A look at movies, especially films based on books (Yes that includes comics); Opinions, facts, movie charts, production news and, when possible a look at the movies VS their source material. I may also champion books I've read that really should be movies. I've also used it to display the unedited versions of my blogs for SyFy; (The sci-fi channel UK website.)Feel free to let me know about any stories that you think deserve the big screen treatment.
TheRealEverton
I will say that if you thought the last trailer spoiled the
deaths and monster nastiness, then you need to click off this page now. (but
please click another page here, or on every single ad on the page. Mwa ha ha
ha!) Seriously, spoiler heaven; creepy, nasty spoiler heaven...
Synopsis...
“Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It
is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific
possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew
of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally
unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a
perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but
inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads like an
epidemic among a group of researchers as they're infected, one by one, by a
mystery from another planet. Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth
Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her
lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an
extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems
to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple
experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's
pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time.
And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches
will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish. The Thing
serves as a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name.”
Well considering that I’m not the greatest fan of ‘non-official’
pap pics, I’m now ‘having’ to post some for the second time in 6 days. (First
being the Catwoman pics on Sunday) Here we get to see some pretty decent pics
of Kristen Stewart’s Snow White, in non battle armour and getting a liberal
coating of what seems like pretty cold water at the beach. She also gets to
ride a pretty white horse (or 2) as filming continues apace for this film:
which remains pretty high on my must see list for next summer. (You can see why
by clicking the link below that gives info and related video on all three Snow
White films currently in production; 2 of which will be out next year.)
“In the epic
Action-Adventure Snow White And The Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays
the only person in the land fairer than the evil Queen (Oscar winner Charlize
Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is
that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war
with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) who was despatched to kill her. Sam
Claflin (Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the
prince long enchanted with Snow White’s beauty and power.
The breathtaking
new vision of the legendary tale is fro Joe Roth, producer of Alice In
Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial
director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.”
Cast...
Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Sam Claflin & Chris
Hemsworth as The Wicked Queen, Snow White, Prince Charmant and The Huntsman:
and as the warrior dwarves Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Nick Frost, Toby Jones,
Eddie Marsan, Ray Winstone, Stephen Graham, and Ray Winstone. Top of the line
and that’s that.
Seriously, it looks like Mark Ruffalo is auditioning for a
role in Zoolander 2, not playing Bruce Banner, mild mannered super genius. I’m
going to go with some kind of fiendish, Loki mind control here. There’s more to
be found at EW’s article and of course for those of you willing to shell(head)
out for the magazine itself will
doubtless find many more Avengers goodies in the pages.
There are some interesting titbits from each actor and how
they see certain aspects. Scarlett Johansson’s fears that her guns seemed a little
insignificant next to Thor’s Hammer; Ruffalo’s reminding everyone that, aside
from both being scientific geniuses, Bruce Banner & Tony Stark also share a
penchant for testing out their inventions on themselves; Jeremy Renner’s
musings on his (I’m assuming Adamantium) Hulk-busting, tranquiliser, arrows;
and Chris Hemsworth on Thor’s continued conflict in having to both fight &
protect his ever more misguided brother, Loki.
If I can’t join The Avengers I'll be a catalogue model!
It would have been nice t have the 3 ‘normal’ S.H.I.E.L.D
agents eatured too (Samuel L Jackson’s Director Nick Fury; Cobie Smulders’
Agent Mria Hill; & Clark Gregg’s ubiquitous Agent Coulson) but it’s early
days yet and there’s plenty of time between now and the film’s release on the 4th
of May 2012. Then we shall see how one of the riskiest and most daring attempts
at blockbuster film-making yet seen goes down with the public.
Seriously guys, the Muppets need your help here. If they get
to a Bazillion likes (That many!) then good things will happen, although
probably only to Americans, but hey it’s The Muppets!
Plus you know she’s right. We have been wasting our likes
and it is high time we stopped! It’s time to dress up right... It’s time to get
things started...
Synopsis...
“On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest
Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from
Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris
Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered
beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet
Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter,
Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate
ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets,
Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa
Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing
magnate.”
The hours of fun they’ve given us from The Muppet Christmas
Carol alone deserves our help. Or do you have no soul?
The Adventures of Tintin is rapidly approaching (unless you’re
in the curiously Tintin phobic United States, in which case it’s still just
approaching) with only 4 weeks left until the eagerly anticipated film starts
its bid to take over the world’s cinemas. (International Release dates at the end)
With the $500m taken by the Smurfs showing what an
established, global brand, can achieve, even with minimal storytelling
achievements, the release of Tintin, which has been around longer and with over
350m of the collected comic books sold, there’s a strong argument that Tintin
is a more popular character, and with an age group wider than that of the
Smurfs.
Synopsis...
“Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Present "The
Adventures of Tintin" directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by
Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell
("Billy Elliot," "Defiance") as Tintin, the intrepid young
reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of
high adventure, and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of Solace,"
"Defiance") as the nefarious Red Rackham.”
Whilst the Mo-Cap is a potential turn off the pedigree of
Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg producing & directing; as well as a well
respected writing team adapting (Edgar Wright (Shaun of The Dead, Scott
Pilgrim), Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Dr. Who, Jekyll) & Joe Cornish (Attack The Block) ) adds
extra cache to the film for the adults.
Am I the only one who finds it odd that they even though
they separate the regions, and list North America, they only ever put United
States and not Canada on these things?
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