MTV has posted a first look at the new poster for 20th Century Fox’s fantasy Adventure film The Dark is Rising. Pretty much looks like every other fantasy epic poster of the last five years (Lord of the Rings, Eragon, etc). Click on the image to enlarge, or you can find a higher resolution version after the jump.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Susan Cooper, the movie is the first film in a series. Rising tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will discovers a series of clues which lead him into a showdown with forces of unimaginable power. With the Dark once again rising, the future of the world rests in Will’s hands.
It’s another one of those Walden productions, so you can expect it to be near-PG, featuring no intense action, and injected with christian-right ideology.
The Dark is Rising hits theaters on October 5th 2007. I would expect to see the trailer attached to Live Free or Die Hard (although, I don’t know this for sure).
June 19th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Sounds good.Does anybody else notice that this and other books/movies like Eragon seem so much like The Lord of the Rings?
June 19th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
To Dylan: That not exactly fair….as true as it might be. LoTR encompassed
alot of material, so looking at books and movies in this genre at the
surface, yes everything is pretty much like LoTR. So your right to a point.
You kinda have to dig for differences, it also depends on the actors portrails
of the characers.
June 19th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I did’nt mean it like I said.I love Eragon and I would probably like this.
June 19th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
P.S. I did’nt like the movie of Eragon I liked the book.
June 20th, 2007 at 4:37 am
LoTR was the first real fantasy story/book of its kind, so yeah most fantasies afterr that emulate the basic story ever since.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
This is gonna be AWESOME! ACTION, FANTASY, ADVENTURE, what else can you ask for? Here’s a link of what went on behind the scenes. Do these young filmmakers have what it takes? Check this link out there comparing it to “real world”
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=movies&id=1563435&vid=159178
August 13th, 2007 at 1:10 am
This movie is NOT an attempt at a faithful adaptation of “TDIR” like “Lord Of The Rings” or “Lion, Witch, Wardrode”!!! It is one very loosely based upon that novel. So if you see it, do NOT expect any resemblance at all, if in fact you have read the book. The changes rendered to the novel make the film adaptation practicallly unrecognizable. In fact, if it were not for the name “Will Stanton” i would NEVER have recognized the trailer as an adaptation, and i’ve read the book a dozen times!! Upon hearing the name “Will Stanton” in the theater before the Harry Potter movie I could not believe my ears, for this book, and series, had been very important to me growing up. Then, sadly, I couldn’t believe my eyes, as the trailer proved to be a sham of a mockery of anything decent. Had NOONE involved read the book at all? There was a South Park episode where a commentator follows Stan around and turns his life into a stupid movie trailer. This “The Seeker” trailer was just like that episode, only pathetically it was real. “Will Stanton thought he was an ordinary boy. But he’s gonnna find, being the Seeker, isn’t what he thought!” DUUUUUUUUHH.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
I just purchased the DVD of this movie and even if they did change the story a bit, it seems a bit predictable I found it entertaining and for a child’s story ok. I happen to be a “friend” of Christopher Eccleston (I hate the word “fan”) and he, as well as all the other actors did a great job. Ok so it wasn’t a big box office hit but who cares. The Dark Rider can come and scare some people I’d love to scare anytime! I think Mr. Eccleston is kind of sexy in all that leather. Anyway, I did enjoy the entire movie and now, I’m wondering if there’ll be a sequel (they didn’t exactly get rid of the Dark Rider, did they?)