WonderCon 2011: “Cowboys & Aliens” Panel Video and Footage Reaction Dan Koelsch, April 3, 2011 The first and easily most anticipated panel of Saturday here at WonderCon was the panel for Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens. Favreau and co-writer/co-producer Roberto Orci were in attendance and we got to see some revealing footage from the film. See the panel for yourself and get our take on the footage after the break. Favreau and Orci talked mostly about trying to keep control over the genre and not make it too hammy with such a high concept premise. The movie is about aliens attacking and kidnapping people from a small town in the Old West, and Daniel Craig plays an outlaw with amnesia who has a device on his wrist that is the only viable defense against this enemy. The idea was to make a serious Western and to let the comedy come naturally from reactions of the characters to this extraordinary event. The footage screened seemed to mirror that sentiment, but believe me, this looks to be a balls-to-the-wall action flick as well, from cowboys jumping on space aircraft to people being snatched by tentacles from the sky. The fight sequences looked great against the New Mexico landscape, and we even got to see a glimpse of one of the aliens, something no one else will see until the movie is released. I like the mystery of Craig’s identity and connection to the aliens, as well as hints to co-star Olivia Wilde’s role in it all. Harrison Ford plays a colonel who has to reluctantly team up with Craig’ character to ward off the aliens. The bits we saw of them together promise a strong chemistry that should add some good character to the film. Cowboys & Aliens opens in glorious 2D on July 29th. Comic-Con Conventions Events Cowboys and AliensWondercon
Comic-Con Sunday Programming Schedule Announced July 11, 2010Comic-Con International is releasing their daily schedules for San Diego Comic-Con exactly two weeks before each day occurs, so today we have the Sunday July 25th schedule. Sunday is Kids Day, so there are plenty of featured programs for the young ones . After the jump we’ll highlight a few… Read More
Rocket Poppeteers Tweets Comic-Con Updates July 23, 2010October 18, 2010One of the things that Dan had mentioned he missed while in the streets of San Diego, was an ice cream truck belonging to Rocketpoppeteers. Well, with the help of a new Twitter account, you don’t have to miss them again. In addition to listing out their stops, they have… Read More
Comic-Con 2012 Live Blog: “ParaNorman” Panel July 13, 2012July 13, 2012ParaNorman is the upcoming 3D stop motion animation about death that is not Frankenweenie. Today we’ll be liveblogging the panel from San Diego Comic-Con, so check it out after the break. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Travis Knight, Chris Butler, Brian McLean, and Sam Fell will all be in… Read More