A more action oriented teaser for “The Nobbit.”
“The Nobbit” is an irreverent take on JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.”It follows the story line fairly closely but with more warped characters such as a ill-tempered, foul mouthed old wizard, a reluctant nobbit and a vain aristocratic dwarf
Part 1 coming Early September and Part 2 mid-October.
Dost thou doubt where I be in early September?
I’m loving this already. 
Take a quick gander at the credits at the end of the preview… there be talent and imagination there!
This is the teaser trailer that premiered at Comic-Con during the “Celebrate The Web” panel for the upcoming online sci-fi thriller CONTINUUM.
Series was created by Blake Calhoun, the Streamy winning director of PINK and TheWB.com’s EXPOSED. It stars Melanie Merkosky (LONELY GIRL 15 and HARPER’S GLOBE), Brad Hawkins (PINK) and Taryn O’Neill (AFTER JUDGEMENT).
LOGLINE: A beautiful young women awakens on an adrift spaceship with no memory of who she is or how she got there and at the mercy of the ship’s mysterious computer.
Web series are definitely getting more ambitious. This teaser got my attention, but then we all know I’m a sucker for anything science-fiction. If it’s gotta science-fiction angle of any kind, I’ll give it a chance. This one definitely gets a chance.
I hope I’m wrong, but this particular preview leaves me with an empty feeling… the feeling I normally get when I believe I’ve just watched a preview for a film that is going to be a heckuva lot more flash than substance. I hope I’m wrong… boy, do I hope I’m wrong.
A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated in a devastating guerrilla attack.
Release Date: 27 August 2010
Genre: Action | Adventure
Cast: Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke, David Morrissey
Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Neil Marshall
Studio: Magnolia
One of a very few films coming to cinemas over the next few months that has actually piqued my interest. One, I am usually a sucker for anything dealing with Greek or Roman history. It’s a flaw of personal curiosity. Two, it is a fictional incident that could be based on several instances of actual history. Again, my curiosity as to how they treat it pulls me to it. Finally, the film is not using the lure of what I consider “major” names. A few of the actors are recognized names, but I would hardly call any of them “marquee” names. So, the film will succeed or fail based on the strength of its story and the ability of the actors and the director to tell it. Oh, and it doesn’t have Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson or Megan Fox and those are definite pluses for me.
My initial feelings were… tepid at best. However, the more I see of this… the more I am liking it!
A preview for the upcoming – Sinbad The Fifth Voyage.
Dynamation! I think I’ve seen anything and everything Ray Harryhausen has ever done. I love those films!
After watching this, you know as much about it as I do. However, there is this additional teaser below:
Now, after watching both of those I gotta admit something… it gave me a nostalgic feeling for the old Roger Corman New World cinema days. I love Roger Corman. I am anxious to see Andre Peisker’s “The Endless Space.” Could he be our next Roger Corman? Oh, I hope so.
Coming Mar. 4 2011 from Paramount – The first official full trailer. The Story of a chameleon with an identity crisis. Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, Beth Grant, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Alfred Molina.
Hmmm… ahhh… I don’t know. I really, really don’t know. I guess maybe I’m getting tired of “cute” little critters in “cute” animated movies. Can you get tired of “cute”? Because I think I am.
Did anyone tell the folks behind this abomination that you’re supposed to put the best stuff from a movie into the trailer? Oh, they did? And this is the best stuff? If there is anyone out there who loved the “Green Hornet” who thinks this is even going to come close to doing it justice, please contact me. I really want to buy some of what you’re smoking, shooting, snorting or drinking.
Hollywood f&#*s it up… again. No surprise there.
Came across news of this film via Cartoonbrew some time ago and, like so much lately, promptly let it fade from my consciousness. That is until I saw this preview. It will not fade from consciousness again! It looks magnificent. Unfortunately, since it does not have cute little animals, robots or toys that talk and is not distributed by Disney-Pixar or DreamWorks, you might have to search it out if and when it makes it to your area. The last I remember, Sony Pictures Classics picked up the U.S. distribution rights while Pathé has distribution in France. I am not sure who is releasing it for the U.K. Visually, I think it will definitely be worth the effort. And, from the description below, like Chomet’s “The Triplets of Belleville” this one appears to actually have a mature storyline. Imagine that…
The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafés. However, whilst performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.
Watching his performance to the excited villagers who are celebrating the arrival of electricity to their remote island, Alice becomes awestruck by our hero and believes his tricks are real magic. Following him to Edinburgh, she keeps his home while he goes to work in a small local theatre. Enchanted by her enthusiasm for his act, he rewards her with increasingly lavish gifts he has ‘conjured’ into existence. Desperate not to disappoint her, he cannot bring himself to reveal that magic does not exist and that buying these gifts is driving him to ruin.
But as Alice comes of age, she finds love and moves on. The Illusionist no longer has to pretend and, untangled from his own web of deceit, resumes his life as a travelling entertainer, a much wiser man.
