It’s Spock vs Spock In the Greatest Audi Commercial Of All Time
While we are being bombarded by the ton of Star Trek Into Darkness marketing, Audi has released a fun little extended ad where Leonard Nimoy faces off against Zachary Quinto face off in a Spock vs Spock challenge.
The goal is to obviously sell cars, and being a huge Audi fan it was great to see the S7 get a nice little showcase. The ad is neat and a hell of a lot of fun to watch with a Nimoy providing a nice little twist towards the end.
Check it out below.
Star Trek Into Darkness has a May 17th, 2013 release date in 3D and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, and Bruce Greenwood.
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New TV Spot For Man of Steel Shows Us A Film That FINALLY Gives Us A Pissed Off Supes Raging Supes
Warner Bros. just released a new TV spot for its upcoming and highly anticipated Man Of Steel directed by Zack Snyder. We have seen some absolutely fantastic things from the film that really make it the film to beat this year. That is a pretty bold statement considering Iron Man 3 is great and Star Trek Into Darkness, Fast & Furious 6 and Lone Ranger look absolutely fantastic.
While I have been on board with this film since its trailer dropped last year, it is this TV spot that gives me the most hope for it to the Superman film that us true fans of the character have been waiting for. While there is a peak at a bunch of new things (including some great looks at Michael Shannon‘s Zod and the first look at infamous attack on Smallville) what really got me is that we have a look at Superman raging.
The character for me has always been the hero’s self-control. Very much in the vein of ‘Be Nice, Until it’s time not to be nice’. When Superman unleashes the beast, it is always an epic experience. I have been waiting for that moment since they started making comics into film. It seems it is finally happening.
And that makes me so fucking happy.
Now hurry up June 14th.
Man of Steel opens June 14th and stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe.
About The Film Henry Cavill plays Superman in director Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel. The film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Diane Lane and Kevin Costner.
Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.
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Teaser For The Trailer To “Ender’s Game” Starring Harrison Ford & Ben Kinsgley Is Definitely Worth A Watch
I am really not a fan of this teaser for a trailer trend that seems to have popped up lately. In essence a trailer is a teaser for a film anyways so what’s the point. The Wolverine Vine tease was kind of cool and worked, however overall it all needs to stop.
Now having said all that, I have to say that this tease to the upcoming Ender’s Game that was just released is actually very interesting. The novel that it is based on has never entered my stream of consciousness, so I have to admit that I really had no idea what it was about until I watched the video below.
Based on the classic sci-fi novel by Orson Scott Card, the new movie is set in a future where humans are at war against an alien race. The society begins to enlist elite children in battle school in the hopes that one of them can lead the human race to victory, and their possible savoir is discovered in a young boy named Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield).
Harrison Ford, Abgail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis and Sir Ben Kingsley co-star in the film, which will hit theaters November 1st.
It actually looks pretty great so definitely give this video a watch.
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VIDEO - Watch RDJ, Shane Black & Stan Lee Talk About ‘Iron Man 3’ In This Great Behind The Scenes Featurette
After a very long wait and a huge build up, Iron Man 3 opens this weekend. It’s been a great ride with plenty of glimpses at the film. It is all well worth it as the movie is a fun watch and the perfect start to this ridiculous summer of movies that is going to be unleashed upon us.
Came across this nifty little featurette that gives us some nice behind the scenes access to the making of the film. There was a featurette that dropped a while back that we used as part of our Xavierpop Movie Minute and it would seem that this is the full extended version of it.
Lots of interesting little tidbits including a great bit from the one and only Stan Lee.
If you don’t want to watch it before the movie, definitely come back after because it is a neat watch.
Iron Man 3 kicks off the summer blockbuster season in 3D on May 3rd, and stars Robert Downey Jr.,Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau,and James Badge Dale.
About the Film Marvel’s “Iron Man 3″ pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
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Brand New ‘Man Of Steel’ Poster Has Supes In Full SuperFlying Mode
Hot on the heels of the TV Spot that was released this morning, the good folks at Warner Bros. have just dropped the latest poster for their highly anticipated Man of Steel. This time we have Supes in full flying mode which is tres cool.
