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Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema are giving Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit fans an early Christmas present with the release of the first real trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This just-released trailer features Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, but he's not the only character Jackson shows off in this first look at one of the most anticipated films of 2012. Take a look and see what you think

The Hobbit Synopsis:

The Hobbit follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.

Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever...Gollum.

Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's 'precious' ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know

این پیام شامل هشداری است که به شما افراد احمق و زبون یاد آور میشود که شما با هک کردن ایمیلهای من به هیج چیزی نخواهد رسید منتظر یک واکنش متناسب و پر ابهت باشید.من این افراد را در داخل کشور ردیابی کرده ام پس اعتراض نکنید

This message contains a warning that you are stupid and despicable people are reminded that you will not do any hacking into my emails

Waiting for a response if appropriate and impressive

I've been tracking these people inside the country

So please do not protest

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چشمان عقاب همواره ظالمین؛مسخره کنندگان؛قلدرها و گردنکشان را زیر نظر دارد همانهایی که فکر میکنند و با امواج همه چیز را میتوان کنترل کرد 

آنها فکر میکنند امثال ما احمق هستند  و از اطراف خود مطلع نیستند.و همیشه یک تئوری مسخره به نام غافلگیری دشمن دارند چهره ای خندان دارند اما خنجری بران در پشت خود مخفی کرده اند.به زودی چنگالهای عقاب گلوی شما را می فشارد و مرگ شما نیز فراخواهد رسید

  The eagle eyes of the wicked, are ridiculous, bullying, and is under challenge those who think everything can be controlled with the wave.

 They think like we are stupid

 And are not aware of your surroundings

 And always fun to surprise the enemy have a theory

 Sharp dagger hidden behind their but they have smiling faces 

 The eagle nails will tear your throat And you will be destroyed

دوستان عزیز من بعد از مدت 30 سال کشف کرده ام که عده ای یاغی-خلافکار و قاجاقجی از در منزل من را تا خیابان و هر جای دیگر تعقیب میکنند  قبلآ" نمیدانستم کار چه کسانی است آنها میخواهند به قول خودشان میخواهند من را بترسانند و یا اینکه از خانواده ما اخاذی کنند این افراد بدانند من عکس همه آنها را دارم و در صورتیکه بخواهند این تعقیبهایشان را ادامه دهند عکس آنها را منتشر خواهم کرد من نه از کسی میترسم و نه به کسی باج داده ام

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The Thing is a 2011 science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., and written by Eric Heisserer and Ronald D. Moore. It is a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, the plot taking place immediately prior to the events of that film. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton who are part of a team of Norwegian and American scientists who discover an alien buried deep in the ice of Antarctica, realizing too late that it is still alive, consuming then imitating the team members.

In 1982, paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is recruited by scientists Dr. Sander Halversen (Ulrich Thomsen) and his assistant Adam Goodman (Eric Christian Olsen) to join a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a crashed extraterrestrial spaceship buried beneath the ice of Antarctica. They discover the frozen corpse of a creature that seems to have died in the crash 100,000 years ago.

After the creature is transported back to base in a block of ice, Dr. Sander orders them to retrieve a tissue sample, against Kate's protests. Later, while the others celebrate, co-pilot Derek (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) sees the Thing escape from the block of ice. The team splits up into groups to search for the alien. Olav (Jan Gunnar Røise) and Henrik (Jo Adrian Haavind) discover it hiding under one of the buildings. The Thing grabs Henrik and pulls him into its body. The others converge on the scene and set the creature on fire. In the chaotic aftermath, the lone dog of the team is found dead in a bloody heap in its kennel, a massive hole torn in the wire mesh.

During an autopsy, Kate and Adam discover that the cells of the Thing appear to be absorbing and imitating Henrik's cells. Meanwhile, Derek, pilot Sam Carter (Joel Edgerton), Griggs (Paul Braunstein), and Olav prepare to leave the base in the only helicopter to bring back help. Just as they prepare to take off, Kate discovers bloody, discarded metal tooth fillings and large amounts of blood in the showers. She runs outside to flag down the departing helicopter, fearing the Thing may have imitated someone on board. When Carter decides to land, Griggs transforms and kills Olav, causing the helicopter to spin wildly out of control and crash in the mountains, presumably killing all onboard.

In the rec room, Kate tells the other scientists her theory on the nature of the creature: It is perfectly capable of imitating any life form and that it may have done so with members of their camp, but cannot imitate inorganic material such as metal, hence why it spit out the tooth fillings. Most of the team members either do not believe her or accuse her of turning them against each other out of paranoia. After everyone else leaves, Juliette (Kim Bubbs) tells Kate that she believes her and that she saw Colin (Jonathan Lloyd Walker) leave the shower holding a towel. Juliette tells Kate that she knows where they keep the vehicle keys, and that they can take them to prevent anyone else from leaving; however, when the two go to retrieve them, Juliette transforms and attempts to kill Kate. Kate escapes, running past Karl (Carsten Bjørnlund), who is killed by the Juliette-Thing. Lars (Jørgen Langhelle) arrives with a flamethrower and burns the Thing as it assimilates Karl.

As they burn the remains outside, Carter and Derek return, both half-frozen and barely alive. While some of the team believes they are Things and should be burned, Kate convinces them to simply lock them up until a test can be prepared. Adam and Sander are in the lab preparing a potential test, but when both leave for a short while, the lab is engulfed in flames in an apparent sabotage. Tensions rise as accusations by both the Norwegians and the Americans are made, but Kate proposes another, much simpler test to single out those who might be the Thing from those who aren't. She uses a flashlight to inspect the teeth of all the other team members to see who has fillings and who doesn't. This test singles out Adam, Dr. Sander, station commander Edvard (Trond Espen Seim), and Colin. Peder (Stig Henrik Hoff) sends Lars and Jonas (Kristofer Hivju) out to bring back Carter and Derek, but they have tunneled out the floor of the storage shed and into a neighboring building. While Lars leans in the doorway of the other building, they grab him and pull him inside. Jonas runs back and pleads with Peder to help him rescue Lars, but Kate orders him to guard the prisoners.

During the argument, Carter and Derek force their way inside, armed with Lars's flamethrower. Edvard pushes Peder to burn both of them, assuming that they have killed Lars. When Peder takes aim, Derek shoots him, puncturing his flamethrower's tank and causing an explosion that kills Peder and knocks Edvard unconscious. While Edvard is being carried back to the rec room, he transforms into the Thing, killing Jonas and Derek and assimilating Adam while Sander and Colin flee. Carter and Kate head off to hunt it down. The Thing, which is now in the form of a creature with the faces of both Edvard and Adam, finds and kills Dr. Sander. The monster manages to separate Carter from Kate and traps him in the kitchen. Just as it is about to kill him, Kate arrives and torches the monster.

