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New Movie Poster for Luc Besson scribed film "From Paris With Love". Interesting design incorporates the Eiffel Tower as the barrel of a handgun. Story tracks a young rookie US embassy employee (Rhys Meyers) as he works with a hardened FBI veteran (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack...Gosh that sounds like a unique plot...It is Luc Besson though. Film is set for release February 18th, 2010.
Well, well...if this movie poster isn't designed to shock, we don't know a movie poster released this year that comes close. This image is designed to represent either the aftermath of a crazy night of unprotected sex, a female version of the monster in John Carpenter's "The Thing" or an update on "How to Get Ahead in Advertising"! It is certainly a design that says "I think I want to see this flick." This sci-fi creeper is set for release in the US on September 4th.
Wasn't there already a movie made in 1981 called "Halloween II"? Isn’t this Michael Myers character ever going to really be finished off? How many more "Halloween" movies are going to be made? There is no question the best Michael Myers movie made was the first original movie "Halloween". Why do we have to be subjected to a never ending stream of these slashers? Would it have anything to do with the fact that the last Zombie "Halloween" flick made $70 million plus? As the money goes so go the studios.
See all the movie posters for the "Halloween" movies here.
It's Official! Vampires are definitely very "IN".
"Thirst" was so successful when it was released in South Korea that it had larger box office grosses than "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". The movie is apparently a more cerebral take on a vampire story. Hardly a suggestive design, the film is set for release in the US on July 31st.
See all the versions of the movie poster here.
Sherlock Holmes is being rebooted once again. The new movie posters have been released for the film "Sherlock Holmes". The movie poster designs have that "contractual obligation" thing going on about them. The contract that says, "Only the principal talent can appear on their own in one of the poster designs". The film stars Robert Downey as "Holmes" and Jude Law as his venerable side-kick "Dr. Watson". The film is scheduled for release on Christmas Day so these are indeed advance posters. We are bound to see more movie posters between now and then. In our opinion, it will be tough to match the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson characters made famous by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
To see all the movies made that had "Sherlock Holmes" in the title Click Here.
Is the movie poster design for "Pinto Terlarang" the best design so far this year? This movie poster design has it all. Art Deco, a little Bob Peak, cool graphics, and a sprinkle of classic comic book artwork. We love it. The shame is, it may be one of those movie posters that is better than the movie. The Indonesian director Joko Anwar and the producers can only hope they get a US distribution deal that gets this movie here. Then folks can see it and judge for themselves.
Two new US movie posters and a German design for Kathryn Bigelow's new flick, "The Hurt Locker". The movie follows the lives of an elite US bomb disposal squad "in country" in Iraq. Bound to have some gritty action sequences, the movie has been slated for limited US release on June 26th. Reviews from festivals suggest this maybe a movie worth seeing. It is about time we had a really good movie about Iraq.
Thankfully the new movie poster for Tyler’s Perry’s upcoming release "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" doesn’t have the ubiquitous character "Madea" on it. The movie poster does however have an image of Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson embedded in a yellow rose. Cool design. Somewhat similar in design for of the movie posters from an earlier Tyler Perry film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman".
If you ever wanted to know how movie posters were designed be sure to check out this website. They have aggregated a bunch of cool images and final movie posters. You can see how the designers "patch" the posters together. Very interesting and well worth the time seeing how the "movie magicians" work their magic on movie posters.
http://endupliquant.blogspot.com/
Score one for creativity. Venture over to design site Speckyboy.com to see an inventive and totally cool approach to movie poster design. The site has aggregated 21 movie posters using Lego. Our favorites are:
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| Updated Weekly | |
| 1. | Twilight |
| 2. | The Dark Knight |
| 3. | The Express |
| 4. | Quantum of Solace |
| 5. | Bolt |
| 6. | High School Musical 3 |
| 7. | Appaloosa |
| 8. | Eagle Eye |
| 9. | Miracle at St. Anna |
| 10. | Watchmen |
