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As if you needed any more reason to see “Prometheus” on June 8th. It’s been revealed that the first trailer for “Django Unchained” will play before Ridley Scott’s latest Sci-Fi epic.
Variety’s Stuart Oldham is tweeting that “sources” have let him know that the first trailer for Django Unchained will run in front of “Prometheus”, the new Ridley Scott film that opens June 8. There’s not an especially clear connection between the two films, beyond “two things the Internet is really, really excited about,” but the Weinstein Company can’t exactly wait to promote “Django” only in front of their own films, and “Prometheus”— with its R rating and director pedigree— is likely to bring in at least a somewhat similar crowd.
JUNE 8TH JUNE 8TH JUNE 8TH!!!!
FIRST REACTIONS FOR DJANGO UNCHAINED
So a bunch of people at the Cannes Film Festival got a special sneak peak at Quentin Tarantino’s latest “slave western”. Responses have been hitting the Twittersphere and the early glimpses have definitely been getting some love. Here are some samples of reactions from the 7 minutes of screened footage:
Drew McWheeny, Hitfix:
“OMFG, ‘Django Unchained’ looks so good. SO GOOD. #Cannes”
Raffi Asdourian, The Film Stage:
“‘Django Unchained’ looks f’n badass… 7 minute trailer ending with Jamie Foxx shooting his pistol to James Brown ‘Payback’ ‘The D is Silent’”
Twitch:
“‘Django’ gets the most whoops. Plenty of blood, plenty of laughs. Looks like it will be the Cristophe Waltz show. ‘The D is silent.’ #Cannes”
And a few more that go into detail:
Vulture:
“The big surprise? How funny this potentially controversial Western has turned out to be. In particular, Leonardo DiCaprio seems to be having the time of his life dropping N-bombs and smiling rotted teeth as plantation owner Calvin Candie… You’ll get a periwinkle-suited Foxx shooting lumpy blood chunks out of racist hicks (and an innocent snowman in one scene), and you’ll laugh! You’ll get Don Johnson dressed as Colonel Sanders!”
Ain’t It Cool News:
“Much like Inglourious Basterds before it, I painted a different picture in my mind, in this case a sweaty southern gothic story. But once Christoph Waltz shows up in his carriage with a giant tooth bouncing back and forth from the roof trying to negotiate a deal with a slave driver I began to get the tone… All the location work makes the film look huge, Foxx is at the top of his game it appears, Waltz is loveable, funny and dangerous all at once and it just feels like everybody is having a blast.”
Anne Thompson:
“What the footage reveals is that for the moment, while Tarantino has described the film as a “southern,” Weinstein Co. is selling this as a bang-up western, packed with physical comedy and bloody action and hell-bent revenge. And yes, it looks like a classic widescreen Sergio Leone western, even if the setting is New Orleans and Mississippi two years before the Civil War. (The music on the trailer ranged from classic Johnny Cash to James Brown. No Ennio Morricone here. As yet.)”
Sounds good to me! Tarantino still has a lot more footage to shoot, but the initial reaction has me even more excited than before. With a December 25th release date “Django Unchained” is sounding like the perfect present for the holidays.
SKYFALL! It’s been a long time coming but MGM has finally scraped past its financial woes and the newest Bond flicks is set to be released in November. The first teaser trailer for Daniel Craig’s third outing as the 00 agent just hit the net. Check it out…..
Check out this super sweet rendition of “The Raid: Redemption”. Claymation Cats + Extreme Violence = Pure Awesomeness.
First trailer for “The Gangster Squad” is out! Ruben Fleischer’s latest film looks seriously badass, and is quite a departure from the comedy fare that he tackled previously with “Zombieland” and “30 Minutes or Less”. It’s got an all-star cast as well, featuring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Anthony Mackie. Look for it in theaters later in the year.
Big casting news announced today. It looks like South African actor Sharlto Copley has officially signed on to play the main baddy in Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-Wook’s Korean classic, “Oldboy”.
Copley’s most recognized role was Wikus Van De Merwe in the surprise Sci-Fi hit, “District 9”. With Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Olsen rounding out the cast, “Oldboy” is shaping up nicely. Nothing will ever touch the original for me, but if they absolutely have to do a remake it looks like it’s heading in the right direction.
Very VERY positive things being said about “The Avengers” so far. The film had its premier in Los Angeles last night and the twittersphere was abuzz with reviewers and invitees geeking out about the action packed epicness of Marvel’s latest superhero juggernaut. Critics were apparently very pleased with the climax, with Slashfilm’s Peter Sciretta tweeting, “The Avengers is pretty epic. There is probably more action in this film’s climax than all the other Marvel movie combined!”
Glad that it sounds like Joss Whedon was able to pull through on this one. It could have been a mess…..it could still be a mess, but with all of this positive buzz I’m pretty sure it won’t be. And when it has the stamp of of approval from director Edgar Wright (Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), who pronounced “The Avengers is a big tub of popcorn heaven. A huge grin on my face throughout and much applause from the crowd too. Well done Mr. Whedon,” you know you’re probably gonna have a good time.
Look for “The Avengers” in theaters on May 4th (LESS THAN A MONTH BABY!)
First trailer for Oliver Stone’s latest, “Savages”. Looks like Stone is back to a style more reminiscent of “Natural Born Killers”, with action, drugs and violence dominating the screen. He’s good at it though so I’m willing to give this one a try. Look for it to hit theaters on July 6th!
The official trailer for “Total Recall” came out today. It doesn’t look bad but there are a ton more Sci-Fi movies coming out this year that are grabbing my attention a lot more than this one…..and…..no Ahnuld :( Still, should be an exciting one. Look for it in theaters on August 3rd.
