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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sweepstakes: 'Transformers 2' Movie Prizes
Hasbro, the creator of the original toy line, is ready for the second live-action "Transformers" movie adventure with a whole new line of toys based on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." In the film, (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman.
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opens in theaters and on IMAX screens nationwide June 24.
The Sweepstakes
One Grand-prize winner will be selected at random to receive a Bumblebee Voice Mixer Helmet; a Bumblebee Plasma Cannon Arm Blaster; a Leader Class Optimus Prime action figure, a Leader Class Megatron action figure; two action figures from the following assortment: Voyager Class Optimus Prime, Starscream, Demolisher or Ironhide; and a Human Alliance Bumblebee with Sam Witwicky action figure.
[The grand-prize package in our Hasbro "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" movie sweepstakes includes, clockwise, from top left: a Bumblebee Voice Mixer Helmet; a Bumblebee Plasma Cannon Arm Blaster; a Leader Class Megatron action figure; a Human Alliance Bumblebee with Sam Witwicky action figure; and a Leader Class Optimus Prime action figure.]
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The grand-prize package in our Hasbro "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" movie sweepstakes includes, clockwise, from top left: a Bumblebee Voice Mixer Helmet; a Bumblebee Plasma Cannon Arm Blaster; a Leader Class Megatron action figure; a Human Alliance Bumblebee with Sam Witwicky action figure; and a Leader Class Optimus Prime action figure.
Two first prize winners will be selected at random to receive a Leader Class Optimus Prime action figure or a Leader Class Megatron action figure; a Human Alliance Bumblebee with Sam Witwicky action figure; a Voyager Class Optimus Prime, Starscream, Demolisher or Ironhide action figure; and two Robot Heroes two packs
Two runner-prize winners will be selected at random to receive a Voyager class Optimus Prime, Starscream, Demolisher or Ironhide action figure; a Deluxe class Sideways, Sideswipe, Rampage or Breakaway action figure; and a Robot Heroes two pack.
The contest runs June 18, 2009, through July 1, 2009. The contest is for U.S. residents only. For a complete set of contest rules, click here.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS storm toy aisles prior to Hasbro's new live-action TRANSFORMERS movie invading theaters this summer
and Action from 2007's Blockbuster TRANSFORMERS Movie
This summer, the colossal battle between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS continues when the "ROBOTS IN DISGUISE" once again invade movie theaters around the world. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, debuts June 24th, 2009 and continues the saga of the 2007 Worldwide blockbuster film that finds two warring factions of robots colliding in a major battle on planet Earth.
On May 30th, Hasbro launches its new line of movie-based TRANSFORMERS toys that capture the action and excitement of the new film. Fans will love the new action figures showcasing popular characters like OPTIMUS PRIME and BUMBLEBEE in multiple scales - with many featuring lights and authentic sounds and phrases from the movie. Kids can pretend to be a TRANSFORMERS robot by wearing the new BUMBLEBEE MOVIE VOICE MIXER HELMET that lets children mix their own voices with music and includes "tune-in radio phrases," just like BUMBLEBEE. To complete the fantasy, kids can pretend to battle the DECEPTICONS with the new TRANSFORMERS MOVIE BUMBLEBEE PLASMA CANNON. This awesome arm blaster converts from BUMBLEBEE'S robot arm to his plasma cannon and features lights and signature TRANSFORMERS sound effects. And, long-time fans will be thrilled with one of the most powerful DECEPTICONS, the new TRANSFORMERS MOVIE CONSTRUCTICON DEVASTATOR figure, a monstrous robot that combines six vehicles into one giant robot.
For 25 years, Hasbro has provided kids with hours of MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE action with their figures that convert from robot to vehicles and back again. Legions of boys around the world grew up creating fantastic adventures and battles set on both the planet CYBERTRON and Earth that featured the heroic AUTOBOTS - like OPTIMUS PRIME and BUMBLEBEE - clashing with the evil DECEPTICONS, led by MEGATRON. The toys' popularity reached new levels with the release of the first live-action TRANSFORMERS movie, cementing the toys and the brand in the upper stratosphere of pop culture.
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Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) is a Worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. (C) 2009 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
The 2009 Transformers Movie Line includes the following toys
available on May 30, 2009
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE FIGURES
(Approximate retail price: Starting from $15.99; Ages: 5 & up; Available:
Beginning May 30, 2009 with additional waves throughout the summer)
For more than 25 years, TRANSFORMERS action figures have been known for
their "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE" play pattern, with robots converting into
vehicles, and then back to robots again. This summer, TRANSFORMERS movie
action figures featuring the new film's most popular characters will be
available in three scales: DELUXE, VOYAGER (larger scale), and LEADER
(largest scale and includes lights and sounds). DELUXE includes 24
characters, VOYAGER will offer 11 characters, and LEADER will feature
three, including OPTIMUS PRIME and JETFIRE.
BUMBLEBEE MOVIE VOICE MIXER HELMET
(Approximate retail price: $49.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: May 30, 2009)
In the 2007 TRANSFORMERS movie, BUMBLEBEE was a scene-stealer and an
instant favorite among kids and long-time TRANSFORMERS fans. Now, kids
can pretend to be the fun-loving AUTOBOT character BUMBLEBEE with a role-
playing helmet. The toy allows kids to mix their voice through a
"radio" - just like BUMBLEBEE - and also features realistic robot battle
sounds and radio tune-in phrases to add authenticity to the play
experience.
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE BUMBLEBEE PLASMA CANNON
(Approximate retail price: $49.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: May 30, 2009)
The ultimate companion to the BUMBLEBEE MOVIE VOICE MIXER HELMET, the
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE BUMBLEBEE PLASMA CANNON allows kids to strap on the
blaster and defend the Earth against its evil invaders. Features
electronic lights and sounds.
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE POWER BOTS
(Approximate retail price: $34.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: May 30, 2009)
Designed to enable easy play for younger fans, TRANSFORMERS MOVIE POWER
BOTS are 10-inch robot-only versions of favorite TRANSFORMERS characters.
These large-scale, chunky action figures include lights, sounds and
battle features. This summer, Power Bots styled after Bumblebee and
Megatron from TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN will join this exciting
and unique line.
The 2009 Transformers Movie Line includes the following toys
available after July 26, 2009
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE MEGA POWER BOTS
(Approximate retail price: $49.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: July 26, 2009)
Taking POWER BOTS to the next level with a second mode for "mega" action!
Robots include OPTIMUS PRIME and DEVASTATOR. When the DEVASTATOR POWER
BOT figure is face down, he appears to be six different vehicles, but
when standing upright, he is the monstrous DECEPTICON DEVASTATOR.
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE HUMAN ALLIANCE
(Approximate retail price: $49.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: July 26, 2009)
For the first time, the new TRANSFORMERS MOVIE HUMAN ALLIANCE collection
allows kids to play with the human characters alongside the TRANSFORMERS.
