As you roam the floor, hallways and rooms of San Diego Comic Con, there is no way to avoid the numerous fun things that pop up at the place, related to Star Trek, Doctor Who, Total Recall, The Avengers and more… Check it out:
Kynt and Vyxsin from The Amazing Race were at Comic Con
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If you’re at 2011 Comic Con, you may have come across the subtle viral campaing that has kicked into gear for Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium. Some signage was encountered by a Cinema Static agent that read:
“We’re Building the Future and We Need You“
There were a few other things but it pointed to the website, www.ARMADYNE.net. Once at the site, you have a video…. The video tells you Armadyne is looking for people like you!
If this is where you stop, you don’t initially realize what’s up but if you dig and find the video on YouTube, then things get explained, things like that the video is for the
“Upcoming Neill Blomkamp project Elysium, set for release on March 1, 2013. Starring Sharlto Copley, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga and Diego Luna, Director Blomkamp’s followup to District 9 is to be set on another planet in the future. visit armadyne.net for more info; by ufailednow.com”
Hmm,
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In early December 2010, Deadline reported that Neill Blomkamp was taking meetings with studios for a deal for his next science fiction movie, titled Elysium. Even though Sharlto Copley is in the movie, it is not a sequel to District 9, and is being distributed by Columbia Pictures and being produced by Media Rights Capital.
All we do have on Elsyium right now is that it is set in the far future and on another planet and tackles sociopolitical issues in the story telling all the while having a nice, calm (snark) violent undertone. (This was the plot floating about back in late 2010.)
We also know that Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner (C.S. fave), & Alice Braga are all onboard this Blomkamp written and directed movie project. Set design will be handled by Syd Mead. He’s the man behind the vision of Blade Runner‘s sets.
Filming for Elysium will reportedly kick in gear this summer.
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The following news bits from Cinema Static on Brusimm are things that interest the site! With that said, we have some news about Neill Blomkamp, NCIS: LA, a new way to watch Supernatural, a bit of news on The Crow reboot, and other stuff…
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Word on the street is that William Fichtner is in final talks to jump on board Neill Blomkamp‘s upcoming sci fi feature called Elysium. Other cast already signed up for Elysium include Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley and Wagner Moura.
Is that not an awesome cast or what? And it will be great to see Fichtner in a new project. I love the life he brings to his roles.
Elysium takes place 150 years in the future and Sony is looking to release the film to theaters in March of 2013. AT least that’s the plan today.
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Via Press Release:
Warner Bros. Television’s popular series SUPERNATURAL makes history this summer as SUPERNATURAL: THE ANIME SERIES is released in the United States as the first-ever live-action series to be re-imagined in Japanese anime style. The all-new, 22-episode animated series will be distributed July 26, 2011 by Warner Home Video on Blu-ray™ for $54.97 (SRP) and DVD for $49.98 (SRP), as well as On Demand and for Download. Order due date is June 21, 2011.
SUPERNATURAL, noted for its creative storytelling of the occult during its first six seasons on The CW Network, has also achieved great popularity across the planet – particularly in Japan. Inspired by its sensational following overseas, Warner Home Video Japan and renowned animation studio Madhouse combined forces to envision SUPERNATURAL as an anime series – first released in Japan and now translated for American audiences.
SUPERNATURAL: THE ANIME SERIES revisits the Winchester brothers’ journey down the backroads of America as they search for clues to their father’s disappearance, hunt down the supernatural in all its unearthly forms, and enter into the unexpected mystery of their destinies. The SUPERNATURAL anime episodes mirror the story arc of the series’ first two seasons, providing supplemental stories ranging from prequels and spin-offs to untold tales that fit within the SUPERNATURAL mythology.
Enhancing the connection to the live-action series, SUPERNATURAL star Jared Padalecki reprises his role as Sam Winchester for all 22 episodes. Padalecki’s SUPERNATURAL co-star Jensen Ackles also provides the voice of Dean Winchester in select anime episodes.
