Poster Round-up – The Avengers, Haywire, The Amazing Spider-Man and more

Lots and lots of posters, most of them Marvel related, let’s get to it…

First up is the series of Avengers posters that Marvel released during Comic-Con. What I like about these posters is that (for the main characters at least), it’s a compilation of the most important moments that  have taken place in the respective Marvel films. I also like the painterly feel to them, the posters were created by Ryan Meinerding and Charlie Wen.

 

 

And here’s the banner incorporating all the characters, click on it to expand.

Haywire

The Muppets – Captain America spoof

Our Idiot Brother

The Amazing Spider-Man

Immortals

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

 

 

 

 

Poster Roundup – Immortals, TF3, The Guard, Crazy Stupid Love and more

Another week and tons of posters to get through!

beginning with Immortals directed by Tarsem Singh (The Fall and the upcoming Snow White film with Julia Roberts), comes another batch of character posters (four in total). After the teaser trailer was received somewhat negatively (arguments over style and question marks over the originality of the content), Warner Bros has set about redressing those concerns by distracting us with some gorgeous one sheets. They’re not an indication of whether the film will be any good, but if the posters are accurate representation of the film’s style, it will certainly look very purdy. Unlike the first batch these character posters focus more on the human element of the film.

Immortals follows Henry Cavill’s (The Tudors, upcoming Man of Steel) Theseus, a peasant chosen by Zeus to battle against a new evil that threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon forged in the heavens by Ares. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion until Theseus comes forth as their only hope.

I’ll keep this one short and sweet. Optimus Prime, sword, destruction. Can you guess which film it is? I can’t say that I’m anticipating Transformers: Dark of the Moon, I’m vaguely interested in how Michael Bay will handle the 3D but we’re three films into this franchise and I’ve found it not to my liking. That being said I’ll probably go and see this, the mere hint of redemption after Revenge of the Fallen is pulling me in. There must be something wrong with me.

Next up is a smaller film. Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (Brother of Martin McDonagh who wrote and directed the brilliant In Bruges), comes The Guard. Starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle, the former as an unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality who’s teamed up with an uptight FBI agent (Cheadle) to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. Promising the same kind of black humour that In Bruges was sprinkled with, for me this film is a must see. The Guard is released August 19th in the UK.

It doesn’t hit our shores until sometime in September (2nd September to be exact) but Crazy Stupid Love is coming out in the US on the 29th July. Apparently this film is very good according to those who have seen it but this poster seems to place strictly with the raunchy comedy genre which probably does it a disservice. And look at those faces lining the bottom of the poster, each character looks like they’ve been airbrushed to the point where I can’t even tell if Steve Carell is real or just a coloured in photo-fit.

When I first heard about The Devil’s Double I thought it was a horror film which completely disinterested me. Then I did some research (Total Film magazine and IMDB!) and found out it’s about Dominic Cooper’s Latif Yahia, a man who was forced to become the double of Saddam Hussein’s sadistic son, Uday. My interest peaked only to be reminded that the buzz on this film is so-so. Directed by Lee Tamohori (director of the abysmal Die Another Day) the film comes out in the UK on the 12th August.

Next up is Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens. Bond flanked by Indiana Jones. Nuff said. Uk release date is August 19th.

I posted the original set of posters some time ago, along with a trailer and now we have another poster for Gavin O’ Connor’s (Pride and Glory) Warrior. It was shown at the film exhibitor’s festival in the US and garnered some good reviews. Starring Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy, expect to see this one in cinemas on the 23 September. If you like staring at ripped bodies you will definitely like this poster.

It’s not easy being green. It really isn’t.

Finally the poster for the Footloose remake. Having never seen the 1984 original with Kevin Bacon I can’t say that I even raised an eyebrow looking at this poster. Who cares?

 

Trailer Watch: Immortals

Having posted the erm…posters a couple of weeks ago I felt that a trailer for Tarsem’s Immortals was incoming. I wasn’t sure what to expect and now that we have a flavour of the film I’m not quite convinced. However I’m not sure what I’m disappointed about.

Visually it looks spectacular taking a couple of notes out of 300′s notebook about the burnished gold look. Stylistically that’s where it stops for me, the trailer just feels very…detached. That and Mickey Rourke’s helmet looks as if it’s about to eat his face.

Some have mentioned that the end shot (with the arrows) is exactly the same as a shot in the House of Flying Daggers and that’s caused some consternation online. It’s not original but directors borrow shots from other films on a regular occasion. This one does seem a little blatant with no attempt by Tarsem to make it his own.Trailer and screenshots (from Apple Itunes) below.

Poster Roundup: Immortals

Hmm, I have a feeling a teaser trailer is not to far away from our screens as the marketing seems to have been bumped up a notch on Tarsem Singh’s  Immortals. Five posters have been released courtesy of Fandango and while they seem to have a distinct look (the burnished gold look that has been commonplace on historical epics since Gladiator, have a look here, here and here) you cannot escape the “from the producers of 300″. I guess that Universal (the studio releasing it) will hope that lightning strikes twice/Gods are on their side etcetera, etc but I’m not so sure that going after the 300 crowd (or associating yourselves with them) will work, especially when you take into account Tarsem’s previous films The Fall and The Cell. I myself am hoping for more Gladiator and less Clash of the Titans.

Maybe he has managed to put his own stamp on the historical action genre? Until we see a trailer we won’t know but we have these posters in the meantime.

Synopsis: Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion…until a peasant named Theseus (Henry Cavill) comes forth as their only hope. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his horde.

Immortals is released in the UK on November the 11th.