This is the third one that has officially been released. The first one dropped during Comic-Con and teased the new costume, the second poster was pretty underwhelming where it showed Henry Cavill’s Superman in cuffs.
With this latest and now third one-sheet being released, we have a glimpse of the superhero’s power of flight.
Yup, everything looks great.
Now hurry up June 14th.
Man of Steel opens June 14th and stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe.
About The Film Henry Cavill plays Superman in director Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel. The film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Diane Lane and Kevin Costner.
Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.
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New Crazy-Good TV Spot For ‘Man Of Steel’ With Some New Glimpses Of The FIlm
This is the Man Of Steel‘s world and we are just living in it. What started out as a very questionable film has turned into the one to beat the summer when that last trailer dropped.
Next up we have a TV Spot that I am pretty sure you want to see. While it is only 30 seconds, it gives us some new glimpses to the film that really, really make me wish I could see it right now.
Check it out below and let me know if you’re with me. Is this the movie to beat this summer?
Man of Steel opens June 14th and stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe.
About The Film Henry Cavill plays Superman in director Zack Snyder‘s Man of Steel. The film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Diane Lane and Kevin Costner.
Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.
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Three More TV Spots For ‘The Great Gatsby’ That Features A Bit More New Footage And Lana Del Rey’s Song
I really dig this main theme being used for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby sung by Lana Del Rey. It’s haunting, melodic and really suits the movie well.
We have some TV spots that feature the song prominently. The first one is an extended one with the second one being more of a traditional spot timewise. The last one features Filter’s version of Happy Together.
The Great Gatsby opens in 3D on May 10th, 2013 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, and Adelaide Clemens.
About The Film The Great Gatsby is directed by Baz Luhrmann (of Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet previously) from a script he wrote himself with Craig Pearce, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic novel of the same name. Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and finds himself drawn into his social circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
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Russian Trailer For ‘The Lone Ranger’ Really, Really Brings The Action..And Me Likey #inBruckheimerweTrust
A new trailer for Jerry Bruckheimer’s The Lone Ranger directed by Gore Verbinski just dropped over in Russia and more and more I am getting on board with this one.
Even though it’s all in Russian, we get a whole bunch of new footage including a better look at the action. All of it looks great and really, from the folks who brought us the Pirates Of The Caribbean series, it really should be no surprise.
Have a look below at the trailer and let me know in the comments section whether you’re going to check it out.
The Lone Ranger opens July 3rd, 2013 also starring Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, and Ruth Wilson hits theaters on July 3rd, 2013.
via – SuperheroHype About The Film From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice–taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.
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CinemaCon Trailer For ‘The Wolverine’ Shows Us A Ton Of Action..And Is That Silver Surfer I See There?
You know Fox may have just pulled off a miracle with James Mangold‘s The Wolverine. With the first one being so bad, to get the second one to look as good as it does, it would take…a miracle.
It seems that is what has happened because as we see more and more of this film, it just grows on me. I had very low hopes for this when I first heard it was being announced. Now I am very much looking forward to what potentially is the Wolverine movie we have all been waiting for.
Case in point is this trailer for CinemaCon that Fox just released. It’s all about the action and me likey. Me likey so much. It looks like they aren’t holding back on the action and it’s been done right this time around.
And is that the Silver Surfer I see there?
Check it out below.
The Wolverine opens in 3D on July 26th and stars Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Brian Tee, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto and Svetlana Khodchenkova.
About The Film Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world, he will face a host of unexpected and deadly opponents in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality.
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VIDEO - ‘Everything Wrong With Skyfall In 4 Minutes Or Less’
I love the internet for videos just like these. The dudes at CinemaSins posted this latest video in their ‘Everything Wrong With..’ series a couple of months back and thanks to the power of Facebook, I am only getting around to see it now.
This time around it features Skyfall, a movie I happen to really, really love.
Alas, after watching this brilliant takedown of it, I don’t think I will be able to look at it the same way. Who am I kidding? This video and the film it is based on are both awesome.
