In order to promote their upcoming superhero flick Chronicle, 20th Century Fox teamed up with advertising firm Thinkmodo to launch three human-shaped RC aircraft (to reference the three main characters of the story) into the skies over NYC.
Hit the jump to check out the video as well as the trailer for the film, which opens on February 3.
“Filmumentary” maker Jamie Benning is in the process of creating a behind the scenes documentary about Indiana Jones entitled Raiding the Lost Ark, and has kindly released a 17-minute preliminary version of part one online. In addition to conference notes, script snippets, behind-the-scenes footage and production memos, viewers will also be treated to interviews with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford.
Check out the video after the break.
David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films, is apparently teaming up with the BBC to bring Doctor Who to the big screen. It’s interesting news but the jump from television to movies doesn’t immediately excite fans. It hasn’t always been done well, especially in the science fiction universe, and that move tends to happen when a television show is on its way out or already ended. Don’t panic. As far as we know, Doctor Who isn’t going anywhere. The series has been airing off and on since 1963. It has staying power. What would a film mean for the franchise though?
Well, consider that Yates said this:
“We’re looking at writers now. We’re going to spend two to three years to get it right,” he said. “It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena.”
Radical transformation is a scary phrase. He made it clear his movie adaptation wouldn’t follow the current TV series. It’s taking a fresh approach.
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The first extended trailer for The Hunger Games has landed, and it’s made the internet explode. Or maybe that was just my head. Fans of the dystopian survival/adventure books (the trilogy by Suzanne Collins) have eagerly been awaiting release of any footage, and today, they’ve mostly responded with glee. The trailer sets up the story instead of showing clips from throughout; it’s a good tactic that doesn’t give too much away (if you haven’t read the books). We get our first look at most of the primary cast of characters in action: Katniss, Peeta, Cinna, Rue, Haymitch, and more. We glimpse important locations: District 12, the Capitol, and even the arena. It all looks impressive.
Be amazed. Watch the trailer after the break. (Spoiler warning: if you haven’t read the books and want to do so, I’d avoid the trailer until you get past the first few chapters).
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“Lego” has been in development at Warner Bros. since 2008, when the studio began working with the toymaker on a family comedy based on the popular building blocks with Dan Lin and Roy Lee producing and the writing team of Dan and Kevin Hageman tapped to pen the script. In 2010, Warners brought on the “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to write and direct… Warners recently brought on Chris McKay, director of Adult Swim’s stop-motion animation/comedy “Robot Chicken,” to serve as co-director on “Lego” under Lord and Miller.
With such impressive talent involved behind the scenes, the resulting film will surely be on the top of every LEGO fanatic’s “must see” list.
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Though it kind of feels like an elaborate fan film, the video after the break is purportedly test footage from a ThunderCats movie that was in development five years ago under Warner Bros. but never got made (which, after watching the video, is probably a good thing).
Thankfully, we still have the new ThunderCats TV series to look forward to.
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By now you are all familiar with the saga that is The Hobbit film. Much like J.R.R Tolkien’s novels, it is a story involving an epic struggle. Whether or not it will have a happy ending remains to be seen, but Blastr’s infographic will fill you in on the backstory so you aren’t like that dude that went to see The Return of the King without seeing the first two movies. I mean, what was up with that guy?
(via Blastr)
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From Fashionably Geek: The LA Times snagged this pic from the upcoming Thor movie featuring his father Odin (Sir Anthony Hopkins) wearing an asinine gold eyepatch and his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Damn, that freakin’ eyepatch. And what’s up with the armor? Is anyone wearing a helmet in this movie?
On the plus side (I guess) both Thor and Captain America have been confirmed as 3D flicks.
(LA Times via Topless Robot)
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