tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216901832024-03-08T03:28:46.239-05:00Apocalypto Watch - News & Rumors About Mel Gibson's Next MovieYour source for News & Rumors about Mel Gibson's next movie.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-65616159447613680472007-05-16T20:26:00.000-04:002007-05-16T20:30:39.674-04:00How to get your copy of Apocalypto on DVD, VHS & More!<div align="center"><strong>Apocalypto on DVD:</strong><br /><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=ednpejdjcd-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000NOKFHQ&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&amp;amp;amp;amp;lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><strong>Apocalypto on VHS:</strong><br /><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=ednpejdjcd-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00005JP0S&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&amp;amp;amp;amp;lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><strong>Apocalypto on Blu-ray:</strong><br /><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=ednpejdjcd-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000NQQ4ME&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&amp;amp;amp;amp;lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><p align="center"><strong>Apocalypto's soundtrack:<br /></strong><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=ednpejdjcd-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000K7UH3S&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1170529225944265712007-02-03T13:52:00.000-05:002007-02-03T14:00:25.976-05:00Apocalypto update - Feb. 3rdThe latest <em>Apocalypto </em>news!<br /><p>"NRKrieg1" gives us some updated release dates:</p><blockquote><p>Belgium 7 March 2007 (Release Date Change)<br />Turkey 23 March 2007 (New Release)<br />Venezuela 13 Apirl 2007 (New Release)</p></blockquote>Aitsa sends in his praise:<br /><blockquote>I am 19 years old, from Greece and I have seen a lot of movies.The only think I want to say is that the movie was simply perfect. Rudy Youngblood was somethng more than an amazing actor.Dalia Hernadez. I liked her, too.As far as the little boy concerned, I cant express with words how cute it was. Mel,and the rest of you, congratulations. You did a great job.</blockquote>Apocalypto has been nominated for 3 oscars! Makeup, sound editing and sound mixing...<br /><br />Linda sends us this tip:<br /><blockquote>This website has three Mel interviews by Richard Wilkins for the Australian Today Show on Apocalypto. Mel looks very, very relaxed.<br /><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?t=m164" target="_blank">http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?t=m164</a></blockquote>Linda also tells us that Mel attended the Mexico premier recently:<br /><blockquote><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/12012007/344/gibson-attend-mexican-premiere.html" target="_blank">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/12012007/344/gibson-attend-mexican-premiere.html</a><br /><br />Apocalypto has been nominated for a 'Film not in the English Language' for the UK BAFTA Awards to be televised in the UK on Feb 11th.</blockquote>She also sends along this link:<br /><blockquote>Go to this Australian Website for a podcast interview with Apocalypto's Director of Photography Dean Semmler. The interviewer is Julie Rigg.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/movietime/stories/2007/1821594.htm" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/movietime/stories/2007/1821594.htm" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/rn/movietime/stories/2007/1821594.htm</a></blockquote>Apocalypto topped the UK Box Office on its opening weekend:<br /><blockquote>This website verifies Apocalypto Topping UK Box Office Opening Weekend with $1.3M.<br /><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6242963.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6242963.stm</a><br /><br />From Box Office Mojo, Italy did even better this opening weekend with $3.1M.</blockquote>That's all for now, but more to come soon!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Technorati Tags: </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/apocalypto"><span style="font-size:85%;">Apocalypto</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mel%20gibson"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mel Gibson</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/james%20horner"><span style="font-size:85%;">James Horner</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/rudy%20youngblood"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rudy Youngblood</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mauricio%20amuy%20tenorio"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mauricio Amuy Tenorio</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/raoul%20trujillo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Raoul