Trailer Park: 'Salt,' 'Avatar,' 'Prince of Persia'
Here's a look at upcoming movies. Click on link to sign up when they are released on DVD and Blu-ray. (Release dates subject to change).
Salt (starring Angelina Jolie, dir. by Philip Noyce)-- Angelina is blonde! Angelina is brunette! Angelina does what she does best: kick ass. Here, a CIA official named Evelyn Salt is accused of being a Russian spy and goes on the run. This teaser doesn't show much, but Jolie took over the role after Tom Cruise(!) vacated the role (yes, Salt was supposed to be a guy), so it's a high-profile project regardless. (July 23rd)
Avatar (starring Sam Worthington, dir. by James Cameron) -- Terminator Salvation's Worthington goes front and center in Cameron's highly anticipated first theatrical feature since Titanic. Worthington is a wheelchair-bound Marine who must befriend the blue-skinned "savages" on a new planet via a created "avatar" so they can mine the rich resources of their planet. The end of the trailer splays all of Cameron's other achievements, reminding you that despite any hesitations you had about his crazy projects in the past, he's always delivered. (Dec. 18)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton; directed by Mike Newell & Alexander Witt)-- Jerry Bruckheimer defied the odds and made a Disneyland ride called Pirates of the Caribbean into a billion-dollar franchise and Johnny Depp into an Oscar nominee. While Prince of Persia is definitely full of the visual FX, it doesn't have the name recognition, and Gyllenhaal, all brawn, dirty and hewn and sporting a British accent, looks like he dressed up as a Spartan from 300 for Halloween. In other words, it'll take more than muscle to prove he works in this role. (May 28)
--Ellen
joesen on November 03, 2010 at 12:13 AM
This teaser doesn't show much, but Jolie took over the role after Tom Cruise(!) vacated the role (yes, Salt was supposed to be a guy), so it's a high-profile project regardless.