JAMMSBRO's MOVIE NEWS

CLOSING DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST

2011-04-24T22:02:00.001+01:00

It's been enjoyable posting for this blog for the last three years but it's time to close it for good. It takes up too much of my time and to be honest it doesn't seem to generate much interest or visitors. Practically no comments or interaction leaves me with the feeling that I'm posting for a handful of people.

So with apologies to anyone who visits regularly It's time to close the blog for good. Bye now :) It's been fun.

TRANSFORMERS 3 SOUNDWAVE BANNER

2011-04-22T01:52:00.000+01:00

A new banner for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, featuring Decepticon Soundwave. Soundwave was the custodian for the Decepticons while Megatron was on Earth in the comics but there is no telling how Bay will use him. Probably in a brash, loud fashion that makes little sense.

ANOTHER EARTH - TRAILER

2011-04-22T01:46:00.000+01:00

A winner at the Sundance festival, Another Earth is an original premise of when humans discover life on another world, another, duplicate earth and it's a ramifications for the world and in particular one girl desperate to make amends for one terrible mistake in her life. Click to watch.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - UPDATE - FULL TRAILER!!

2011-04-15T05:13:00.002+01:00

We now have the first full trailer and it looks excellent. Better than excellent.

Here is a pre render of Cesar, the lead ape who leads the revolt (played by Andy Serkis) This is a PRE RENDER! Amazing. Click for full size.

COWBOYS AND ALIENS - FULL TRAILER

2011-04-15T05:09:00.000+01:00

Mixing up genre's has always been a conceit of the modern writer and this one looks likes it's going to work well. Coming from Iron Man Director John Favreau, Cowboys and Aliens is about man who wakes up in the wild west with no memory of who he is and a strange device attached to his forearm. After getting into trouble with the locals he quickly becomes their best hope as an alien attack begins on their settlement.

Director: John Favreau
Starring: Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Craig and Sam Rockwell.
Release Date: July 2011

The Trailer

The Promo Poster

HANGOVER PART 2 CHARACTER POSTERS

2011-04-15T04:49:00.000+01:00

What more can I say? Expect more of the same when this gets a release next month. Click to see six new character posts of the Wolfpack....

FAST FIVE - VIN DIESEL INTERVIEW

2011-04-15T04:41:00.000+01:00

Vin Diesel speaks candidly about the fifth Fast and Furious film. It's clear that he genuinely enjoys these films and I'm glad they went back to the original cast for the last one as it seems to have given the franchise a real boost and lease of new life. I wouldn't be surprised to see another one.

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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES CONCEPT ART

2011-04-14T19:20:00.002+01:00

Check out the genuinely excellent concept art for Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Also we have some behind the scenes images of Andy Serkis in full on Avatar mode as he films his scenes and the transition into realistic apes. This is going to be good. Brutal but good.

SINGER AND VAUGHN TALK X-MEN PREQUEL SEQUEL

2011-04-14T19:11:00.001+01:00

Brian Singer and Mathew Vaughn, the producer and director of the upcoming X-Men origins story X-Men: First Class spoke to Total Film about the ideas they have for a potential follow up to First Class. Both seem eager to do at least three films based on the origins of the X-Men and how Professor X and Magneto went from allies to enemies.

MICHAEL SHANNON ON BEING CAST AS ZOD

2011-04-12T20:23:00.000+01:00

Recently cast as major Superman baddie General Zod, Michael Shannon makes a surprisingly charming and funny Q+A into an entertaining show. I did not expect this guy to be so interesting. And as for the accent? Just makes him funnier.

NEW GREEN LANTERN PROMO ART

2011-04-12T20:08:00.000+01:00

Three slightly iffy looking images for Green Lantern. Like i said in previous posts, this just doesn't look convincing at all. I think it's the eyes. They look kinda cheap and tacky. But no doubt GL fans will love it. Anyway, click to see them.

BRAND NEW PRIEST TRAILER

2011-04-12T20:00:00.000+01:00

After about half a dozen release date changes it looks like Priest is finally coming out. It was pushed again and again and finally in order to convert it to 3D for a May 2011 release. Check out the trailer here.
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SUPERMAN WILL BATTLE ZOD!

2011-04-11T21:41:00.000+01:00

After months of speculation and misinformation Warner Bros dropped a surprise press release this morning stating that Superman's main enemy in Zack Snyder's new Superman movie will indeed be General Zod. Zod will be played by Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Boardwalk Empire).

Zod is one of Superman's most dangerous enemies as he has all of Superman's powers but none of his scruples or morals. He was seen in Richard Donner's Superman and Superman II played by Terrence Stamp. Zod quickly became a fan favourite in both the comics and films.

