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Another New Cowboys & Aliens TV Spot Arrives!
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=39583
The Location And Time Of COWBOYS & ALIENS’ World Premiere At Comic-Con 2011
http://www.ramascreen.com/the-location-and-time-of-cowboys-aliens-world-premiere-at-comic-con-2011
There is far more than 20 people who visit this site, and Im not talking about investors only. I have seen articles posted quickly after being posted here on other comic sites, on twitter and on facebook. We even get a mention on their sites sometimes and sometimes even a scoop. I have posted on all 3, but I am not a fan of yahoo. I leave that for you guys. Feel free to post any links. Mods and assts should not be the only ones spreading the word. It goes faster if we all help.
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Nordling Interviews Mark Fergus And Hawk Ostby! COWBOYS AND ALIENS! AKIRA! TOMB RAIDER! THE WORLD AFTER!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50030?asid=cbfa436a
You didnt stop and get a picture of that bad boy? Wait, off the freeway, not a good idea.
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Yes Rainmaker, I totally agree. Promotions are getting increased interest as Universal and other studios fight it out for the summer spots. With 1 month to go, we should see an major increase of activity before release. Its looking real good.
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Not unless it is a new promo item. LOL
This book is available on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iBooks and on your computer with iTunes.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cowboys-and-aliens/id412378537?mt=11
‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Premiering At Comic-Con While Other Tentpoles Opt Out
http://thefilmstage.com/2011/06/13/cowboys-aliens-premiering-at-comic-con-while-other-tentpoles-opt-out/
Nerd Crush: "Cowboys & Aliens" Star Ana de la Reguera
Meet your newest nerd crush: “Cowboys & Aliens” star Ana de la Reguera.
The alluring actress has probably already caught your eye in one format or another: she’s been a top star of telenovelas, TV series and films in her native Mexico, she’s been a commercial face for Cover Girl and Kahlua, and she was Kenny Powers’ love interest in the latest season of HBO’s “Eastbound and Down.” But it’s her role in director Jon Favreau’s highly anticipated sci-fi/Western mashup this summer that’s likely to get you seriously Googling her this summer.
“Just being there, I never got used to it, to be honest,” de la Reguera tells PopcornBiz. “Every day waking up and thinking that I was going to work with Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde –it was crazy! I never got used to it, to tell you the truth. Every time I was looking at them acting, I was like, 'Oh!' – and I was in the same scene.”
“I play Sam Rockwell's wife,” she reveals. “It's like a period film with aliens, so it's very interesting. We own this saloon and we're pretty much in love. My husband, Sam, he's like the sweet guy, the sensitive guy, and I always worry about him because in the saloon there's always a lot of danger.”
"Cowboys & Aliens" Full Trailer
"Cowboys & Aliens" Full Trailer
De la Reguera admits that while her fangirl side almost overwhelmed her while working alongside the iconic Indiana Jones and James Bond, she was thrilled to discover a simpatico side of Ford she hadn’t expected. “I was surprised that he has a very good appetite,” she laughs. “Every time he was eating next to me he put a LOT of spice on his food. So I was happy for that because I'm Mexican. I was like, 'Yeah. I like that!’”
The off-screen side of Craig also revealed something unexpected. “He's just goofy and he's always laughing and has a great sense of humor,” she says. “Also, his behavior is like a James Bond. He's naturally an action guy. He's an amazing actor and can play everything, but at the same time when you see him doing those scenes he's just perfect for that. I was surprised because sometimes you think it's the camera and they cut a lot – No. He does the whole thing, and it’s amazing.”
http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/popcornbiz/Nerd-Crush-Cowboys--Aliens-Star-Ana-de-la-Reguera-123760839.html
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DIRECTOR JON FAVREAU INVITES THOUSANDS OF FANS TO ATTEND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF COWBOYS & ALIENS AT COMIC-CON® INTERNATIONAL ON SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011
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Event With Stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde to be Held at the San Diego Civic Theatre and Marks the Biggest World Premiere of a Film in Comic-Con's® History
SAN DIEGO, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockbuster filmmaker Jon Favreau, director of Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures' Cowboys & Aliens, is inviting thousands of fans to Comic-Con's® world premiere of the new film that stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, it was announced today. The extravaganza with Cowboys & Aliens' stars marks the first time that the world's largest entertainment convention has allowed a movie premiere of this size and scope during the weekend's festivities.
Remarked Favreau: "I owe the fans at Comic-Con so much, and it is only right that they are the first people who will get to see Cowboys & Aliens. By bringing the world premiere of the movie to San Diego, it's my small way of thanking them. I can't wait to share this night with thousands of the fans who have supported my films over the years."
The world premiere event will be held at the San Diego Civic Theatre on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The red carpet events begin at 7:00 PM, and the film starts at 8:00 PM. For more details on the action-thriller, and updates on the Comic-Con events and the world premiere, like on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cowboysandaliens and follow Cowboys & Aliens on Twitter @cwboysandaliens.
Cowboys & Aliens opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, July 29, 2011.
