Apollo 18 vs. Dark Moon

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Will Timur's Apollo 18 Put a Crimp in Dark Moon's Plans?

Source: Deadline
November 6, 2010



Timur Bekmambetov is overseeing a sci-fi/thriller called Apollo 18 that's well into production with Trevor Caewood directing.

Deadline reports the film was picked up by The Weinstein Company at the American Film Market and we can expect to see the film in theaters as soon as March 4, 2011.

What's it about? It's a "found footage" entry about the Apollo 18 mission that was nixed by NASA in the '70s. But the mission wasn't canceled at all, says the film, and alien creepiness ensued when NASA's crew went into space.

One has to wonder what Warner Bros. thinks of all of this. The studio is moving ahead on Dark Moon with The Fourth Kind's Olatunde Osunsanmi. That film is also presents "found footage" narrative about Apollo 17 and the terror that came about from that mission.
 
Very interesting indeed. There`s a lot of rumors of what they really found in the moon, and how some say that we haven't gone back... officially :cwink:
 
I can't wait for the remake of "Apollo 13" where we found out the Lowell, Swigert and Haise weren't alone in space............
 
The release date for Apollo 18 has been pushed back.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=17666

The Weinstein Company is playing the "release date shuffle" with Apollo 18, the film they cooked up a poster for just as cameras were rolling on Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego's found footage feature.

Instead of a March debut, the film is opening on April 22, a week after another Weinstein film - Scream 4. Not sure what strategy the Weinsteins are playing with this one. Are they presuming the fourth Scream won't have legs? Or do they have confidence the sequel will play strong its second weekend with Apollo 18 opening?
 
Why am I not shocked? You gonna film now for a 'release date' in MARCH IS INSANE. I guess one more month is better but I don't expect much.
 
Got quite a few alien movies coming out this year.

Apollo 18
Battle: Los Angeles
Cowboys and Aliens
Green Lantern
Super 8
 

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