When the TRANSFORMERS are in vehicle mode, the human figures fit inside
and can go along for the ride. When the TRANSFORMERS are in robot mode,
the human figures can be positioned at different battle stations. Three
different characters will be available in 2009 - complete with a 2 1/4-
inch human action figure - including BUMBLEBEE and friend Sam Witwicky.
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE CONSTRUCTICON DEVASTATOR
(Approximate retail price: $129.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: August 2009)
The largest and most powerful foe the AUTOBOTS will encounter in this
summer's TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN is sure to be DEVASTATOR, a
monstrous DECEPTICON robot made up of six separate construction vehicles
known as the CONSTRUCTICONS. The TRANSFORMERS MOVIE CONSTRUCTICON
DEVASTATOR allows kids to re-create the film's awesome action sequences.
TRANSFORMERS R.P.M's MINI-VEHICLES SINGLE PACKS
(Approximate retail price: $5.99; Ages 3 & up; Available: August 2009)
When TRANSFORMERS characters are "ROBOTS IN DISGUISE," they take on the
look of some of most contemporary vehicles in the world, such as the
Chevrolet Camaro Concept, Ford Mustang and GMC Topkick. For the first
time ever, Hasbro offers mini-vehicles of TRANSFORMERS characters that
allow kids to engage in the classic play pattern of racing cars across
the floor, as well as on play sets and tracks. The robot version of the
character is featured on the underside of each non-converting vehicle for
kids to easily identify the characters unique to the TRANSFORMERS
universe. Twelve mini-vehicles will be available in single packs in 2009,
and include MUDFLAP/Chevrolet Trax and SKIDS/Chevrolet Beat (pictured).
TRANSFORMERS R.P.M's DEVASTATOR TRACK SET
(Approximate retail price: $49.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: August 2009)
Created specifically for the new TRANSFORMERS R.R.M.'s line of mini-
vehicles, the TRANSFORMERS RPMs DEVASTATOR TRACK SET provides fast, mini-
vehicle play within a dynamic track set by leveraging the iconic battle
and high stakes drama found in the new movie. The track will bring
DEVASTATOR to life and enable fans to re-enact the climactic movie battle
between the AUTOBOTS and DEVASTATOR.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
'Transformers' blasts back: Another Michael Bay direct hit
In Michael Bay's sandbox, everyone is a toy soldier.
Deep amid the luminous dunes of New Mexico's white gypsum desert, the filmmaker's deeply sunburned battalion of crew workers constructed a set to resemble a sandblasted Egyptian town beside a massive ancient temple.
This is where Bay and his moviemaking army prepared to shoot the climax of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and when the film makes its debut Wednesday, moviegoers will see only a portion of the epic battle.
The rest of it happened behind the camera:
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The long, lonely road to the movie's set starts at Holloman Air Force Base and stretches arrow-straight for miles through the scrub-filled vastness into Army territory. Roughly a square half-mile of sand has been cleared of unexploded artillery on the testing range to make room for the Egyptian set.
The sky is clear, but overhead there is screaming thunder — fighter jets, low and loud, rip by on training missions. A giant, weathered sign on the side of the road reads: "Maximum Speed Limit In the Great State of New Mexico — Mach 10."
Swiftness is a virtue on the Transformers set, too. It's early morning, and Bay already has Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox running for their lives as packs of dynamite go off behind them. Geysers of dust and debris spew into the air and pepper Bay and his bank of television monitors with chunks of foam designed to look like rocks.
Soldiers toting machine guns surround rocket launchers at the crest of surrounding dunes, stained black with soot after days of shooting battle scenes.
Amid the structures in the village is a crashed Black Hawk helicopter and a pair of M1 Abrams tanks with cannons large enough to shoot slugs the size of fire extinguishers tipped toward the horizon. Gathered around the tanks are scores of off-duty military personnel, hired as extras.
The filmmaker, then 43, is watching the action unfold on a bank of TV monitors. He's wearing an Autobot ball cap, pulled low to shade his eyes from the sun, and a Decepticon T-shirt, perhaps symbolic of which side of the robot battle is closest to his heart.
Duhamel joins Bay to watch the replay. "This really is your sandbox," he tells the director. "And we are kinda like your toys."
Bay gives a smirk, but seems preoccupied by his screens. When the actor leaves, the filmmaker confides, in an uncharacteristically soft voice, a story from when he was a kid.
"I made home movies that way," he says, still looking at the replays on the screen. "I'd do little firecrackers on the train set. … I actually set my bedroom on fire once." He smiles and rolls his eyes. "The fire department came. It was a little Super 8 movie where the aliens invaded."
But the sound and fury that as a grown-up have earned him $2.6 billion in worldwide ticket sales only got him into trouble then. "That wasn't fun," he says. "I got grounded. Two weeks."
Constructive criticism
Critics have never given Bay much respect, and aren't likely to start now — not that a lack of Oscars and accolades has hurt his swagger. Bay acknowledges his movies aren't deep, but he is proud of his rock'em, sock'em style of popcorn filmmaking. "It just makes you feel good, makes you smile. It's such a guilty pleasure," he says.
There is undeniable craftsmanship and imagination in Bay's cinematic eye-candy, but his movies also are, in an offbeat way, personal works of self-expression. The filmmaker is big and boisterous, hot-headed one moment, silly the next, prone to wisecracks, and ready to turn serious when the situation is dire — just like his films. Both also have a softer, sentimental side.
While his style might not have been the best fit for such true-life stories as Pearl Harbor, Bay seems to have found his niche with Transformers, a testosterone fairy tale where good and evil are clearly delineated and Bumblebee, a teenage boy's first car, doesn't only open the world to him, but helps him save it.
When he's on the job, however, sentimentality takes a back seat to intensity. He is direct and blunt — though often kids around a little, too.
After watching a scene in which Duhamel tries to rescue Fox from her hiding spot beneath a blown-out wall, Bay stops the action and runs out to coach the actor.
"Take her hand this time. When you ran the last time, you ran away like a (expletive) girl and left her!" the director says.
Duhamel sarcastically thanks Bay for the constructive criticism — in full view of a visiting reporter.
Bay says to the journalist, in an even louder voice: "You'll be doing me a (expletive) favor if you print that!" Then laughs. Duhamel just shakes his head.
There is more than a week of filming to be done before the action moves to the actual pyramids in Egypt. But before the set is abandoned, Bay would like to see some of it destroyed for real with cameras rolling.
The U.S. Department of Defense agreed to partner with the filmmakers, seeing Transformers as a morale-booster for troops who get to participate and a training opportunity. Army liaison Lt. Col. Gregory Bishop tells Bay that the Army is happy to let tank crews practice target shooting on the set.
Bay's face brightens. "Live rounds?"
