The Little Geek was visiting YouTube and came across this trailer for a sequel to the Lucasarts game, The Force Unleashed. The new game, The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith, is a “what if” story focusing on the concept of the Sith being the winners. This looks hot and I will be eagerly waiting for this. Check out the trailer below:
Jul 26
The Force Unleashed – Again
Jul 26
Ninja Assassin Trailer
Director James McTiegue (V for Vendetta) has unveiled the trailer for his new Joel Silver produced action film Ninja Assassin. The new film (due to hit Australian cinemas 26th November 2009) is written by Matthew Sand (first time writer) and J. Michael Straczynski (veteran writer and creator of TV’s Babylon 5 and many comic books) and stars Rain, Naomie Harris, Randall Duk Kim, Sung Kang and Rick Yune.
Check out the MTV released trailer below:
I read an article several months ago that said that McTiegue wanted to make a movie away from the Wachowski Brothers (they wrote and produced V for Vendetta) to establish himself as his own identity, I guess this is the film. Funnily, it looks a lot like a Wachowski film, go figure. That being said, the film looks fun and the action looks intense. I will go see it. On a side note, McTiegue is apparently signed to direct the new X-Men film, X-Men Origins: Magneto.
The plot, according to IMDB is as follows:
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo (Rain), one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi (Rick Yune), to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.
Jul 26
Geekgasm: Tron gets a name and a trailer!
I am just recovering from a rather strong geekgasm. The new Tron film finally gets a title (Tron Legacy) and Walt Disney has decided to officially release the Comic-Con 08 test footage as a teaser. I had only seen really sketchy pirate versions of this footage until now. I am really looking forward to this and feel that I have to go and watch the original 80’s Tron this afternoon.
For those that haven’t been following this story, the new film follows John Flynn (son of the original character Kevin Flynn) as he looks into his father’s disappearance. He gets sucked into the same world as the first film and finds his father who has been living there for 25 years. Father and son then set out on a life and death journey across a more advanced and dangerous cyberspace. Tron Legacy is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund. It will be released by Disney in 2011.
Jul 24
Get out your geek diaries: August 21st is Avatar Day
We have spoken about it, we have wished for it and now we finally get it. James Cameron is going to release the first trailer for his new 3D spectacular, Avatar on August 21st! What follows is from the official press release:
On August 21, the world will get its first look at director James Cameron’s motion picture epic AVATAR, when Twentieth Century Fox and Cameron debut the film’s trailer everywhere – while select cinemas and IMAX® theaters will screen extended footage prepared by the renowned filmmaker for this global “Avatar Day” event.
The worldwide trailer launch will be presented in all formats, including IMAX® 3-D, IMAX® 2-D, digital 3-D, digital 2-D, and 35mm 2-D. The trailer will also be available online.
The extended look at AVATAR will unspool only on August 21 – and only in 3-D – in select theaters and IMAX®. Details on locations and reserving tickets for this extraordinary and unprecedented experience will be announced soon.
In addition on the 21st, Ubisoft® will unveil the trailer for their videogame James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game, and Mattel will reveal the action figures for the film’s Avatar and alien Na’vi characters.
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected love, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, AVATAR delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.
I really am looking forward to this, I will post a link to the trailer (or an embed) as soon as it is released. We have also been a little remiss in the posting of the picture of the Na’vi that we talked about in a past show, so if you click on the thumb above, you can see the picture we were talking about. The picture comes from a banner at Comic-Con.
Jul 24
Tomorrow on Geek Actually (ep44)
Join us tomorrow morning at 11am Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10) for the latest Geek Actually podcast recording. We will be reviewing Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell and looking over the weeks tech and film news. Josh and I are also going on a trip down memory lane by revisiting Sam Raimi’s career. Join us here by clicking the live button above or using the direct link https://geekactually.com/live (the audio podcast will go out here and on iTunes on Sunday)
