of Filmland | Posted By: Dan Geer
Source: Collider | Posted By: Dan Geer
Warner Brothers has released the first full trailer for director Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, and it really gives us our first real glimpse into the look and feel of the film, far beyond what we saw in the teaser.
The first half of the trailer focuses more on whether or not mankind will accept someone with God-like powers, a theme that was similarly explored in the X-Men franchise. The second half, of course, shows off some great action scenes, which is essential in selling a Superman film. All in all, it’s a fantastic look into the return of the Caped Kryptonian. Hit the jump to watch!
Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer
Poor, poor M. Night Shyamalan. The man started out with a promising directing career, landing his first big hit with The Sixth Sense. After the success of that film, many followed him at first with every movie he made, expecting each film to top the last with a great story and twist ending. Many even touted him as the next Spielberg or Hitchcock. Of course, as we all know, this ended up not being the case, with each film being increasingly worse than the last, even when he attempted to escape this fatal pattern and directed an adaptation of the popular animated fantasy series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
So now he seems to be combining all of his experiences, for better or for worse, in creating the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film After Earth, starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. While he is indeed directing another special effects film via a story he wrote, it appears he has enlisted the help of other writers to pen the screenplay this time around. Judging from this first trailer for the film, this may prove to be quite helpful in finally delivering a decent film again, as it actually looks quite good. Of course, we don’t know for sure until the film’s release next year, but you can check it out below and see for yourself.
Source: Apple | ComingSoon.net | Posted By: Dan Geer
A film that doesn’t seem to be on everyone’s radar (but probably should be) is Joseph Kosinski’s (Tron: Legacy) science fiction film Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman. Up until this first trailer release for the film, hitting theaters next April, even this self-professed sci-fi fanatic had little interest (don’t ask me why). But sometimes all it takes is a great trailer to pique curiosity.
In the film, Cruise plays Jack Harper, one of the last few drone repairmen left on a future Earth after decades of war with a alien threat known as the Scavs. Nearly completing his mission, he rescues a woman from a crashed spacecraft – someone whose arrival triggers a series of events that wind up shaking the very foundation of everything Harper believes in, and forcing the fate of humanity into his hands.
Hit the jump to watch the first trailer for Oblivion!
Source: MovieWeb | Posted By: Dan Geer
Director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is just one week away, which means more TV Spots, pictures, and featurettes will be making their way online than ever before. One such featurette premiered today, featuring some great new interviews with the cast and crew of the film, as well as some new never-before-seen footage that fans are sure to go nuts over (I know I did). It may be even better than any of Jackson’s previous production video blogs, which is saying a lot. Hit the jump to watch!
Source: Apple | Posted By: Dan Geer
For those of you that are anxiously awaiting real footage from J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness, and can’t wait until the first trailer debuts next week with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Apple has uploaded a sort of “announcement” teaser for the film that previews footage from next week’s trailer.
Hit the jump to preview what promises to be a much darker story than the first Star Trek. And, in case you were wondering, no, it does not really spoil anything, and yes, it is longer than three frames.
Source: Star Wars Official Website | Posted By: Dan Geer
Over the last few weeks, StarWars.com‘s The Future of Star Wars video blog has featured Lynne Hale, director of Lucasfilm communications, briefly discussing all things Star Wars with newly-appointed Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Founder George Lucas. Whether it’d be the news of Disney’s purchase of the company, the announced Star Wars sequel trilogy, or just interesting insight into the creation of Lucas’ vast sci-fi/fanstasy universe, the blog has been a delight for the fans in the last month.
Part 4 of the video blog, which debuted today, features Kennedy and Lucas discussing the Star Wars phenomenon, and its impact on pop culture. Hit the jump to watch!
Source: Bryan Singer Twitter | Posted By: Dan Geer
In what has to be the coolest news in a while for the X-Men film franchise, director Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) tweeted today that both Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are in fact reprising their roles of Professor Xavier and Magneto, respectively, in Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, the sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. Read on for more!
