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First Trailer for ‘The Road’ Now Online

Posted on May 14, 2009

We’ve been waiting for this one for some time and now, thanks to the folks over at Trailer Addict, here’s the first trailer for the feature film adaptation of Cormac McMcarthy’s novel The Road. The film, which is directed by John Hillcoat and stars Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit McPhee, Robert Duvall, Chalize Theron and Guy Pearce, will be released in October.

It tells the epic story of a father and son’s journey across a post-apocalyptic wastland after the earth was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most of the life on earth. As a big fan of the novel, this trailer make me very interested in seeing the film. It looks great. Check it out.

Yet Another ‘Terminator: Salvation’ Clip Hits the ‘Net

Posted on May 14, 2009

terminator-salvation-baleAs discussed on the most recent episode of The Flickcast, there’s been quite a bit of Terminator: Salvation footage dropping over the last few weeks. Sure, its great to see it and it all makes the movie look pretty good.

But as talked about during the show, it also sorta seems a bit desperate on the part of the studio to try and make sure everyone knows the movie’s good and not a piece of crap. Still, we’re fans of the franchise around here so the more Terminator the better as far as we’re concerned.

On that note, be sure to check out this latest clip from the film which appeared today over at AOL’s Moviefone site. If the video doesn’t play here (they do that sometimes), be sure to click on the link at go directly to AOL’s site.

Aim for the Beret! – ‘Mutants’ Delivers Gore, Violence & French Zombies

Posted on May 14, 2009

mutantsposterI’ve always had a major love for zombies. Like most fans of the zombie genre, I’ve been eagerly awaiting any news of the upcoming feature film adaptation of Max Brook’s NY Times Best Seller, World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War. Unfortunately, little information has been released and I believe they’re still hashing out the script.

To temporarily satisfy the hunger for all-things undead, director/writer David Morley’s debut film Mutants was recently released in France and will surely make it’s way here soon in a theater or, more likely, on DVD. Mutants follows Sonia, an EMT worker secluded in an abandoned French hospital desperately trying to save her infected boyfriend from mutation. Meanwhile outside the hospital, the entire country has become overrun by the walking dead. Helene de Fougerolles and Francis Renaud star as the ill-fated couple. 

Evidently, this pic is very gruesome from beginning to end and delivers the edge of your seat tension that makes watching a zombie flick so damn fun. If I’m in France and a zombie outbreak occurs, I’m heading somewhere safe where there are no other humans around to infect and or eat me. That’s right, I’m going to EuroDisney.

Watch the trailer (unfortunatly, in French with no subtitles) after the jump.

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‘Star Trek’ Writers Tell All

Posted on May 14, 2009

alex_kurtzman_roberto_orciFirst, a note of warning. This post contains some SPOILERS, so read at your own risk. It’s no secret that we love the new Star Trek here at The Flickcast. Well, most of us anyway. It was a great movie that helped reboot an ailing franchise that had seen better days.

Still, as much as we liked the movie, there were a few decisions made by the writers and director that had us scratching our collective heads and certainly had the potential to anger Star Trek fans.

Now, thanks to an article over at MTV’s Movies Blog, some of those head scratechers are being brought into the light by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the film’s co-writers and producers. According to the article, Orci and Kurtzman struggled quite a bit with several questions and story points, incuding a couple huge ones. What were some of those huge ones?

“Destroying Vulcan obviously,” Kurtzman said in the article. “The scariest thing about that was us having to pitch that to Leonard Nimoy: ‘Hi, I know we just met, but let me tell you about what happens to your home planet’.”

Another story decision, according to the article, with a huge possibility for controversy was the relationship between Spock and Uhura. Orci explained: “It was a decision that was made largely because Spock had just suffered the death of his planet, and you felt for him so dramatically, and in a moment like that the person he would talk to – in his own Spock way – would have been Kirk, except him and Kirk weren’t friends at that point.”

The Pull List Comic Reviews: ‘Green Lantern Corps’, ‘Deadpool: Suicide Kings’, ‘Umbrella Academy: Dallas’, and More!

Posted on May 14, 2009

This is part one of this week’s Pull List, check back tomorrow for part two, and check out last week’s edition here and here.

