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Post by auntym on Dec 30, 2010 20:39:35 GMT -6
www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/interviewsnews.php?id=17599Director Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) has a new Sci-Fi thriller 51 debuting on Jan. 28, 11Interviews Exclusive Interview: Jason Connery Says Too Much About 51?Source: Ryan Turek, Managing Editor December 30, 2010 The following is documentation of my correspondence with actor and director Jason Connery (son of Sean). Our contacts at After Dark Films were kind enough to use their seemingly secure channels to patch me through to Connery to discuss 51, his sci-fi thriller debuting January 28 from After Dark Originals.
Here's the thing - I think Connery was speaking to me from Area 51 (the location of his film). At the outset of our talk, weird noises could be heard in the background. Six minutes later, as we were really getting some interesting details about the film - particularly the "alien" element - communication was cut off. Any attempt to reach him on the phone minutes later was fruitless. Was Connery silenced by an extraterrestrial force? Who the hell knows…but here's what we've got. [BEGIN TRASMISSION] Jason Connery: We shot the movie in ostensibly 15 days, but I managed to snag a camera to get some more coverage. It's been quite fun. We've got some aliens and lots of running around. I'm literally working with the composer this week for the music which, in these types of movies, is so important. Shock: This isn't a found footage film, correct? Connery: No, it's not. The idea of the film is that for the first time ever, the U.S. Air Force is allowing journalists into Area 51 and into Hangar 18. Of course, they're saying, we'll show you everything, you'll get complete access, but that's not the whole story. There's a bit of homage to see you stuff on the Internet, we play with some of the stuff you see online a little bit. Shock: How did the script come your way? Connery: After Dark had open director assignments. They have the script, they put the money together and you come in and essentially tell them what you'd like to do with the film. I pitched them my idea of how I'd like to shoot it. They liked the idea, I wasn't changing the integrity of the story, I was just enhancing it. Shock: 2011 is going to host a bevy of alien films. Do you feel good knowing you'll be leading the pack? Connery: [laughs] From what I've heard, the J.J. Abrams film [Super 8] has a considerably bigger budget and the idea is that something escapes from Area 51. I hope people are excited to see our film. The conspiracy theory surrounding Area 51, and cloak and dagger stuff that goes with that, lends itself to a bit of good drama. Shock: So, what's your personal theory on Area 51? Connery: I don't know if they'd open it to the public. Perhaps Wikileaks can get something out there. There's been some talk about Roswell recently. When I look at it, without sounding too kooky, with the size of the universe, the idea that there are not other life forms out there seems kind of silly. I truly believe there must be something out there, but I can't say if they've visited us. Maybe they will. [laughs] Shock: As an actor yourself, is casting a film particularly fun for you? Connery: It is one of my favorite elements. Especially when you get a group like I have on this film. It's a tight schedule, but I could experiment. Bruce Boxleitner's enthusiasm was incredible. Great voice, great look. 60 years old but runs around like a kid. Having that on the set with Rachel and Jason London, who I used in Devil's Tomb. He's got a natural ability. For me, the cast really makes it all work, you care about them all. Shock: Is this a scary film or is it heavily steeped in the realm of sci-fi? Connery: It straddles the line, it gets into horror, but it's more action and sci-fi. Although, there are a ton of aliens and they all have personalities. The people who are in jeopardy find themselves in sometimes horrifying situations. One alien in particular is fairly nasty so there is some blood and guts. Shock: Who did the design work on the aliens? Connery: Vincent Guastini. His team was fantastic. He was in L.A. and I was in Louisiana, which is sometimes difficult in terms of communication, but he was amazing. We had a good back and forth about the design. If I'm going to use CGI, I want a practical creature. And I like to enhance practical….
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Post by auntym on Dec 30, 2010 21:09:22 GMT -6
www.slashfilm.com/italian-poster-greg-mottolas-paul/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29'PAUL'Posted on Thursday, December 30th, 2010 by Russ Fischer Here’s a new poster for Greg Mottola‘s new film Paul, which was written by and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The two play geeks on a post Comic Con road trip who encounter an actual alien, voiced by Seth Rogen, and then have to deal with a variety of oddball characters including a couple of Feds played by Jason Bateman and Bill Hader. Once the film is released someone might want to make a catalog of all the geek t-shirts sported by the two characters in the film. We’ve seen Simon Pegg in cool Empire Strikes Back and Eightball shirts in other images, and Nick Frost in the Ming the Merciless tee seen here. Click the poster below to enlarge, and check out the trailer if you missed it. Finally, here’s the synopsis once more. Paul co-stars Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, Blythe Danner, Joe Lo Truglio and Jeffrey Tambor. It hits theaters on March 18th 2011. Italian Poster For Greg Mottola’s ‘Paul’
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Post by starkiller on Jan 1, 2011 16:55:17 GMT -6
Is that what the alien actually looks like in the movie? That's not what I remember them looking like. This one looks more like a hippie.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 17:51:14 GMT -6
LOL... it looks like a funny movie.
Coffee and bagels, and he smokes cigarettes? ~smirk~
He can come visit me at my house. I have coffee and smokes for him... he can bring the bagels though.
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Post by sansseed on Jan 3, 2011 13:14:04 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Jan 3, 2011 14:13:27 GMT -6
i've been waiting for this movie for a few months now....it stars HARRISON FORD....thats all i need to know....LOL ....i can't wait.... ;D
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Post by auntym on Jan 12, 2011 10:59:26 GMT -6
www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/film-trailer-battle-los-angeles-2182729.htmlFilm trailer: 'Battle: Los Angeles'Relaxnews Wednesday, 12 January 2011 The third trailer for sci-fi action thriller Battle: Los Angeles was released January 11, expanding on the initial teasers that set up the story of UFO sightings around the world. The alien invasion story stars Aaron Eckhart (Rabbit Hole) as the head of a Marine platoon, Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) as a sergeant, and rapper Ne-Yo. The news warnings of meteors heading to Earth alert the public, quickly resulting in mass evacuations as it becomes clear the onslaught is not space debris but alien spacecraft. Panic takes over as the attack mounts and it becomes apparent that the military is outnumbered by the invading malevolent force wiping out Los Angeles and its inhabitants. Then the Transformer-like behemoth emerges. "We are being colonized," says a voice on the news report. The previously released teaser trailer sets up the of UFO sightings, stretching from Buenos Aires to Seoul. As the "meteors" turn from a mystery to a horror, Earth's cities are under attack in a war like no other. Los Angeles is the last stand. Similar to films like Independence Day, it's far from the upcoming film Paul, about a lost extraterrestrial with a sense of humor. Battle: Los Angeles is directed by Jonathan Liebesman, who will direct the Clash of the Titans sequel. The film releases March 11.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2011 17:43:56 GMT -6
I've been anxiously waiting for Cowboys and Aliens! Also they are in the process of making Men in Black 3..same characters..Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith but apparently there is an additional actor because they go back in time and Will Smith is with a younger K.
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Post by halfsack13 on Jan 12, 2011 19:33:59 GMT -6
More paranormal than sci fi, but still awesome because it has the great Anthony Hopkins
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Post by auntym on Feb 4, 2011 23:57:15 GMT -6
i can't wait for this one.... ;Danother AD for 'PAUL' .... watch the TRAILER againwhatispaul.com/
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Post by Steve on Feb 5, 2011 10:37:19 GMT -6
Fascinating! Watching the preview, why is it everyone (even if they are the 'bad guys') would want to kill this little guy? Any little guy? I think a lot of writers and producers in 'Hollywood' go to the UFO conventions and absorb it all in (I stopped going to them because it was always the same old faces, the same old speculative rhetoric). The producers / backers of this comedy film know the market, and the current Internet culture speculating or imagining about all these things, even reading our posts in forums like us I suppose. When an actor begins parodying themselves, what does that say about them and usually their career? The same might be true of Ufology. The whole 'scene' has now been conveniently encapsulated and processed, ready for consumption. Not criticizing the film about this, more reflecting about Mufon, conventions, all of that. What significant happening in Ufology has really occurred in the last 20 years? Perhaps only the famous Washington DC Disclosure Press conference. I suppose the inevitable conspiracy nuts will say..."see...they are conditioning us for the eventual 'disclosure' ".... when in reality they are just trying to persuade you to hand over a few bucks and be entertained. Nothing wrong with that. Looks like a fun spoof of 1980's films too. Gee, am I old enough that they are already doing this? Always like Siguorney Weaver. Better stop before my post gets too serious... ;D Steve 'Black Helicopters'. The forest setting, the helicopter, reads like one of my recent cases!
