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Geek Tyrant
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Behind-The-Scenes Featurette For JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Focuses on Bringing Dinosaurs To Life — GeekTyrant
Universal Pictures has shared a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Jurassic World Rebirth , and it puts a focus on bringing the dinosaurs to life for the movie. The video offers interviews with Gareth Edwards, the cast and his VFX team discussing the making of this movie, footage from the production, and some new footage from the movie, which looks like a really fun ride! This script for the movie is written by original Jurassic Park Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp, and that is what excites me most about the movie! In the film, 'The planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. 'The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.' The movie stars Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett, Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis, and Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid. The director previously said that the movie is 'a giant love letter to Steven Spielberg and his earlier films. There are moments in this movie that remind me very much of Jaws. 'It's like little greatest hits of all those aspects of his films that I loved growing up as a child. It's essentially a little adventure odyssey across this island, a survival story, really.' The film is set five years after the events of Dominion , 'in which dinosaurs mingled with humans all over the globe, these creatures are now dying out. 'The present-day planet proved to be inhospitable to the prehistoric ilk, except for a small region in the tropics around the equator, where many of them now congregate. 'The three most colossal dinosaurs of land, sea, and air within this biosphere hold genetic material precious to a pharmaceutical company that hopes to use the dino DNA to create a life-saving drug for humanity.' Universal Pictures will release the Steven Spielberg-produced film in theaters on July 2, 2025.
The Market Online
4 days ago
- The Market Online
Canopy Growth trims losses, eyes profit in 2026
A small town appeal with great amenities! What makes Pewaukee different from other places that claim they're a 'big city with a small-town appeal'? Owning one of the homes for sale in Pewaukee WI allows you to adore the rolling green hills or the sparkling lake. Pewaukee Lake is the largest among the 77 lakes in Waukesha County. It is almost 2,500 acres and is known as the heart of Pewaukee. Not only that, it offers a wide range of water activities such as swimming, sailing, and water skiing. It is also the best place for musky fishing in southeastern Wisconsin. From boat shows to ski shows, marathons to river runs, golfing to museum hopping, there are many activities that will keep you busy in Pewaukee. This is the village where fun and adventure equates to 'home.' A neighborhood that cares Pewaukee offers not only a small town charm but also a community that genuinely cares. The on-going projects and programs are about building the community and nurturing relationships. In addition, relationships with beloved animals are cherished in this area. There are facilities to go to in case you lost your pet. The addresses and phone numbers of these facilities are readily available and easy to access. The city is concerned about the welfare of the locals and the preservation of the environment. Routine checks are done on the beach every week to make sure the water is safe to swim in. Recycling efforts are also taken seriously in this village. A special place to call home! With flourishing businesses and excellent schools, Pewaukee is ideal for thriving individuals. The varied home designs of lakefront homes for sale in Pewaukee WI make this village a great place to put down roots. What else makes Pewaukee special? It is the world headquarters of the world renowned sailboat and yacht gear manufacturer, Harken Inc. The famous inventor of the solid body electric guitar, Les Paul, lived here. It is also home to the screenplay writer David Koepp who wrote Mission Impossible, Jurassic Park, and Spiderman, just to name a few. In 2012, nearby Waukesha belonged to the list of the 100 Best Communities in the United States for Young People, as stated by America's Promise Alliance. According to 24/7 Wall Street, Waukesha was 8th on the list of America's 50 Best Cities to Live in 2015. Market Report for April 2025 There are 51 active listings in Pewaukee Wisconsin, including 14 new ones. Among these active ones, 12 listings are under contract. Prices range from $336,500 to $1.8 Million. Pewaukee WI Homes for Sale 51 Homes — Traditional Sales — Average List Price: $720,946 0 Short Sales 0 Bank-Owned/REOs 20 homes sold in April 2025 in Pewaukee. The average sale price was $737,178 Click here for the current list of homes for sale in Pewaukee WI. Do you want to know more about the home value in Pewaukee Wisconsin? Call me, Kristin Johnston, today at 414-254-6647 to learn more about the real estate market in Pewaukee. With my knowledge and experience, I can help you look for the perfect condo for sale or lakefront home for sale that will suit your needs. GIVING BACK WITH EACH HOME SOLD! Kristin Johnston Realtor, ABR, EPRO RE/MAX Platinum 414 254 6647 kjohnston5@
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Breath-stoppingly tense': which Mission: Impossible film is the greatest?
