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Interview with Sebastian Peters - Part 2

 

Interviewer: "So... Countdown to Extinction."

Peters: "Countdown to Extinction! We've had ducks, robots, rollercoasters, hunchbacks... and now we've got dinosaurs."

 

Interviewer: "You describe it as a live-action follow-up to Disney's Dinosaur. Can you elaborate on that?"

Peters: "Back before Disney's Dinosaur opened in 2000, Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida had a thrill ride called Countdown to Extinction, where people rode in a "time rover" and traveled back in time to just before the extinction of the dinosaurs were you'd encounter all sorts of dinosaurs and things. Then when Dinosaur came out they changed the name of Countdown to Extinction to match the film and incorporated some of the characters from the film, and the ride exists in that state today. During a writer's session two years ago we were discussing more potential live-action remakes after Hunchback of Notre Dame - hence why we're doing remakes of Atlantis: The Lost Empire and The Road to El Dorado - and the subject of Dinosaur came up. Here's the thing about Dinosaur though: I don't know anyone who think the film is particularly great. When people praise the it the main thing they talk about are the first five minutes, and they are some incredible first five minutes, but the rest of the film doesn't hold up that well. Hunchback had a devoted fanbase, myself included, and so there was a drive for us to recreate it and put our own spin on it. But with Dinosaur nobody had any interest in doing it, partially because there's no real reason to. That's when somebody brought up out of the blue that they'd been at Walt Disney World recently and rode this ride that had the same name as the film. When he described how the ride played out, suddenly the board room lit up. Not only did we have a reason to do something with the property, but now we also had a reason to include human actors in the film. The thing about Countdown to Extinction though is that while it is a sequel in a sense to Dinosaur it's still its own thing, since the perspective is from the human characters traveling back in time, while the characters of Dinosaurs are side characters even if they play an important role."

 

Interviewer: "So what is the story of Countdown to Extinction then?"

Peters: "In the near future, paleontologist Aaron Derry played by Chiwetel Ejiofor leads an expedition back in time to retrieve a dinosaur specimen from the cretaceous period just before the meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs. But something happens - I won't spoil it - that leads to them being stuck in the past and now they only have a short amount of time to get everything back in order so they can return back to the future before the meteor strike hits, all while coming across and dealing with all kinds of danger in this pre-human world. I think most people can figure things out from there."

 

Interviewer: "You have Colin Trevorrow in the director's chair. I presume the intent is to emulate Jurassic Park in a way?"

Peters: "We definitely had Jurassic Park in mind while making it, but there are other reasons for why we chose Trevorrow to helm the film. Trevorrow is a very playful director, he's shown from both big-scale blockbusters like Jurassic World and small quirky indie films like Safety Not Guaranteed that he knows both how to play with big visuals but also a sense of adventure and wonder, and for a big time travel dinosaur adventure we just came to the conclusion he'd be a perfect fit. Countdown to Extinction is our big early summer blockbuster, we wouldn't have put it in the Voltron slot if we didn't, and what better way to start the summer with some dinosaur action?"

 

Interviewer: "Will the original voice cast from Dinosaur return?"

Peters: "We're currently exploring that aspect. Obviously in live-action it'd look very goofy to have the prehistoric animals talk around humans and you'd have to explain how they're able to do that and that could result in audiences stretching their suspension of disbelief, so we're looking for ways to still include the original voice cast and work around the issue of possibly confusing audiences."

 

Interviewer: "You mentioned Atlantis and Road to El Dorado earlier but Dinosaur at least has the excuse that it was a box office success. How do you justify doing live-action remakes to two films that did poorly commercially?"

