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Post by roxthefox on Nov 3, 2012 14:27:12 GMT -5
Looks like they're following MI4's release plans. Cannot wait for this one!
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Post by serin on Dec 25, 2012 5:30:16 GMT -5
'Oblivion' movie director talks plot, character in behind-the-trailer commentary
December 23, 2012
.Oblivion movie Director talks plot, character in ‘behind-the-trailer’ commentary
The “Oblivion” movie trailer, which dropped earlier this month, offered Tom Cruise fans a preview of the SciFi thriller. The film tells the story of a post-apocalyptic earth with Cruise on mop up detail to clean up the mess. The trailer was intriguing enough, but maybe not enough to satisfy movie buffs. For that, there’s the new “Oblivion” movie trailer complete with director’s commentary by Joseph Kosinski unveiled by MovieWeb on December 21, 2012.
Watch the extended “Oblivion” movie trailer by clicking on this link.
The “Tron Legacy” director takes SciFi fans behind-the-scenes, giving a more in-depth look at the Tom Cruise movie, letting viewers in on the “Oblivion” plot details.
The movie is
“set in post-apocalyptic Earth, where civilization lives above the clouds and scavengers illegally collect artifacts from the polluted and destroyed surface below. When one young scavenger discovers a crashed spacecraft planetside - and a beautiful women within he rejoices at the find. Little does he realize that his discovery will lead him to a journey filled with romance, adventure and unimaginable danger.
"Oblivion" also will become an illustrated novel, Radical Publishing's first venture beyond comic books, done in a format featuring 40 fully painted landscape images that will accompany the prose.
It should be an interesting bit of transmedia storytelling between the graphic novel and the film. The imagery for the Tom Cruise movie—especially in the recently unveiled “Oblivion” movie poster—really has an almost surreal element to it and does much to capture audience attention. It's definitely a movie that relies on fantastical visuals to tell the story.
The “Oblivion” movie trailer is one of the many 2013 movie previews unveiled recently in the SciFi genre. Aside from this SciFi flick, audiences will see Will and Jaden Smith in “After Earth,” Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto in “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” and Idris Elba in “Pacific Rim.”
Examiner
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Post by architect on Jan 8, 2013 23:06:19 GMT -5
Director Joseph Kosinski Talks OBLIVION In a small, nondescript office building somewhere in Los Angeles, director Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy) and his post-production team are working feverishly behind the scenes finishing up his second feature film, Oblivion, for its April 19 release. Tom Cruise stars as one of the last remaining drone repairman stationed on a post-apocalyptic Earth. He works as part of a mission to extract vital resources from the ground following a decades-long war with a threat known as the Scavs. When Cruise’s character rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, events are set in motion that force him to “question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.” Oblivion also stars Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Melissa Leo.
Recently, I got to do an extended interview with Kosinski at his post-production facility. We talked about how he came up with the idea, why they filmed in Louisiana and used the new Sony CineAlta F65 camera, how and why they’re releasing the film a week early in IMAX, why he chose M83 to do the soundtrack (and if it’s all new music), how long was his first cut and what’s the current running time, how he landed Cruise, the costumes and design of the ships, why Disney passed and how it landed at Universal, if things changed on set, and so much more.
Collider: I have not asked you about working with Tom Cruise and that’s something that I definitely have to ask.
Kosinski: Yes.
Was it tough to get him? Obviously he’s a big movie star and getting him to commit to something is a big deal. Talk a little bit about that first meeting with him, pitching him the idea, was he sent the script?
Kosinski: There was no script, that’s kind of the amazing thing. I showed the ashcan, which is kind of like a little eight page preview I don’t know if you’ve seen it. The first thing that came out, it was at Comic-Con 2010.
Right, from Radical comics.
