Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Quint over at AICN has a nice little interview with Eric Powell, creator of the cult classic comic (and hopefully soon to be in full production animated film) The Goon. With David “Se7en” Fincher, Paul Giamonti and Clancy Brown already on board, this project should kill. And with The Goon, that exactly what I mean (especially if you’re a zombie).
IMPAwards.com scored the first look at several Machete posters. The first is the classic take above. Then we have Machete [Danny Trejo] with the ladies of the film [Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez]. It is followed by a character poster for Michelle Rodriguez. And finally the all cast poster.
When I was a kid I used to love the Thursday news paper. That’s because on Thursday there would always be a ton of movie ads for the films that were playing or opening on Friday. Of course this was in the pre-historic days before the internet and even entertainment shows that take us on location and behind-the-scenes. Quite often the first time you’d learn anything about a film was from the movie ad — usually a shot of the poster and tag line. Many times the posters were better than the films they advertised… but we’ll save that for another post.
Today I want to point you in the direction of artist Sean Hartter. Hartter is the mastermind behind vintage looking posters such as Bruce Lee playing Neo in The Matrix; Clint Eastwood as Wolverine; Gary Busey as Bizarro Superman; in a Nightmare on Elm Street and many, many more. You can see them here and my guess is, you’ll wish some of them were for real movies.
Jesus Antonio is an artist who lives in Mexico. Jesus posts on quite a few sites and is always positive and complimentary of the artwork of others and humble about his own. When I had the opportunity to get a few Stallone sketches and a sketchbook from Jesus, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. You can see more of Jesus’ art here!
This trailer for The Vanishing on 7th Avenue feels like a version of something that could have appeared on the original Twilight Zone. That alone is reason enough to check it out.
I’ve never read any Dylan Dog comics, but after seeing this trailer, I’m thinking I should.
I think that this may be my favorite poster for The Expendables. If you like it, you might want to check out the King-of-the-Box-Office size version over at IMPAwards.
Because The Expendables is doing so well at the box office and continues to track above expectations, talk of a sequel is a quickly moving forward. So it got me thinking…
“Who would I want to see in The Expendables 2?”
Without a doubt I’d like to see roles [even cameos] for…
Those are my top choices… others I considered included: Kurt Russell, William Smith, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe…
The Expendables opened in the number 1 spot at the box office this weekend easily earning more viewers and box office dollars than Eat Pray Love and Scott Pilgrim. Here’s the breakdown according Hollywood.com…
1. “The Expendables,” $35 million.
2. “Eat Pray Love,” $23.7 million.
3. “The Other Guys,” $18 million.
4. “Inception,” $11.4 million.
5. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” $10.5 million.
Something cool and unexpected happened during this interview with Sylvester Stallone. Well played, marketing department!
What could be better than a poster of Frankie and the Goon killing zombies as a movie poster? How about a Goonzilla-sized version?
I love it when artists re-imagine/redesign classic images. If you do too, then you’ll enjoy these nine classic posters (Jackie Brown; Dirty Harry; There Will be Blood; Convoy; The Blues Brothers; Robocop; On the Waterfront; Godfather II and Rocky) created by Oily Moss.
I wasn’t expecting to see Andrew Charipar at this year’s Heroes Con. In fact, he almost didn’t make it due to car problems. Thankfully, he did and worked up a couple of new Stallone sketches for me. This is, of course, Sly as Barney Ross from The Expendables. I’ll post the other sketch in a few weeks. Until then we have Andrew’s blog and his DA site to hold us over.
Want to see the trailer to the 30 Days of Night sequel Dark Days? If so, then you’ve come to the right place.
Harry Knowles at AICN recently announced that AICN is going to present and run the Famous Monsters of Filmland.com website. This is especially exciting news because Harry has a passion for horror films. He also has a huge fan base that he can attract to the site.
I love horror/monster movies and when I was a kid Famous Monsters of Filmland was always a fun read. But up until Harry’s announcement, I wasn’t even aware that there was a Famous Monsters website.
In other monster news, /Film posted a report that Tim Burton is developing a 3D film called Monsterpocalypse. Tim Burton and the title alone make it worth a look.
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Warren Ellis & Cully Hamner’s mini-series Red. I was excited to learn that Bruce Willis is staring in the big screen adaptation. I’m even more stoked to hear that Cully has written and drawn a prequel to the series.
