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It's safe to say that Michael Bay is not well-liked by the community of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fans, if online petitions against the upcoming Ninja Turtle reboot (that Bay is producing) are any guide.
It all started with Bay's seemingly innocent comments earlier this month, when he revealed that the Turtles in the reboot would not be innocent pets who are transformed after being exposed to a green ooze but would be "from an alien race" instead. The response was swift — and negative — prompting Bay to issue the equally well-embraced advice that all Ninja Turtle fans should "take a breath and chill." Reboot director Jonathan Liebesman is unsurprisingly on Bay's side. While promoting Wrath of the Titans, which opens later this week, Liebesman told io9 that "fans are going to be very happy" with the reboot.
read liebesman's comments and co-creator Peter Laird's >> Posted 03.26.12 by Ryan -
Paramount has made changes to its upcoming release slate, the result of which pushes World War Z to 2013, puts One Shot in its place, and makes a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie official.
Originally set for a December 21st release, the studio has moved Brad Pitt-starring zombie movie World War Z away from the 2012 Holiday Season, and put the Tom Cruise-starring One Shot in its place, Box Office Mojo reports. Last year's December 21st worked well as an opening for Cruise's last movie, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol, and clearly the studio thinks that Cruise will do well again with that date. Initially scheduled for February 2013, One Shot is based on one of author Lee Child's 15 best-selling novels about Military Police Officer-turned-drifter Jack Reacher, and Paramount has to be counting on those fans to turn up when One Shot competes against director Kathryn Bigelow's Untitled Osama Bin Laden Movie, director Judd Apatow's Knocked Up spin-off This is Forty, as well as Les Miserables and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which open the week before.
where will World War Z and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles open? >> Posted 03.14.12 by Ryan -
The first two action-packed TV spots for Jonathan Liebesman's (Battle: Los Angeles) Wrath of the Titans recently began airing and they can now be viewed online.
Set ten years after the events in Clash of the Titans, Wrath finds Perseus (Sam Worthington) living a quiet life as a fisherman and single parent. However, humanity's lack of faith in the gods has weakened the power of Mount Olympus and Zeus (Liam Neeson) finds his control over the imprisoned Titans slipping from his grasp. When Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Ares (Edgar Ramirez) choose to ally themselves with the Titans and steal Zeus' powers, Perseus must journey to the underworld to rescue his father and prevent the Titans from unleashing their army of monsters and taking over the world of man.
watch the new tv spots >> Posted 01.31.12 by BrentJS -
Director Jonathan Liebesman's follow-up to Battle: Los Angeles sees him trading Marines and aliens for Greek warriors and gods. According to a recent press release distributed jointly by Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, Liebesman has commenced principal photography on Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans, in studios outside London and will then move on to shoot on location in Surrey, South Wales and in the Spanish Canary Islands on the island of Tenerife. The release also included a detailed synopsis of Wrath of the Titans, as well as information about the cast.
read the synopsis of Wrath of the Titans >> Posted 03.28.11 by BrentJS -
In previous clips and trailers, we've seen "meteors" splashing down off the coast of Santa Monica and gi-normous spaceships rising up from beneath buildings in L.A., but in the latest preview clip from director Jonathan Liebesman's (The Killing Room) upcoming sci-fi movie, Battle: Los Angeles, we get our first look at human-alien combat.
Written by Christopher Bertolini (The General's Daughter), Battle: Los Angeles is inspired by the 1942 "attack" on Los Angeles and centers around a group of Marines who lead the fight against an alien invasion. In this new preview clip, a squad of Marines led by Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) enounter the aliens in their subterranean den beneath the streets of L.A. in a scene eerily similar to the first engagement between Colonial Marines and the xenomorphs in James Cameron's Aliens.
watch the new preview clip >> Posted 03.02.11 by BrentJS -
With his alien invasion movie Battle: Los Angeles opening in March, director Jonathan Liebesman can look ahead to his next movie, Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans. Liebesman takes over for director Louis Leterrier for the continuation of the Greek Epic that previously saw Perseus (Sam Worthington) defeat the Kraken and save Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davalos) — a role Rosamund Pike will take over in the sequel.
With ComingSoon revealing that Wrath of the Titans will start shooting in 10 days, Liebesman told Collider that the shoot will last for 78 days ("It ends in like late June," said the director). Liebesman admitted he was excited for the shoot, despite his personal ties to Letterier.
Liebesman really likes Gladiator >> Posted 02.24.11 by Ryan -
The first preview clip from director Jonathan Liebesman's (The Killing Room) upcoming sci-fi movie, Battle: Los Angeles, was released only days ago and now we have a second. Written by Christopher Bertolini (The General's Daughter), Battle: Los Angeles is inspired by the controversial 1942 "attack" on Los Angeles and centers around a group of Marines who make a last stand in L.A. against alien invaders bent on world conquest. The cast includes Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Bridget Moynahan, Lucas Till, and Ne-Yo.
watch the "text-book military invasion" clip >> Posted 02.24.11 by BrentJS -
Sony Pictures has released a dramatic new trailer for its upcoming sci-fi event movie, Battle: Los Angeles. Written by Christopher Bertolini (The General's Daughter) and directed by Jonathan Liebesman (The Killing Room), Battle: Los Angeles stars Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez as Marines on the front lines in L.A. against alien invaders bent on exterminating the human population and stripping the earth of its resources. Michael Pena, Bridget Moynahan, Lucas Till, and singer-turned-actor Ne-Yo also star.
watch the new trailer >> Posted 02.11.11 by BrentJS -
Now that Columbia Pictures has teased the alien menace at the heart of the action in director Jonathan Liebesman's (The Killing Room) highly anticipated new movie, Battle: Los Angeles, the studio has shifted the focus back to the humans who will be fending off the alien invasion for its latest promotional push. The U.S. Marines are the subject of the three dramatic new stills from the movie that were recently released, stills which paint the heroes as victims, defenders, and, ultimately, avengers.
more about Battle: Los Angeles >. Posted 02.01.11 by BrentJS -
So far, all of the still images and trailers for director Jonathan Liebesman's (The Killing Room) highly anticipated new movie, Battle: Los Angeles, make it look pretty much like a straight war movie, focusing on the Marines, including Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez, who will be defending Los Angeles against an alien invasion, with nary an alien in sight. Now, however, a new viral website has been discovered that reveals a great deal about the alien menace.
Simply go to the official Battle: Los Angeles website and select "Sightings Map" from the list of options. Next, click on "Priority Access" and enter the code 031111 (the release date of the movie) and you will be directed to the "Unidentified Enemy" viral site, which contains drawings and photographs of the aliens living in dens in the sewers beneath Los Angeles, as well as information about their weapons and culture.
Battle: Los Angeles inspired by mysterious event >> Posted 01.21.11 by BrentJS