Warner Bros. Pictures have released their new theatrical trailer for the apocalyptic sci-fi film The Book of Eli, and I have to say this trailer is far superior to the first trailer they released.
Watch it after the jump.
The San Diego Comic-Con panel for The Book of Eli took place on Friday and was easily one of the funniest panels of the day. Here’s what it delivered.
In attendance were the director brothers Albert and Allen Hughes and stars Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis.
Two major pieces of footage were screened.
The first was a motion-comic titled Billy. The comic was written specifically as a back-story for Gary Oldman’s character, Carnegie. It follows a young Carnegie growing up in an abusive home of drunken parents. After a severe beating one night Carnegie resorts to burning his parents alive in their house.
The second piece of footage was the film’s trailer, which has since been releaesd online. You can watch it here.
Denzel Washington stars in 'The Book of Eli'
Warner Bros. Pictures have released the first trailer for the apocalyptic sci-fi film The Book of Eli.
Watch the trailer now:
The Book of Eli tells the story of a lone man who fights his way across a post apocalyptic America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secret to saving humankind.
The film is directed by brothers Allen and Albert Hughes and stars Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis. Additional cast include Michael Gambon (aka Dumbeldore from Harry Potter), Gary Oldman (Batman Begins / The Dark Knight / Lost in Space), Ray Stevenson (King Arthur / Punisher: War Zone) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2 / Devil in a Blue Dress).
Sure it might look like a western, it might take place in a small western style town, it might have saloon gunfights, and it might take place in the lawless gun fighting west, but director Albert Hughes has told SCI FI Wire the The Book of Eli is not a western.
‘It’s not a western, it’s not a western, it’s not a western,’” Albert Hughes says.
The Book of Eli has commonly been referred to as a “sci-fi meets western” film, with many sources viewing the setting of the new Denzel Washington post-apocalytpic movie in much the same way as we view Joss Whedon’s Firefly.
So why is this not accurate?
“And it’s not a western, because … it is set in the West, but it’s not from … that time period.”
Hughes continues,”But, at the same time, my brother and I have always been influenced by Sergio Leone and originally wanted to shoot this in Almeria, Spain, where they shot those spaghetti westerns, and we tip our hats a lot to those westerns. … [But] there is some stuff, like, … there’s a bar, and it looks like a saloon, and there’s … [a] showdown and stuff like that, but I mean, you get those in cop movies, too.”
So we’re guessing the film is an action-adventure-drama flick that is not a western or a cop movie…but it’s still sci-fi, right?
Source: Sci Fi Wire via Reelz Channel
USA Today have scored a handful of new promotional images from Denzel Washington’s new sci-fi meets western actioner The Book of Eli.
The Book of Eli tells the story of a lone man who fights his way across a post apocalyptic America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
The film also stars Michael Gambon (aka Dumbeldore from Harry Potter), Gary Oldman (Batman Begins / The Dark Knight / Lost in Space), Ray Stevenson (King Arthur / Punisher: War Zone) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2 / Devil in a Blue Dress).
Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli
Entertainment Tonight have scored a behind the scenes look at filming on the set of Denzel Washington’s new sci-fi meets western actioner, The Book of Eli.
Eli tells the story of a lone man who fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Why is the world post apocalyptic? Actress Mila Kunis, who plays the character Solara, spills the beans in the video: apparently the sun has exploded! What the?
Entertainment Tonight Behind The Scenes: The Book of Eli
The film also stars Michael Gambon (aka Dumbeldore from Harry Potter / The Omen), Gary Oldman (Batman Begins / The Dark Knight / Lost in Space), Ray Stevenson (King Arthur / Punisher: War Zone) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2 / Devil in a Blue Dress).
On a side note, during the video a crew member makes a comment daring anyone to find a major motion picture star on Denzel Washington’s level that has filmed an action scene with no cuts with a duration as long as what Denzel has apparently done in The Book of Eli. Such a statement has certainly piqued my interest towards the action to expect from this film -- but it also got me thinking.
Action superstar Tony Jaa is not on Denzel Washington’s acting level, I admit -- but he IS a major motion picture star in Thailand and rapidly becoming a huge action star worldwide. So I find myself compelled to mention his amazing 3:47 complete uncut fight scene from Ong Bak.