Speculation over whether or not the main villain would be Zod has split the online community but I doubt that will rattle Snyder as the internet movie going fan is typically a fickle one and if their demands are not met, scorn is usually dealt out rather than respect for a filmmakers choices.

So far the cast list for Superman: Man of Steel is Henry Cavill (Clark Kent/Superman), Michael Shannon (General Zod), Kevin Costner (Jonathan Kent), Diane Lane (Martha Kent) and Amy Adams as Louis Lane.

Man of Steel is out next year.

BOX OFFICE

2011-04-10T20:18:00.001+01:00

It's All about the moolah baby! Some say I'm cynical but it's the truth.

Animated comedy "Hop" denies Russel Brand's Arthur remake a shot at the title by taking a second week at number one and inflating it's worldwide take to over $70 million which makes it's production budget. Still not sure how a film about rabbits can cost $68 million.

DARK KNIGHT RISES UPDATE

2011-04-10T19:11:00.002+01:00

Contains possible spoilers. Click to read more.

SINBAD TO RETURN........ON MARS!

2011-04-09T15:35:00.003+01:00

Sinbad: Rogue of Mars has been announced to go into production for a 2012 release date under the helm of Barry Schneer, the nephew of Charles Schneer who produced the original Sinbad films as well as the original Clash of the Titans.

Not a reboot but a direct sequel to the first four films Rogue of Mars is an adaptation of a Sinbad comic that was announced back in the 70's for production but never happened. Now it seems, Sinbad fans will see a return.

MELANCHOLIA - TRAILER

2011-04-09T02:04:00.001+01:00

With naked Kirsten Dunst! Not sure about this at all. Lars Von Trier seems to like to make films with an awkward and agitative stance. Here he seems to be setting the scene for a seemingly idyllic wedding destined to fall apart under the sub-current of relationship problems wound in with a sub plot about a planet on a collision course with earth. I'm sure it's jam packed with metaphor Mr Trier. But hey, at least Miss Dunst looks awesome in it.

WARRIOR - TRAILER. AND IT'S SUPERB

2011-04-08T02:33:00.003+01:00

This trailer took me completely by surprise. Starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton Warrior sees two brothers, a physics professor and an ex soldier train to become middleweight mixed martial arts fighters in the same tournament. Sounds a little far fetched? Click on the trailer to be impressed.

CARS 2 RETRO POSTERS

2011-04-08T02:19:00.000+01:00

New retro style promo posters for Cars 2. Similar to what we recently saw with Sucker Punch. I love it when promotional work tries something different rather than the same old cookie cutter poster templates.

HANNA - CAST AND DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS

2011-04-06T20:43:00.001+01:00

Three clips with Saoirse Ronan, Erica Bana and Joe Wright for Hanna.

Saoirse plays a sixteen year old assassin with the strength, agility and training of an expert, given to her by her father, a lifelong CIA agent.When he goes missing and the government come to capture Hanna her skills come into play as she takes the enemy by surprise to find her father.

FAST FIVE BEHIND THE SCENES CLIPS. THE ROCK vs VIN DIESEL

2011-04-06T20:34:00.002+01:00

Check out an excellent clip of behind the scenes footage and interviews mashed up with the new trailer for Fast Five. Click to see The Rock and Vin Diesel going toe to toe in what the director is calling the best movie fight in years.

CARS 2 - OFFICIAL WONDERCON CLIP

2011-04-06T03:09:00.001+01:00

A distinctly James Bond feel about this new Cars 2 clip. Cars 2 sees Lighting travelling to the far east for an international racing tournament only to get caught up in international espionage instead. The Bond-style Aston Martin sadly won't be voiced by Sean Connery but will be voiced by Michael Caine. WIN!

BILL AND TED 3 NEWS

2011-04-06T02:58:00.002+01:00

Keanu Reeves spoke to MTV about Bill and Ted 3. The script is six weeks away from draft and is definitely happening. Reeves says that the story involves Bill and Ted having supposed to have written the fabled song that saves the world but have never really managed to do so and are now on a quest to write the song to stave of disaster. Plot is irrelevant. We just want more quoteable lines!

M NIGHT SHYAMALAN TEAMS UP WITH WILL SMITH AND KID

2011-04-06T02:42:00.003+01:00

M. Night Shyamalan, who brought us the excellent Unbreakable and the awful The Happening could do no wrong ten years ago. Even while delivering films that polarised audiences he still generated a spectacular amount of buzz around each release, mainly due to audience desire to find out (or not) about the latest twist, something which has become a hinderance to his career.

13 ASSASSINS TRAILER

2011-04-03T20:34:00.002+01:00

This is the most surprising trailer i have seen this year. A genuinely brilliant looking Samurai tale. No flashy wire work and dancing across treetops or pointless and unbelievable twenty minute fighting sequences. Just raw, powerful filmmaking. Click and watch it.

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