Kate and Carter see the Sander-Thing driving off in one of the Snowcats and give chase in the remaining vehicle. They follow it out to the wreck of its ship, which has been opened up and restarted, slowly preparing to take off. Kate and Carter are separated once again and Kate encounters the Thing. She barely manages to stay out of its reach, and when it finally catches her, she destroys it with a grenade. She and Carter escape and make it back to the Snowcat. As they are preparing to leave, Kate notices that Carter is missing his left ear piercing and determines that he is one of the Things. Despite his protests, she burns him and destroys the Snowcat. Kate slowly climbs into the remaining Snowcat and stares blankly into the night.

The next morning, a Norwegian helicopter pilot, Matias (Ole Martin Aune Nilsen), arrives at the Norwegian camp and finds the facility burned and deserted, as well as the charred remains of the two-faced Thing. It is revealed that Colin went into the radio room and committed suicide by slitting his wrists and throat. Lars, who has survived hiding in the building where Derek and Carter attacked him, shoots at Matias but recognizes that he is human after checking his fillings. At that moment, the Thing in the form of Lars' dog bolts out of a ruined building and runs away. Lars fires at it, then orders Matias to take off in pursuit. Lars begins shooting at the animal from the helicopter, directly leading into the beginning of John Carpenter's The Thing. (A conflict has developed between the two films, as Lars is intended to be Jans Bolen, who is shot by Garry. However, Lars is actually the Norwegian who fumbles the grenade and blows himself up at the start of the film, and the helicopter pilot, Matias, is the one who should be Jans Bolen and who is actually shot by Garry.)

Cast

• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Dr. Kate Lloyd, an American paleonthologist graduate from Columbia University:^[5] In order to not try to compete with Kurt Russell's portrayal of the 1982 film's protagonist, R.J. MacReady, the character of Kate Lloyd was designed to have traits in common with the character Ellen Ripley from the Alien film series.^[6][7]
• Joel Edgerton as Sam Carter:^[8] An American helicopter pilot and Vietnam War veteran running a supply operation to the bases. He and his two co-pilots are left in the dark as to why they are there and what is the mysterious thing the scientists have found.^[6][7]
• Ulrich Thomsen as Dr. Sander Halversen, the Norwegian "Thule" station medical officer and leader of the alien research team. He orders the team to obtain a sample of the recently discovered alien creature despite Kate's warnings.^[9][7]
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Derek Jameson, an American helicopter co-pilot and also a Vietnam veteran who is Carter's best friend.^[10][7]
• Eric Christian Olsen as Adam Goodman, an American scientist working as Dr. Sander's research assistant who invites Kate to the Norwegian base.^[11][7]
• Trond Espen Seim^[12] as Edvard Wolner, a notable Norwegian geologist who is the station commander.^[7]
• Kristofer Hivju as Jonas, a nervous Norwegian polar ice researcher.^[11][7]
• Stig Henrik Hoff^[13] as Peder, a Norwegian rifle-toting camp member who is Edvard's right hand man.^[7]
• Jørgen Langhelle as Lars, an ex-soldier who works as the dog keeper of the Norwegian base.^[14][7]
• Paul Braunsteinas Griggs, a co-pilot member of the American helicopter transport team.
• Kim Bubbs as Juliette, a French geologist.^[7]
• Jonathan Lloyd Walker as Colin, an English radio operator.^[15][7]
• Jo Adrian Haavind as Henrik, another Norwegian base member who assists the alien research team.^[16][7]
• Jan Gunnar Røise as Olav, a Norwegian Snowcat vehicle driver and guide.^[11][7]
• Carsten Bjørnlund as Karl, a geologist.^[7]
• Ole Martin Aune Nilsen as Matias, the helicopter pilot of the Norwegian station.

Development

After creating the Dawn of the Dead remake, producers Marc Abraham and Eric Newman began to look through the Universal Studios library to find new properties to work on. Upon finding John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing, the two convinced Universal to create a prequel instead of a remake, as they felt that remaking Carpenter's film would be like "paint(ing) eyebrows on the Mona Lisa"^[18] Eric Newman explained; "I'd be the first to say no one should ever try to do Jaws again and I certainly wouldn't want to see anyone remake The Exorcist... And we really felt the same way about The Thing. It's a great film. But once we realized there was a new story to tell, with the same characters and the same world, but from a very different point of view, we took it as a challenge. It's the story about the guys who are just ghosts in Carpenter's movie - they're already dead. But having Universal give us a chance to tell their story was irresistible."^[19]

In early 2009, Variety reported the launch of a project to film a prequel—possibly following MacReady's brother during the events leading up to the opening moments of the 1982 film—with Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. as director and Ronald D. Moore as writer.^[20][21] Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. became involved in the project when his first planned feature film, a zombie film taking place in Las Vegas written and produced by Zack Snyder called Army of the Dead, was cancelled by the studio three months before production began. Needing to start all over again, he asked his agent to see if there was a The Thing project in development, since Alien and The Thing are his favorite films.^[22] As a fan of Carpenter's film, he was interested in the project because, being European himself, he had always wondered what happened at the Norwegian camp.^[23] In March 2009, Moore described his script as a "companion piece" to Carpenter's film and "not a remake."^[24] "We're telling the story of the Norwegian camp that found the Thing before the Kurt Russell group did," he said.^[24] Eric Heisserer was later hired to do a complete rewrite of Moore's script.^[25] Heisserer explained that in writing the script, it was necessary for him to research all the information that was revealed about the Norwegian camp from the first film, down to the smallest details, so that it could be incorporated into the prequel in order to create a consistent backstory.^[17] The decision was made to name the film the same title as the first film, because the producers felt adding a "colon title" such as Exorcist II: The Heretic had felt less reverential.^[23]

