Butler, Georgia, USA: Randy Stewart builds a cook fire in the woods. (Photo Credit: National Geographic Channels/Jordan Pillar)
Season four of National Geographic Channel’s Doomsday Preppers kicks off on July 24, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT with a season that promises to dig deeper into the basics of prepping. Each episode focuses on three preppers and what they’re doing to prepare themselves to survive potentially life-threatening situations, including natural disasters, economic collapse, and war on American soil.
The Plot:
In each episode, viewers meet three separate preppers and get an up-close and personal look into their lives, homes, and way of life. We meet them on their own turf, examine their methods and track their progress as they think through every logistic and contingency plan. In the end, experts analyze the preppers’ chances of survival if their worst fears become a reality and they have to implement their plans. Each prepper is judged on five categories — food, water, shelter, security and an extra factor depending on their particular methods. Viewers are left to decide for themselves whether the preppers’ concerns can be substantiated by evidence or are unlikely to come to fruition. These people have dedicated their lives to preparing for the worst. Will it be worth all the effort?
Every prepper has their own story and reasons for prepping. They come from all walks of life but share one common goal: doomsday survival. When Jack Houston was 14, his father, an avid outdoorsman and fan of Doomsday Preppers, died of a heart attack. Wanting to follow in his footsteps, Jack picked up when his father left off. The teen now trains his peers in wilderness survival. Rick Austin and his wife, Survivor Jane, left corporate jobs to prep full time. Now the couple lives on an Appalachian mountaintop, where they’ve developed a camouflaged gardening system to sustain them. Urban preppers are a rare breed — Jim Lebus is one of them. He is a scientific analyst living in Los Angeles, prepping for complete anarchy following a natural disaster or nuclear strike. Growing up on the Corriganville Movie Ranch, he developed an “every man for himself” mentality and is prepared to fend for himself should disaster strike.
Doomsday Preppers Season Four Episode Guide
“To Fail Is to Die”
Premieres Thursday, July 24, at 9 PM ET/PT
In the premiere episode, meet Jimi Falcon, who is prepping for a potential World War III. Because of dwindling resources and failing economies, Jimi believes a major world power will invade and occupy the United States. Venture out to the secluded stretch of land high in the Rocky Mountains where Jimi moved 25 years ago to begin stockpiling food, water and other resources. After learning about a family that nearly froze to death because of their lack of preparedness, Jimi built his home to withstand the extreme climate of Montana, where temperatures can get as low as negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Next, meet Cindy Stewart — she and her family began prepping for a foreign nuclear attack on the U.S. following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Cindy and her husband, Randy, sold their home in an Atlanta suburb and moved 100 miles away to an isolated community in rural Georgia, where they now run a taxidermy business. But these aren’t typical stuffed animals. See how the Stewarts use their taxidermy skills to create camouflaged improvised explosive devices to protect their property.
Lastly, meet retired soldier Rod Godfrey and get a close-up look inside the military-style command and control center he built in his home to protect himself and his loved ones from apocalyptic superstorms. He believes that communication is the key to survival and shows off his 20-plus different radios and communications support equipment.
Be the Prep
Premieres Thursday, July 31, at 9 PM ET/PT
Meet three Americans all preparing for some sort of economic or societal collapse. After losing his job three years ago, Nick Klein began prepping for an economic collapse. Nick has his own warren of rabbits that he believes will give him all the food, fuel and fertilizer he needs to survive. He’s developing a system to grow vegetables from the waste of his rabbits and he’s built a rabbit-powered flame thrower to protect himself.
Patrick Troy began prepping for societal collapse caused by a catastrophic event after the birth of his only child. Journey to rural Virginia, where he moved with his wife and son to get away from the city and keep his family safe. To make his house less susceptible to rioting intruders, Patrick is building a multi-tiered perimeter defense system, all controlled by what he calls “the box.”
Retired Navy veteran Keith Ford is prepping for a second civil war that he believes will destroy American society. Visit the remote area of Missouri he moved to five years ago — 17 miles from the nearest town. Check out the rain collection system he developed to provide a steady supply of water, and the portable power system that gives him electricity anywhere. But his new wife, Amanda, isn’t quite ready to give up her city lifestyle.
