For some reason 20th Century Fox have decided to remake The Three Stooges as a feature length film set in the modern day. I am not sure why they have done this as its clear from the trailer that its a awful idea.
Directed by the Farrelly Brothers and starring Sean Hayes, Will Sasso and Chris Diamantopoulos the movie is due for release in the US in April 2012.
We need more fresh ideas not all these sequels and remakes that we are being bombarded with. The Three Stooges weren't that funny originally so I can't think for one minute that a "re-birth" will change that.
I wouldn't normally post a trailer for a film that looked so bad but I just couldn't resist.
Good luck if you can last the whole 1min 46sec of the trailer !
There seems to be so many new trailers and posters being released this week that I have decided to post them all together today.
First up, a couple of short trailers for Winnie The Pooh that spoof (or should that be take advantage of) the final instalment of Harry Potter.
The Winnie The Pooh movie had its UK release in April but US audiences have to wait until July 15. It's a very sweet little movie that harks back to the early days of Disney but I'm guessing ticket sales won't be huge for this given its clash with the Boy Wizard.
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Next up is the latest post for 'The Muppets' due for US release November 23 and UK release Feb 17th 2012. The movie stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper and is Directed by James Bobin.
The story sees Adams and Segel's characters raising money via a Muppet Telethon to prevent greedy oil magnate Tex Richman who discovers oil underneath the Muppet Theatre. It's then up to Kermit the Frog to reunite the Muppets who have all gone their seperate ways.
Segel pitched an idea to Disney in 2008 who then offered him to develop a script with Nicholas Stoller.
The movie promises lots of cameos, some cracking musical numbers and quite a few laughs. I look forward to this.
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Here is the teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises, due for release 20 July 2012. Once again directed by Christopher Nolan and Starring Christian Bale as 'Bruce Wayne'/'Batman', Anne Hathaway as 'Catwoman', Tom Hardy as 'Bane', Gary Oldman as 'Jim Gordon' and Marion Cottilard as 'Miranda Tate'.
With a budget of $250 million this will be the final part of Nolan's DC Comics character trilogy and rumours suggest it may be filmed entirely in IMAX format film but not in 3D
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Lastly, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, the follow up to the hugely successful 2009 movie. This film reunites original stars Robert Downey Jnr. as 'Holmes', Jude Law as 'Watson' and Rachel McAdams as 'Irene Adler' and this time the team join forces to try and bring down their biggest enemy.....Professor Moriarty. Two new additions to the cast are ProductionDiaries favourite Stephen Fry as Sherlock's brother 'Mycroft Holmes' and Jared Harris as 'Moriarty'. The film is due for release for release December 16 and I think these 2 teaser posters look great. TheProductionDiaries.com will feature the first trailer in the next few weeks so keep checking back.
What do you get if you take the directing skills of 'Jaws', 'Jurassic Park', and 'Saving Private Ryan', mix it with the producers of 'Lord of the Rings' and 'King Kong' and then combine it with the writers behind 'Sherlock', 'Attack the Block' and 'Hot Fuzz' and 'Shaun of the Dead' ?????
Well the answer is The Adventures of "TinTin: The Secret of the Unicorn", a new performance capture film from Director Steven Spielberg and Producer Peter Jackson. The film stars Jamie Bell as Herge's famous explorer with Andy Serkis as 'Captain Haddock' and Simon Pegg & Nick Frost as 'Thomson & Thompson'.
The movie combines the three stories 'The Crab With The Golden Claws', 'The Secret Of The Unicorn' and 'Red Rackham's Treasure'and will focus on TinTin's first encounter with Captain Haddock and the discovery of instructions as to the whereabouts of a sunken ship and, of course, lots of treasure.
Filming took place in just over 30 days, starting at the end of January 2009 which sounds quick but that is the beauty of performance capture, its nice and speedy due to not having to set up lights etc. Its only afterwards the hard work really starts in post production. Weta Digital (Avatar) will be providing the mammoth amount of CGI required whilst king of the movie themes, John Williams will be providing the score.
The film will be the first in a trilogy of films with the second being directed by Peter Jackson and the third being co-directed by both Steven and Peter. It's scheduled for release in Decmber 2011 and I think this will be the start of a great trilogy !