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. explained that he created the film not to simply be a horror film, but to also focus largely on the human drama with the interaction between characters, as the first film had.^[26] The director felt that horror films worked better when time was spent to explore the characters' emotional journeys, allowing the audience to care about them.^[27] Mary Elizabeth Winstead insisted that the film would not feature any romantic or sexual elements with her character, as it would be inappropriate considering the tone of the film.^[28] Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje said that the film would try to recreate the feeling of paranoia and distrust that the first film had, where the characters can't tell who has been infected by the alien.^[29] The filmmakers drew additional inspiration for the film from the original novel Who Goes There?, in making the characters in the film educated scientists as opposed to "blue collar" workers.^[23] However, the filmmakers drew no influence from the events of the The Thing video game.^[23] The director also drew additional inspiration from the film Alien in creating the film, particularly in regard to casting a female lead,^[26] and in the way the alien creatures are filmed by not showing too much of them.^[22] Matthijs van Heijningen also cited the films of director Roman Polanski as influence, such as his work on Rosemary's Baby.^[27] Actual Norwegian actors were cast in the film to play the Norwegian characters,^[23] and the director allowed the actors to improvise elements different to what was scripted when they felt it was appropriate, such as a scene where the characters sing a Norwegian folk song called Sámiid Ædnan ("Lapland").^[27][28][30] Many scenes involving characters speaking Norwegian were subtitled,^[31] and the language barrier between them and the English speaking characters is exploited to add to the film's feeling of paranoia.^[32] Director Matthijs van Heijningen said that the film would show the alien creature in its “pure form”, as it was discovered in its ship by the Norwegians; however, it is not revealed whether this is the creature's original form or the form of another creature it had assimilated.^[6] John Carpenter wished to have a cameo appearance in the film, but scheduling conflicts prevented this.^[23]

Filming and post-production

The film was shot in the anamorphic format on 35mm film, as the director dislikes the look of films shot digitally.^[27] The director chose not to fast cut the film, instead opting for a slower pace, hoping to build a sense of pending dread.^[27] The prequel was filmed in Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands on March 22, 2010 and ended on June 28, 2010.^[33] On set, the director had a laptop computer which contained "a million" screen captures of the Carpenter film, which he used as a point of reference to keep the Norwegian camp visually consistent with the first film.^[34] Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. created the practical creature effects for the film, in the studios of Amalgamated Dynamics.^[35] In addition to creating the effects for the human-Thing transformations, Gillis, Woodruff and their team had the challenge of coming up with the look of the alien in the ice block unearthed by the Norwegians. While it was initially only intended to be shown as a silhouette, the director liked their designs and encouraged them to fully create the creature, which was realised by creating a monster suit that Tom Woodruff wore.^[32] The effects team opted to use cable-operated animatronics over more complex hydraulic controls, as they felt they gave a more "organic feel".^[32] In order to emulate the creature effects of the first film, Heisserer revealed that traditional practical effects would be used on the creatures whenever possible.^[36] The film's computer generated imagery was created by Image Engine, the effects house who worked on Neil Blomkamp's 2009 film District 9.^[26] Computer Graphics were used to digitally create extensions on some of the practical animatronic effects, as well as for digital matte paintings and set extensions.^[26] Alec Gillis stated that the advancement of animatronic technology since 1982 combined with digital effects allowed the effects team to expand upon the possible creature conceptions.^[34] Matthijs van Heijningen preferred to use practical effects over computer imagery, as he believed actors give better performances when they have something physical to react to.^[23] Stunt men covered in fire-retardant gel were used in scenes when characters are set on fire.^[32] The original Ennio Morricone score was reflected in the film's score, but Morricone did not score the film, nor was his music from the 1982 version used.^[31]

The interior of the crashed alien spacecraft was created by production designer Sean Haworth.^[32] To design the ship, Haworth had to recreate what little was shown of the spacecraft in the Carpenter film, then "fill the gaps" for what was not originally shown. Haworth and a team of approximately twelve others then created the inside of the ship as a several story high interior set constructed mostly out of a combination of foam, plaster, fiberglass, and plywood.^[32] The ship was designed specifically to look as if it were not made to accommodate humans, but rather alien creatures of different size and shape who could walk on any surface.^[32] A section of the craft called the "pod room" was designed to imply the alien creatures manning it had collected specimens of different alien species from around the universe for a zoological expedition.^[32]

Release

While the film was originally set for release in April, Universal Pictures changed the date to October 14, 2011,^[37] to allow time for reshoots. The intention of the reshoots was to "enhance existing sequences or to make crystal clear a few story beats or to add punctuation marks to the film's feeling of dread."^[38]

Critical reception

The Thing film prequel has received mixed reviews. It currently holds a 34% "critics" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 103 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.1 out of 10. ^[39] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 50 based on 28 reviews.^[40] Kathleen Murphy of MSN Movies rated it two-and-a-half out of five stars, calling it "a subpar slasher movie tricked out with tired 'Ten Little Indians' tropes and rip-offs from both Carpenter and the Christian Nyby-Howard Hawks' 1951 version of the chilling tale that started it all, John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There?".^[41] Jim Vejvoda of IGN Movies also rated the film two-and-a-half out of five, saying, "This incarnation of The Thing is much like the creature it depicts: An insidious, defective mimic of the real, er, thing. It's not an entirely lost cause, but it is a needless one".^[42] Roger Ebert gave the film two and a half stars out of four, the same rating he gave the 1982 film.^[43]

In CinemaScore polls users gave the film a "B-" on a A+ to F scale.^[44] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a rating of 75 out of 100, saying "While I wish van Heijningen's Thing weren't quite so in lust with the '82 model, it works because it respects that basic premise; and it exhibits a little patience, doling out its ickiest, nastiest moments in ways that make them stick".^[45] Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com called it "Loving prequel to a horror classic", saying "It's full of chills and thrills and isolated Antarctic atmosphere and terrific Hieronymus Bosch creature effects, and if it winks genially at the plot twists of Carpenter's film, it never feels even a little like some kind of inside joke." ^[46] James Berardinelli gave it three stars out of four, saying that it "offers a similar overall experience" to the 1982 film "without replicating styles and situations".^[47] Other critics singled out Mary Elizabeth Winstead for praise in her performance as the lead, Dr. Kate Lloyd. "[Winstead] stands out with her portrayal of a paleontologist. She keeps a cool, logical head whilst others around her start to panic. It’s a refreshing change from your traditional horror film where the lead characters do moronic things as if to prolong the story" Matthew Toomey of The Film Pie wrote. ^[48] Josh Bell of Las Vegas Weekly rated the film three out of five stars and wrote, "Winstead makes for an appealing protagonist, and Kate is portrayed as competent without being thrust into some unlikely action-hero role". ^[49]. A bonus ending scene which can be seen during the final credits has been regarded as "rewarding" by those who have screened the recent prequel.

