Posts Tagged ‘Terminator: Salvation’
Posted by Jesse in Latest News, Movies on January 6th, 2010
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the seven films currently in contention for the Best Visual Effects at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
They are:
Avatar (pictured)
District 9
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
2012
Three of these will be announced as the nominees during a broadcast on Tuesday, February 2nd at 5:30 am (PT). The Awards broadcast will follow on Sunday, March 7.
Posted by Barrett in DVD & Blu-Ray, Latest News on December 1st, 2009
Leading this week’s charge of DVD and Blu-ray releases are Terminator: Salvation and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Both movies hit theatres Memorial Day Weekend so it is fitting that they should hit the DVD shelves at the same time.
Terminator: Salvation, the fourth installment of the legendary Terminator franchise, picked up where the disappointing Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines left off: machines eradicating the remaining humans, John Connor leading the resistance and searching for Kyle Reese (the man who will be his father…gotta love time travel!), and the unexpected appearance of Marcus Wright, whose allegiance is in question. While it wasn’t a bomb, it was bashed by the critics and performed worse than the others in the franchise, but now we’ll see how it does in DVD sales.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is basically the same story in a new place. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) must travel to the Smithsonian to save his pals (the exhibits from the American Museum of Natural History), and even the entire world, from the evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah, who plans to steal the Tablet of Ahkmenrah to raise an army to conquer the world! Larry and his son Nick team up with General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader) and Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) to defeat this evil and save the day.
In the Television world, Better Off Ted hits the shelves this week. A delightful comedy starring , Better Off Ted follows the day to day workings at Veridian Dynamic, a huge corporation that utilizes the most “brilliant” scientists and state of the art technology to push into the impossible. Whether it be creating a plate that can cook your food, growing meat in a lab, or cryogenically freezing a co-worker, Veridian Dynamic is up for the task!
And finally, in the Blu-ray column we have Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Gremlins, The Mask of Zorro and The Green Mile.
Posted by Dominic in Movies on June 22nd, 2009
Apparently The Proposal was just what romantic comedy lovers needed. In a summer filled with big budget flops and low budget money makers the Buena Vista release starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock opened at the top with $34.1 million.
The Hangover continues to stack the chips dropping a spot, but falling only 18.1% with a weekend total of $26.8 million. The film has grossed $152.9 million in three weeks.
Pixars Up grossed $21.3 million, and has flown into $224.1 million in four weeks of release.
Opening in a week fourth was the Jack Black/Michael Cera Old Testament comedy Year One. The Sony picture nabbed $20.2 million.
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 continues its rapid decline with $11.3 million. The $100 million budgeted film was down 51.7% and has grossed a week $43.3 million to date.
Night at the Museum 2 hit $7.3 million and finally passed it’s budget of $150 million.
Star Trek held in the seventh spot with $4.7 million. The Paramount reboot was down a mere 13.8% and has a seven week take of $239.4 million.
Land of the Lost has misplaced the audience it never found and took in $3.9 million. Insert flop here.
Speaking of flops, Eddie Murphy seems to have become the king of the genre. Imagine That took in $3.1 millionand has managed a measly $11.3 million. Please Eddie get back to some crude, adult orientated movie making, we hurt for you.
And on its way out of the top ten-and it pains me to say this-is Terminator Salvation. The movie just never found an audience. With $3 million this weekend the film has grossed $119 million in five weeks, nowhere near its $200 million budget. Insert the sound of Taps playing here.
Head over to Box Office Mojo for all the detailed box office stats, and make sure to check out Transformers Revenge of the Fallen this week. I know I will.
Posted by Dominic in Latest News on May 25th, 2009
The summer box office exploded this holiday weekend with two highly anticipated films opening head to head. Fox’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian had a three day total of $53.5 million on 4,096 screens with a per screen average of $13,062. Estimates for the four day weekend will put the film somewhere between $60-$70 million.
Another sequel/prequel-you never can tell when talking about the Terminator franchise-Terminator Salvation had a three day total of $43 million. Add in Wednesday’s midnight showings and Thursday’s opening day and the film has grossed $56.3 million. With a budget of $200 million the Warner Brothers release has a long road ahead. How the film performs overseas will make a huge difference. Personally, I loved the movie and can’t wait to see it again.