We featured the teaser trailer a few weeks ago but here now for your pleasure is the full length international trailer.
"War Horse" tells the story of a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Filmed entirely in England the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Eddie Marsan (Dissapearance of Alice Creed, Little Dorrit) and David Thewlis (Black Beauty, Dragonheart) and is based on the children's book of the same name by Michael Morpurgo and the stage adaptation by Nick Stafford.
The screen adaptation is written by Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Blackadder, Nottinghill) and Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) and is produced by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, directed by Steven Spielberg with music by John Williams.
The trailer looks beautiful and from what I have heard about the book and stage show, you may need to bring some tissues to the theatre for this one !
This is the first trailer for the fourth instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise titled "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol".
Once again Tom Cruise reprises his role as special agent Ethan Hunt and takes on writing and producing duties with long time friend J.J.Abrams. This is the first live action film from Director Brad Bird, best known for his work in animation with classics such as "The Iron Giant", "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille"
The film is due for release on Dec 26th in the UK but US audiences will get it 2 weeks earlier from Dec 16th.
I have to admit to being quite excited after seeing this trailer !
The trailer above is for Pixar's next animated feature, "Brave" which tells the story of 'Merida', a young Scottish Princess who defies her parents by defying an old age custom sacred to the lords of the land.
This film will be Pixar's first fairytale and its first film to feature a female lead. It was originally titled "The Bear and the Bow" and was also originally going to be directed by Brenda Chapman (Little Mermaid, Road to Eldorado) but has now been replaced by Mark Andrews (One Man Band, Jack Jack Attack) and although Brenda Chapman is no longer working on the movie she will be credited as co-director.
It's good to see Pixar giving the lead to a female character. Kelly McDonald is supplying the voice of Merida. She has replaced Reese Witherspoon. The official line from Disney/Pixar with regard to the replacing of Reece was due to scheduling conflicts but I am not so sure. Recording voice characters is not quite the same as filming is it ? I think it was more of a case of Reese not being able to portray a believable Scottish accent. Regardless of that the cast list looks strong featuring the acting talents of Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly.
Brave is released in June 2011. Keep an eye out here at 'The Production Diaries' for more information and art as we receive it. So far though it looks pretty good to me.
I am very excited by this trailer. The first glimpse of 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' from 20th Century Fox. This is a prequel to the original 1968 film starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall.
The prequel stars James Franco (127 Hours), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Tom Felton (Harry Potter) and Andy Serkis playing Ceasar in a motion capture role. Directed by Rupert Wyatt who previously directed the very underrated 'The Escapist' starring Brian Cox and Damian Lewis and special effects from Weta Digital (Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Avatar) this promises to be something special. It will also be the first Apes film to feature completely CGI apes and if Weta's King Kong is anything to go by, and with all the advances in CGI in recent years, then we should be in for a real treat.
Also involved in the production are Director of Photography Andrew Lesnie (Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Lovely Bones, The Hobbit), Composer Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Eragon) and Editor Conrad Buff (Titanic, Tears of the Sun, and Training Day) so some veteran professionals have been employed by the look of it.
Well done for 20th Century Fox for re-booting the Apes franchise. Most people though Tim Burton's "re-imagining" in 2001 put the nail in the coffin once and for all but I'm guessing enough time has passed now for Fox to try again. The biggest surprise for me is this is the first trailer for this film with an August release date. This could mean either there have been a lot of production problems and re-writes so there hasn't been much to show yet or the simple fact that Weta have only just completed some of the effects on the apes (which is probably more likely as is common for CGI heavy films.)
Disney have recently released the latest trailer for "Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides" and I have to say it looks great. Don't get me wrong, I loved the previous trailers but they were a little too Depp heavy to get a real feel for the film itself but this one gives us it in spades.
On Stranger Tides will be released in 3D and thankfully it was actually shot in 3D and it won't be an awful conversion (see Clash of the the Titans) and I was lucky to see one of the first trailers in 3D and it looks like this could be one of the best 3D films released yet....even better than Avatar perhaps ?
To see the some superb one sheet posters and a strangely clean Captain Jack Sparrow/Authentic looking Johnny Depp doll continue reading after the jump
