Comic-Con 2013 - The Hotly Released Teasers/Trailers/Posters (Part 2)

In this second part of the Comic-Con 2013 series, I will continue to share the newly released teasers,trailers or posters in connection with the event. In this post, the involved movies are:

1. 300 - Rise Of An Empire (New Poster)

2. Ender's Game (New Character Posters)

3. The Lego Movie (New Poster)

4. Godzilla (New Poster)

5. The Amazing Spiderman 2 (Teaser)

If you like what I am sharing in this post, feel free to check out the Part 1 of series here.

Enjoy! 

Comic-Con 2013 - The Hotly Released Posters (Part 1)

Comic-Con 2013 is about to kick-off from 18th Jul to 21st Jul 2013 at San Diego. In connection with this conference, it is a tradition that major film houses will be releasing their respective upcoming movies' sneak peek like movie posters, trailers, teasers and interviews. So, fanboys around the world are all on standby mode to get a hang of them.   

 

In this Comic-Con 2013 series, I will be covering the upcoming 3D movies' related materials. So, stay tuned for more coverage during and after the conference.

 

On this very first post of the Comic-Con 2013 series, I will be covering the newly released posters and movie stills. More coverage on the newly released trailers is coming up soon.

 

Enjoy...

 

 

Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/07/14)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 14th Jul 2013 (Sun).

Last week, the highly anticipated Pacific Rim aka the two thousands five hundreds tones of awesomeness (or awfulness depending whether you are a fanboy or not) released with an disappointed sales of mere $37.3 millions and managed to reach the third spot. Despicable Me 2 remains at the North pole with solid holding power and the other new release from Adam Sandler, Grown Ups 2 opened strongly at second place.

Having said that, Pacific Rim did much better in the international markets and as at press time, the overall accumulated international sales (including USA) reached US$91 millions.

Now, enjoy the chart...

The Amazing Spiderman 2 - Sneak Peak Of The Villains, The New Spidy Suit And More

The second installment of the successful Spiderman reboot, The Amazing Spiderman 2 is progressing well in their production and seems to be on target for the slated release date of May 2014. Meanwhile, Sony keep "reminding"the audience about this upcoming sequel by releasing a numbers of new movie stills.

Marc Webb continue to helm the directorship in this sequel and Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone will continue to reprise the titular role and his love interest. As for the villains, they will be Electro (Jamie Foxx) and The Rhino (Paul Giamatti). 

The short synopsis of The Amazing Spiderman 2:

Peter Parker's life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen, high school graduation can’t come quickly enough. Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past

Now, take a look at how the villains look like, the new spidy suit and other movie stills below..

Seventh Son - The First Trailer Looks Promising!

Jeff Bridges seems like in 3D movies everywhere nowadays, besides the upcoming R.I.P.D (Rest In Peace Department), he will be in next year's fantasy, Seventh Son. 

Seventh Son is based on fantasy novel series "The Wardstone Chronicles" and it is set to be released on 17th January 2014 (in 3D). Besides Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore and Ben Barnes are involved in the project as well. Short synopsis of the movie (source: rottentomatoes.com):

In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Only one thing stands in her way: Master Gregory. In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes face to face with the evil he always feared would someday return. He has only until the next full moon to do what usually takes years: train his new apprentice, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) to fight a dark magic unlike any other. Man's only hope lies in the seventh son of a seventh son

Recently, Warner Brothers has just released the very first full-length trailer of Seventh Son. To my surprise, it does looks promising, hopefully the actual movie is as good as the trailer. 

Now, enjoy the trailer below...

The Wolverine - The Beast Size Movie Trailers, Posters And Many More

The Wolverine

After Pacific Rim (which is opening this week), the next big budget 3D extravaganza that I am totally looking forward to is The Wolverine, sequel (or maybe reboot) of the 2009's X-men Origin : Wolverine. Once again, Hugh Jackman reprises the titular role and the this time round it is closer to home (for me, since I am an Asian) as most part of the movie seems to be happening in Japan (at least from the trailer).

Short synopsis of The Wolverine (source: GeekTyrant):

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.

Now, enjoy the beast size of The Wolverine details in the form of trailers, posters, character posters and featurettes. 

Keep reading...

Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/07/07)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 7th Jul 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : The verdict is out and it is official that Cowboy is of no match to the super cute minions. Last weekend, Despicable Me 2 (representing the minions) stormed the US Box office with a whopping $83.5 millions while the cowboy representative, The Lone Ranger (Johnny Depp) claimed the second spot with mere $29.4 millions. During the same period, the smaller budget sleeper hit, The Heat, doing awesomely at third place with $25 millions.

Next week, all eyes are on the upcoming 200+ tonnes of awesomeness, The Pacific Rim! My guess is that it will be a monstrous size of opening (in the range of $150 to $160 millions range on its first week)

Now, enjoy the chart...

Despicable Me 2 - The Only Infographic You Need On Who's Who Of The Minions

I think we can never have enough of the minions (yes, I am referring to the super-cute little yellow creatures from the "Despicable Me" and "Despicable Me 2"). However, many of you might be having a huge challenge in identifying who's who of the key characters of the minions.

 

Overall, there are about 10 key minions in the movie and some of them are more popular (aka cuter) than the others. With the immerse popularity of the movies (Last week, Despicable Me 2 opened with a whopping $142.1 millions!), minions are everywhere. Courtesy of Collectibly, they have created a cool and detailed infographic to tell them apart. With the help of this infographic, I am sure you can shout out their name(s) whenver you see them.

 

Ba-na-naaaaaaaa........

Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2013/06/30)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 30th June 2013 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : This week, the two A-list releases, White House Down (Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx) and The Heat (Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy) are of no match to the reigning Monsters. In short, Monster University retained t和e top spot with $45.6 millions in its second week. The Heat is at the surprise second spot with $39.1 millions (performed much better that the industry estimate). This week, the most surprising "flop" is the White House Down, it took in only $24.9 millions over the weekend and managed only at the forth place.  

Next week, two of the most anticipated new releases are The Lone Ranger (Johnny Depp teamed up with Jerry Bruckheimer [director from the Pirates Of The Caribbean fame] once again on this action packed cowboy movie) and the Despicable Me 2 (ooooh,, the cute minions.... ba-na-naaaaaa).

Now, enjoy the chart...

Highest Grossing Movie Franchise [Infographic]

Movie business is a lucrative business, it sure is! That's also the reason why there are sequels and prequels spawning off from the original instalments and form the movie franchises. Talking about movie franchise, do you know which are the top grossing movie franchise in the movie history?

BuzzFeed has recently created a cool infographic listing down the 32 top grossing movie franchises (in Action/Adventure genre) in the history. Yes, I am pretty sure that most of you know most (if not all) of the movie franchises but you might be surprised with the order of the list.

The stat is based on the worldwide box office and adjusted for inflation. Now, enjoy the Infographic below...

Cheers!