Jul 7 2008 Will Smith Shows He's Still Got It ('It' Being the Ability to Draw Crowds with Mediocrity)
It's weekend box office result time!
1. Hancock - In his version of a fireworks display, Will Smith dropped by once again this July 4th to deliver some primal entertainment to the waiting masses that ultimately left them saying, "Is that it?" ($66 million weekend, $107 million since Wednesday.)
2. WALL-E - $33.4 million as audiences flocked to see the riveting trailer to Fly Me to the Moon.
3. Wanted - $20.6 million for the Jolie-Pitt baby fund!!! (James McAvoy and Common probably also get a cut.)
4. Get Smart - A $11.1 million gross, finally earning back all the money spent on covertly adding mandarin orange artificial flavoring to Sierra Mist.
5. Kung Fu Panda - $7.5 million for the Jolie-Pitt baby fund!!! (Jack Black and computers probably also get a cut.)
Jun 5 2008 New 'Wanted' Shots and the Art of Weaving
Think all the bullet-bending, car-flipping, fly wing-shooting stuff James McAvoy does in the Wanted trailers was cool? Wait till you see the mad shit this guy does with a loom! You haven't lived until you see textile manufacture in bullet time.
More (un-!)Wanted photos here.
Jun 3 2008 New 'Wanted' Trailer Assumes I've Never Used the Internet
Of all the ludicrous things seen in this trailer--cars flipping and landing, bullets curving with special bullet mind control, Angelina Jolie not within arm-reach of a child--the most unbelievable and insulting is that we're supposed to swallow that a Google search for "Wesley Gibson" would turn up no results (and it's not even in quotes!). Give me a break, Wanted. I'm willing to tolerate breaking every known physical law in the name of mindless entertainment, but this is too much.
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Apr 25 2008 Angelina Jolie 'Wanted' Poster is Very Artistic
I think it's really cool that the producers of Wanted gave a freshman photography major the chance try out their new roll of black & white film to make a poster. I'm just confused as to why there isn't a single, dramatically-placed rose or the playful dancing of cigarette smoke. That would be so symbolic of something.
Apr 22 2008 'Wanted' NYCC Poster: Behold the Dangers of Anorexia
At the New York Comic Con this weekend, some lucky attendees were given the above poster to sell off on eBay. It's kind of surprising she can hold up a giant gun with that spindly, malnourished arm, isn't it? Also kind of surprising: where that knee is coming from.
NY Con Wanted Poster [JoBlo]
Oct 31 2007 'Wanted' Trailer Evokes Sleek Sunglasses, Trenchcoats
Wanted seems to be trying to create a new genre of "movie about a cubical worker who finds out he's one of the few able to use special powers with bullet-time effects, then becomes an awesome shoot-em-up expert with a hot lady counterpart and a wise black master, but isn't The Matrix."
If so, they've really nailed it.
Wanted Trailer [Yahoo!]
Oct 29 2007 'Wanted' Shots Indulge Male Fantasies
If there's one thing beer advertisements have taught us--besides to drink beer--it's that nothing sells better than indulging the fantasies of the adolescent male mind, better known as the testicle.
This can be seen above in this new shot from Wanted, where Angelina Jolie hanging out of a sports car shooting a giant gun hammers home the typical male fantasy more than a subscription to FHM.
Based on the comic, the film stars James McAvoy as the regular, identifiable guy who joins a secret assassin agency that trains him to unlock his hidden powers. Jolie play the hot, badass babe.
First Pictures of Wanted [Empire]
