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The Weinstein Company have released the first trailer for Apollo 18, a "found footage"-style sci-fi, horror movie that follows "what really happened" on the 1973 lunar mission, one that NASA has repeated insisted never happened...or so they claim. The trailer's footage shows he astronauts were far from alone.
Brian Miller scripted the movie, which began production in December under the direction of Gonzalo López-Gallego (making his English-language debut) and with Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) producing. Apollo 18 was originally scheduled for a March 4 release, but the Weinstein Co. pushed the release back to April 22 shortly before the movie finished production on Jan. 13.
Watch the trailer >> Posted 02.19.11 by Ryan -
The sci-fi horror movie Apollo 18 recently began shooting at the end of December, poised for a March 4, 2011, release. That tight a shooting schedule may be the quickest turnaround in movie history, though director Gonzalo López-Gallego is being given a slight reprieve.
The Weinstein Company has pushed back the release date to April 22, more than six weeks later than originally planned. It's possible the movie may be pushed again since the April 22 date is just a week after the Weinstein Company releases Scream 4.
Brian Miller scripted the movie, which uses "found footage" of the undocumented Apollo 18 space mission, where, according to the recently released poster, other life forms exist. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is producing the movie, which finishes production on January 13.
Posted 01.06.11 by Ryan -
"Found footage" horror movies have found plenty of success lately, notably Paranormal Activity and [REC], and Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov is getting into the act by producing Apollo 18, a "found footage" sci-fi movie which explores an "alien-on-the-moon" scenarios as the reason why the Apollo 18 mission was canceled. A viral site went online dedicated to "the mystery surrounding the Apollo missions, and why man hasn’t returned to the moon in nearly 40 years" and plenty of other conspiracy theories mixed with history to intrigue readers.
A new poster has been released for the movie, which THR reports started shooting on Dec. 20 in Vancouver, Canada. Gonzalo López-Gallego is making his English-language directorial debut with the production, which will wrap on Jan. 13, 2011, for a March 4, 2011, release date, in what must be the quickest turnaround ever produced.
Brian Miller wrote the screenplay for the movie, which won the inaugural Astana International Action Film Festival, a competition founded by Bekmambetov. Updates can be found on the movie's official site. A trailer should be forthcoming.
Posted 12.30.10 by Ryan