The movie is now in theaters in Tokyo, and while it will be a while before they put together an English version and release it in North America, the extended trailer is still fun to watch even in Japanese. Thanks to the folks at Otaku USA for the heads up on this one.
The new trailer came out on the 14th, but I haven’t posted it yet, so hear it is. The Great And Powerful Oz is the first Oz project I have been excited about since Tin Man surprised me several years ago.
Because of the holiday weekend, things kick off on Wednesday, the 21st, with Rise of the Guardians for those looking for an animated fantasy quest. Dreamworks does their usual world-class job on the animation, and the voice talent is pretty amazing, so it should be quite good. Life of Pi is an adventure story about survival that puts quite a twist on the classic man in a lifeboat plot. Hansel and Gretel & the 420 Witch is a horror/comedy about the brother and sister team who battle the evil witch who is attacking their classmates.
If this trailer is any indication, The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones may be a very interesting movie indeed. Based on the book of the same name written by Cassandra Clare, it is the first volume of The Mortal Instruments series, which means if it does well there are more stories ready and waiting to join it on the big screen.
I am sorry to report the only new genre film I am aware of this week involves vampires who shimmer in the sun, instead of bursting into flames the way they were meant to. They would, taking the cellulose film stock with them, if there was any justice in the world. Yes, I mean The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. This should be a good weekend to see something released in the last few weeks that I missed, though.
A different kind of End Of The World movie, World War Z is based on An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, and the screenplay done by J. Michael Straczynsk (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Thor, etc.). Brad Pitt liked it enough to be part of the movie project, and when they made the Audiobook the cast included Allen Alda, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, and Mark Hamill. I’m thinking this one could be fun.