This 3 and a half minute trailer should give you a better idea of the plot and some of the supporting characters. The CGI still doesn’t look “game-changing”, but its still impressive and the film definitely looks like a fun ride… Not sure about that dialog though… oh well, check out the brand new trailer from Yahoo!:
AFI FEST 2009 PRESENTED BY AUDI
ANNOUNCES THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY’S “A SINGLE MAN”
AS CLOSING NIGHT GALA PRESENTATION
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS’
“THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS”
IS CENTERPIECE SCREENING GALA PRESENTATION
PROGRAMMING INCLUDES TRIBUTES TO
VIGGO MORTENSEN AND CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
COMPLETE FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
TICKETS AVAILABLE STARTING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi today announced the complete lineup of films for the 23rd edition of the Festival, including the Closing Night Gala, Centerpiece Screening, Tributes and Special Presentations.
The Weinstein Company’s A SINGLE MAN has been selected as the AFI FEST Closing Night Gala presentation. A SINGLE MAN will make its US Premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
Sony Pictures Classics’ THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS has been selected as AFI FEST’s Centerpiece Screening Gala presentation. THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS will make its US Premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Monday, November 2, 2009.
The Closing Night Gala presentation of A SINGLE MAN features the directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford from his script adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s acclaimed novel. The film follows a day in the life of a gay British college professor in Los Angeles as he attempts to cope with the death of his partner. Ford’s work helming the project and Colin Firth’s lead performance in the film have received critical acclaim following screenings at the Venice and Toronto film festivals. Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode and Ginnifer Goodwin also star in the film. The Weinstein Company release is due in theaters on December 11.
AFI FEST continues its unique and successful association with the American Film Market with 23 of the features in official selection at AFI FEST represented by distributors at AFM, unfolding concurrently with AFI FEST from November 4–November 11. The following films are among those that will participate in the market and screen at the festival: AFTER.LIFE; THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL, NEW ORLEANS; BELLAMY; CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH; EVERYONE ELSE; FIRST OF ALL, FELICIA; FISH TANK; THE HOLE; THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS; KANIKOSEN; THE LAST STATION; THE LOVED ONES; THE MESSENGER; THE MILK OF SORROW; MOTHER; NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW; PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE; THE ROAD; THE SILENT ARMY; A SINGLE MAN; THE TWO HORSES OF GENGHIS KHAN; WOMAN WITHOUT PIANO; YOUTH IN REVOLT.
Enhancing the AFI FEST/American Film Market alliance, the final two days of AF FEST (November 6-7) will screen at the Laemmle’s Monica 4-plex, 1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica, in close proximity to AFM headquartered activity.
AFI FEST 2009’s overall lineup will showcase 67 features (54 narrative, 13 documentary) and 26 shorts for a total of 93 films from 32 countries.
For complete program line-up for AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi as well as other press releases, please click here to download: http://www.specialopsmedia.com/assets/AFIAssets.zip
How does a “good girl” like Alexa (Emmy Rossum) get “the bad boy” Johnny (Zach Gilford) to notice her??
Wear a short skirt to the party and hit the dance floor to grind on her girlfriend .
How else? Check out a brand new clip below…
In high school, what kind of person did you dare to be: risk-taking and lustful, melancholy and confused or simply safe and over-achieving? Dare follows three teenagers through their last semester of school: Alexa (Rossum, Phantom of the Opera), the smart, good girl who longs to break out of her shell; Ben (Springer, Teeth), the lonely outsider dealing with his sexuality; and Johnny (Gilford, Friday Night Lights), the rich, seemingly perfect bad-boy who has everything. In a last-ditch effort to shake things up before graduating and start living as adults, this unlikely trio take the biggest risks of their lives. In the process, they learn no one is exactly who they appear to be.
A Sundance Film Festival breakout, Dare is produced by Mary Jane Skalski (The Visitor, The Station Agent) and Jason Orans (Goodbye Solo), written by David Brind and directed by Adam Salky. Original music is by Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) & David Poe.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! This fall, Big Idea will unwrap its first new holiday DVD title in seven years, Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving. The release will be supported by a comprehensive fourth-quarter marketing and promotional campaign targeting both Christian and general markets. Just in time for the holiday gift giving season, Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving debuts October 3rd in the CBA through Word Distribution ($14.99 SRP) and October 6th in the general market through Genius Products ($14.93 SRP). Pre-book is August 25th.
Featuring all-stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, this new seasonal DVD tells the story of Saint Nicholas, the world’s greatest giver, and introduces Nicky the Pepper, the first new VeggieTales character in five years. Bonus features include an original new song by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Matthew West, “Give This Christmas Away,” performed by West and Grammy Award-winning artist Amy Grant.
