BATTLESHIP (2011) - Featurette

Entertainment Tonight offers us a closer look at Peter Berg's "Battleship", a very expensive movie based on the popular board game (budget: $200M). The featurette introduces us to the characters and the actors playing them. The sci-fi actioner stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Liam Neeson, Josh Pence Rihanna and Brooklyn Decker. Opens on May 18, 2012 (US).

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Release Date Announcements : TEXAS KILLING FIELDS, THE GREY, THE SMURFS 2, WORLD WAR Z

TEXAS KILLING FIELDS - October 7, 2011 [Updated - October 14, Limited]



A movie that seems to be suffering from poor marketing, "Texas Killing Fields" stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Sam Worthington as two cops who hunt down a serial killer. Based on a true story. Check out an early trailer below :










THE GREY - January 27, 2012.



In "The Grey", Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out. Written and directed by Joe Carnahan ("Narc", "Smokin Aces"). There's talk of a Best Leading Actor Oscar campaign in the works for Liam Neeson.

THE SMURFS 2 - August 12, 2013

Encouraged by the surprising success of "The Smurfs", Sony decided to start pushing for the sequel. Since August worked well for the first movie, they scheduled the sequel in the same month, and since 2012 is  already packed with big releases, the decision to move to 2013 puts them ahead of the race, so far. For now nothing else is known, except that they started writing the script in June and it's very likely that director Raja Gosnell will return.








WORLD WAR Z - December 21, 2012



I see zombies are back in style. "World War Z" is one of the more original approaches to undead infestation, based on a novel by Max Brooks and directed by Mark Foster ("Monster's Ball", "Quantum of Solace"). It tells the story of the war against the zombies that almost eradicated all of humanity. What's so interesting about the story is that the novel was written as a sort of recorded collection of first-hand experiences narrated by survivors, in the aftermath of the dreadful war. It certainly adds a fresh spin on a tired genre. Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Anthony Mackie, James Badge Dale and Bryan Cranston (who seems to be in every movie these days).  

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BATTLESHIP (2012) - Teaser Trailer and Poster

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Official Synopsis: Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship.

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi

Starring: Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Kitsch, Josh Pence, Rihanna, Peter MacNicol



Director: Peter Berg ("Hancock", "The Kingdom", "The Rundown")

Screenplay: Eric Hoeber, Jon Hoeber ("R.E.D")

Not Yet Rated

Release Date: May 18, 2012

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Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN Cast and Production Update

Abraham Lincoln

Another big movie starting production this fall (the other being "The Wolverine") is Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln", an epic biopic that the director has been preparing for a very long time. After many delays and financial problems, the production is ready to go. The movie will be based on Abraham Lincoln's biography written by Doris Kearns Goodwin, an acclaimed historian, and the adaptation will be penned by John Logan ("Gladiator", "The Last Samurai"), Paul Webb and Tony Kushner ("Munich", "Angels in America"). At one point, Liam Neeson was set to star as Abraham Lincoln, but all the delays made the actor decide to step down after several years of waiting. In the end, though, Spielberg got together a dream team of actors that will surely guarantee the movie will provide an acting showcase like no other.

Daniel Day Lewis

The role of Abe Lincoln eventually went to Daniel Day-Lewis ("My Left Foot"). This is Lewis' first major project after winning his second Oscar for "There Will be Blood" and starring in the musical flop "Nine". Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln will be played by Sally Field ("Forrest Gump", "Brothers & Sisters") and Vice-President Thaddeus Stevens will be embodied by veteran actor Tommy Lee Jones ("The Fugitive", "In the Valley of Ellah"). A couple of days ago, David Strathairn ("Good Night and Good Luck", "The Bourne Ultimatum") was brought on board as William Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State. Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who is currently involved in the production of "The Dark Knight Rises", will play Robert Todd Lincoln, the President's first son and Secretary of War.

Other members of the stellar cast, in unknown roles, are : James Spader ("Stargate", "Boston Legal") , Tim Blake Nelson ("Minority Report", "O Brother, Where Art Thou ?"), John Hawkes ("American Gangster", "The Perfect Storm", "Winter's Bone"), Hal Holbrook ("Into the Wild", "All the President's Men"), Bruce McGill ("Collateral", "Law Abiding Citizen"), Joseph Cross ("Milk", "Flags of Our Fathers") and Gloria Reuben ("Timecop", "Nick of Time").  Also, the project will once again reunite Spielberg with his favorite composer and five-time Academy Award winner John Williams.They have also worked together on this year's "War Horse" and "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn".

The movie is set for a December 2012 release.

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New on DVD & Blu-Ray : UNKNOWN (2011)

A different take on the identity crysis plot of "The Bourne Identity", Jaumet Collet-Serra's "Unknown" pretty much borrows every trick in the book in crafting a similarly satisfying thriller, that's still somehow devoid of the thrilling edge that made the Matt Damon starrer an international hit. Liam Neeson ('Taken') proves once more that he can play a convincing action hero as a man who awakens from a coma, only to discover he's identity has been taken and nobody believe him. Serra, whose previous works include "Orphan" and "House of Wax" puts on a stylish show that will entertain you for the duration, but its shallowness will probably prevent you from watching this twice. Consider renting it.

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