Bishop shakes his head. "No, training rounds. Inert. They're dead rounds. But they shoot, and you just pyro-up the house, Hollywood-up the house, and make it blow."
Bay squints one eye. "Can we shoot one live round?"
Bishop is unbending: "You're going to make it look better than what we could do."
"Maybe," Bay concedes. "But it would look cool."
Bay gives it one more try, explaining his philosophy. "I mean, when I was doing (a commercial for) Victoria's Secret, I had Petra Nemcova and Heidi Klum in the bathtub together. The company was like, 'Mike, Mike. We can't use this, we can't use this.' And I'm bent over the camera saying, 'Uh, OK, let's just see what it looks like.' "
The director flashes the most devilish of grins. Ultimately, Bishop wins out.
Months later, Bay says the dummy cannon shots were plenty good. "Let me tell you, you have never heard such a wallop," he says. "You can't imitate that digitally — the dust and the fire. It's just more of a PahhOOOOOmph!"
The heat really is on
On the set in 105-degree desert heat, Bay seems to be solar-powered. As the day goes on, he becomes only more animated. And he isn't opposed to doing some heavy lifting.
The time comes to collapse a giant column on the temple; a Decepticon will be added later as digital animation, pushing it over to crush LaBeouf's and Fox's stunt doubles. The columns are about four stories tall, as thick as grain silos and made out of wood and plaster.
After it succumbs to the power of explosives and crane cables, a school-bus-sized slab has to be removed.
The skinny Bay gets under it with 17 other crew workers to haul it off, like ants carrying a half slice of bread. "This is how they did it, huh! Don't you think? This is how they built the (expletive) pyramids!" Bay says, cheering his soldiers on.
They take a circuitous path; colored flags all around them mark packs of dynamite, wired beneath bags of cement mix (which makes an appealing dust plume when they blow). The pyrotechnics crew has been preparing for the day's big finale shot, meant to simulate a bombardment by B-2 Bombers.
Mike Wever, the special-effects technician and bomb triggerman, surveys the explosive-planting.
"Whatever Bay wants is what we try to give him," says Wever. "Sex is sex, dialogue is dialogue, but what people want is special effects. Bayhem, that's what it's called. That's what I like to call it. Whenever we do a Michael show, it's a new level of Bayhem."
Wever warns to stay away from the 14 large, white plastic garbage cans placed around the temple. They are full of gasoline and wired to explode for the finale shot.
Activity soon reaches a fever pitch. The bombs are set, the actors are ready. About 10 cameras are rolling, one on a helicopter hovering above. Tanks and soldiers aim their weapons at invisible mechanical invaders.
Bay storms around the set aligning soldiers and war vehicles, clearing the town of all visible film equipment as they prepare to shoot. All of the guns will be blazing, and bombs will be erupting into a great wall of fire, as LaBeouf, Fox, Duhamel and Gibson race from their hiding place to behind friendly lines, scampering between the stomping feet of gigantic Decepticons.
Burly grips haul around armloads of rubber machine guns. Others set up smoke canisters and rig stuntmen to fly off tanks when they are shot.
There's a race to finish before sunset, but a craft services worker shows up with a pickup full of fresh pizzas. He is swarmed by the crew, until Bay hops off a golf cart he is steering and hollers: "Get those (expletive) pizzas the (expletive) out of here!"
End-of-the-day shoots are always tense. The moment just after the sun sets creates a uniquely haunting light, and Bay prefers to shoot his big action scenes in the very limited time. Almost a dozen cameras are rolling — one of them on a helicopter above.
Bay is visibly nervous. Before settling behind his monitors inside one of the mock buildings, he watches as a water truck and firefighting crew roll down the sand road and hide out of sight behind a wall.
And the 'Action!' begins
The director bites his lower lip and says, in that uncharacteristically low voice: "I'm gonna burn my set down."
The emergency equipment is in place to prevent such a disaster; the loss of the set would be devastating for the production.
Everything is in place — action! The cameras are rolling, the actors are running. The helicopter thrums overhead, and the scores of military extras are machine-gunning the shape-shifting robots supposedly marching toward them. When the actors are clear —KAR-ROOOOM!!!
The dynamite packs explode, and those plastic garbage cans of fuel vaporize, sending their contents skyward in a great, billowing tidal wave of fire that momentarily makes twilight as bright as high noon.
Bay and his crew are cheering, high-fiving, cursing joyfully and bear-hugging each other. Even the scorned pizza man would have felt the love.
But then the wall of black smoke clears, and the temple and adjacent buildings come into view. The tops are fully engulfed in flames.
The joyful curses turn serious. Bay watches as the firefighters race to the rescue, getting the blaze under control — just like the scene that played out in his bedroom with fireworks, a train set and a Super 8 camera.
But this time, he won't be grounded.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
The Sneak: Transformers 2
TRANFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
(12A) 147mins
THE rule Michael Bay applied to his Transformers sequel is if the original made £350million then don't, er, transform it.
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DreamWorks LLC and Paramount Pictures.
Understandable as that is, this re-run of the previous thrills and spills displays a disappointing lack of ambition.
Shia Labeouf's heroic Sam again finds himself holding the key to a powerful energy source being sought at all costs by baddie robots the Decepticons.
And goodie robots the Autobots again kick rear spoiler as they seek to protect Sam.
A US bureaucrat again fears the Autobots are the problem, there is a replica shoot-up at the Witwicky household and, yes, our first view of Megan Fox is from behind in her hotpants.
Most of the male teen audience would have asked for their money back if Bay hadn't shown that shot of Fox, who plays Sam's girlfriend Mikaela.
A lot of tongue-in-cheek fun is had with Fox's sex goddess status.
A cute little enemy robot tries to hump her leg and in another scene she dresses in a burka.
It's silly moments like this and some spectacular visual effects which earn Transformers 2 three hats. Without them it would have been unbearable.
Hero ... Shia LaBeouf
Just like Gordon Brown, this film outstays its welcome. There is no need for a movie based on a kid's toy to last two and a half hours.
Bay again weighs the featherlight plot down with unimportant, annoying characters.
The worst offender being Sam's college dorm mate who is forever wimpering that he doesn't want to die. The Sneak was hoping he would.
Also, for anyone unfamiliar with the various robots in disguise, it is very difficult to tell the goodies and baddies apart.
They are though, at least, a welcome relief from all the nerdy nonsense about keys, matrixes and symbols that dominate the climax.
What started out as mega fun, finishes as a mega drag.
BEST LINE: A mini robot telling Mikaela "You're hot, but you sure ain't too bright."
BEST CHARACTER: Bumblebee, the sports-car-turned-robot, has more depth than the human cast.
FAMILY RATING: Mild swearing and violence.
BUM NUMBNESS: It'll hurt your bot.
