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The Academy Awards Are 3 Months From Today – March 2, 2014

Oscar Sunday is three months from today, March 2, 2014 and this year, it’s anyone’s game. The Academy has a history of playing up all the glamour and suspense, and this year should be no different.

As of today, GOLD DERBY‘s Top 5 Best Picture predictions for the 86th Academy Awards are: 12 YEARS A SLAVE, GRAVITY, SAVING MR. BANKS, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS and AMERICAN HUSTLE.

HIT FIX’s Top 5 are: GRAVITY, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, SAVING MR. BANKS, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS and INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS.

In what’s classic TV, take a look at the opening of the 43rd Academy Awards in 1971, featuring an introduction by Academy President Daniel Taradash.

The big A-listers of the day all appeared at the Oscars – Goldie Hawn, Jeanne Moreau, Melvyn Douglas, Ryan O’Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, George Segal, Jennifer Jones, Lee Grant, Maximilian Schell, Ginger Rogers, Jack Nicholson, Ali McGraw, Robert Evans, Quincy Jones, Sally Kellerman, Jim Brown, Sarah Miles, Angie Dickinson, Burt Bacharach, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Bujold, Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, Walter Matthau, Juliet Prowse, Glen Campbell, Merle Oberon, Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Steve McQueen and Harry Belafonte.

Shirley Jones and John Marley presented the Oscar for Sound to Douglas Williams and Don Bassman for PATTON – which went on to win Best Picture.

For you real Oscarphiles, below is a list of the five Best Picture nominees from that year.

* – Winner from their category.

Airport
Ross Hunter-Universal Production; Universal.
	1970 (43rd)	*	ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — Helen Hayes {“Ada Quonsett”}
			ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — Maureen Stapleton {“Inez Guerrero”}
			ART DIRECTION — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels
			CINEMATOGRAPHY — Ernest Laszlo
			COSTUME DESIGN — Edith Head
			FILM EDITING — Stuart Gilmore
			MUSIC (Original Score) — Alfred Newman
			BEST PICTURE — Ross Hunter, Producer
			SOUND — Ronald Pierce, David Moriarty
			WRITING (Screenplay–based on material from another medium) — George Seaton

Five Easy Pieces
BBS Productions; Columbia.
	1970 (43rd)	ACTOR — Jack Nicholson {“Robert Eroica Dupea”}
		ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — Karen Black {“Rayette Dipesto”}
		BEST PICTURE — Bob Rafelson and Richard Wechsler, Producers
		WRITING (Story and Screenplay–based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) — Story by Bob Rafelson, Adrien Joyce; Screenplay by Adrien Joyce

Love Story
The Love Story Company Production; Paramount.
	1970 (43rd)		ACTOR — Ryan O’Neal {“Oliver Barrett IV”}
			ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — John Marley {“Phil Cavilleri”}
			ACTRESS — Ali MacGraw {“Jenny Cavilleri”}
			DIRECTING — Arthur Hiller
		*	MUSIC (Original Score) — Francis Lai
			BEST PICTURE — Howard G. Minsky, Producer
			WRITING (Story and Screenplay–based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) — Erich Segal

*MASH**
Aspen Productions; 20th Century-Fox.
	1970 (43rd)		ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE — Sally Kellerman {“Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan”}
			DIRECTING — Robert Altman
			FILM EDITING — Danford B. Greene
			BEST PICTURE — Ingo Preminger, Producer
		*	WRITING (Screenplay–based on material from another medium) — Ring Lardner, Jr.

Patton
20th Century-Fox; 20th Century-Fox.
	1970 (43rd)	*	ACTOR — George C. Scott {“General George S. Patton, Jr.”} [NOTE: Mr. Scott refused the award.]
		*	ART DIRECTION — Art Direction: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet
			CINEMATOGRAPHY — Fred Koenekamp
		*	DIRECTING — Franklin J. Schaffner
		*	FILM EDITING — Hugh S. Fowler
			MUSIC (Original Score) — Jerry Goldsmith
		*	BEST PICTURE — Frank McCarthy, Producer
		*	SOUND — Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
			SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS — Alex Weldon
		*	WRITING (Story and Screenplay–based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) — Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North

Here are some highlights from the night:

Best Picture: PATTON
“Patton” also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (George C. Scott), Art Direction-Set Decoration (Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, and Pierre-Louis Thevenet), Directing (Franklin J. Schaffner), Film Editing (Hugh S. Fowler), Sound (Douglas Williams and Don Bassman), and Writing – Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced (Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North).
George C. Scott declined his nomination and the award, but Academy President Daniel Taradash noted that, “…a person responsible for the achievement cannot decline the nomination after it is voted. Actually, Mr. Scott is not involved. It is his performance in ‘Patton’ which is involved.”
Helen Hayes won Best Supporting Actress for AIRPORT. She became the first actor or actress to receive Academy Awards in the two categories honoring performers (she won Best Actress for “The Sin of Madelon Claudet” in 1931/32).
The Beatles won the Academy Award for Music – Original Song Score for “Let It Be.”
The Awards were broadcast by NBC-TV for the first time in 11 years.
The Awards presentation and hosting duties were handled by 34 “Friends of Oscar.”

