So far we’ve only had some gorgeous light cycle shots to clue us in on happenings in Tron: Legacy’s computer generated world, but it looks like marketing – or the Master Control Program – are ramping things up online, starting with a truly odd site over at www.flynnlives.com which is playing a weird flash graphic. Rumours are already circulating that it’s a variation on a binary coundown clock, set to stop at: February 24th at 2:30 PM ET.
Whether this ominous date will bring us a new trailer or an invasion by holographic flying tanks remains to be seen…
Normally we don’t go for direct press puffery here at STS – prefering to think our journalistic integrity is worth a pint or two at least – but the 25th of February sees the premiere of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, and we’re willing to make an exception as the 3D extravaganza and the nice chaps from Disney will be transforming London’s Leicester Square for the event in aid of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts
The entire cast—including Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and newcomer Mia Wasikowska as Alice will be attending, and hopefully we’ll be able to distinguish Tim burton and Helena Bonham-Carter from the drunks stumbling out of Chinatown as the entire place gets it’s bi-annual scrub down in preperation for a royal visit (that’s HRH The Prince of Wales, not Stephen Fry).
We’ve already seen some pretty stunning visuals – including the (did we mention it was exclusive? we probably should) new image of Anne Hathawy above – from the movie, as Alice “embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror” apparently. Oh -and it’s in lovely 3D – not sure how that works with the Cheshire Cat but hey-ho.
Alice in Wonderland is released across the UK on March the 5th on 2D, Disney Digital 3D and IMAX® 3D screens, so come on down and join in as we attempt to sneak past the bouncers and cram your camera full of celebrity goodness in aid of a good cause.
Time to chuck that moldering Jack Sparrow costume out the window and get yourself an outsize topper for next Halloween, as our driends at Disey reveal the new trailer for Tim Burton’s hotly tipped Alice In Wonderland today.
Previously the STS staff only got near a set of playing cards when payday rolled around, but based on this they’re all set to be next years must-have fashion accesory. Expect Burton regulars Depp and Bonham Carter to be suitably nutty and degenerate, with Burton’s dark edge seemingly finding it’s spritual home as some wonderfully twisted takes on the classic Lewis Carrol characters lurk among the beautifully rendered backgrounds.
Whether it’s a big hitter or a Mad Hatter may be down to the script, but based on this it’ll be a sight worth seeing…
Sony is planning on expanding the Marvel Universe further despite the company recently being snatched up by rivals Disney, with a spin-off featuring Spider-Man Villain -and fanboy favourite -Venom.
Already doing a script polish on Spider-Man 4, Sony has tapped Gary Ross to write a stand alone feature for the oily symbiote, although whether Topher Grace will reprise the role is unclear. Sony, and Columbia pictures avoid any legal trouble with Disney with the proportionate agility of a spider thanks to a perpetuity deal covering Spidey and his rogue’s gallery.
Although he’s been out of practice since the similarly Maguire-centric Seabiscuit, Ross is also being tapped to direct, with early hints transforming Eddie Brock’s monstrous foe into an anti-hero -brain-eating destruction not scanning well with family audiences apparently.
What’s your opinion, should Venom play to the spidey market-or would a grim n’ gritty R rating carnage-fest be more his speed?
Having mastered the anthropomorphic, Pixar’s attempts to bring people to life have always been so-so. Sid from Toy Story was far less lifelike than his plastic co stars, and it took until The Incredibles for the artists to realise that full on realism was to be avoided, instead going for a kind of Muppet influenced characterisation that was rounded out in Ratatouille, and is finally perfected here.