About Cowboys & Aliens
Blockbuster filmmaker Jon Favreau (Iron Man) directs Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford in an event film for summer 2011 that crosses the classic Western with the alien-invasion movie in a blazingly original way: Cowboys & Aliens. Joined by an arsenal of top moviemakers - Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci - Favreau brings an all-new action-thriller that will take audiences into the Old West, where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com
About Universal Pictures
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http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=14900706
Cowboys & Aliens [Kindle Edition]
Joan D. Vinge (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051OAQ6S/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk
http://youritlist.com/2010/11/cowboys-aliens-the-book/
FYI: Fan Art: Retro poster
click link for other view: daytime view
http://twitpic.com/photos/janeemeadows
http://twitter.com/#!/Jon_Favreau
Harrison Ford Covers 'AARP' July/August 2011
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/05/24/harrison-ford-covers-aarp-julyaugust-2011/
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Cowboys & Aliens Will Premiere At Comic Con, Plus Iron Man 3 Chatter From Jon Favreau And RDJ
Last night, as part of the Hero Complex film festival held by the Los Angeles Times, Jon Favreau was on hand for a special screening of Iron Man that also doubled as some sly promotion for his next film, July's Cowboys & Aliens. And thanks to some revelations from Favreau and a surprise appearance by Robert Downey Jr., both films managed to make headlines. First up there's the news that Favreau gave Hero Complex exclusively (naturally): Cowboys & Aliens, which opens in theaters on July 29, will hold its premiere a week earlier at San Diego Comic Con. Here's what Favreau had to say about the event, which is still in the works: “The worldwide premiere of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ will be at Comic-Con. And not only are we going to premiere it there, we’re going to find a way to include as many of the fans as possible. I feel like they’ve come out for me, they’ve supported me.”
Pair that with this apparent scoop from Latino Review's El Mayimbe: "A big studio took a look at the playing field of Petco Park & wants to do a big outdoor screening of an upcoming movie." Petco Park is directly adjacent to the convention center in San Diego, and I've long wondered why a studio didn't try to take advantage of the giant space and have a large outdoor, nighttime screening. Even a small movie like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World managed to complete pack a large downtown San Diego theater, so it's not hard to imagine that Cowboys & Aliens filling its own baseball stadium.
As for the Iron Man part of things, Slashfilm reported some of the highlights of the banter between Downey Jr. and Favreau, starting when Downey Jr. cracked that "The most difficult part of making Iron Man 3 is going to be negotiating Jon Favreau’s acting deal." Favreau, of course, walked away from the chance to direct Iron Man 3 after many reported difficulties in making Iron Man 2. In the conversation, though, Favreau threw his full support behind Shane Black, who will take over as the director on Iron Man 3, and Downey Jr. explained how Black came in to help them on a previous film, presumably Iron Man 2:
Well Shane, interestingly enough, there was a point when Jon and I were stuck on an idea [with a previous film]. We were just in an exploratory phase. So I said, ‘We should talk to Shane.’ And I was like, ‘Shane, we can’t really pay.’ And he was like, ‘Bring me some salmon and some blueberries.’ And we went to Yoda’s house in Miracle Mile and it wound up coming in handy, particularly for a couple scenes. So what I can say about this kind of circle of life thing is Shane, as he’s getting into the process [to direct Iron Man 3] and getting his sea legs and stuff, he goes, ‘When can we talk to Jon?’ So there’s going to be this kind of conglomerate of efforts.
Downey Jr. also had some praise for The Avengers, a project he's currently shooting, and one he apparently was a little skeptical about at first:
"We’re about six weeks in and I have to say Joss Whedon is nailing it. He’s so smart and so good. And it’s gonna be great. I can’t believe I just said it, I never could’ve believed this but it’s gonna be great."
Downey Jr. and Favreau will surely be reunited again at Comic Con if not sooner-- Favreau will be there with Cowboys, of course, while Downey Jr. will inevitably wind up there with the full Avengers crew, wooing the Hall H crowd as he does every year. We'll be on hand in San Diego once again to record each moment, so join us in about six weeks when the madness begins.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Cowboys-Aliens-Will-Premiere-At-Comic-Con-Plus-Iron-Man-3-Chatter-From-Jon-Favreau-And-RDJ-25186.html
Cowboys & Aliens’ world premiere will be at Comic-Con International in San Diego
June 13, 2011 | 9:25 a.m.
EXCLUSIVE
It looks like “Cowboys & Aliens” will saddle up in San Diego.
Filmmaker Jon Favreau had just walked off stage Sunday night after a sparkling “Iron Man” reunion at the Hero Complex Film Festival, but his thoughts were already on a far-bigger spotlight moment this summer — Comic-Con International in San Diego.
“The worldwide premiere of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ will be at Comic-Con,” the director said of his hard-edged sci-fi western that stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell “And not only are we going to premiere it there, we’re going to find a way to include as many of the fans as possible. I feel like they’ve come out for me, they’ve supported me.”
The movie goes into wide release on July 29 with its tale of an alien invasion in six-shooter days of 1873 Arizona. To some ears, the title might suggest a bit of camp, but the absolute opposite is the case — the nine minutes of footage that Favreau brought as a surprise to the Sunday night festival audience showed intense Old West action and men with gun-metal eyes making hard choices in an unforgiving terrain. The audience gave a robust ovation for the footage, suggesting that Favreau might be poised to deliver his third big hit following the “Iron Man” films in 2008 and 2010 that combined for a billion-dollar success. This new film puts him at the point-position of a behind-the-camera team that includes producers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and executive producer Steven Spielberg
Favreau said details are being put in place for the premiere, and that he would have more to say very soon. San Diego has been especially kind to the filmmaker, and he had shown a flair for showmanship and fan connection that (along with his acting career) has earned him more than a million followers on Twitter. There will be serious logistical challenges ahead — it won’t be easy to carve out a spot for a world premiere amid the madness and din of Comic-Con week — but Favreau knows the San Diego rodeo better than anyone in Hollywood.
“That’s where it all started, and I want to give back,” he said. “They should have the opportunity to see it first.”
– Geoff Boucher
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/06/13/cowboys-aliens-world-premiere-will-be-at-comic-con-international-in-san-diego/
National CineMedia Cowboys & Aliens Sweepstakes
http://www.ncm.com/sprint
Grand Prize (1): A 3-day/2-night trip (“Trip”) for winner and a travel companion to attend the premiere of the film “Cowboys & Aliens” in a destination city and on a date (anticipated at the time of this writing to be in July, 2011) to be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor or its designee.
Grand Prize includes:
(i) round-trip coach air transportation for Grand Prize winner and one (1) travel companion from a major airport nearest winner’s home (as determined by Sponsor),
(ii) round-trip ground transportation between Destination City airport/hotel/Premiere,
(iii) two (2) consecutive nights hotel accommodations (one (1) standard room, double occupancy, room and tax only),
(iv) admission to Premiere for Grand Prize winner and travel companion.
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize: $3,200. In the event Premiere does not take place as scheduled, or that timing prevents the Grand Prize winner from attending Premiere, that portion of the prize will not be awarded and no additional compensation will be provided. If Grand Prize Winner resides within 100 miles of the Destination City as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, no airfare or substitute prize will be provided.
First Prize (5): Each First Prize consists of a “Cowboys & Aliens” fan merchandise package consisting of one (1) or more select “Cowboys & Aliens” branded item(s) selected at the sole discretion of the Sponsor or prize provider. ARV: $25.00
Second Prize (20): Each Second Prize consists of one (1) “Cowboys & Aliens” DVD. ARV: $20.00 each. Note: Second Prizes will be awarded only after the general public release of the “Cowboys & Aliens” DVD.
http://www.freestufftimes.com/contests/12/national-cinemedia-cowboys-aliens-sweepstakes/
http://www.winprizesonline.com/NCM-Cowboys--and--Aliens-Sweepstakes/
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Cowboys and Aliens Movie Information, Video Interviews and Official Video Trailers. 2010-2011
About Platinum Studios Movie: Cowboys and Aliens
1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde. It's a town that lives in fear.
But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.
Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella, he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents - townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors - all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409847/
Official Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/cowboysandaliens
Official Twitter Page:
http://twitter.com/cwboysandaliens
Associated with C&A Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/Jon_Favreau
http://twitter.com/#!/oliviawilde
http://twitter.com/#!/dw_studios
http://twitter.com/#!/universalpics
http://twitter.com/#!/realronhoward
Official Youtube Page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/cowboysandaliensfilm
Official Movie Site:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810159817/info
http://www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/
Platinum Studios Cowboys and Aliens site:
http://www.platinumstudios.com/cowboysandaliens/index.php?l=main&ver=1299979101
Lead Stars
Daniel Craig- Jake Johnson
Harrison Ford- Woodrow Dolarhyde
Olivia Wilde- Ella
Sam Rockwell- Doc
Noah Ringer- Emmett
Budget:
100-150 Million (estimated)
Production Credits:
Director - Jon Favreau
Executive Producer - Jon Favreau
Executive Producer - Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer - Denis L. Stewart
Executive Producer - Bobby Cohen
Executive Producer - Ryan Kavanaugh
Producer - Alex Kurtzman
Producer - Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Producer - Roberto Orci
Producer - Brian Grazer
Producer - Ron Howard
Co-Producer - Ervin Rustemagic
Co-Producer - Dan Forcey
Executive Producer - Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer - Denis L. Stewart
Writers:
Screenwriter - Alex Kurtzman
Screenwriter - Roberto Orci
Screenwriter - Hawk Ostby
Screenplay - Damon Lindelof
Screenplay - Mark Fergus
Screenplay - Hawk Ostby
Source Material - Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Screen Story - Mark Fergus
Screen Story - Hawk Ostby
Screen Story - Steve Oedekerk
Production Companies
DreamWorks Studios - Studio
Universal Pictures - Studio
Universal Pictures - Domestic Theatrical Distributor
DreamWorks Studios - Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Central Partnership - Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures Germany - Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) - Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International - Theatrical Distributor
Empire - Theatrical Distributor
Forum - Theatrical Distributor
Ro Image 2000 - Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP) - Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures International - Theatrical Distributor
Platinum Studios - Production Company
Imagine Entertainment - Production Company
Kurtzman/Orci - Production Company
Special Effects
Creature Effects
Halon Entertainment (previsualization)
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Kerner Optical (special practical effects)
Legacy Effects (creature effects & specialty props)
Lidar Guys
Lightwave International
Foreign Territories Release Dates:
http://www.cowboysandaliensintl.com/intl/releasedates/release-dates.html
Contributing groups to this blockbuster include to name a few: PLATINUM STUDIOS, DREAMWORKS, RELIANCE, UNIVERSAL, IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT.
Also includes Steven Speilberg, Ron Howard, Damon Lindelof(Lost) with the director of Iron Man 1-2: Jon Favreau.
Videos Highlights and Interviews 2010
Olivia Wilde- Comic Con 2010 Exclusive Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGM75lUWGg
Cowboys & Aliens’ TV Trailer: Sci-Fi Mayhem In The Old West
An extended television preview for ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ provides another look at the film’s fast and furious mashup of Old Western and sci-fi action movie elements.
http://screenrant.com/cowboys-and-aliens-tv-trailer-sandy-119213/
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/24919
Cover of Cinema Editor Magazine
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CinemaEditor-Magazine/148907435150759
Favreau just tweeted: Or if you were watching the Spike Awards tonight.
