• 'The Darkest Hour' Trailer #2; Everything You'd Want From A Trailer In 60 Seconds

    Ask someone to list all the big movies coming out this holiday season and, odds are, they'd forget about The Darkest Hour. Summit's Christmas Day sci-fi film starring Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby as Americans stuck in Moscow who must fight an invisible, energy-sucking alien enemy, hasn't gotten the kind of massive push Mission: Impossible…

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  • 'The Darkest Hour' International Trailer And Featurette

    I don't know what to make of The Darkest Hour, the film that pits Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Mingella, Joel Kinnaman and Racheal Taylor against inter-dimensional aliens who seem to disintegrate earth-dwelling beings as the aliens try to steal Earth's energy. I love the idea of an original horror/sci-fi story that tries to create…

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  • Exclusive Look At Pages From 'The Darkest Hour' Comic Book

    Summit Entertainment has given us two images to exclusively premiere from The Darkest Hour comic book. The limited edition collectible comic is a collaboration with 13 popular comic artists, "featuring stunning artistic takes on the global events of the film’s post-alien invasion world." After the jump you can see two of the prologue pages by…

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  • Watch A Girl Disintegrate Before Your Very Eyes In 'The Darkest Hour' Motion Poster

    Probably the most intriguing aspect of the Timur Bekmambetov-produced alien invasion flick The Darkest Hour is the film's unique take on aliens. Unlike your typical movie ET, these otherwordly baddies take the form of "lethal wave energy" that renders them invisible, and therefore extra dangerous, most of the time. And when they do catch up…

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  • 'The Darkest Hour' Concept Art Revealed

    In September of2010, I was lucky enough to visit the set of The Darkest Hour in Moscow Russia. I will be posting updates and interviews from the set visit in the coming months. Summit Entertainment has provided the group of visitors an exclusive look at concept art of the locations from the film. The Timur…

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  • Glimpse The True Forms Of The Aliens In 'The Darkest Hour'

    We've been teased for some time with info and concept images from The Darkest Hour, the sci-fi film in which Emile Hirsch is trapped in Moscow fighting ball-lightning aliens who have come to take all of our precious energy. The trailer dropped earlier this week, and it seems to hide the 'true forms' of the…

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  • 'The Darkest Hour' Trailer And More Concept Art

    We've already gotten a couple of glimpses at The Darkest Hour, but concept art and one unremarkable photo can only tell us so much. It doesn't matter how nifty the concept art looks if the ideas fall apart in translation, and that image (above) of star Emile Hirsch cowering behind a car could be from…

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  • 'The Darkest Hour' Comic-Con Preview: When Energy Aliens Attack

    The Darkest Hour, the new alien invasion film from producer Timur Bekmambetov and director Chris Gorak, is trying to differentiate itself from the scores of other alien films with a unique breed of invader: one made entirely of "lethal wave energy." It remains to be seen just how unique the film itself will be, but…

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  • New Photos: 'The Hobbit' Dwarves, Lily Collins In 'Snow White', Emile Hirsch In 'The Darkest Hour'

    With this year's summer movie season winding down, it's time to look forward to upcoming entertainments. Today, we've got new photos from this December's The Darkest Hour and next spring's Snow White, as well as a composite photo from the highly anticipated The Hobbit adaptation. Check 'em out after the jump. [gallery columns="2" exclude="108220"] [photos…

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  • Our First Look At 'The Darkest Hour' Reveals Clues To Our Alien Invaders

    Many people might have missed this at WonderCon, but the Oni Press booth had our first look at the Timur Bekmambetov-produced alien invasion movie titled The Darkest Hour. Described as a 28 Days Later-type thriller, the story follows a group of American tourists visiting Moscow Russia when an alien invasion occurs. The film stars Emile…

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  • 'The Darkest Hour' Moved From August To December

    Another domino has fallen in an amusing cause and effect release date shift that began when Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret moved from December to Thanksgiving. That forced Rise of the Apes, which had already moved from the summer, to move back to the summer. That then caused The Smurfs to move up into July and…

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  • Max Minghella Joins The Darkest Hour

    Max Minghella (Bee Season, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Agora, The Social Network) has joined the cast of the Timur Bekmambetov-produced alien invasion movie titled The Darkest Hour. Described as a 28 Days Later-type thriller, the story follows a group of American tourists visiting Moscow Russia when an alien invasion occurs. Thirlby will…

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  • Emile Hirsch Joins The Darkest Hour

    Last week we reported that Olivia Thirlby (Juno, The Wackness) would be starring in the Timur Bekmambetov-produced alien invasion movie titled The Darkest Hour. Variety is now reporting that Emile Hirsch (Speed Racer, Into the Wild) has now joined the cast. Described as a 28 Days Later-type thriller, the story follows a group of American…

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