Kosinski: Yes. That’s all I had. Obviously I had the whole treatment, but in that little ashcan we just put a little opening chapter that kind of introduced the story and it had like eight pictures in it; just a little teaser pamphlet. The day after I got back from Comic-Con I got a call from his agent that he wanted to meet, that he had seen the ashcan. Somehow he had gotten his hands on it the day after Comic-Con. So we had a meeting out at his hanger and I pitched him the story—there was no script yet—and based on the pitch he signed on.
At the meeting did you get the vibe that he was really interested?
Kosinski: I did. And you don’t know if someone’s really interested or if they’re being friendly because you just spent two hours pitching the whole thing out and they’re like “Yeah, that sounds fantastic,” and then you never hear from them again. That was the first time I had met him, but he was really enthusiastic and we just hit it off immediately as to what the film was really about. I got a call from his agent right after the meeting saying, “No, seriously, normally it doesn’t work this way. Normally there’s a script and there’s a process and everything, but he’s on board a hundred percent.” And he’s been a hundred percent committed to this project since that first meeting every single day and the experience of working with him is the best I’ve had. In my short career of making two movies the experience of working with Tom is at the top. It was unbelievable in every way.
I’ve heard this by the way from every director, that he is fully committed to making it work. Adam Shankman told me that in Rock of Ages Tom dissected every possible move and wanted to know why he had to do certain things. Like he really rehearsed and made sure that it was flawless for his moves. I’m curious what was he like preparing for this role and what did he use, maybe what did you show him or give him as assets to study to get ready to play this role?
Kosinski: Basically we spent a year working on the script. Because like I said he had attached. I got started with Bill Monahan and then Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt developing the script so it was everything I wanted it to be, and I had him and he was a part of that process. My work with him was almost a hundred percent script based. In terms of everything else in the movie, he knew that I was going to make it all happen. So all of our conversations were all a hundred percent script based and going through the scenes and the character and that kind of level of detail to make sure everything lined up so he understood exactly what it is he needed to do for the movie. It was an amazing process. I learned a lot from him. He’s worked with all of my heroes, literally, and just is so knowledgeable and has done so many movies and so many great movies. So through him I was learning from Stanley Kubrick and Michael Mann and Ridley Scott and Sydney Pollack. All that advice and talks they had with him I got to get that second hand and there’s no replacement for that, it was an amazing, amazing opportunity. So I’m really excited about the movie and really proud of it. It was an amazing experience. I would say any director that has a shot at working with Tom, do not hesitate. Go immediately and you will learn, you will be pushed and you will have an experience you will never forget.
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Post by architect on Jan 15, 2013 22:07:37 GMT -5
Did anyone remember to ask Santa for an OOO-BOO-LIV-YON Superbowl Trailer?
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Post by architect on Feb 6, 2013 21:58:01 GMT -5
Riseborough talks Cruise, Oblivion Q: What was it like to work with Tom Cruise on Oblivion?
A: "He is such a wonderful man, and he's so dedicated and enthusiastic about work every morning, he's so excited to get started. He's like Peter Hall in the morning - I have never seen anyone in the morning look excited about Shakespeare! And I saw a lot of similarities between [him and Cruise]. He's so dedicated, tirelessly mining for the truth, and he really wanted our relationship to ring true, for it to have a reality that we can all identify with.
"So that was fantastic, and we had an amazing director in Joe Kosinski who is such a calm and kind man. He was like the zen of the film. I can't think of a sentence or phrase that would describe him but his zen on set is quite phenomenal. He had this incredible ability to realize his artistic vision, and not many people can do that."
Q: How does Oblivion compare to other post-apocalyptic science fiction films?
A: "I think it sits in more than one genre. I don't think anyone's going to have seen anything like it before - when I read the script I hadn't read anything like it before.