Rating: Three hats.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
'Transformers' Stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox On Their Favorite Robots
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BEVERLY HILLS, California — Do you spend your evenings sleeping under Bumblebee bedsheets? Have you ever gone into a drive-thru wearing an Optimus Prime mask? Well, it might finally be time for some new toys.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" storms into theaters June 24, bringing with it a slew of brand-new robots in disguise. Recently, we caught up with the human stars of the movie — and got the scoop on their favorite freewheeling co-stars.
Megan Fox on Devastator - "Devastator is a really cool robot because he's a Constructicon, and we didn't have a Constructicon in the last one," explained the actress, who plays sexy Mikaela Barnes in the film series. "He's just massive. And the damage he does, it's mind-blowing to watch it. Some of the coolest action sequences and set pieces I've ever seen in a movie is with Devastator."
Shia LaBeouf on Scalpel - "There's an interrogation scene, it's just me on a table surrounded by five robots — one of whom is inside of my mind," LaBeouf said of his favorite scene in the film, which revolves around a small, spider-like Decepticon who can transform into a microscope and goes by the nickname "The Doctor." "[Another robot] is looking at my thoughts on a board. And I'm being held down by another one who is holding my arms, and another robot's holding my legs as I am talking to a doctor robot."
Ramon Rodriguez on Ravage - "Ravage is a good one that people are going to love to see what he can do — in the cartoon, he used to come out of Soundwave," remembered self-professed "Transformers" geek Rodriguez, who joins the series in the sequel as Sam's friend Leo. "Soundwave was this guy who had a tape cassette, and he would let out a bird that would fly like a spy, and he would also let out this tiger. So [Michael Bay] implemented the tiger in the movie, and the tiger can do a bunch of different things ... people are going to be really excited to see that kind of stuff, that he's actually bringing some of the old original ones back."
Tyrese on Sideswipe - "I love the new Corvette," grinned the car-loving actor who plays USAF Sergeant Epps, referring to an Autobot fighter who employs swords in battle. "That silver Corvette in the movie is crazy! It's a Stingray; I love the car, and I love the way he looks when he transforms. I [loved] Bumblebee on the first one because I love the car and I just love the character of Bumble — but I think my new favorite is this Stingray Corvette, man. I got to have that car in my collection when it comes out!"
Check out everything we've got on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Movies have transformed Tyrese Gibson's life
LOS ANGELES — Every day Tyrese Gibson admires a framed photo that sits on his desk at his Los Angeles office.
In it, his two acting heroes Will Smith and Denzel Washington are posed together. Each time he glances at it, he's reminded of why he's so picky with film projects.
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Gibson's dream is to create a career that combines the best of Washington's and Smith's — a mix of gut-wrenching acting and explosive adrenaline-rush projects.
"Denzel works really hard and keeps a lot of people on edge on movie sets because he's so focused and he expects the best from everybody," Gibson says, pointing to Washington in the photo.
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"And Will, his approach has been very global: to be the biggest movie star in the world," he says, placing the photo back in its spot.
"I definitely want to be Tyrese," he says. "But if I had it my way, my goal would be to try to be somewhere in the middle of those guys."
Gibson's on his way.
The 30-year-old actor returns to the big screen Wednesday in the hotly anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. He reprises his role as Air Force Technical Sergeant Robert Epps, who has recently been promoted to master sergeant.
The action film is a departure from Gibson's previous work. With the exception of 2003's 2 Fast 2 Furious, Gibson has performed in smaller films such as 2005's Four Brothers and 2006's Waist Deep.
"I always want to be associated with something that's going to have people feeling good, motivated, have people walking away saying 'Man, I thought my life was rough, but it's nowhere near as rough as that,' " he says. "What you decide to do in these films does have an impact on the people."
Being a part of the big-budget Transformers franchise has allowed the actor and singer to pursue other projects. He sings a Babyface-penned duet with Jewel on the Transformers soundtrack, and he'll produce an upcoming reality TV show about firefighters for BET. Gibson's company, HQ Entertainment, also will produce a new comic series with Image Comics called Mayhem.
Gibson says that when he first signed on for Transformers, he had no idea it would perform as well as it did. Worldwide, it was the highest-grossing non-sequel movie in 2007, earning more than $708 million.
He shakes his head for a few moments in disbelief, thinking about the possible magnitude of the sequel.
"This is a real monster right here," he says. "I believe that people are going to love Transformers 2. I think the chemistry among the cast is so much better in the sequel. Everybody had a job and we all came there to do it. I really believe that people are going to walk away enjoying this movie."
In his office — which many days doubles as his home — the divorced dad of 1-year-old Shayla allows his eyes to fall over the relics of his career. There are pictures of him with A-listers (Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Luther Vandross, to name a few) on a wall of fame near his in-office studio. Framed movie posters and notes from famous friends decorate the place.
"It's only by the grace of God that I've been able to go from a 30-second commercial when I was 16 to somehow figuring out a way to still be relevant in 2009. To show up and hear any kind of screams and have anybody happy to see me is a very big deal," he says.
"All I wanted was to be able to go shopping and spend over $50 a month on clothes for school and get this phone number of a girl who lived up the street. I had no goals. I just can't get used to it. And I don't want to."
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9 Fresh 'Transformers 2' Photos Emerge
9 Fresh 'Transformers 2' Photos Emerge
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On the last days leading to the theatrical release of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", Paramount Pictures have let out a series of brand new images from the "Transformers" sequel. The fresh photos are counted nine in all, and two of them come out exclusively via USA Today.
The two pictures published by the paper exhibit Optimus Prime standing tall beside an Egyptian sphinx as well as Sam Witwicky talking to Jetfire with Mikaela Banes, Agent Simmons and Leo watching from the side. The other seven photos include a closer look at twins Mudflap and Skids, the rooftop battle between Starscream and Megatron, and a capture of half-burned Sam.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is set a year after the end of the 2007 blockbuster "Transformers". It follows Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes as they become the target of attack by Decepticons due to Sam's knowledge over the origins of the Transformers and their ancient history on Earth. Battling the Decepticons' effort to capture Sam, Autobots unite with U.S. military and an international coalition to fight back the villains' attack.
Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox return as Sam and Mikaela respectively. They are joined by several original cast, including Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro, as well as new additions, such as Isabel Lucas, Ramon Rodriguez and Rainn Wilson. This movie has been pushed forward to see a June 24 U.S. release.
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Transformers 2: Cool New Images & A Dumb Rumor
In preparation for the grand opening, we’ve seen an astonishing amount of marketing materials popping up everywhere. Today, several sites are posting some new images for the movie so we’ve chosen some of the best ones for you to see.
But first, let’s talk about a strange rumor…
You may have heard the ridiculous rumor that Michael Bay would not be doing Transformers 3. For some reason, a lot of sites were jumping all over this with no justification. We’ve known for months that Bay wanted time off after this to make a small movie, which we wrote about a while ago, then he’d likely get back to the robot franchise afterwards. For that reason, we didn’t jump on the rumor but so many others did that it got a little out of hand and the explosive director quickly addressed it personally.
