POTATO ON THE GO BULLETIN (Movie):
United
International Pictures. together with its Philippine affiliate Solar
Entertainment Corp., one of the country’s leading film distributors,
recently announced its record breaking theatrical gross of PhP 1.6
Billion (and still counting!) in 2011 which they consider as their
biggest year of all time! This was revealed by Solar Entertainment
Corp. President Mr. Wilson Tieng.
Tent-poles
films, which were mostly great sequels, such as Fast and Furious 5,
Kung Fu Panda 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Marvel’s Thor
quickly escalated the gross tallies to 1 billion in the second quarter
of 2011.
With this monumental feat, UIP and Solar also
announced their line-up of movies for the year which also have all the
potential to reach 1 billion this year. These movies are:
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. In the epic retelling of the classic
tale Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays as
the one person in the land fairer than the Evil Queen (Oscar® winner
Charlize Theron) who dispatches the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) to
destroy her. Unknown to the Queen, The Huntsman becomes the protector of
the young woman threatening her reign, training her in the art of war.
Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast
as the prince long enchanted by Snow White's beauty and power. This
breathtaking new twist of the legendary tale is from producers Joe Roth
(Alice in Wonderland), Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed
commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. The upcoming sequel to 2009’s sci-fi-action film
G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, Retaliation continues where Rise of the
Cobra left off. The G.I. Joe team is framed as traitors by Zartan, last
seen disguised as the U.S. President). The Joes gather their numbers to
expose the truth, and stop Cobra. Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Ray
Park, Jonathan Pryce and Lee Byung-hun reprise their roles as Duke,
Zartan, Snake Eyes, The US President, and Storm Shadow, respectively,
with the star addition of Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson.
