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‘Extinction – The G.M.O. Chronicles’ Trailer Looks Familiar
The opening voice-over for the Extinction trailer implores you to “imagine a virus killing everyone but you”. Shouldn’t be too hard. I think this is more or less the conceit behind every movie where zombies take over the world. Sure, it’s not always a “virus”, but the concept of a violent and isolating pandemic is pretty much central to most of these movies.
This is all fine, I suppose. Do I wish people would cool it with the zombie movies? Yes. I would prefer to have only 36 or so of those a year. But still, in the end, good movies are good movies and bad movies are bad movies, regardless of genre. For example – I like good zombie movies and I hate bad zombie movies. So far… this does not look like a good zombie movie. Though I will say that some of the designs look cool, especially given the nature of the film’s budget.
But it does exist. So here’s the trailer for Extinction. Directed by Niki Drozdowski and starring Daniel Buder as German Will Smith.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.