The music composed for the film by Marco Beltrami was released in October 11, 2011.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

1. "God's Country Music" (1:27)
2. "Road to Antarctica" (2:41)
3. "Into the Cave" (0:39)
4. "Eye of the Survivor" (2:25)
5. "Meet and Greet" (2:55)
6. "Autopsy" (3:08)
7. "Cellular Activity" (1:38)
8. "Finding Filling" (3:25)
9. "Well Done" (1:32)
10. "Female Persuasion" (4:51)
11. "Survivors" (3:28)
12. "Open Your Mouth" (4:20)
13. "Antarctic Standoff" (3:28)
14. "Meating of the Minds" (4:28)
15. "Sander Sucks at Hiding" (2:22)
16. "Can't Stand the Heat" (2:10)
17. "Following Sander's Lead" (2:39)
18. "In the Ship" (2:39)
19. "Sander Bucks" (0:45)
20. "The End" (2:33)
21. "How Did You Know?" (2:29)

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Footloose is a 2011 American dance film directed by Craig Brewer. It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name and stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, and Andie MacDowell. The film follows a young man who moves from Boston to a small southern town and protests the town's ban against dancing.

Filming took place from September to November 2010 in Georgia. It was released in Australia and New Zealand on October 6, 2011 and in North America on October 14, 2011. It grossed $15.5 million in its opening weekend and was met with generally positive reaction from critics, although it has garnered general praise for closely following the original film.

After a long night of partying, Bobby Moore and his friends drive over the bridge and crash into a truck. His father, Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid), the reverend of the church of the small Southern United States town of Bomont, Georgia, suddenly blames the Bomont City Council for the accident, and strictly bans all dancing and rock music. Three years later, Ren McCormack (Kenny Wormald), a teenager raised in Boston, moves to Bomont to live with his uncle, aunt, and cousins after his mother's painful death from Leukemia. Soon after arriving, Ren makes friends with Willard Hewitt (Miles Teller), a fellow student at Ren's new high school, and from him learns that the city council banned dancing.

He soon begins to be attracted to Moore's rebellious daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough), who has a boyfriend named Chuck Cranston. After an insult from Chuck, Ren ends up in a game of chicken involving buses, and despite his inability to drive a bus, he wins. Reverend Moore mistrusts Ren, forbidding Ariel to see him ever again. Ren and his classmates want to do away with the law and have a senior prom, especially with it just around the corner. After an argument about Ren, Chuck breaks up with and abuses Ariel. Ren arrives to Ariel's aid and kisses her.

Ren goes before the city council and reads several Bible verses, given to him by Ariel, that claim in ancient times people would dance to rejoice, exercise, or celebrate. Ren also teaches Willard how to dance. The city council votes against him. Moore's wife, Vi, is supportive of the movement, and explains to Moore he cannot be everyone's father, and that he is hardly being a good father to Ariel. She also says that dancing and music are not the problem. Ren tells Moore that even though they denied the motion to dismiss the law, that they cannot stop the teenagers from having the dance, then asks him respectfully if he can take Ariel. On Sunday, Shaw asks his congregation to pray for the high school students putting on the prom, which is set up at a cotton mill outside of the town, across the town line. As that was happening, Ren, Willard, and Chuck were having a beating outside of the prom, but Chuck is defeated. Ren goes to prom with Ariel, proclaiming loudly, "Let's dance!".

• Kenny Wormaldas Ren McCormack
• Julianne Houghas Ariel Moore
• Dennis Quaid as Rev.Shaw Moore
• Andie MacDowellas Vi Moore
• Miles Telleras Willard Hewitt
• Ser'Darius Blain as Woody
• Patrick John Fluegeras Chuck Cranston
• Ziah Colonas Rusty
• Ray McKinnonas Wes Warnicker
• Mary-Charles Jones as Sarah Warnicker

Development

In October 2008, Kenny Ortega was announced as director but left the project a year later after differences with Paramount and the production budget.^[3][4] Peter Sollett was also hired to write the script. Dylan Sellers, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan served as producer; Zadan having produced the original Footloose.^[5] In 2010, Craig Brewer came on to re-write the script after Crawford and Ortega left the project and also served as director.^[6] The writer of the original film, Dean Pitchford, also co-wrote the screenplay.^[7] Amy Vincent served as cinematographer.^[8]

Casting

In July 2007, Zac Efron was cast as Ren McCormack,^[9] but he left the project in March 2009.^[10] Two months later, it was reported that Chace Crawford would replace Efron, but he later had to back out due to scheduling conflicts.^[11][12] Thomas Dekker was a "top candidate" for the role but on June 22, 2010,^[13] Entertainment Weekly reported that Kenny Wormald had secured the lead role as McCormack.^[6]

Former Dancing with the Stars ballroom-dance professional Julianne Hough was cast as Ariel, Dennis Quaid as Rev. Shaw Moore, and Miles Teller as Willard.^[6] On August 24, 2010, Andie MacDowell joined the cast as Quaid's wife.^[14] During an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Kevin Bacon said he declined a cameo appearance in the film as he did not like the role.^[15]

Filming

Unlike the original, set in the fictional town of "Bomont, Utah", the remake is set in fictional "Bomont, Georgia".^[16] On a budget of $24 million,^[17] principal photography began in September 2010 in and around metro Atlanta, and wrapped two months later in November.^[18] A courtroom scene was shot at the Newton County Historic Courthouse in Covington on September 17, 20 and 21.^[19] A family scene was filmed at the New Senoia Raceway in Senoia on October 1.^[20]

A scene taken from the original film, in which McCormack plays a game of "chicken" with his love interest’s boyfriend, was filmed on the Chattahoochee River bridge on Franklin Parkway in downtown Franklin also in October.^[21] The home and church seen in the film were filmed in downtown Acworth. Production used the sanctuary of the Acworth Presbyterian Church and the house of the Mayor, Tommy Allegood.^[22]

Music

The original soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville on September 27, 2011. It includes eight new songs and four remakes of songs from the original film's soundtrack.^[23] Brewer said, "I can promise Footloose fans that I will be true to the spirit of the original film. But I still gotta put my own Southern grit into it and kick it into 2011".^[6] Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" was covered by Blake Shelton for the remake, which is an upbeat country version.^[24] Like the original film, the 2011 version also features the "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" by the heavy metal band Quiet Riot.