In response to the idiocy, Bay said this on his forums:
“Hah,
Love press how they spin. Never said it - just wanted a vacation is more to the point. And no I don’t read the good or the bad reviews.”
Do we really think that five days before the big premiere, he’d quit the franchise? This will probably be the biggest money maker of the summer, if not, the entire year. Bay also gets a strong royalty on all Transformers movie toys sold as well.
Now, to the good stuff. Check these images out and see what you think:
Michael Bay’s favorite characters: The twins Mudflap and Skids
Starscream and Megatron fight for leadership of the Decepticons
Continue through the pages for more close-ups of these images and other new pics…
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Transformers 2 Movie | New Transformers 2 Posters & Info
Today we have some new character posters for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as well as some tidbits of information from one of the writers, Alex Kurtzman, who discussed the movie in an interview with the LA Times.
The posters are colorful and not that great. Most shots of the characters featured in the promotional items have been seen before and they don’t appear in very high quality. They’d make great posters for kids who are fans of the movies though.
Check them out and see what you think:
The character renders look like they’re from the video game tie-in as opposed to the movie. I like the actual star in Starscream’s name logo, very creative.
In other news, Alex Kurtzman discussed the sequel with LA Times and started by talking about the main character, Sam, moving into the next stage of life and the challenges that accompany that.
“The first movie was about a boy and his car and finding his adulthood and freedom. Now Sam [Shia LaBeouf] is going to college and facing both leaving home and the challenge of a long-distance relationship with Mikaela [Megan Fox],”
That’s not what we care about. Fortunately he quickly moved on to the important stuff:
“It’s about the return of the Decepticons and particularly a character named ‘The Fallen’ who has a deeper history with Earth than any of the Autobots knew about. He blames humanity for his fall, so he has come back to exact revenge”
Well, that certainly sums up where the title of the film came from. In the interview, they also discussed the fan-favorite character of Soundwave and asked whether or not he’ll turn into the classic microcassette recorder or turn into some vehicle like the other bots. Kurtzman responded by saying he doesn’t transform into either and that he couldn’t reveal anymore. In closing, Kurtzman said this:
“It’s going to be the mother of all robot-on-robot violence”
That’s good news.
What do you think of the posters and what Kurtzman had to say?
If you haven’t seen the cool new Transformers 2 trailer that was attached to X-Men Origins: Wolverine this weekend, definitely check that out too.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens June 24 2009.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Transformers 2 Movie | Summer Movie Preview: Look for blockbuster action and arty fare
Media critic Tom Maurstad is busy reviewing new movies, so he's letting his alter egos handle the summer movie preview.
It's time for our annual look at summer movies. To provide a discussion about those whiz-bang-pow spectacles, we present an e-mail exchange between esteemed film critic T. Alfred Maurstad and pop-culture enthusiast Tommy Boy Maurstad.
Tommy Boy: Let me kick off this exchange because summer is my season. Summers in Texas are long and hot and summers in the theater are loud and flashy – and that's just the way I like them both. Movies in the winter, like the weather, turn cold and gray with everyone looking for their Oscar nomination. But in the summer, art takes a back seat to entertainment. T. Alfred: You say that as if it's a good thing; the two don't have to be mutually exclusive, you know. And I reject your premise that the summer movie season is a celebration of flash and a dead zone of substance. If you'd stop updating your Facebook page or playing Call of Duty long enough to notice, you'd see that things are changing. Summer isn't just about boom-pow-crash, anymore. There are some good movies opening. TB: Please. You say "good movies," and I reach for my remote control. You and certain Hollywood producers can try to rewrite reality, but it won't change. It takes more than a summer release date to be a summer movie. The new Terminator movie with Christian Bale, Terminator Salvation, is a summer movie. The new J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek is a summer movie. A movie about Julia Child starring Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)? That is absolutely not a summer movie. TA: You cautioning me about rewriting reality? That's rich. What about the way Hollywood has transformed summer into an ever-expanding season? Summer used to be three months – June, July and August. Now the first "summer" movie, Wolverine, has already opened and we're only to the first weekend in May with "summer" movies like Citizen Game (a futuristic horror-thriller centered on a deadly video game) and Whiteout (based on a graphic novel and starring Kate Beckinsale) scheduled to come out through September. We're approaching the point of year-round summer. TB: From your keyboard to the Hollywood gods' iPhones. Summer movies are about spectacle-making, not about intricately detailed character-driven storytelling or award-winning actors finding an infinite variety of ways to convey the realization that life is hard. If I want that, I'll watch cable TV. What I want from my summer movies is to be wowed. I want the giant dorsal fin slicing through the ocean in Jaws; I want the White House blowing up in Independence Day. Show me something I haven't seen before or done so much bigger and better, I don't care that it has been done. TA: I'll grant you that there's a strong, even primal desire for the kind of experience you're talking about, maybe even more so this summer with the economy still slumping. A trip to the movies for a two-hour escape may be as close as a lot of people come to a vacation this summer. It's just the mindlessness of so much of this summertime cinematic spectacle; I'm not so much wowed as wearied. TB: I've already mentioned Terminator Salvation – a prequel that's set in the future, how postmodern cool is that? – so I'll just rattle off some of the other summer movies I'm waiting for. I wasn't all that crazy about the first Transformers movie, but that doesn't mean I won't be there on opening day for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. That should be a pure eye-candy adrenaline rush. And my inner nerd can't wait to see the Harry Potter saga conclude with The Half-Blood Prince. TA: Oof, that's another thing about summer that we hadn't mentioned – it's the season of sequels, although have you noticed? The numbers have disappeared from the new installments' titles. It's not "Transformers 2" or "Terminator 4." Hollywood has replaced numbers with colons, as if they don't want you to be reminded of how many of these they've made. Just the franchise name. Movies really have become brands. TB: Yeah, isn't it great? In that spirit, I can't wait for J.J. Abrams' rebooting of maybe the greatest brand name in pop culture, Star Trek. Early buzz is through the roof. I can't wait. TA: Uh-huh, may the force be with you or nanu-nanu or whatever it is you people say to each other. I'm looking forward to Chéri , the new Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons) movie that has a gloriously 50-year-old Michelle Pfeiffer taking up with a 19-year-old man-boy (Rupert Friend). And while Cameron Diaz is usually in your kind of summer movie, she's starring in My Sister's Keeper, based on Jodi Picoult's beautiful novel about a mother forced to make some terrible choices trying to save her daughter with cancer at the expense of her other daughter's sanity. TB: Whoo-hoo, can't wait; nothing says summertime fun like cougars and cancer. I'm also both eager and anxious at the prospect of Quentin Tarantino's new movie, the World War II adventure, Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt. I hope it will be great; I'm afraid it will be awful. But I can't wait. TA: Here's the funny thing: After all the pointing and counterpointing over summer movies, I know that the movie each of us is most looking forward to seeing is the same one, Public Enemies. TB: Absolutely. That's the movie of my summer: Johnny Depp as public enemy No. 1 John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who tracks him down. Machine guns blazing, all those fedoras and old cars flying – how can it not be great? TA: And don't forget Michael Mann directing. The director who went from making Miami Vice on television to some of the most stunningly designed and brutally beautiful crime films ever made. You see? Art and entertainment can come together, even in the summer. TB: Fine. This one time, you're right. Now bring on the spectacle. P.S.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Transformers 2 Movie | Movie trailer roundup: Terminator Salvation, Transformers 2 footage and....G.I. Joe?
