2012’s biggest films of the early months are starting to hit DVD and Blu-ray, and we’ve got some of January and February’s surprise hits, and at least one of its failures. We’ve also got a great Criterion catalog title and a bunch of Disney films from the 1980’s and 90’s. Check out this week’s big releases below.
One of the more hotly debated elements concerning the upcoming sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot was who, exactly, was the villain? After Eric Bana’s not so memorable turn as a pointy-eared tattoo enthusiast hellbent on traveling through time to destroy the home planet of a guy who just couldn’t save Bana’s civilization in time (so, what, revenge for someone’s inadequacy, I guess?) in the original film, Star Trek 2 definitely needs an strong villainous anchor to hold the piece together. And now, it seems, that villain’s name has finally been leaked, after much speculation. Spoilers after the jump.
Potentially exciting news for fans of Star Trek and science fiction television: on the heels of the successfully rebooted Star Trek film franchise (2009’s Star Trek nearly made $400 million worldwide, with a highly anticipated sequel set for a May 2013 release), Bryan Singer and Heroes producer Bryan Fuller are currently discussing a potential new Star Trek television series.
While the world continues to debate whether or not Benicio Del Toro will be appearing as Star Trek super villain Khan in the upcoming Trek reboot sequel, Peter Weller (that’s the original RoboCop to you), has quietly joined the cast of the hyper-anticipated sequel.
There are about two schools of thought on J.J. Abrams and his love of “Puzzle Box” movies. One is that it’s great to see a film where you know little to nothing about what the film is besides a vague impression going in. The other is that Abrams is the master of leading audience’s to P.T. Barnum’s famous Egress, where the mystery is just a way to con the audience. Abrams is back at his mystery movie, this time done with Director/screenwriter Billy Ray, as reported by Deadline Hollywood. Continue Reading
Super 8 is the new No. 1 movie in America. The J.J. Abrams‘s sci-fi film topped the box office charts during its debut weekend by taking in a predictable $37 million. But the release of the Steven Spielberg flick, also brought films like last week’s winner X-Men: First Class and the record-breaking The Hangover Part II down… a considerable amount. X-Men: First Class in only its second week in theaters managed to come in second place, with $25 million, which is quite a drop from it’s opening weekend numbers (and more people should have seen it because it’s the better film!).
While James Bond fans scored a big one today, fans of the Jack Ryan film franchise (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears) will have to keep holding their collective breaths—Paramount is putting the spy franchise on the back burner as the new Jack Ryan, Chris Pine, is going to be busy starring as Captain Kirk in the rushed-release of Star Trek 2 next summer.
Coverfield fans—didn’t get enough ‘big-ass monster beats the living tar out of New York City’ action last time around? Missing the whole ‘Blair Witch Project, please meet my friend Godzilla’ aesthetic of the original? Well, fret not: according to Cloverfield director Matt Reeves, Coverfield 2 is definitely happening.
This morning we got blown away by some good old fashioned science fiction thanks to the new trailer for JJ Abrams‘ Super 8. The film is produced by Steven Spielberg and we got a real E.T., Jurassic Park vibe from it, which is a good sign in our book! To follow up such a great piece of marketing, Paramount has released a poster for the film and it’s a total head trip. Take a look…