Chart performance

The film was originally scheduled for release in North America on April 1, 2011, but was moved to October 14, 2011.^[6][27] Footloose was released in Australia and New Zealand on October 6, 2011.^[28]

Paramount and HSN partnered for a 24-hour promotion on October 12, 2011. They sold clothing inspired by the film, such as women's red boots, denim, footwear and nail polish brands created by Vince Camuto and Steve Madden.^[29] To promote the film, Paramount sent the cast on a promotional tour in over a dozen cities.^[30]

The film was promoted on the October 11, 2011 episode of Dancing with the Stars. The episode featured film stars Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough—a former champion on the show—dancing to the songs "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Footloose" from the film's soundtrack.^[31] Many of Viacom owned channels, like MTV, Nickelodeon and CMT advertised and promoted the film.^[32]

Box office

Pre-release audience pollings predicted the film to take in $20 million its opening weekend. However, Paramount expected it to be closer to $15 million.^[30] Footloose opened in 3,549 theaters taking in in $15.5 million and placing number two, behind Real Steel ($16.2 million) in its opening weekend.^[33] Exit polls indicated that the film appealed to 75% of females and 28% of the teen market. About 60% of the audience were over age 25 and 46% over age 35.^[32] The 20th highest grossing locations on Friday were in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Knoxville, Kansas City, and San Antonio.^[32] The opening was lower than other recent dance films like, Save the Last Dance (2001, $23.4 million), Step Up (2006, $20.7 million), but it performed around the same as Step Up 3D (2010, $15.8 million) and You Got Served (2004, $16.1 million).^[17] The 1984 Footloose opened to $20 million when adjusted for ticket price inflation.^[34]

In Australia the film opened to $1.05 million^[35] and to $88,078 in New Zealand.^[36] As of October 18, 2011, Footloose has grossed $17.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $3.3 million in other counties, for a worldwide total of $21.1 million.^[2] The 1984 Footloose grossed over $80 million worldwide.^[17]

Critical reviews

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 71% of 141 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.1 out of 10.^[37] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 58 based on 35 reviews.^[38] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was an A on an A plus to F scale.^[17]

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A minus. She praised the performance of Wormald commenting that he "handily owns the role for a new audience" and closed her review saying, "Guardians of the '80s flame will approve of the production's sincere respect for the original; church still matters, and so do Ariel's red cowboy boots".^[39] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave a negative review of the film rating it with only one and half stars out of four. He criticized the film for being so close to the 1984 original "sometimes song for song and word-for-word". He thought poorly of Wormald's performance saying, "he's got the Kevin Bacon role but not the Kevin Bacon charisma". Ebert closed his review expressing, "This new Footloose is a film without wit, humor or purpose. It sets up the town elders as old farts who hate rock 'n' roll. Does it have a clue that the Rev. Moore and all the other city council members are young enough that they grew up on rock 'n' roll? The film's message is: A bad movie, if faithfully remade, will produce another bad movie".^[40]

Variety's Rob Nelson also notes that the film failed to distinguished itself from the original and denounces Wormald and Hough's acting performances saying, "when the music stops, young Hough is saddled, like her co-star, with the impossible task of making 27-year-old verbiage sound fresh". Nelson noted that Brewer's musical staging is "subtly less theatrical than Ross', but it hardly constitutes a reinvention" and that Brewer's film comes across as "slightly milder" than Ross', such as with Ariel's abuse by former boyfriend being toned down for 2011.^[41] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter disapproved of how the dance numbers and action sequences were staged, shot and cut, saying "The visual clumsiness does not disguise that Wormald (a professional dancer since extreme youth), especially, but the others too, are very good dancers. But the compositions vary randomly between close-ups, awkward medium shots and general coverage that cuts together with no cumulative dynamic power".^[42] Orlando Sentinel''s Roger Moore gave the film two and half out of four stars.^[16]

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review saying "The new version of 1984's Footloose has updated moves and a sexier look but retains the story line. It doesn't have the emotional impact of the original, but it ups the energy level". He expressed that the film was "not so much a remake as a renovation" and notes that the remake is similar to the original but said it was "in all the ways that count".^[43] The New York Times's A. O. Scott wrote a mixed review and called the dance numbers "woefully inadequate" when compared to Glee, High School Musical and Step Up. For Wormald's performance he said "he has energy but no real magnetism, and while he may be in possession of what are technically known as “moves,” his dancing lacks sensuality and a sense of release". Scott gave Miles Teller a good review saying that he "has a natural charisma that is both comic and kind of sexy". He described the music in the remake as "better and more eclectic than the original, with some blues, country and vintage metal mixed in with the peppy dance tunes".^[44]

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Johnny English Reborn is a 2011 British spy comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre and film franchise reboots. The film is the sequel to Johnny English (2003), and stars Rowan Atkinson reprising his role as the title character^[4] and directed by Oliver Parker. The film is has a slightly darker tone than the previous film but retains Atkinson's signature humor.

Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is learning martial arts in Tibet as penance for an earlier disastrous mission. MI7 (codenamed Toshiba British Intelligence) identifies him as the best agent for a new mission: stopping a group of international assassins before they kill the Chinese premier and cause global chaos. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English returns to his role with confidence. In Macau, his Chinese contact is murdered in a casino, but in Hong Kong he confronts Fisher (Richard Schiff), an ex-CIA agent who ultimately reveals that he is a member of 'Vortex', a secret cabal of assassins-for-hire. Fisher is killed by an assassin (Pik-Sen Lim) dressed as a cleaner who then manages to escape, but English manages to track down and incapacitate the killer cleaner's accomplice in a fight at the pier.

English manages to obtain one of three metal "keys" that, when combined, can be used to unlock an assassination weapon. While bragging to his sidekick (Daniel Kaluuya) about the success of his mission on a flight back to the United Kingdom, the key is stolen from its case. He arrives at headquarters and opens the case with a flourish in front of many dignified guests, only to show an empty interior. English then believes he has seen the Chinese assassin involved in a murder in Hong Kong. He attacks her twice, but both times the victim turns out to be his boss's mother.

Kate Summers (Rosamund Pike), MI7's behavioural psychologist engages in an "off-hours" session with English, prompting him to recall the previous events of his failed mission in Mozambique (discovered to have been sabotaged by Vortex). He unearths the identity of the second member of Vortex as a result.

English sets out again, this time meeting with Karlenko (Mark Ivanir), a Russian agent who is critically wounded by an assassin in front of him on a golf course. English obtains the second key from the Russian and attempts to fly him to hospital in a helicopter, surviving various attacks by the assassins. He confides in a trusted colleague (Dominic West) that the Russian told him about a conspiracy in which Vortex's members are discovered to be members of the KGB, CIA and even his beloved MI7.

Ambrose and English dine together, as the latter confides in his friend and colleague, informing him that he knows a mole is present in MI7. Slater gets ready to kill English, until it is discovered that English is unaware of the mole's identity. Tucker confronts Ambrose in the bathroom stalls at gunpoint, until English orders him to leave. English and Ambrose converse outside the restaurant, as Ambrose tricks English into believing that MI7 inventor Patch Quartermain is the traitor and that Patch always despised English.

Unfortunately for English, Ambrose is the MI7 traitor, and he retrieves the key from English and tells MI7 that English is the traitor. English confronts Quartermain in a London church building, discovering that he has been framed as the traitor. Surviving an assassination attempt, English remains elusive of MI7 gunmen within the church building and escapes MI7's clutches on fellow agent and inventor Quartermain's hi-tech wheelchair.

He goes to Kate Summer's (Rosamund Pike) house and convinces her that he is not the traitor and that the organisation Vortex is behind the assassination and that they were also in Mozambique (his disastrous mission that went wrong). Together they find out that Vortex is using a drug called timoxeline barbebutenol (restricted material) that allows people to be controlled for a brief time, before dying. They also find out that the three "keys" are needed to access the drug. After Kate leaves with Simon Ambrose (the traitor) for Switzerland, an attempt is made on English's life yet again by the killer from Hong Kong. He proceeds to escaping the apartment building through the use of a garbage chute.

English confronts former subordinate Tucker in the latter's bedroom. Tucker is unhappy with English as his latest escapade has resulted in Tucker's suspension from MI7. English convinces Tucker to embark with him on a new mission, telling Tucker that his "country needs him too".

After a mishap involving an "Agent in Distress" signal which culminates with the ejection of an aerial flare during a botched infiltration mission outside a heavily-guarded fortress in the Swiss Alps, English is put in a gully-bag (a bag in which dead people are put) and Tucker pretends he is one of the MI7 guards who supposedly apprehends and then shoots English dead, thus enabling him access to the building.

English, still in the bag, manages to bounce to his head Pegasus' (Gillian Anderson) room and convince her that Ambrose is the traitor, just before she atempts to drink the beverage in which the drug is put. English accidentally drinks it instead, making him obey Ambrose. Pegasus is knocked unconscious by English (after telling her to "duck"), commanded by Ambrose. Ambrose commands English to kill the premier, before remembering what his master, the monk, taught him and tries to resist it. After a relentless fight with himself, he is successful but apparently dies due to the drug.

Kate then kisses him and in his head he remembers from the monk that if he opens his heart, he will be reborn. He opens his eyes, revealing he is not dead, and chases after Ambrose, first by parachute, then by snowmobile, before catching up to his cable-car, as English and Ambrose engage in a tense fistfight, with English managing to endure several kicks to the groin.

He accidentally falls off the car but the snow outside breaks his fall. Ambrose tries to shoot English and English, thinking that his umbrella gadget is actually a bulletproof shield, opens it, and finding that it does not deflect bullets, closes it again, which is actually the signal for it to shoot a rocket. The rocket hits the cable-car, destroying it and killing Ambrose. English is knighted, but, during the ceremony, he finds out that the Queen is the killer in disguise, and she tries to kill him yet again. He chases after her and violently hits her on the head with a tray, only to find out, when the guards bring the real killer inside, that he has attacked the real Queen.^[4][5][6][7] In the post-credits scene we see English making a takeaway for Kate Summers to the tune of 'In the Hall of the Mountain King'.

Cast

• Rowan Atkinsonas MI7 Agent Sir Johnny English
• Gillian Anderson as MI7 Head "Pegasus" Pamela Thornton^[8]
• Rosamund Pikeas Kate Summers
• Dominic Westas Simon Ambrose
• Daniel Kaluuya as Agent Tucker^[4]
• Richard Schiffas Fisher
• Tim McInnernyas Patch Quartermain
• Togo Igawaas Ting Wang
• Chris Jarmanas Michael Tembe
• Joséphine de La Baumeas Madeleine
• Tasha de Vasconcelosas Countess Alexandra
• Ian Shawas Agent 2
• Stephen Campbell Mooreas Prime Minister
• Rupert Vansittart
• Pik-Sen Limas the Killer Cleaner
• Miles Juppas an MI7 lab technician
• Burn Gorman as Slater

Universal Pictures first announced that they were producing a sequel to Johnny English on 8 April 2010, seven years following the first film.^[9]

Filming began on 11 September 2010 in Central London at Cannon Street, with further production scheduled for the week beginning 13 September 2010 at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire and later in Hawley Woods in Hampshire, Macau and Hong Kong.^[10][11] Filming took place on The Mall in Central London on 25 September 2010.

The Johnny English Theme from the original film is used throughout the score.

The film has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 36%, based on 33 reviews.^[12]

On the Australian television programme At the Movies, Margaret Pomeranz rated the movie 3 stars and David Stratton rated the movie 2 stars (the highest being 5 stars). The Indian film critic Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India gave the film a positive review praising Atkinson's characteristic flair for comedy once again giving it a 4 star rating out of 5.^[13]

A teaser for the film was released on 7 April 2011.^[5] On 7 July 2011 Universal released the film's official trailer.^[14]

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3. ^ Box Office Mojo. "Johnny English Reborn (2011)". http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=johnnyenglish2.htm. Retrieved 30 september 2011. 
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5. ^ ^{a b} Peter Sciretta (8 April 2011). "‘Johnny English Reborn’ Trailer". /Film. http://www.slashfilm.com/johnny-english-reborn-trailer/. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 
6. ^ Working Title Films Staff (23 January 2011). "Johnny English Reborn Q&A with writer Hamish McColl". Working Title Films. http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/features/qanda/id/48. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
7. ^ http://www.johnny-english.com/
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9. ^ Tatiana Siegel (8 April 2010). "Universal signs up for more English". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017395.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=bd_film. Retrieved 7 April 2010. 
10. ^ Stuart Kemp (13 September 2010). "Cast added to 'Johnny English Reborn'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i29f492889037dafdadcaa5d08c3af5b4. Retrieved 13 September 2010. ^{[dead link]}
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13. ^ "Johnny English Reborn - Nikhat Kazmi". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/english/Johnny-English-Reborn/moviereview/10091455.cms. Retrieved October 01, 2011. 
14. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UrSPgrwlOc&feature=feedlik

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The Three Musketeers is a 2011 action-adventure film. A steampunk-influenced reinterpretation of the novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas, the film ^[3] was released in Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland ^[4] on September 1, 2011, and it is released in the U.S. on October 21, 2011.^[5]

In Venice, the Three Musketeers Athos (Matthew Macfayden), Porthos (Ray Stevenson) and Aramis (Luke Evans), with the help of Athos' lover, Milady de Winter (Milla Jovovich), steal airship blueprints made by Leonardo Da Vinci. However, they are betrayed by Milady, who gives the blueprints to the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom). Upon returning to France, the Musketeers are forced to disband by Cardinal Richelieu (Christoph Waltz) for their failure.

