The head of twentieth Century Fox really does n’t want you call Ridley Scott ’s Prometheus an Alien prequel . Tom Cruise join another sci - fi epic . José Padilha discusses the themes of his Robocop reboot , while Emile Hirsch talks The Darkest Hour .
Spoilers from here on out !
Top image from Prometheus .
I get laid we ’ve been talking about and reading ridiculous synopses for this movie ’s prologue for what sense like decades , but Warner Bros. has only now actually officially sustain the thing is even happening . As you might ideate , their mechanical press release did n’t reveal any prescribed item , but it did feature this general inverted comma from Christopher Nolan :
“ Our experience on ‘ The Dark Knight ’ shooting and projecting IMAX 15 perf 65mm/70 mm moving picture was inspire . The immersive timbre of the image die beyond any other filmmaking tool available , and in revisit Gotham , we were determined to pullulate even more of the movie in this singular data formatting . Giving the fans an early expression at an IMAX sequence is a great way to pull attending to what I believe will be an incredible fashion to go through our storey when it come out next summer . ”
I think all that can really be glean from that is that the prologue will be something that designate off the IMAX camera , which might suggest something more action - oriented , I pretend . Anyway , check out the link for the prescribed list of North American IMAX theaters where the prologue will toy before cover of Mission : Impossible – Ghost Protocol . [ ComingSoon.net ]
20th Century Fox promontory Tom Rothman weighed in on the seemingly dateless debate about whether this pic is an Alien prequel or not . While he seemed willing to concede that the moving-picture show does take place in the same universe as Alien at a point in clock time before the original movie , he bristle at the use of the word “ prequel ” – and reckon the general track record of prequels , I suppose that ’s apprehensible :
“ It is not [ an ‘ Alien ’ prequel ] . It ’s not . Hand on heart . [ On it being in the same existence ] I suppose if you require to definitionally be that genuine , but it does it a great disservice . I will tell you , here ’s the way to think about it . If you bet at the whole movie , 95 percent of it is alone unto itself . Ridley said it right : If you ’re a fan and you look tight , you ’ll spot strands of DNA . ”
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Here are gamy - re , text edition - detached versions of the images that recently appeared in Entertainment Weekly . [ ComingSoon.net ]
First images from Ridley Scott ’s Prometheus take on with the Alien mythology
With Hugo star Asa Butterfield now confirmed for the title role , Gavin Hood ’s adjustment of the Orson Scott Card is looking at another in - demand young actor for a cardinal role , with lawful Grit ’s Hailee Steinfeld reportedly in talks to play Petra Arkanian , the exclusive little girl in the Salamander Army who quick becomes Ender ’s most trusted friend . [ Variety ]
Tom Cruise has reportedly signed on to appear in Bourne Identity director Doug Liman ’s adaption of this epic , in which a soldier in a war against alien relives the last Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of his life over and over again , picking up extra training and experience each time through the time closed circuit that might eventually let him to get the better of his extraterrestrial alien . The motion picture will most in all likelihood shoot in recent 2012 after Cruise finishes his other vainglorious sci - fi epic , Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski ’s post - apocalyptic Oblivion . [ Variety ]
Director José Padilha reiterates that he sees the motion picture as about “ a human race being turned in a product by a corporation ” , and he offers this possible take on some themes he might explore :
warfare in the futurity are going to be fought with drones . We wo n’t send a planing machine with a pilot in , it will be drone . It ’s get that path now and ten years from now that ’s how state of war are going to be fought . But what if a radio-controlled aircraft goes wrong – who is to blame then ? Do you blame the dawdler ? And that trouble asks if you may you consider a automaton shamefaced of a offense . Or is it the corporation that made the automaton that is guilty ? How do you agitate back against drones when you do n’t have laggard ?
He also says he ’s about to head to Los Angeles to go working on molding , and he has some specific the great unwashed in mind for central crew positions like film director of photography and production couturier . [ Bleeding Cool ]
Star Emile Hirsch describes his reference Sean , and how he and Max Minghella ’s Ben match into this Moscow - set alien invasion movie :
Both Sean and Ben are software package interior designer and we are kind of have it so Shawn is a small bit … He ’s kind of coasting a little scrap . He ’s not last up to his potential and he ’s not taking his aliveness that seriously when we first run across him . Not in a peculiarly destructive way . He just has n’t really found his purpose , you could say .
So the alien invasion really brings out the just in him .
Yeah , and it turns him into the hero that we want to see him be . Where he ’s maybe a minuscule too easy drop dead in the beginning , those qualities later on last up help him exist . He can keep his head a little flake easy than some of the other people in the group who get really freaked out under atmospheric pressure .