Star Trek continues to boldly go, coming in third with $22.7 million. Down 47.1% the Paramount release has beamed up $184.4 million at the domestic box office in three weeks. I smell a sequel on the horizon and I can’t wait.
Falling from its number one debut to fourth was Sony’s Angels & Demons with $21.8 million. The film is performing solidly overseas but is fading quickly in US markets. With a 52.8% decline in its second week Demons has made $81.9 million thus far.
Debuting in the fifth spot with $10.7 million was the dance film spoof Dance Flick from Paramount. Nuff said about that one.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is also fading fast. The Fox release and fourth film in the X-Men franchise took in $7.9 million and has grossed $163.2 million domestically.
Ghost’s of Girlfriends past grossed $3.8 million and was down 42.7%. Since opening four weeks ago the film has grossed $45.9 million.
The last three are hanging on by a thread. Obsessed hit $65.8 million with its weekend take of $1.97 million. Monsters vs. Aliens was close behind with $1.4 million, raising its nine week total to $193 million. And 17 Again reined in the bottom of ten with $1 million.
Look for totals to change a bit as today is a holiday. For all the mathematical details head over to Box Office Mojo. Otherwise have a great week and hope to see all of you next weekend at Monsterpalooza ’09 in Burbank, Ca.
Posted by Jocelyn in Movies, Reviews on May 25th, 2009
Christian Bale seems to be everywhere these days. It is a prime example of quantity over quality. I used to adore Christian Bale in the Empire of the Sun days, but once he got older and became a primadonna I kind of lost interest. While watching Terminator Salvation, I kept trying to decide which scene was the one that he freaked out on that poor crew member. He probably should have saved that freak out on a more worthy performance, because this one was seriously lacking.
Terminator Salvation gives us an in depth look at the other world of Terminator. We see glimpses of it in the other films, but this is the first one that focuses primarily on the story of the resistance after Judgment Day. We see John Connor (a lack luster Bale) inspiring the humans and giving them hope and guidance. You would think that the plot line would revolve around him, but it actually focuses on Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a death row convict who donates his body to Dr. Serena Kogan (Helena Bonham Carter) to become a human machine hybrid. He is Skynet’s secret weapon against the resistance, but what they didn’t predict was that his human side would turn him to the powers of good. He is the only reason John Connor is successful in his mission and survives. Worthington gives an outstanding performance and far outshines Bale.
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Posted by Dominic in Latest News on May 12th, 2009
Hot Toys recently revealed their 100th Movie Masterpiece figure. Originally guessed to be Kyle Reese from the upcoming Terminator: Salvation by the guys over at Cool Toy Review due to the fact that the first MMS figure was Kyle Reese from the original Terminator, Hot Toys has finally announced that the 100th MMS figure will be none other than Marcus Wright from Terminator: Salvation.
Once again, the Hot Toys crew has outdone themselves. Listed are the specs for the upcoming figure. Check out more photos over at Cool Toy Review and start saving those pennies.
Hot Toys proudly presents the 100th of our Movie Masterpiece Series – the second human-kind MMS figure from the upcoming sci-fi movie – Terminator Salvation : 1/6th scale Marcus Wright collectible figure. The figure also features:
This collectible figure stands approximately 30 cm tall, featuring Hot Toys True-type figure body with over 36 points of articulation.
-Dressed in his movie accurate trench coat, t-shirt, pants, leather-like leggings and boots, and also interchangeable leather-like jacket.
-Accessories include harness, knife, shotgun and 3 sets of interchangeable hands.
-Interchangeable Marcus head featuring skeletal face
-Articulated and battle damaged left arm
-Authentic Sam Worthington likeness.
-Figure stand with Terminator Salvation logo and Marcus Wright nameplate
Release date: JULY – AUG, 2009
Artist info:
- Head Sculpt by GOX (Eom Jae Sung)
- Head Art Directed by JC. Hong
- Head Paint by JC.Hong
Terminator Salvation ™ & © 2009 T Asset Acquisition Company, LLC.