One year later, the young D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman) leaves Gascony for Paris in hopes of becoming a Musketeer, like his father once was, only to learn that they no longer exist. D'Artagnan ends up challenging Captain Rochefort (Mads Mikkelsen), the leader of Richelieu's guard, to a duel after being offended by him, but Rochefort merely shoots him while he's distracted. In an attempt to get revenge, D'Artagnan offends Athos, Porthos and Aramis for petty reasons, and schedules duels with each of them, at the same day and at the same place, but in different times, not knowing who they are.

Before they can duel, however, D'Artagnan and the Musketeers are attacked by the guards for breaking the law by having a public duel. They fight the soldiers off, at which point D'Artagnan discovers their true identities, but end up being captured and brought before the young king Louis XIII (Freddie Fox) and his wife, queen Anne (Juno Temple). Richelieu attempts to convince them to execute the four prisoners, but they are too impressed, and congratulate them instead, much to Richelieu's anger.

Later, Richelieu meets with Milady, who is actually working for him. He orders her to plant false love letters among Queen Anne's possessions and steal Queen Anne's diamond necklace and hide it in the Tower of London with the objective of framing Queen Anne of having an affair with the Duke of Buckingham, who is in France on behalf of the King of England, and who has built a fully armed airship using the designs stolen from the Musketeers. The affair would force King Louis to execute Queen Anne and declare war on England. At this point, the people would demand a more experienced leader for the country: Richelieu himself. Before leaving, Milady demands that Richelieu gives her an authorization declaring that she was working on behalf of France's best interests.

However, Queen Anne's lady-in-waiting Constance Bonacieux (Gabriella Wilde) discovers his plan and pleads with the Musketeers to stop Richelieu. They follow Milady and Buckingham to London, while Constance is kidnapped by Rochefort for helping the Musketeers to escape from him. Meanwhile, King Louis finds the false letters and is advised by Richelieu to set up a ball in which Queen Anne would be forced to wear the necklace. If she doesn't, then her affair is real, and there will be war.

In London, Milady warns Buckingham of the Musketeers arrival, claiming that they want revenge for being outsmarted by Buckingham one year prior. Buckingham captures D'Artagnan and prepares to interrogate him when D'Artagnan reveals that he was acting as a decoy to allow the Musketeers to steal Buckingham's airship. They rescue D'Artagnan and capture Milady, who gives them the authorization in an attempt to have her life spared. Upon realizing she failed, she jumps out of the airship onto the English Channel.

The Musketeers recover the necklace and return to London, only to be attacked by Rochefort, piloting an airship secretly built by Richelieu, who was given copies of Da Vinci's blueprints by Milady. Rochefort feigns an attempt to exchange Constance for the necklace in order to capture D'Artagnan, but the Musketeers come to his rescue and the two ships crash in the Notre Dame Cathedral, where D'Artagnan fights and defeats Rochefort, rescuing Constance, who returns the necklace to Queen Anne.

The Musketeers arrive at the ball and, for the sake of King Louis' and his people, lie by saying that Rochefort was trying to sabotage an airship that Richelieu built for them, for the purpose of identifying a traitor. To convince King Louis, Athos presents Milady's authorization, which King Louis accepts. Richelieu, satisfied, offers the Musketeers a place in his army, but they refuse, which infuriates Richelieu, who swears revenge.

Meanwhile, in London, Milady is rescued by Buckingham, who reveals that he intents to avenge her and destroy the Musketeers. It is revealed that Buckingham is advancing towards France with a massive fleet of airships and sea-faring ships.

• Logan Lerman as D'Artagnan
• Milla Jovovich as Milady de Winter
• Matthew Macfadyen as Athos
• Ray Stevenson as Porthos
• Luke Evans as Aramis
• Mads Mikkelsen as Rochefort
• Gabriella Wildeas Constance Bonacieux
• James Cordenas Planchet
• Juno Temple as Queen Anne
• Freddie Fox as King Louis XIII
• Til Schweigeras Cagliostro
• Orlando Bloom as Duke of Buckingham
• Christoph Waltz as Cardinal Richelieu

Production

Location filming was done in Bavaria with indoor shooting at Studio Babelsberg.^{[citation needed]} It was filmed with an Arri Alexa camera.^[6] A sizable proportion of the funding for the film came from German sources: $4 million from Bavaria's bank fund (BBF) and film and TV fund (FFF), about $1.3 million from the federal German Film Board, about $10 million in tax rebate cash from the German film fund, the DFF and $1 million (€800,000) in subsidy financing from the Berlin-Brandenburg Medienboard.^[7]

Soundtrack

British band Take That have written and recorded the official single entitled "When We Were Young"; it was released August 22, 2011.^[8]

It was first released in Germany on September 1, 2011 and debuted at number one with $3,378,661 and has since grossed $12,966,213 in Germany. It was released in Austria the same day where it grossed $1,862,491. It collected $17,910 in South Korea. Its gross totalled to $49,000,000 as of October 16, 2011. In the UK it debuted with £1,461,251, when it was released on October 12, 2011. It was released on October 21, 2011 in North America.

Milla Jovovich criticized Summit Entertainment for not "promoting [the film] properly" as a "family film" in the United States.^[9]

The film received negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 24% of 38 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 4 out of 10. The website's consensus is "It plays admirably fast and loose with Alexandre Dumas' classic tale, but in every other respect, The Three Musketeers offers nothing to recommend—or to set it apart from the many other film adaptations".^[10] As of October 20, 2011, it is the most poorly reviewed of all The Three Musketeers films.^[11]

Char Dallin from "X media online" said, "Despite an awful script, an array of baffling accents and some performances that would not look out of place at the pantomime, I found it very entertaining and enjoyable – hence my bewilderment! I saw it in 3D, which was mostly used to good effect especially during the scenes with the airships".^[12] Francesca Rudkin from The New Zealand Herald gave the film three stars out of five.^[13]