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Post by lois on Feb 5, 2011 11:00:59 GMT -6
LOL... it looks like a funny movie. Coffee and bagels, and he smokes cigarettes? ~smirk~ He can come visit me at my house. I have coffee and smokes for him... he can bring the bagels though. And he eats birds, that was a very funny scene. Is this a comedy?
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Post by auntym on Feb 7, 2011 21:22:15 GMT -6
insidemovies.ew.com/2011/02/07/exclusive-cowboys-aliens-preview/I CAN'T WAIT....auntym.... ;DFeb 7 2011 COWBOYS & ALIENSby Anthony Breznican
'Cowboys & Aliens' director Jon Favreau on Super Bowl sneak, nude Olivia Wilde, and his serious sci-fi/western mash-up -- EXCLUSIVEOn Sunday, Jon “Fast Draw” Favreau logged on to Twitter to blast his Super Bowl spot for Cowboys & Aliens a few hours before the big game (and more than a dozen other movie promos), rousing the geek-hive fanbase and stirring new speculation about his hybrid of classic Westerns and extra-terrestrial invasion thrillers. “We wanted to reveal the tone a little bit more,” says the Iron Man director, whose first teaser went up in November. “The first one … people didn’t know if it was meant to be funny, or meant to be dark, but it made an impression. People are getting used to what it is now, they’re aware of the title, and we want to show them it’s an adventure.” In the first trailer, Daniel Craig is an amnesiac who wakes up in the desert with a futuristic device clamped to his wrist, and the dusty frontier town he finds himself in gets strafed by strange ships in the sky. The movie comes out July 29. “For me the first [trailer] was like, ‘Holy s—, these things are coming! What are they?’” Favreau says. “Then you reveal the blaster on his wrist. In this one, instead of everyone running for cover, you see one guy is gonna jump on the back of these things… and we’ll see what that leads to.” Favreau called EW after the game to discuss what he’s showing, what he’s not, and assure sci-fi and western fans alike that this genre mash-up is no joke. TO CONTINUE READING CLICK ON ABOVE LINK
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Post by auntym on Feb 7, 2011 21:33:21 GMT -6
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Post by Steve on Feb 7, 2011 23:08:39 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Mar 16, 2011 12:34:08 GMT -6
Movie Trailer Spielberg and Abrams Team Up for Sci-Fi Film 'SUPER 8'
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Post by auntym on Mar 20, 2011 20:45:22 GMT -6
www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2011/03/20/17692311.html'PAUL' STARS EARN HOLLYWOOD BUZZBy REUTERS Last Updated: March 20, 2011 5:44pm The British comedy team of actors Simon Pegg (L) and Nick Frost pose for a portrait in New York City, March 7, 2011. Pegg and Frost’s new film “Paul””has the pair portraying comic book readers on a road-trip tour of America’s hottest UFO sites when they meet an alien named Paul.LOS ANGELES - The British comedy team of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost earned Hollywood’s attention with their ultra-low budget zombie flick, “Shaun of the Dead,” and followed that up with hit cop thriller spoof, “Hot Fuzz.” Their new film “Paul,” which debuts in theaters Friday, finds the pair portraying comic book readers on a road-trip tour of America’s hottest UFO sites when they meet an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogan), who has escaped from the top secret site Area 51 with government agents in hot pursuit. They pair recently spoke to Reuters about writing and acting in the film, and how they got Steven Spielberg to join a cast that includes Sigourney Weaver and Jason Bateman. Q: Is it true this was inspired by awful British weather? Pegg: “Yeah, we were shooting ‘Shaun’ and it’d be raining one minute, sunny the next, and we said, ‘Let’s do a film where the weather’s consistent, like the desert,’ and we immediately thought of Area 51. That of course led to aliens and the idea of two geeky Brits who find an alien. That was the start of it, and it was like a joke really, but it kept growing and suddenly we’d written a script together. Frost: “It was the first script we’d actually finished. We’d written sitcoms and other things, but never finished them. And this was very different from our first two films. It had a much bigger budget, real movie stars and expensive visual effects as the alien was obviously going to cost a lot to do.” TO CONTINUE READING CLICK ON ABOVE LINK
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Post by spotless38 on Mar 23, 2011 17:38:29 GMT -6
I just saw Paul Sunday . This movie is about the funniest one I saw . Sorry I am not going to tell you about the movie . But If you see it PLEASE wear some Depends I guarantee that you will wet your pants from laughter. I don't want anybody to walk out embarrassed with wet pants . My ribs hurt from laughing so much through that movie . It was great . Ron .
