Jon Favreau and Willem Dafoe Discuss the Legacy of JOHN CARTER in New Blu-ray Featurette Clip

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 8:34 am

John Carter is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on June 5, and I hope it finds a second life in home release.  I don’t know what it would take to justify a sequel, but for the sake of ambitious, lush science fiction like this, it would be unfortunate if the lasting legacy was that of a flop.  The expansive universe, as designed by Edgar Rice Borroughs, is really built for serialization.  We have seen this potential realized on screen in the many properties that were inspired by John Carter of Mars.  Jon Favreau points to Star Wars and Superman as two indelible franchises that benefit from the Mars mythos in the featurette, “Influence of John Carter,” which will appear on the Blu-ray.  We were provided a one-minute clip from the featurette, with supporting remarks by Willem Dafoe (the voice of Tars Tarkas in the movie), and we’d like to share it with you after the jump.

Two New Featurettes for PROMETHEUS Focus on 3D and Logan Marshall-Green

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 24th, 2012 at 6:05 pm

The release date for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is so damn close, but we’ve still got nearly two weeks to go.  It’s been a tough road of anticipation, but the finish line is in sight, folks.  In the meantime, two new featurettes for the film have gone online to whet fans’ appetites.  The first one, entitled “The Vision of Prometheus”, features Scott and some of the actors (including Guy Pearce) talking about the larger themes of the film, shooting in 3D, and more.  The second featurette focuses on the character played by Logan Marshall-Green and gives us a bit of insight into what his role in the film will entail.

Hit the jump to check out the featurettes.  The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, and Idris Elba.  Prometheus opens in 3D on June 8th.

NSFW “Making of PIRANHA 3DD” Featurette Highlights David Hasselhoff, Katrina Bowden and Gary Busey

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: May 24th, 2012 at 4:34 pm

In case you want to see more of Piranha 3DD’s cast than just David Hasselhoff, we have a new “making of” featurette for you to check out.  The Hoff was recently featured in both a clip from the film as well as a character featurette.  This new featurette, while still not a real behind-the-scenes look, showcases David Koechner, Katrina Bowden and Gary Busey talking about their characters and the fictitious lengths they had to go through to bring Piranha 3DD to the screen.  If you’re a fan of boobs and blood, or just an amateur icthyologist eager to learn more, you’ll want to hit the jump to check out the NSFW video.  Directed by John Gulager, the film also stars Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer and Danielle Panabaker.  Piranha 3DD opens on June 1st.

Exclusive Featurette from Ralph Fiennes’ CORIOLANUS Blu-ray

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 24th, 2012 at 12:31 pm

Coriolanus is due on Blu-ray and DVD May 29, and to give you a taste, we have been provided a featurette to share.  In the clip, director/star Ralph Fiennes comments on his adaptation of the Shakespeare play.  Fiennes updated the story to the modern day, but the story remains the same.  Things go awry during Coriolanus’ (Fiennes) campaign for the consulate, and he’s kicked out of Rome: “The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to take his revenge on the city.”  Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jessica Chastain also star.  Watch the featurette after the jump.

New Featurette for PIRANHA 3DD Focuses on David Hasselhoff

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 22nd, 2012 at 3:55 pm

A new featurette for Piranha 3DD has been released, but if you were expecting a behind-the-scenes look at the gore or even the nudity of Piranha 3DD, you’ll be sorely disappointed.  Instead, this featurette is a slightly strange look at star David Hasselhoff.  We see some bits of footage involving The Hoff’s character (he plays himself), but we’re also lead into the actor’s trailer by Hasselhoff himself.  He dons a David Hasselhoff mask and hawks Hasselhoff merchandise, and I’m not sure that he’s being entirely facetious.

Hit the jump to watch the featurette.  Directed by John Gulager, the film also stars Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer, Katrina Bowden, and Danielle Panabaker.  Piranha 3DD opens on June 1st.

