Have we learned nothing from the sub-par performance of Angels & Demons? Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown recently released another book in his religious novel series entitled, The Lost Symbol and guess who’s already read it? Tom Hanks, the star of the two film adaptations told MTV that he loved the book, and is ready to reprise his role as Robert Langdon in a Lost Symbol film.
When the best line in a commercial for a film is, “It was better then The Da Vinci Code” you know you’re in trouble. I expected people to go and see Angels and Demons anyway, but apparently you’re all too smart for that! The Da Vinci Code opened to $77,073,388 with an average gross of $20,635 per theater. Normally a sequel would and should make more money than it’s predeccesor, but Angels and Demons opened to $48,000,000. That’s 29 million dollars less than The Da Vinci Code. Ouch. In fact, almost as many people went to Star Trek in it’s second week as Angels and Demons in it’s opening weekend (Yay! Maybe people finally listened to me about Star Trek!)
Check out this weekends numbers below…
So, now that Angels and Demons has opened and you’ve had a chance to see it…
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This week, Angels & Demons will be released into theaters. It’s questionable how it will compete with the two giants, Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There are also a few limited releases hitting theaters. If you are in the mood for a romantic comedy, you may want to check out Management starring Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston. The Brothers Bloom, is a quirky film about two con men who are after their final score. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, and Mark Ruffalo, has gotten fairly mixed reviews, so watch at your own risk. Check out the rest of the films below…
Here are the movie releases for the week of May 15:
Watch the trailers…
Angels and Demons is about a famous Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), who is called to action by the Vatican to help solve a murder and hopefully stop a terrorist act against the church. Ron Howard’s previous The Da Vinci Code, was killed by needles explanation after explanation, which made you feel as if you were still reading the book instead of watching a film. Although Angels and Demons, fixes many of the problems from the first film, it had one major problem that it could never overcome…
Apparently Sony and NCM.com are trying take the Angels and Demon’s trailer where no trailer has ever gone before (they really should have done this for Star Trek, that line would have worked much better).
Instead of just watching the trailer (God! Anyone can do that!), they’ve tried to reinvent the traditional movie trailer by adding more clickable, dynamic content such as unlocked, exclusive content, historical information that was used in the movie, and embeddable photos and videos. If there’s one thing we know, it’s that this film will have a LOT of subtly to it, so it’s best to start reading up now.
Check it out below as well as what Ron Howard had to say on the red carpet in Rome…
IESB has posted tidbits from an interview with Tom Hanks. He talks about all his upcoming projects: Toy Story 3, Angels and Demons, and an HBO follow up to Band of Brothers called The Pacific.
Can Tom Hanks make a bad career move? No, seriously, this guy caught fire in the 80’s and continues to burn today. I admit he had some hits and misses, but The Toy Story films (as with all the Pixar films) have been enormously successful, and Band of Brothers won six Emmys. That’s nothing to laugh at! The Da Vinci Code, whether you like it or not, grossed over 750 million dollars worldwide.
Instead of sitting on his laurels, this legend lives on!
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Yes, it’s cool to see another clip from Ron Howard’s upcoming sequel Angels and Demons. Yes, it’s fun to get a little more insight into the film. Yes, the film has enticed me enough to see it even after I hated the original. Enough with the foreplay already, let’s get to the movie.
Check out the new clip (via /Film) for “Hunt Them Down and Kill Them” below…
A new featurette has just popped up on /Film with a little sneak into the music in Angels & Demons. The clip contains an introduction by the films composer Hans Zimmer and Director Ron Howard. Zimmer briefly explains why he was inspired by this film (possibly because he did the original score for The Da Vinci Code?) and Howard talks about how the new score is a continuation from one of the final pieces in The Da Vinci Code, and helps show Robert Langdon’s (Tom Hanks) growth from the last film and into this one.
After the intro, we we get to see some clips of the film (nothing too new) set to a piece from Zimmer’s score for the film. It’s kind of like an Angels & Demons music video.
Check it out now…
