Details Of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Revealed By Gary Oldman!

Ok so if you're a fan of the franchise then you may want to not read the following information that may or may not be revealed in subsequent trailers. One would assume that it may, but it may not as well so if you want a pristine viewing of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES in July, keep that in mind.

Can't wait to see this native 3D production (3ality Technica rigs) see light in my local theater!

WARNING SPOILERS:

Gary Oldman gave some details on his character and the story around him in DOTPOTA which takes place 10 years after RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES.

Gary Oldman:
"He's (Oldman's character) the sort of designated leader if you will of this community of those who were lucky enough to survive the flu, the disease and ensuing social uprising from it - so they're sort of survivors... and he was a police officer, so he's more of the kind of elected leader. And they need power and there's a power station and some of my people go out and see if it's operational, if it's still out there, and then they discover that there's a whole community of apes living there. We believed that they were all completely fire-bottomed and wiped out.

(Oldman's character) experienced great loss, personally and there's only one answer for him and that's to wipe them out. I see him as sort of the hero of the piece.

(Director Matt Reeves) was more interested in not just keeping the franchise alive but he wanted to make it more of a human story; he wanted to explore what had happened and keep it more focused on the human side of it before the story becomes the PLANET OF THE APES as we know it from the original."

More info when we get it! DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES opens on July 11.

Source: MTV

"The Legend of Spyro 3D" Animation Coming Next Winter

Jim here. I have just gotten wind of this movie being in 3D so BLAM! ...up it goes on MarketSaw. Producer John Davis (GULLIVER'S TRAVELS; AVP; I, ROBOT; DAYLIGHT; PREDATOR) is attached to THE LEGEND OF SPYRO 3D. The director is Mark Dippe.

Based on the best selling video game (20 million units +), it is a story of a young dragon whose destiny is to battle evil forces in Dragon World. Spyro must learn to fly, breath fire and battle aided by his friends and family.

I have an email into the production company to ensure that this is in fact a stereoscopic 3D production and not another animation claiming to be 3D (Yes I claim the terms 3D and 3-D for stereoscopic movie industry!). I have never heard of an animation that would place 3D in the working title and poster of the movie if it is not in stereo.

Some pretty good voice talent is attached to this production: Gary Oldman plays Ignitus (sounds like a fire breathing dragon wha?) and Elijah Wood voices Spyro. Animation is by Animation Picture Company.

Well to me these guys are going up against the giants of the animation industry (Pixar, Disney, DWA, Sony) and will undoubtedly be compared to them. Don't know if they can pull that off - but here's hoping. I do like the premise.

Apparently they are releasing the movie on February 19, 2010 in Turkey - however there is tight competition that time of year in North America with TOY STORY 2 opening February 12, 2010 and ALICE IN WONDERLAND on March 5, 2010.