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Avengers Assemble In Ten New Images From Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’
Mar 24th
With the films release date on the horizon, the good folks over at Marvel (via MovieZine) have unleashed these ten new images from their eagerly anticipated superhero movie ‘The Avengers’ (or ‘Avengers Assemble’ if you’re in the UK). Directed by Joss Whedon, ‘The Avengers’ stars Chris Evans (Captain America/Steve Rogers), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man/Tony Stark), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), and Tom Hiddleston (Loki). The likes of Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, and Stellen Skarsgard co-star. ‘The Avengers’ is released in cinemas April 26th in the UK and May 4th in the US. You can count me in!
Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.
Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, “Marvel’s The Avengers” brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston (“Wallander”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Angels & Demons,” “Mamma Mia!”) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature “Thor.”
New Look At Tom Hardy & Shia LaBeouf In John Hillcoat’s ‘Lawless’
Mar 24th
Scanned from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, this image of Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf has arrived online from John Hillcoat’s (The Road, The Proposition) upcoming prohibition crime-drama ‘Lawless.’ This film is without a doubt one of my anticipated films of 2012, it features a powerhouse cast in Hardy, LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Dane DeHaan and Gary Oldman. Adapted from Matt Bondurant’s novel ‘The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story,’ ‘Lawless’ formerly went under the title ‘The Wettest County.’ The story follows two brothers (played by LaBeouf and Hardy) who become bootleggers in the South during Prohibition. The screenplay for the film is penned by frequent Hillcoat collaborator Nick Cave – who‘s also on soundtrack duty. Look out for ‘Lawless’ August 31st. Below is a brief synopsis of the novel. Source: ThePlaylist.
This family saga follows the Bondurants, bootlegging brothers runnin’ stills, runnin’ loads, and runnin’ from the law in Depression-era Virginia. The book is mainly narrated through the experience of the youngest Bondurant, Jack (in truth, a grandfather of the author), and his family’s moonshine enterprise supplies the action in a plot that evokes the culture of distilling and distributing white lightning. To optimistic Jack, bootlegging is both a bond to his older brothers, Forrest and Howard, and a means to make cash to impress a girl. Forrest, by contrast, is taciturn and suspicious: the world is violent, and he meets it on that ground. Tender of the stills and imbiber from same, burly Howard is always ready to take on the Bondurants’ enemies, corrupt law officers. Wending through this conflict in flash-forward mode is novelist Sherwood Anderson, who plumbs the Bondurant story a few years after the brothers’ climactic confrontation with the county sheriff. Descriptively gritty and emotionally resonant, novelist Bondurant dramatically projects the poverty and danger at the heart of the old-time bootlegging life.
Johnny Depp & Tim Burton Feature In Two New ‘Dark Shadows’ Images
Mar 24th
Hero Complex has released this new still of Johnny Depp as Barnabas, alongside this behind-the-scenes pic of Depp with Tim Burton on the set of their upcoming gothic comedy ‘Dark Shadows.’ The images arrive online via Hero Complex’s set visit interview with the pair, which you can read in full here. In ‘Dark Shadows,’ Johnny Depp stars as Barnabas Collins, an 18th century gentleman, a businessman just before the Revolutionary War, who was transformed against his will into a vampire and buried in a tomb for two centuries. After he finally emerges, uncovered by construction workers in the year 1972, he seeks out his descendants – as well as some long-ago foes and a possible lost love. Alongside Johnny Depp, ’Dark Shadows’ also stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath. The film is released in cinemas May 11th.
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Fresh Footage Showcased In New ‘Prometheus’ TV Spot
Mar 24th
Providing us with some new (jaw dropping) snippets of footage, 20th Century Fox has unleashed this TV spot for Ridley Scott’s hugely anticipated ‘Alien’ prequel, ‘Prometheus.’ ‘Prometheus’ features a top-notch cast in Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce. Look out for ‘Prometheus’ June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US – I’m there!
In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Five Clips From ‘Wrath of the Titans’ – Starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson & Toby Kebbell
Mar 23rd
With the films release on the horizon, Warner Bros continue their promotional onslaught by releasing these five new clips from Jonathan Liebesman’s (Battle: Los Angeles) ‘Clash Of the Titans’ sequel, ‘Wrath of the Titans.’ Involved in all the sword and sandals shenanigans are Sam Worthington (Perseus), Ralph Fiennes (Hades), Liam Neeson (Zeus), Danny Huston (Poseidon), Edgar Ramiez (Ares), Bill Nighy (Hephaestus), Toby Kebbell (Argenor), and Rosamund Pike (Queen Andromeda). ‘Wrath of the Titans’ takes place a decade after the events of ‘Clash of the Titans,’ the story finds Perseus (Worthington) back in action when Zeus (Neeson) is captured by Ares (Ramirez) and Hades (Fiennes) in a plot to unleash the titans. The action-adventure flick is scheduled for a March 30th release.
Official synopsis for ‘Wrath of the Titans’: ”A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus—the demigod son of Zeus—is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld.”
New Tom Sturridge Character Poster For ‘On The Road’
Mar 23rd
Following last weeks Old Bull Lee (Viggo Mortensen) character poster, this Carlo Marx a.k.a. Allen Ginsberg (Tom Sturridge) character poster has arrived online for ‘On The Road,’ Walter Salles’ (The Motorcycle Diaries) upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s acclaimed novel of the same name – widley regarded as one of the most important novels of the 20th century. The film features a top-notch ensemble cast that includes the likes of Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Alice Braga, Elizabeth Moss, Danny Morgan, Marie-Ginette Guay, Viggo Mortensen and Sturridge. Expect to see ‘On The Road’ in cinemas late 2012. Source: Facebook.com/official.ontheroad.
After the death of his father, Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty, a wild and infectiously charismatic ex-con. They hit it off immediately. Determined to avoid the pitfalls of a narrow, prescribed life, Sal hits the road, joining Dean on what evolves into a life-changing physical and emotional odyssey. Thirsting for freedom, they discover the world, the ecstasy of experience, the connectedness of humanity and ultimately themselves.