Here's the extended clip of Cowboys & Aliens that ran on @SPIKE_TV #guyschoiceawards
http://twitter.com/#!/Jon_Favreau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P554E3JRK2U
Nice find VMarrero.
thanks
Sorry, Kimble1,
I dont work for Platinum, but I appreciate the thanks.
Dog
Cowboys and Aliens webpage updated:
http://www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/
‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Novel To Debut August 2 Following The Films July 29 Opening
Posted about 6 hours ago by Dirk Van Tilborg0
Tor Books will launch the official novelization of the summer tent-pole film ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ in August. (A Tor Mass Market Paperback Movie Tie-In; $7.99; On-sale:August 2, 2011). Written by Hugo-Award winning author Joan D. Vinge, the novelization gives fans of the film an opportunity to delve further into the movies’ world.
About ‘Cowboys & Aliens’:
1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear.
But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.
Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to
remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents — townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warrior — all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
Directed by Jon Favreau (‘Iron Man’), executive produced by Steven Spielberg (‘War of the Worlds’) and created and produced by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (‘Men In Black’), ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ will hit
theaters on July 29, 2011.
For more details, visit:
www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/ or www.tor-forge.com
http://sciencefiction.com/2011/06/10/cowboys-aliens-novel-to-debut-august-2-following-the-films-july-29-opening/
Fans can get their photo on Mike Wallace’s ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Nationwide car for Daytona race
http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/nationwideseries/Fans_can_get_their_photo_on_Mike_Wallaces_Cowboys__Aliens_Nationwide_car_for_Daytona_race.html
Schedule results for Cowboys and Aliens:
HBO First Look:
http://www.hbo.com/#/schedule/detail/HBO+First+Look%3A+Cowboys+%26+Aliens/571593
Cowboys & Indians- The Premier magazine of the West
Film
Cowboys & Aliens
by JOE LEYDON
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No matter what you might have thought when you first heard the title Cowboys & Aliens, no matter what you may have dreaded when you started considering the outlandish possibilities of a sci-fi western mash-up, director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) wants to set you straight: He’s playing for keeps while aiming to please with “a very traditional western” that just happens to include some extraterrestrials.
“I’ve always been a fan of westerns,” Favreau insists, pointing out that after he scored a surprise success as costar, screenwriter, and coproducer of Swingers, his 1996 breakout indie comedy, he and collaborator Vince Vaughn cowrote a dead-serious Wild West drama called The Marshal of Revelation. But he notes, “We were sorely disappointed when we found out that, at the time, there was no market?—?especially in foreign territories, in international sales?—?for a western.”
Indeed, Favreau believes that even with the help of Hollywood heavy hitters Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard, who serve as producers on Cowboys & Aliens, he still would have had a hard time getting his latest project off the ground if Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Keith Carradine, Adam Beach, and other notables in his cast weren’t sharing screen time with?...?well, aliens.
“I think most directors, deep down, have the desire to make a western,” Favreau says. “It’s a classic American cinematic form. And our stories somehow become bigger and more timeless when set in the mythic West.” Trouble is, back when Cowboys & Aliens originally was green lighted for production?—?that is, before Rango, True Grit, and the video game Red Dead Redemption recently launched what Favreau hopes is a western revival?—?the genre was viewed as, if not dead, then pretty dang dormant.
Oddly enough, it was the outer space aspect that revived interest. “The alien side of it is what really made it possible,” the director claims. “Because even though, up until recently, the western has been viewed as box office poison by Hollywood, the alien invasion movie has been seen as a very lucrative international genre. So by taking these two genres and putting them together, it allowed us to make a very traditional western with this sci-fi element to it.”
Based on the 2006 graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Cowboys & Aliens?—?set to open July 29 in theaters and drive-ins everywhere?—?spins a fanciful tale set in the New Mexico Territory of 1875. The desert town of Absolution is controlled by Col. Woodrow Dolarhyde (Ford), a grizzled tyrant who rules with a whim of iron, and whose spoiled son (Paul Dano of There Will Be Blood) is repeatedly at loggerheads with the local sheriff (Carradine). One day, a stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past wanders into Absolution. At first, the only clue to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles his wrist. But then someone identifies him as a notorious outlaw, and he winds up inside the local jail.
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Which, of course, places him in the right place at the right time to join forces with the sheriff, Col. Dolarhyde, other townspeople, and several Apache warriors from the surrounding area when marauding extraterrestrials drop in for a hunting party.
“What we’ve done,” says coscreenwriter Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek [2009], Mission: Impossible III), “is to essentially set up this very serious, very stark, very dangerous world with all the conventions that apply to a traditional western. And into the middle of that world, we drop aliens?—?and then have people react the way people in that world would have reacted.”
It’s a world that Favreau has taken great pains to make look and sound vividly real. Filmed mostly on location in New Mexico?—?including at the famed Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe?—?Cowboys & Aliens is the work of a handpicked production team that includes veteran stunt coordinator Terry Leonard and costume designer Mary Zophres (who dressed Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and others in last year’s True Grit remake). Rounding out the acting mix are veteran western actor Buck Taylor, and, in the key supporting role of the sheriff’s loyal deputy, Brendan Wayne?—?grandson of The Duke himself.
