Pop quiz time, kids. You're designing a poster for an action movie that stars a very recognizable actor. How do you incorporate said actor while also informing audiences that he's starring in an action movie? According to time-honored tradition, you make the movie star the central ingredient of the poster and be certain that he's conspicuously holding a gun. That's the case with the new poster for Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg as a former criminal who must get back in the smuggling game to protect his family. That poster leads off a One-Sheet Roundup that also includes The Grey, a survival thriller in which Liam Neeson leads a bunch of grizzled oilmen against feral wolves after a crash in the Alaskan wilderness. And lastly, there's the latest poster for 11-11-11, the upcoming apocalyptic horror tale from Saw II-IV director Darren Lynn Bousman.
The Contraband poster is courtesy of CinemaBlend, while Neeson's grimacing mug debuted on the film's official facebook page, and 11-11-11's one-sheet comes from the good folks over at ComingSoon.
Contraband, which also stars Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, and Giovanni Ribisi, is set for release on January 13, 2012.
The Grey, as directed by Narc and The A-Team helmer Joe Carnahan, follows on January 27, 2012.
11-11-11, starring Timothy Gibbs, Michael Landes, and Wendy Glenn, arrives considerably sooner on the date of its title, November 11, 2011.