“VeggieTales Christmas releases are fan-favorites and Saint Nicholas is sure to become an evergreen title,” said Greg Fritz, SVP of Sales and Marketing at Big Idea. “A national cross-promotion with Operation Christmas Child and extensive radio play of the featured song by Matthew West with Amy Grant will build great awareness of the timely message of giving.”
FREE Consumer DVD Gift with Purchase Offer
A gift for you! Consumers who purchase the Saint Nicholas DVD will receive a FREE VeggieTales DVD to give to a friend in need! Through this offer inside the DVD, consumers can log onto a special website and select the free VeggieTales DVD they would like to send to a friend with only $2.99 shipping and handling.
Advertising, Radio, TV and Online Support
A high-profile Christian and general market radio advertising and promotional campaign will run on top-tier stations during the holiday season. Indoor spots will be broadcast on closed-circuit TV in more than 1,000 quick service restaurants, including KFC®, Wendy’s®, Arby’s® and CiCi’s® Pizza in November. TV promos will run on broadcast and cable networks in VeggieTales’ 15 top markets. Print ads will run in select parenting and family publications. Big
Idea will also advertise and run extensive promotions on popular family-friendly and mom-centric websites in November and December.
Promotional Partners
The music video for the new silly song “Donuts for Benny,” featured on Saint Nicholas, will play in Chuck E. Cheese’s® family restaurant’s 529 locations as well as Gymboree® children’s clothing store’s 761 locations and Crazy 8® store’s 53 locations during the fourth quarter.
Live Events
Timed to the DVD release, Big Idea has coordinated holiday Saint Nicholas-themed events for families to help celebrate the season. In-store premiere events at more than 500 Christian retailers will take place on October 3rd. Big Idea will also host more than 1,500 “Family Fun Nights” at churches nationwide where special Saint Nicholas screenings will be held in October and November.
Operation Christmas Child Partnership
‘Tis better to give than receive! This fall, Big Idea has teamed up with Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, to help collect gifts for needy children throughout the world. More than 65,000 churches across the country will hold shoe-box gift collection events. Church leaders have the opportunity to hold a screening of Saint Nicholas where kids and families will be encouraged to “share the spirit of giving” by donating shoe-box gifts.
Holiday Merchandise
New Saint Nicholas merchandise will roll out to retail this fall. All-new items include a Saint Nicholas Little Golden Book from Random House, plush toys from Pint Size, Christmas ornaments from DaySpring and AIM Global, and shoes and shoe charms from Jibbitz™, a subsidiary of Crocs™. Additionally, a 10-song Saint Nicholas album will be available exclusively at iTunes, which includes the theme song, “Give This Christmas Away.”
DVD Synopsis
Discover the power of a simple gift! Laura Carrot’s Christmas stocking might be empty this year because her dad is in danger of losing his job. While Larry thinks a letter to the North Pole should fix the problem, Bob knows what will really help…and tells the story of a little boy named Nicholas who made a discovery in Bethlehem that changed Christmas forever. But what did Nick learn and how can it possibly help Laura and her family? Find out as the Veggies discover the true joy of giving to others—at Christmas time and throughout the year!
Bonus Features:
“Give This Christmas Away” Operation Christmas Child music video
Behind The Song with Matthew West and Amy Grant
Art Gallery
Audio Commentary
Sing Along with Larry
Discussion Guide
Family Activity – “Bob & Larry’s Sugar Cookies” VeggieTales: St. Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving Not Rated-45 minutes-Color-5.1 Surround Sound-English & Spanish Subtitles-Close-Captioned
DVD UPC Code: 796019821407
About Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, is the world’s largest Christmas gift project. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has hand delivered more than 69 million gift –filled shoe boxes to needy children in more than 130 countries. In 2009, the project hopes to collect and deliver 8 million shoe box gifts. For more information on Operation Christmas Child, visit: www.samaritanspurse.org/OCC.
About Big Idea, Inc.
Big Idea, Inc. is the leading faith-based studio and producer of children’s and family programming, characters and brands. Since 1993, Big Idea’s best-selling animated series VeggieTales® has sold 52+ million videos, 13 million books and more than 7 million CDs. VeggieTales® and Big Idea’s newest property, 3-2-1 Penguins!®, are in their third season as top-rated series on NBC Saturday mornings, Telemundo and ION TV via the qubo® children’s programming block. The studio’s two theatrical releases, Jonah-A VeggieTales Movie® (2002), and Universal Pictures’ and Big Idea’s The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything™-A VeggieTales Movie® (2008), are distinguished among the top ten most successful faith-based films of all time. Big Idea also maintains an extensive presence in publishing, licensing and live entertainment arenas. For more information on Big Idea, visit: www.bigidea.com.
