Insights from the Cinematic World: August 26, 2010

The film was shot on a 53-day schedule. Exterior filming location was mostly set in Kolekole, Hawaii. Filming started on September 28, 2009. The film wrapped up its 22 day shoot on the Hawaii location on November 1, 2009. The film shot its interior set scenes at Robert Rodriguez’s studio in Austin, Texas.

Predators

Predators is a 2010 American science fiction action film directed by Nimród Antal and starring Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Oleg Taktarov, and Louis Ozawa Changchien. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Eclipse set a new record for biggest midnight opening in the United States and Canada in box office history, grossing an estimated $30 million in over 4,000 theaters. The record was formerly held by the previous film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, with $26.3 million in 3,514 theaters.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, commonly referred to as Eclipse, is a 2010 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer’s 2007 novel, Eclipse. It is the third installment of The Twilight Saga film series, following 2008’s Twilight and 2009’s New Moon. Summit Entertainment greenlit the film in February 2009.

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With a budget of $60 million, principal photography began on September 29, 2009, in Toronto, Canada, and wrapped in December 2009. Roberts began filming his scenes on October 10, 2009 and finished in about ten weeks. Anderson used James Cameron's Fusion Camera System, or more specifically a Sony F35 camera.

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife is an 3D science fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Kim Coates, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe and Shawn Roberts. It is the fourth installment in a series of film adaptations based loosely on Capcom’s survival horror video game series Resident Evil.

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The Last Exorcism was directed by the German Independent filmmaker Daniel Stamm and produced by Eric Newman, Eli Roth, Marc Abraham and Thomas A. Bliss. The film was shot in the style of 'Blair Witch Project' and 'Quarantine', it was also shot in 'found footage'. Strike Entertainment and StudioCanal hold the theatrical rights.

The Last Exorcism

The Last Exorcism is told from the perspective of a disillusioned evangelical minister, who after years of performing exorcisms decides to participate in a documentary chronicling his last exorcism while exposing the fraud of his ministry.

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Tim Sullivan wrote the original story Shrek Goes Fourth, but Darren Lemke and Josh Klausner made the rewrites, and Mike Mitchell directed the new installment, replacing Chris Miller, who directed the previous film, while Shrek and Shrek 2 are both directed by Andrew Adamson. Also, all the principal cast members reprised their roles. On November 25, 2009, DreamWorks Animation announced that the Shrek series would end with Shrek Forever After being The Final Chapter.

Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After, taglined as Shrek: The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated comedy fantasy-family film, and it is the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series. The film is produced by Dreamworks Animation and is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Filming began in Vancouver, British Columbia in April 2009. Stage shooting for the film took place at the Canadian Motion Picture Park studio in south Burnaby. The entire film was filmed in 3D, as was the teaser. Digital Domain is working on the visual effects.

Tron: Legacy

Tron: Legacy is an American science fiction film scheduled for release on December 17, 2010 (US). It is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron. Joseph Kosinski makes his feature film directorial debut with Tron: Legacy, while the previous film director, Steven Lisberger, returns as a producer.

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