Shepherds and Wolves
Premieres Thursday, August 7, at 9 PM ET/PT
Meet Roger Dougan, who lost his home in a fire seven years ago. He’s working to become completely self-sufficient through prepping, so he never has to feel helpless again and can survive a terrorist attack on the electrical grid he believes is imminent. Roger is stockpiling enough food to feed his extended family of more than 20 people and keeps a storage tank full of water. Curtis began prepping after the Y2K scare.
Before the 2000 New Year, he bought a generator and stocked up on some food and water, but it occurred to him that if something serious did happen, they weren’t nearly as prepared as they should be — so he became a prepper. He believes the Earth will soon reach its carrying capacity, causing civil unrest.
Curtis is creating a self-sustained ecosystem on his 35-acre farm in Missouri to feed his extended family of nearly 60. Karissa Baca lost her job during the 2008 financial crisis, causing her to realize how fragile the economy is. She and her husband moved out of the city to begin prepping for a second Great Depression. Every inch of their small home is used for prepping. They’ve been stockpiling their dog’s and goat’s hair in case they need to make their own blankets or clothing.
Marvel Studios and IMAX are teaming up for a special debut of exclusive footage from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians of the Galaxy: An IMAX® 3D First Look will include 17 minutes of new IMAX 3D footage and will screen in theaters on July 7, 2014 at 7pm. The of exclusive footage from the highly anticipated summer blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The Guardians of the Galaxy: An IMAX® 3D First Look will screen at 150 IMAX theatres in North America.
“We’ve re-mastered some of our epic sequences into the IMAX 3D format, taking the scope and scale to new heights while creating a truly immersive, cinematic experience that will take you further into the Marvel Universe than ever before,” explained director James Gunn.
“IMAX and Marvel fans are some of the most die-hard in the world and we’re excited to offer them this exclusive extended first-look at one of the summer’s hottest upcoming movies in IMAX 3D,” said Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. “James Gunn’s visionary film in IMAX 3D is going to give our audiences an immersive experience they won’t find anywhere else, and we’re thrilled to get the ball rolling and reward fans early at this unique event.”
Tickets to the First Look are free and available via www.facebook.com/guardiansofthegalaxy on a first-come, first-served basis. Those lucky enough to get a ticket and attend will also receive a collectible Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy IMAX poster.
The Plot:
An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits—Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand—with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.
Fans of Pacific Rim will be happy to learn the sequel will arrive in theaters on Friday, April 7, 2017. Universal Pictures will be distributing the movie following Legendary Pictures’ new deal at the studio. Warner Bros released the first film on July 11, 2013 and it earned $411 million worldwide before exiting theaters.
Guillermo del Toro will direct the sci-fi action film featuring more Kaijus from a script he’s co-writing with Zak Penn. There’s no word yet on whether any of the original cast, including Charlie Hunnam, will return for the sequel.
And in a special video message Guillermo del Toro also confirmed he’s working on a Pacific Rim animated series as well as more comic books.
“These are all the kids who ate lunch by themselves in high school and they stumbled upon this and they went…Whoa, I belong here,” says a lifelong fan of rave music and the Electric Daisy Carnival in the documentary film, Under the Electric Sky.
Set in Las Vegas in 2013, the film focuses on and chronicles several different young people and their love for, journeys to, and experiences at the Electric Daisy Carnival. There’s the “Wolfpack” of several young men from Massachusetts driving their way in a camper to the event to honor and remembrance of their friend’s life and untimely death. There’s Jim and Jenna, two young lovers who are living on two different continents because of their different career paths but are reuniting for the three day and night event. There’s Sadie, a small-town Texas girl who suffers from severe anxiety and the electronic music helps calm her nerves. And there’s Jose who, do to some health issues, is in a wheelchair but never misses the Electric Daisy Carnival which he himself calls a “Perfect Utopia”.
The documentary also takes the audience behind the scenes with a few of the star DJs who perform at the event, including Tiesto and Above & Beyond, and shows how the event has grown to entertain as many as 350,000 screaming, dancing, and jumping fans.
