Plot: “The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.” (Source: IMDb)
The movie Planet 51 will be released for Thanksgiving, on November 20, 2009. Dwayne Johnson is lending his voice to the lead character: a Nasa astronaut who lands on an planet unexpectedly inhabited by green creatures who are rather freaked out by his arrival.
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The famous sci-fi Japanese animated series Cowboy Bebop is going to be adapted into a movie by Fox: scriptwriter Peter Craig is already assigned to write the screenplay and Keanu Reeves has been confirmed in the lead role as Spike Spiegel the bounty hunter.
I was a fan of the animated series, it was a combination of everything one may needs: science fiction, action and pretty girls, and last but not least an incredible soundtrack that was totally jazz oriented! So I am glad to hear about a live action movie but I’m not sure that 20th Century Fox is the best choice for tackling the movie adaptation of this manga: hell, they just destroyed a gold opportunity with their ugly take on the Dragonball movie… But let’s try to be optimistic for Cowboy Beebop. Besides there is a real reason for keeping hope: Director Shinichiro Watanabe and writter Keiko Nobumoto from the original Cowboy Bebop series by Sunrise will be closely involved with the development of Fox’s live-action adaptation.
Below the opening of the original Cowboy Bebop series:
Plot:
“Mankind is now able to travel through the Solar system thanks to astral gates. But this technology came with a price: in the year 2021 AD, the first time it was tested a cataclysmic accident happened that caused 4 billions people to be wiped out and force the survivors to scatter though the system because Earth was under a heavy rain of meteors remnants of a blasted Moon
Fifty years later the Solar system is well under colonization with new nations rising from the ashes. But criminals have now a edge over local police services because astral gates make it easy to escape out of reach at the other end of the Solar system. So bounty hunter is a hot job again in 2071!
The crew of the spaceship Bebop are a partnership of “cowboys” (originally Spike & Jet) who travel the solar system trying to apprehend bounties.”
Keanu reeves is a good actor for sure. But such a project would rely a lot on CGI: I worry that Fox isn’t ready to foot the bill of a real marvelous adaptation: besides the current recession, other movie projects like Wolverine 2 may limit Fox’s financial support for the film…
I realy hope they will keep the original soundtrack: it would be blasphemous to do otherwise! No release date yet for this Cowboy Bebop movie, after all it is at such an early stage. But I’d think it may come to theaters in 2011 if lucky.
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Ninja Assassin is an upcoming martial arts / action movie directed by James McTeigue and starring Rain in the lead role as Raizo one of the world’s deadliest ninja. Below a teaser poster of Ninja Assassin from 2008 Comic Con in San Diego:
(Click on the poster to enlarge it.) Ninja Assassin
This poster of Ninja Assassin reminds me the Thai action movie Ong Back. But I think that Ninja Assassin will be more satisfying because besides a fight choreography there will be a real plot in Ninja Assassin.
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Lionsgate has released (via IGN) the official movie trailer of Crank 2 High Voltage, the sequel to Crank: A movie trailer of Crank 2, aka Crank 2 High Voltage, has been officially released:
Jason Statham, surviving with an artificial heart that needs to stay charged, take us into an electrifying chase through LA in pursuit of the Asian gangster who went away with Statham’s real heart.
Until he get back his heart Jason Statham has to stay charged to stay alive: his artificial heart is indeed a bit cranky!
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Real sets and accessories have been crafted for the movie Moon: the result is quite realistic! Nice sets, a tricky twisted plot and a talented lead actor: Moon is going to be a great science-fiction movie!
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An extended preview clip of Push, upcoming science-fiction movie starring Chris Evans Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle and, Djimon Hounsou, has been released:
This clip of Push features a fight between Chris Evans and Neil Jackson who are both movers (they can move objects thanks to their telekinetic ability). It’s also hinting at Djimon Hounsou’s power, he’s a pusher: he can push thoughts into the minds of other people making them believe they’re real and changing their memories.
Push looks a bit like a make up movie: I mean with such powers, fights should be damn nasty and much more bloody disgusting!
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Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are going on the road again for the new Fast and Furious movie, aka Fast and Furious 4. Here below the latest official Fast and Furious trailer:
Thta’s a real action pack trailer: the new Fast and Furious movie is going to impress! The Soulja Boy song, with the drums has probably been chosen to link to Jamaica where some part of the movie plot takes place, but I’m not a fan of this music… Anyway, if the soundtrack of Fast and Furious is just a bit more thought than in this second trailer it shall be fine.
Please, for the next fast and Furious trailer could we have more cars and girls? Action that’s fine: but girls and cars that’s even better! After that’s what we’re looking for in the Fast and Furious movies, aren’t we?
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Pretenders hiding in a human-shaped shell may get introduced in Transformers 2. Isabel Lucas, who plays a cute girl who befriends Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), was seen in a scene that gives ground to this hypothesis:
According to the rumor Alice would have an arm that transforms into an energy weapon, a long tongue, and a scanning tentacle.
The first Pretenders show up as a subline within the Transformers toy line: Pretenders were capable of disguising their robotic forms through the use of synthetic organic outer shells.
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January 14th, 2009
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New In Town is an upcoming romantic comedy directed by Jonas Elmer and starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick. The release is on January 30, 2009. Here below a TV spot of New in Town:
The movie New in Town is about a Miami businesswoman who’s trying to adjust to her new life in New Ulm, a tiny Minnesota town: she’s an executive on the move but her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.
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We may finally have a look at Nicolas Cage as the old cop and Chloe Moretz who plays the role of his daughter Hit-Girl, in the upcoming movie Kick-Ass:
Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz (Hit-Girl) – Kick-Ass Movie
Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass – Kick-Ass Movie
Nicolas Cage – Kick-Ass Movie
Boys in a comic book shop – Kick-Ass Movie
The movie Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn, is actually adapted from a comic-book of the same name by Mark Millar. It’s about a boy without any superpowers, who inspired by the comic-books he’s always reading, decides to transform into a vigilante and to fight crime in his city.
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January 14th, 2009
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Ilion Animation has released the first official movie trailer of Planet 51, an upcoming science-fiction CGI animated movie:
