Jon Favreau’s COWBOYS AND ALIENS Arrives July 29, 2011
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted:February 5th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
With the recent casting of Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde in director Jon Favreau’s (Iron Man, Elf) Cowboys and Aliens movie, it was clear things were moving full steam ahead on Favreau’s next project after Iron Man 2. While the release date was scheduled for sometime in 2011, with Battleship sailing to 2012, Universal has announced Cowboys and Aliens will take over the July 29, 2011 release date.
What that means is…Comic-Con 2011 is going to be awesome.
More after the jump:
Cowboys and Aliens is scheduled to start filming this July and it’s been written by Roberto Orci/Alex Kurtzman (Transformers, Star Trek) and Damon Lindelof (Lost). The film is set in Arizona during the 1800s and follows a group of cowboys and Apache Indians as they band together to fight hostile aliens.
While it’s unclear if Favreau is going 3D with C&A, I’m going to guess he will. After all, aliens invading the planet always looks better in 3D.
While I haven’t read the comic it’s based on, with the insane talent on this project, this is easily one of my most anticipated films of 2011.
With Favreau getting ready to start promoting Iron Man 2 in the coming months, we’re going to hear a lot of news about Cowboys and Aliens soon. Get ready.
Thanks to the wrap for the heads up on the release date.
另外,提一下Slash Film跟進的報導,這則報導的引言很有趣,「他有與外星人接觸的經驗(指星際大戰三部曲以及印地安那瓊斯與水晶骷髏王國),他也曾出現在老西部(指福伯在1979年演出的西部片The Frisco Kid),但是兩者從來沒有同時發生,而這個可笑的粉絲夢想成為真實的時候可能到了,因為哈里遜福特可能會加入牛仔與外星人的演出(It could be time to pull one ridiculous fanboy daydream into reality, as it seems like Harrison Ford might well be joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens.It could be time to pull one ridiculous fanboy daydream into reality, as it seems like Harrison Ford might well be joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens.)」
過了一天之後,Latino Review的獨家新聞獲得了證實。鋼鐵人的導演Jon Favreau今天在推特(Twitter)留言:「拜託,不要再問哈里遜福特是否要加入牛仔與外星人的演員陣容了,好嗎?他的確要演這部電影,請不要告訴其他人(Please stop asking if Harrison Ford is in Cowboys & Aliens. Okay? He is. Please don’t tell anybody.)。」
Favreau預計七月份開拍牛仔與外星人(Cowboys & Aliens),這是根據Platinum Studios出版、Scott Rosenberg創作的漫畫改編。Favreau最近在宣傳鋼鐵人第二集,在接受接受Coming Soon網站的專訪時表示,他是被這個漫畫的概念與劇本所吸引,才會接下導演工作。Favreau說:「我讀了劇本,而且很喜歡這個混合了西部牛仔電影以及外星人電影兩種截然不同類型的點子,我們從一些電影找靈感,像第三類接觸、異形與終極戰士這些外星人電影,以及約翰福特(John Ford)、塞吉奧李昂尼(Sergio Leone)導演的西部電影,甚至於虎豹小霸王都是我們的靈感來源(We draw inspiration tonally from movies like 'Close Encounters' and 'Alien' and 'Predator' for the alien side and for the Western side we're looking at John Ford, Leone, and even a little bit of 'Butch and Sundance.)」