More infomercial than documentary, Under the Electric Sky tries to present a PG-13 version of a concert that is known for its R and NC-17 behavior. The film quickly mentions how security and safety are important to the event’s managers and the CEO himself, Pasquale Rotella, but never mentions or attempts to deal with the several deaths that have occurred at the Electric Daisy Carnival over the last few years.
The film also only gives the audience a brief and surface look into the lives of the young people it’s focusing on, which doesn’t allow the movie-going crowd a chance to connect or really care about any of them.
Under the Electric Sky tries to capture the spectacle, energy, and craziness that IS the reason thousands of people travel so many miles to be a part of the event, but ultimately it’s really nothing more than a 85 minute ad for the next Carnival/concert.
Summer is upon us once again, which usually means Michael Bay has another “film” ready for mass consumption. This time around, it’s the retweak of his own Transformers franchise as they gear up for another trilogy (yes, you read that right). Let’s run down the list of items that have been replaced shall we?
Out is Shia LaBeouf! (And there was much rejoicing!)
In comes Marky Mark. (He said what to my mother?)
Out is the music of Linkin Park. (And no one seemed to care.)
In comes the music of Imagine Dragons. (And no one seemed to notice.)
Out is the Victoria’s Secret supermodel. (Who previously replaced Bay’s bff Megan Fox.)
In is actress Nicola Peltz. (Who are we kidding? She’s gorgeous too.)
Out is anything resembling a quality script … Wait, that was never in any of these films.
Actually, I think pretty much everything in the franchise just about bled over to Transformers: Age of Extinction. Bay is still shooting nearly every shot during the golden hour (this really should be titled Transformers: The Sun ALWAYS Sets). Bay still loves to place the camera near ground level and spin around his protagonists (because doing it from high above is Peter Jackson’s thing). And Bay still cannibalizes his own work to “create” his “new” material. I didn’t spot an actual clip of the same footage in this movie, but almost every story beat from the first three films is here again, and so is the “look at the beautiful innocent girl while she’s sleeping” moment. Creeper.
Anywho, I’m not even sure why anyone is reading a review about a Transformers movie. Who in their right mind is thinking that all of a sudden, film critics are going to say: “Hey, you know what? That Michael Bay sure can make a quality film.” That’s not to say he doesn’t know how to make films look pretty (by shooting constantly with the sun about to set). It also doesn’t mean there isn’t a level of enjoyment gained from the pure escapism that his movies bring. I need to turn my brain off as much as the next person (some who know me would say I do it enough) but if there’s one big problem I have with Transformers: Age of Extinction (having already thrown my hands up at trying to critique the “merits” of a Michael Bay project), it’s that the movie lasts for 2 hours and 45 minutes!
Ugh.
Why?
Want … to … go … to … bed … but … CAN’T BECAUSE IT’S SO F#$*ING LOUD IN THE THEATER! — WHAT?!?? — I SAID … Aww, forget it. Seriously, there are two ginormous plots to work through, and either one of them could easily fill the time of a standard 1 hour, 45-minute movie. Cramming BOTH down our eye-sockets is just cruel.
There’s some nice comic relief from T.J. Miller & Thomas Lennon (neither of whom gets enough screen time). There’s also the welcome vocal stylings of John Goodman as a trigger-happy Autobot and the wonderful presence of Stanley Tucci (who may have accepted this role in some attempt to follow the Ben Kingsley school of doing one good movie for every two horrible but lucrative, endeavors). But for me, aside from giggling at the idea that Marky Mark is a tech wiz, the fun of the movie was watching Kelsey Grammar and Titus Welliver chew up scenery like a pair of hungry goats. As much as I like Frances McDormand, she was woefully miscast in Transformers 3, and with Grammar and Welliver, the casting department got something right.
Of course, then there’s that pesky “script” again. Somehow, Kelsey Grammar is playing a big shot hell-bent on obtaining a very rare artifact so he can retire in style. I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen this happen for him before … in Toy Story 2 where Stinky Pete has to obtain Woody to complete the set of toys that will ensure him a place in a cushy exhibit! Oh well, if you know someone who goes into a Transformers film looking for creativity, I’ve got a mighty fine bridge to sell you.