So without further ado, I present to you: Everything Wrong With Skyfall In 4 Minutes.
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Latest TV Spot For ‘The Great Gatsby’ Features Jay-Z’s $100 Bill. Spoiler Alert - It Sucks So Bad
It’s one thing to get Jay-Z to executive produce the soundtrack, it’s another to use a song he did as a blatant attempt to make the movie hip and cool and all that. However that is exactly what seems to be happening with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.
The soundtrack is fantastic from top to bottom. We have heard a bunch of the tracks including Jay-Z’s $100 Bill. As a song by itself, it’s pretty dope. As part of the TV spot below it looks so bad. Like old folks trying to sell a movie to kids. “Let’s get that young strapping guy from the boat movie and have the rapper all the kids like do the music.”
Like I said, the song is great. And I have said before that I really like how this looks.
Together it’s painful to watch.
What started out as a very interesting film has turned into a bit of a train wreck for me. With Iron Man 3 and Oblivion in theatres, I really can’t recommend you catch this in theatres. Maybe if it’s on TMN you can watch and be reminded how that site with the dude talking about film stuff saved you $15.
I think I need to go see those trailers for 42 to see how to use a Hova song properly.
Check it out below.
The Great Gatsby opens in 3D on May 10th, 2013 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, and Adelaide Clemens.
About The Film The Great Gatsby is directed by Baz Luhrmann (of Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet previously) from a script he wrote himself with Craig Pearce, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic novel of the same name. Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and finds himself drawn into his social circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
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Last Bunch Of TV Spots For ‘Iron Man 3’
Nothing more needs to be said about Marvel’s Iron Man 3 except go see it. I really did not expect the final product to turn out the way it did, however I am glad that it did. Like the first one in the series, it’s a new take on the superhero movie and it really works for me.
The last group of TV spots is online now and if you needed any further convincing of needing to check it out, they are definitely a great watch.
Check them out below.
Iron Man 3 kicks off the summer blockbuster season in 3D on May 3rd, and stars Robert Downey Jr.,Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau,and James Badge Dale.
About the Film Marvel’s “Iron Man 3″ pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
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Trailer For Crazy Good Looking Heist Film ‘Now You See Me’
So far I have seen absolutely nothing wrong with anything to do with the highly inventive Now You See Me. The first trailer caught every one (including myself) off guard on the potential of it. The story is a great original one (which is rare these days) and the cast is pretty stacked.
A new trailer dropped a while back in the midst of all the craziness and I almost missed it. Luckily I didn’t because it’s a great one.
Check it out below and let me know in the comment section below if you are digging this like I am.
Now You See Me opens on June 7, 2013 and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Melanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Common, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine.
About The Film The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic ATLAS (Jesse Eisenberg), perform a pair of high-tech magic shows, first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members’ bank accounts.
FBI Special Agent DYLAN (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes—and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he’s forced to partner with ALMA (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to THADDEUS (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians’ crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be…magic?
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MINIONS!! - There’s Going To Be A Minions From ‘Despicable Me’ Movie..AND John Hamm Is Going To Be The Lead
So this is some great news for all of you that love those adorable rascals from the fantastic Despicable Me. I love the movie and the upcoming sequel looks absolutely fantastic.
One of the main reasons that movie is so great is Gru’s lovable sidekicks – the Minions. It’s only a matter of time until they get their own movie right?
Well that time is now upon us fellow Minionites as it has just been announced that Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment are spinning off the adorable little buggers into their own movie.
And that isn’t the best part.
Your favourite manly man, John Hamm is signed on to provide the lead voice in the film. Joining him is Sandra Bullock who will voice Scarlet Overkill, a stylish bad-ass super-villain who is bent on world domination (of course she is).
