We’ve got more sci-fi goodness to share on this fine WonderCon Saturday. Director Rian Johnson premiered the trailer for his new sci-fi film Looper at the film’s panel earlier today, and while the rest of us will have to wait a little while to get a peek at the film in motion, a couple new images have gone online to tide us over. The futuristic thriller takes place in a world where time travel exists, but is only used on the Black Market. When the mob wants to kill someone, they send the target 30 years into the past where a contract killer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)does the dirty work. Things are going smoothly until Gordon-Levitt’s future self (Bruce Willis) is sent into the past to be killed. These images show off the subtle makeup used to make Gordon-Levitt resemble Willis, and I’m very impressed. Johnson’s previous films—the noir drama Brick and the quirky con man story The Brothers Bloom—are splendid, and I can’t wait to see him take on the sci-fi genre.
Hit the jump to check out the images, and be sure to look for our full write-up from the film’s panel later tonight or tomorrow. The film also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels. Looper opens on September 28th.
Here’s the synopsis for Looper:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels. Ram Bergman and James D. Stern produce.
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Five minutes from the upcoming sci-fi actioner film Lockout have gone online. The footage is the same clip that was shown earlier today at WonderCon, and highlights a scene involving Guy Pearce‘s character breaking into a space prison. Pearce plays a wrongly-accused spy who must rescue the President’s daughter (Maggie Grace) from the orbiting prison. Produced by Luc Besson, the film looks like a sufficiently fun thriller buoyed by Pearce’s wise-cracking lead character. Though the domestic trailers are all action, the international trailers highlight the charisma of Pearce and the fun rapport he has with Grace’s character. This clip shows more of Pearce’s appealing work, which leads me to believe that Lockout is much more than space explosions.
Hit the jump to watch five minutes from the film. Lockout opens on April 20th.
Clip via IGN.
Here’s the synopsis for Lockout:
Starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace and set in the near future, LOCKOUT follows a falsely convicted ex- government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President’s daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security prison.
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User Comments (One Response) peen @ March 18th, 2012 4:58 am
Die Hard in Space! Can’t wait. I have been waiting for a decent action with a wisecracking action hero for a long time:)
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