Look, all keen observations snide remarks aside, you’re either the type of person who wants to see a nearly 3-hour explosion fest that’s blows everything but your mind … or you’re not. If Bay could have trimmed off about an hour of the affair, I’d be far kinder but this movie seems to be about as bloated as his budgets. Sure, you could go see Transformers: Age of Extinction in movie theaters. But unless you’re doing it to reap the benefits of the three hours of air conditioning that comes standard with your movie ticket, you could also wait to see this at home and just watch it in installments so as not to take up too much of your time all at once. Oh, and allow me to possibly save you ten minutes and a few dollars: there’s nothing at the end of the credits, and you need the 3D in this movie like you need another hole in your head.
Someone wake me when they’ve transformed a Michael Bay movie script into something worth reading.
GRADE: C- (even though it’s exactly what you think it will be … it’s TOO LONG)
Transformers: Age of Extinction is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language, and brief innuendo.
Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, and Jack Reynor in ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ (Photo Credit: Andrew Cooper / Paramount Pictures)
Mark Wahlberg step up as the lead in the latest Transformers movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth film of the series and the first without Shia ‘I’m Not Famous’ LaBeouf. Wahlberg previously worked with director Michael Bay on Pain and Gain and says that was a large part of the appeal of starring in Transformers: Age of Extinction.
In this interview courtesy of Paramount Pictures, Wahlberg also talked about his character, his friendship with his co-star Nicola Peltz, and the size and scope of this big-budget action movie.
Transformers: Age of Extinction opens in theaters on June 27, 2014.
The Plot:
Transformers: Age of Extinction begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.
Each year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opens its doors to new members, and this year they’ve asked 271 artists and executives to join the exclusive group. Existing Academy members are allowed to sponsor one potential member within their branch (i.e. a director can sponsor another director), and those who’ve been extended invitations this year must respond by March 19, 2015.
“This year’s class of invitees represents some of the most talented, creative, and passionate filmmakers working in our industry today,” stated Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “Their contributions to film have entertained audiences around the world, and we are proud to welcome them to the Academy.”
2014 Academy Invitees:
Actors
Barkhad Abdi – “Captain Phillips”
Clancy Brown – “The Hurricane,” “The Shawshank Redeption”
Paul Dano – “12 Years a Slave,” “Prisoners”
Michael Fassbender – “12 Years a Slave,” “Shame”
Ben Foster – “Lone Survivor,” “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”
Beth Grant – “The Artist,” “No Country for Old Men”
Clark Gregg – “Much Ado about Nothing,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Sally Hawkins – “Blue Jasmine,” “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Josh Hutcherson – “The Hunger Games,” “The Kids Are All Right”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Enough Said,” “Planes”
Kelly Macdonald – “Brave,” “No Country for Old Men”
Mads Mikkelsen – “The Hunt,” “Casino Royale”
Joel McKinnon Miller – “Super 8,” “The Truman Show”
Cillian Murphy – “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Inception”
Lupita Nyong’o – “Non-Stop,” “12 Years a Slave”
Rob Riggle – “21 Jump Street,” “The Hangover”
Chris Rock – “Grown Ups 2,” “Madagascar”
June Squibb – “Nebraska,” “About Schmidt”
Jason Statham – “Parker,” “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”
David Strathairn – “Lincoln,” “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
Casting Directors
Douglas Aibel – “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Immigrant”
Simone Bär – “The Monuments Men,” “The Book Thief”
Kerry Barden – “August: Osage County,” “Dallas Buyers Club”
Nikki Barrett – “The Railway Man,” “The Great Gatsby”
Mark Bennett – “Drinking Buddies,” “Zero Dark Thirty”
Risa Bramon Garcia – “Speed,” “Wall Street”
Michelle Guish – “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Nanny McPhee”
Billy Hopkins – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “Disconnect”
Ros Hubbard – “Romeo & Juliet,” “The Mummy”
Allison Jones – “The Way, Way Back,” “The Heat”
Christine King – “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith”
Beatrice Kruger – “To Rome with Love,” “The American”
Marci Liroff – “Mean Girls,” “Pretty in Pink”
Debbie McWilliams – “Skyfall,” “Quantum of Solace”
Joseph Middleton – “TheTwilight Saga: New Moon,” “Legally Blonde”
Robi Reed – “For Colored Girls,” “Do the Right Thing”
Kevin Reher – “Monsters University,” “Finding Nemo”
Paul Schnee – “August: Osage County,” “Dallas Buyers Club”
Gail Stevens – “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Slumdog Millionaire”
Lucinda Syson – “Gravity,” “Fast and & Furious 6”
Fiona Weir – “J. Edgar,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
Ronnie Yeskel – “The Sessions,” “Atlas Shrugged Part 1”
Cinematographers
Sean Bobbitt – “12 Years a Slave,” “The Place beyond the Pines”
Philippe Le Sourd – “The Grandmaster,” “Seven Pounds”
James Neihouse – “Hubble 3D,” “Nascar: The IMAX Experience”
Masanobu Takayanagi – “Out of the Furnace,” “Silver Linings Playbook”
Bradford Young – “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” “Pariah”
Costume Designers
William Chang Suk Ping – “The Grandmaster,” “In the Mood for Love”
Pascaline Chavanne – “Renoir,” “Augustine”
Daniela Ciancio – “The Great Beauty,” “Il Divo”
Frank L. Fleming – “Draft Day,” “Monster’s Ball”
Maurizio Millenotti – “Hamlet,” “Otello”
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor – “Great Expectations,” “Good Will Hunting”
Karyn Wagner – “Lovelace,” “The Green Mile”
Designers
William Arnold – “Lovelace,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
K.K. Barrett – “Her,” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Susan Benjamin – “Saving Mr. Banks,” “The Blind Side”
Bill Boes – “The Smurfs 2,” “Fantastic Four”
Tony Fanning – “Contraband,” “War of the Worlds”
Robert Greenfield – “Priest,” “Almost Famous”
Marcia Hinds – “I Spy,” “The Public Eye”
Sonja Brisbane Klaus – “Prometheus,” “Robin Hood”
David S. Lazan – “Flight,” “American Beauty”
Diane Lederman – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “Tower Heist”
Heather Loeffler – “American Hustle,” “Silver Linings Playbook”
Christa Munro – “Jack Reacher,” “Erin Brockovich”
Andy Nicholson – “Gravity,” “The Host”
Adam Stockhausen – “12 Years a Slave,” “Moonrise Kingdom”
Directors
Hany Abu-Assad – “Omar,” “Paradise Now”
Jay Duplass – “Jeff, Who Lives at Home,” “Cyrus”
Mark Duplass – “Jeff, Who Lives at Home,” “Cyrus”
David Gordon Green – “Joe,” “Pineapple Express”
Gavin O’Connor – “Warrior,” “Miracle”
Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Love and Basketball”
Paolo Sorrentino – “The Great Beauty,” “This Must Be the Place”
Jean-Marc Vallée – “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Young Victoria”
Felix van Groeningen – “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” “The Misfortunates”
Denis Villeneuve – “Prisoners,” “Incendies”
Thomas Vinterberg – “The Hunt,” “The Celebration”
Documentary
Malcolm Clarke – “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life,” “Prisoner of Paradise”
Dan Cogan – “How to Survive a Plague,” “The Queen of Versailles”
Kief Davidson – “Open Heart,” “Kassim the Dream”
Dan Geller – “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden,” “Ballets Russes”
Dayna Goldfine – “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden,” “Ballets Russes”
Julie Goldman – “God Loves Uganda,” “Gideon’s Army”
Sam Green – “Utopia in Four Movements,” “The Weather Underground”
Gary Hustwit – “Urbanized,” “Helvetica”
Eugene Jarecki – “The House I Live In,” “Why We Fight”
Brian Johnson – “Anita,” “Buena Vista Social Club”
Ross Kauffman – “E-Team,” “Born into Brothels”
