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Titans… Will… Clash… One Week Later

Published by Dan on February 3, 2010 in News. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

Damn this 3D frenzy. Dammitall!

Warner Brothers recently held a screening to test how the 2D filmed Clash of the Titans would play with a trendy new 3D upgrade. Apparently, the test worked like peanut butter and ladies. Warner has just announced they’ll release the rockin’ monster-heavy Grecian revival in both old-school/nerdy 2D and new-school/the hotness 3D. Thanks for ruining everything, Avatar!

So depending on which side of the 3D camp you’re living on, there’s good and bad news.

First, the bad: Warner Brothers 3D-ification process will delay Clash of the Titans imminent release a full week. That’s seven whole days! 168 full hours! Look for Sam Worthington’s Perseus to begin de-heading Medusa and punching scorpions on April 2, not March 26.

So what’s the good news? It’s in 3-freakin’-D!!!! And by “!!!!” we mean “We’re being sarcastic because 3D may be fun– but it’s not that fun.”

Release the Kraken! New Clash Trailer Kicks Ass!

Published by Andy on December 13, 2009 in Coming Soon and Trailers. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

Okay, it’s 100 percent official – I can’t wait for March 10, 2010.

clash_of_the_titans_ver2This new Clash of the Titans trailer is quite similar to the teaser released a few months ago, but there is enough new bits and pieces that I’ve officially taken the fast train to Nerdtown. I loved the 1981 version starring Harry Hamlin (LA Law), but it was ripe for a remake. From what I can tell – and again, I’m just going off the trailer – this version with Liam Neeson (Taken), Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation), Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) and Ralph Fiennes (The Reader) is going to be quite the spectacle.

Take a peek below and share your thoughts! What do you think of the Kraken?

It’s The Clash–Duh-Duh– of the Titaaaaaans!

Published by Dan on December 10, 2009 in Coming Soon and Posters. 3 Comments Tags: , .

clash_of_the_titans_ver2You like your movie posters raw and howling? You bet your ass you do. That’s why Yahoo! Movies has delivered a hat trick of eye poppin’, loin-punchin’, action extravaganzin’ Clash of the Titans one-sheets to give your eyeballs a beefy Sam Worthington squeeze.

Dynamic is the key word here, Friends. There’s nary a floating head to be found and all posters are money shot-a-riffic: Perseus reveling in punishing Medusa’s choice in hair stylist, Perseus brandishing the sword of swordiness atop his winged steed Pegasus (now hard-assed black instead of sissy-pants white) and a threemendous monster highlight with our hero screaming like a lottery winner.

In four months time, we’ll be able to see if all this well-executed marketing (with a chalk mark against the genius who came up with “Titans… Will… Clash!!”) is a true reflection of what Louis Leterrier’s updated Clash of the Titans promises. But let’s face it– there’s not much to dislike with everything we’ve seen so far. In fact, the sissy 80’s version has wisely eaten a truck load of Manwiches while weight-lifting packs of rabid wolves and is busting into 2010 all the more manly for it.

Soak up the testosterone by clicking the poster above for LARGENESS, then grab your Gillette Mach 12 and prepare to grow back hair when you look at the other two posters after the jump.

Continue reading ‘It’s The Clash–Duh-Duh– of the Titaaaaaans!’

Clash of the Titans Teaser Trailer is 99.9% Awesome

Published by Andy on November 11, 2009 in News and Trailers. 10 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Remember how cool the 1981 version of Clash of the Titans used to be when you were five years-old and the Ray Harryhausen creatures looked ever-so-real? Remember how lame that movie looks now? Don’t fret, because from the looks of this teaser trailer, director Louis Leterrier has made the tale of Perseus, Andromeda, Medussa and the Krakken all shiny again, with a little bit of kick-ass video game zip to boot. My only problem with this trailer? The tagline at the end: TITANS! WILL! CLASH! Lame. Otherwise, I’m sufficiently juiced for March 2010.

New Clash of the Titans Images Make Me Giddy for March 2010

Published by Andy on October 1, 2009 in News. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

clash_of_the_titans_teaserI really haven’t delved too deeply into the release schedule for 2010 yet, but one movie I am absolutely looking forward to is Louis Leterrier’s (The Incredible Hulk) remake of the 1981 classic, The Clash of the Titans. Next to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, I’m not sure there is another movie from the 1980s that captivated and enthralled me as much as Clash. In fact, I loved the movie so much that in third grade I dressed up as Perseus for Halloween. We got to wear our costumes to school and my mom had made my toga too small, so instead of flashing my classmates my nubile derriere, I wore it with my Toughskins jeans and felt like a dork.

Clash of the Titans hits theaters on March 26, 2010 and boasts quite the cast. First and foremost, the name you will hear the most, is Sam Worthington, the star of the turd-a-rific Terminator Salvation and the upcoming Avatar. And while he looks like a rockin’ Perseus, Worthington has done nothing to prove to me he’s here to stay in Hollywood. No, I’m more excited about the supporting players in Clash of the Titans, namely, Liam Neeson (Taken) as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes (The Reader) as Hades, Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Poseidon and the lovely Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) as Io. Some other faces you’ll recognize are Alexa Davalos (Defiance) as Andromeda, Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) as Draco, Polly Walker (HBO’s Rome) as Cassiopeia and Vincent Regan (300) as Kepheus.