Trujillo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mayra%20serbulo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mayra Serbulo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/dalia%20hernandez"><span style="font-size:85%;">Dalia Hernandez</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/gerardo%20taracena"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gerardo Taracena</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/roger%20friedman"><span style="font-size:85%;">Roger Friedman</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/todd%20mccarthy"><span style="font-size:85%;">Todd McCarthy</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/tony%20medley"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tony Medley</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1167885477394740312007-01-03T23:27:00.001-05:002007-01-03T23:37:57.420-05:00Apocalypto update - Jan. 4thMuch Apocalypto happenings ... here's the latest!<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>From Carinya, our Japanese <em>Apocalypto </em>contact [<a href="http://www.mel-at-carinya.com/">visit her website here</a>]:</li></ul><blockquote><p>"I'd like to inform you of the UK mag, Total Film, Feb 2007 issue. It features Mel on the cover and has an interview-based five-page article. A very good one. The perfect cover photo is here: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/iimgdata/large/0814889.jpg" target="_blank">http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/iimgdata/large/0814889.jpg</a>"</p></blockquote><ul><li>Nathan informs us that Dec. 28th was the <em>Apocalypto </em>release date for Israel.</li><li>Linda sends this tip along:</li></ul><blockquote><p>"Here is a very good interview of Mel by Michael Medved about Apocalypto. The podcast can be found by scrolling down to December 15th. Mel sounds great - very relaxed: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=4&ContentGuid=f368c22b-d40d-47d8-a8f1-c8f04b9ab24c" target="_blank">http://www.townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=4&ContentGuid=f368c22b-d40d-47d8-a8f1-c8f04b9ab24c</a>"</p><p>Linda also tells us: "This is a good piece by Ed Driscoll on the Variety's (stretching the truth) biased article that said Apocalypto's box office was heading into oblivion: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://eddiscoll.com/archives/010135.php" target="_blank">http://eddiscoll.com/archives/010135.php</a>"</p></blockquote><ul><li>Louise tells us that Apocalypto was the surprise box office winner in Russia.</li></ul><br />Now that the Holiday Season is over we will return to regularly-updating you on all the Apocalypto-related news. Stay tuned and keep the tips coming! Thank you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1167885447572446722007-01-03T23:27:00.000-05:002007-01-03T23:37:55.980-05:00Apocalypto update - Jan. 3rdMuch Apocalypto happenings ... here's the latest!<br /><br /><ul><li>From Carinya, our Japanese <em>Apocalypto </em>contact [<a href="http://www.mel-at-carinya.com/">visit her website here</a>]:</li></ul><blockquote><p>"I'd like to inform you of the UK mag, Total Film, Feb 2007 issue. It features Mel on the cover and has an interview-based five-page article. A very good one. The perfect cover photo is here: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/iimgdata/large/0814889.jpg" target="_blank">http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/iimgdata/large/0814889.jpg</a>"</p></blockquote><ul><li>Nathan informs us that Dec. 28th was the <em>Apocalypto </em>release date for Israel.</li><li>Linda sends this tip along:</li></ul><blockquote><p>"Here is a very good interview of Mel by Michael Medved about Apocalypto. The podcast can be found by scrolling down to December 15th. Mel sounds great - very relaxed: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=4&ContentGuid=f368c22b-d40d-47d8-a8f1-c8f04b9ab24c" target="_blank">http://www.townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=4&ContentGuid=f368c22b-d40d-47d8-a8f1-c8f04b9ab24c</a>"</p><p>Linda also tells us: "This is a good piece by Ed Driscoll on the Variety's (stretching the truth) biased article that said Apocalypto's box office was heading into oblivion: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://eddiscoll.com/archives/010135.php" target="_blank">http://eddiscoll.com/archives/010135.php</a>"</p></blockquote><ul><li>Louise tells us that Apocalypto was the surprise box office winner in Russia.</li></ul>Now that the Holiday Season is over we will return to regularly-updating you on all the Apocalypto-related news. Stay tuned and keep the tips coming! Thank you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1166502825658920352006-12-18T23:24:00.000-05:002006-12-18T23:33:45.680-05:00Apocalypto News Roundup: December 18All the latest <em>Apocalypto</em> news:<br /><ul><li>Release dates for Denmark (19 January) and Sweden (23 February) - Thanks Nathan!