Energy Aliens Abound in 'The Darkest Hour' Mood Piece and Featurette

Tuesday, 22 November 2011 16:33 Written by Jordan DeSaulnier

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Energy Aliens Abound in 'The Darkest Hour' Mood Piece and Featurette

20th Century Fox's Singapore division has released a new international trailer that's being dubbed a "mood piece" and a new behind-the-scenes featurette for The Darkest Hour. The film is based on a premise with which literally anyone can identify. Just imagine: you're a good-looking young person out partying at the hottest club with your equally good-looking friends on a trip to Moscow Russia, when suddenly, interdimensional aliens composed of energy materialize as if from nowhere and start vaporizing everybody, precipitated your fight for survival in apocalyptic circumstances. The mood piece will definitely communicate the emotional resonance, while the featurette familiarizes audiences with the cast of characters, played by Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, and Max Minghella.

First up, thanks to FirstShowing, we have the international trailer, set to a beat by Magnetic Man and Justice:

And here, thanks to the very same, is the behind-the scenes featurette, which clocks in very conveniently at under three minutes.

The film's screenplay is credited to Jon Spaihts, who also crafted the story to Ridley Scott's upcoming Alien semi-prequel Prometheus. Translating the screenplay to the screen is Chris Gorak, the art director of Minority Report, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Fight Club, making his sophomore feature here. Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian director behind Night Watch, Day Watch, and Wanted, is serving as producer, though he's surely busy at moment, since he's in postproduction on the 3D tentpole Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.