Transformers 2
This is the final trailer release for Transformers 2: Revenge of the fallen and it looks as though Michael Bay is showing off more of the same in the sequel...similar doosmday plot, bigger robot destroyers, more Bumblebee awkwardness and more over-the-top action scenes to poke a stick at. Audiences will no doubt love it and it'll make over a billion dollars worldwide. Autobots roll out!
- Release date in Aussie cinemas: June 25th
Terminator: Salvation
McG's re-imagining of the Terminator series continues to look better and better with every piece of footage released. In particular, these new TV spots (6,7 and 8) - seem to indicate that audiences will get to see more of the early terminator models (the ones glimsed upon in T1 and T2). This already looks much better than the travesty that was Terminator 3.
And, with the rumours of Arnie making a cameo at the end of this film (via CG de-aging technology ala Benjamin Button), we're very excited for the next installment of the series.
- Release date in Aussie cinemas: June 4th
G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The second official trailer of popular 80s comic and TV toyline has been released. It looks as hokey as we imagined, especially when its directed by Stephen "Van Helsing" Summers. But with added French subtitles, fans of the material will probably find this a good way to spend a couple of hours in the cinema.
Interestingly enough, Aussie actor Sam Worthington was originally signed to start in this flick, until scheduling conflicts with James Cameron's Avatar made it too difficult to go ahead with. Lucky for him, he scored the co-lead in T4 instead - not a bad swap.
- Release date in Aussie cinemas: August 6th
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Transformers 2 Movie | Transformers, Marvel, Hot Toys, Star Trek, GoW & More At BBTS
NEW PREORDERS
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE II - PREVIEW FIGURES Hasbro has just given us the go-ahead to list several movie 'preview' figures. We will have the full wave 1 movie selection in stock and ready to ship on May 30th, so be sure to check back then for many more items. Preview figures currently listed are Deluxe Bumblebee and Soundwave, Leader Optimus Prime, and Bumblebee role-play Helmet & Blaster - take a look here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1913&company=3
FANSPROJECT SUPERION APPENDAGE ADD-ON KIT This awesome new add-on kit gives your Superion the fists and feet he deserves. The coolest feature of these add-ons is that they also turn into Fast pack, armor and radar disc for the figures in jet mode. This set is priced at $44.99 - take a look here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=FPJ10005&mode=retail
HOT TOYS RESIDENT EVIL / BIOHAZARD 5 FIGURES Another awesome pair of figures from Hot Toys. Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar each come with a wide variety of weapons, cloth uniforms, and tons of detail. Preorders are currently listed at $169.99, pricing may drop slightly in the future depending on distribution methods on these figures. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=588&company=148&category=1952
MARVEL LEGENDS 2009 TWO-PACKS WAVE 1 SET This exclusive set of Marvel 2-packs features Iron
TF CLASSICS TAW-01, 01S, 01B GOD SWORDS A company called Perfect Effect has designed some very cool giant swords compatible with TF Classics Prime, Magnus and Nemesis. Each sword can also be converted from gigantic sword, to a more regular sized sword with extra pieces used as a shield and wings. The swords are $69.99 each: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=943&company=752
X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE HOT TOYS MOVIE MASTERPIECE FIGURE We don't have an image of this figure yet, but its safe to say that Hot Toys will exactly capture the likeness of
MAN-THING 18.5" COMIQUETTE The latest to join Sideshow's line of Marvel collectibles is the monstrous Man-Thing Comiquette. Each piece is individually painted and hand-finished, each with its own unique quality and detail that is the trademark of a handcrafted Sideshow Collectibles Comiquette. Complete with LED light-up eyes and towering over 18 inches high - Preorders have been listed $30 under MSRP at $469.99 http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=SSC10724&mode=retail
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QUEENS BLADE REVOLTECH FRAULEIN REINA This is the first figure in a new Queens Blade based line of Revoltech figures. Reina looks fantastic and is priced at $36.99 - take a look here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=KAI10220&mode=retail
BOWEN MARVEL STATUES Three new versions of Hulk have listed as well as a new Angel Statue - take a look at the new figures below, Bowen continues to do great work:
13" RETRO GREY HULK STATUE http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=BWD10184&mode=retail
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NEW GOEMON MOVIE MASTERPIECE FIGURES - CHACA & SAIZO Two more characters from the upcoming Goemon movie have just been listed at $149.99 each. Take a look at Chaca and Saizo as well as the previously listed Goemon below: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1988&category=5597
STAR WARS 1/4 SCALE PREMIUM FORMAT COUNT DOOKU The Count Dooku Premium Format figure captures every detail of the corrupted former Jedi, standing confidently with his uniquely curved lightsaber drawn. Each piece is individually painted and finished to exacting standards, each with its own unique quality and detail that is the trademark of a handcrafted Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format Figure. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=SSC10725&mode=retail
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STAR WARS EXCLUSIVE DISTURBANCE AT LARS HOMESTEAD BOX SET This cool playset features the Moisture Farm and 4 characters - take a look here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS17087&mode=retail
HOT TOYS TRUETYPE 1/6 SCALE CAUCASIAN NARROW SHOULDERS FIGURE This updated body style is apparently the version used in the new Hot Toys Joker Deluxe figure. Preorders are only $29.99 per figure so its great for customizing - take a look here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HOT10212&mode=retail
MICHAEL JACKSON - "BAD" VINYL FIGURE Another cool Michael Jackson figure back from the days when he was on top of the world - this vinyl figure is $67.99 and stands over 6" tall http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=YAM10423&mode=retail
FRANK CHO'S JUNGLE GIRL - DIAMOND EYE EDITION Sculpted and Painted by Tom and Joy Snyder, based on Frank Cho's cover from JUNGLE GIRL SEASON ONE #1! The Jungle Girl Statue is one of Dynamite's most ambitious projects! Based on the cover art to the premiere issue of Dynamite's series, Frank Cho himself has meticulously art directed the piece, and he hasn't let any detail escape his artistic eye. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DYF10014&mode=retail
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STAR TREK MOVIE TOYS The new Playmates figures for the upcoming Star
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GREEN LANTERN BATTERY PROP It's what fans of Green Lantern have wanted for years - Green Lantern's Power Battery cast in metal! Comes with a "one-size-fits-most" (size 10) metal Green Lantern ring that lights up the lantern for 30 seconds when the ring is pressed against the face of the lantern. A resin stand is also included to display the Green Lantern ring when it's not in use. In stock now at $309.99 http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=dcc10591&mode=retail
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Transformers 2 Movie | Moviemakers banking on blockbuster season
Times-News movie critic Lane Blevins says one of those May features, the reboot of the legendary science fic tion series “Star Trek,” could be a major money-maker for the industry’s biggest period. But he thinks the new adventures of Kirk and Spock won’t be the number one movie of the summer.