Before we start off, I have to offer my apologies to a few readers. Despite all the hype and love people have for their pets,  I just couldn’t bring myself to purchase Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers…sorry again.
—- John

Pull of the Week:

Green Lantern Corps #36 – DC – $2.99
Score: 9.0

green_lantern_corps_36Continuing to move towards Blackest Night, writer Peter Tomasi takes the reader through three very different stories that all seem to be very dependent on each other. The first picks up with Sinestro, the leader of the Sinestro Corps, explaining to his daughter how the revelation of their relationship came to pass. It becomes quite a heart wrenching scene as Green Lantern Soranik must come to accept that the man, whose defeat made her the hero of her planet and people, is actually her father. Sinestro doesn’t come across as a typical mustache twirling super-villain in the scene either as there seem to be some honest intentions from the former tyrant. He explains to Soranik her role in what is supposedly destined to come.

At the same time there has been a breach in the facility where the Green Lantern Corps has been holding members of the Sinestro Corps captive for their despicable actions. These pages play out beautifully more as a news real feed than a comic book action sequence. Fleeting glimpses of the chaos are shown instead of following each of the specific Green or Yellow Lanterns during the battle. Instead, the overall drama of the confrontation is told with almost CNN-style narrative over what is definitely more than just the “Riot!” proclaimed on the cover of the issue.

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BSG’s Grace Park Talks ‘The Plan’

Posted on May 13, 2009

BSG0306_JS0350Here at The Flickcast, we’re big fans of the newly departed Battlestar Galactica, which was one of the best shows on television and recently ended its four season run on Sci-Fi Channel. Fortunately, we’ve still got Caprica to look forward to as well as a tv movie called The Plan, which was written by Jane Espenson, directed by Edward james Olmos and takes place between seasons one and two of BSG.

Plus, in The Plan we will still get to see some of our favorite BSG cast members, including the lovely Grace Park who played Boomer and Athena on the show. In an interview with Park over at Sci-Fi Wire, she explains how The Plan was put together and details a bit more about her role.

“What we did was we took scenes that we already shot, that you’re going to recognize, and then either add another angle, or add some dialogue,” Park said in the interview. “So if someone whispered something in someone’s ear, which you never heard, we’re actually adding that dialogue. So it’s going to inform things on so many different levels. So it’s tricky.”

The two-hour pilot of Caprica is now available on DVD and the Web. Caprica the series starts on Sci-Fi early next year. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan is due to hit the airwaves in November.

Starz Decides to ‘Party Down’ for Another Season

Posted on May 13, 2009

party-downAccording to Variety, Starz has decided to renew one of Matt Raub’s favorite shows, and his pick from last week, Party Down. Even though its posted rather unimpressive ratings for its first season, the Rob Thomas created show will still get another chance to improve those numbers. All of the cast including Ken Marino, Adam Scott (who will now also serve as a producer), Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Lizzy Caplan return for season two with the possible exception of Jane Lynch, who’s currently comitted to Fox’s new series Glee.

In case you’re not familiar with Party Down, the show, Exec. Produced by Thomas, John Enbom, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd, centers on wannabe Hollywood players making ends meet by working for a catering company. The show airs its season one finale on Friday and according to the article, Starz wanted to send a message by renewing the show before its first season wrapped.

“This is an indication of how strongly we see the show,” said Starz programming exec veep Stephan Shelanski. “It’s something we’re really proud of.” Excellent. We like it when good shows get a chance to grow an audience. Nice job Starz.

Fox Sets ‘Human Target’ for Fall

Posted on May 13, 2009

humantargetcoverAccording to our friends over at ComicMix, the official word is in that Fox has picked up the DC comics series Human Target as one of its new Fall television series. The pilot, based on the comic created by Len Wein, Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano, was apparently the most popular one shown at Fox’s recent network screenings.

In case you’re not familiar with Human Target, it concerns bodyguard Christopher Chance, played by Mark Valley in the new show, who has a rather unique way of helping his clients: he assumes their identities and becomes the “human target” to protect them. Others in the cast include Jackie Earle Haley, recently of Watchmen and the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street and Chi McBride from Pushing Daisies and House.

The pilot was written by Jon Steinberg and directed by Simon West of Con-Air and Lara Croft fame. Steinberg and West exec. produced the pilot along with McG, director of the upcoming Terminator: Salvation. Also according to ComicMix, this latest show continues a long streak of Len Wein’s comics work being adapted for the screen. Some of his others include Swamp Thing, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus and Lucius Fox.

Apparently, even Even Human Target has been adapted before for TV before in a 1992 series on ABC starring Rick Springfield — which only lasted seven episodes. Let’s hope this new show does a little better.

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