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March 2011
VIDEO: Watch a Clip from Joe Wright's 'Hanna'
Directed by Joe Wright, "Hanna" stars Saoirse Ronan as a 16 year-old assassin on the run. Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana co-star.
I caught a very rough cut of "Hanna" a few months back and wasn't floored by the movie. Then again, it's never a good idea to see an action flick without proper sound editing and green screens (the Chemical Bros. have since contributed the score since my first viewing, as well).
In the scene below, Hanna tries to escape a trio of villains who have managed to track her down in the van of an unsuspecting woman (Olivia Williams).
"Hanna" opens April 8 nationwide.
Watch clip below:
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WB admits first 'Green Lantern' trailer flopped
Ever since Warner Bros. first announced its "Green Lantern" adaptation, the high-profile DC Comics property has been on nearly every fanboy’s To-Do list. But this past November, when a somewhat lackluster trailer for the Ryan Reynolds-starrer hit the Web, the buzz quickly turned to murmurs.
“The big-scale sequences weren’t ready to show, and we suffered for it,” says WB’s head of worldwide marketing Sue Kroll.
In a recent interview with the LA Times, Kroll admitted the initial promotion for the $200 million tentpole was uninspired. “We can’t afford to do it again,” she says.
Additionally, Warner Bros. is currently behind in its formal marketing campaign for “Lantern,” with studio topper Jeff Robinov noting "We are on a learning curve in getting 3-D materials and marketing materials on the same schedule.”
No word yet on when the second “Green Lantern” trailer will bow, but all signs point to WonderCon early next month in San Francisco, where Warners will be taking the cast to promote the pic. (“Green Lantern” is also being trumpeted to exhibs this week at CinemaCon)
And while “Lantern” remains one of the summer’s most-anticipated releases, WB should only hope to spark fanboys’ interest over the next month or so. The studio has already set forth plans to make a sequel, tapping Michael Goldberg to pen the script.
“We won’t be in this position again,” Robinov assures the Times.
“The Green Lantern” opens nationwide June 17.
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First concept artwork for Pixar's 'Brave'
Entertainment Weekly has premiered new conceptual art for Pixar's next film, "Brave."
The CGI animated pic, which stars Kelly Macdonald, is the company's follow-up to box office smash "Toy Story 3" and centers on an impulsive princess (Macdonald) who aims to shed her royal ties and become the world's first, great female archer.
Disney will release "Brave" on June 15, 2012.
(Photos by Disney/Pixar)
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