Opening in theaters on November 11th is the new 3D fantasy adventure film from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall), called Immortals. The movie features an impressive cast of young and veteran actors that includes Henry Cavill (Man of Steel), Freida Pinto (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Mickey Rourke (Iron Man 2), Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1), Luke Evans (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), Isabel Lucas (Red Dawn), Stephen Dorff (Blade), and John Hurt (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).
IAR's managing editor Jami Philbrick recently had a chance to sit down and talk with director Tarsem Singh about his latest film Immortals, as well as his upcoming project Mirror Mirror (formally known as Untitled Snow White Project). The director spoke openly about Immortals, its compelling story, why 3D fits his directing style, and Mickey Rourke's intensity, as well as Mirror Mirror, why its not in 3D, and working with Oscar-winner Julia Roberts.
The mythology of ancient Greece has endured and remained resonant for literally thousands of years, with figures both godly and mortal whose stories hit a resoundingly primal nerve. In the new 3D action epic Immortals, hitting theaters this Friday, inimitable visual stylist Tarsem Singh creates a stunningly envisioned world in which the ancient gods must recruit a mortal hero in order to stop the power-mad machinations of King Hyperion, who is determined to obtain a legendary weapon that will allow him to free the imprisoned titans and wage in an all-out war against the gods. To act as their human champion against Hyperion, the gods choose Theseus, a humble peasant whose village was ravaged by the tyrant, and Theseus' journey will take audiences through an immersive landscape like none ever before rendered onscreen.
Henry Cavill, who is currently filming the titular role as Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, stars as the courageous Theseus, going head-to-head with Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Iron Man 2) as the relentless King Hyperion. Theseus is aided on his quest by Phaedra, an oracle portrayed by Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionare, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), while Luke Evans (The Three Musketeers, Clash of the Titans) and Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) bring some godly sex appeal to their respective roles as Zeus and Athena.
Along with Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell), all four actors were in attendance at the Los Angeles press conference promoting Immortals. IAR Managing Editor Jami Philbrick sat down for roundtable interviews with all the major players, joined by entertainment journalists from all over the world. The director and cast discussed the source material, 3D, ornate costumes, and the project's inherent physicality.
Opening in theaters on November 11th is the new 3D fantasy adventure film from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall) called Immortals. The movie features an impressive cast of young and veteran actors that includes Henry Cavill (Man of Steel), Freida Pinto (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Mickey Rourke (Iron Man 2), Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1), Luke Evans (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), Isabel Lucas (Red Dawn), Stephen Dorff (Blade), and John Hurt (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).
IAR's managing editor Jami Philbrick recently had a chance to sit down and talk with actor Stephen Dorff about his role in Immortals. The actor spoke openly about his new film, its similarities to Star Wars, its differences from other mythology genre movies, his character, 3D, and working with director Tarsem Singh.
The epic 3D action event of the year, Immortals, arrives in theaters this Friday. As directed by singular visual stylist Tarsem Singh (The Fall, Mirror Mirror), the film is an unprecedented aesthetic experience, featuring no shortage of show-stopping action sequences and immaculately composed imagery. With a movie as special as Immortals, it would be a shame to find yourself in the theater this Friday, perhaps in the company of a date, looking and feeling like less than totally ready in standard-issue 3D glasses, which just don't look too cool and sometimes fit a bit uncomfortably. Luckily, you can experience 3D in high style and total comfort, because Rogue 3D Eyewear is now on sale, just in time for Immortals.
Musical accompaniment is an indispensable component of the cinematic experience, but audiences aren't always immediately conscious of just how important it is. With a film as aesthetically ambitious as the upcoming action epic Immortals, it is crucial that the musical score match the awe-inspiring grandeur of the painterly 3D visuals from unmatched stylist Tarsem Singh. To craft an appropriately sprawling, beautiful score for the heroic journey of Theseus (Henry Cavill) standing against the tyrannical, power-mad King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) as a champion of the ancient Greek Gods, Singh and Relativity Media recruited Emmy-winner Trevor Morris.
Morris, who has contributed to the scores for the first three films in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, as well as a host of others, will be the subject of the next installment of the Grammy Museum's "Reel to Reel' series. At the November 8th event, which coincides with the release of the official score album, Trevor Morris will field questions and audience members will get an exclusive look at a host of clips from Immortals, while gaining unprecedented insight on Morris's creative process.
Opening in theaters on November 11th is the new 3D action adventure from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall) called Immortals. The movie features an impressive cast of young and veteran actors that includes Henry Cavill (Man of Steel), Freida Pinto (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Mickey Rourke (Iron Man 2), Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1), Luke Evans (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), Isabel Lucas (Red Dawn), Stephen Dorff (Blade), and John Hurt (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull).
On behalf of Relativity Media, IAR is proud to present an exclusive featurette about creating the score for the film. In the clip, director Tarsem Singh, composer Trevor Morris (The Tudors), and producers Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton (300) discuss the their vision for the music that is featured in the upcoming movie.
Remember about three weeks ago, when unofficial images from the set of the Superman reboot Man of Steel showed new Clark Kent Henry Cavill in a mocked-up Alaskan fishing village with a distinctly un-Kentish beard and vagrant's outfit? Sure you do. How about those other unofficial images with an equally bearded Cavill topless and sporting nothing but tattered pants? Of course you remember those. New photos from the Vancouver Man of Steel set prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that 300 director Zack Snyder will indeed be providing plenty of super-shirtlessness in the newly rebooted Superman adventure.
In 1978's Superman, as directed by Richard Donner, Marlon Brando played Superman's Kryptonian father Jor-El, a wise,beneficent, silver-coiffed scientist attempting to warn his doomed homeworld of impending planetary disaster. Some digital work even allowed Brando to briefly reprise the role posthumously in Superman Returns, but in the currently-filming Superman reboot Man of Steel, Jor-El is played by none other than Russell Crowe. Earlier this month, a batch of unofficial pictures from the Vancouver set gave our first look at Crowe in costume, which is traditionally regal, but more martial than past Jor-Els. Now, Crowe himself has indicated that his version of Superdad is more physical, getting into a proper fight with a combatant the identity of whom is a minor spoiler.
Just yesterday, a slew of official images from the 3D action epic Immortals featured lead Henry Cavill looking ridiculously fit and consistently shirtless. Today, a crop of photos from the British Columbia set of the Superman reboot Man of Steel indicate that the latest iteration of Clark Kent will be no stranger to occasional shirtlessness. Last week, images from the set of the Zack Snyder-directed franchise restart showed Cavill looking rather destitute and bearded in an Alaskan fishing town, but these new pictures do the destitution one better.
Relativity Media has unveiled a batch of no less than eleven new images from the 3D action epic Immortals, due to hit theaters nationwide in less than a month. Perhaps because they've endured for literally thousands of years, the gods and mortal figures of Greek mythology tend to resemble bearded, crusty old men in the popular imagination. In the new films from visionary director Tarsem Singh, however, the participants in the adventure, both divine and human, are idealized forms of human beauty, with remarkably appealing forms and a two-fisted physicality. These new official images get that youthful spin on the material across very effectively, with no shortage of beautiful people on beautiful sets in beautiful costumes. Basically: they're super pretty.