Posted by Dominic in Movies on March 13th, 2009
With an awesome new trailer showing at theatres and online, anticipation for McG’s upcoming Terminator: Salvation has rocketed off the charts, now Hot Toys is giving us yet another 1/6th scaled figure to salivate for: Christian Bale as John Connor, and let me tell you the boys at Hot Toys have outdone themselves this time.
The following is the Hot Toys product summary and specs on the upcoming figure:
Terminator: Salvation John Connor 12 inch figure by Hot Toys
Hot Toys proudly presents the first human-kind MMS figure from the upcoming sci-fi movie in 2009 – Terminator Salvation: 1/6th scale John Connor collectible figures. This collectible figure stands approximately 30 cm tall, featuring Hot Toys True-type figure body with over 36 points of articulation. This John Connor figure features the high quality head sculpture (by Weapon X), perfect painting (by JC Hong) and authentic Christian Bale likeness.
With the exception of Hot Toys’ 1/6th scale John Connor collectible figure, no other John Connor collectibles featuring Christian Bale’s likeness have been approved. With our specialized experience to the collectibles, our talents and product standard have been highly recognized in the collectible industry, and this John Connor prototype sample has also been reviewed and officially approved by Christian Bale& McG (the director of Terminator Salvation) in person.
The John Connor 12 inch Figure features:
Leather jacket
Pants
T-shirt
Tactical full body harness
Headset
Radio with pouch
M4 magazine pouches
Pistol Magazine pouch
Demolition blocks
Drop leg panel
Armband
Patch
Assault boots
Tactical gloves
M4A1 with tactical red dot sight
XM-26 LSS
Line launcher
Pistol with holster
Tactical fixed blade
Product Specifications
License: Terminator
Product Type: 12 inch Figure
Product Size: 12″ H (304.8mm)*
Product Weight: 5.00 lbs (2.27 kg)*
Box Size: 17.00″ H (431.8mm) x 9.00″ W (228.6mm) x 6.00″ L (152.4mm)*
Est. Shipping Weight: 4.00 lbs (1.81 kg)*
Pre-Order John Connor now at Sideshow Collectables. And to check out more pictures of the figure head over to Cool Toy Review.
Manufactured by: Hot Toys.
Posted by dominie in Movies on March 3rd, 2009
Character posters and banners seem to be the new cool for Hollywood blockbuster films. Yahoo! Movies unveiled a new Terminator: Salvation poster from Warner Bros. Pictures, this one a character banner featuring Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright. You can now view the trailer online for the film, which hits theaters May 22, 2009.
Directed my McG, the new installment of The Terminator franchise, is set in post-apocalyptic 2018. Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
Posted by Dominic in Arts on February 24th, 2009
A while back we reported that Hot Toys had acquired the license to the upcoming Terminator: Salvation movie starring Christian “Anger Management” Bale and directed by McG. At the time there were no images to show but recently Hot Toys posted images of their first three 1/6th scaled figures from this line, the Endoskeletons T-600 and T-700 and the Terminator Factory T-700 Diorama.
Here are the specs for the T-600 and T-700 figures:
Hot Toys – MMS 93 – Terminator Salvation: Endoskeleton T-600 collectible figure
The massive killing machine-T-600 collectible figure features :
- Approximately 35 cm / 14 inches tall
- Over 25 Points of articulations plus fully articulated fingers
- Light- up eyes ( cell button battery operated/ battery included)
- Accessories includes Gatling gun ammo pack with harness
- Movie scene featured figure base with nameplate
Release date: MAY, 2009
Hot Toys – MMS 94 – Terminator Salvation: Endoskeleton T-700 collectible figure
The Skynet’s foot soldier – T700 collectible figure features:
- Approximately 31 cm / 12 inches tall
- Over 25 points of articulations plus fully articulated fingers and toes
- Light-up eyes ( cell button battery operated/ battery included)
- Movie scene featured figure base
with nameplate
Release date: APR, 2009
Head over to Cool Toy Review and the Hot Toys Website to check out all the cool photos.
Posted by dominie in Movies on January 17th, 2009
I won’t go into detail here, the full report is below so you can enjoy the full bite. Gluttony. YES. Bloody Disgusting, who recently viewed some of the first footage for McG’s Terminator: Salvation, was able to nab some very interesting news about the upcoming film, its direction, a possible Linda Hamilton return, and more.
