Here’s a first-look at the WORLD WAR Z movie logo! Get ready for the exclusive trailer premiere coming in two days. The film stars Academy Award-nominee Brad Pitt (Moneyball), Mireille Enos (AMC’s “The Killing”), Daniella Kertesz in her feature film debut, David Morse (The Odd Life of Timothy Green), James Badge Dale (The Departed), Matthew Fox (“Lost”), with Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) directing.
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.
The geo-political thriller from Paramount and Skydance Productions was filmed in England with photography in Malta, Scotland and Hungary.
Produced by Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Colin Wilson, the screenplay is written by Damon Lindelof (Prometheus) and Matthew Michael Carnahan (State of Play) from Max Brooks’ best-selling novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. The film’s Executive Producers are Forster, Brad Simpson, David Ellison, Paul Schwake, Dana Goldberg, Graham King and Tim Headington.
Behind-the-scenes talent includes two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson (The Aviator; JFK), production designer Nigel Phelps (Transformers: Dark of the Moon; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo (Avatar) and Academy Award-nominated editor Matt Chessè (Finding Neverland).
Here’s a little pick-me-up as the weekend winds down. Check out the new CHANEL N°5 film starring Brad Pitt. In May Chanel announced that the actor would be the hero of the next advertising campaign cult fragrance of the French house.
I don’t know whether to laugh or have Pitt-y on the Academy Award nominee – either way here’s the new face of Chanel.
Where’s the glamour? Where’s the mystery? Was it at the behest of Mrs. Brad Pitt? Something to ponder as you splash on the perfume.
Pitt has a new film out next month called KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Adapted from George V. Higgins novel and set in New Orleans, the movie follows professional enforcer, Jackie Cogan (Pitt), who investigates a heist that occurs during a high stakes, mob-protected, poker game. The film also features Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), with James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola, Max Casella and Sam Shepard among others.
KILLING THEM SOFTLY will be in theaters on November 30th. The perfume – in stores now.
See Brad Pitt in this first trailer for KILLING THEM SOFTLY, a new film from The Weinstein Company.
Three dumb guys who think they’re smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. KILLING THEM SOFTLY also features Richard Jenkins (THE VISITOR), James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”), Ray Liotta (NARC), Scoot McNairy (MONSTERS), Ben Mendelsohn (ANIMAL KINGDOM), and Vincent Curatola (“The Sopranos”). Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard also make appearances.
KILLING THEM SOFTLY is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), and is based on the George V. Higgins novel, “Cogan’s Trade.” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz, and Anthony Katagas produced the film, with Roger Schwartz, Matthew Budman, Will French, and Douglas Saylor Jr. serving as co-producers. Director of photography Greig Fraser, and production and costume designer Patricia Norris led the creative behind-the-camera team. Casting for KILLING THEM SOFTLYwas handled by Francine Maisler, and Brian A. Kates, A.C.E., served as editor. Executive producers are Megan Ellison, Marc Butan, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna.
The film will be released in theaters on September 21.
See Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins discuss their preferred killing methods in a new clip from KILLING THEM SOFTLY, a new film from The Weinstein Company that has been creating a buzz after its recent premiere at Cannes. (via IGN). An original first clip follows.
Three dumb guys who think they’re smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. The film will released later this year.
KILLING THEM SOFTLY also features Richard Jenkins (THE VISITOR), James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”), Ray Liotta (NARC), Scoot McNairy (MONSTERS), Ben Mendelsohn (ANIMAL KINGDOM), and Vincent Curatola (“The Sopranos”). Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard also make appearances.
KILLING THEM SOFTLY is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), and is based on the George V. Higgins novel, “Cogan’s Trade.” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz, and Anthony Katagas produced the film, with Roger Schwartz, Matthew Budman, Will French, and Douglas Saylor Jr. serving as co-producers. Director of photography Greig Fraser, and production and costume designer Patricia Norris led the creative behind-the-camera team. Casting for KILLING THEM SOFTLY was handled by Francine Maisler, and Brian A. Kates, A.C.E., served as editor. Executive producers are Megan Ellison, Marc Butan, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna.