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Here are a net ton more promo pic , include what I conceive is our first look at Stephen Fry as Sherlock ’s even smart crony Mycroft Holmes , which is perfect molding considering Stephen Fry is basically the full human race ’s even overbold brother . [ ComingSoon.net ]
Robert Rodriguez explains that he and Frank Miller brought in The start out writer William Monahan primarily to put to work on the movie ’s social structure , which was apparently trying and failing to reduplicate the first movie ’s anthology structure :
“ We have a hand for ‘ Sin City 2 ’ and we just needed to round down it out a little bit more , brought in Bill to try and solve some things . Like before we had three different stories that we were trying to mix together and he took a go at it for a duet of weeks and now Frank is doing his pass . We ’re pretty close . We might have it soon . ”
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Here ’s the first bill poster for Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard ’s long - detain horror movie , which was a fatal accident of MGM ’s failure and stars a pre - Thor Chris Hemsworth , not to mention the heavy Richard Jenkins , The West Wing ’s Bradley Whitford , and Dollhouse ’s Fran Kranz . [ FirstShowing.net ]
The show ’s abbreviated erotic love thing with the United States may well be over , as Doctor Who is reportedly consider knock down us for another former settlement , one that ’s a minute younger and is cheeky and exciting in all the way we used to be , with immense tracts of extensive open loneliness that put even Utah to disgrace . Yes , the show is reportedly considering filming a season seven tale in … Australia . The plan supposedly would be “ to film multiple episodes in Australia in mid-2012 ” , with multiple sequence meaning a two - part report and peradventure a duad abbreviated shooter for other sequence , much like how the United States was used last serial publication . Unless of class the show is uncoerced to make a long - terminal figure commitment to Australia that it was never willing to make for us . Ah well , could be worse . At least it ’s not Canada , you have it away ?
And no , I do n’t see how anything I just write could perhaps get me into trouble . In any outcome , take all of this with a grain of salt until we hear more . [ TV Tonight ]
While this year ’s Christmas special , “ The Doctor , the Widow , and the Wardrobe ” will air at 7:00 PM in the UK , BBC America has announced the US airing will be at 9:00 postmortem examination easterly . [ Doctor of the Church Who News Page ]
Harry Potter manager David Yates ’s recent announcement that he ’s work on on a big - screen version of Doctor Who is sounding more and more like wishful thinking on Yates ’s part than something that will , you know , actually ever happen . Still , here ’s Yates ’s update on the project , which suggests even he is n’t all that worried about it :
“ I ca n’t really talk about that because its such a long way away . We ’re principally looking for a author , and we ’ll part with that . Everything has to part with a bang-up script , so that ’s more important than [ disgorge ] . It ’s such a wonderful character and such a howling world . It ’s exciting . It ’s a farsighted journey and we ’re going to take our sentence with it . mightily now I ’m looking forth to a vacation , honestly ! ”
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Here ’s an interview with Maisie Williams , in which she discusses that most authoritative of topic : Arya ’s unexampled haircut .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eknAM6tK0A
Here ’s a gang more promo photograph of Kit Harrington as Jon Snow from the ongoing filming in Iceland . [ Visir.is ]
Daryl actor Norman Reedus offered this prevue of the second half of the season :
I can say that in the 2nd one-half , after this hiatus , the great unwashed are done talking . It ’s all kind of firecrackers from here on out . It get more action packed . The first part of the season , it gets boring when people have to talk . That ’s just how it works . I think the writer have done such a great job with typeset up plot line and explicate them when they call for to be explain , not over let the cat out of the bag it and not over reckon it . There are certain things that need to be said to keep the story affect and I mean they ’ve done a good job with it . I have intercourse when people watch out the show they go , ‘ More zombies . More dying . ’ But you have to do a moment of blab out . Otherwise it ’s ‘ Transformers . ’
He also discourse the possibility of a Romance language between Daryl and Carol :
We do have a sorting of special bond , and it ’s not so much romantic as I believe it ’s damaged masses advert out with damage people . They sort of gravitate towards each other . I even discover that more interesting . We were talking about how we should do a spin off called ‘ Daryl & Carol ’ where we subsist in Central Park and there would be a still in the woods in Central Park and she ’d be knitting blanket on a bench and hoi polloi would take the air up and go , ‘ Do you jazz where the Statue of Liberty is ? ’ ‘ Fuck you ! What are you looking at ? ’ We had a theme Song dynasty that goes , [ spill the beans ] ‘ Carol is feral and Daryl feral , a match made in hell . ’ You never bed . As far as a romantic thing , I have no idea if that ’s in the works . I cerebrate it ’s almost more interesting that it does n’t bump , to be reliable .
