BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! THE SUCKER PUNCH TRAILER IS UP! WOOOOOOOOW!
DRAGONS! GUNS! BABES! DRAGONS! SWORDS! SNYDER! WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!
Now excuse me while I go and wipe the torrent of drool that is streaming down my face. Ta.
P.S. I definitely have all the weapons I need.
P.S.S. The full list of delicious character posters are here.
That Snyder, he sure is one stylish motherfucker. This image hit the net a few days ago via an Emily Browning fansite and is the first look at the bad-ass babes of Zack Snyder’s new film Sucker Punch. It’s scanned from a spread in Entertainment Weekly where they give an overview of the films appearing at Comic Con this week (insert jealous grumble here). Thoughts? If I wasn’t a straight woman, I would have a boner by now because frankly, it looks fetish-aboulous. It’s a shame Browning has had to revert from brown to blonde locks, but I’m willing to overlook that cliché in light of the general wickedness this film promises. So, in a similar vein to my overall wraps on Inception and Tomorrow, When The War Began, here is what we know about Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch so far:
The Plot
Sucker Punch is a reimagining of Alice In Wonderland in the 1950s when a young girl, Baby Doll, is institutionalised by her wicked stepfather who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. She escapes to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, and in that universe she starts to plan her escape from the facility with her newfound inmate friends. Needing to steal five objects to achieve freedom, Snyder famously described the film to First Showing as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns”. Apparently dragons, B-52 bombers and brothels also feature. Snyder came up with the story and wrote the script with Steve Shibuya, a former special-effects and tech whiz. It’s Snyder’s first original film without any source material from comics or previous films.
The Business End
Snyder, whose previous credits include the Dawn Of The Dead remake, 300, Watchmen and the up and coming animated owl flick Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole, is producing the film with his regular collaborator and wife, Deborah. Snyder has been an active filmmaker since 2004 and in that short time he has established himself as one of the few who can consistently deliver style and substance. He’s a visionary who pumps out films more often than the Octomum pumps out babies. It’s also good news that despite Warner Brothers announcing the film would be converted to 3D post-production, the Snyder husband and wife team have fought, and won, to keep their baby in 2D (the way it was filmed and intended). There will be no Clash Of The Titans-muddle here folks. Music is set to play an integral part in the film and mark the transition from reality to alternative-reality. The cast trained in 3 months to be able to perform the stunt and fight scenes before production kicked off in Vancouver from September, 2009 to January, 2010. Sucker Punch has a budget of $85 million.
The Cast
Emily Browning: Baby Doll
One of my favourite Australian actresses, 21-year-old Browning stepped up to the role after Amanda Seyfried dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Thank heavens for that, because as far as I’m concerned Seyfried has ruined herself with all the atrocious rom-com’s she has starred in of late. After a bunch of appearances in Australian TV productions and films such as Ned Kelly, Browning broke into the Hollywood market with her captivating performance in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Followed by her role in supernatural thriller The Uninvited, Browning will be one to watch after Sucker Punch and her role as Lucy, a university student who becomes a prostitute in Julia Leigh’s erotic version of Sleeping Beauty due for release next year.
Jena Malone: Rocket
Replacing Evan Rachel-Wood, who also dropped out over scheduling conflicts, is former child star Jena Malone. Having amassed an accomplished body of work, Malone is just another feather in the bow of accomplished young actresses at the fore of Sucker Punch.
Abbie Cornish: Sweetpea
What can you say about Cornish? Except that she is ridiculously awesome and my favourite Australian actress behind Cate Blanchett! Since her breakout performances in Australian flicks Somersault and Candy, with Heath Ledger, Cornish has gone from strength to strength in mainstream Hollywood blowing me away with turns in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Stop-Loss and, her Oscar-deserving role in Bright Star. Mainly a dramatic actress, I’m looking forward to seeing Cornish in an action-flick where her attitude and beauty are just as important as acting chops. She has worked with Snyder previously, voicing one of the central characters in Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole.
Vannessa Hudgens: Blondie
Okay, so I’m not her biggest fan, but this is clearly Hudgens effort to make the transition from slutty Disney teen-starlet, to slutty Hollywood actress. But hey, if she shows some teeth in an action film I might be willing to overlook her previous efforts (hello there High School Musical and Bandslam). The jury is still out on her Twilighty-looking Beastly.
