Jun 26 2009 'Daybreakers' Trailer: Even Vampires Blow at Resource Management
Look out vampire-teen-abstinence-romance, there's a new vampire crossover genre in vampire town: vampire-sci-fi-action-noir! In Daybreakers, the we're-exhausting-our-precious-resources! ecological warning is given the Twilight twist, with the vampire race--Earth circa 2019's new dominant society--finding itself on the verge of running out of humans to harvest for blood. It's something like this:
"Nowwwwwww what?", says Vampire Co. CEO Sam Neill.
"I'll work on it. I'm dead, anyway. Because I'm a vampire," explains Ethan Hawke.
"I have crossbows," warns Willem Dafoe.
It actually looks somewhat better than that horrible description. Trailer:
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Dec 8 2008 'What Doesn't Kill You' Poster is a Gunman Composed of Actor Heads
When did Ethan Hawke become a meth head? I don't remember watching Gattaca and being afraid the protagonist would run out of his trailer waving a pistol at me. Either he's gotten amazingly good at transforming himself for roles or he's addicted to methamphetamines. So well done/get help (whichever applies).
What Doesn't Kill You Poster [IMPA]
Aug 25 2008 'New York, I Love You' Trailer Tries to Sell Idea of Affection Towards Popular City
Here's the trailer to New York, I Love You (the thematic sequel to Paris, je t'aime), the upcoming film in which 13 directors pretend there aren't already a lot of movies proclaiming love for New York and make some of their own. Who are these directors? All your favorites. Rush Hour director Brett Ratner? Got him. Natalie Portman the Director? She's there. Natalie Portman's Other Boleyn Girl co-star, Scarlett Johansson the Director? Yup. Plus, it stars everyone, and is going to make Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ridiculously easy from now on.
Oct 29 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened...
- Brett Ratner has said he is no longer the directing the Escape From New York remake, giving him plenty of time for two or three more Rush Hours. [AICN]
- David Dobkin, director of The Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus announced he's taken over the reigns of the Flash movie hoped to spin-off from Justice League of America. To those worried his involvement means it will be a comedy, he offered up the film's melancholy tagline, "You can't outrun yourself," indicating it will instead be a laughable melodrama. [MTV]
- On that note, Greg Berlanti is lined up to direct the Green Lantern movie, pitting the Lantern in a tough race against The Flash for critical and commercial failure. [Variety]
- Cuba Gooding Jr. has joined John Carter's action thriller The Way of War, with executive producer Nick Thurlow adding, "With his intensity and ability to take a character to the edge, the part is tailor-made for Cuba." Is that assessment based on Snow Dogs, Boat Trip, or Daddy Day Camp? [Variety Hollywood Reporter]
- Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, and Amanda Peet will star in Brian Goodman's autobiographical crime drama Real Men Cry. Telling a true-to-life Boston crime saga, it will be the 50th film of the year to do so. [Hollywood Reporter]
Oct 10 2007 AM Poster Post: 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'
The poster for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead cleverly uses horns, a pointed tail, and the color red to remind us who the devil is, with names to remind us who the actors are. It's got it all!
Bonus prank idea to do before the devil knows you're dead: Quickly dress up as Hitler or some other known villain of society, so that when the Devil comes for you, he's like, "Wait a minute, aren't you down there already?"
Jul 19 2007 The Hottest State Trailer
I would have thought any movie written by Ethan Hawke, directed by Ethan Hawke, and based on the novel by Ethan Hawke would be far too Ethan Hawkey for my taste, by which I mean shitty. But this trailer, though pretty typical of coming-of-age indie dramedies, looks surprisingly decent. And even more surprising is that Hawke was able to recognize that he's gotten far too haggard to play the 20-something protagonist. You got out at the right time, Uma.
Jun 28 2007 Willem Dafoe Back to Vampirism
Speaking in a recent interview, Ethan Hawke, already connected to the futuristic vampire picture Daybreakers, revealed that he will be dueling fellow vampire Willem Dafoe in the film, and also that he's growing his hair out for the part. Hawke, his blonde locks showing signs of progression, explained that the plot is set in a distant future overrun by vampires, at least one of whom has long hair. Brushing his lengthening bangs from his forehead, the actor went on to say that the vampires have exhausted their resources for blood, leaving them fighting for the final humans.
If you missed the heavy-handed political undertones, the long-tressed actor elaborated, "It's a big analogy about what's going on now," before adding, "It's really dark and weird and everybody's sucking each other's blood," proving that he is actually an 8th grade girl.
