The Bearded Trio

A few weeks back we reported that the UK will be getting a theatrical release of Steven Spielberg's 1977 UFO classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind .  Well U.S. fans can sing a triumphant "huzzah" as the classic will be hitting their cinema screens too. Devil's Tower, Richard Dreyfuss and a whole host of UFOs will hit the big screen on September 1st to celebrate its 40th anniversary.  Sony Pictures has remastered the director's cut in 4K for theaters in the U.S. and Canada. It will have its world premiere in the Venezia Classici section of the Venice Film Festival. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

Cast your mind back to 2013 for just a minute.  Remember that Microsoft XBox One conference where they were talking more about TV than the games?  And do you remember that big announcement of a Halo TV series?  They even had a video message from Steven Spielberg announcing his involvement in the project. Well since then we've not heard much about the TV series.  The closure of XBox Entertainment Studios didn't help.  However 343 Studios have continued to keep the Halo dream alive.  The good folks over at AR12Gaming.Com reached out to Microsoft and got a somewhat positive response: “Progress on the Halo Television Series continues,” a Microsoft Spokesperson and representative of 343 Industries confirmed to AR12Gaming. “We want to ensure we’re doing this the right way together with a team of creative partners (Steven Spielberg and Showtime) that can help us build the best Halo series that fans expect and deserve. We have no further details to share at...

Eureka Entertainment to release a stunning new METROPOLIS Boxed Set, in celebration of the film's 90th Anniversary year, featuring Fritz Lang’s silent, sci-fi masterpiece. Limited to just 2000 copies worldwide, and illustrated with newly commissioned artwork specially for this release. The set features 2 x Blu-rays, 1 x DVD and a 100 page book all housed in a HARDBOUND SLIPCASE, Available from 25 September 2017 as part of The Masters of Cinema Series as a Eureka Webstore Exclusive. With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and alluring female robot,  Metropolis  is among the most famous of all German films and the mother of sci-fi cinema (an influence on  Blade Runner  and  Star Wars , among countless other films). Directed by the legendary  Fritz Lang  ( M ,  Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse ,  The Big Heat , etc.), its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur – it was described by Luis Buñuel as "...

San Diego Comic Con was the place to be if you're a Stranger Things fan and lets be honest, who isn't?  The cast and masterminds behind the Netflix series were on stage for the hour long panel and a new trailer for season two was revealed to a roaring crowd. The trailer is three minutes long and packed with 80's goodness as well as a heavy dose of horror.  Look out for Dragon's Lair (I hated that game.  Soaked up my money like it was a packet of Oreos.)  A Reagan/Bush '84 campaign sign, Michael Jackson's Thriller complete with Vincent Price and of course the Ghostbusters.  In fact Ghostbusters seems to feature heavily and a makeshift ghost trap seems to be the centre of attention in one scene. Fans of Eleven will be relieved to discover that she is in the trailer.  Wait until the end. Executive producer, Matt Duffer was eager to talk about the new series and how it all began “We’re big movie nerds — that’s what we wanted to do. We started to get ...

The brand new trailer for Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One has been released today at San Diego Comic Con and boy is it a blast!  It definitely has a sensory overload feel about it.  There are so many geek references in the trailer and I've captured a few for you to check out. Look out for the bike that scrapes across the ground.  It boasts an Atari logo and we were informed by Paul Weller on our Facebook page that the bike is in fact Kaneda's bike from Akira. Back to the Future is featured in the trailer.  Check out that Delorean retro fitted from Back to the Future II.  And here's a quick glimpse inside the Delorean complete with time circuits.  Check out the dates. This is Columbus, Ohio - 2045 Check out that glorious Competition Pro Joystick.  I had one of those. Ready for the race, or is it a battle?  Someone got the pre-order exclusive F1 car by the look of it. Who fancies a flying dance? F...

Steven Spielberg is in attendance at San Diego Comic Con to promote his latest project, Ready Player One and just appeared on stage.  He was joined by author and co-scribe of the film, Ernest Cline .  Cline had a lot of praise for Spielberg saying "“I learned to become a storyteller from this guy…his films are woven in my DNA.” Spielberg equally had good things to say about Cline.  “When I read Ernie’s book, it was the amazing flash forward and flash back to the ’80s that I used to work in. The creation of a virtual world took two and half years of preparation...I read the book, and said ‘They’re going to need a younger director'” Fans were also treated to the first proper trailer for Ready Player One and it looks fantastic.  There's so much to take in.  The virtual world in 2045 looks amazing.  Really, it does.  There are so many geek references in this trailer.  Look out for the Back to the Future Delorean.  What a world to live in...