“ ‘Transformers 2’ is going to be hard to beat,” said Blevins of the sequel to the 2007 movie based on the Hasbro toy line that made $319 million worldwide.
“In a time where the economy is the way it is, movie companies are going for sure bets, remakes, reboots. And you’ve got to spend money to make money, and they’re spending a lot of money to make this one.”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is scheduled for a June 24 release.
The search for blockbusters began this weekend with the debut of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” with Tony-award winning actor Hugh Jackman reprising his role as the indestructible comic book mutant.
“Star Trek” comes next on May 7, followed by the sequel to “The Da Vinci Code” called “Angels and Demons” on May 15 with Tom Hanks.
A possible cameo from former “Ter- minator” and current California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could be coming in “Terminator: Salvation” on May 21. Warner Brothers Pictures is keeping mum on whether the former star is in the new installment of the franchise that made Schwarzenegger a household name in the 1980s with his “I’ll be back” catchphrase.
The month closes out with another sequel, “Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian,” on May 22 and the next Disney/Pixar animation feature “Up” on May 29.
That’s the same day one of Blevins’ sleeper picks for Summer 2009 comes out: “Drag Me to Hell.”
“There is a lot of buzz behind this horror movie, and that is unlike some summers past where there hasn’t been that really scary feature to point at,” said Blevins of the feature directed by Sam Raimi, who directed “Spider-Man.”
The other pick Blevins has for box office success is “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the latest in the series from the successful J.K Rowling novels that will conclude in two more years with “The Deathly Hallows,” the final book in the series that is being split into two movies by Warner Brothers.
“The audience and fan base is built in. They moved this movie from December of last year so it could open this summer. I hope it is worth the wait,” Blevins said.
Other notable movies Blevins says should pack movie houses during the period include:
• “Land of the Lost,” opening June 5. Funnyman Will Ferrell brings the Sid and Marty Krofft live action hit from Saturday mornings in the 1970s to the screen.
• “Year One,” opening June 19. Featuring a screenplay written by writers from the hit TV show “The Office,” this comedy set in the world’s primitive phase stars Jack Black and Michael Cera.
• “Public Enemies,” opening July 1. Johnny Depp stars as America’s first public enemy number one, John Dillinger, in this mob drama.
• “Bruno,” opening July 10. Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to his Golden Globe-winning role as “Borat.” Similar to that performance, Cohen stars as an Austrian TV host who puts his interview guests in uncomfortable situations.
• “Funny People,” opening July 31. Adam Sandler has a neardeath experience in this laugher spawned by current comedy genius Judd Apatow, who wrote “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up.”
• “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” opens Aug. 7. Paramount is going for the retro fan set with this feature, hoping baby boomers who played with the action figures in the ’60s and those who watched the syndicated cartoon in the ’80s will flock to theaters to see it on the big screen.
An economy stuck in a recession has no negative effect on the movie industry, according to figures provided by Exhibitors Relations, a Los Angeles firm that tracks box office figures.
In the first four months of 2009, movie ticket sales are up 14 percent over last year, with moviegoers spending $2.9 billion in the first quarter, including the best January and February sales on record.
“Even in these down times, people are still going to movies. It’s the cheapest form of entertainment out there. The idea that you can get escapism for $8 to $10 is still a great deal,” said company spokesman Jeff Bock.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
District 9 Trailer Kicks G.I. Joe Trailer’s Ass. Today in Film Bloggery 05/01/09
And if District 9, which does indeed look amazing via its new trailer, is actually “this year’s Cloverfield, then I might also prefer to see G.I. Joe than that, too. Of course, if we go by trailers alone and not presumptions, the little-known-about District 9, which appears to be a faux-documentary sci-fi flick, completely wins the fight over our summer moviegoing dollars. And I’m certainly not alone in seeing the Peter Jackson-produced movie as the champion today. Let’s compare the responses to each trailer, from the usual suspects:
- Alex Billington of First Showing thinks G.I. Joe looks even worse than X-Men Origins: Wolverine:
this is the epitome of big dumb action movies. Normally I can sit back and enjoy this kind of crap on ocassion, but this time this just looks so bad, that I’m not sure I’ll even be able to enjoy it at all. Try again next time, Stephen Sommers.
- He has much greater interest in District 9:
Now this is the trailer I know I’ve been waiting to see forever!…Let’s just say that you need to watch this trailer, as it’ll surprise a lot of you, since no one knows what to expect. Could this be the next Cloverfield?
- Mark Graham at Vulture feels the trailer for G.I. Joe “disappoints on a few levels:”
Not only is there no glimpse of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in his heavily anticipated performance as the Cobra Commander, but it sounds to us like Sienna Miller just might have decided to speak in her normal British voice instead of the exaggerated Russian accent that we’ve come to expect from the Baroness. Oh, the horror!
- And while he’s the one who makes the comparison to Cloverfield, he believes District 9 “could end up being one of the sleeper hits of the summer.”
it’s not that we think you’ll need to ingest a full bottle of Dramamine…What we’re referring to is the fact that this film not only combines documentary-style filmmaking with an outrageously awesome sci-fi premise, but also that it was stealthily produced on a relatively low budget.
- Mark at I Watch Stuff makes some negative comparisons between G.I. Joe and some other disappointments:
Classic Stephen Sommers. No substance, all poorly computer-generated lack of style.
Where are all the ridiculous vehicles and weapons? Pretty much all I saw was a modified Hummer and the underwater city from The Phantom Menace. They’re missing the whole point of G.I. Joe. It’s not about jumping around in Halo suits
- His comparisons for District 9 are more positive:
makes it seem like it’s a mixture of the extra-terrestrial-coexistence film/TV drama Alien Nation, a little Independence Day, and apartheid, but also likely better than all of those things. Particularly apartheid.
- Devin Faraci at CHUD is so in love with the G.I. Joe trailer that he seems to be joking. But he’s apparently not:
It’s like this new trailer for Paramount’s GI Joe was cut just for me. They open with a shot of Cobra’s evil underwater headquarters. I LOVE THIS. And it turns out that Cobra’s evil weapon is some kind of green super-rust? I AM IN.
I’m not even kidding.