"[Tom and Joe] were sort of giving me the package, before I signed on to the film, my hairs were on end, it was spine chillingly exciting. I hadn't read a script for a very long time that had the elements of being, firstly, a really dramatic story, a really beautiful story, full of emotion and pain and sacrifice. And then having an incredible visual aspect that really only a few directors can create. And it has this tantalising science fiction feel where you really never know what's going to happen. It's a very unsettling piece of film, so I suppose that's the answer. SOURCE
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Post by architect on Feb 13, 2013 16:30:20 GMT -5
M83 Enter OBLIVION On the Grammy red carpet Sunday, M83's Morgan Kirby summed up the feeling of many first-timers. "This whole experience is surreal. We've never done anything like this before," she told Rolling Stone.
That serves as a nice metaphor for the French group's upcoming year, which will likely see them back on a red carpet in April for the premiere of Tom Cruise's new movie, Oblivion. With the upcoming release, M83 enter the world of Hollywood and soundtracks. For the group's Anthony Gonzalez, the gig fulfills a longstanding fantasy.
Working with director Joseph Kosinski, they are following in solid footsteps – the director had Daft Punk score his Tron: Legacy film. Gonzalez laughed about the similarities. "French electronic artists," he said.
"I worked with Joseph a lot, and he's very particular about the music in his movies, so we spent a lot of time talking about music and working the arrangements together," Gonzalez told us.
Many artists have spoken about how writing soundtracks can influence their own music, since scoring a film brings in a different kind of discipline – namely, writing to fit someone else's vision. Gonzalez says that was part of how he composed the music for Oblivion.
"I started to write the soundtrack just reading the script, and then when you get the picture in, it's different, and you kind of switch to another vibe and change stuff and start experimenting a lot with the music," he said. While it was a totally new experience for him, he is satisfied with the results. "It's going to be a good one," he said of the completed work.
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Post by architect on Mar 5, 2013 14:28:21 GMT -5
Universal Shifts ‘Oblivion’ IMAX Date The Tom Cruise sci-fi tentpole will now open in IMAX and in wide release on April 19. Universal had originally planned to sneak Oblivion in IMAX on April 12 but opted to push the pic a week to maximize its opening in a frame in which Open Roads’ jOBS is the only competition in wide release. Star Cruise will also have more time to promote the film overseas as it opens internationally in several territories on April 12. The move also gives Universal’s April 5 opener Jurassic Park 3D an extra week on IMAX screens. SOURCE
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Post by architect on Mar 7, 2013 16:02:18 GMT -5
Oblivion Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Set For Release On April 9, 2013 Back Lot Records will release the soundtrack for Oblivion, Universal Pictures' upcoming action-adventure starring Tom Cruise, on April 9, 2013, it was announced today. The Oblivion Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features new music by Anthony Gonzalez of M83 and Joseph Trapanese (TRON: Uprising, The Raid: Redemption). The score features a hybrid of the traditional M83 electronic sound combined with sweeping orchestral elements. It has 16 score cues, along with a brand new song by M83 featuring Norwegian singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfor used as the end title for the film, which will release everywhere and in all formats on Friday, April 19, 2013.
Anthony Gonzalez discusses the scoring process: "It was challenging, to say, writing the music for Oblivion during my tour with M83. In the back of the tour bus, I had a small set up and was making music whenever I could. It was a little complicated at first but a great way to take a break from the tour and lose myself in Oblivion's score. Joseph Kosinski had a pretty good idea of what the music would be for the movie, and it took me finding a way to make him happy and make me happy during the process. The soundtrack is truly a collaboration between Joseph Kosinski, Joe Trapanese and myself.
"Scoring the film was a true enjoyment," Gonzalez continues. "It involved lots of stress, lots of sweat, and lots of hard work, but in the end, the soundtrack serves the movie very well. It really is a great Hollywood soundtrack. Oblivion is a big film with a big sound and a big orchestra, and while the soundtrack is different from my original idea, in the end I am very proud of it. I feel incredibly lucky to be a part of this journey."