1. ^ "The Three Musketeers (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 2011-09-14. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/CFF278401/. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
2. ^ "The Three Musketeers (2011)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=threemusketeers11.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
3. ^ The Three Musketeers 3D. Movienewz.com. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
4. ^ Cineman - The Three Musketeers - Die drei Musketiere
5. ^ "The Three Musketeers". ComingSoon.net. http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58698. Retrieved 2011-08-04. 
6. ^ Lesnick, Silas (October 13, 2011). "Exclusive: Producer Jeremy Bolt on The Three Musketeers". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=83106. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
7. ^ Roxborough, Scott (2010-10-14). "'Three Musketeers' gets $1 mil from Berlin". hollywoodreporter.com. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/three-musketeers-gets-1-mil-27974. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
8. ^ When We Were Young - Take That Official Site
9. ^ "Milla Jovovich Takes To Twitter To Rip Summit Over ‘Three Musketeers’ Marketing". Deadline.com. PMC. October 21, 2011. http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/milla-jovovich-takes-to-twitter-to-rip-summit-over-three-musketeers-marketing/. Retrieved October 22, 2011. 
10. ^ "The Three Musketeers (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_three_musketeers_2011/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
11. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (October 20, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Paranormal Activity 3' to frighten rivals". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/paranormal-activity-3-johnny-english-musketeers.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
12. ^ Dallin, Char (October 17, 2011). "Review: The Three Musketeers". X media online. http://xmedia.ex.ac.uk/index.php/arts/screen/218-review-the-three-muskateers. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
13. ^ Rudkin, Francesca (October 15, 2011). "Movie Review: The Three Musketeers 3D". The New Zealand Herald. APN News & Media. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10759063. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 

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Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American supernatural horror film and the third film of the Paranormal Activity series and serves as a prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films. It was released in theaters on October 21, 2011.^[4]

In 2005 Katie delivers a box of old videotapes to her sister, Kristi, and Kristi's husband, Daniel. A year later, Kristi and Daniel's house is seemingly burgled and the tapes are missing.

The action then shifts to 1988, when a young Katie and Kristi live with their mother, Julie, and her boyfriend, Dennis. Kristi begins interacting with an invisible friend named Toby. Dennis notices that since Kristi's friend appeared, strange things have been happening in the house. Dennis and Julie try to make a sex tape, but are interrupted by an earthquake. While they look for the girls, the camera shows dust falling from the ceiling and landing on an invisible figure in the room, before the figure moves and the dust falls to the floor.

While reviewing the footage later, Dennis notices the strange incident. He invites his friend Randy over to view the footage, who suggests that Dennis place cameras throughout the house to capture any other incidents. That night in the girls' bedroom, Kristi wakes up and begins talking to someone off-camera before going back to bed. When Dennis questions her about this the following day, Kristi tells him that it is her friend Toby. After more disturbed nights and strange occurrences, Dennis discovers a strange symbol in the girls' closet. He finds the same symbol on a picture of women in a book about mysticism. Dennis explains to Julie that the symbol belonged to a witches coven that brainwashed young girls into having sons, but Julie dismisses his claim.

After Kristi falls ill, Julie and Dennis take her to the hospital. Katie is left with Randy, and she asks him to play Bloody Mary with her. They go into the bathroom of the girls' room and say "bloody Mary" three times and turn off the light. When nothing happens Katie insists they try again. This time when the lights come on, Randy has been cut across his chest. They try to leave the bathroom but something moves past the door, forcing them to retreat. When Randy tries to leave a second time, furniture is violently thrown around. After Julie and Dennis return, Randy hurriedly leaves.

Julie and Dennis get into an argument about the constant filming. Meanwhile the invisible entity terrorizes Katie and Kristi, lifting Katie by her hair and tossing her around the room. Kristi tries to convince her mother to take them to her grandmother's home but she refuses. The next day, Julie encounters terrifying activity in the kitchen and decides to take her family to her mother's home. Dennis sets up another camera in the new bedroom. At 1 a.m., they are awoken by the sound of a car pulling up outside. Julie guesses the noise is her mother, who has trouble sleeping. After hearing more disturbances, Julie goes to investigate. When she fails to return, Dennis goes to look for her. In the background the camera captures a shadowy female figure. Dennis returns and picks up the camera.

He calls out for Julie and the girls but there is no answer. Realizing that no one else is in the house, he goes downstairs. Dennis notices a human silhouette behind a curtain, which disappears when he enters the room. However he does find strange imagery on the walls, including the symbol that he found in the girls' room and an inverted pentagram. Noticing that the back door is open, Dennis goes outside to investigate. In the garage he discovers Julie's mother and several other women, all dressed in black. Dennis flees back to the house, with the women in slow pursuit. In the house he finds Julie at the top of the stairs. As he approaches, he sees that she is dead, her body levitating above the floor. Her corpse suddenly drops, falling into Dennis and knocking him down the stairs. He picks himself up and sees Kristi, then retreats with her into a closet. Something bangs on the door but eventually leaves.

Dennis and Kristi leave the closet and find Katie by Julie's body. He slowly approaches Katie from behind and places his hand on her shoulder. As he does, Katie turns and unleashes an inhuman scream and throws him to the other side of the room, injuring his leg. Katie runs away. Dennis tries to crawl toward Julie but sees Julie's mother suddenly appear. His body is suddenly and violently contorted, snapping backwards and killing him. Katie reappears and runs to her grandmother, who beckons to Kristi. As they head upstairs, Kristi calls to Toby. There is the sound of movement and a monstrous growl as the footage stops recording.^{[5] [6]}

Cast

• Katie Featherstonas Katie
  • Chloe Csengery as young Katie
• Sprague Graydenas Kristi Rey
  • Jessica Tyler Brown as young Kristi
• Brian Boland as Daniel Rey
• Lauren Bittner as Julie
• Christopher Nicholas Smith as Dennis
• Mark Fredrichs as Dr. Fredrichs

In an interview with Dread Central, director and producer, Oren Peli, stated that Paramount Pictures was given the greenlight to begin production of Paranormal Activity 3.^[7] Production on the film began in June.^{[citation needed]} The film was directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (who both directed the documentary Catfish).^[8] Jason Blum, Steven Schneider and Oren Peli produced, along with Akiva Goldsman serving as executive producer. With a script written by Christopher B. Landon, the prequel was released on October 21, 2011.^[9]

Once again using unique social media strategy after the success of the first two films, Paranormal Activity 3 created the "Tweet Your Scream" campaign on Twitter in preparation for the release

The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 74% of 67 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.4 out of 10.^[10] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 64 based on 18 reviews.^[11]

 Box office

The film performed even better than its predecessor grossing $8 million from midnight showings, setting yet another record for a horror film.^[3] It is predicted to gross $45 million this weekend.

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