First Trailer For Angelina Jolie's Unbroken

The true story has a fresh promo

Following the sad death of Olympics legend and World War II POW Louis Zamperini last week, the inspiration for Angelina Jolie’s new directorial job Unbroken won’t see the reaction to the final product. With the film set to arrive at Christmas, the new trailer has arrived online.  Starred Up’s Jack O’Connell is the star of the film as the younger Zamperini, a ne'er-do-well-turned-LA high-school athlete who raced in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. During World War II, his Air Force plane crashed in the Pacific, leaving him without food and water for 28 days, enduring shark attacks, starvation and strafing by enemy planes. He finally washed ashore on a Japanese island behind enemy lines, where he was held as a prisoner of war for two years and tortured by his captors.  Working from a script that has seen contributions from William Nicholson, Richard LaGravenese and the Coen brothers, Jolie has rounded up a cast that also includes Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock, Jai Courtney, Alex Russell and C.J. Valleroy. Unbroken will be out in the US on December 25 and the UK on December 26.

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Strong At US Box Office

Apes take down 'bots

In a pleasing sign that well-crafted movies can make a big impact on the box office, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes clambered handily to the top of the US charts this weekend, earning $73 million and knocking Transformers: Age Of Extinction from the throne. Dawn’s success topped the last Apes film, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, which opened to $54.8 million back in 2011, and shows every sign of besting its overall gross. The movie also bested expectations, which had predicted somewhere in the $60 million region. The future of the series seems assured, and we’re certain 20th Century Fox will be prodding an exhausted Matt Reeves about getting to work on the next film as soon as possible. As for Transformers, Michael Bay won’t be too worried, even with a 55% drop in its third weekend. With massive overseas success and an additional $16.5 million in the Stateside bank this weekend and the title of highest-grossing film worldwide for 2014 so far in the bag, Age Of Extinction is hardly embarrassing the franchise. Melissa McCarthy’s Tammy fell to third place, earning $12.9 million for a current $57.3 million US total. Given the film’s $20 million budget, it’s doing fine despite scathing reviews. 22 Jump Street is a much bigger smash, however, dropping just one place to fourth despite being in the charts five weeks and adding $6.7 million for an impressive $171.9 million total to date. It’s well ahead of the first film’s $138.4 million and may make more than that movie did globally with just its Stateside take. In fifth place, we find How To Train Your Dragon 2 gliding with the currents and holding steady with $5.8 million this weekend. Earth To Echo also held its place at sixth, taking home $5.5 million and $24.5 million so far.Deliver US From Evil continued to struggle, falling from its fourth place launch to seventh with $4.7 million. Maleficent slipped down on place, adding $4.1 million, while Begin Again expanded its release pattern and leapt into the top 10 at ninth with $2.9 million. The music-fuelled indie has earned $5.2 million to date and is likely hoping for a word-of-mouth run to rival Jon Favreau’s Chef. And at 10th, Jersey Boys still couldn’t quite connect with audiences, earning $2.5 million.

How To Create Your Dragon: The Inspirations Behind The Creatures

DreamWorks' animator reveals the ingredients for the movie's dragons Simon Otto is DreamWorks Animation's Head Of Character Animation for the How To Train Your Dragon series, and a thoroughly nice man too. Speaking to him at DreamWorks' Los Angeles HQ back in February, we asked about the "ingredients" that make up different dragons, and he sent us his notes on what makes each wyrm so wonderful. But before you begin assembling your very own out of yoghurt pots and IKEA bins, read his thoughts on how the monster mish-mash idea first came out... "All of our dragons' character designs and behaviors are essentially constructed through mixing and matching of interesting characteristics that we discovered in the animal world or in objects with character that surround us. It wasn’t necessarily dominating the design conversation per se, but when it came to really nailing down the characters’ behavior / identity, and trying to find what made them entertaining, we researched all of those things that inspired us and studied them in great detail."

"Toothless is a cross between a black panther, a bat and and a small bird of prey. He also has some snake influences in his design and his behavior is a mixture of cat, dog, horse and a whole lot of other odd animals, such as wombats, kangaroos etc." "Stormfly is a cross between an ostrich, a T-Rex and different kinds of parrots. When we animate the Deadly Nadder, we mainly emote through body language and head angles. We keep his facial range limited. You will find that you can convey a lot through using just the right head angle changes, eye darts and posture adjustments. We think of him as a bird that is always on alert. He is constantly adjusting his vantage point with quick head movements, just like a chicken or a parrot. This helps to sell his bird like qualities, and his sense of alertness." "Meatlug is a cross between a pit-bull, a crocodile, a Harley-Davidson and a helicopter." "Skullcrusher is a cross between a rhino, a truffle pig, a dung beetle, a jackhammer and a battleaxe. Skullcrusher is Stoick's trusted tracking dragon and he is always on; always ready to follow a scent or go into battle. His body is well suited for digging; it's square and muscular, particularly around the shoulders and neck, with a low centre of gravity. Its massive weight is supported with short and stout legs that are keeping the battleaxe-shaped muzzle close to the ground. Nothing can stand in its way when it's following a scent: entire rock formations are cracked open, forests get bulldozed over, even other dragons are rolled aside to make a clear path. Once it picks up a scent, it trails it stubbornly. It either rolls obstacles out of the way or it just splits them in half. As it starts digging, it stands on its hind feet for a split second and then throws all its might behind its head and smashes it into the ground with full force, like an ibex or a musk ox fighting off a rival." "Barf and Belch are influenced by cobras in the way their head and tail movements are fluid and mesmerising, but they walk more like horned lizards or komodo dragons." "Cloudjumper is a cross between a grey owl, a Great Dane, a vampire bat and an X-wing star fighter. With its regal appearance, Cloudjumper combines dignity, strength and elegance with great size and a powerful, muscular body. This proud dragon has well-developed senses of smell and hearing. However, it's the eyesight that makes a Cloudjumper an unbeatable stalker. Most of its day is spent on the lookout. It usually positions itself on top of a large tree or a rock formation at dusk to start its stalking ritual. During this time its body remains completely motionless. Its head, eyes and muzzle plates, on the other hand, are following every event that takes place within a radius of 10 miles. Once it has locked in on a target, this expert aviator leaves its victim no chance. Silently, it approaches its prey, then once at close range and at top speed, it suddenly deploys an extra set of wings, which helps it to stabilize its glide. It then extends its massive claws to grab a hold of the prize. Skyscreamers, Cloudjumpers' breed, usually hunt at night, but many have seen this dragon kill during daytime." "The Bewilderbeast is a cross between a mammoth, an otter and a regal lion." "Grump is a cross between a walrus, a tadpole, an old bulldog and a trash bin. Grump is Gobber's dragon and workshop companion, tasked with keeping the forge fire going. Contrary to Skullcrusher, this lazy slug of a dragon is hard to keep awake, even when in flight. He's sort of useless, but he does serve as a handy travel trash bin." "Hookfang is our most classic looking dragon. He really represents the basic image that people have of a dragon and we felt that in the first movie we needed to satisfy that expectation in order for us to be able to make a movie about dragons. He has some influences from bats in the way he walks and flies and some snake-like clues can be found in his behavior

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