That’s a lot of names to digest, but needless to say, I have high hopes for this movie. Apparently so does Empire Magazine, as their latest issue highlights Clash of the Titans as 2010’s “hottest blockbuster.” Whatever that means. One has to think we should see a trailer soon for the movie, considering its due in theaters in six months. I’m banking on a November or December trailer premiere, so until then, enjoy the pics from Empire below.

Avatar Trailer Arrives

Published by Dan on August 20, 2009 in Coming Soon, News and Trailers. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

With just a few months before its release, James Cameron’s Avatar– the “event” film most general movie going audiences should have been talking about six months ago as far as 20th Century Fox is concerned– has received a trailer. The whole film is still an enigma, so I’m not sure that giving a non-narrated encapsulation of the film is the best way to explain the plot to folks unfamiliar with it, or whether this film even looks as revolutionary as everyone claims it is. But I don’t care. For my money, it’s a James Cameron film, it’s got Space Marines and it’s got alien planets and critters. So while the trailer doesn’t have me doing backflips, it does look pretty cool as, at the least, escapist/fantastical entertainment.

In the mean time, Utah’s “fly-over” status remains intact as Avatar Day has decided to leapfrog our IMAX theaters all together, wishing us well until December. But hey, enjoy the trailer.

To see an enlargened and higher res version, click here.

New Avatar Poster Makes Me Think of Cat People

Published by Andy on August 3, 2009 in Posters. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .
Click to Biggie Size Zoe Saldana's blue skinned mug.

Click to Biggie Size Zoe Saldana's blue skinned mug.

A new poster hit the web today for James Cameron’s highly anticipated new movie, Avatar. This poster features Zoe Saldana’s (Star Trek) character, Neytiri. This is the alien babe that Sam Worthington’s (Terminator Salvation) Jake Sully falls in love with while residing as a human-Na’vi hybrid, aka an avatar, on the world of Pandora.

I don’t know about you, but while Zoe Saldana is hot in the recent reboot of Star Trek, seeing her as a blue-skinned, 10-foot tall alien might not do the trick for me. James T. Kirk would be having a Cialis moment, but me, no chance. At the same time, the minute I saw this picture I immedietly thought of Cat People, the 1982 horror movie with Malcolm McDowell and Nastassia Kinski.

What do you think? Is Avatar something your anticipating this  December?

Fox Announces Avatar Day, Nation Exclaims Ava-wha?

Published by Andy on July 24, 2009 in Coming Soon and News. 4 Comments Tags: , , .

ava892345Remember that crazy bearded fellow named James Cameron who made everyone cringe when, after winning the best director Oscar for “Titanic,” exclaimed “I’m King of the World!” ? Talk about taking your time after an Oscar victory to choose your next project carefully, but the wait is finally over. August 21, 2009 is “Avatar” Day!

Ava-wha? Yeah, I know. I feel the same way. Frankly, unless you have your finger on the movie pulse of the web, you probably don’t have a clue what “Avatar” is about or when it’s set to hit theaters. Since we’re less than a month away from “Avatar” Day, let me break it down for you.

Conceived 14 years ago, “Avatar” is 3-D movie written and directed by James Cameron and is set to hit theaters on December 18, 2009. With the exception of some concept art and Cameron showing select folks his footage, this project has been kept under wraps. We know the story takes place in the 22nd Century on a moon called Pandora. The inhabitants of Pandora are 10-foot tall blue aliens called Na’vi, a tribal society. Humans, always looking to dominate, can’t breathe the air on Pandora, so they genetically engineer human and Na’vi hybrids called Avatars. These Avatars are controlled via a mental link, and a paralyzed soldier (Sam Worthington) volunteers to live on Pandora as an Avatar, but in doing so winds up falling in love with a Na’vi woman and becoming entangled in the conflict between the Na’vi and the human army.

Joining Sam Worthington (recently seen in “Terminator Salvation”) is Zoe Saldana (“Star Trek”), Sigourney Weaver (“Baby Mama”), Michelle Rodriguez (“Fast & Furious) and Giovanni Ribisi (“Public Enemies”).  And joining those real-life actors will be, we assume, numerous CGI “photo-realistic actors” developed with new motion capture technology that Cameron is using. In fact, that’s the main reason Cameron has taken so long to make “Avatar” – the snail’s pace of current technology vs. what Cameron wants to create.

So there you have it – a small serving of what James Cameron’s 3-D “Avatar” is all about. If you want to read more about the technology Cameron is using, I suggest reading the Wikipedia article about “Avatar” or reading this article at Wired.com or the LA Times about the footage screened at Comic-Con.

As soon as the trailer goes live, you know you can catch it here. In the meantime, have you heard much about this movie? If not, what’s your interest?