Jamie Chung: Amber
Chung has proved herself to be a sufficiently meaty action babe after Dragonball: Evolution, Sorority Row and her decency in Grown Ups. Toting a lollipop and fishnets in this though, she’s sure to bring that hot-Asian chick flavour a la Lucy Liu amongst a largely Caucasian cast in Charlie’s Angels.
Carla Gugino: Mrs Shulz
The lass with arguably the best natural rack in the industry (remember her topless scene as Lucille in Sin City?), Gugino plays a nurse in the asylum. Like Cornish, she has worked with Snyder previously, but as the original Silk Spectre in Watchmen.
Others 
Along for the ride are Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac, Jan Hamm and Black Dynamite himself Michael Jai White (above)! Woo!
So, I may have been quick to bag this out when news of the concept hit the net last year but heck, after watching the Beastly trailer I must say: they’ve turned me into a believer. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the traditional fairytale remake in theory, yet they so often stuff it up on the big screen I have steadily become more and more disenfranchised. Cases in point are Ever After, The Brothers Grimm and Snow White.
Beastly, however, looks like it may be the exception. Based on the 2007 novel by Alex Flynn, it’s a retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in New York. It follows rich and self-indulgent teen Kyle, who is transformed in to a hideous monster by a witch. His only chance of breaking the curse is finding someone who can see past his exterior and truly love him, enter classmate Lindy (the equivalent of Belle).
The novel was received well by critics, with Publishers Weekly citing it as a great read for young adults. Hence, with the success of the Twilight franchise, which contains similar themes of teen love, sexual tension, the supernatural and inner-monsters, it’s no wonder a movie adaptation was green lit so quickly.
In the film Vanessa `I pose nude online’ Hudgens is Lindy, the female lead, and the spankable Alex Pettyfer (best known for his roles in Wild Child and Alex Rider: Stormbreaker) is playing Kyle. In more interesting news, Mary-Kate Olsen has taken a break from hooking up with Ben Kingsley and plays the Gothic-chic witch. Everyone’s favourite gay (sorry Elton) Neil Patrick Harris also stars as the blind tutor/comic relief. Written and directed by Daniel Barnz, the man behind the sweet and seriously underrated Phoebe In Wonderland, Beastly looks like it might have some substance.
Sure, they are clearly aiming for the Twilight audience right from the indie songs featured in the trailer (Evermore and Death Cab For Cutie for those of you playing at home) to the heroine in peril scenario. Yet I have faith in Barnz, as it looks like there are plenty of important (and literal) messages in there for the teens about inner-beauty. And who doesn’t love a tinted romance/action? Plus, there’s nothing I wouldn’t pay to see more of Mary-Kate as that witch: irksome!
Beastly is released in the US on July 30, so probably a tad later for the rest of us. In the mean time, check out the surprising cool poster below.
Read more...
Ashley Greene aka Alice Cullen in Twilight let slip in an interview with MTV today that Disney starlet Vanessa Hudgens has auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater in New Moon. If the High School Musical skank gets the role that means she’ll be hanging around for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn films as well. Noooooo! 
I don’t know if I can handle watching Hudgens play this character for three films, especially when she’s a schmuck actor to begin with. Leah Clearwater is supposed to be Native American by the way and she is the only female werewolf in the Quilette pack. Whether Hudgens has actually got the part, no one really knows but the internet is buzzing with this juicy piece of casting gossip. One site even labelled the character of Leah Clearwater as a ‘cheerleading werewolf’. Hmmm . . . I think they’re getting confused with the type of characters Hudgens usually plays because I’ve read that series of books three times and am pretty damn sure there’s no mention of Leah Clearwater as a cheerleader. I bet Stephenie Meyer would love to throw that character detail in there if it would mean a boost in popularity for the film adaptations, however, if Hudgens gets this role I’m going to be seriously concerned about the quality and authenticity of New Moon and following sequels.
Vanessa Hudgens wallpapers
Vanessa Hudgens hot wallpaper
Vanessa Hudgens beautiful pictures
© Blogger templates Newspaper by Ourblogtemplates.com 2008
Back to TOP
