I love Tangled, and was excited to hear they did a short sequel called Tangled Ever After. So far they have played it before the theatrical run of the 3D version of Beauty And The Beast, and that has been about it. I am not big on seeing re-releases of 2D movies processed for 3D, considering the process to be right up there with colorization as a way to destroy the original artistic vision of the creators, so I didn’t get to see it there. No word on when the DVD might be available, although you can buy the movie poster, a read-along book, and even a Mini Princess Doll Set. But it should pop up soon on the Disney Channel, so keep an eye peeled for it to appear on VOD or streaming online from the official web site.
It is finally time for John Carter, and we get a Who-related film the same weekend! I have been ranting about the Burroughs movie for a few years now, and after yesterday’s post I don’t need to say much more, I am sure. The other film worth hitting this weekend stars former Doctor Who incarnation David Tennant in The Decoy Bride. The trailer and the write up make it look really, really funny, so this one may just be worth spending some time to check out.
It is almost time for John Carter to hit the big screen, and the center point the entire series of stories pivoted around was the relationship between John Carter and Dejah Thoris. So here is another nice little teaser that focuses on that story aspect, and thanks to Disney for modernizing her character to be even more independent than Burroughs portrayed her as. I have been waiting for this movie since I first read A Princess of Mars when I was 14, and yes, I did manage to track down the other volumes in the series and read them all by the time I was 16. And then I reread them, in the correct order, and after that I tracked down everything else Burroughs had written. He grew up in Virginia in the 1800s after the American Civil War, so the racism built into his 25 Tarzan books as basic assumptions made my skin crawl (and do NOT get me started on the sexism built into every story he ever wrote), but his Mars and Venus series were rousing tales once you learned to spot and toss out that aspect of his writing, separating it from the core stories. And now you don’t have to, because Disney is doing it for you; do NOT miss this film if you love science fiction!
I can’t wait to see Joss’s version of a Marvel movie, meaning the Avenger’s film due out later this year. But the good news is there is a new trailer for it… enjoy! My favorite quote from this one has to be We’re Not A Team… We’re A Time Bomb! How Wheedonesque!
This is the second Brave trailer, and it is even more fun then the first one was. I have definitely added this to my list of must-see animations for this summer. Thanks to SFX for the heads up on this one.
This time around it is an animation from the folks who made Despicable Me: The Lorax is a Doctor Seuss story brought to life. I find it interesting that Danny DeVito plays the Lorax in the English, Spanish, and Russian language versions of the film. Also out this week, although only at film festivals, is A Monster in Paris, which looks very Beauty-And-The-Beast like…