Another new trailer has been released for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and the more I see, the more I am ready for the movie to get here! Fox doesn’t seem to have given the film its own web site yet, hope they at least promote it as the release date draws closer.
Prometheus starts out being about the origin of mankind, but gets to be more about the alien life before long. It is the prequel to the Aliens series, and this first full length trailer looks really good. I like the fact that they pulled in Noomi Rapace, her amazing performance in the three Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movies showed just how powerful an actress she is. She is he only modern actress who stands a chance of holding a candle to Ripply.
The obvious must-see movie this time around is The Hunger Games, and it is good to know that it is still possible to tell a story important enough that it needs no sparkling vampires to draw ones attention. The book was well done, I can’t wait to see how the movie turns out.
The two movies this week could not be more different. First is the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a movie I completely enjoyed in it’s original language. I haven’t seen the US remake, so I have no way to know if it is a fraction as good as the original movie trilogy. As a contrast to that we have The Muppets, with their new silly movie outing.
While there is no new live action TV this week, it is worth noting they are re-releasing Lexx, season 3 and 4, in case you need to complete your collection. Also Batman The Brave & the Bold: Season 2, Part 2 is hitting the shelves.
In animae, Heaven’s Lost Property Forte – Complete Season 2 brings us more fun falling from the skies.
This is going to be a Canadian remake of the UK series, with Niall Matter (he played Zane on Eureka) channeling Connor and Sara Canning (she was Jenna on The Vampire Diaries) doing the Abby type persona. Right now they have signed up channels to show it in Canada and England, and I am personally hoping someone in the US agrees to air it. Amanda Tapping, Martin Wood and Andy Mikita (Stargate SG1 veterans all) are all signed up to direct various episodes, and Andrew-Lee Potts (the original Connor) will be showing up as a guest star. Thanks to the Hollywood Reporter for the heads up on this one.
There really isn’t a genre film out this week, unless you count The FP as a fantasy. It is the story of rival gangs who settle their turf wars through video game dance competitions, and even with whatever violence they might have thrown in that still sounds more like a fantasy than anything else to me. But it does look like it might just be a cult classic of the silly variety, based on the trailer.