Maleficent retells the story of Sleeping Beauty from Maleficent’s point of view. Quite frankly, I always suspected that the original film was biased in favor of Aurora. This Disney film, which stars Angelina Jolie, is set to be released in May of 2014.
In 2011, a little action film from Indonesia directed by Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans took the world by storm. The film was called The Raid (The Raid: Redemption in the West). It out-actioned every Hollywood blockbuster action film of that year and still manages to hold its own against other action films since.
So, it’s no surprise that a sequel was already in production by the time that film’s theater run was winding down in the West. Gareth Evans will return as director of The Raid 2: Berandal and so will the survivors of the first film.
With filming all pretty much done and the film moving on to post-production the first official teaser trailer for the sequel has been released and all I can say is…WOW.
The Raid 2: Berandal will be punching people in the face sometime around 2014.
“The lord of silver fountains,
The King of carven stone,
The King beneath the mountain
Shall come into his own!
And the bells shall ring in gladness
At the Mountain-king’s return,
But all shall fail in sadness
And the lake shall shine and burn.”
Today, over in NYC a special fan event for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was held which introduced a new one-sheet poster (look above), but also premiere a 3-minute sneak peek trailer to the second entry in The Hobbit Trilogy.
To say that this extended trailer is a vast improvement to all the previous teasers and official trailers for this second film in the prequel set would be an understatement. It still shows the film as being much more darker in tone than the book source it’s being adapted from, but it definitely shows a film that looks and feels much more put together than the first film (still just an assumption, but I have hopes I’ll be correct).
We see more of Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman who looks to fit in rather well instead of looking “too modern” as some feared he would look. I like how the trailer uses the poem, “The King Beneath the Mountains”, but in an altered form to make it sound like it was a prophecy. I know purist will probably rail and scream to anyone who will listen that this wasn’t how Tolkien wrote the poem. If they haven’t figured out by now that these film adaptations have been altering the written work to better fit the story then what have they been watching over the past decade.
I, for one, can’t wait for this middle film in the trilogy to finally come out and come out it shall on December 13, 2013. I saw the first film in every format and watch it in all format I shall for this one as well.
So, originally, The Wolf of Wall Street was the movie that everyone was expecting to dominate the Oscar race. Then, a few months ago, it was announced that the film might be held back until 2014 while director Martin Scorsese put the finishing touches on the film. And then, just as suddenly, it was announced that The Wolf of Wall Street would be released this year, on Christmas Day to be exact.
And with that announcement comes a second trailer!
To be honest, neither one of the film’s trailers really feel like trailers for a Scorsese film. Then again, that’s the same thing that many of us said about Hugo.
This trailer has been out for nearly a month now so I’m a little late in sharing it. However, after having watched this trailer play before every single movie that I’ve seen since the month of October, I have to say that there is no film that I am more looking forward to seeing than American Hustle.
(You can check out the first trailer for American Hustle here.)
Hi there and welcome to the 3rd and final part of this special Halloween edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers!
For this final edition, we take a look at horror films that were nominated for Oscars. Because of their Oscar pedigree, these films are rarely referred to as being exploitation films. However, have no doubt — at heart, these films all belong in the grindhouse.
1) The Exorcist (1973)
Among other nominations, The Exorcist was the first horror film to ever receive a nomination for best picture of the year. The Exorcist, however, lost the Oscar to The Sting.
2) Jaws (1975)
Jaws was nominated for best picture in 1975 but lost to One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
3) The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs was the first horror movie to win best picture.
4) The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Sixth Sense was nominated for best picture but lost to American Beauty.
5) Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Ruth Gordon won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in this film.
6) Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Willem DaFoe was nominated for best supporting actor but lost to Benicio Del Toro in Traffic.
What do you think, Trailer Kitties?
Hi there and welcome to part 2 of this special Halloween edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers! Today, we’re looking at some of my favorite Italian horror films!
1) Suspiria (1977)
2) Bay of Blood (1971) (a.k.a. Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve)
3) Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
4) A Blade In The Dark (1983)
5) Zeder (1983)
6) Zombi 2 (1979)
What do you think, Trailer Kitty?
Katniss Everdeen is back! Here’s the final trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and, it’s nice to say, this one is full of details that seem to have been included specifically for those of us who have read the book. The film itself will be released on November 22nd.
Here’s our first glimpse of X-Men: Days of Future Past. While there’s all sorts of things that I could say about this preview — mostly along the lines of how much I’m looking forward to seeing Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, and James McAvoy all gathered together on the same screen — I think the trailer can certainly speak for itself.
We take a brief break from all things horror here at Through the Shattered Lens to bring to you the first official trailer for Marvel Studios second film in their Phase 2 of their Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier sees the return of Steve Rogers aka Captain America (The first Avenger) post-Battle of New York. He’s now an official member of S.H.I.E.L.D. but soon realizes that his 40’s ideals may not mesh well with the all-encompassing and super-secretive intelligence organization. From the look and feel of the trailer it looks like the film’s directors, Anthony and Joe Russo, are going for the conspiracy thriller tone for this new Captain America entry.
This is a good choice considering that the screenplay has been heavily influenced by Ed Brubaker’s run on the Captain America comics which also introduced the Winter Soldier of the film’s title.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is set for a Spring, April 4, 2014, release date.