</li></ul><p>A whole series of links from Antonius Bloch:</p><blockquote><p>Good stuff on Rudy (and all the injuries he endured while making the film, never complaining or letting Mel know about it because he was so grateful for the part): <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.pr-inside.com/apocalypto-star-braves-multiple-injuries-r32404.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pr-inside.com/apocalypto-star-braves-multiple-injuries-r32404.htm</a><br /><br />And "according to Rudy's publicist, Michelle Shining Elk, he's did an interview with People Magazine on Dec 12, and Entertainment Weekly will have air a feature on him this week": <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.temple-telegram.com/story/local/2006/12/12/36779" target="_blank">http://www.temple-telegram.com/story/local/2006/12/12/36779</a><br /><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.worldmag.com/articles/12525" target="_blank">http://www.worldmag.com/articles/12525</a> -- Very good review from a Christian magazine</p><p>There's a very cool podcast interview with Mel from a Denver ABC affiliate. It's a really laid back interview, very positive and Mel is informal and at his best (very comfortable, good questions).<br /><br />Check it out if you want . . . <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/columnists/10542059/detail.html" target="_blank">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/columnists/10542059/detail.html</a></p><p>Another review: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/articles/061218crci_cinema" target="_blank">http://www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/articles/061218crci_cinema</a></p><p>A new interview is out with Kurt Loder and Mel Gibson. It's actually pretty good if you want to check it out: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1548104/20061214/story.jhtml" target="_blank">http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1548104/20061214/story.jhtml</a></p></blockquote>More links from Linda:<br /><blockquote>This website at Foxnews has a Sean Hannity 3 part interview on video with Mel that was done within the last couple of days. It's fantastic.<br /><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/index.html</a><br /><br />Here are four new article/interviews Mel has done about Apocalypto. All very good.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/10542059/detail.html?rss=" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/10542059/detail.html?rss=bos&psp=news" target="_blank" psp="news">http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/10542059/detail.html?rss=bos&psp=news</a><br /><br /><a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/film_nm/apocalypto_dc_3" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/film_nm/apocalypto_dc_3" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/film_nm/apocalypto_dc_3</a><br /><br /><a title="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=17956" target="_blank">http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=17956</a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1548104/12142006/story.jhtml" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1548104/12142006/story.jhtml" target="_blank">http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1548104/12142006/story.jhtml</a></blockquote>"Anineutrino" gives us this scoop:<br /><blockquote>Footage from the Apocalypto scoring sessions can be<br />found at Tony Hinnigans homepage:<br /><br /><a href="http://media.tonyhinnigan.net/movies/ApocalyptoSessions2006.wmv">http://media.tonyhinnigan.net/movies/ApocalyptoSessions2006.wmv</a><br />(112 MB)</blockquote>We'll be keeping you up-to-date on all the most recent Apocalypto news in the coming weeks! Many thanks to our generous contributors!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Technorati Tags: </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/apocalypto"><span style="font-size:85%;">Apocalypto</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mel%20gibson"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mel Gibson</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/james%20horner"><span style="font-size:85%;">James Horner</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/rudy%20youngblood"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rudy Youngblood</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mauricio%20amuy%20tenorio"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mauricio Amuy Tenorio</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/raoul%20trujillo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Raoul Trujillo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mayra%20serbulo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mayra Serbulo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/dalia%20hernandez"><span style="font-size:85%;">Dalia Hernandez</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/gerardo%20taracena"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gerardo