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network.

Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars for a second time. DeGeneres hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.

THE 79TH ACADEMY AWARDS¨ (ABC/ANDREW ECCLES)

DESPICABLE ME 2, THE CROODS Among Animated Films Nominated For 41st Annie Awards

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 41st Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. The Annie Awards cover 30 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Special Production, Commercials, Short and Outstanding Individual Achievements.

The slate of nominations for Best Animated Features this year include: A Letter to Momo (GKIDS), Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures), Ernest & Celestine (GKIDS), Frozen (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Monsters University (Pixar Animation Studios), The Croods (DreamWorks Animations), and The Wind Rises (Studio Ghibli and The Walt Disney Studios).

THE CROODS

Juried awards, honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation, will also be presented. Three Winsor McCay recipients have been selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors – Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg and Phil Tippett for their career contributions to the art of animation; June Foray Award – Alice Davis for her significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation; and Certificate of Merit – “I Know That Voice” (Documentary).

Winners will be announced at the 41st Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA.

ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s first and foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the art of animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the animation archive, animation film preservation, special events, classes and screenings.

Created in 1972 by veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for four decades.

For up-to-the minute information on the Annie Awards, visit www.annieawards.org.

’70s Schlock at The Hi-Pointe – THE VISITOR Playing Midnights This Weekend

The guys at Destroy The Brain.com have dusted off a 1979 obscurity for their monthly Late Night Grindhouse midnight series this weekend (December 6th and 7th). THE VISITOR is a film I’m completely unfamiliar with. I do have a vague recollection of seeing the VHS box on video store shelves decades ago but I know I never watched it. Apparently, like MIAMI CONNECTION and SAMURAI COP, two other recent Late Night Grindhouse entries, THE VISITOR has developed a cult following in recent years and someone somewhere thinks it is worthy of big-screen reassessment. Its slumming cast includes Oscar winners Mel Ferrer, John Huston and St. Louis’ own Shelley Winters, as well as Glenn Ford, director Sam Peckinpah and Lance Henriksen, so I’m game.

THE VISITOR was an Italian-American co-production, a mixture of horror and mysticism that ripped off several of the horror/sci-fi cycles of the ’70s (OMEN/EXORCIST/ALIEN). The plot is something about John Huston trying to save the world from a creepy little devil-child who likes to make things explode…and apparently there’s a flock of evil birds and Franco Nero who makes an appearance as Jesus! I’m so there!

A couple of quotes from IMDB regarding THE VISITOR:

“Possibly the worst film I have ever seen”

“the VERY bottom of the barrel”

St. Louis filmgoers will have a chance to judge for themselves when THE VISITOR screens in all of its big-screen glory this weekend as part of the Destroy the Brain monthly Late Night Grindhouse film series. It will be shown at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Avenue) this Friday and Saturday (December 6th and 7th). The pre-show begins at 11:30 and admission is $7.

I wonder if this scene was shot at The Magic House in Kirkwood !?!

The Friday night Facebook Invite can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/213839922121846/

The Saturday night Facebook Invite can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/535082363244813/

The Destroy The Brain.com site can be found HERE

http://www.destroythebrain.com/

The Hi-Pointe Theater’s site can be found HERE

http://hi-pointetheatre.com/

And check out this psychedelic trailer for THE VISITOR

Actor Tony Musante Dead at 77

He starred in Dario Argento’s first Giallo (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE), played a homicidal homosexual opposite Sinatra in THE DETECTIVE, was ‘Uncle Pete’ in THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE, and even starred in a couple of fine Spaghetti Westerns. I liked actor Tony Musante who always turned in interesting performances, especially during the roguish bad-boy early phase of his career. He was especially memorable in THE INCIDENT (1967) as a young tough who terrorizes late-night passengers on a New York City train. Musante died last Tuesday in Manhattan of a hemorrhage while recovering from surgery. He was 77.

