WonderCon 2009: Star Trek Panel March 1, 2009 8:16 pm
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Here are some highlights from the WonderCon 2009 Star Trek panel, including a description of the new trailer, which will be attached to next week’s release of Watchmen.
Here’s TrekMovie’s description of the trailer:
The new trailer starts off with a new shot of the young Chris Pine Kirk on motorcycle headed for the Enterprise being constructed. We then see more of the scene in the Iowa bar, with Pike (Bruce Greenwood) saying to Kirk “I couldn’t believe it when the bar tender told me who you are” and Kirk replying back with the “why are you talking to me man” line (seen in the Super Bowl commercial). Cut to image of studio logos.
Greenwood’s voice comes back over scenes of the Kelvin in battle saying “your father was captain of a Starship for twelve minutes…he saved 800 lives…including yours…I dare you to do better…enlist in Starfleet.” During the dialog we see Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk on Kelvin (for the first time), and the ‘including yours’ line was shown along with the shot of Jennifer Morrison (giving birth) scene in the theatrical trailer. With the ‘enlist in Starfleet’ line you see an image of Kirk in a very large room full of cadets. Then cut to a shot of Kirk and Spock (at Academy) with Spock saying “you will experience fear, fear of certain death,” cut to more footage on the drilling platform. Then title card with “May 8th”
Then there is a shot of Spock on the bridge of the Enterprise saying “we have received a distress call” and then cut to a planet imploding (possibly Vulcan). Then we see a close-up of Eric Bana as Nero saying “I have been waiting for this day my whole life…” cut to shot of his ship “…this day of reckoning” followed by more effects shots of battle, including Enterprise. Then cut to bridge of Enterprise with Bones (Karl Urban) saying “we’ve got no captain and no first officer to replace him” to which Chris Pine replies in a serious tone “yeah we do” as he slowly sits in the captain’s chair. Another title card.
Then more effects shots and shots of Vulcan (including Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson) and the Ben Cross (Sarek) voice over saying “you are capable of deciding your own destiny, the question is: which path will you choose.” This was followed with another quick succession of shots both on the Enterprise and in space, then back to Nero saying “James T. Kirk was a great man, but that was another life.” Then back to the bridge with someone saying “set off your torpedoes” and then Pike ordering “emergency evasive” and a shot of Nero yelling “fire everything.” And then even more effects shots, including one from what is like a ‘torpedo cam’ spinning towards the Enterprise. There is also a shot during this final sequence of Quinto Spock hugging Uhura (Zoe Saldana). And then cut to credits.
Panel highlights after the jump. (more…)
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WonderCon 2009: J.J. Abrams on Cloverfield Sequel March 1, 2009 6:40 pm
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At the WonderCon 2009 panel for Star Trek, director J.J. Abrams was about about the progress of the sequel to the 2008 monster movie hit Cloverfield:
“We’re actually working on an idea right now,” Abrams told the packed crowd. “The key obviously at doing any kind of sequel, certainly this film included, is that it better not be a business decision. If you’re going to do something, it should be because you’re really inspired to do it. It doesn’t really have to mean anything, doesn’t mean it will work, but it means we did it because we cared, not because we thought we could get the bucks. We have an idea that we thought was pretty cool that we’re playing with, which means there will be something that’s connected to ‘Cloverfield,’ but I hope it happens sooner than later because the idea is pretty sweet.”
Source: ComingSoon.net
WonderCon 2009: Mitch Hurwitz Provides Arrested Development Movie Update March 1, 2009 6:30 pm
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During the panel presentation for Mitch Hurwitz’s new Fox animated show Sit Down, Shut Up on, the Arrested Development creator was asked by the moderator if he could provide an update on the highly-anticipated movie adaption of the show. Here’s what Hurwitz said:
“Here’s what’s going on with the movie,” Hurwitz told the audience of his fans. “Everyone goes off and has careers and that kind of thing, so it’s been a little challenging to schedule everybody together, but everyone who has agreed to make this movie has agreed to make this movie, and we’re going to make the movie. I haven’t written it yet, so I’ll be accepting pitches. We’re determined to do this.”
“It was a great joy and privilege, all kidding aside, to do a show that took risks and with such a wonderful cast and wonderful writers,” he continued. “For us, it’s irresistible. Here’s an interesting thing about it. When we did the show, one of the things that really made it work is that we didn’t hold ourselves up to any standard. We got a lot of positive critical recommendations, but we even kind of ignored those and just did what was funny to us, and kind of remained the underdog in a great way. It was very clear early on that we weren’t going to be a big hit, so it really was a labor of love. Now suddenly, there is a bar to hit. I think the key to this is once we get as many pieces as we’re going to, which appears we have, we’ll just dive in and have fun and see if we can create the same thing. But we’re excited about it.”
Source: ComingSoon.net
New Wonder Woman Images + Q&A With Rosario Dawson March 1, 2009 3:59 pm
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This week’s Wonder Woman update features a set of new images as well as a brand new Q&A with actress Rosario Dawson, who voices Artemis in the straight-to-video film. Click through the jump to read the Q&A and see a few more images.
Official Plot Synopsis:
Produced by the multiple Emmy® Award winning animation legend Bruce Timm, Wonder Woman is an origin– story and features a stellar celebrity voice cast including Keri Russell (Waitress, Felicity), Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Rosario Dawson (Sin City), Oliver Platt (The West Wing) and David McCallum (NCIS). Wonder Woman begins on the mystical island of Themyscira, where a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons resides. They have raised Princess Diana, a daughter of stunning beauty, extraordinary strength and incredible fighting prowess. Diana possesses a host of super human powers granted to her by the gods and goddesses of Olympus and her strength and stamina are unparalleled. When Air Force fighter pilot Steve Trevor crash lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Ares (the God of War) has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazons and has decided to exact his revenge by starting a world war that will destroy them all. It is up to Princess Diana to save her people and the world by using her gifts to become the ultimate Wonder Woman.
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Wonder Woman hits DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on March 3, 2009. (more…)
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