- He seems much more geniune about the District 9 trailer:
District 9 looks terrific. That said, if I was working on the V reboot series I’d be a little worried. And if I was Gale Ann Hurd, I’d stop talking up a remake of Alien Nation. It looks like Blomkamp may have slam dunked this.
- John at The Movie Blog seems to want to say he likes the trailer for G.I. Joe, but he just can’t, probably because of the trendiness to be negative, and so he comes up with a whole list of reasons why he thinks it will “suck balls:”
Let me set the record straight right off the bat. I am not a G.I. Joe hater at all. I am hoping this movie rocks…And no matter how much I hope, how much I cheer, G.I. Joe will (in my opinion) suck a great and powerful suck of epic proportions. And dear heavens I hope I’m wrong… but I don’t think I am.
- Meanwhile, at the same site, Rodney doesn’t expect much from District 9 either. From a comment he writes on his own post:
this feels a lot like a really done fan film to me, and though it might be a good premise (which I think the documentary style interviews are a good fit for) I am just not seeing anything that makes me WANT to see this.
My interest is purely from a “Why is PJ all up about this guy” point of view. If I tripped over this on my own, not knowing his PR history, I likely woudln’t have even talked about it.
- John Scott Lewinski at Screen Rant warns that the G.I. Joe trailer may cause “CGI fatigue:”
the tone so far looks to venture a little too far into camp. The action comes off way over the top, while the CGI skirmishes look not too far removed from the “one per half-hour” frame rate of the original animated series. The great war between the defenders of freedom and international terrorism is just looking a little childish in these trailers — in an era when we’re fighitng the real thing every day.
- In his headline for the District 9 trailer, though, Screen Rant’s Rob Keyes says it “looks amazing.” More from his reaction:
While we haven’t seen much news on the upcoming film, Screen Rant reported at the beginning of April what the movie is all about and it sounded very interesting to say the least. Now, we finally have the official trailer for District 9 and it’s really damn cool.
- Neil Miller at Film School Rejects sees G.I. Joe as being a potential guilty pleasure:
this film has potential to be some good old fashioned fun for the 12-year old inside all of us. It certainly appears to be aimed at a younger audience (even younger than say, Transformers 2), so take that into consideration…let it be known that I am personally still giving this flick the benefit of the doubt based on the cool factor I’m seeing in the first two trailers.
- But again, he’s much more excited about District 9:
The effects in the trailer look quite good, and while it may not be as flashy as a Star Trek or Transformers it may still be the most intelligent and thought provoking science fiction film of the year. Well, second most anyway… go see Moon!
- Ryan Adams at Awards Daily has a good defense for why he’s actually excited for G.I. Joe:
I can honestly say I like the way cinematographer Mitchell Amundsen shoots action flicks. Transporter 2, Transformers, Wanted. No matter what you think of these movies plotwise, shotwise they gleam with a wet sexy gloss.
- He has a much simpler, yet possibly more excited, reaction to the District 9 spot:
Yikes, gorgeous production design. This is shaping up to be a platinum year for sci-fi.
- Erik Davis at Cinematical is, like me, dubious of other bloggers’ reactions to G.I. Joe:
A lot of these web guys make me laugh; some of them think Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is Epic OMG FTW Awesome, but then crap on G.I. Joe by calling it silly, lame and a waste of time. Truthfully, it’s apples and oranges to me — they’re both big-budgeted boxes of popcorn entertainment that don’t promise to be anything more than “Wow, that looked pretty cool.”
- Unfortunately, he hasn’t yet written anything on the District 9 trailer.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Did Hans Zimmer Help With The Transformers 2 Score?
It’s already established that Steve Jablonksy is scoring the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, as he did with the first film. He gets the title ”Original Music” all to himself in the credits, which is kind of surprising considering the size of film this is undoubtedly going to be (following suit from the first).
However he’s clearly not going to be going at it entirely on his own…
Jablonsky is actually part of famous film composer Hans Zimmer’s (The Dark Knight, The Simpsons Movie and the two Pirates sequels, amongst many others) team Media Ventures, and the two of them work together all the time. So quite logically it seems that Jablonsky is getting a helping hand from Zimmer with keeping the music production side of things on track. Here’s what Jablonsky had to say recently:
“…I am [still] the composer on this film. It has all gotten rather complicated. The film is BIG, and now that we’ve got Linkin Park involved, Hans has kind of been helping me keep the production on track, because I’m so focused on writing the score at the moment.”
Jablonsky mentions Linkin Park as they are reportedly working on a new song with him for Revenge of the Fallen - if you remember, a version of their song “What I’ve Done” was used in the credits of the first movie. Just to expand on his overall thoughts of the score, here’s what Jablonsky added:
“In a nutshell, Michael Bay sent the new Linkin Park song over to my studio. Hans and I had a listen, and we both thought it was really cool, and it might be interesting to try incorporating some of those elements into the score. So we got the guys from the band down to the studio and talked about how to do that. They’re all really cool guys and really excited about adding some of their sounds to the score.”
Of the things which the first Transformers did right, the score was one of them. The score to Michael Bay’s movies are usually reflect the movies themselves - they are loud, brash, in-your-face and the furthest thing away from subtle as you could imagine (see Armageddon, The Rock and Pearl Harbor as prime examples of this). But for some reason that wasn’t so with Transformers, or at least not to the same degree.
I don’t think the score to the sequel will differ drastically from the first movie, so at least we’re pretty much guaranteed that something will be good about it…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be released on June 24th.
Source: FirstShowing.net
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tyrese Gibson Talks 'Transformers 2'
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"Yeah, we did some new scenes, some new shots, got to the set around 10 this morning," Gibson said in a group interview. "Today we officially wrapped Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. Any missing pieces there were, we picked them up today. They're going to go ahead and put it in the chop shop and put the magic around it and go ahead and add it into the film."
Read more: scifiwire.com
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
New ‘GI Joe’ Movie Trailer is Rockin
Paramount sure is busy these days. I just got done posting their “Transformers 2″ trailer. Now we’ve got their new full theatrical “G.I. Joe : Rise of Cobra” movie trailer they’ve just released, and let me tell you guys. It’s rockin the action thing to the max.We also see that Channing Tatum has been very busy this year with doing the “Fighting” movie, and now co-starring in “G.I. Joe” which is going to be one of the biggest films of this summer.
This trailer starts with an underwater scene. Then moves over into the desert. After that, the action starts to unfold with a big rocket missile knocking down a huge tower. The G.I. Joe team is assembled where we Channing’s character, Duke. They’ve also got comedian, Marlon Wayans in this thing as “Ripcord”. Next the team is given their new accelerator suites. Then the heavy action starts with sword fights,cars flipping through the air,machine guns firing,and a whole bunch of stuff getting blown up. Yeah, this is some high budget film action at it’s best.
Movie : G.I. Joe : Rise of Cobra
Release Date : August 7,2009
Studio : Paramount Pictures
Cast : Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid
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