Morgan Neville – “20 Feet from Stardom,” “Troubadours”
Matthew J. O’Neill – “Redemption,” “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan
Province”
Rithy Panh – “The Missing Picture,” “S-21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine”
Lucy Massie Phenix – “Regret to Inform,” “Word Is Out”
Enat Sidi – “Detropia,” “Jesus Camp”
Molly Thompson – “The Unknown Known,” “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer”
Cynthia Wade – “Mondays at Racine,” “Freeheld”
Executives
Adrian Alperovich
Sean Bailey
Len Blavatnik
Nicholas Carpou
Nancy Carson
Charles S. Cohen
Jason Constantine
Peter Cramer
William Kyle Davies
Christopher Floyd
David Garrett
David Hollis
Tomas Jegeus
Michelle Raimo Kouyate
Anthony James Marcoly
Hiroyasu Matsuoka
Kim Roth
John Sloss
Film Editors
Alan Baumgarten – “American Hustle,” “Gangster Squad”
Alan Edward Bell – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “The Amazing Spider-Man”
Dorian Harris – “The Magic of Belle Isle,” “The Mod Squad”
Sabrina Plisco – “The Smurfs 2,” “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”
Tatiana S. Riegel – “Million Dollar Arm,” “The Way, Way Back”
Julie Rogers – “Wreck-It Ralph,” “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl”
Mark Sanger – “Gravity”
Joan Sobel – “Admission,” “A Single Man”
Crispin Struthers – “American Hustle,” “Silver Linings Playbook”
Tracey Wadmore-Smith – “About Last Night,” “Death at a Funeral”
Joe Walker – “12 Years a Slave,” “Shame”
John Wilson – “The Book Thief,” “Billy Elliot”
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
Vivian Baker – “Oz The Great and Powerful,” “Conviction”
Adruitha Lee – “Dallas Buyers Club,” “12 Years a Slave”
Robin Mathews – “Dallas Buyers Club,” “The Runaways”
Anne Morgan – “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” “A Little Bit of Heaven”
Gloria Pasqua-Casny – “The Lone Ranger,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”
Members-at-Large
Peter Becker
Jeff Dashnaw
Kenneth L. Halsband
Jody Levin
Tom MacDougall
Chuck Picerni, Jr.
Spiro Razatos
Mic Rodgers
Kevin J. Yeaman
Music
Kristen Anderson-Lopez – “Frozen,” “Winnie the Pooh”
Stanley Clarke – “The Best Man Holiday,” “Boyz N the Hood”
Earl Ghaffari – “Frozen,” “Wreck-It Ralph”
Steve Jablonsky – “Lone Survivor,” “Ender’s Game”
Robert Lopez – “Frozen,” “Winnie the Pooh”
Steven Price – “Gravity,” “The World’s End”
Tony Renis – “Hidden Moon,” “Quest for Camelot”
Angie Rubin – “Pitch Perfect,” “Sex and the City”
Buck Sanders – “Warm Bodies,” “The Hurt Locker”
Charles Strouse – “All Dogs Go to Heaven,” “Annie”
Eddie Vedder – “Eat Pray Love,” “Into the Wild”
Pharrell Williams – “Despicable Me 2,” “Fast & Furious”
Producers
Jason Blumenthal – “Hope Springs,” “Seven Pounds”
Dana Brunetti – “Captain Phillips,” “The Social Network”
Megan Ellison – “American Hustle,” “Her”
Sean Furst – “Daybreakers,” “The Cooler”
Nicola Giuliano – “The Great Beauty,” “This Must Be the Place”
Preston Holmes – “Waist Deep,” “Tupac: Resurrection”
Lynette M. Howell – “The Place beyond the Pines,” “Blue Valentine”
Anthony Katagas – “12 Years a Slave,” “Killing Them Softly”
Alix Madigan – “Girl Most Likely,” “Winter’s Bone”
Paul Mezey – “The Girl,” “Maria Full of Grace”
Stephen Nemeth – “The Sessions,” “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”
Tracey Seaward – “Philomena,” “The Queen”
John H. Williams – “Space Chimps,” “Shrek 2”
Public Relations
Larry Angrisani
Nancy Bannister
Christine Batista
Karen Hermelin
Marisa McGrath Liston
David Magdael
Steven Raphael
Bettina R. Sherick
Dani Weinstein
Short Films and Feature Animation
Didier Brunner – “Ernest & Celestine,” “The Triplets of Belleville”
Scott Clark – “Monsters University,” “Up”
Pierre Coffin – “Despicable Me 2,” “Despicable Me”
Esteban Crespo – “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me),” “Lala”
Peter Del Vecho – “Frozen,” “The Princess and the Frog”
Kirk DeMicco – “The Croods,” “Space Chimps”
Doug Frankel – “Brave,” “WALL-E”
Mark Gill – “The Voorman Problem,” “Full Time”
David A. S. James – “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” “Megamind”