OH ! I forgot to tell you all . The Language is pretty strong . I would not recommend on bringing a child to see it
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 17:40:51 GMT -6
I just saw Paul Sunday . This movie is about the funniest one I saw . Sorry I am not going to tell you about the movie . But If you see it PLEASE wear some Depends I guarantee that you will wet your pants from laughter. I don't want anybody to walk out embarrassed with wet pants . My ribs hurt from laughing so much through that movie . It was great . Ron . OK Ron... I'm going to call my best friend right now and make a date with her to go see it... LOL... she told me last week she wanted to see it too... By the way, I love your new avatar... lol!!!
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Post by spotless38 on Mar 23, 2011 17:50:56 GMT -6
Thanks Loreili Auntym helped me on my avatar. Thank You Auntym Ron .
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Post by lois on Mar 23, 2011 20:07:05 GMT -6
I just saw Paul Sunday . This movie is about the funniest one I saw . Sorry I am not going to tell you about the movie . But If you see it PLEASE wear some Depends I guarantee that you will wet your pants from laughter. I don't want anybody to walk out embarrassed with wet pants . My ribs hurt from laughing so much through that movie . It was great . Ron . OH ! I forgot to tell you all . The Language is pretty strong . I would not recommend on bringing a child to see it ;D ;D ;D
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Post by lois on Mar 23, 2011 20:08:22 GMT -6
Ron love your avator also
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Post by auntym on Apr 14, 2011 21:39:22 GMT -6
i can't wait,...... ;D
COWBOYS & ALIENS (Trailer 2)
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Post by skywalker on Apr 14, 2011 21:54:47 GMT -6
Cowboys and Aliens is going to be an excellent movie. I can't wait to see it. I don't get excited about many movies nowadays since they started remaking every thing in sight but this one looks really cool, and it is actually an original idea. It's got Harrison Ford in it too.
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Post by lois on Apr 14, 2011 22:35:22 GMT -6
I think Harrison is a villian in this .. is he not? That I'm not so sure I'd like.. Looks funny when the aliens go for him though..
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Post by skywalker on Apr 14, 2011 22:50:48 GMT -6
I think he starts out as the bad guy but then he and the good guy join up to fight against the aliendudes. Sounds pretty cool.
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Post by auntym on Apr 15, 2011 23:34:41 GMT -6
INTRODUCING THE CAST & WRITERS OF COWBOYS & ALIENS
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Post by skywalker on Apr 16, 2011 9:13:50 GMT -6
This is the first movie I have actually been excited about in a long time. I can't wait. Hurry up, Movie! Hurry up! ;D
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Post by bewildered on Apr 16, 2011 21:12:34 GMT -6
I'm looking forward to Captain America, and to a lesser extent, Thor. Anthony Hopkins as Odin is admittedly a tad unusual in my opinion, which is why I am somewhat wary of Thor. Personally, a bearded Nick Nolte would make a much better Odin. We shall see.
Captain America, on the other hand, looks like a winner.
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Post by bewildered on Apr 16, 2011 21:16:52 GMT -6
Captain America trailer:
Thor trailer:
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Tommy Lee Jones is a favorite of mine, which is one reason why Captain America looks promising.
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