Watch Bill Murray Give a Rum-Induced Tour of the MOONRISE KINGDOM Set; Plus Gorgeous Alternate Posters

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 22nd, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Wes Anderson’s latest feature, Moonrise Kingdom, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last week to a wildly enthusiastic response, and now us commonfolk are nearing the chance to check the film out ourselves.  The film opens in limited release this Friday, May 25th, and a new featurette has gone online in which star Bill Murray gives a tour of the Moonrise Kingdom under the influence of some tasty Sailor Jerry’s.  It’s the kind of featurette that could only happen with Murray involved.  Additionally, Shortlist Magazine commissioned a number of posters for Moonrise Kingdom that have turned out splendidly; there’s one done in the style of a record that I absolutely must have right this second.

Hit the jump to check out the featurette and posters.  The film also stars Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, and Jason Schwartzman.

Cast and Crew Tease Season Three of THE WALKING DEAD in New Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: May 21st, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Summer is only just kicking off, but there’s plenty of viewers who already can’t wait for the fall, if only for the third season of The Walking Dead to premiere on AMC. Thankfully, though there’s months until we see the premiere, AMC is teasing viewers with a behind-the-scenes featurette of the first episode of the third season, already in production. Words like dark, ominous, harder, faster are all tossed around by cast members like Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus. There’s also hints and mentions of new characters we’ve already heard about including David Morrissey as The Governor and Danai Gurira as Michionne . There will be a great link behind the camera from the second season finale to the third season premiere as Ernest R. Dickerson is at the helm of both. Anyway, I’ll let the featurette talk about the rest after the jump.

New Featurette for PROMETHEUS Focuses on Charlize Theron’s Character

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 21st, 2012 at 11:58 am

A new featurette for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has gone online.  This clip focuses on the character played by Charlize Theron, and some tantalizing new footage is intercut with Theron talking about her character and getting to work with Scott.  The actress explains that her character, Vickers, works for The Weyland Company and is basically overseeing the mission that the team aboard Prometheus is undertaking, but she’s also a bit of a hard ass.  We really haven’t seen much of her character in the previous trailers, so this featurette gives us better idea of what to expect from Theron once the film hits theaters.

Hit the jump to watch the featurette.  The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba, and Guy Pearce.  Prometheus opens on June 8th in 3D.

TRON: UPRISING Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: May 17th, 2012 at 8:44 pm

While fans of TRON may be holding their breath waiting for a sequel to 2010′s TRON: Legacy, Disney XD aims to hold you over with their futuristic animated series, TRON: Uprising.  With the debut of the first episode set to air on the network tomorrow (unless you’ve already watched it here), Disney has released a behind-the-scenes featurette with tons of footage and some great cast commentary from the recent press junket. We were lucky enough to bring you interviews with stars Elijah Wood, who plays Beck, and Mandy Moore, who voices Mara.

TRON: Uprising also stars Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Reubens, Tricia Helfer and, of course, Bruce Boxleitner. The first episode, “Beck’s Beginning,” will air Friday, May 18 (9:30 – 10:00 p.m., ET/PT) with an uninterrupted encore on Disney XD on Monday, May 21 (7:00 p.m. ET/PT), followed by the series launch on Thursday, June 7 (9:00 p.m.).  Hit the jump to see the featurette.

New Featurette for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Turns the Spotlight on Director Marc Webb

by Matt Currie    Posted: May 15th, 2012 at 3:12 pm

A day after the 4-minute “super preview” for The Amazing Spider-Man showcased the film’s explosive, high-flying spectacle, we’re being treated to something a bit more intimate. Director Marc Webb, relating his Sony NEX camera-sponsored ”makedotbelieve story,” gives us a little insight into his filmmaking process—the importance of protecting your core notion of what this film is, allowing for inspiration, what it’s like watching words on a page come to life. There’s also plenty of behind-the-scenes footage of Webb interacting with his cast and crew.

Hit the jump to check it out. Prior to catching the third trailer for the film, I was still pretty “meh” on this particular reboot. Since then, it’s been a firm #3 on my list of the year’s need-to-see superhero flicks (prove me wrong, Dredd). The Amazing Spider-Man stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, and Sally Field.  It opens in 3D on July 3rd.

