Archive for the ‘movies’ Category
Summit Acquires ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ With Bekmambetov
Summit is the company responsible for bringing the Twilight Saga to the big screen. So I’m guessing those reading this will be torn between loving and hating them. Either way, you may be interested in the company’s latest acquisition: The Last Witch Hunter, that has Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Day Watch, Wanted) attached to direct.
According to Deadline Hollywood, The Last Witch Hunter follows our titular protagonist as he attempts to keep the population of witches and warlocks under control. The problem is they seem about to repopulate in a big way, which isn’t really good for non-witches and non-warlocks.
The movie, which is regarded as having “franchise potential” is a pitch from the hand of Len Goodman, the man behind the Spyglass remake of David Cronenberg’s The Brood and the forthcoming Priest starring Paul Bettany.
I’m a big fan of Bekmambetov. This is a director who certainly knows how to keep an audience interested, even if some of his efforts to do so go a little over the top. I think The Last Witch Hunter could suit his style perfectly. Hell, it’s got to be better than the recent Solomon Kane, hasn’t it?
Summit Acquires ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ With Bekmambetov
Summit is the company responsible for bringing the Twilight Saga to the big screen. So I’m guessing those reading this will be torn between loving and hating them. Either way, you may be interested in the company’s latest acquisition: The Last Witch Hunter, that has Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Day Watch, Wanted) attached to direct.
According to Deadline Hollywood, The Last Witch Hunter follows our titular protagonist as he attempts to keep the population of witches and warlocks under control. The problem is they seem about to repopulate in a big way, which isn’t really good for non-witches and non-warlocks.
The movie, which is regarded as having “franchise potential” is a pitch from the hand of Len Goodman, the man behind the Spyglass remake of David Cronenberg’s The Brood and the forthcoming Priest starring Paul Bettany.
I’m a big fan of Bekmambetov. This is a director who certainly knows how to keep an audience interested, even if some of his efforts to do so go a little over the top. I think The Last Witch Hunter could suit his style perfectly. Hell, it’s got to be better than the recent Solomon Kane, hasn’t it?
‘Avatar’ Getting Multiple Home Releases – First On Earth Day, April 22
Avatar has been a revolutionary film in many ways. The most obvious being the sheer moneymaking ability and longevity it has proved to have at the box office, with it overtaking Titanic as the highest-grossing movie of all time. But there is also the use of 3D, the CGI, and the colossal budget.
And now Avatar looks set to have a novel home release on DVD and Blu-ray. In fact, multiple home releases on DVD and Blu-ray.
Avatar will first hit stores on April 22 to coincide with Earth Day, an annual celebration of the planet we call home. This release will contain the movie, and nothing but the movie, with even the menus kept minimalistic to create more room for the audio and video elements. Producer Jon Landau told The L.A. Times:
“We went to Fox and told them that, for this movie, we wanted to do something really special and reach for the best presentation of any film in the history of the format. This is a movie that has done the unexpected every step of the way. Fox agreed with us and the result is amazing. Everything that is put on a disc takes up room — the menus, the extras, the trailers and studio promotions — and we got rid of all of that so we could give this movie the best picture and sound possible.”
That sounds a little, well, crappy to me. If I want Avatar to keep on DVD or Blu-ray forever then I want a version with all the trimmings. So I’ll be waiting for the ultimate version which is scheduled to be released in November. This will come on multiple discs and include all the extra content and deleted scenes anyone could ever wish for.
Neither home release will be in 3D, however. Avatar has so far taken $2.6 billion at the box office, and I’m guessing the home releases will add several more hundred millions to that total.
