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JOYFUL NOISE (2012)

Release Date: January 13 2012

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HAYWIRE (2012)

Release Date: January 20 2012

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- Paramount studios moves "Hansel & Gretel - Witch Hunters" theaterical release date from March 2 2012 to January 11 2013.

Paramount also moved the Eddie Murphy comedy A Thousand Words from March 23 (where it would have had to open against The Hunger Games) to April 20.

- Tom Hardy will be playing Al Capone in the upcoming crime drama "Cicero". The film will be directed by David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 & 2)

- Production on live-action adaptation of "Akira" has been put on hold.
Warner Bros. are considering 'The Dark Knight Rises' Scribe Jonathan Nolan & 'Green Lantern' Writer Michael Green To Rewrite "Akira".

- The West Wing's Richard Schiff has boarded the Zack Snyder-directed Superman: Man of Steel for Warner Bros., playing the character Dr. Hamilton.
Man of Steel hits theaters June 2013.

- Nazneen Contractor, Noel Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller joins the cast of Star Trek 2 which hits theaters on May 17 2013.

HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS new theaterical release date is January 11 2013.

CONTRABAND (2012)

Release Date: January 13 2012

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The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games.

The 10th Annual VES Awards will take place on February 7, 2012.

10th ANNUAL VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY (VES) AWARDS nominees are as follows:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS-DRIVEN FEATURE MOTION PICTURE
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A FEATURE MOTION PICTURE
- Anonymous
- Hugo
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Source Code
- War Horse

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE MOTION PICTURE
- Arthur Christmas
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- Rango
- The Adventures of Tintin

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A BROADCAST MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR SPECIAL
- Finding Life Beyond Earth
- Gettysburg
- Inside the Human Body
- Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A BROADCAST SERIES
- Falling Skies
- Fringe
- Planet Dinosaur
- Terra Nova
- The Bomber

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A BROADCAST PROGRAM
- Broadwalk Empire "Georgia Peaches"
- Bones "Tornado Case"
- Breaking Bad "Face Off"
- Game of Thrones "Winter is Coming"
- Pan Am "Pilot"

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE ACTION FEATURE MOTION PICTURE
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 "Ukranian Ironbelly"
- Paul "Paul"
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes "Caesar"
- The Thing "Edvard/Adam"

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE MOTION PICTURE
- Puss in Boots "Puss"
- Rango "Rango"
- Rio "Nigel"
- The Adventures of Tintin "Tintin"

OUTSTANDING MODELS IN A FEATURE MOTION PICTURE
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 "Hogwarts School Buildings"
- Hugo "Train Crash"
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol "Parking Garage"
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon "Drillers"

For the full list of nominees, go to: http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/10th-annual-ves-awards-nominees

- Despite all the negative reviews, THE DEVIL INSIDE debuted at No. 1 in the U.S. Box Office with an estimated weekend gross of $34.5 million.

- THE BOURNE LEGACY teaser poster debuted yesterday courtesy Cine 1.

Red Tails
Underworld: Awakening
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
John Carter
The Hunger Games
Mirror Mirror
The Cabin in the Woods
Wettest County
The Avengers (2012)
The Dictator
Dark Shadows
Battleship
Men In Black 3
Moonrise Kingdom
Rock of Ages
Snow White and the Huntsman
Prometheus
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Brave
G.I. Joe - Retaliation
Magic Mike
The Amazing Spider-Man
Ted
The Dark Knight Rises
Neighborhood Watch
Total Recall
The Bourne Legacy
Argo
The Expendables 2
Looper
Gangster Squad
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Skyfall
Wreck-It Ralph
Gravity
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
World War Z
This is 40
Django Unchained
The Great Gatsby
Lincoln

THE DEVIL INSIDE (2012) has been getting a lot of negative reviews lately.

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@Ogaga4Luv
DIE HARD (1988) is cool.

eghost247:
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@eghost247
With all the bad reviews this film has been getting, I'm not surprised.

CHRONICLE

Release Date: February 3, 2012

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UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING

Release Date: January 20 2012

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COLOMBIANA (2011)

Oscars 2012 trailer featuring Billy Crystal, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Robin Williams, William Fichtner and Vinnie Jones.

