If this trailer is anything to go by, you don’t want to be in Chile after an earthquake. Hostel director Eli Roth stars as a one of group of travellers who are in an underground nightclub when a massive earthquake hits, and quickly learn that reaching the surface is just the beginning of their nightmare.
The movie was actually shot in areas that were still devastated from the real 8.8 magnitude quake that hit Chile in 2010, although hopefully the aftermath of that disaster wasn’t as gory as this, at least in terms of people running around trying to kill one another.
No UK release date is currently set, but the Nicolás López directed movie should arrive sometime next year.
Last month, it was revealed that Marvel and director James Gunn had started testing actors for Guardian Of The Galaxy, with Joel Edgerton, Jim Sturgess, Jack Huston, Lee Pace, and Eddie Redmayne signing deals to try out for the role of Peter Quill.
It’s six years since Will & Grace left out TV screens. Since then the show’s outrageous Jack, Sean Hayes, has come out, had success on Broadway, made various appearance in films and TV shows and branched out as an executive producer on the likes of TV’s Grimm and Hot In Cleveland.
As the world is ending today, Seth Rogen figured he’d better get the trailer for his apocalyptic comedy out before then. As a result we’ve got a poster and great new promo for the film, which has gone by various names including Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse, The End of the World, and The Apocalypse, but is now called This Is The End.
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret (Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton) witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.’
It’s heroes vs. villains in this new GI Joe: Retaliation poster. Channing Tatum (Duke) Bruce Willis (Joe Colton), Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock), Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye), and Ray Park (Snake Eyes) represent the good guys, with Ray Stevenson (Firefly), Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow), and Elodie Yung (Jinx) on the baddies side. The 3D movie hits cinemas in March.
R (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie. After a zombie apocalypse, he shambles across an America filled with collapsed buildings, rusted cars, shattered windows, and abandoned high-rises. He can only grunt or moan and craves human brains to get high on their memories. After eating the brains of a suicidal teen, R is overcome with love for the teen’s companion, Julie Grigio (Palmer). R rescues Julie from his zombie pack and takes her back to his lair. She eventually leaves, and R follows her back to Citi Stadium, the largest remaining human refuge. It hits cinemas February 8th.
Steven Sobderbergh lines another star-filled thriller, this one with Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Side Effects is about a woman (Mara) who turns to prescription medication to deal with her anxiety over her husband’s (Tatum) release from prison. She begins to take a new brand of anti-depressant, prescribed by a doctor (Jude Law), who seems to have more than a professional interest in her. Before long, everything spirals badly out of control, when it appears a murder has been committed. The film is set for release in the UK on March 15th, 2013