The new Transformers Movie will be hitting the big screen in 2 weeks, so I wanted to include a trailer here. This is the official US movie release trailer, but you will also want to check out the SFX link to the Japanese Premier…
The movie Offline began life as a cyberpunk short, put together by Matthew Santoro and released in 2007. According to the folks at The Quiet Earth it is now being extended into a full length feature film. After looking at the trailer, I tend to think this one is worth waiting for, and the Offline home page shows promise as well.
O F F L I N E from Matthew Santoro on Vimeo.
The trailer for Twilight: New Moon hit the web shortly ago, and it looks like the franchise might be good for another movie or two. Although I am not sure you can use the word franchise when speaking of a body of work one film deep so far. Now that Barry Sonnenfeld is no longer making Pushing Daisy’s episodes, his new project looks to be the iconic Tom Swift. If done right, that could be a fun movie, particularly for anyone addicted to the books as a kid (even more so for us budding mad scientist youngsters).
If you haven’t already, of course. I love the reboot known as Star Trek 11, and can’t wait for the next one. Simon Pegg as Scotty and Karl Urbana as Bones both brought something to the characters that gave them a spark of life even the originals didn’t have (shields up, prepare to repel flames), and Zach Quinto as Spock was dead on the money. There were a few details I can quibble with, that still didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the movie; but the folks at Sci-Fi Wire said it first and better, so read their version. Above all, go see the movie!
Ghost In The Shell 2.0 is not a remake of the Starwars school, but rather an updating of the original masterpiece using modern animation tools and techniques. Scene for scene, it is exactly the same movie… except it looks and sounds better. There is an excellent collection of old and new frames for comparison at Asian Blueray Guide to give you an idea of the differences between the two versions. Expect it out in the US come August or September. If you can’t wait, it will be playing at Annecy, the worlds biggest animation festival. The Festival starts June 8th and runs to the 13th, showing over 500 films from 63 countries, including 10 feature Film Official Selections including Coraline, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Redline. The 2.0 trailer…
This is the new Trek trailer… enjoy!