Another year has come and gone and with it passes another year of movies, good and bad, but today we focus on the best films to have hit theaters in 2011. Of course, the very phrase “best of…” is subject to widely varying opinions, which is why we choose to do things a little differently. While we do consider these the best films, that’s merely how they’re seen in our eyes. You may, heck… we even encourage you to disagree. For what it’s worth, here’s our Top Ten list of the Best Films of 2011.
How it works: We five Movie Geeks each have compiled our own lists of the top ten films of 2011. From these lists, we’ve tabulated votes based on a point system, resulting in our Movie Geeks Top Ten Films of 2011. Each of the individual geeks’ lists can be found at the end of our compiled list. *Our lists are based on the selection of films released theatrically in Saint Louis during the 2011 calendar year. (*This is why you will not see SHAME represented on our list.)
(L-r) Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR.; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES; Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL; and in front, Ramon, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Check out all the latest photos and featurette from Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure HAPPY FEET TWO. You can catch it in RealD 3D, IMAX 3D and 2D in select theaters on Friday, November 18
The sequel to HAPPY FEET, the Academy Award®-winning animated smash hit, HAPPY FEET TWO returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D.
Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven – a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model.
But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces.
Erik learns of his father’s guts and grit as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures – from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals – to put things right.
(3rd from left) Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD; and (right) Bryan the Beachmaster, voiced by RICHARD CARTER, with two Elephant Seals, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Ramon (center), voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS, stands between (back l-r) Nestor, voiced by CARLOS ALAZRAQUI; Lombardo, voiced by JOHNNY SANCHEZ III; Rinaldo, voiced by JEFF GARCIA; and Raul, voiced by LOMBARDO BOYAR; and (front l-r) Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR.; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES and Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD; and Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Bill the Krill, voiced by MATT DAMON, and Will the Krill, voiced by BRAD PITT, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Will the Krill, voiced by BRAD PITT; and Bill the Krill, voiced by MATT DAMON, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) The Mighty Sven, voiced by HANK AZARIA; and Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES (background), and Will the Krill, voiced by BRAD PITT (foreground), in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Director GEORGE MILLER, during the making of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
ELIJAH WOOD, voice of Mumble, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
ELIJAH WOOD, voice of Mumble, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., voice of Atticus, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., voice of Atticus, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
HUGO WEAVING, voice of Noah The Elder, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Noah The Elder, voiced by HUGO WEAVING, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
HUGO WEAVING, voice of Noah The Elder, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
BRAD PITT, voice of Will the Krill, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Bob Marshak
(Top to bottom) Will the Krill, voiced by BRAD PITT; and Bill the Krill, voiced by MATT DAMON, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
BRAD PITT, voice of Will the Krill, and MATT DAMON, voice of Bill the Krill, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
MATT DAMON, voice of Bill the Krill, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
COMMON, voice of Seymour, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Seymour, voiced by COMMON, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
COMMON, voice of Seymour, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
ROBIN WILLIAMS, voice of Ramon and Lovelace, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Lovelace, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Ramon, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
ROBIN WILLIAMS, voice of Ramon and Lovelace, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
HANK AZARIA, voice of The Mighty Sven in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
The Mighty Sven, voiced by HANK AZARIA, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
HANK AZARIA, voice of The Mighty Sven in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
ALECIA MOORE (P!NK), voice of Gloria in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Gloria, voiced by ALECIA MOORE (P!NK), in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(Center) Ramon, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(Center) Carmen, voiced by SOFIA VERGARA, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Carmen, voiced by SOFIA VERGARA; and Ramon, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r from center) Raul, voiced by LOMBARDO BOYAR; The Mighty Sven, voiced by HANK AZARIA, Ramon, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS; Nestor, voiced by CARLOS ALAZRAQUI; and Rinaldo, voiced by JEFF GARCIA, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(Center) Lovelace, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS, and (far right l-r) Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL, and Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(Center) The Mighty Sven, voiced by HANK AZARIA, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Miss Viola, voiced by MAGDA SZUBANSKI, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR.; and Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Gloria, voiced by ALECIA MOORE (P!NK), in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Gloria, voiced by ALECIA MOORE (P!NK), in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD; and Gloria, voiced by ALECIA MOORE (P!NK), in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES; Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD; and Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL (center), with two Baby Emperor Penguins, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD; and Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Carmen, voiced by SOFIA VERGARA; and Ramon, voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES; and Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD; Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES; and Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR.; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES; and Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Bo, voiced by MEIBH CAMPBELL; Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES; and Atticus, voiced by BENJAMIN “LIL P-NUT” FLORES JR., in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Erik, voiced by AVA ACRES in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
(L-r) Gloria, voiced by ALECIA MOORE (P!NK); and Mumble, voiced by ELIJAH WOOD, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ animated family comedy adventure “HAPPY FEET TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
HAPPY FEET TWO is directed by George Miller, who won an Oscar® as the creator of the original “Happy Feet.” The film features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (P!nk), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, Hugo Weaving, Richard Carter, Magda Szubanski, Anthony LaPaglia and Benjamin “Lil P-Nut” Flores, Jr.