Peters: "Atlantis and Road to El Dorado are two films where I think the potential weren't used to their fullest. It's not just cultural relevance we're looking at when deciding what films we want to remake. For example I think Disney's Mulan used itself to its full potential, so we saw no reason for us to do a live-action remake because what can we do to bring a new perspective or improve things? We don't want a situation like Disney's Beauty and the Beast remake where our film comes under heavy fire for not doing enough to stand out from its predecessor. I personally enjoyed the remake, I obviously don't think it's on the same level as the original, but even I can admit most of the changes they made were ultimately superficial. With Hunchback we took the risk and made several major changes, most notable being the ending, and we received a lot of praise for that, so us just doing a straight remake would probably disappoint a lot of people. With Road to El Dorado and Atlantis we look at where the films could have gone and try to explore those aspects, plus we have ambitions of turning them into franchises. With Hunchback it was a one and done, there's obviously nowhere for the story to go after that, but with Atlantis and El Dorado I think there's a lot we could do even after the credits roll on both movies."

 

Interviewer: "Atlantis currently has a mid-September release date. Are you worried about the film's box office potential since you scheduled it during the off-season?"

Peters: "I am a believer in that you can make any movie a hit in any date. Hollywood's insistence to huddle blockbusters around specific months and dates I think is ultimately a detriment to the industry, even as the box office has proven time and time again that appealing releases can do really well even in months Hollywood does not pay much attention to. Guardians of the Galaxy opened big in August. American Sniper, Deadpool, Furious 7 and It were absolutely huge in January, February, April and September respectively. That's not to say we're avoiding the prime months. We have Lance and The Shadow Entities in March, Countdown to Extinction in May, TailSpin and Rita in June, F-Zero in July and Scavenger Wars, El Dorado and Voltron during the holidays. Ultimately it just came down to scheduling between our own movies. September was empty of similar releases and that should help Atlantis stand out among the competition."

 

Interviewer: "So you believe that Atlantis can still be a box office success despite all the obstacles I mentioned?"

Peters: "I definitely think it can be. Ultimately it depends on the execution, as it would be with anything else."

 

Interviewer: "We'll be back with Cookie Pictures' more original projects during the next edition. Anything else you want to say about Road to El Dorado or Atlantis before we wrap up?"

Peters: "As we announced some time ago at least one song will return in Road To El Dorado: It's Tough to be a God in particular. We've been in talks with Elton John on whether or not we should compose new songs, but so far we haven't made any concrete decision. It ultimately depends on what Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg wants to do with the film. I trust them to make the right decision."

 

Interviewer: "Well let's keep our fingers crossed. Thank you for your time, Mr. Peters, we'll be back with The Shadow Entities, Mech Suit Heroine Rita and The Scavenger Wars next time."

Peters: "Looking forward to it."

Edited October 31, 2017 by cookie

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@HourglassPictures

 

CYBER has been retitled as CLOSED DOMAIN.

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MV PICTURES OUT OF BUSINESS; CRIMINAL CHARGES PENDING

 

Following serious allegations of wrongdoing - including mob financing, money laundering, and blackmail - and expensive flops BraveStarr, Dino-Riders, and Go Go GoBots, MV Pictures has ceased all operations. TriCrescent Media - which had already purchased the rights to SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, MV's biggest hit - will be obtaining what remains of MV Pictures' assets. Currently there are no plans for them to produce sequels to any MV Pictures films other than SWAT Kats, but as part of the deal, MV Pictures films not yet released on home video through that studio's previous contract with Shout! Factory will now be distributed on physical media formats by TriCrescent. Shout retains the digital distribution rights, including streaming. We are told criminal charges are pending against several high-ranking executives at MV, chiefly CEO John Johnson.

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A bus ad was seen for Bounty Hamster with Cassie and Marion reading the self help book: “Losing #1 To Voltron with Dignity”

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9 minutes ago, spaghetti! said:

A bus ad was seen for Bounty Hamster with Cassie and Marion reading the self help book: “Losing #1 To Voltron with Dignity”

I see you're taking the Austin Powers 2 approach.

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POSTER REVEAL FOR 'THE AMITYVILLE NIGHTMARE'

 

Red Crescent Pictures has released the poster for their Halloween season supernatural horror picture The Amityville Nightmare. The film, based on a book by Robin Karl Largent which was published as non-fiction but was in fact completely fabricated, is not making any attempt to claim it is based on a true story. Instead marketing appears focused on the headline names, the house's iconic image, and the success of director David F. Sandberg's Lights Out and Red Crescent's Y1 release Séance.  The picture has been bumped around the release schedule a couple of times, initially slated for April 13th, then delayed to November 16th before finally winding up in the October 19th slot that had previously belonged to Red Crescent's fellow horror pic Under. The story takes place in a world where - contrary to actual events - the infamous house in Amityville, New York has been abandoned ever since the Lutz family fled it in January 1976, leaving their possessions behind and claiming they had experienced a demonic infestation.

