Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to Film in Hawaii

Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle announced today that Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films will shoot Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on the islands of Kaua’i and O’ahu this summer:

Governor Linda Lingle today announced that Hawai’i will be the location for “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth installment of the highly successful Walt Disney Pictures’ action adventure film series from Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

The Walt Disney Company President and CEO Bob Iger met with Governor Lingle on Friday to share the news that the islands of Kaua’i and O’ahu will be sites for the production of the feature film, which will begin shooting this summer and is slated to be released in summer 2011. The production is expected to generate an estimated $85 million in direct and indirect spending in Hawai’i, providing a needed economic boost for the state’s economy as well as creating hundreds of jobs for local residents. “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” will star Johnny Depp Read more …

Alice in Wonderland (2010) 7 Posters, Synopsis, HQ Photos and Trailer HD - Upcoming Movie

19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.

Director: Tim Burton
Writers (WGA): Linda Woolverton (screenplay) Lewis Carroll (books)
Release Date: 5 March 2010 (USA)
Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Tagline: You’ve got a very important date

Also Known As: Alice (USA) (original script title)
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations: Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, England, UK
Company: Roth Films

Alice in Wonderland Synopsis

Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice) attempts to work his gothic magic over one of the best loved stories of all time… Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There’, which first told the story of a young girl, who after following a rabbit down a hole, is transported to a strange world. Whilst the disney version of the tale relied on sweetness and light to delight the audience, Burton fans can be sure to look out for the same cartoon traits as earlier masterpiece ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’.

The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn’t remember.

Among those who welcome her back is the Mad Hatter, a part tailor-made for Johnny Depp as he collaborates with Burton for the seventh time Read more …

The Book of Eli (2010) Poster, Plot and Official Trailer [HD] Upcoming Movie

Release Date: 15 January 2010
Genre: Action
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Writer: Gary Whitta
Studio: Warner Brothers

MPAA: Rated R for some brutal violence and language.
Runtime: 118 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Certification: USA:R (certificate #45686)
Filming Locations: Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Company: Alcon Entertainment

Cast:

Denzel Washington … Eli
Gary Oldman … Carnegie
Mila Kunis … Solara
Ray Stevenson … Redridge
Jennifer Beals … Claudia
Evan Jones … Martz
Joe Pingue … Hoyt
Frances de la Tour … Martha
Michael Gambon … George
Tom Waits … Engineer
Chris Browning … Hijack Leader
Richard Cetrone … Hijacker
Lateef Crowder … Highjacker / Construction Thug
Keith Davis … Hijacker

Plot:
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

The Book of Eli - Official Trailer 2 [HD] Read more …

Edge of Darkness 2010 - Posters, Synopsis, Photos and Official Trailer - Upcoming Movie

Director: Martin Campbell
Writers (WGA): William Monahan (screenplay) and Andrew Bovell (screenplay)
Release Date: 29 January 2010 (USA)
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Runtime: 108 min
Country: UK | USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Certification: USA:R | USA:R (certificate #45296)
Filming Locations: Berkshires, Massachusetts, USA
Company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Edge of Darkness 2010 Synopsis

“Edge of Darkness” is an emotionally charged thriller set at the intersection of politics and big business. Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father.

When his only child, twenty-four year-old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter’s secret life and her killing.

His investigation leads him into a dangerous, looking glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder – and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven’s solitary search for answers about his daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption. Read more …

Waiting For Armageddon 2010 - Official Poster, Synopsis and Trailer HQ

Waiting for Armageddon explores the culture of 50 million American Evangelicals who believe that Bible prophecy dictates the future of mankind and that Israel and the Jewish people play pivotal roles in ensuring Christ’s return. The film raises questions regarding how this theology shapes U.S.- Middle East relations and how it may even encourage an international holy war.

Using intimate portraits and archival footage to explore how literal belief in Biblical prophecy – including the Rapture and Armageddon – exerts a dangerous influence on U.S. relations in the Middle East, Waiting for Armageddon tells its story through the eyes of three evangelical families who are certain that upon Christ’s Second Coming they will be “raptured” or lifted into the skies to join Christ while the rest of humanity suffers for seven years during “The Tribulation.”

The film then follows a Christian Study Tour group to Israel – among the tens of thousands of Evangelicals who pour into the Holy Land each year. The tourists are baptized in the River Jordon, sing the US national anthem on the Sea of Galilee, proclaim love for Israel, and describe how the Dome of the Rock, one of the holiest sites in Islam, must be destroyed in order for Jesus to return. A controversial, potentially explosive relationship between Christian Evangelicals, Jews, and Muslims emerges. At an evangelical conference in Dallas, Texas, the film’s characters urge others to spread Biblical literalism and counter the dangerous effects of post-modernism. The climax of the gathering comes as Pastor John Hagee, the enormously influential Texas Minister of an 18,000-member mega-church, declares, “World War III has started.”

Now that I’ve got your attention about worthy local film happenings, you might want to head over to Waltham tomorrow to Brandeis University where Jewishfilm2009, the fine film festival annually organized by the National Center for Jewish Film, opens with the infuriating and frightening documentary “Waiting for Armageddon” by Franco Sacchi, Kate Davis and David Heilbroner (all three of whom will attend the screening, introduced by Professor Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis).

My first impression watching the film is — do we really have to pay attention any more to these clowns after the last election? Here are all the fundamentalist wing nuts again, trotting out their end of days prophecies, their hatreds and perverted interpretations of history and current events. “Then you had Nazis celebrating the Aryan Race and denigrating the Jews,” says one complacent face. “Now you have multiculturalists celebrating the feminists and gay lifestyle and denigrating European males.” Read more …