George Miller co-wrote the screenplay with Gary Eck, Warren Coleman and Paul Livingston. Miller is also producing the film, along with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller. Chris deFaria, Philip Hearnshaw, Graham Burke and Bruce Berman serve as executive producers. The cinematographer is David Peers and the animation director is Rob Coleman. The film features vocals by P!nk, with music by John Powell.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Kennedy Miller Mitchell production, with Dr. D. Studios, a George Miller film, “Happy Feet Two.” The film will be presented in RealD 3D and IMAX 3D, and also in 2D. It has been rated PG for “rude humor and mild peril.”
Erik in Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures animated family comedy adventure HAPPY FEET TWO, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Say hello to the newest penguin on the ice block and Mumble’s son, Erik, in the new HAPPY FEET TWOtrailer – There’s lots to dance about!
In HAPPY FEET TWO, Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven – a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. Erik learns of his father’s “guts and grit” as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures “from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals” to put things right.
Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (P!nk), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, Hugo Weaving, Magda Szubanski, Anthony LaPaglia, Richard Carter, Benjamin “Lil P-Nut” Flores, Jr.
Director: George Miller
Writers: George Miller, Gary Eck, Warren Coleman, Paul Livingston
Producers: Doug Mitchell, George Miller, Bill Miller
Executive Producers: Chris deFaria, Graham Burke, Bruce Berman
ATTICUS, ERIK and BOADICEA (BO) in Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures animated adventure HAPPY FEET TWO, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Returning audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D, look for HAPPY FEET TWO in 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX on November 18th!
TERRENCE MALICK’S GROUNDBREAKING AND EMOTIONAL FILM
THE TREE OF LIFE
Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain Available Exclusively On Blu-ray Combo Pack October 11
Bring home acclaimed writer/director Terrence Malick’s (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World) thought provoking film experience THE TREE OF LIFE, available exclusively on Blu-ray Disc Combo Pack October 11 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. What better way to celebrate than by sharing some clips with all of you!
BRAHMS
GONE TO THE DOGS
HELP EACH OTHER
HIT ME
LIVED IT
YOU SPOKE TO ME
Through stunning cinematography and raw emotional power Malick’s hymn to life excavates answers to the most haunting and personal human questions through a kaleidoscope of the intimate and the cosmic, from the raw emotions of a family in a small Texas town to the wildest, infinite edges of space and time, from a boy’s loss of innocence to a man’s transforming encounters with awe, wonder and transcendence.
The Blu-ray Disc presentation utilizes maximum bit rate encoding and 7.1 audio and a 2.0 stereo mix to bring Malick’s visually stunning masterpiece to life providing consumers with a premium cinematic viewing experience for the home. An exclusive 30-minute documentary on the making of the film, Exploring The Tree of Life, allows fans to dig even deeper into Malick’s visionary work and his cinematic legacy through interviews with his collaborators and cast members as well as with directors Christopher Nolan and David Fincher who share an appreciation for his work.
Under Malick’s careful direction THE TREE OF LIFE showcases complicated and haunting powerhouse performances by Academy-Award® nominee Brad Pitt (Fight Club), Academy Award® winner Sean Penn (Milk, Mystic River)and newcomer Jessica Chastain (The Help).
An impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s, the film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn), through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt).