Speaking of that sheriff: Keith Carradine?—?whose father, John Carradine, memorably costarred with Brendan Wayne’s grandfather in Stagecoach and The Shootist?—?counts Cowboys & Aliens as one of his career highlights.
“The atmosphere on the set was quite joyful, I have to say. Everybody was really, really happy to be part of this thing,” Carradine says. “And Favreau is a very, very smart guy. He was quite specific. He wanted to be sure he was absolutely true to the language and the imagery of the classic western. That was essential to his vision?—?that the only way this concept could work was if the audience gets invited in this world, and finds this world is absolutely authentic.”
With Carradine and Wayne, Favreau knew he’d be getting some built-in western authenticity. “By casting me and Brendan, I guess you could say he went for pedigree in certain areas,” Carradine says with a chuckle. “But, really, I think he felt it was very important for him to populate his story all around with characters and actors who would support his vision.”
Favreau says his biggest challenge was filling the boots of the nameless stranger who’s willing to slap leather against space invaders. “Here’s the trick,” he explains. “When you’re casting a role like this, you want a guy who seems like a man, who’s lived life. And I’m 44. My generation of actors and younger?—?they seem like little boys to me. Well, maybe I shouldn’t say little boys. But they don’t seem like men as they’ve been traditionally depicted in westerns. They’re people who are very verbal. Extraverted. Sensitive. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing. But for a western, it feels anachronistic. It doesn’t feel of that time.”
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On the other hand, there was Daniel Craig. “There was something about Daniel Craig and the way he performed in [the 2004 British gangster drama] Layer Cake and in the James Bond films [Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace] that made me say, ‘Okay, there’s something there.’ Still waters run deep with him. There’s a lot going on behind those eyes, even though his performances are very simple.”
Even so, Favreau initially hesitated to trust his instincts and pull the trigger. Why? Sounding almost sheepish, he admits that he worried whether audiences would accept a British actor?—?even one as demonstrably manly as Craig?—?as the straight-shooting lead in a western.
“But I looked closer at him and I just thought of him in the hat,” Favreau says. “And all of a sudden, a light bulb went off. He reminded me of Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven. He has the same rough features. He’s got the same eyes, the same presence. That was the entry point for us. He felt very traditional. And we wanted this film, up until the point the aliens come into it, to feel like it could have been made decades ago.”
Very early in production, Favreau recognized just how profitably his bet had paid off. As the cameras rolled, he noticed that Craig “had that very classic feel and look in his performance. He was able to communicate a lot with just a look and a few words. Which is great, because if there’s anything I learned while looking at so many westerns, it’s that there’s definitely an economy of dialogue in them. And you have to find an actor who can say a lot without a lot of words.”
Coscreenwriter Roberto Orci (Transformers, The Legend of Zorro) points specifically to a key scene in which Craig’s taciturn stranger must quickly choose between his trusty six-shooter and extraterrestrial weaponry, and where the actor vividly demonstrates that less is indeed more. “He doesn’t have to say a thing,” Orci says with admiration. “You see it all in the look on his face. Priceless.”
Throughout the many weeks of on-location filming, Craig often allowed his actions to speak louder than words. “He wanted to do as much of the physical work on the film as he could,” Favreau says, “whether it was horsemanship or stunts or fighting.” But Craig also proved every bit as invaluable during the preproduction period: “Because he’s a very gracious guy, and very inviting, he was very helpful in convincing Harrison Ford to get aboard. And the great thing about that was, once Harrison joined on, now you’ve got two icons, one from each generation.”
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To Favreau, “Harrison Ford is John Wayne. He represents to my generation what John Wayne represented to his generation. So we wanted to remain aware of audience expectations. Expectations based on who he is and his body of work, and how those expectations informed how people would view him as he stepped on screen.”
That’s something Favreau says he learned when he made Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr. “You’re inheriting a person’s history and reputation when you cast them in a movie. People don’t make the distinction between one movie to the next. Most people see the person on screen, and that’s whose movie it is. They don’t care who the director is, they don’t care about anything else. They fall in love with their movie stars.”
And that love doesn’t necessarily wane, Favreau says, when the star advances into middle age and beyond. “What was fun about this was, we play that tension, we play that age. But [Ford] isn’t just relegated to a supporting role. I know you see people of his generation and his stature popping up in supporting roles in a lot of other action movies, and they tend to group their work into a small number of weeks. They’re brought in to play supporting roles to lend a certain amount of credibility to the film. But ultimately they have only a few interesting moments over the course of the film.”
But there’s no relegating Ford in Cowboys & Aliens. “What’s very different about our film is, it’s a two-hander,” Favreau says. â?¨“Harrison’s in the thick of the action. He’s riding the horse, he’s firing the gun, he’s throwing punches. I would liken him to John Wayne in The Searchers, or Red River, or even the original True Grit. In those movies, Wayne was playing characters who were advanced in years but could still handle their business. They’re scarred, and they might move a little slower. But they’re just as tough. And they’re a lot smarter than they were when they were kids. They’re still very dangerous, and they have to be contended with.”
So when a reluctant peace has to be struck between the two leads?—?between Craig’s character and Ford’s character?—?in order for them to face their common enemy, there’s plenty generational gravitas. It would appear there’s only one drawback to having so much star power on the same set: Other actors in their orbit might get blinded by the light. Or at least a little star-struck.