Mission: Impossible's slick and sensuous surface bears no trace of the drama behind the scenes making it. During production, the screenwriters of Jurassic Park (David Koepp) and Chinatown (Robert Towne) sent in duelling script pages for director Brian De Palma and producer Tom Cruise to wrestle over. The magnificent outcome is an intense tango between the modern blockbuster and a classic film noir, circling each other warily, and beautifully, like no Mission: Impossible that would follow. De Palma's original is a sexy wrong-man thriller, a Hitchcockian affair that comes disguised as an action-heavy corporate product (or maybe the mask is worn the other way around?). In it, Cruise's coiled IMF agent, framed for the murder of his entire team and surrounded by slippery allies, is constantly trying to play it cool through the plot's knotty parlor games, all while feeling the noose tightening around him. If Cruise's career up to this point was all about often leaving his relaxed boyish middle-American charm on the surface, Mission: Impossible pushed him to try on layers – not just the latex ones – while also pulling off those incredible high-wire stunts, which would only escalate but never improve on the hair-raising tension the first time out. Radheyan Simonpillai By film two, Ethan Hunt is still sort of a blank-slate action man – but John Woo's take on M:I stands out simply by having the highest iconic-moment-per-minute ratio in the entire series. Cruise first appears on the screen free-soloing a mountain and takes delivery of his mission in the form of a set of rocket-delivered exploding sunglasses: then it's straight into the motorbike duels, rubber masks and capoeira kicks, with barely a pause for breath. There is a scene in this film where Tom Cruise flawlessly impersonates a man who is three inches taller than him. There is a stunt where Dougray Scott was encouraged, by Cruise, to put his entire weight on a knife mere millimetres above the megastar's eyeball, just for a cool closeup. The soundtrack is by Hans Zimmer and Limp Bizkit. It might be silly, and Thandiwe Newton described the shoot as 'a nightmare', but no other Impossible is as rewatchable, let alone as fun. Joel Snape It's almost impossible to overstate the importance of Mission: Impossible III. For the franchise it was key (the previous John Woo-directed installment remains a baffling mess), but for Cruise himself it was absolutely vital. The film was released right at his nadir. One year earlier, he had gone off the rails in public – leaping on Oprah's couch, lambasting interviewers for being glib for asking questions about Scientology – and he was three months away from being temporarily sacked from Paramount by its boss, Sumner Redstone. But if Mission: Impossible III delivered, he'd still have a career left to salvage. Luckily it did. Later outings might have outdone it in terms of scale and spectacle, but M:I III was responsible for laying the table for those films. This was the first film where Ethan Hunt was an actual person, not just a smirking mannequin. It was also where we first met Benji, Simon Pegg's superlative sidekick. The stunts had a pleasingly smashmouth quality (check out the way that Cruise is awkwardly flung against a car during an explosion). What's more, in Philip Seymour Hoffman, we had the most intense villain of the franchise. Mission: Impossible III is a great film, but the most perfect thing about it is that it arrived just when Tom Cruise needed it most. Stuart Heritage There isn't really a bad Mission: Impossible sequel, a compliment one would be hard pressed paying to the majority of eight-film-strong franchises (the second, which many would pick, still possesses an aggressively, Limp Bizkit-y year 2000 charm for me). But the one that most effectively packages all of the expected elements is the fourth instalment, Ghost Protocol, which set the perfect blueprint for the latter chapters. Brad Bird might not have been the most stylish of Mission directors (De Palma he is not) but, with a background in animation, there's both a buoyancy and a clarity to the unrelenting action, delivering some of the most thrillingly staged and paced action sequences in the series (has there been anything more exciting than Cruise climbing the Burj Khalifa?). There's also something hilariously demented about Cruise responding to quibbles over his age or longevity in the role by offering us two potential replacements in Josh Holloway and Jeremy Renner and then killing one and emasculating the other. King behaviour, honestly. Benjamin Lee Eleven years after the release of Rogue Nation, it might look less like a highlight than a series turning point, when it switched from accidental director anthology to a long-term collaboration between writer-director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise. Rogue Nation was the first of four McQuarrie-directed Missions, and the practical, Cruise-endangering stunt work that became a series trademark was, by its nature, repeatedly topped by subsequent instalments. The opening, which merely has Cruise actually hanging on to the side of a real plane as it takes off, camera fixed on him to assure us that it's not an illusion, now seems downright quaint. But as a spy caper featuring stunts (the airplane opener), break-ins (a spectacularly tricky underwater data breach during which Cruise's Ethan Hunt literally dies), noir-ish intrigue (the gorgeous sequence at the Vienna Opera House and the shadowy climax recall both Hitchcock and The Third Man), and sheer blockbuster much-ness (the underwater break-in leads to a car chase which leads to a motorcycle chase), Rogue Nation is the series operating at top level. After many personnel shifts, it establishes a core team of Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and a stunning Rebecca Ferguson that will power much of the series going forward, and adds in a little extra Jeremy Renner, as a treat. The sequels are a lot of fun with plenty of indelible moments but the truth is, McQuarrie nailed it in one. Jesse Hassenger Some people may cherish Mission: Impossible – Fallout for the glimpse it offers of Ethan's longing for ex-wife Julia (Michelle Monaghan). But for most of us, the film's appeal lies in the way it builds its terrifying vertical action sequences from a series of electric ups and downs in Paris and London to take the world to the brink of destruction as Ethan thrashes about in a chopper in Kashmir. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie provides the kind of plot twists that would satisfy a silent serial without losing focus on Ethan's route through the moral murk. The European road chases, stunts and perilous parkour have a dash of gritty style, even flashes of lightning, as the camera whips past landmark architecture, while a bathroom fight scene against bright white tile is amusingly inventive – plus there's noir-chic in the low-lit scenes where expositions and betrayals unfold. But the film is best when it loses its cool, with Ethan trying to intercept the detonator to a nuclear bomb, via a monstrously improbable, breath-stoppingly tense helicopter battle in the mountains. Pamela Hutchinson The penultimate Mission: Impossible is the best franchise instalment because it has the best stunt. But, as its Oscar nominations suggest (visual effects and sound design – the only two ever earned by the series), it is a stunt fuelled not just by Tom Cruise's kamikaze bravado but by good ol' VFX and some incredible metal groaning on the soundtrack. It's the film's climax. We're on a gorgeous, posh, blue-and-gold runaway steam train. There's the obligatory knife fight on the roof and a precisely timed leap to liberty by the baddie, but that's just the start. A viaduct ahead is blown up, and – just in time – Cruise and Hayley Atwell manage to disengage the engine, which crashes spectacularly into a ravine, per Back to the Future III. They did actually crash a steam train for this, in Derbyshire, where it caused a bit of a stir. But then – then! – our hero and heroine must leap through the next few carriages as they, too, grindingly slide off the edge of the track and hang for a few moments before the couplers fail and the valley awaits. There's the kitchen car (soup, peppers, gas hob), the dining carriage (crockery, flames, chairs) and, most perilous of all, the cocktail bar (grand piano). It's like The Poseidon Adventure in super-speed miniature, a Buster Keaton upside-down nightmare and the most fabulous thing ever. Catherine Shoard
New Indian Express
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
‘Jurassic World Rebirth' trailer unleashes new dangers and terrifying dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are back and more dangerous than ever in the second trailer for Jurassic World: Rebirth, released on 20 May. The seventh film in the franchise will roar into cinemas on 2 July. Directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp who also wrote the script for the original Jurassic Park the film stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey. It picks up five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, in a world where most of the planet has become unliveable for dinosaurs. Those still alive now exist in small, tropical zones. Johansson plays Zora Bennett, a covert operations expert sent on a secret mission to collect genetic material from some of the biggest and most dangerous dinosaurs left on Earth. She leads a skilled team, including Duncan Kincaid (Ali), a fellow operative, and Dr Henry Loomis (Bailey), a palaeontologist. They are joined by a pharmaceutical company's representative (Martin Krebs), with supporting roles from Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain and Ed Skrein.
News18
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Jurassic World Rebirth Trailer: Scarlett Johansson's Team Faces The ‘Worst Ones'
The events of Jurassic World Rebirth unfold five years after Jurassic World: Dominion, with new characters taking charge. The 'worst of the worst" is yet to come! The much-awaited seventh installment in the beloved prehistoric franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth, is set to roar into theatres this July. With around a month left before the film's release, makers have dropped a fresh trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth. It promises a lot of dino action directly from the brain of David Koepp, the one who penned the screenplay for Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park. The narrative picks up five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, with the planet's ecology now becoming largely inhospitable for the dinosaurs. The trailer shows a new team, led by Scarlett Johansson's covert operations expert Zora Bennett, moving to complete a top-secret mission to the 'most dangerous place on Earth"—the island research facility of the original Jurassic Park, which now houses the deadliest animals. 'Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across land, sea, and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind," the film's synopsis reads. Joining Johansson on the mission are Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid, Zora's most trusted team member, and Jonathan Bailey as palaeontologist Dr. Henry Loomis. Among others are Emmy nominee Rupert Friend as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. The trailer opens at a research facility, where a team member is attacked by a mysteriously dangerous dinosaur. The scene cuts to the Zora's team heading toward the island, where they state that two dozen dinosaurs have been surviving alone. As Zora notes how the facility carried out experimental work on the animals, leaving only the 'worst ones," her team ends up crossing paths with a civilian family who are stranded on the island. The groups join forces, only to uncover a long-buried secret and encounter their worst nightmare—the Distortus Rex, or D-Rex. Believed to have six limbs, jagged teeth, and a twisted form, the dinosaur is one of the most grotesque designs by the franchise, director Gareth Edwards revealed to Empire. All through this, the team struggles to extract DNA from the three most colossal creatures across land, sea, and air within that tropical biosphere, which they believe holds the key to a drug for bringing miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind. Fans will have to wait to find answers to all the questions. Jurassic World Rebirth will release on July 2, 2025. First Published:
