Tag: D-Day
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The Impressive Story Of How Saving Private Ryan’s D-Day Sequence Was Shot
“Saving Private Ryan” earned Steven Spielberg his second Academy Award for best director, and deservedly so. It’s one of the greatest war movies of all time. Even those who weren’t enamored of the overall film back in 1998 had to concede that its depiction of the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy during World War II was…
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New ‘Overlord’ Trailer Goes to War with Nazi Mutants
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have released a new trailer for Overlord, the action-packed World War II monster movie that follows a group of U.S. paratroopers who stumble across a Nazi experimentation of supernatural forces meant to fight the Allies. Directed by Julius Avery (Son of a Gun), from a screenplay by Billy…
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J.J. Abrams Drops ‘Overlord’ Footage at CinemaCon, Promises ‘It’s Not a “Cloverfield” Movie’
Producer J.J. Abrams makes films with aliens and monsters, time travel and death-defying stunts. Yet in 17 years, his Bad Robot Productions has never released R-rated content — until now. Paramount Pictures’ CinemaCon presentation delivered the first footage from “Overlord,” out this fall from sophomore feature director Julius Avery (“Son of a Gun”).“This movie is…
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J.J. Abrams Says ‘Cloverfield’ Sequel “In The Works For Theaters”, Shows Off ‘Overlord’ – CinemaCon
Beaming in by video at CinemaCon, J.J. Abrams introduced a work-in-progress clip for Overlord and casually mentioned, “It’s not a Cloverfield movie,” but one “is in the works for theaters.” He provided no further details, keeping the focus on Bad Robot’s first R-rated movie Overlord, a sci-fi film set during World War II. He introduced…