This spinoff establishes that Minions have existed since the beginning of time, in service of history’s most ambitiously evil villains. Through their lovable ineptitude, Minions have managed to thwart and ultimately destroy all of those bad guys. This story picks up in the 1960s, before they hench-ed for Gru. With no more super-villains to serve, the Minions fall into a collective depression and three of them set out to seek a new evil master. They wind up at a villain convention, where they compete for the right to be henchmen for Scarlet Overkill, whose Audrey Hepburn-like high style appearance belies her world domination ambition and her aspirations to become the world’s first female super-villain.
No word exactly on what role Hamm will play, but really who cares? Like you are not going to see this when it comes out.
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National Film Board Of Canada (@thenfb) Announces Creation Of A Netflix Of Docs. Will Be Available Globally
There is a voracious appetite for documentaries among lovers of film. You only need to look to the crazy lines during the Hot Docs Film Festival or the hype around who is going to walk away with the Oscar for Best Documentary every year.
It is with that insight that National Film Board of Canada has just announced an initiative that will in essence be the “Netflix of Documentaries”.
The hub will take the existing (and criminally overlooked) wealth of content currently housed on TheNFB.ca and through a mix of public and private partnerships make that content available on the Web, connected TV and mobile devices.
The service is set to launch in 2014 and will offer interactive documentaries and content that is curated, bilingual, and eventually multilingual.
I absolutely love this idea as I am a huge fan of the genre. And I know many of you are as well.
We want to create “the Netflix of documentaries” #NFBdocinitiative
— National Film Board (@thenfb) April 30, 2013
“As one of the most important world centres for documentary, we have a responsibility to audiences here and around the world, and to the documentary community, to respond to those needs,” noted Tom Perlmutter, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada. “We are convinced that this new service will be an enormous boon to the global documentary community. It will build audiences, enable documentary creators and filmmakers to be connected more directly and almost instantaneously with their audiences, and serve as a commissioner of original documentary programming,” concluded Perlmutter.
Check out the full press release below:
The National Film Board of Canada continues to innovate
PRESS RELEASE
2013/04/30
Montreal, April 30, 2013 – The NFB is driving an initiative to launch a new international multiplatform destination (Web, connected TV, mobile devices) for viewing and engaging with the world’s best auteur documentaries, one that will give audiences privileged access to documentary creators and subjects. Available by subscription, the service will include the new forms of interactive documentary and will feature content that is curated, bilingual and eventually multilingual. It will launch in 2014 with an initial rollout in North America and Europe.
Despite the wealth of material available on the Web, there is a demonstrable demand for high-quality auteur documentaries of all kinds. Audiences for documentary festivals like Hot Docs and IDFA are growing as people increasingly search for meaningful content to deepen their understanding of the world around them, while overall viewing on digital platforms online and on mobile devices continues to grow rapidly as well.
Currently, there is only a very limited existing service that provides documentary audiences with a focused, coherent way of accessing the great work that is being produced worldwide. This new NFB service will do exactly that, by offering audiences a curated, customized experience. Documentary and subject experts will guide viewers through the maze of documentary offerings. Audiences will be able to create and share their own annotated playlists. Equally important is a platform that will privilege the work of documentary creators.
“As one of the most important world centres for documentary, we have a responsibility to audiences here and around the world, and to the documentary community, to respond to those needs,” noted Tom Perlmutter, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada. He added, “Based on our success with NFB.ca, we are taking advantage of our technological infrastructure, our unique expertise in documentary content and our network of international partners to offer this innovative experience for documentary creators and audiences.”
Prestigious partners
As the initiator and promoter of this project, the NFB will take advantage of its existing investments (in digital platforms, systems, infrastructure, content development) and expertise. “We are acting as a catalyst. We will be implementing and developing this service in co-operation with prestigious national and international partners.
“We are convinced that this new service will be an enormous boon to the global documentary community. It will build audiences, enable documentary creators and filmmakers to be connected more directly and almost instantaneously with their audiences, and serve as a commissioner of original documentary programming,” concluded Perlmutter.
About the NFB
The National Film Board of Canada is a world leader in groundbreaking interactive works, social-issue documentaries and auteur animation, engaging audiences with innovative and immersive experiences. The NFB has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 6 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. To access acclaimed NFB content, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV.
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