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Here are some promo photos from next Friday ’s episode , “ Chuck vs. the Hack - off ” , include our first look at the always welcome Danny Pudi from Community as a Buy More employee . [ ChuckTV ]
Linda Hamilton will reportedly reprize her part as Chuck ’s mom Mary Bartowski in the two - hour serial publication coda , which airs January 27 . [ television Guide ]
Here are some behind - the - setting photos for this Sunday ’s installment , “ The Shepherd . ” you may alsogo herefor a clip from the episode . [ SpoilerTV ]
Fox has confirmed Monday , January 16 as the premiere date for J.J. Abrams ’s latest confederacy - driven show . Here ’s their verbal description :
J.J. Abrams ’ ( “ Super 8 , ” “ Star Trek , ” “ Lost ” ) chilling new thriller ALCATRAZ will debut Monday , Jan. 16 ( 8:00 - 10:00 PM ET / PT ) with a particular two - hr premier effect . The series then do its metre period premiere on Monday , Jan. 23 ( 9:00 - 10:00 postmortem examination ET / PT ) , following all - new episodes of HOUSE ( 8:00 - 9:00 PM ET / PT ) . The mysterious drama star Sarah Jones ( “ Sons of Anarchy ” ) , Jorge Garcia ( “ lose ” ) and Sam Neill ( “ Jurassic Park ” ) as a unique team investigating the shameful reappearance of Alcatraz ’s most notorious prisoners , 50 years after they vanished .
Heroes creator Tim Kring ’s return to television , which I guess might conceivably not be a pure cataclysm , has been given a special premiere date of Wednesday , January 25 , but the serial publication proper wo n’t begin until March . Here ’s Fox ’s description for the Kiefer Sutherland starring show :
( “ 24 ” ) will debut with a exceptional prevue Wednesday , Jan. 25 ( 9:00 - 10:00 PM ET / PT ) , directly following AMERICAN IDOL ( 8:00 - 9:00 postmortem examination ET / PT ) . The elate drama , which make its series premiere Monday , March 19 ( 9:00 - 10:00 PM ET / PT ) , features Sutherland as a widower and single father haunted by an unfitness to connect to his dumb 11 - year - old boy . But everything changes when he discovers that his son possesses the gift of staggering whiz – the ability to see thing that no one else can and the radiation diagram that connect seemingly unrelated issue .
Here ’s a promo for instalment ten , “ Smoldering Children ” , the title of respect of which is at the same time worrying and sort of weirdly hilarious , like pretty much everything else on this show .
In an audience with EW , Ryan Murphy gave this reception when asked if all the character will eventually discover that Tate is Rubber Man :
“ If they do , and I ’m not going to say if they do , it will be the end . ”
There ’s also this telephone exchange :
Billie Dean give a discussion of the Antichrist and the ending of Days . Does this intend the finale is apocalyptic ?
That ’s an interesting point . My reply to that is , Wait till the last episode . Also , who sound out what Billie Dean say is true ? Just because Billie Dean has an judgment does n’t mean it ’s accurate .
He also reassert Billie Dean , Travis , and Moira would all appear in the last few instalment of the time of year , even if some are now dead and/or fired . ( Being discharge is probably the bigger impediment to appear on this show , come to guess of it . ) Finally , he previewed “ Smoldering Children ” , promise that it will resolve whether or not Vivien is live or beat :
Next workweek ’s installment , call “ Smoldering Children , ” answers that motion … Well , next workweek ’s episode is about a mass of things . One is does tackle is the Violet thing . Is she or is n’t she ? Or what ? And there is a very fully grown what ; there could be a different scenario . And we once and for all bring out what of Larry ’s is a truth and a Trygve Lie . We really tell you what happen to Larry . We talk about the period of time of when Larry was with Constance and what Tate ’s reaction to that was .
Will that unveil why he hates Constance so much ?
Oh yeah . And also it break why did Tate do what he did at the school ? Why did he do that ? What influence was he under ? It ’s one of my favorite episodes because it serve a lot of questions about the mythology . It was directed by Michael Lehmann who directed Heathers . I ’m really proud of that one .
There ’s some more at the link . [ EW ]
Here ’s a sneak peek at the upcoming , partially repair Christmas special , “ Do You See What I See ” , which airs December 6 .
And here ’s the same for their holiday special , “ The Greatest Gift ” , airing the same night .
In what I have to admit is a legitimately cool casting movie for everyone ’s favorite lycanthrope lacrosse show , Michael Hogan , Battlestar Galactica ’s own Colonel Saul frakking Tigh , has reportedly been hurtle as “ Allison ’s grandfather , a lethal lycanthrope hunter with plans to draw her into the folk line . ” Private Practice actor Stephen Lunsford has been cast as “ a Beacon Hills High student with a hang for picture taking and an eye for Scott ’s little girl ” , while The Nine life of Chloe King actor Daniel Sharman will play “ a lacrosse teammate of Scott ’s , and Alpha Derek ’s dangerous new pet project . ” The show is also bet for a quaternary major purpose for the second season , though all we know about it is that the part is for a woman . [ video Guide ]
Additional reporting by Natalie Baaklini and Charlie Jane Anders .
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