Friday 15 November 2013

Thor: The Dark World  
Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige was the producer of both Thor and Thor: The Dark World. As an extremely successful American film producer his films have a combined worldwide box office gross of $8.3 billion in addition to his role as the President of Production at the world famous Marvel Studios, having previously worked on such phenomenons as the X-Men movies.


Alan Taylor


Alan Taylor is an American television and film director, producer, screenwriter and most significantly the director of Thor: The Dark World.  Currently hired as the director of Terminator (2015), Taylor's career is catapulting into success.






Budget
Following the big budget prequel, Thor, Thor: The Dark World had a huge budget of $150 million earning $181 million state side and $449 million worldwide making it a huge success. 

Cast


Natalie Portman, famous for her role in Black Swan, returns to the role of Jane Foster.


Christopher Eccleston, famous for playing Doctor Who, plays Malekith the Accursed


Kat Dennings, famous for her role in American sitcom 2 Broke Girls, plays Darcy Lewis.


Jaimie Alexander plays Sif  

Idris Elba plays Heimdall

Anthony Hopkins plays the role of Odin

Zachary Levi plays the role of Fandral

Stellan Skarsgard plays Professor Erik Selvig

Tom Hiddleston returns as the villainous brother Loki.

Other Characters Include: 
Ray Stevenson - Volstagg
Rene Russo - Frigga
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Tabanobu Asano - Hogun

Marketing




In April 2013, Marvel released the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvJ9FTgZbM


In July, Tom Hiddleston introduced footage from the film to audiences in character at the San Diego Comic-Con. 


In July, Gamecroft announced that a mobile video game would be released. This is an example of cross media convergence. 



In August 2013, Marvel released the second trailer of Thor:The Dark World as part of Youtube's Geek Week, producing a 150 second trailer. Producer Kevin Feige and cast members Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins presented additional footage at the Disney Studio's. Disney announced plans to promote the film with an attraction at Disneyland, Paris.
 
Release


 The Dark World premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on October 30, 2013.


It was also internationally premiered on October 30th.


In Fear

Director                                                                     Executive producers
Jeremy Lovering                                                                                    Matthew Justice
                                                                                                                Danny Perkins
Cast                                                                                   Jenny Borgans
Ian De Caestecker                                                                                                Katherine Butler                     Alice Englert
Allen Leech

Producers                                                                                                                 Music
Nira Park                                                                                                                                              Daniel Pemberton
James Biddle                                                                                                                                         Roly Porter

                                   Audience                     Duration
                                                                                                            15                                     85 mins
 
                                                 Release date (2013)
                                                            15th November (UK)                                                                        Production Company
                                       20th January (Sundance Film Festival, US)                                               Big Talk                                       Productions
                                 23rd September (Athens Film Festival, Greece)
                                       24th October (Horrorthon Festival, Ireland)


Reviews
It received a rating of 5.2/10 on IMDb.com, however it has a rating of 4/5 on Totalfilm.com.

Competition
Films such as Don Jon, The Counselor and Battle of the Year are all being released on the same day as In Fear in the UK. 


It will be shown cinemas such as Vue, Odeon and Cineworld

Shooting commenced in Cornwall, UK in the Autumn of 2011.
Ian


Thursday 14 November 2013

In Fear

In Fear

Director                  Executive producers
Jeremy Lovering                              Matthew Justice
                                                       Danny Perkins
Cast                             Jenny Borgans
Ian De Caestecker                          Katherine Butler                     Alice Englert
Allen Leech

Producers                     Music
Nira Park                                        Daniel Pemberton
James Biddle                                   Roly Porter

Audience                              Duration
     15                                                  85 mins

Release date (2013)
15th November (UK)                                                                     Production Company
20th January (Sundance Film Festival, US)                                               Big Talk Productions
23rd September (Athens Film Festival, Greece)
24th October (Horrorthon Festival, Ireland)


Reviews
It received a rating of 5.2/10 on IMDb.com, however it has a rating of 4/5 on Totalfilm.com.

Competition
Films such as Don Jon, The Counselor and Battle of the Year are all being released on the same day as In Fear in the UK. 


It will be shown cinemas such as Vue, Odeon and Cineworld

Shooting commenced in Cornwall, UK in the Autumn of 2011.
Ian