New Featurettes for MOONRISE KINGDOM Spotlight Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Director Wes Anderson

by Matt Currie    Posted: May 14th, 2012 at 6:28 pm

Four featurettes for director Wes Anderson’s forthcoming Moonrise Kingdom have made it to the web.  And like everything Anderson is involved with, they’re nothing if not peculiar.  Each clip focuses in on one of Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and the director himself.  And each is hosted by fellow cast member Bob Balaban, who comments on amusing behind-the-scenes footage of his subjects, exuding Anderson’s trademark oblique humor to parody the overly-earnest educational reels from the ’50s and ’60s. Example: “Edward’s a natural leader,” he proclaims.  “Here he is sticking a pencil in the mouth of a khaki scout.”  Needless to say, they’re both delightful and informative.

Hit the jump to check them out.  Set in 1965, on the fictional New Panzance Island, Moonrise Kingdom finds a pair of 12 year-olds (Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward) falling in love and disappearing together into the wilderness.  A group of oddball authority figures, including Willis, Norton, Murray, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and Jason Schwartzman pull out all the stops to find them before a massive storm hits. It arrives in theatres on May 25.

New Featurette for PROMETHEUS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 10:15 am

A new featurette for Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus has gone online.  While I don’t think the three-minute trailer laid out any major spoilers, I feel like we’re getting to the advertising-spoils-everything point, so I’m going dark on the movie.  I can’t tell you what’s in this new featurette except that it’s entitled “Origins”.

Hit the jump to check out the featurette.  As we reported earlier this week, the film will be Rated-R for “sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language.”  The movie stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Rafe Spall, Sean Harris, Logan Marshall-Green, Guy Pearce, and Charlize Theron.  Prometheus opens in 3D on June 8th.

New Making-Of Featurette for Wes Anderson’s MOONRISE KINGDOM

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 8th, 2012 at 8:49 am

Focus Features has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Wes Anderson‘s Moonrise Kingdom.  The featurette does a good job of explaining the plot, and most of the adult cast– Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, and Jason Schwartzman—break down their respective characters.  The cast also talks up Anderson’s distinct visual style, but the style is large part of why I’m slightly wary of the film.  The movie looks cute and funny, but it also seems like its verging on self-parody.  Hopefully, the film’s heart and humor won’t be overshadowed by the style.

Hit the jump to check out the featurette, and click here for six clips from the movie.  The film also stars Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, and Bob Balaban.  Moonrise Kingdom will open the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and open in limited release on May 25th.

New Featurette for PEOPLE LIKE US Starring Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks

by Matt Currie    Posted: May 7th, 2012 at 12:18 pm

A bit over a month after the first trailer for long-lost-sibling drama People Like Us debuted online, a sizzle reel (fancy industry talk for “featurette”) has followed. Basically, it’s a lot of the stuff we’ve seen before (plus some new bits), mixed with footage of first-time director Alex Kurtzman (co-writer of Star Trek and Transformers) and stars Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks discussing the film. Co-written by Kurtzman, frequent collaborator Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert, the film sees a debt-ridden salesman (Pine) who must split a sizeable inheritance with a sister (Banks) he didn’t know about; as he struggles with the “But it’s so much money!” quandary, he forges a relationship with his unsuspecting sis and her young son.

If you thought the first trailer betrayed a bit too much schmaltz, this one won’t do much to sway you. But, at the very least, it improves upon its predecessor by cutting the line “Sometimes the past is a present.” Shudder. Hit the jump to check it out. People Like Us (previously titled Welcome to the People) also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde, Jon Favreau, and Mark Duplass. It will hit theaters on June 29.

New Featurette for ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Sells the Film as a Superhero Movie

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 2nd, 2012 at 11:56 am

A new featurette for director Timur Beckmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has gone online.  Bits and pieces of new footage are interspersed with Beckmambetov, writer Seth Grahame-Smith, and producer Tim Burton talking about the film.  Essentially they’re selling the movie as a valid entry in the superhero genre, with Burton going so far as to compare their Abraham Lincoln to Batman.  I wasn’t a huge fan of Beckmambetov’s Wanted, and I’m still not convinced that Vampire Hunter won’t be a series of action sequences filled with so-earnest-it’s-cheesy dialogue.  I’d love nothing more than to be pleasantly surprised, but I still feel like the film would’ve been a lot more fun if the premise had been played tongue-in-cheek.

Hit the jump to watch the featurette.  The pic stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and opens in 3D on June 22nd.

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