Just ask Walton Goggins, the costar of TV’s Justified, who laughs heartily while recalling a mishap during his first day as a supporting player on location in New Mexico. “I’m the kind of guy who fancies himself a pretty good horseback rider,” Goggins says. “So, yeah, I kind of crowed about my riding skills before I got there. And then I was the first guy who got bucked off my horse. Nerves had something to do with it, I have to admit. Because in the scene, I’m leading all of these people back to the camp. And among these people, there’s Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. And I’m a little bleeping nervous, because this is my first day.
“So I fall off the horse. And my foot is still in the stirrup. And I’m flat on my back, while everybody started laughing. And I’m thinking, Okay, just give me a second. That’s Han Solo, and that’s James Bond. Could everybody just give me a break here? Could I get just one more take so I can get my feet underneath me here, guys?”
http://www.cowboysindians.com/art-entertainment/tv-film/2011/07/cowboys-and-aliens.jsp
Cowboys & Aliens: Wild Card of the Summer a True Genre-Clash
February’s Super Bowl featured the first sneak-peak into director Jon Favreau’s upcoming fantasy embarkment Cowboys and Aliens – an eclectic mix of conventional western and uhm… extra terrestrials?
Admittedly, when I first read that Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig were strapping on their hats and boots to fight an alien invasion on horseback – even I shook my head in disbelief. Had Hollywood really hit rock-bottom of ideas this time? Were there no remakes left to soak their creative dry-spell?
Of course, that was before I learned that ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ was in fact a successful graphic novel from Platinum Studios, controllers of the largest independent license library of comic book characters, created by the Studio’s founder Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and published in 2006. The unconventional genre-clash gained so much attention that Universal Studios and DreamWorks soon got their hands on it and next month, movie audiences will get to explore the result. It is considered the dark horse this season – “the true wild card among the summer 2011 popcorn films – a gritty cowboy tale that just happens to be interrupted by an alien invasion flick,” writes herocomplex.latimes.com.
Blockbuster filmmaker Jon Favreau has purposely put together, along with producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and executive producer Steven Spielberg (there he is again!), this hybrid cowboy tale in such way to avoid the obvious entrapment of comedy or camp – all considering the ‘on-the-nose’ title. According to herocomplex.latimes.com, much effort was put into the screenplay so to make the story a western first, a sci-fi second. Speaking about the universe of the movie; “The audience knows what [the aliens] are after years of Spielberg movies but the guys on the horses in the movie have no words for what they’re seeing,” explains Roberto Orci, one of the writers and producers.
The cross-franchise action has Daniel Craig starring as the stranger who stumbles into the town of Absolution with no memory of his past but with a mysterious shackle on his wrist. Little does he know that the city is held in an iron fist by Harrison Ford’s Colonel Dolarhyde who’s cruel reign leaves no room for strangers. However, the tale of dust and true grit is abruptly interrupted when scarcely comprehensible objects attack the desolate city from the sky and abduct the stunned and helpless. Soon the hard-eyed stranger is the small town’s only hope for salvation.
Also starring is Olivia Wilde, Paul Dano and the charismatic Sam Rockwell. But it’s Ford’s turn as Absolution’s menacing Colonel which is drawing most attention in the cast, and according to an interview with the icon himself: “Ford seemed as surprised as anyone by the fact that he hadn’t starred in a cowboy movie since Jimmy Carter was in the White House.”
“For years, I’ve thought the western – as a genre – needed this guy,” said Ron Howard. “Harrison has this persona that fits the western. In a way he was a cowboy in ‘[American] Grafitti’ and ‘Star Wars’ and when you see him on screen in this setting it just feels right.”
With expectations heightening each week for phenomenal visual effects and competent acting, the ultimate clash of universes is bound to keep cine-fanatics on their toes. And think about it – is the idea that far-fetched after all? Plenty of time to make up your mind before July 29.
http://www.toonaripost.com/2011/06/cowboys-aliens-wild-card-of-the-summer-a-true-genre-clash/
Looks like they just broke 100,000 fans on the facebook page. Catch the latest info there on the movie.
IMO
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Get Ready For a Different Breed of Cowboys & Aliens
Based on Platinum Studios’ graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, adapted to screen by Star Trek’s Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof, came one of the coolest movies this summer “Cowboys and Aliens”. Directed by Jon Favreau and featuring an all-star cast including Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell, this will be one sci-fi actioner that crosses the classic Western theme with the alien-invasion movie. Also joined by an arsenal of top moviemakers in producer credits - Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci - Favreau brings an all-new movie experience that will take audiences into the Old West, where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. In a way, “Cowboys & Aliens” is similar in hybrid ambitions to John McTiernan’s “Predator,” a commando movie bonded with a sci-fi extraterrestrial concept, and Joss Whedon’s underappreciated series “Firefly”, which verified that “Star Wars” rocks were matched with “High Noon” blues. For this new movie, the pitch of a true genre mash-up was intriguing but also intangible and plenty risky. However, if we can be certain of anything about Favreau's newest film “Cowboys and Aliens”, it's that it'll be new and original and won't contain any elements of any of his previous films, especially “Iron Man”. Or will it?
1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents—townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
Ride the facts to the outer space:
# The screenwriters struggled with the tone of “Cowboys & Aliens”. The screenplay originally had a broad, jokey tone before it was decided to take the approach seriously.
# The aliens were loosely based on the Anunnaki gods of Babylonian religion, who have a distinct interest in gold.
# Robert Downey, Jr. dropped out as the main star of the film because of his commitment to “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” and Daniel Craig replaced him to take the lead role of cowboy Jake Lonergan. Favreau cast Craig because the actor could play a "badass hero." The director stated: "Though Daniel Craig has never been a Western gunfighter, he has been James Bond. He has been the lead in crime dramas, like “Layer Cake." "On the one hand, he's [Craig] like this Jason Bourne type, a leading man who's also a lethal character, but on the other hand, he's also got a lot of humanity and vulnerability to him," he also said.
# Ford who described his character as a "grumpy old man" and Spielberg did not want to have the character wear a cowboy hat because they were worried that it would remind audiences of the Indiana Jones films, which starred Ford and were directed by Spielberg.
# Talking about the casting of Ford, Favreau said: "We never thought [Ford would] want to come back to genre. To have him bring that pedigree, it's almost like when you cast John Wayne in a Western." Howard stated: "For years, I’ve thought the Western – as a genre – needed this guy. (...) Harrison has this persona that fits the Western. In a way he was a cowboy in “Grafitti” and “Star Wars” and when you see him on screen in this setting it just feels right."
# In the original script, Sam Rockwell’s character, Doc, was described as a huge Mexican. Once Favreau and the writers learned that Rockwell was interested in the film, they reconceived and expanded the role.
# Craig recommended Eva Green for the role of Ella after working with her in “Casino Royale” (2006). However, Eva turned the role down and Olivia Wilde was cast.
# Favreau who’s known for appearing in his films chose not to act in “Cowboys & Aliens” because a director cameo could break the tone of the film. He said: "I wanted the characters to be freaked out, but the audience to be laughing."
# A bidding war for “Cowboys & Aliens” ensued between Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox, but Universal Pictures and DreamWorks partnered to purchase the film rights.
# The comic’s writer, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg formed Platinum Studios to help produce the film, and Steve Oedekerk was initially hired to write, produce and direct the project with an estimated $3.5 million salary. He planned to start writing the screenplay after completing the script for “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps” but left because of his interest in a remake with Warner Bros. on “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” with Jim Carrey.
# When approached with the 3-D idea by DreamWorks, Favreau was not interested, stating that Westerns should be shot only on film (as opposed to being shot digitally, which is required for modern 3D technology). "That would be like filming in black and white and colorizing it," he reasoned.
# Before the production of the film started, Spielberg went over the script as well as the artwork, and educated the director and the writers on Western and science fiction. He screened “The Searchers” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” for them. Orci mentioned: "[Spielberg] even did commentary in the theater with us. (...) He got a new print of “The Searchers”, and he took me and Jon and Alex and Damon to the Warner Brothers Theater. (...) Where's the horizon? Why do you think the horizon is there? What is the horizon's relationship to the actors mean about the scene? (...) and we're taking notes." Favreau revealed that Spielberg gave him an iPad loaded up with classic Westerns.
Mark your calendar on:
July 29: Canada, USA
Aug 05: Italy
Aug 09: Singapore
Aug 11: Netherlands, Thailand
Aug 12: Lithuania
Aug 18: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Aug 19: India, Ireland, UK
Aug 25: Czech Rep, Germany, Hungary, Portugal
Aug 26: Paraguay, Poland, Sweden
Aug 31: France
Sept 02: Finland, Norway
Sept 16: Japan, Turkey
Sources: IMDB, Wikipedia – Photos courtesy of Universal Pictures
http://movie-cafe.blogspot.com/2011/06/get-ready-for-different-breed-of.html
Roberto Orci on Fringe and Cowboys & Aliens
We go one on one with writer/producer Roberto Orci.
By Fred TopelJun 8th, 2011
Writer/producer Roberto Orci came to WonderCon without his partner, Alex Kurtzman. The team produced Cowboys & Aliens and wrote the script from previous drafts by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. After Jon Favreau showed footage, he and Orci did some press, so I made sure to add a few Fringe and Star Trek questions to my Cowboys inquiries.
Crave Online: I always seem to see you without Alex?
Roberto Orci: Is it several times now you’ve seen me without him? He’s been directing his first movie lately so I have to do everything else.
Crave Online: Does any of the original comic book/graphic novel end up in the script?
Roberto Orci: Elements of it, but the trick is to do something that A, translates to live action, B, is a surprise. You don’t want to just adapt what’s already out there. You want to change it up a little bit and make sure that it’s original.
Crave Online: What did their aliens look like?
Roberto Orci: Well, check ‘em out.
Crave Online: Are the Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford characters in the books?
Roberto Orci: No.
Crave Online: The footage really looks like a [Sergio] Leone western. Is that all in how Jon Favreau shoots it or does it come from the writing too?
Roberto Orci: We have Matty Libatique who just did Black Swan as a cinematographer, just lit it beautifully. You’ve got those amazing vistas out there. Anywhere you point a camera out there was kind of a beautiful spot. I like the look of the film too. That’s why we shot it on film as well. Part of the decision not to go 3D was in order so we could give it kind of a classic look. When we did 3D tests, it was like oh cool, the horse is in 3D but I don’t know, it just felt fake somehow.
Crave Online: What are those things the aliens use to snatch people up?
Roberto Orci: Those bolos? Yeah, again it’s one of those things where infusing the sci-fi and the western genre, you think okay, aliens sometimes come by in a UFO and they grab you. What if it’s like a lasso? What if you’re like cattle? That’s where that idea comes from, trying to use as many things that are common to both genres as possible, instead of a tractor beam.
Crave Online: Congratulations on Fringe getting picked up again. What do you want to do next year in a fourth season?
Roberto Orci: We plan badly in that if we had not been picked up for a fourth season, we would not have gotten to tell the stories we want to tell. So it’s lucky that we didn’t just sort of finish off and go bye. We get together at the beginning of every season and the middle of every season in what we call a mini-camp where all of us writers just sit around and go, “This year could be this” and “well, it could be this.” You want to have a big reveal every few episodes so we’re about to start that process again.
Crave Online: With the tidbits coming out about the Star Trek 2 script, like Captain Kirk’s love life, how excited are you to start to explore that?
Roberto Orci: Hopefully we’ll be shooting in the fall if everything goes well. Because we’ve all been working together with J.J. for so long, it’s just a very organic process. We’ll be working and tweaking that story through shooting and this time we don’t have a strike. So we’ll actually be able to change things on the set. On the last movie, we handed in a script and that was it. You couldn’t change a word. This one feels like we’ve got all the time in the world.
http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/169045-roberto-orci-on-fringe-and-cowboys-a-aliens
Yes, your looking in the wrong spot. I did not see any in the TV versions, but they are in the Theatrical versions and Official Trailer.
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Director Jon Favreau breaks the trailer with Cowboys & Aliens Teaser Video Review
For example, the opening of the trailer is the first shot of the film, and pulling cable is a cowboy in the air is not a fool, but a device that the aliens use to abduct his prey.In a neat feature, Jon Favreau breaks the recent (and very cool) teaser trailer for Cowboys & Aliens in a video comment. Favreau is adequate self-criticism (“We will look back on fond memories of the Cowboys & Aliens trailer), but shares some interesting tidbits.
Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Noah Ringer, Paul Dano, Keith Carradine, and Sam Rockwell also star.Hit the jump to see the clips.Favreau stuck around to answer some additional questions, including how they came to the mashup of science fiction and westerns, and as Harrison Ford came to be in the movie.
Here’s the trailer courtesy of MTV comments:
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“Each gender has its own set of rules”
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“The Cowboys & Aliens is just a teaser trailer”
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Casting Harrison Ford was a “long shot”
This is the official synopsis:Cowboys & Aliens opens July 29, 2011.
A stranger with no memory of his past encounters with the hard desert city of acquittal. The only hint of its history is a mysterious shackle around his wrist. It is a people living in fear.What he discovers is that people welcome strangers no absolution and no one makes a move in the streets unless ordered to do so by the iron hand Dolarhyde colonel. 1873. Arizona Territory.
Shouting down with awesome speed and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one hand, these monsters of any challenge to the residents have known.But absolution is about to experience fear can hardly understand how desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky.
As the gunman slowly begins to remember who you are and where you’ve been, you realize you have a secret that could give people the opportunity to fight against foreign forces. Now, the stranger who is denied his only hope for salvation. With the help of traveler eluded her, which brings together a squad made up of former opponents – local people, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors – all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, which is preparing for an epic battle for survival
http://www.altbakh.com/director_jon_favreau_breaks_the_trailer_with_cowboys__aliens_teaser_video_review.html
Cowboys & Aliens to Jurassic Park: A Universal ClusterFlick Challenge
http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/10634/cowboys-aliens-to-jurassic-park-a-universal-clusterflick-challenge/
Dallas Mavericks vs Miami Heat Reminds Me of Cowboys and Aliens
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/727500-dallas-mavericks-vs-miami-heat-reminds-me-of-cowboys-and-aliens
NEWS: Platinum Studios Licenses Kids Story Based on "Cowboys & Aliens" to Orbit Media Group as an Interactive E-Book
Application to Be Available on iPad, iPhone, Android, Tablet PCs
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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 06/08/11) - "Cowboys & Aliens" producer Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTC.BB:PDOS - News), an entertainment rights company that controls a library of more than 5,000 comic book characters, announced today that it granted interactive application rights for a special kid's story based on the New York Times bestselling graphic novel "Cowboys & Aliens" to Orbit Media Group for e-book distribution on the iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablet PCs.
"Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids," the pre-war story of which is under tight wraps, will be released simultaneously in print and was created by Platinum Studios, Inc. Chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the creator of the original graphic novel and a producer on the upcoming feature film.
The feature film version of the original "Cowboys & Aliens" graphic novel, starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, directed by Jon Favreau ("Iron Man 1 & 2"), executive produced by Steven Spielberg and produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Rosenberg will be released in North America on July 29, 2011 via DreamWorks and Universal Pictures with Paramount Pictures handling the international release of the picture.
With "Cowboys & Aliens: The Kids," Orbit Media Group adds interactive children's app books to its DNA. Orbit founder, Chris Adams, is an internationally recognized new media pioneer, entertainment executive and entrepreneur who helped Jeff Skoll build Participant Media serving as the company's Chief Vision Officer through its initial slate of films including "Syriana," "Good Night and Good Luck" and the Academy Award-winning "An Inconvenient Truth."
"Cowboys & Aliens" is just one of the properties Platinum Studios controls among a multi-universe library of over 5,000 comic characters. While other large comics-based libraries are already spoken for, Platinum Studios remains independent of major entertainment studio affiliation. Marvel was acquired by Disney for $4 Billion, and is the second major comic library to be acquired by a Hollywood studio after DC Comics, which is owned by Warner Bros.
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