Taracena</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/roger%20friedman"><span style="font-size:85%;">Roger Friedman</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/todd%20mccarthy"><span style="font-size:85%;">Todd McCarthy</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/tony%20medley"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tony Medley</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1166126319087924432006-12-14T14:56:00.000-05:002006-12-14T14:58:39.110-05:00Apocalypto nominated for Golden GlobeApocalypto has been nominated for the Foreign Language Golden Globe! Read more <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/14/D8M0LPE80.html"><strong>here</strong></a>. Other contenders include "Letters from Iwo Jima," "The Lives of Others," "Pan's Labyrinth," and "Volver."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165967432712697242006-12-12T18:48:00.000-05:002006-12-12T18:50:32.736-05:00Apocalypto stays on top!<em>Apocalypto</em> continues to be the <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-12-11&p=.htm">#1 movie in America</a>, and you've stumbled upon the #1 fansite for it! So stay tuned for all the latest news and rumors, submit your tips and comments via email ("apocalyptowatch [at] gmail.com") and voice your opinion in the comment boxes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165894789256146732006-12-11T22:38:00.000-05:002006-12-12T18:44:05.330-05:00An unlikely star of Apocalypto: Scooter the Tapir<a href="http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/img/tapirs-in-media/apocalypto/apocalypto-scoot-jb-mg_sm.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/img/tapirs-in-media/apocalypto/apocalypto-scoot-jb-mg_sm.jpg" border="0" /></a>The picture really says it all, but here's a little bit more to convince you to <a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:OaI72bzTcwwJ:www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/news/interviews/apocalypto-interview.html+apocalypto+tapir&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1">read the story</a> [Google cache]:<br /><br /><em>Not since a brief opening scene in Stanley Kubrik's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, has a tapir made a memorable screen appearance, albeit brief--if you blink, you miss it. An unprecedented opportunity presented itself with Mel Gibson's film Apocalypto, an epic and action-packed film which depicts a moment in Mexico's Mayan cultural history. Scooter, an agreeable and charismatic male Baird's tapir from Zoo Leon in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico may just become the (animal) star of this film. Zoo Leon General Curator Richard Sheffield and veterinarian Jesus Barroso describe how their zoo's beloved tapir became a cast member of this much anticipated movie. </em><a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:OaI72bzTcwwJ:www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/news/interviews/apocalypto-interview.html+apocalypto+tapir&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1">[Read More! - Google cache]</a><br /><br />Thanks to AW Reader <strong>Antonius Bloch</strong> for the tip!<br /><br /><strong>Update: </strong>The page appears to have been taken down, but you can still read the Google cached version <a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:OaI72bzTcwwJ:www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/news/interviews/apocalypto-interview.html+apocalypto+tapir&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1">here</a> or above at the links provided.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165893303878863722006-12-11T22:09:00.000-05:002006-12-11T22:15:03.893-05:00Final numbers: Apocalypto makes 15m opening weekend!<a href="http://images.boxofficemojo.com/images/apocalypto_spotlight2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://images.boxofficemojo.com/images/apocalypto_spotlight2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Final numbers from <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/">BoxOfficeMojo</a> (thanks Louise!):<br /><ul><li><strong>Apocalypto - $15.0 million</strong></li><li>Happy Feet - $12.9 million</li><li>The Holiday - $12.7 million</li></ul><p>More from the Associated Press <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_en_ot/box_office_11">here</a>. More analysis from BoxOfficeMojo <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/">here</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165787112722230712006-12-10T16:42:00.000-05:002006-12-11T22:16:16.830-05:00Apocalypto international release datesHere are the international release dates we've been able to find so far for <em>Apocalypto</em>:<br /><ul><li>Germany 14 December 2006 </li><li>Russia 14 December 2006 </li><li>Estonia 22 December 2006 </li><li>Latvia 22 December 2006 </li><li>Hungary 28 December 2006 </li><li>Poland 29 December 2006 </li><li>Italy 5 January 2007 </li><li>Switzerland 5 January 