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This movie looks wild! I’ve watched this new trailer twice and still don’t really understand what the hell is going on because I’m so distracted by the incredible visuals that hit every 5 seconds! The film is getting rave reviews from Festivals around the world and is due to hit theaters on December 25th. Check out the new trailer:
Well, this is sure to bump up the viewer numbers for Spike!
“The two hour extravaganza will feature the full cast of “Twilight” with a world premiere of footage from “New Moon” as well as the reunited cast of “Battlestar Galactica” and the cast and creators of “True Blood”. ”
New York, NY, October 5, 2009 – As twilight descends upon The Greek Theatre, Spike TV presents “SCREAM 2009,” an evening where galaxies collide and genres unite for the ultimate celebration of all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book. The 4th annual “SCREAM” is the first and only global event of its kind to honor and celebrate the hottest films, TV shows, comics, actors, creators, icons and pioneers who have influenced and shaped these genres. “SCREAM 2009” will tape on Saturday, October 17 in Los Angeles, CA. The two-hour extravaganza will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
Spike TV is proud to partner once again with Comic-Con International, the biggest comic book and pop culture convention in the world, to present real-life super hero Stan Lee with the Comic-Con Icon Award at “SCREAM 2009.” Lee is the creator of such legendary super-heroes as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man and The Hulk. “Spider-Man’s” Tobey Maguire will lead the tribute to one of the most beloved and influential comic book legends of all time.
“SCREAM 2009” will also honor the godfather of the modern horror film, George Romero with this year’s Scream Mastermind Award. This award is presented to a filmmaker whose unique vision of horror, science fiction and/or fantasy is both critically-acclaimed and culturally significant. Romero, best known for his gruesome and satirical zombie masterpiece “Night Of The Living Dead” and its sequel “Dawn Of The Dead,” as well as the cult classic, “Creepshow,” will receive the honor previously presented to cinematic luminaries Wes Craven, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
“SCREAM 2009” will celebrate the year of the vampire and the phenomenal popularity of the “Twilight” saga with cast and World Premiere footage from the highly-anticipated “New Moon.” In addition, fans will be treated to appearances from the cast and creators of “True Blood” including Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, among others. The celebration continues with a “Battlestar Galactica” cast reunion for a farewell tribute featuring Edward James Olmos, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, James Callis, Kate Vernon, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Trucco Tahmoh Penikett and executive producer David Eick.
“SCREAM 2009” will present awards in 16 different categories. J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi action-adventure “Star Trek” tops the “SCREAM 2009” list with 17 nominations including the categories of The Ultimate Scream, Best Science Fiction Movie, Best Director, Best Ensemble, Holy Sh*t Scene-of-the-Year and a nod in the all-new Fight Scene-of-the-Year category. Comic book-inspired blockbusters “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and “Watchmen” each nabbed 13 nominations, big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s best selling novel “Twilight” received 10 nominations, while HBO’s vampire-themed television series “True Blood” garnered nine nominations. Fans can log onto scream.spike.com until Saturday, October 17 to vote for their favorites.
Watch the initial teaser trailer:
Frank Beddor is proud to present The Looking Glass Wars: ArchEnemy, his new novel to conclude his New York Times best-selling series The Looking Glass Wars, available on October 15th, 2009. In addition to ArchEnemy Beddor will release a forthcoming graphic novel, Hatter M, Vol. 2: Mad With Wonder.
A new Looking Glass Wars MMO game is in the works as well, using cards to battle opponents a la Magic The Gathering.
The Looking Glass Wars official site:
www.lookingglasswars.com
The Looking Glass Wars: ArchEnemy synopsis:
The war for Wonderland has become a war for Imagination!
King Arch has declared himself King of Wonderland as Alyss searches wildly for the solution to the metaphysical disaster that has engulfed her Queendom. The power of Imagination has been lost!
Alyss’s search for answers takes her to London where Arch’s assassins threaten Alice Liddell and her family. But after coming to her adopted family’s assistance, Alyss discovers herself trapped in a conundrum of evaporating puddles. The shimmering portals that exist to transport her home through the Pool of Tears are disappearing! What is happening in Wonderland? Deep within the Valley of Mushrooms the Caterpillar Oracles issue this prophecy: “Action shall be taken to ensure the safety of the Heart Crystal. For Everqueen.” But who is Everqueen?
