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Universal has some interesting new Fantasy/Sci Fi films coming out this fall - check em out..
Universal has released it's fall list, and among them are two interesting films with scifi link.

The first is the Vampire Assisant, based on the books by Darren Shan (Cirque De Freak). It looks like the first film is an amalgamation of the first few books - which makes sense as the books were quite short. I've read a few of the books and the casting looks spot on.

The second film looks like some sort of blair witch meets close encounters, the fourth kind? sounds interesting - definately looking forward to fall (autumn to us blighties..).



CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANTOctober 23, 2009

www.thevampiresassistant.net


Synopsis:

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires.  Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.

16-year-old Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood.  He hung out with his best friend Steve (Josh Hutcherson), got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble.  But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren.  That’s the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty.

 Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe).  As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this dark world, he becomes a treasured pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts.  And while trying to survive, one boy will struggle to keep their brewing war from devouring what’s left of his humanity. 

Genre:  Fantasy adventure      

Rating:  PG-13        

Cast:  John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Fugit, Orlando Jones, with Willem Dafoe and Salma Hayek

Directed by:  Paul Weitz

Screenplay by:  Paul Weitz and Brian Helgeland

Based on the “Cirque du Freak” Series of Books by:  Darren Shan

Produced by:  Lauren Shuler Donner, Paul Weitz, Ewan Leslie

Executive Producers:  Courtney Pledger, Sarah Radyclyffe, Andrew Miano, Dan Kolsrud, Kerry Kohansky

Website:  www.thevampiresassistant.net

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/TheVampiresAssistant 

Trailer links:  (Please cut and paste into your browser)

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THE FOURTH KIND
November 6, 2009
www.thefourthkind.net

 

 

Synopsis:

In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters.  When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind.  When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind.  When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind.  The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind.  This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now.

Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where—mysteriously since the 1960s—a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year.  Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered.

Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. 

Using never-before-seen archival footage that is integrated into the film, The Fourth Kind exposes the terrified revelations of multiple witnesses.  Their accounts of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details, the validity of which is investigated throughout the film.

 

Genre:  Thriller       

Rating:  PG-13

Directed by:  Olatunde Osunsanmi

Story by:  Olatunde Osunsanmi & Terry Lee Robbins

Screenplay by:  Olatunde Osunsanmi

Produced by:  Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan, Terry Lee Robbins

Executive Producers:  Scott Niemeyer, Norm Waitt, Ioana Miller

Co-Executive Producers:  David Pupkewitz, Jon Bjarni Gudmundsson, Vinca Liane Jarrett

Trailer links:  (Please cut and paste into your browser)

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http://www.thefourthkind.net/media/4K_T1_320.wmv
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http://www.thefourthkind.net/media/4K_T1__320.mp4
http://www.thefourthkind.net/media/4K_T1__480.mp4
http://www.thefourthkind.net/media/4K_T1__640.mp4