2007 (Italian speaking region) </li><li>UK 5 January 2007 </li><li>France 10 January 2007 </li><li>Switzerland 10 January 2007 (French speaking region) </li><li>Australia 11 January 2007 </li><li>Netherlands 11 January 2007 </li><li>Switzerland 11 January 2007 (German speaking region) </li><li>Iceland 12 January 2007 </li><li>Belgium 17 January 2007 </li><li>Spain 19 January 2007 </li><li>Brazil 26 January 2007 </li><li>Finland 26 January 2007 </li><li>Norway 26 January 2007 </li><li>Argentina 1 February 2007 </li><li>Hong Kong 1 February 2007 </li><li>South Korea 15 February 2007 </li></ul><p><strong>Update: </strong>We missed one (thanks Nathan!):</p><ul><li>Singapore Thursday 18 January 2007</li></ul><p>Source: <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0472043/releaseinfo">IMDB</a>.</p><p>If we've missed any, please email us. Thanks!</p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Technorati Tags: </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/apocalypto"><span style="font-size:85%;">Apocalypto</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mel%20gibson"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mel Gibson</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/james%20horner"><span style="font-size:85%;">James Horner</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/rudy%20youngblood"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rudy Youngblood</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mauricio%20amuy%20tenorio"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mauricio Amuy Tenorio</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/raoul%20trujillo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Raoul Trujillo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mayra%20serbulo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mayra Serbulo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/dalia%20hernandez"><span style="font-size:85%;">Dalia Hernandez</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/gerardo%20taracena"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gerardo Taracena</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/roger%20friedman"><span style="font-size:85%;">Roger Friedman</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/todd%20mccarthy"><span style="font-size:85%;">Todd McCarthy</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/tony%20medley"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tony Medley</span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165786913453329852006-12-10T16:39:00.000-05:002006-12-10T16:41:53.486-05:00Apocalypto roars into No. 1 spot!Apocalypto is taking over!<br /><br /><em>Gibson's "</em><em>Apocalypto</em><em>" is the number-one movie this weekend, raking in more than $14 million, according to studio estimates.</em> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235762,00.html">[More.]</a><br /><br />Apocalypto has made about 14.2 million this weekend, exceeding Disney estimates and hopes. Strong word-of-mouth should ensure it remains strong in the box office in the coming weeks...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165727771013283602006-12-10T00:04:00.000-05:002006-12-10T00:16:11.026-05:00Apocalypto Mobile store goes live!<a href="http://content.ecms.proteus.com/content/preview/37/07/webprev/Apocalypto-12/Apocalypto-12_webprev.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://content.ecms.proteus.com/content/preview/37/07/webprev/Apocalypto-12/Apocalypto-12_webprev.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://apocalyptowatch.blogspot.com/2006/11/apocalypto-mobile-store-coming-soon.html">As earlier reported</a>, <em>Apocalytpo </em>has a <a href="http://www.apocalyptomobile.com/">mobile store</a>, and it just went live!<br /><br />Right now they have several mobile phone wallpapers available. You can also specify what phone you have to find more <em>Apocalypto </em>content.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.apocalyptomobile.com/">Check it out!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165686692379999882006-12-09T12:49:00.000-05:002006-12-09T12:51:32.396-05:00Apocalypto set to have bigger opening weekend than Braveheart!Deadline Hollywood reports:<br /><br /><em>Call it a Hollywood shocker: <u>Mel's Apocalypto will have a bigger weekend opening than his Braveheart.</u> Despite scandal, an R-rating, subtitles because of an ancient dialect, no stars, and direct competition from movieland AAA-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, Gibson's Mayan epic won Friday's matinees and evenings, I'm told. At first, box office gurus were warning me that the weekend victor among very competitive films all opening against each other would be too close to call. But now I've learned it looks certain that Disney's Apocalypto will win the weekend -- bearing out my reporting back on December 1st </em><em>that early tracking</em><em> showed Mel's movie (playing in 2,465 theaters) would edge ahead. I'm told Mel's movie took in $4.9 million Friday, with the best per screen average of the top movies at $1,988, for what's expected to be at least a $12 mil, and possibly a $14 mil, weekend total. That easily beats Mel's Braveheart... </em><a href="http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/mel-wins-friday-matinees-apocalypto-1-camerons-the-holiday-2-leos-blood-diamond-3/">[Read more.]