2009 Oscar Pool

The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer

July 3rd, 2008
Written By: Marina Antunes

It’s here. The trailer for the next unnecessary remake has arrived and it’s difficult to tell if this will be any good.

Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, The Day the Earth Stood Still stars Reeves as Klaatu, an alien visitor who comes to earth with a robot called Gort. This is classic sci-fi at its best and although the Robert Wise original still stands up, I am curious to see this new vision of the classic tale, even with it’s multi-million dollar budget and slacked face acting from Reeves, who may just be brilliant casting in the lead role.

The trailer isn’t fantastic quality so it’s hard to tell just how good or bad these effects are but I do like a few of them. I just hope they haven’t gone just for an effects heavy film but have also paid a little attention to the story.

The Day the Earth Stood Still opens on December 12th.

UPDATED with higher quality video.

The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer

6 response about The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer »

  1. The trailer actually looks kind of cool, but to title it “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is a disgrace.

    Did I see Will Smith’s kid in there too for a second?

    Comment by Andrew James — July 3, 2008 @ 11:04 am

  2. Jesus you have good eyes. Yup, that’s Jaden Smith.

    Comment by Marina Antunes — July 3, 2008 @ 12:05 pm

  3. Wow, this looks nothing like the original.

    Comment by Shannon the Movie Moxie — July 3, 2008 @ 9:44 pm

  4. I did my best to fix the poster.

    http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5623/tdtessbh3.jpg

    Comment by Goon — December 11, 2008 @ 10:46 pm

  5. Haha. Nice job Goon!

    Comment by Andrew James — December 11, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

  6. Yie. The man in that poster doesn’t even look like Reeves. Yea, ZERO interest in this wannabe epic, and the poster modification says it all…

    Comment by kurt — December 12, 2008 @ 7:57 am

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