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March 31st, 2011 in Action, Actors, Adventure, Directors, Film Clips, Movies

Hanna opens in a week and the studio brings us two new clips of scenes we’ve seen before by a bit longer, so we get to see more. Director Joe Wright did a fine job of creating the suspense and tension of the story, which is notable in these two new clips.

I wanted to notify you of a promotion the studio is running where you can get a free download of a The Chemical Brothers song (as featured on the soundtrack) when you purchase tickets on Fandango or MovieTickets.

Last, the studio just launched a Hanna iPad app where you can exclusively access the hidden “Camp G” location that is missing from the official Hanna The Movie site. In addition, you can stream the trailer, view character galleries, listen to the original score from The Chemical Brothers and download the soundtrack from the film on iTunes.

March 24th, 2011 in Action, Actors, Directors, Drama, Movies, Suspense, Thriller

I have been following Hanna and I am pretty sure that there is a secret twist to the movie that will unfold during the movie. Watch this behind-the-scenes featurette and let me know whether you agree or not.

Hanna features an original score from The Chemical Brothers. In addition to some behind-the-scenes footage from filming, the featurette includes interviews with director Joe Wright and stars Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett.

Award-winning director Joe Wright creates suspense thriller with about a young girl who is raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna’s upbringing and training have been all geared to making her the perfect assassin.

The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one. She is sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

The movie opens April 8, 2011.

Critically acclaimed electronic duo The Chemical Brothers have teamed up with film director Joe Wright to score Wright’s boldly original adventure thriller Hanna, which stars Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, and Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett. The soundtrack is available exclusively through iTunes, in advance of the film’s April 8, 2011 nationwide theatrical release through Focus Features.

The electronic sounds are overbearing at times, but I love the vocal version of Hanna’s theme song with undertones of youth, life and energy.

You can purchase the sound track here at iTunes.

Here is a widget with the trailer plus seven songs from the album.

As I write this up for the Hanna TV Spot, I am listening to the theme song for the movie called, appropriately, Hanna’s Theme. You can listen to the soundtrack here if you like. It’s from another world.

Directed by Joe Wright, the new spy thriller Hanna had its first TV spot released for the film that includes some talented actors: Eric Bana, Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Olivia Williams, Tom Hollander, and Jason Flemyng.

The movie centers on a 16-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin and is now dispatched on a mission across Europe. She is tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

The movie opens in theaters on April 8, 2011.

Focus Features released the brand new poster for their upcoming film Hanna. The poster looks awesome with Hanna’s silver-blue eyes dominating the poster as she aims her arrow.

The movie is directed by award-winner Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice), who creates a boldly original suspense thriller, starring Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones, Atonement) in the title role.

Raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna’s upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one when she sent into the world by her father on a mission.

Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

Hanna also stars Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams and Jason Flemyng.

The movie opens in theaters April 8, 2011.

December 21st, 2010 in Action, Actors, Directors, Drama, Movies, Thriller, Trailers

Joe Wright’s Hanna stars Saoirse Ronan as an older girl who is raised in Finland wilderness by her ex-CIA father.  He deliberately teaches her how to kill with her bare hands.  All geared to making her the perfect assassin.

The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one. She is sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

Viewing this trailer, I have the twist in the story pegged.  Perhaps, you do too.  The movie also stars Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng and Tom Hollander.

Hanna opens in theaters April 8, 2011.

March 12th, 2009 in Book-to-Movie, Directors, Drama, Movie News, Movies

Joe Wright is set to direct Indian Summer for Working Title and Universal.

The film originates from the book of the same name by Alex von Tunzelmann about the last days of Britain’s colonial rule in India and the symbolic end of Britain’s status as a world superpower.

William Nicholson (Gladiator) is penning the screenplay.

Wright hopes to start shooting the film early next year on location in India, but no cast has been mentioned.

According to Variety, the film will follow the momentous events as Britain’s Lord Mountbatten, with glamorous wife Edwina in tow, is sent to oversee the handover of power in the summer of 1947 to Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister.