With The Amazing Spider-Man opening in UK cinemas today, Solopress.com take a look at the Top 5 blockbuster movie posters this summer…
5. The Bourne Legacy
Californian creative advertising agency Cold Open produced this poster for the upcoming Bourne movie re-boot. It follows a similar design to the one featured in the movie’s official trailer.
Official blurb: There was never just one! The Bourne Legacy expands the Bourne universe created by author Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero…
Director: Tony Gilroy
Stars: Albert Finney, Edward Norton, Jeremy Renner, Joan Allen and Rachel Weisz
Available in: 2D
What the UK press say: “Jeremy Renner is about to step out of the shadows of the likes of Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr as a leading man in one of the most highly-anticipated films of the year.” –Daily Mail
UK release date: 13th August 2012
Official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thebournelegacyuk
UK movie trailer for The Bourne Legacy:
4. Total Recall
Colin Farrell adopts a similar head down pose to Tom Cruise in the 2002 poster for Minority Report. Incidentally, another movie featuring Farrell AND also based on a Philip K. Dick sci-fi story.
Official blurb: Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Although you’ll be far more likely to remember Paul Verhoeven’s tongue-in-cheek 1990 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Director: Len Wiseman
Stars: Bill Nighy, Bryan Cranston, Colin Farrell, Ethan Hawke and Kate Beckinsale
Available in: 2D
What the UK press say: “Hollywood hunk Colin Farrell beat off stiff competition from WWF’s wrestling brawn to bag the role as action hero in Total Recall.” –The Sun
UK release date: 22nd August 2012
Official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TotalRecall
UK movie trailer for Total Recall:
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
There’s a wide selection of The Amazing Spider-Man movie posters to choose from, including one featuring a romantic Spidey embrace, but this is our favourite out of the bunch.
Official blurb: Based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, The Amazing Spider-Man focuses on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story…
Director: Marc Webb
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Denis Leary, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen and Rhys Ifans
Available in: 2D, 3D and IMAX
What the UK press say: “Even superheroes have gone romcom this week.” –The Observer
UK release date: Today!
Official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theamazingspiderman
UK movie trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man:
2. Prometheus
Ridley Scott’s prequel to Alien may have received a mixed reaction from fans and critics alike, but we love the hint of classic 1979 Alien in this movie poster.
Official blurb: Ridley Scott, the director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the sci-fi horror movie genre he helped define…
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace
Available in: 2D, 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D
What the UK press say: “Sterling Fassbenderiness can’t prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien’s poor relation.” –Empire
UK release date: 1st June 2012
Official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Prometheus
UK movie trailer for Prometheus:
1. The Dark Knight Rises
A brooding Batman. Gotham City on fire. This poster does what it says on the tin for The Dark Night’s new movie. Nice work, Warner Bros.!
Official blurb: The epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy…
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Tom Hardy
Available in: 2D and IMAX
What the UK press say: “The Dark Knight Rises isn’t just Christopher Nolan’s last Batman film, it’s score-maestro Hans Zimmer’s too.” –Total Film
UK release date: 20th July 2012
Official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thedarkknightrises
UK movie trailer for The Dark Knight Rises:
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I can’t wait to see The Dark Knight Rises – looks like it’s going to be an amazing film from the trailer!
The Batman poster is definitely my favorite! Not sure what to think of the Total Recall remake — I absolutely love the original movie, but I can’t see how they’ll emulate it without Arnie (and I also prefer the old poster).
We’ve got a feeling this version will be more ‘serious’…
Ahhh, the Batman poster is really good. Very sharp and it would stand out in my mind. How hard does Batman loo?
If there is one poster I’d have it would be the Spider-Man one. I love the aspect of it – of being on the side of a building.
That’s what caught our eye too, Maya. Would you like us to add the romcom Spider-Man poster for you to compare?
I don’t know if I’m alone in this but it feels way too soon to be making yet another Spiderman remake.
I saw Prometheus. Quite good, but I had to go to Wikipedia afterwards to try and make sense of the plot!
Me too! Jonathan, The film started SO well and I was very impressed throughout the first half but then it just went a little strange…no effort made to explain the story of the big men/gods (whatever they were). I hoped to know what the first scene was all about but still not entirely sure.
Good Poster though!
I like the Spiderman poster – I love the depth of field effect. The Prometheus poster is very striking – but it’s not a genre I enjoy!
I am very drawn to the Prometheus Poster….it just screams mystery, darkness and adventure. So very well done with so little…. less is more I think is the right words
Total Recall looks good… I just can’t get over the fact it’s got Colin Farrell in it though. I can’t watch him.
The Batman Dark Knight Rises is by far the BEST poster on this list!Can’t wait to see the movie XD
The spiderman one. Just looks so much fresher (especially compared to the old spiderman films). Total recall looks really good though!
Looks like Total Recall will be nothing like the original, Big Ben in the poster! Looking more like Blade Runner based on the book, Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
These posters are all so DARK! Everything about this summer is dark. Dark, rain, dark clouds, more dark rain. Is this a sign? Last night I dreamed that Godzilla and the Loch Ness monster winked at me and said “Guess what, we’re real!”, so now I don’t know what to make of anything. Maybe we’ll have a scorching dry winter.
Interesting take on this summer’s movies and posters, Gabrielle.
Good news! The next Godzilla film isn’t due until 2014.
That is a good observation – All movies have gone dark and serious. When you compare the Bond, Batmans, Spidermans, Supermans etc of old, gone is the tongue in cheek hint of humour – its all seriousness now! But thats not to say its a bad thing. Trends in all areas are good and are only a sign that we’re constantly innovating and moving forward. Who know’s we might take a U-Turn soon and instate Michael McIntyre as the next Bond! On the posters note I liked MIB 3 altho I haven’t seen it yet just as I was so impressed how Josh Brolin is transformed as Tommy Lee!
Total Recall poster is a bit Source Code, isn’t it? I know its not out until December but my favourite poster at the moment is the new Hobbit poster with Gandalf walking towards the front of the poster like he’s about to take you on an adventure! Amazing, simple and effective design.
Prometheus poster is pretty awesome but the massive head doesn’t actually Do anything, which I admit I was expecting from the poster! Oh well, still a pretty visually impressive movie.
Love The Bourne Legacy Poster! Visually it just looks so good! Amazing!!
Some really good films coming up. I like the Total Recall and Prometheus posters the best.
The Dark Knight poster steals it for me – the way the perspective of the buildings makes the legendary Batman symbol is a work of Photoshop genius – all the more staggering because I didn’t create it!
Absolutely love the new Batman but I have to say the poster doesn’t quite match this one for The Dark Knight (http://www.getthebigpicture.net/storage/posters/08recap/darkknight06.jpg) – I think this one really captures that Batman has turned ‘Dark’ as oppose to when it was a kids TV show. I love how they have moved this into a really serious film and even managed to make it quite scary!
Would love to see a massive print of the Joker/Batman poster! Could make it pretty awesome using the new 3D printing technique, get the joker smile to stick out at you! What do you think?
All very manly posters, focused on action movies. What about romance guys?
Will do next time, Lynne!