THE TREE OF LIFE Blu-ray Combo Pack includes a bonus DVD and Digital Copy version of the film. Pre-book date is September 14.
Fox Searchlight Pictures and River Road Entertainment present THE TREE OF LIFE, written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. The producers are Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill.
The Tree of Life Blu-ray Triple Play: (Catalog # 2274934)
Street Date: October 11, 2011
Pre-book Date: September 14, 2011
Screen Format: 16.9 (1.85:1)
Audio: English 7.1 DTS-HD-Master Audio
Subtitles: English, Spanish
U.S. Rating: PG-13
Total Run Time (BD): 3 hours, 1 minute
Total Run Time (DVD): 2 hours, 19 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
THE TREE OF LIFE Is Released On Blu-Ray Combo Pack October 11th
“Any other team wins the World Series, good for them. They’re drinking champagne, they get a ring. But if we win, on our budget, with this team…we’ll change the game. And that’s what I want. I want it to mean something.”
In 2003, former Salomon Brothers bond trader turned author Michael Lewis, at the time best known for such business and politics bestsellers as Liar’s Poker and The New New Thing, published a book about baseball. Only it wasn’t just about baseball. On the surface, it was about how the under-funded, underrated Oakland A’s took on an unfair system of big-money and powerhouse teams. But it was really about the fascinating mix of men behind a major cultural shift and how a risky vision, born from necessity, becomes reality, when a ragtag team of cast-offs rejected due to unfounded biases, get the chance to finally prove their potential.
Now, Lewis’s book has been adapted into a feature film, MONEYBALL, starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the A’s General Manager – the man who would have to think differently and reinvent the rules if his team was going to compete. “Moneyball is a classic underdog story,” says Pitt, who also serves as a producer of the project. “They go up against the system. How are they going to survive, how are they going to compete? Even if they do groom good talent, that talent gets poached by the big-market, big-money teams. And what these guys decided was, they couldn’t fight the other guy’s fight, or they were going to lose. They had to re-examine everything, to look for new knowledge, to find some kind of justice.”
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Columbia Pictures’ MONEYBALL is based on the true story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) – once a would-be baseball superstar who, stung by the failure to live up to expectations on the field, turned his fiercely competitive nature to management. Heading into the 2002 season, Billy faces a dismal situation: his small-market Oakland A’s have lost their star players (again) to big market clubs (and their enormous salaries) and is left to rebuild his team and compete with a third of their payroll. Driven to win, Billy takes on the system by challenging the fundamental tenants of the game. He looks outside of baseball, to the dismissed theories of Bill James, and hires Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a brainy, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist. Together they take on conventional wisdom with a willingness to reexamine everything and armed with computer driven statistical analysis long ignored by the baseball establishment. They reach imagination-defying conclusions and go after players overlooked and dismissed by the rest of baseball for being too odd, too old, too injured or too much trouble, but who all have key skills that are universally undervalued. As Billy and Peter forge forward, their new methods and roster of misfits rile the old guard, the media, the fans, and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who refuses to cooperate. Ultimately this experiment will lead not only to a change in the way the game is played, but to an outcome that would leave Billy with a new understanding that transcends the game and delivers him to a new place.
Columbia Pictures presents a Scott Rudin / Michael De Luca / Rachael Horovitz production, Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller. Produced by Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin. Based on the book by Michael Lewis. Executive Producers are Scott Rudin, Andrew Karsch, Sidney Kimmel, and Mark Bakshi. Director of Photography is Wally Pfister, ASC. Production Designer is Jess Gonchor. Edited by Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E. Costume Designer is Kasia Walicka Maimone. Music by Mychael Danna.
MONEYBALL has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for Some Strong Language. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on September 23, 2011
Check out the final poster from Sony Pictures’s MONEYBALL featuring the marvelous Brad Pitt. The film will be in theaters September 23, 2011. In July, fellow WAMG writer Travis Keune wrote, “MONEYBALL is a rare gem in an era when baseball doesn’t matter as much, and with a cast like this, could have the potential of being the best baseball flick since BULL DURHAM.
MONEYBALL is directed by Bennett Miller (CAPOTE). The screenplay is by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, from a story by Stan Chervin, based on the book by Michael Lewis. The film is produced by Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Scott Rudin.