From The New York Times:

Tony Musante, a rugged-looking American actor who was seen on television, in films and on stage in the United States and Europe for over 50 years but who was probably best known for a TV series he left after one season, died on Tuesday in Manhattan…….

Read the rest HERE

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/arts/tony-musante-actor-known-for-role-in-toma-dies-at-77.html?_r=0

New Photos from THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG; Pop-Up Book of New Zealand Opens

As we begin the month of December and gear up for the release of THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, check out these latest behind-the-scenes and set photos.

On Monday (12/2), the film will live stream the red carpet from the World Premiere at 6:30pm PT/9:30pm ET. You can follow it here: https://www.facebook.com/TheHobbitMovie and https://twitter.com/TheHobbitMovie

Under Jackson’s direction, the film was shot in 3D 48 frames-per-second and will be released in High Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D) in select theaters, other 2D and 3D formats, and IMAX. Production took place at Jackson’s own facilities in Miramar, Wellington, and on location around New Zealand. Post production took place at Park Road Post Production in Wellington.

Tickets went on sale Thursday, November 21. Fans will have the opportunity to see the movie first at midnight on Thursday, December 12.

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG is the highly anticipated second film in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Midnight showings for the first film in the Trilogy, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, took in $13 million in the U.S. The film ultimately went on to gross over a billion dollars worldwide.

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of Mirkwood.

After escaping capture by the dangerous Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all – a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself – the Dragon Smaug.

As movie fans await the imminent release of the second film of THE HOBBIT Trilogy – and another epic dose of Middle-earth landscapes – New Zealand has taken a cue from Hollywood by unveiling a giant pop-up book of New Zealand in Los Angeles.

The country that provided the epic scenery that backdrops THE HOBBIT Trilogy movies has installed the world’s largest pop-up book – occupying an area roughly the size of two tennis courts and 50 feet high – in the grounds of the Beverly Hilton hotel, that shows how film fantasy becomes reality for visitors to New Zealand.

Actor Martin Freeman (Bilbo Baggins), at the Laketown set in the giant pop-up book of New Zealand in Los Angeles.

The pop-up book of New Zealand is on site for five days coinciding with the Hollywood world premiere of THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG – produced and directed by acclaimed Kiwi film-maker Sir Peter Jackson. It is divided into four sets representing new filming locations from the film – Hidden Bay (Turoa, Ohakune), Forest River (Pelorus River, Marlborough) Lake-town (Lake Pukaki, Mt Cook), and Beorn’s House (Paradise, Queenstown).

With original pieces of the actual movie sets and living features of the real landscapes, the pop-up book employs multi-media production techniques and film-making wizardry to show how the film fantasy is firmly attached to the real life Middle-earth landscapes of New Zealand.

Guests will literally step into the giant book and take a unique journey through four of the principal filming locations for the Trilogy, combining the actuality of the book, and the magic of the movies with the reality of the Middle-earth locations.

The giant pop-up book of New Zealand, located in Los Angeles.

Cast members of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on the New Zealand pop-up book: Aidan Turner, Evangeline Lily, Richard Armitage, Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Luke Evans, Dean O’Gorman.

Authentic props used for the pop-up book of New Zealand include the giant wooden armchair from Beorn’s house, two-level waterside houses and a boat from Lake-town and the gigantic brooding bust of the dwarf king Thror that stood over the back entrance to Lonely Mountain.

Access to the pop-up book of New Zealand will be reserved for a series of invitation-only events, but a select group of lucky film fans will have the chance to browse the pages as part of a special public tour this Wednesday.

Jackson’s epic Tolkien-inspired productions of the LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT Trilogies have created a legendary fan following and been at the source, over the past decade, of a film tourism phenomenon for his home country New Zealand.

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG will be in theaters worldwide on December 13, 2013.

http://www.thehobbit.com/

Paul Walker R.I.P. (1973 – 2013)

Actor Paul Walker died on Saturday. The sad announcement was made via his official Twitter and Facebook pages.

It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend’s car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news. Thank you for keeping his family and friends in your prayers during this very difficult time. We will do our best to keep you apprised on where to send condolences. – #TeamPW

Just days ago, both Walker and FAST & FURIOUS co-star, Vin Diesel, posted this image of the next installment of the franchise via their Twitter and Facebook pages, respectively. FAST & FURIOUS 7 is currently filming, with a planned release date of Jul 11, 2014.

Universal Pictures issued a statement:

“All of us at Universal are heartbroken. Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is devastating to us, to everyone involved with the Fast and Furious films, and to countless fans. We send our deepest and most sincere condolences to Paul’s family.”