As the metamorphosis of Wonderland unfolds, enemies become allies, bitter rivals face-off, and Queen Alyss and Redd Heart must confront their pasts in this thrilling, no-holds-barred conclusion to the New York Times best-selling series.
Minus the power of Imagination it’s all about the artillery with King Arch, Redd Heart and Queen Alyss’s armies battling for control of Wonderland using AD52’s, crystal shooters, spikejack tumblers and orb cannons. Imagine that!
Hatter M, Vol. 2: Mad With Wonder synopsis:
It’s a mad, mad, mad world as Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan’s maniacal quest to find Alyss continues! In Volume 2, Mad With Wonder, Hatter follows the Glow from London to the battlefields of America’s Civil War in search of the Princess who must some day be Queen. The America that Hatter encounters is a sprawling, wounded, boiling landscape of innocence and energy run amok. The war is tearing the country apart, yet Hatter must maintain his sanity in this maelstrom of holy rollers, child healers, prophetic snake handlers, deranged outlaws, and passionate southern belles. As Hatter searches he learns he is not the only Wonderland presence that has found its way to the Promised Land. Queen Redd’s black imagination is fueling the Civil War and threatening our world with her evil!
The Looking Glass Wars Card Game:
The Looking Glass Wars Online and Offline Collectible Card Game is a unique multiplayer card game that enacts a battle of imagination with an ever-expanding universe of Wondernation character cards, but with a core of the standard 52+4 card “Earth” deck of Jacks, Kings, Queens, Princesses, and numbered card soldiers. Players can “stack” custom decks combining their favorite characters and send them flying into battle, trying to surround and outnumber their opponent’s forces, while connecting to and defending powerful sources of imagination.
As part of the online Card Soldier Wars experience, the online card game is integrated with the rest of Wonderland universe, and utilizes the rich mythology and characters, as well as the spectacular artwork that brings it to life.
Vote Now: http://www.spike.com/girls-of-spike
There are millions of beautiful women in the world, but it takes a special kind of woman to be a Spike Girl. Being gorgeous isn’t enough. These special ladies have to love what we love: Games, gadgets, sports, music, movies–if they’re not interested then neither are we. It’s an exhaustive search for the perfect 10.
We’ll be hand-picking 50 contestants through an extensive nation wide search, and let you, the Spike guy, vote for your favorites on Spike.com. View their pictorials, videos of them making their case for the crown, and much more. Then the final 10 will compete in a television special on Spike TV called “The Ultimate Spike Girl Finale” to determine the winner. The lucky girl that comes out on top will be awarded a Spike.com talent contract to represent Spike.com at events around the globe.
Get ready for more iCarly hilarity with brand-new web segments, special guest star appearances, and exciting episodes from Season 2, including iCarly’s first web award nomination and the kiss that shocked the world!
About the DVD:
2-Disc Set with 11 Episodes Including the “iGo to Japan” TV Movie & More!
Disc 1:
iSaw Him First (extended version)
- Carly and Sam fall for the same guy and go nuts competing for his attention!
iStage An Interview
- Spencer becomes addicted to an old video game, while Sam messes with Freddie for refusing to forward a “chain email.”
iOwe You
- Sam owes Freddie and Carly a good chunk of money, so she does the unthinkable: she gets a job!
iHurt Lewbert
- A “Messing With Lewbert” sketch goes terribly wrong! When Freddie’s mom steps in to care for the injured doorman, romance blossoms between them!
iGo to Japan (first iCarly TV movie)
- iCarly is nominated for an iWeb Award! After a totally unpleasant flight to Japan, trouble starts when they’re kidnapped by their competition!
Special Features:
The Making of “iGo to Japan”
- Behind-the-Scenes
- Fight Scene
- Stunts
Disc 2:
iPie
- The owner of the best pie shop in town dies, and now Carly and her friends must find the one pie recipe to cure their cravings!
iChristmas
- An angry Carly wishes for a normal brother. Her wish is granted, and a Christmas angel shows her how everything would change for the worse!
iKiss
- Sam crosses the line when, live on iCarly, she exposes Freddie’s secret of having never kissed a girl!
iGive Away a Car
- The winner of iCarly’s first car giveaway ends up being none other than Nevel! Too bad they don’t actually have a car to give away!
iRocked the Vote
- After he loses to guest star David Archuleta on America Sings, the iCarly crew helps the losing contestant make a music video.
iMeet Fred
- iCarly takes a hit when Freddie says Internet sensation Fred is “not that funny.” Meanwhile, Spencer finds his magic meatball!
Special Features:
Behind-the-Scenes Extras
- CB Radio
- Meet Fred
- Hurry Up and Act
- Locker Tours
- Staring Contest
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