Wednesday, May 09, 2007

2007 - year of the trilogy

This year has and will be playing host to the third parts of some epic movie trilogies. Film makers seem keen to try and stretch a trilogy out of their franchises once their first flick has made a decent profit. Trilogies are effective in that they allow a larger story to be developed without elongating it too much. These third parts are good for rounding off a storyline, though doubtless many film directors will attempt a fourth. Ah well there's things to do so I'll cut to the chase and leave you with a list of the trilogy round offs to come this year.

Spiderman 3 - currently in the cinema, featuring Sandman, Venom and the New Goblin

Shrek the Third - The big green thing returns and has to face the responsibilities of being King - out May 18th

Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End - The third part featuring a mission to rescue Jack Sparrow from beyond the grave and the pirates of the world are thrown into a fight for survival - out May 25th

Ocean's Thirteen - George Clooney's team are back and the stakes are higher than ever as they take on Al Paccino - out June 8th

The Bourne Ultimatum
- Matt Damon returns as the amnesiac agent who returns to threaten the CIA with a haunting message - "I remember everything" - out August 3rd

Rush Hour 3 - Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker take a trip to Paris in another crime fighting adventure - out August 10th

Well there ya go, and with second parters like Fantastic Four and 28 weeks later also out soon it looks to be an interesting year at the cinema

Note- trailers courtesy of Apple.

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