“Rush” TV Spots — Ron Howard’s Formula One Racing Drama starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl

Though there will be no talking snails in this racing movie, you can definitely expect plenty of trash talking between Formula 1 race car champions James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki "The Rat" Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) in director Ron Howard's latest effort "Rush," which you can now check out a couple of brand-new TV spots.

Howard has reunited with "Frost/Nixon" scribe Peter Morgan to tell the true story of two legendary drivers who lit up the raceways throughout the 70's. And oh boy, they couldn't have been more different: British champion James Hunt was a natural-born speedster, living the good life as a hotshot playboy who loved fast cars and faster women, while his Austrian racing rival Niki Lauda studied tracks, worked on engines and improved his racing skills to become the best of the best.

"Rush" is scheduled to open in select theaters starting on September 20th, before expanding wide on September 27th.

synopsis:
The epic action-drama stars Chris Hemsworth as the charismatic Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Bruhl as the disciplined Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda, whose clashes on the Grand Prix racetrack epitomized the contrast between these two extraordinary characters, a distinction reflected in their private lives. Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed -- handsome English playboy Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Lauda. Taking us into their personal lives on and off the track, Rush follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. If you make one mistake, you die.

directed by   Ron Howard

starring   Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Natalie Dormer, Alexandra Maria Lara, Christian McKay

release date   September 20, 2013 (Select Theaters), September 27, 2013 (Expands Wide)

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“Thor 2: The Dark World” 60-Second TV Spot — starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston

There's not much, if any, new footage in the first TV spot for Marvel's highly-anticipated comic book sequel "Thor: The Dark World." But, hey, we can think of worse ways to spend 60 seconds. Watch Chris Hemsworth as the God of Thunder, who must now team up with his back-stabbing half-brother, Tom Hiddleston's Loki, in order to save his two loves -- his beloved realm of Asgard and his extremely long-distant human girlfriend Jane (Natalie Portman) -- from a vicious ancient race of Dark Elves.

With a returning cast that includes Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander and Ray Stevenson, the action-adventure slugfest appears to be leaning towards a more darker tone compared to the original. Which may be due to the film's director Alan Taylor, who was coming off a 6-episode directing stint on HBO's flagship fantasy show "Game of Thrones." So, when the movie hits theaters on November 8th, will we see a brooding Thor caught in a ruthless power struggle, where executions are freely enforced without much warning? Gawd, we can only hope so.

synopsis:
Marvels "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvels "Thor" and "Marvels The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos -- but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

directed by   Alan Taylor

starring   Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Chris O'Dowd, Idris Elba

release date   November 8, 2013

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Chris Pratt Calls Guardians of the Galaxy the Greatest Movie of the 21st Century!

Chris Pratt says Guardians of the Galaxy will be the greatest movie of the 21st century!Chris Pratt recently partook in an interview with IGN while on the set of NBC's hit comedy series Parks and Recreation and exclaimed that James Gunn's superhero project Guardians of the Galaxy will be the greatest movie of the 21st century.

Here he talks about his experience shooting the highly-anticipated film and what he thought of the footage that was debuted at this year San Diego Comic-Con.

"It's been really great. It's hard to even put into words, especially for someone like me who has the vocabulary of a sixth-grader. It's been a real trip. There's a lot of super talented people working on it - artists. That's what I always loved about comic books as a kid, the drawings. I didn't ever read them that much. I wasn't too big into the stories, but I loved the artwork and the covers. I'd like to draw a lot as a kid myself. So to see that, as they did making these comic books, they've hired the best artists in the world to do the concept artwork and to design these worlds. It's so imaginative and so unreal. We're working really hard and I'm in a bit of a daze, but I just can't wait for people to see what we're doing out there. I think that footage they showed at Comic-Con is very accurate to the movie that we're making. I thought that footage was pretty badass."

He went on to talk about the tone in the film and how it felt going from a comedic environment on Parks and Recreation to the drama of Guardians of the Galaxy.

"Yeah, I think tone is the major thing we have to accomplish, a consistent tone, going from silly and comedic to high-stakes drama and action, and everything in between. It's really up to James, and I trust everything that he's doing. I think we're getting good stuff. I don't know what to say about it other than it might be...Oh! It's the greatest movie of the 21st century! That's what I'll say. It'll be the Citizen Kane of movies other than Citizen Kane."

He wraps up by discussing the possibility of the project interweaving with other story from the Marvel universe.

"Man, that would be really cool. What's nice is that it is all the same universe. Because it falls under the Marvel umbrella, there is the possibility, just like in the comic books, that these stories could intersect."

Chris Pratt is playing Star-Lord. Also known as Peter Quill, the superhero is a human-alien-cyborg hybrid and member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

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Guardians of the Galaxy comes to theaters August 1st, 2014 and stars Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker, Ophelia Lovibond, Lee Pace, Glenn Close, Karen Gillan. The film is directed by James Gunn.

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