Fabrice Joubert – “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” “French Roast”
Jean-Claude Kalache – “Up,” “Cars”
Jason Katz – “Toy Story 3,” “Finding Nemo”
Jennifer Lee – “Frozen,” “Wreck-It Ralph”
Baldwin Li – “The Voorman Problem,” “Full Time”
Nathan Loofbourrow – “Puss in Boots,” “How to Train Your Dragon”
Lauren MacMullan – “Get a Horse!,” “Wreck-It Ralph”
Tom McGrath – “Megamind,” “Madagascar”
Dorothy McKim – “Get a Horse!,” “Meet the Robinsons”
Hayao Miyazaki – “The Wind Rises,” “Spirited Away”
Ricky Nierva – “Monsters University,” “Up”
Chris Renaud – “Despicable Me 2,” “Despicable Me”
Benjamin Renner – “Ernest & Celestine,” “A Mouse’s Tale (La Queue de la Souris)”
Michael Rose – “Chico & Rita,” “The Gruffalo”
Toshio Suzuki – “The Wind Rises,” “Howl’s Moving Castle”
Selma Vilhunen – “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitta? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?),”
“The Crossroads”
Anders Walter – “Helium,” “9 Meter”
Laurent Witz – “Mr. Hublot,” “Renart the Fox”
Sound
Niv Adiri – “Gravity,” “The Book Thief”
Christopher Benstead – “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” “Gravity”
Steve Boeddeker – “All Is Lost,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Beau Borders – “Million Dollar Arm,” “Lone Survivor”
David Brownlow – “Lone Survivor,” “The Book of Eli”
Chris Burdon – “Captain Phillips,” “Philomena”
Brent Burge – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
André Fenley – “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” “All Is Lost”
Glenn Freemantle – “Gravity,” “Slumdog Millionaire”
Greg Hedgepath – “Frozen,” “The Incredible Hulk”
Craig Henighan – “Noah,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
Tony Johnson – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “Avatar”
Laurent M. Kossayan – “Red Riding Hood,” “Public Enemies”
Thomas L. Lalley – “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” “Star Trek Into Darkness”
Ai-Ling Lee – “Godzilla,” “300: Rise of an Empire”
Stephen Morris – “Monsters University,” “Fruitvale Station”
Jeremy Peirson – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Looper”
Mike Prestwood Smith – “Divergent,” “Captain Phillips”
Alan Rankin – “Iron Man 3,” “Star Trek”
Oliver Tarney – “Captain Phillips,” “Philomena”
Chris Ward – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Visual Effects
Gary Brozenich – “The Lone Ranger,” “Wrath of the Titans”
Everett Burrell – “Grudge Match,” “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Marc Chu – “Noah,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”
David Fletcher – “Sabotage,” “Prisoners”
Swen Gillberg – “Ender’s Game,” “Jack the Giant Slayer”
Paul Graff – “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Identity Thief”
Alex Henning – “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Hugo”
Evan Jacobs – “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Olympus Has Fallen”
Chris Lawrence – “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Gravity”
Eric Leven – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2,” “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1”
Steven Messing – “Godzilla,” “Oz The Great and Powerful”
Ben Matthew Morris – “Lincoln,” “The Golden Compass”
Jake Morrison – “Thor: The Dark World,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Eric Reynolds – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
David Shirk – “Gravity,” “Elysium”
Patrick Tubach – “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Bruno Van Zeebroeck – “Lone Survivor,” “Public Enemies”
Tim Webber – “Gravity,” “The Dark Knight”
Harold Weed – “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” “Star Trek”
Writers
Chantal Akerman – “A Couch in New York,” “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”
Olivier Assayas – “Summer Hours,” “Irma Vep”
Craig Borten – “Dallas Buyers Club”
Scott Z. Burns – “Side Effects,” “Contagion”
Jean-Claude Carrière – “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”
Steve Coogan – “Philomena,” “The Parole Officer”
Claire Denis – “White Material,” “Beau Travail”
Larry Gross – “We Don’t Live Here Anymore,” “48 Hrs.”