 

 

Red Crescent's press release on the film is as follows:

 

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The world's most notorious haunted house hits big screens again this October just in time for Halloween in Red Crescent Pictures' terrifying The Amityville Nightmare. Abandoned and decaying for decades, the house on 112 Ocean Avenue is still home to a powerful evil - an evil inadvertently reawakened by two young school boys when they break into the foreboding home and take some of the possessions of the previous occupants. As strange, sinister phenomena are spread by the stolen items, members of their families, the police, and the church are drawn back into the dark abode - where an unspeakable living nightmare lies in wait. Starring Anne Heche (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (Dark Water) and directed by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out), the film is based on Robin Karl Largent's 1991 book Amityville: The Nightmare Continues.

 

Edited October 31, 2017 by Xillix

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'PREY' DELAY; TRACHTENBERG TO HELM 'BEACHED' FOR Y2 INSTEAD

 

Despite the financial and critical success of Red Crescent Pictures' Y1 release Airframe, based on the novel by Michael Crichton, the planned follow-up film based on Crichton's sci-fi thriller Prey has been indefinitely delayed. Director Dan Trachtenberg, who had been attached to the project, will instead helm an original thriller called Beached to be released in Y2. More details on Beached are expected to emerge soon.

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'THE KNIGHT' BEGINS HIS QUEST A WEEK EARLY ON 15 CINERAMA SCREENS

 

Gold Crescent Pictures has announced that The Knight, their fantasy epic which is the first film to shoot in Cinerama in 55 years, will have a limited release one week early on March 23rd, Y2. The early showings will be restricted to exhibition on the deeply-curved panoramic screens that are Cinerama's hallmark. Pacific's Cinerama Dome at Arclight Cinemas in Los Angeles and the Seattle Cinerama theatre will screen the movie in true three-strip 35mm Cinerama. An additional 13 locations in major markets around the country - New York City, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Austin, San Francisco, Charlotte, Denver, Boston, Nashville, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. - will install temporary Cinerama screens for use with 4K digital projection of the specially-rectified Cinerama image for single-projector exhibition. The movie will expand into an additional 3,794 standard-screen locations in the "Smilebox" format the following week on the originally announced March 30th release date, for a total of 3,809 North American locations.

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@FGaryGray:

 

Clarification - JakeG is gonna be the villain in Spark 2, and his character will be human. All we'll say for now.

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Truth Is

 

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Colton Haynes and Casey Cott both talked more about the up-coming sequel to Poison and Wine entitled Truth Is.

 

When asked about the continuing story and where the film planned to pick up after the shocking finale of the first film, Casey Cott shared that the film would briefly touch on the aftermath of the final events of the first film but actually would pick up a little over a year after the events of the first film. He stated, "Tyler understandable is upset with Hunter after what he did to him in the woods. He wants Hunter cut immediately out of his life and he successfully does so....at least temporarily. Ultimately, he and Hunter are meant to be together. I believe they are soulmates but the path to that isn't straight or easy. This series is realistic and not your fairytale romance. I think that is what makes it so appealing." Both where asked about the BDSM and sex scenes for the film. Both shared that the BDSM will still be present as it is part of the core of Hunter's and Tyler's relationship. Colton stated, "The BDSM is definitely not in the forefront like Poison and Wine, which makes sense. I mean if I was Tyler or Hunter I don't think I'd jump right back into BDSM immediately considering what both have been through. Don't worry though! There are sex scenes in this film, but Truth Is isn't a smut film." Colton added about his character Hunter, "Hunter right now is trying to figure out what he needs in life. He really loves Tyler, but Tyler wants nothing to do with him. He also has his planned marriage to Nicole. What I really like about Truth Is, is that it really fleshes out Hunter. We learn about his past, his planned marriage to Nicole, and why he engages in BDSM. No stone is unturned." Casey added, "Poison and Wine was the set up. It introduced us to Tyler and Hunter and set the story in motion. Truth Is is the uncovering of Tyler and Hunter's past and how that influences them in the present. We learn a ton about Tyler and Hunter and it is very fascinating." When asked about Margot Robbie's role as Nicole, Colton stated, "Nicole wants Hunter and she will do anything in her power to keep Hunter with in her grasps. She definitely is the villain in this love story." Casey and Colton both shared that they think Truth Is will be more appealing to the general public than the first film. They stated it is more digestible for main stream movie goers but will not deter away from the same-sex sex scenes or LGBT+ storyline. 

 

The plot summary reads: "Having gone separate ways after the event in the woods, Hunter and Tyler have graduated college and begun to navigate their lives as young adults.  Tyler is on the brink of a successfully career in Boston and Hunter is engaged to Nicole and is on track to inherit his father's business empire. After a random encounter, both Tyler and Hunter find themselves drawn to each despite the turmoil, which will undoubtably lie ahead."

 

Below are the pictures from the photo shoot with Vanity Fair.

 

 

Truth Is opens February 9th!

 

The final installment is confirmed for February Year 3 with Casey Cott, Colton Haynes, and Margot Robbie returning to their respective roles. 

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'UNDER' DELAY WILL MAKE WAY FOR THREE MORE RED CRESCENT FILMS IN Y2

 

Under, the mysterious big-budget horror flick from Red Crescent Pictures and director Christophe Gans, has delayed production and will now target a release sometime in Year 3. The film is well into pre-production, but Gans and the crew have expressed concerns about meeting the current July 13th, Y2 release date and still delivering a quality product. The movie was originally scheduled for release on October 19th. However, after Red Crescent executives were pleasantly surprised with how The Amityville Nightmare (which is already in the late stages of post-production) turned out, they moved that film up from a November dump slot into the prime pre-Halloween release date instead, pushing Under up to the Friday, July 13th slot where it was hoped it could compete as a minor summer blockbuster. Sources close to the French filmmaker claim even at the time of that announcement, Gans was "not fully confident" in his ability to complete the movie up to his usual standards in the reduced timeframe. Now it appears Red Crescent has heeded his warnings and given him additional time to refine the script and a much more generous shooting schedule.

 

In an attempt to make up for the lost Y2 revenue, Red Crescent has announced the simultaneous production of three additional low-budget horror films for Y2 release. Taking advantage of contact it had made with various oriental film companies after the release of last year's K-horror remake Phone and during pre-production of this year's Skeleton Crew, Red Crescent has quickly negotiated the rights to three additional Asian chillers to be remade for western audiences. As each comes from a different country of origin, the hope is to create a sort of unofficial anthology, a "tour of East Asian terror," as Red Crescent rep Tyler Abbey said in an interview. "The plan was to pursue these properties anyway, assuming Skeleton Crew did well this year," he explained. "We're simply accelerating our timeframe to fill the gap created by the delay of Under."

 

The three properties being adapted are the 2005 South Korean film Cello, originally written and directed by Woo-Cheol Lee, the 2005 Singaporean film The Maid - a half-English production that was Singapore's first horror film - originally written and directed by Kelvin Tong, and the 2007 Thai film Pee Chang Nang (roughly translated as Ghost Screening), originally written and directed by Songsak Mongkolthong. Casts, crews, and release dates will be announced soon - though whichever project Red Crescent feels the most optimistic about will likely take the July 13th date, we're told.

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Terrence Howard Dropped from 'War of the Gods'

 

Gold Crescent Pictures has reported that Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard has been dropped from their summer tentpole War of the Gods. Apparently, the decision was made partway into principal photography to streamline the film's plot and reduce the role of Howard's character, the creator god Khnum. This entailed not only cutting some of Howard's already-filmed scenes, but also reshooting almost everything else he had done in order to fit with the new pace of the narrative. Howard demanded a "significant" salary increase for the proposed two-day reshoots, which Gold Crescent reps claim was in violation of his contract. When a deal could not be reached, the decision was made to cut Howard's role from the film completely. The two days that had been reserved for reshooting his scenes will now be used to film a few new scenes that cover the small gaps created by his absence.

 

A source on the set, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that Howard was "eccentric and uncooperative" during much of the shoot, and director J.J. Abrams was unhappy with his performance. Because his role in the script was being heavily reduced for the proposed reshoots anyhow, the source says, Howard's character had become largely unimportant to the overall plot and was only being kept in because he was under contract. When Howard broke the contract by demanding a salary increase, it gave the filmmakers an excuse to remove him. "Honestly," the source confides, "I think the movie is better off without Terrence and his character than it would have been with his useless part shoehorned in."

Edited December 14, 2017 by Xillix

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'WAR OF THE GODS' BOWS TWO DAYS EARLY IN SELECT IMAX LOCATIONS

EXTENDED PREVIEWS ATTACHED TO IMAX SHOWINGS OF 'ULTRAMAN'

 

Gold Crescent Pictures' enormous $255 million fantasy blockbuster War of the Gods, which was shot primarily on large-format IMAX film, will have a limited early release beginning at 12 AM, midnight on Wednesday, August 1st, in 99 specially-selected IMAX theatres across the US and English-speaking Canada. The locations were chosen by the studio, based on screen size and shape, as the theatres which offer the best possible IMAX presentation for the film in their respective formats. The bulk of the locations - 64 - will present the film in IMAX Digital 3D at the 1.90:1 aspect ratio. 24 locations will screen the picture in IMAX 2D from 15/70 film prints at the full-frame 1.44:1 ratio, and 11 locations will show the film in IMAX 3D with 4K laser projection at the full-size ratio with 12-channel immersive audio.

 

Additionally, all IMAX screenings of Gold Crescent's earlier summer tentpole, the Michael Bay sci-fi superhero flick Ultraman, will be preceded by a special five-minute preview for War of the Gods.

 

The full list of early-release IMAX locations can be found below:
 

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IMAX 3D Digital – 1.90:1 Ratio

United States

Alabama

AMC Patton Creek 15 – Hoover

AMC Valley Bend 18 – Huntsville

 

Alaska

Regal Tikahntu Commons Stadium 16 – Anchorage

 

Arizona

AMC Westgate 20 – Glendale

 

California

Cinemark Lancaster 22 – Lancaster

AMC NewPark 12 – Newark

Galaxy Riverbank – Riverbank

 

Florida

AMC Bayou 15 – Pensacola

AMC West Melbourne 12 – West Melbourne

 

Georgia

AMC Columbus Park 15 – Columbus

Royal Cinemas – Pooler

 

Illinois

Galaxy Bloomington 14 – Bloomington

AMC Showplace Niles 12 – Niles

AMC Showplace Rockford 16 – Rockford

AMC South Barrington 24 – South Barrington

 

Kansas

AMC Legends 14 – Kansas City

AMC Dine-In Manhattan 13 – Manhattan

 

Louisiana

AMC Baton Rouge 16 – Baton Rouge

 

Maryland

AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12 – Largo

 

Michigan

NCG Trillium – Grand Blanc

AMC Cherry Blossom 14 – Traverse City

 

Minnesota

CMX Odyssey 15 – Burnsville

Galaxy Rochester 14 – Rochester

 

Montana

AMC Missoula 12 – Missoula

 

Nebraska

AMC Westroads 14 – Omaha

 

Nevada

AMC Town Square 18 – Las Vegas

Galaxy Luxury+ Sparks – Sparks

 

New Jersey

Frank Tilton 9 – Northfield

 

New Mexico

AMC Albuquerque 12 – Albuquerque

 

New York

Regal Destiny USA Stadium 19 – Syracuse

 

North Carolina

AMC Southpoint 17 – Durham

AMC Fayetteville 14 – Fayetteville

 

Ohio

AMC Classic Grove City 14 – Grove City

AMC West Chester 19 – West Chester

 

Oklahoma

AMC Patriot 13 – Lawton

 