</a><br /><br />More statistics on Friday's opening box office take <strong><a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-12-08&p=.htm">here</a></strong> at BoxOfficeMojo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165615090041986732006-12-08T23:59:00.000-05:002006-12-08T17:58:14.206-05:00What everyone needs to know about Apocalypto<a href="http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1159012/photo_01_thumb.jpg"></a>For everyone deciding if they will go see <em>Apocalypto </em>in theaters this weekend, here is an exaustive faq we've put together:<br /><ul><li>The critical consensus: "Apocalypto is a brilliantly filmed, if mercilessly bloody, examination of a once great civilization." <span style="font-size:85%;">[</span><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/apocalypto/about.php#consensus"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rotten Tomatoes</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">]<em></em></span></li><li><em>Apocalypto</em> is rated "<strong>R</strong>"<strong> </strong>for "sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images."</li><li><em>Apocalypto's </em>running time is <strong>2 hours & 18 minutes</strong>.</li><li><em>Apocalypto's </em><strong>movie trailer </strong>is viewable <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/apocalypto/">here</a>.</li><li><em>Apocalypto's </em>website is <a href="http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/">here</a>.</li><li><em>Apocalytpo </em>has been receiving many rave reviews, <a href="http://apocalyptowatch.blogspot.com/2006/12/metacritic-sampling-of-apocalypto.html">here</a> is a partial list of them. <em>Apocalypto</em> is currently the highest rated opening movie at <em>Rotten Tomatoes. </em></li><li>We recommend booking your tickets <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809249345/info">here</a> at Yahoo! movies (non-endorsed suggestion).</li><li>The hero of <em>Apocalypto, </em>Jaguar Paw, is played by <a href="http://apocalyptowatch.blogspot.com/2006/03/who-is-rudy-youngblood.html"><em>Rudy Youngblood</em></a><em>. </em>For more information, visit his website <a href="http://www.rudyyoungblood.com/">here</a>.</li><li>For more information on the latest <em>Apocalytpo </em>news, refresh this page or scroll our sidebar. </li></ul><p>Thanks and enjoy <em>Apocalypto </em>if you decide to go see it! - <em>The ApocalyptoWatch Staff</em></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165618886941046632006-12-08T17:59:00.000-05:002006-12-08T18:01:26.943-05:00Apocalypto wins friday matinee wars at the box office!DeadlineHollywood reports: <em>"FRIDAY 2 PM: Call it a Hollywood shocker. Despite scandal, an R-rating, subtitles because of an ancient dialect, no stars, and direct competition from movieland AAA-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, Mel Gibson's Apocalypto won today's matinees this opening weekend, I'm told."</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>"Apocalypto has been garnering great reviews and tracking especially strong with college kids, specifically young men aged 18-to-24."</em> <a href="http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/mel-wins-friday-matinees-apocalypto-1-camerons-the-holiday-2-leos-blood-diamond-3/">[Read more.]</a><br /><br />We'll be keep track of the numbers...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165618744501662912006-12-08T17:58:00.000-05:002006-12-08T17:59:04.500-05:00"'Apocalypto' a box office wild card" - VarietyFrom <em>Variety: "</em>Are moviegoers ready for Mel? The biggest wild card at this weekend's box office is Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto." <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117955277.html?categoryid=13&cs=1">[Read more...]</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165613105201422202006-12-08T16:22:00.000-05:002006-12-08T16:30:11.130-05:00Mel Gibson on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno<div align="center"><a href="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061208/i/r3026722284.jpg?x=380&y=255&sig=oAodwKyaSw2.toTSKRXLGQ--"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061208/i/r3026722284.jpg?x=380&y=255&sig=oAodwKyaSw2.toTSKRXLGQ--" border="0" /></a> "Director Mel Gibson (L) discusses his new film 'Apocalypto' with talk show host Jay Leno during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' at the NBC studios in Burbank, California, December 7, 2006, in this publicity photograph released by NBC December 8. The film which opens in the U.S. December 8, 2006, is about the Maya kingdom as it faces its decline. Chris Hason/NBC UNIVERSAL/Handout (UNITED STATES) "</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">More news as it comes in ... the <em>AW</em> webmasters have seen the movie and love it!