Mathieu Kassovitz – “Babylon A.D.,” “Hate (La Haine)”
Diane Kurys – “For a Woman,” “Entre Nous”
Bob Nelson – “Nebraska”
Scott Neustadter – “The Spectacular Now,” “(500) Days of Summer”
Jeff Pope – “Philomena,” “Pierrepoint – The Last Hangman”
John Ridley – “12 Years a Slave,” “Undercover Brother”
Paul Rudnick – “In & Out,” ”Jeffrey”
Eric Warren Singer – “American Hustle,” ”The International”
Melisa Wallack – “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Mirror Mirror”
Michael H. Weber – “The Spectacular Now,” “(500) Days of Summer”
Terence Winter – “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”
Associates
Matt Del Piano
Joe Funicello
Robert Hohman
Paul Christopher Hook
David Kramer
Joel Lubin
David Pringle
Melanie Ramsayer
Beth Swofford
Meredith Wechter
Gary Oldman’s on the promotional trail for the upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes film, but that movie has taken a backseat to talk about the controversial statements he made in an interview with Playboy. After actually reading the interview, Oldman realized his statements were “poorly considered.” Calling his statements offensive, insensitive, and ill-informed during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Oldman went on to deeply apologize for any harm his words have caused. “I’m a public figure; I should be an example and an inspiration, and I’m an A-hole. I’m 56 and I should know better,” said Oldman.
Shelley Hennig, Tyler Posey, and Arden Cho in season four of ‘Teen Wolf’ (Photo Credit: MTV)
For the fifth time running, MTV’s bringing the Teen Wolf gang to the San Diego Comic-Con for a panel and Q&A with fans. The network’s also planning something brand new for viewers of the popular series during the sold-out event in San Diego. This year there will be a Teen Wolf-themed booth on the convention center floor.
Per MTV’s official announcement, Teen Wolf‘s Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig, and Dylan Sprayberry will be joining the show’s executive producer Jeff Davis to discuss the series. MTV also promises they’ll unveil a brand new mid-season trailer during the series’ panel on Thursday, July 24. And on Friday, cast members will be signing autographs at the Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment booth (#4213).
Here’s the details on what fans can expect to find at the Teen Wolf booth:
The Teen Wolf booth (#3729) will be open to fans all weekend long and will be highlighted by signings and special appearances by cast and crew. The booth will also feature four full days of activations where fans can insert themselves into a custom character poster and create their own Teen Wolf-inspired monster. Additionally, MTV commissioned artist Swann Smith to illustrate a limited edition bestiary that serves as a full guide to the creatures of Beacon Hills. The bestiary will be distributed for free throughout the weekend and Swann will be on hand signing copies at the booth.
What’s Dan Stevens been up to after leaving Downton Abbey? Well, tackling film roles and keeping busy with other projects. And one of his movies, The Guest, has just released a teaser trailer in support of its upcoming September release. Directed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next), the cast also includes Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, Chase Williamson, Maika Monroe, Sheila Kelley, and Brendan Meyer.
The Plot:
The film tells the story of a young soldier who arrives on the doorstep of the Peterson family, claiming to be a good friend of their beloved son who died in action. The Petersons welcome David into their home and into their lives, but when people start mysteriously dying in town, mayhem ensues as their teenage daughter Anna starts wondering if David is responsible.