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SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE

TV Premiere date: January 27 2012

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SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE hits TV screens on January 27 2012.

Liam McIntyre replaces the late Andy Whitfield as Spartacus.

SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE trailer

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SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE "THE BROTHERHOOD"

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Films being considered for nomination in the Visual Effects category at the 84th Academy Awards have been narrowed down to 10:

- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
- Hugo
- Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Real Steel
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- The Tree of Life
- X-Men: First Class

The final 3 or 5 nominees will be announced on January 24 2012 while the awards ceremony takes place on February 26 2012.

- Plans are on the way to make an Elton John biopic and Sir Elton wants Justin Timberlake to portray him.

"I've got a wish list of people. No. 1 on my wish list is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of 'Rocket Man' and was superb." - Elton John

- SAFE HOUSE (2012)

Release date: February 10 2012

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MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011)

@Ogaga4Luv
'A Separation' is a strong contender in the Foreign Language film category this awards season.
I'd love to check it out.

I want to thank everyone that voted for me. I really really appreciate it.
God bless.

To those that did not vote me, God bless you all as well.

I just hope 2012 will be a better in terms of TV and Films.

Thank you for making me your 2011 TV/Movie Poster of the Year.

Big HAPPY NEW YEAR greetings to:

- Vescucci
- Ogaga4Luv
- iice
- amblors
- eghost247
- Vieira
- mukina2
- semid4lyfe
- v3
- ceasyc
- Jayboy124
- MRbrownJAY
- teeluv
- chika98
- JeSoul
- ijaw_girl
- lalaboi
- all4naija
- Mr Resource
- spikedcylinder

I just hope 2012 will be a much better year in terms of movies.

@topic
WARRIOR (2011)

HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS OF 2011 WORLDWIDE as at January 1 2012:

1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2    $1,328,111,219
2 Transformers: Dark of the Moon              $1,123,746,996
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,043,871,802
4 Kung Fu Panda 2                         $665,692,281
5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1     $656,445,000
6 Fast Five                                   $626,137,675
7 The Hangover Part II                       $581,464,305
8 The Smurfs                                $562,547,576
9 Cars 2                                       $551,852,396
10 Rio                                       $484,635,760

VillageBoi:
Hi Obinna, thanks. I trust all is well with you and the family? Happy New Year!

@VillageBoi
All is well. Happy New Year to you as well.

Popular Mechanics magazine's 10 Best Visual Effects Scenes of 2011:

1. The Tree of Life - "In The Beginning"

2. Real Steel - "Atom vs. Zeus"

3. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - "Bumblebee catches Sam in mid-air"

4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes - "Battle on the Bridge"

5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 - "Trouble with Treasure"

6. Super 8 - "Train Crash"

7. Battle: Los Angeles - "Command Center"

8. Hugo - "Paris Overflight"

9. Immortals (2011) - "Clashing with Titans"

10. The Adjustment Bureau - "Door-to-Door"


SOURCE: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/the-10-best-visual-effects-scenes-of-2011?click=pm_news

Hello VillageBoi

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 15 films are now in the running for Achievement in Visual Effects for next year's Oscars.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

- "Captain America: The First Avenger"

- "Cowboys & Aliens"

- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"

- "Hugo"

- "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol"

- "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"

- "Real Steel"

- "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

- "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"

- "Sucker Punch"

- "Super 8"

- "Thor"

- "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

- "The Tree of Life"

- "X-Men: First Class"

In early January, the members of the Academy's Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who selected the 15 films, will narrow the list to 10.

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 19.  Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

SOURCE: http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111209.html

DRIVE (2011)

OAM4J:
Wishing you and your families a safe and great new year

May all your dreams and desires in the new year come through.

Happy New Year Nairalanders!


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@OAM4J
I wish you the same.

Happy New Year in advance everybody.

HAYWIRE

Release Date: January 20 2012

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@MRbrownJAY
Long time no chat. Compliments of the season to you.

More MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS OF 2012:

- G.I. JOE: RETALIATION
- MEN IN BLACK 3
- TOTAL RECALL (2012)