Pennsylvania

AMC Neshaminy 24 – Bensalem

AMC Center Valley 16 – Center Valley

Penn Cinema Lititz – Lititz

 

South Carolina

Regal Simpsonville Stadium 14 – Simpsonville

 

Tennessee

AMC Chattanooga 18 – Chattanooga

AMC Dine-In Thoroughbred 20 – Franklin

 

Texas

Premiere Cinema Bryan – Bryan

AMC NorthPark 15 – Dallas

AMC Dine-In Grapevine Mills 30 – Grapevine

AMC Studio 30 – Houston

Premiere Cinema Lubbock – Lubbock

AMC Dine-In Mesquite 30 – Mesquite

Premiere Cinema Temple – Temple

 

Utah

Megaplex 14 at Legacy Crossing – Centerville

Megaplex 20 at The District – South Jordan

Megaplex Theaters at Geneva – Vineyard

Megaplex Theaters at Valley Fair Mall – West Valley City

 

Virginia

Frank Theatres CineBowl & Grille – Blacksburg

 

Washington

Cinemark Reserve Lincoln Square – Bellevue

Regal Issaquah Highlands 12 – Issaquah

AMC Loews Alderwood Mall 16 – Lynnwood

 

Canada

Alberta

Landmark Cinemas 16 Country Hills – Calgary

 

Manitoba

Scotiabank Theatre Winnipeg – Winnipeg

 

Ontario

Cineplex Ancaster – Ancaster

Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa – Gloucester

Cineplex Markham – Markham

Cineplex Empress Walk – North York

Cineplex Winston Churchill – Oakville

SilverCity Windsor Cinemas – Windsor

 

 

IMAX 2D FILM – 1.44:1 RATIO

United States

Arizona

Harkins Arizona Mills 25 – Tempe

 

California

Regal Hacienda Crossings Stadium 21 – Dublin

Edwards Fresno Stadium 22 – Fresno

Edwards Ontario Stadium Palace 22 – Ontario

Esquire IMAX – Sacramento

 

Georgia

Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium 20 – Buford

 

Idaho

Edwards Boise Stadium 22 – Boise

 

Illinois

Regal Lincolnshire Stadium 21 – Lincolnshire

Cinemark at Seven Bridges – Woodridge

 

Indiana

Indiana State Museum IMAX – Indianapolis

 

Michigan

Celebration Cinema Grand Rapids North – Grand Rapids

 

Minnesota

Minnesota Zoo IMAX – Apple Valley

 

New York

Regal New Roc City 18 – New Rochelle

Cinemark Tinseltown USA – Rochester

 

Pennsylvania

United Artists King of Prussia Stadium 16 – King of Prussia

 

Rhode Island

Showcase Cinemas Providence Place 16 – Providence

 

Tennessee

Regal Opry Mills Stadium 20 – Nashville

 

Texas

Cinemark Dallas 17 – Dallas

 

Canada

Alberta

Scotiabank Theatre Chinook – Calgary

Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton – Edmonton

 

British Columbia

Cineplex Langley – Langley

 

Nova Scotia

Scotiabank Theatre Halifax – Halifax

 

Ontario

Cineplex Mississagua – Mississagua

Cineplex Vaughan – Vaughan

 

 

IMAX 3D WITH LASER – 1.44:1 RATIO

United States

California

AMC Loews Metreon 16 – San Francisco

AMC Universal Citywalk Stadium 19 – Universal City

 

Florida

Museum of Discovery & Science IMAX – Fort Lauderdale

 

Illinois

AMC Navy Pier IMAX – Chicago

 

Massachusetts

Jordan's Furniture Reading Sunbrella IMAX – Reading

 

Missouri

Branson's IMAX Entertainment Complex – Branson

 

New York

AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 – New York City

 

Texas

Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX – Austin

 

Virginia

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Airbus IMAX – Chantilly

 

Washington

Pacific Science Center Boeing IMAX – Seattle

 

Canada

Ontario

Scotiabank Theatre Toronto – Toronto

 

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Zendaya, Pete Davidson, Bill Hader, Iliana Glazer, and Abbi Jacobson mark the cast of Blood And Fur 2: Maul-ma Mater.

