Tag "Star Trek Into Darkness"

‘Man of Steel’ Expected to Soar at the Box Office

June 13, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Make way for the Man of Steel. Warner Bros.’ long-awaited reboot of the venerable Superman franchise from DC Comics is expected to triumph easily at the box office this weekend. Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Michael Shannon, Man of Steel is opening wide in [...]

Lights! Camera! Summer Eye Candy!

June 10, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

How two of this season’s biggest blockbusters Iron Man 3 and Star Trek: Into Darkness delivered their spectacular CG visuals. Time was the biggest challenge facing two of 2013′s most anticipated summer visual- effects-driven sequels: Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 and Paramount’s Star Trek: Into Darkness. Both films feature a [...]

Authorities Pull ‘The Croods’ Out of Chinese Theaters

June 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

A Guangzhou-based cinema chain manager told The Hollywood Reporter that Chinese authorities are forcing theater owns to end the run of DreamWorks’ The Croods two weeks earlier than planned. The film was originally scheduled to run through June 24. Film regulators had previously cancelled screenings of Django Unchained in April. [...]

‘Epic,’ ‘Croods’ Continue to Draw Audiences

June 2, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Although audiences didn’t respond to M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth this past weekend (the movie opened at No. 2 with a $27 million at the box office domestically), families are continuing to turn up to catch Fox/Blue Sky’s Epic and DreamWorks’ The Croods. Directed by Chris Wedge, Epic tied for [...]

‘Star Trek’ Beams Down $84 Mil. Weekend

May 19, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office this weekend, with an estimated $84 million. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel to the rebooted franchise made over $35.5 on Thursday and Friday. Industry watchers were predicting a possible $100 million opener, but the actual numbers were actually [...]

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Preview Coming to IMAX

November 15, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Paramount Pictures will be releasing the first 9 minutes from J.J. Abrams’ hotly anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness exclusively in IMAX 3D theaters on December 14—months ahead of the film’s release on May 17, 2013. The sequel to Abrams’ 2009 revamp of Star Trek will mark the first time exclusive [...]