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><strong>Update: </strong>More about what they talked about in the interview <a href="http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3596454">here</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165552932046084792006-12-07T23:36:00.000-05:002006-12-07T23:45:45.273-05:00Metacritic sampling of Apocalypto reviews<a href="http://www.apocalyptowatch.com/pics/onesheetsidebar.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.apocalyptowatch.com/pics/onesheetsidebar.jpg" border="0" /></a>From <em><a href="http://www.metacritic.com/">Metacritic.com</a></em>:<br /><ul><li><strong>100 </strong><em>Variety</em> (Todd McCarthy)<br />Mel Gibson is always good for a surprise, and his latest is that Apocalypto is a remarkable film. Set in the waning days of the Mayan civilization, the picture provides a trip to a place one's never been, offering hitherto unseen sights of exceptional vividness and power. <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932232.html?categoryid=31&cs=1">[More.]</a></li><li><strong>100 </strong><em>LA Weekly</em> (Scott Foundas)<br />For those of us who prefer to judge Gibson solely in terms of his art, the movie is a virtuosic piece of action cinema -- particularly in its second half...And while there has been no shortage of recent films that decry the horrors of war and man's inhumanity to his fellow man, I know of none other quite this sickeningly powerful. <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/apocalypto-the-passion-of-mel/15169/">[More.]</a></li><li><strong>91 </strong><em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</em> (William Arnold)<br />For all its excesses, it's an absorbing, disturbing, savagely beautiful "trip" movie, and an extraordinary -- perhaps even outrageous -- personal vision of the one A-list filmmaker who truly deserves the adjective "maverick." <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/295116_apocalypto08q.html">[More.]</a><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/295116_apocalypto08q.html" target="_blank"></a></li><li><strong>90 </strong><em>Washington Post</em> (Stephen Hunter)<br />Gibson may not be much of a deep thinker, but he's a heck of a storyteller. Apocalypto turns out to be not a case of Montezuma's revenge but of Gibson's: It's something entirely unexpected, a sinewy, taut poem of action. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1120673&categories=Movies&nm=1">[More.]</a></li><li><strong>88 </strong><em>Rolling Stone</em> (Peter Travers)<br />Gibson has made a film of blunt provocation and bruising beauty. <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/9387680/review/12626008/apocalypto">[More.]</a></li><li><strong>80 </strong><em>Wall Street Journal</em> (Joe Morgenstern)<br />By the end I felt sure it was the most obsessively, graphically violent film I'd ever seen, but equally sure that Apocalypto is a visionary work with its own wild integrity. And absolutely, positively convinced that seeing it once is enough for one lifetime. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116553281654943977.html">[More.]</a></li><li><strong>80 </strong><em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> (Kirk Honeycutt)<br />The guy knows how to make a heart-pounding movie; he just happens to be a cinematic sadist. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=FySgBSB1sBcdLDGQhp6TVSNz5fGvbnQTgMBtxygLtXcDt6zq5tsq!-720130996&&rid=8474">[More.]</a></li><li><strong>80 </strong><em>Newsweek</em> (David Ansen)<br />The film is mostly successful in transporting the viewer to another age: the costumes, the body markings, the fierce Mayan masks, all feel right. And keeping the dialogue in subtitles was a smart move. Even better are the faces, which never fail to fascinate. But for all the anthropological research that went into the movie, what is Apocalypto trying to say? <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16008892/site/newsweek/">[More.]</a><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16008892/site/newsweek/" target="_blank"></a></li></ul><em>Apocalypto</em> currently has the highest average review rating of any major movie premiering this Friday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165552430372539662006-12-07T23:32:00.000-05:002006-12-07T23:34:17.383-05:00Roger Moore declares about Apocalypto: "I'd pay to see that."<a href="http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/photogallery/2006-12/26727222.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/photogallery/2006-12/26727222.jpg" border="0" /></a>From the Orlando Sentinel:<br /><br /><em>Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" passes the only movie test that's important. It's the "I'd pay to see that" test. As in: "A blood-spattered jungle chase epic set at the end of the Mayan Empire? I'd pay to see that."