Trapanese adds: "Joseph Kosinski and I have been talking about this film since before we finished our collaboration with Daft Punk on TRON: Legacy. While Oblivion is full of thrilling action and beautiful sci-fi landscapes and concepts, at its core is the story of love without bounds. It is a true honor to reunite with Joseph to create the musical elements of this new journey alongside M83's Anthony Gonzalez. Joseph has created another beautiful canvas to which Anthony and I can explore complex emotions and rich sonic textures. It was no easy task to score such an epic story, but we are all thrilled with what we were able to accomplish together."
Oblivion's director, Joseph Kosinski, concludes: "Anthony creates music that is aspirational, emotional and uniquely his own. I teamed him with Joe Trapanese, who I worked with on my first film and another phenomenal talent. Together they have created the score that I have dreamed about since I first put this story down on paper eight years ago." SOURCE
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Post by architect on Mar 7, 2013 16:05:40 GMT -5
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Post by architect on Mar 9, 2013 20:51:58 GMT -5
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Post by architect on Mar 11, 2013 20:54:16 GMT -5
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Post by architect on Mar 15, 2013 21:52:06 GMT -5
Zoe Bell on Oblivion, Tarantino and stunts Zoe Bell was born in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, and has become one of the world's most recognisable stuntwomen.
After working in Xena: Warrior Princess and Kill Bill, Bell was given a starring role in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof as herself.
Bell stars alongside Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman in the upcoming sci-fi epic Oblivion.
Laura Frykberg interviewed Bell high above Auckland in the Skytower.
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Post by architect on Mar 18, 2013 22:52:16 GMT -5
The Official Site has been updated.
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Post by architect on Mar 31, 2013 22:29:52 GMT -5
Kosinski talks OBLIVION With the movie in the can as of late March, Joseph Kosinski has no more decisions to make about Oblivion, his ambitious follow-up to Tron Legacy, and is able to throw himself into the real final stage: getting the word out about it. The writer/director arrived at WonderCon this weekend and sat down to discuss getting the movie made, locking in Tom Cruise and the still-unpublished graphic novel that formed part of the development process…
“I was trying to get into the commercial/music video business as a stepping stone into feature films and mimic the path of Ridley Scott and David Fincher, the guys I kind of looked up to. So Oblivion became a way for me to keep my creative juices flowing because I wasn’t able to get any work at the time. It was kind of a side project,” he says. “As a kid growing up I loved The Twilight Zone television series, the half hour episodes, with a small cast of characters, a very limited budget, and sometimes just a couple of sets. But somehow the stories had such big ideas, and big concepts to them that they always felt so much bigger than that show and even now they are a blast to watch.
“So I think for me it was trying to create a character driven mystery thriller, set in the future that I thought might be my first film,” he continued. “I purposely kept it small and contained so I could make it for a small budget. Obviously eight years later, it’s become much bigger than that. The story of Jack Harper, the core elements of that are basically unchanged. I’m really proud of that and that it survived being turned into a big tent pole film with that story intact.”
Especially since it had to survive years of gruelling development hell. “Getting any movie made in the first place is kind of a miracle,” admits Kosinski. “There are hundreds of thousands of scripts written each year in Hollywood and a select few make it to the end and actually make it on screen so for me this is the end of an eight-year process. I wrote this story in 2005, so that journey of getting it into production was most of it, just selling it to a studio. Certainly the making of it has been challenging in itself but I think the hardest one is the first hurdle of just getting a studio to buy off on it.”
A big part of making it happen was securing the services of Tom Cruise as the leading man. “I don’t know that anything is a guarantee but your odds go way up for sure,” Kosinski laughs. “But for me it is above all having a fantastic actor. There are few people out there that can carry a movie on their shoulders, a movie that really relies on a protagonist that can do everything. Tom is the biggest movie star in the world, but he is also an amazing actor. What I’m most excited about people seeing in this movie is his performance; it’s really just incredible.” THE REST
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Post by architect on Mar 31, 2013 22:33:09 GMT -5
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