 

When a white supremacist arrives on a college campus, and a prank from a racist fraternity goes wrong - a shy activist joins the furry heroes in a night about to go horribly wrong.

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SPARK: HOMEWARD Details Emerge

 

Kicking off the summer Y3 season, Spark: Homeward is already one of the year's most anticipated projects, and director F. Gary Gray, working on a script by The Duffer Brothers and Alison Tatlock, has begun to let information regarding the plot enter the public sphere.

 

Set approximately 2 years after the events of Rising, Alex struggles with becoming a public figurehead of idealism and hope, guiding tense relations as humanity enters the galactic scene and maintaining her heroic deeds, all while trying to build a relationship with Kozar Alcana. Things get only more complicated when her disgraced father, Everett Spark, returns into her life. Seeking redemption in galactic society, he invites Alex and her friends on a mission to stop a dangerous biological genius and entrepeneur from creating the galaxy's most lethal biological weapon ever seen. Knowing the threat he poses, but seeing the risk that working with Everett poses on her galactic standing, as well as with that of her own loved ones, Alex is forced to dive into the past and make bold choices as she continues to make sense of who she truly is. 

 

The film will have several more unique and exhilarating action sequences, all while maintaining the stakes and intensity of the original film, complete with several surprises and shocking turns along the way. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the evil alien biologist, while Rico Rodriguez and McKenzie Foy are two alien youths filming a web show on galactic heroism, invited by Kozar on their mission. Kate Beckinsale plays a sharp, powerful information broker....who just happens to be Ezen Baklattan's older sister.

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'Barsoom' reboot announced for Y3/4

Adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs series to take animated form as "Warlord of Mars"

 

 

Announced today at a Year 2 press briefing, Cookie Pictures Group President and CEO Sebastian Peters has confirmed that the conglomerate has acquired the worldwide film rights to Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Barsoom' series of sci-fi pulp novels and has set an animated feature in the pipeline produced internally by Cookie Pictures Animation. Peters did not give out a specific release date for the tentatively titled Warlord of Mars, saying simply that it'll be out "within the next two years" depending on the studio's workload during Year 3 (currently Cookie Pictures Animation is in production of the long-delayed The Scavenger Wars and the anticipated Scrooge McDuck sequel The Number One Dime for Year 3).  No director has been announced, but the studio is looking to tap Zachary Levi of Chuck fame to voice the lead character John Carter and Sasha Lane of Spark: Rising fame as Dejah Thoris. Micheal Rooker is also being looked at to voice Tars Tarkas along with Jude Law as the film's currently unnamed antagonist.

 

When asked what motivated the company to turn the century-old series previously adapted into the 2012 commercial failure John Carter into an animated feature instead of live-action, Peters cited Carter as precisely why, wanting distinction between it and their version. Despite taking the title from the third book in the series, Cookie Pictures' version will mostly follow the first book in the series (A Princess of Mars) with elements borrowed from later books. A tentative production budget of $150 to $175 million has been allocated to the project.

 

 

Edited January 9, 2018 by cookie

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'Gargoyles' live-action adaptation coming in Year 3

'90s cult classic gets new lease of life as a summer blockbuster

 

 

 

Disney's Gargoyles franchise, laid dormant since the television series' cancellation in 1997 (aside from a comics sequel in the late 2000s) is getting a new lease of life as a summer tentpole blockbuster from Cookie Pictures. Announced at a Year 2 press briefing, President and CEO Sebastian Peters declared that unlike other 'Disney Afternoon' staples currently being adapted by the studio such as DuckTales and Tailspin, Gargoyles will see its rebirth as a PG-13 summer tentpole. The studio is currently aiming at an late July or early August release for the property, on an allocated budget of around $160 million.

 

Plot-wise, the film will be an origin story, mostly borrowing from the first season of the series. Not much is known of the plot beyond that, other than series antagonists Demona and Xanatos are set to be the antagonists in the film. No cast has been announced yet (aside from confirmation that the gargoyles will indeed be realized through performance capture similar to the Voltron franchise), but according to inside sources Peters is looking to have Jon Hamm play Xanatos.