D ive into the deep blue sea with Nat Geo WILD as they explore all things shark in their annual SHARKFEST! All next week Nat Geo WILD will bring you up close and personal with the most exhilarating and terrifying predators on the planet, with UK premieres each night at 7pm. Nat Geo WILD presents Sharkfest, an entire week of programming dedicated to all things shark – the ocean’s most iconic and feared fish. Every weeknight at 7pm, a brand new premiere takes viewers up close and personal with the most exhilarating and terrifying predators on the planet. Sharks have prowled the Earth’s seas, essentially unchanged, for 400 million years. Their size, power, and great, toothy jaws fill us with fear and fascination. And though sharks kill only a few people each year, media coverage and movie portrayals of attacks have marked sharks as voracious killing machines. But we know surprisingly little about them. Nat Geo WILD’s Sharkfest aims to change that, with a range of acti...

Jeffrey Ding He performs Star Wars - The Force Theme (Violin Cover.)  Recording himself multiple times and then splicing it all together results in a rather impressive rendition.  Special effects also included. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

DUNKIRK Starring Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh, James D'Arcy, Jack Lowden,  Tom Glynn-Carney, Barry Keoghan   and Cillian Murphy Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan Reviewed by Paul & Patrick Gibbs Out of Four D espite his repeated critical commercial success, filmmaker Christopher Nolan has yet to receive an Academy Award nomination for directing. But that is all but certain to change now with his latest film, the spectacular and innovative World War II epic Dunkirk. Brilliantly directed, gorgeously photographed and superbly edited, Dunkirk is a film that demands to be seen on a giant IMAX screen, and one which definitively demonstrates that television can never entirely replace the theatrical experience, no matter how good the shows or the home theater technology get,. The small screen simply doesn't have the same immersive power, or the feeling of a shared experience. At once distinctly Nol...

Ghostbusters is a huge favourite of mine.  It's one of my favourite comedies.  1984 was a golden year for movies.  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Karate Kid and Police Academy to name a few were released that year. Horror movies were in abundance too.  Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Gremlins and Stephen King's Firestarter were all out with one aim in common, to give me nightmares.  Thank goodness for Ghostbusters to relieve the horror with some comedy.  But wait!  What's this?  Some clever (sick) person has re-imaged a Ghostbusters trailer in the style of a horror movie and...it looks really scary.  I would watch it.  Of course I would.  Also I love the VHS quality, nice touch Rob "What about the Twinkie?" Wainfur @thebeardedtrio The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRI...

"Well we clocked the T-Rex at 32 mph" said John Hammond enthusiastically to Doctor Grant in Steven Spielberg's 1993 dino-classic Jurassic Park.  We all remember that scene.  You know the one where we get the "Welcome to Jurassic Park" and then the glorious John Williams soundtrack.  Well scientists have gone and messed it all up with their science stuff.  It turns out the T-Rex was a slow coach.  A waddling giant that thought walking is better than running.  Perhaps Doctor Grant's advice "come on guys, it's not a race" was the philosophy originally adopted by the T-Rex. The BBC tell us: University of Manchester scientists used a new computer simulation to assess the speed of the massive biped. Based on T.Rex's muscles alone, the model came up with a maximum speed of 30km/h, but this dropped to 20km/h when skeletal strength was assessed too. Had it moved from a brisk walk to a sprint, the dinosaur's legs would have snapped un...

Hybride is extremely proud to have contributed its VFX expertise to Luc Besson’s epic fiction action-adventure , Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets .  Joining forces once again with the team at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the studio delivered 300 shots—for a total of 17 minutes of screen time—for one of the biggest cinematic events of the summer.  Working closely with  ILM visual effects supervisor Philippe Rebours, Hybride artists skillfully crafted VFX for the opening Big Market sequence on the desert world of Kirian. Based on the look development created by ILM’s art department, Hybride artists produced assets that include highly detailed slanted rock formations and mushroom shaped rocks for Kirian’s colorful and unique geology that can be seen outside of the arena market, as well as at the main gate and tower.  Hybride also produced massive desert set extensions and populated the desert arena with nearly 12,500 digi doubles based ...