Is this an unfair comparison for The Book of Eli to live up to? Yeah, probably, after all the statement was qualified appropriately enough. But then again, we are talking action scene and not acting scene, and whilst I have no doubt Denzel’s specific scene may be superb, I feel it only fair that any comment about ‘the longest uncut action scene’ can’t be discussed fairly without giving the record holder, Tony Jaa, his dues:
Tony Jaa Complete Uncut Fight Scene From Ong Bak
Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle in 'Punisher:War Zone'
Ray Carsillo over at Collider has posted an excellent interview with Ray Stevenson, the star of Punisher: War Zone.
Carsillo asks some pretty good questions and as a result Stevenson offers some pretty extensive answers. Topics covered include Stevenson’s physical and weapons training for Punisher: War Zone, the possibility of a return of his television series Rome (Stevenson played Titus Pullo), the new Denzel Washington post apocalyptic movie The Book of Eli, and Cirque du Freak, a new movie in which Stevenson will star as a vampire.
Read the interview here.
Caprica - In what I think is a brilliant move, Caprica is coming to DVD before it will air on the Sci Fi Channel. I’d be hazarding a guess that it will be a huge success and no doubt lead to future premieres being slated for DVD before airing. It’s a good move for the fans, and a good move to test the viability of a potential new series. Not that that really matters for Caprica which has already had its first season green-lit. It will be available in April.
Dollhouse – Joss Whedon has stated he intends his new Sci Fi series Dollhouse to make viewers uncomfortable. Whedon has said, “Part of the mandate of the show is to make people nervous, to make them identify with people they don’t like and get into situations they don’t approve of and also look at some of the heroic side of things and wonder if maybe they were wrong about what motivated those as well.” I like the sound of that. Dollhouse premieres on Feb 13.
Green Lantern – Casino Royale director Martin Campbell is in negotiations with Warner Bros to direct the Green Lantern live-action feature film. Although many people thought this movie was on hold and would possibly never be made, it seems Warner Bros are intent on moving it forward. The script has been remodeled something like three times, and according to Michael Green (the third screenwriter) Warner Bros is now happy with the script. Green told IGN, “Warner Bros. doesn’t do green-lights the way a lot of places do. They sort of always inch towards it, so there’s never a day where they’re like, ‘Boom! Magic bomb! We’re green-lit!’ But we’ve had very good conversations with them. From what I’m told, they really like the last script we gave them and are hoping to find a way to make it, which would be thrilling.” If Campbell can make a super hero movie with action like the opening ten minutes of Casino Royale, then I’m all for it. However the rest of Casino Royale makes me worry… Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s the sci fi news for the last few days that never made it to a full article, all in a nice neat summarized nutshell. As usual, there’s no spoilers so read on safely:
Day One – NBC have given the green-light to a new pilot titled Day One. Day One is sci-fi drama creation of Jesse Alexander (Heroes/ Alias / Lost). The pilot will follow a group of survivors as they struggle in a post-apocalyptic Earth to both survive and discover the cause of the catastrophic event that has decimated the planet. Sounds similar to Jericho on face value, but since there’s very little information available at this time, we’ll have to wait and cross our fingers for some originality.
Stargate Universe – Michael Shanks, aka Dr. Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1 looks set to make a cameo in Stargate Universe. In an exclusive interview with SCI FI Wire he said, “I talked to [executive producer] Brad Wright a couple of weeks ago, and he asked me if I’d be interested in doing a cameo in the Universe pilot, and I of course said I would be. And there’s a great deal of talk about [it]. … They’ve got a script going and everything like that.” However according to Gateworld it will most likely be a small part early on in the pilot given that there has been no indication that Daniel Jackson will join the crew of the ancient ship Destiny. Makes sense.
Forbidden Planet - A remake of the popular 1956 film is on its way from Warner Brothers and the latest news is James Cameron (Aliens / The Abyss/ Terminator) has his eyes on the directors chair. This would put Cameron in collaboration with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5 / Changeling) who has written the story for the film. Read the rest of this entry »
