Apollo 18 (film)
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| Directed by | Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego |
| Screenplay by | Brian Miller |
| Produced by | Timur Bekmambetov Ron Schmidt |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
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| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[1] |
Apollo 18 is an upcoming 2011 American horror film directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The film centers around a fictional premise of an actual Apollo 18 mission that was launched in December 1974, that supposedly never returned and as a result, signified the real reason why the United States never commissioned another expedition to the moon. The film is shot in a mockumentary found footage style, supposedly of the lost footage of the Apollo 18 mission that was only recently discovered. The film will be Lopez-Gallego's first English-language film.
After various release date changes, the film is currently scheduled to be released on September 2, 2011.
Plot
Apollo 18 is a found footage-style film set in December 1974, about a post-Apollo 17 mission to the Moon that takes on a premise of why NASA discontinued the Apollo moon missions. The plot involves a government coverup of the Apollo 18 mission after parasitic lifeforms on the Moon discovered the crew and began to attack them. Much of the back-story remains unknown; however, the movie posters in English indicate the Russian KGB role in Soviet lunar conspiracy and the Russian movie posters show inscriptions in English suggesting an American government cover up in lunar conspiracy. In the trailer, an American astronaut finds a dead cosmonaut and a Soviet LK Lander on the lunar surface.
Production
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dimension Films head Bob Weinstein denied the film was a work of fiction, stating that “We didn’t shoot anything, we found it. Found baby!”. This claim was met with skepticism. [2][3] The film will be distributed by Dimension Films.[4]
The Science & Entertainment Exchange provided a science consultation to the film's production team.[5]
Release
Apollo 18 is currently scheduled for release on September 2, 2011. Originally scheduled for March 2011, the film's release date was moved five times during the year (including to April 2011, January 2012, August 2011, and September 2, 2011).[6][7][8][9][10][11]
The film's trailer was attached to Scream 4.
See also
References
- ^ "Apollo 18 (2011): Box Office/Business". Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Tim Stack. "'Apollo 18': Details on the super-secret new sci-fi flick -- EXCLUSIVE". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ http://io9.com/#!5774422/are-audiences-sick-of-being-lied-to
- ^ "New Apollo 18 Viral Examines Why We Haven't Been Back to the Moon".
- ^ "Project". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ McWeeny, Drew (Jan. 7, 2011). "'Apollo 18' game revealing new clues about SF conspiracy thriller". Retrieved Jan. 7, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Yamato, Jen (March 25, 2011). "Weinstein Co. Pushes Apollo 18 Release Back to January 2012". Movie Line. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
- ^ "Apollo 18 Lands On Another Release Date".
- ^ "Release Date News: 'Apollo 18,' 'Piranha 3DD,' 'Our Idiot Brother' and 'I Don't Know How She Does It'".
- ^ "A Nice Change Of Pace: 'Apollo 18' And 'Final Destination 5' Move Up".
- ^ "Apollo 18 has its release date moved for the fifth time".
External links
- Official website
- Apollo 18 at Box Office Mojo
- Apollo 18 at IMDb
- Apollo 18 at Metacritic
- Apollo 18 at Rotten Tomatoes
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