Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Star Trek into Dakness

Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film. It is the twelfth installment in the Star Trek franchise and the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. J. J. Abrams directed a screenplay written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof, based on the series of the same name created by Gene Roddenberry. Lindelof, Orci, Kurtzman and Abrams also serve as producers, along with Bryan Burk. Chris Pine reprises his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, John Cho, and Bruce Greenwood reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller and Alice Eve round out the film's principal cast.
all celebrities thousands picture hereAfter the release of Star Trek, Abrams, Burk, Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci signed up to produce the film. In 2011, the supporting cast was rounded out with Cumberbatch, Weller and Eve brought in to portray key roles. Filming began in January 2012. The film was shot entirely in California. The film's visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic.
The film was converted to 3D in post-production. Star Trek Into Darkness premiered at Event Cinemas in Sydney on April 23, 2013, and was released on May 9, 2013 in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and parts of Europe and Peru, with other countries following. The film was released on May 16, 2013 in the United States and Canada, opening at IMAX cinemas one day earlier.



Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Croods 3D Computer animated adventure film


The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. The film is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as The Croodaceous, a period which contains fantastical creatures, when a man's position as a "Leader of the Hunt" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions, like fire, as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search of a new home.The Croods was written and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, and produced by Kristine Belson and Jane Hartwell. The film premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2013, and was released in the United States on March 22, 2013. As part of the distribution deal, this became the first film from DreamWorks Animation to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, since the end of their distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.
The Croods received generally positive reviews, and proved to be a box office success, earning more than $550 million on a budget of $135 million, and launching a new franchise, with a sequel and TV series already put in development.


















Monday, May 20, 2013

Star Trek Into Darkness

First of all, yes, there is still a new "Star Trek" movie coming out this summer. We had almost forgotten about it with all the "Star Wars" stuff going on. (And with secretive director J.J. Abrams in the captain’s chair for both sci-fi epics, we’re scrounging for any scraps of information we can get.)
And yes, we're still not quite sure of the exact identity of the villain Benedict Cumberbatch is supposed to be playing in May's “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Actually, we were about to throw in the towel on trying to figure it out, even admitting to ourselves that maybe there's really nothing secret at all about who the bad guy is and maybe he's just indeed some dude named "John Harrison" ...
... and then the new Entertainment Weekly came out.
The cover of the February 15th issue of the magazine has been revealed, titled "Voyage Into the New 'Star Trek'" and featuring a shot of Cumberbatch and Chris Pine's Captain Kirk (well, one of the covers, anyway -- an alternate features Kirk and Zachary Quinto's Spock). Now, this may not be anything more than just a reference to a rumor that refuses to die, but the companion headline to the issue on EW's Back Issues store says "Voyage Into the New 'Star Trek' Kirk & Khan."
KHAAAAAAAANNN!!

Did EW give away a major secret, or was it a simple mistake (or was someone just sick of typing "Cumberbatch")? Whatever the case, we can't wait for May 17 (or even May 15, if you want to see it on IMAX), when all this maddening speculating can cease and we can concentrate on more "Star Wars" rumors.
What's actually more revealing than the Khan mention is one of the new pics from the film that features Cumberbatch (as Khan, or as John Harrison, or as Gary Mitchell, or as maybe even Sherlock Holmes at this point) surrounded by a bunch of Federation personnel in red uniforms. You know the whole thing about the "red shirts" on "Star Trek," right? Those who wear them usually die. Which means Cumberbatch is probably going to make short work of this whole lot in one way or another.
Actually ... was being taken into Federation custody a bullet point of his own agenda? Villains who get captured on purpose so they can blow stuff up (or something equivalently diabolical thereof) whilst inside the walls of their enemy stronghold are pretty popular in action movies these days. The Joker did it in "The Dark Knight." Bane did it in "The Dark Knight Rises." Silva did it in "Skyfall." There’s also the shot in “The Avengers” with Loki surrounded by rifle-toting armed guards that is remarkably similar to this photo.

Cumberbatch in 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' Tom Hiddleston in 'Marvel's The Avengers' 

Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston in captivity (Photo: Paramount/Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios)
Cumberbatch even gets imprisoned in a glass cell like Silva and Loki did. There's no reason not to think that getting caught isn't all part of Cumberbatch's evil plan, too.

Villains under glass in 'Star Trek,' 'Skyfall' and 'The Avengers' 

Villains under glass in 'Star Trek,' 'Skyfall' and 'The Avengers' (Photo: Paramount/Columbia/Marvel Studios)
Anyway, thought we'd share, if only to remind you that there's still some interest in "Star Trek Into Darkness" out there in the universe.