Welcome back to the newly named “Trailer Tracker” where we at Player Affinity inspect the newest trailers with ruthless efficiency. In this relatively clip-light week we’ll take a look at J.J. Abrams’ secret project
Here is the first high-res anything from the future film Kane & Lynch starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx, based on the video game for PS3 and Xbox 360. The first promotional artwork emerged at Cannes over the weekend in front of one of the hotels, which Empire snapped some photos of, but below is the official image that IGN received courtesy Nu Image/Millennium Films, the movie’s production company.
Paul W.S. Anderson has been making quite a few casting calls lately for his 3-D adaptation of The Three Musketeers for Summit Entertainment, according to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Heat Vision blog. Ray Stevenson, who has a major role in next year’s Thor, is set to portray Porthos. Athos will be played by Luke Evans, who recently starred in Louis Leterrier’sClash of the Titans remake along with Mads Mikkelson, who will play Rochefort. Matthew Macfayden of Pride and Prejudice fame will step in to play Aramis.
The January 2010 release Legion centers on the idea of God plaguing the people of the world for not obeying Him. The angel Michael (Paul Bettany) is trying to protect the world from God’s wrath, which is represented by an army of angels. In particular, he attempts to protect a pregnant waitress named Charlie (Adrianne Palicki), as her baby is prophesied to save the world.
January action, horror and thrillers make up the new release lineup. Here’s what’s up for DISCussion this week:
FIRST RELEASES
–Daybreakers (DVD and Blu-ray)
–Edge of Darkness (DVD and Blu-ray
–Legion (DVD and Blu-ray)
RE-RELEASES
–History of the World, Pt I (Blu-ray)
–The Karate Kid (Blu-ray)
As was expected, the hotly anticipated superhero sequel Iron Man 2 led the box office with the fifth highest opening weekend of all time, grossing three times more than the rest of the top ten combined.
Iron Man 2 flew off to $128.1 million, including Thursday night showings, for a red-hot per theatre average of $29,252. This opening weekend tally is significantly less than the $133 million that was originally predicted, signalling that fans may have rushed out all at once for the premier. Many predicted that the $158 million opening weekend record held by another superhero movie, The Dark Knight, may be broken but it appears the buzz, incredible reviews and the tragic death of Heath Ledger still remain an unbeatable combination for the “Batman” pic.
It is very difficult to review a movie called The Human Centipede (First Sequence). There is little chance one will be lured to a viewing under false pretenses, so if a movie delivers what you expect, is it not then an indisputable success? Yes and no as the film is a struggle between concept, execution and nausea but what is admirable, in addition to its fearless boundary pushing, is its restraint. Yes you read that correctly, restraint. Contrary to so many of the torture porn films that try to punch up the shock value through sadism The Human Centipede has almost no blood and lets your imagination fill in the horrific blanks.