After an impressive taste of what’s to come in the fourth TERMINATOR film, McG took to the audience for questions.
One reporter drilled the director about the rumor that Linda Hamilton was approached to return as Sarah Connor (the mother of John Connor, the future leader of the human survivors) in SALVATION.
After chuckling to himself a bit, he asked the audience to show hands if they’d like to hear old tape recordings of Sarah Connor in the opening and ending of the film, keeping to the tradition of the TERMINATOR spirit. When the majority raised their hands, he literally flicked off the producer (in a joking manner). He did tease that it could be something we see in the final cut of the film…
On the exclusive news front, our questions wasn’t answered so we hit up McG in the lobby of the DGA, where the event took place.
Something that has been bugging this journalist for years is that the TERMINATOR franchise appears to have no end. Like many time travel films before it, the situation appears to loop over and over again. The Terminators will keep sending back more robots to kill John or Sarah, while in the future they’ll keep fighting to stop it.
When originally announced, it was said that SALVATION would kick off a brand new trilogy, meaning that there are three films planned. We asked McG that while working out the timeline and story for SALVATION if they also figured out how to tie it all together and end the franchise… for good.
His response, “Yes, we have. The films will all button up at the end of three.”
He also explained that obviously he can’t guarantee all three films will ever get made, or that he’ll return, but that in the end it’ll all come together and end the franchise once and for all.
I told him if it never gets made, we’ll have to hunt him down to find out the finale. Can you imagine if “Lost” got canceled? Yikes…
Arriving in theaters May 22, SALVATION is about John Connor (Christian Bale), now in his 30s and soon to be wife Kate Brewster realize they must create a resistance organization with Earth’s remaining survivors against the army of robots slowly being built up by Skynet. As they are building this resistance, one survivor happens to be a traitor in disguise, and has a secret that nobody would ever come to suspect.
Posted by Dominic in Movies on January 15th, 2009
Cool Toy Review reports that my favorite toy company Hot Toys has been granted the world wide license to the upcoming Warner Brothers picture Terminator: Salvation directed by McG and staring Christian Bale as John Connor.
With the license we can expect to see 1/6 scaled figures of the main human characters as well as robot figures from the film. We’ll keep you posted as more news arrives.
Terminator: Salvation opens May 22, 2009.
Posted by Dominic in Movies on January 15th, 2009
I posted last weeks box office report prematurely, listing that Up had narrowly floated over The Hangover by a million dollars. Upon arriving at work on Tuesday I picked up the USA Today and noticed that final weekend numbers had The Hangover narrowly ousting Up.
This week looks to be similar albeit with a slight wider margin than last week. Early numbers post The Hangover retaining the number one spot with an estimated take of $33.4 million. Dropping just 25.7% the Warner Brothers release with a $35 million budget has grossed $105.3 million in two weeks.
Disney/Pixars Up is still soaring over theatres, nabbing $30.5 million, with a 30.9% decline. The 3D animated picture has grossed $187.1 million.
Opening in the third spot was the Denzel Washington/John Travolta lead remake of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. The Sony release snatched $25 million.
Night at the Museum 2 (there’s no way I’m going to keep typing that ridiculously long title) held the fourth spot for the second weekend. The Fox picture grossed $9.6 million with a decline of 34.4% raising its four week total to $143.4 million.
Land of the Lost continues its gigantic flop with a horrible second week take of $9.1 million. The Universal release fell 51.4% and has grossed a pathetic $34.9 million dollars. Not so sure Land of Lost is going to be able to make back its $100 million budget anytime soon.
Eddie Murphy continues his string of bad career moves with Imagine That from Paramount, grossing $5.7 million.
Star Trek dropped to seventh but continues to stay the coarse. Trek grossed $5.6 million raising its domestic total to $232 million.
Terminator Salvation looks to be all washed up. With a take of $4.6 million the $200 million budgeted film has grossed a dismal $113.8 million in its four weeks of release.
Angels & Demons was ninth with $4.2 million.
And the bottom of ten was Drag Me to Hell which managed $3.8 million.
Until next week you crazy kids.