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Studios seem to be making a statement with their opening movies about the Halloween weekend and there is very little coming out in theaters this Friday. Either that or Saw 3D is such a huge threat that no one wants to go up against it!
That’s fine by me because that means the two newest movies that are big in the eyes of the beholder right now are Paranormal Activity 2 and Saw 3D, or if you are counting, Saw 7! This should be an interesting slug-fest a the box office!
Saw 3D has a great advertising campaign as it embraces the idea of 3D and shows the moviegoer getting sucked into the movie and sharp objects flying off the screen at them. It’s a better campaign than most, I’ll give it that!
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Halo tends to blow the doors off of some various statistics with every release that Bungie has set down. The Halo: Reach video game is no different.
Since its release, after merely one week of being on the market Halo: Reach recorded 98 million player games were recorded. From those 98 million players games,
That’s over 2,000 years of game play in a mere week! And through it all, a mere 4.6 million files were downloaded.
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The Spike TV SCREAM Awards is an event that honors the best in different categories of entertainment. The nominees that are selected for the different categories of the SCREAM Awards are chosen by what looks to me, to be a highly qualified advisory board that includes Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Damon Lindelof, Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino & Joss Whedon.
What I like about the SCREAM Awards is that once nominated by the advisory board, it’s up to you, the fans, to vote. That takes out the ever evil politicing factor out of the equation and we see real winners.
The movie with the most nominations looks to be Kick-Ass (17),
Inception (15) &
Iron Man 2 (13). The TV series with the most is True Blood (10).
But the problem is that this last year is stacked with some wonderful films.
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Well 2009 is about to become a memory like so many years gone by. I almost forgot to write my DVD Release Report this weekend because all I’ve been thinking about is “AVATAR” since I watched it on Friday. (Check out my Avatar review)
This is the last holiday week, and while there’s some real great films coming out the list is shorter then usual. Of course I’ve removed a lot of the workout and boring mathematical DVD’s coming out. If any Cinema Static readers want me to include those in the future let me know.
My DVD movie pick and second best film of the year is out this week! District 9 the debut directorial epic by Neill Blomkamp finally arrives, and just in time! Also the classic Philadelphia Experiment is re released this week. Great film I highly recommend it even as a great Christmas Day viewing with the family.
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I pre-ordered myself the 2-disc DVD package of District 9, most undoubtedly one of the best Sci-Fi stories to come along in a long time… at least back when it was released. I just received confirmation that my pre-order if District 9 has been shipped from Amazon! Woo hoo!
For me, District 9 is one of the best sci-fi movies I’ve ever seen. The only thing I’m sad about is that the television commercials for District 9 are starting to give away some twists that you didn’t know about going into the movie theater.
If you’ve been saving yourself to watch the On-Demand rental or DVD purchase, I’d recommend averting your eyes from the ads to not blow this twist for yourself. (You’ve been warned!)
As Peter Jackson requested at the screening I was at, please don’t give away the twist in your early reviews because we’ve worked really hard keeping it a secret.
For me, it was an awesome twist and it drove me nuts trying to hide the reveal, but it’s worth it.
Cinema Static’s District 9 Movie Review: (Oultine spoilers for those who want to be totally surprised)
The movie starts out slow but it’s a great method for bringing you up to speed on the who and how some parts of the situation we find ourselves watching developed.
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Ever since District 9, I’ve become a Neill Blomkamp fan. Plain and simple.
I’ve become somewhat of a digital stalker since seeing District 9 and found some early work of his that I’d like to share & point you to. I’ve already shown you his short that was the inspiration for District 9.
As you can see, or at least what I feel I’m seeing, is that amongst the big events in his works, he loves touching on the underlying humanity or emotional aspects of the characters in a film and he does it well with visual, music and story elements.
Tidbit: Did you know that Peter Jackson asked Neill to do a 2nd short film predecessor to D-9 as a demo reel for the financiers of D9? Apparently we’re not going to see that one quite yet, but I do have a couple of vids of his that you can check out.
Check it out after the break.
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