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Comic Con ’11: ‘The Darkest Hour’ Will Be PG-13, Trailer, Concept Art!

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Just left the Darkest Hour trailer debut at Comic-Con and I came away mildly impressed, and yet still unconvinced whether the film, now coming out December 23rd, will ultimately add anything new to the alien invasion genre outside the unique moscow location.

In addition, inside we got our hands on some pretty cool production art, along with the previously released official still featuring Emile Hirsch taking Moscow by storm.

Inside you’ll find all the goods, alongside a few choice quotes from my conversations with producers Tom Jacobson and Monnie Wills:

San Diego Comic Con The Darkest Hour

On not making the August release date: “We had a very aggressive [post-]production schedule from the beginning to try and make the August date,” said Wills. “[But we just were never really sure that we would be able to make our post schedule…nothing to do creatively with the film, just the nuts and bolts and x’s and o’s of what we have to do.

On the rating/tone of the film: “It’s gonna be rated PG-13,” Wills told me. “I think that it’s a movie that parents can see with children of a certain age.

On when the “invisible” alien creatures, which were not shown in their pure physical form in the trailer, become visible in the course of the movie: “Part of the journey of the characters is to discover what these beings are,” answered Wills. “It’s not until the third act that you really get a good look.

On shooting in 3D and 3D fatigue: “We shot it in native 3D, so it’s embedded in the feel of the movie,” said Jacobson. “And then there’s something about our effects, the particular way that the alien kill and attack…people that’s effective in 3D. Cause they shred things and throw them away, and they can throw them toward camera. …So it’s not just where we’re selling it so much as the 3D is the reason to see it…it’s [more] like the production design. It’s part of the feel of the movie.

Below you’ll some pretty astounding concept art, with the trailer premiering soon:

The Darkest Hour Comic Con

The Darkest Hour Comic Con

The Darkest Hour Comic Con

The Darkest Hour Comic Con

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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Adds “Chucky” Actor Teo Briones and More to Lead Cast

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Chucky Actor Teo Briones
Pictured: Teo Briones in "Chucky" Season Two

The Final Destination franchise is returning to life with Final Destination: Bloodlines. With filming now underway, THR reports that three actors have joined the lead cast, including “Chucky” actor Teo Briones.

Brec Bassinger (“Stargirl”) and Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Game) join Teo Briones, who played Junior Wheeler in season two of “Chucky,” as the leads in the sixth installment of the horror franchise.

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) are directing the fresh installment that also includes Richard Harmon (“The 100”, Grave Encounters 2), Anna Lore, Owen Patrick Joyner, Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book Of Boba Fett), Rya Kihlstedt (Obi Wan Kenobi), and Tinpo Lee (The Manor) among the cast.

Production is now underway in Vancouver.

What can we expect from the upcoming Final Destination 6? Speaking with Collider, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick offered up an intriguing (and mysterious) tease last year.

“This film dives into the film in such a unique way that it attacks it from a different angle so you don’t feel like, ‘Oh, there’s an amazing setup and then there’s gonna be one wrinkle that can potentially save you all that you have to kind of make a moral choice about or do to solve it.’ There’s an expansion of the universe that – I’m being so careful,” Reddick teased.

Reddick continued, “It kind of unearths a whole deep layer to the story that kind of, yes, makes it really, really interesting.”

Final Destination: Bloodlines is written by Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream), with Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) producing.

Producers on the new movie for New Line Cinema also include Dianne McGunigle (Cop Car) as well as Final Destination producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

This will be the sixth installment in the hit franchise, and the first in over ten years. Each film centers on “Death” hunting down young friends who survive a mass casualty event.

The latest entry is expected in 2025, coinciding with the original film’s 25th anniversary.

 

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