Tyrese Gibson posted on his Facebook page:

My heart is hurting so bad
no one can make me believe this is real
Father God I pray that you send clarity over this cause I just don’t understand
My heart hurts it’s broken no one can convince me that this is real…. Prayer warriors please pray real hard for his only child, his daughter and family… #HeartOfAnAngel13YrsFamilyForeverWeJustCelebreatedYour40thBirthday….. My God… My God… I can’t believe I’m writing this

Dwayne Johnson also sent his condolences on Twitter

All my strength, love & faith to the Walker family during this heartbreaking time. We find our strength.. in his light. Love you brother.

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 1, 2013

His latest movie, HOURS, is due to be released in 2 weeks in theaters and VOD on December 13. Walker plays a father struggling to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (TRAILER).

HOURS premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Conference & Festival, receiving very positive reviews for both the film and Walker’s performance.

Born September 12, 1973, Paul Walker has managed a balance of successful box-office films, dramatic roles and documentaries to elevate his leap to leading-man status on the big screen.

Among Walker’s upcoming projects is the action crime-drama BRICK MANSIONS, about an undercover cop trying to take down a ruthless crime lord. The film began production in May in Montreal and was set to be released by Relativity Media next year.

Walker has displayed his versatility by continuously transforming on-screen. We saw him as a soldier in Clint Eastwood’s World War II drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, for Paramount Pictures in 2006. That same year, he starred in Disney’s box-office hit EIGHT BELOW, directed by Frank Marshall, portraying Jerry Shepard, a lead research scientist who was forced to abandon his team of sled dogs. Walker previously co-starred alongside Matt Dillon and Hayden Christensen in Screen Gems’ crime-action movie TAKERS.

In RUNNING SCARED, a thriller written and directed by Wayne Kramer (The Cooler), Walker starred with Vera Farmiga. He portrayed a desperate father trying to protect his son after a tangle-up with the mob in a cop shooting. Walker starred opposite Jessica Alba in the action-thriller INTO THE BLUE, for director John Stockwell. He starred alongside Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Robin Williams and Alan Arkin in Chazz Palminteri’s 2004 directorial debut, NOEL, about a group of New Yorkers who come together on Christmas Eve.

In 2003, Walker co-starred in director Richard Donner’s adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel “Timeline” and starred in John Singleton’s 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, the sequel to THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, which grossed more than $127 million at the box office. In 2001, Walker starred opposite Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski in 20th Century Fox’s critically praised thriller JOY RIDE, which was directed by John Dahl.

Walker’s additional credits include the box-office hit THE SKULLS, directed by Rob Cohen; the football dramedy VARSITY BLUES; the critically acclaimed film PLEASANTVILLE, from writer/director Gary Ross; Miramax’s SHE’S ALL THAT; BROKEDOWN PALACE; and THE DEATH and LIFE OF BOBBY Z.

In November 2009, Walker was seen on National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Great White, a documentary devoted to exploring the dangers of one of nature’s most challenging and perilous creatures. Walker teamed up with marine biologists to journey off the coast of Baja California, in order to track how these SUV-sized predators live.

FROZEN – The Review

Don’t let the name fool you… Disney’s FROZEN will warm your heart.

Anna and Elsa are the closest of sisters until a childhood accident drives them apart. See, Elsa is not like other children. She has the ability to freeze things, and to manipulate ice. The only problem is, she hasn’t quite learned to control it. Instead, she learns to hide her powers away, which also means hiding herself.

That only works for so long… and soon she is forced out of hiding, only to accidentally freeze their kingdom in the process. Anna is now on a quest to find her icy sister and put an end to the cold. Along the way she meets some pretty interesting new friends including a mountain man named Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), and his sidekick Sven, and Olaf (Josh Gadd), a snowman that Elsa and Anna made as children who has suddenly come to life. Together, they trek through the frozen mountains on a race to save the kingdom from its eternal winter.

FROZEN is an absolute delight. Disney went back to their storytelling roots, and created an old-school fairytale that has a very classic feel, without the need to add a ton of modern twists. This film fits in with the likes of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, and THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG. By watching the film, it is apparent that they really did their research when designing the kingdom of Arendelle, and it’s easy to get lost in. Animation with such an authentic feel doesn’t just happen. Instead, animators took several trips to the Fjords in Norway, and spent months studying the architecture, details, and characteristics of the area so that they could create a more believable, magical environment for their tale. It shows. The film looks stunning. It’s very easy to lose yourself in their world.

Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck strayed a bit from the tradition of having a prince come in and save the day. Instead, they chose a story centered around family, and the love of sisters. It’s nice to see strong female leads in film… especially animation. Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel do an incredible job of bringing strength and beauty to the characters of Anna and Elsa. There is a nice balance keeping the character of Elsa vulnerable, and still likable in her time of rebellion. It would have been easy to cast her as a villain. Instead, they keep the majority of the film villain free. Sure, there are a few jerks along the way, but no one that I would call an actual villain.

This film is certainly for those who love musicals. FROZEN has an incredibly strong soundtrack, and has a much more “musical theater” feel than many of the Disney animated films of the past. As much as I love the music, I could have done without the “Don’t know if I’m elated or gassy, but I’m somewhere in that zone.” in the song “For The First Time In Forever”. It took me out of the song, and had me praying that they didn’t put crass jokes in the rest of the film. It’s not that I’m uptight… I just don’t want my Disney movie full of fart jokes. Corny jokes are ok on occasion. That is what the character of Olaf is for. He is the comic relief of the film. Still, I was relieved to find that as the movie went on, they avoided that direction. Instead, they opted for songs such as “Let It Go” and “Do You Want To Build A Snowman” which are sure to bring a smile to your face, and possibly a tear to your eye!

FROZEN is sure to cast a spell on audiences. It’s a treat for the whole family!

OVERALL RATING: 4 out of 5 stars

FOR MORE INFO:

“Like” FROZEN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyFrozen

Follow FROZEN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisneyAnimation

Visit the official website: http://www.disney.com/frozen

FROZEN is in theaters now

New Set Photos From Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION

Here’s a first look at the new photos from Paramount Pictures’ TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION.

In the above picture, Mark Wahlberg plays Cade Yeager and Jack Reynor plays Shane Dyson with Bumblebee (center, as a highly modified, vintage 1967 Camaro SS) in director Michael Bay’s upcoming film.

Bay and Wahlberg teamed up earlier this year for the action-comedy PAIN AND GAIN. Also starring Dwayne Johnson, Ed Harris, Tony Shalhoub and Anthony Mackie, PAIN AND GAIN was based on the unbelievable true story of three personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.

Check out all the cars HERE.

Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson.

Nicola Peltz plays Tessa Yeager.

Left to right: Director/Executive Producer Michael Bay demonstrates a scene with Nicola Peltz (who plays Tessa Yeager) on the set of TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION.

Left to right: Director/Executive Producer Michael Bay discusses a scene with Mark Wahlberg (who plays Cade Yeager) on the Detroit set.

Left to right: Director/Executive Producer Michael Bay with Camera Operator James Skotchdopole in Wulong Karst National Park on the Southeast China set of TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, from Paramount Pictures.

The new Optimus Prime from Western Star (a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America).

TRANSFORMERS 4 stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Han Geng, Nicola Peltz, Li Bingbing and Sophia Myles.

The film re-unites the filmmaking team from the hit franchise, including producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto and Ian Bryce; and executive producers Steven Spielberg, Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian.

TRANSFORMERS 4 is written by Ehren Kruger, based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures.

Paramount Pictures will release the film on June 27th, 2014.

http://www.transformersmovie.com/

https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie

https://twitter.com/transformers

Photos – Paramount Pictures / Photo Credit: Andrew Cooper

Happy Thanksgiving From WAMG!

Happy Thanksgiving from the whole gang here at We Are Movie Geeks. Hope your day is shared with family and friends and is filled with sleeping in, food, parades, food, naps, more food, football, naps, naps… and plenty of films!

We’ll let you get on with your day with the all-time champ of Thanksgiving movies… PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES.

Was Magneto Involved in The JFK Assassination? Find Out in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Viral Marketing Campaign

The new X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST viral marketing campaign ties Erik Lehnsherr (Young Magneto) to the JFK assassination in November 1963. In this fictional experience, Magneto was connected and implicated in a mutant plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy, thus being a “point of contention between humans and mutants ever since.”

In a mock interview, Magneto spoke to a reporter for the first time in fifty years.

“Whoever said that was Oswald in that warehouse?” he says. His voice is low. “And whoever said the killer was a man? And whoever said I wanted Kennedy dead because my brothers and sisters were being killed?”

He sneers.

“Humans,” he says, disgusted.

So was he guilty? Watch the video below and decide at – www.TheBentBullet.com

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.

The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future.

Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult and Halle Berry, 20th Century Fox will release the action adventure in theaters on May 23, 2014.

Check out the latest photos from the movie below. For more updates on the movie, follow at:

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