</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>It's a movie that spares no effort to take us to a place and time we haven't been before. Mel's latest history lesson is a parable about ignorance, environmental degradation, senseless sacrifice and religious fanaticism. He's made a big film about the collapse of Mayan civilization, but he's talking about our own.</em> <a href="http://www.ctnow.com/movies/reviews/hce-apocalpytorev.artdec08,0,5950466.story?coll=hce-headlines-entertainment">[Read the full review.]</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165551440180619572006-12-07T23:16:00.000-05:002006-12-07T23:17:20.180-05:00Apocalypto to be released in 2,465 theaters... according to <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/">BoxOfficeMojo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165551304438651582006-12-07T23:13:00.000-05:002006-12-07T23:15:04.436-05:00RT Consensus: "Brilliantly filmed, if a bit bloody."The full <em>Rotten Tomatoes </em>critical consensus: "<em>Apocalypto </em>is a brilliantly filmed, if mercilessly bloody, examination of a once great civilization." <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/apocalypto/about.php#consensus">[source.]</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165550904201932712006-12-07T23:05:00.000-05:002006-12-07T23:10:52.536-05:00Quentin Tarantino praises Apocalypto<a href="http://www.nypress.com/19/49/film/apocalypto2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.nypress.com/19/49/film/apocalypto2.jpg" border="0" /></a>From the New York Press:<br /><br /><em>Mel Gibson's press whipping for The Passion of the Christ was like no other movie vilification seen in my lifetime. In Hollywood history, the closest equivalent might have been the campaign launched against Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, but even then the critics, at least, rescued Welles as an artist. The unfairness of the attack on Gibson was brought to light when Quentin Tarantino - of all people, God bless him - in an L.A. Weekly interview with John Powers, stood up, proclaiming: "I think it actually is one of the most brilliant visual storytelling movies I've seen since the talkies - as far as telling a story in pictures. So much so that when I was watching this movie, I turned to a friend and said, 'This is such a Herculean leap of Mel Gibson's talent. I think divine intervention might be part of it.'" </em><a href="http://www.nypress.com/19/49/film/ArmondWhite.cfm">[Read the full interview.]</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Technorati Tags: </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/apocalypto"><span style="font-size:85%;">Apocalypto</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mel%20gibson"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mel Gibson</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/james%20horner"><span style="font-size:85%;">James Horner</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/rudy%20youngblood"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rudy Youngblood</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mauricio%20amuy%20tenorio"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mauricio Amuy Tenorio</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/raoul%20trujillo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Raoul Trujillo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mayra%20serbulo"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mayra Serbulo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/dalia%20hernandez"><span style="font-size:85%;">Dalia Hernandez</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/gerardo%20taracena"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gerardo Taracena</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/roger%20friedman"><span style="font-size:85%;">Roger Friedman</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/todd%20mccarthy"><span style="font-size:85%;">Todd McCarthy</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/tony%20medley"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tony Medley</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165550671695598182006-12-07T22:51:00.000-05:002006-12-07T23:05:21.930-05:00Apocalypto hits screens tomorrow!So let's get the media blitz started!<br /><br />Some important headlines going into Apocalypto's release:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6d42c25ff2b07d3af7bc7f5a44afa0ab">Mayans, miners in culture clash</a></li><li><a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/travel/story.html?id=34d676ce-0df9-47af-b3ea-61a2cf94b6ce&k=18164">Maya excited by first feature in their language but wary of Mel Gibson's take</a> - AP</li><li><a href="http://www.gambling911.com/Apocalypto-Weekend-120706.html">Apocalypto Will Take in Over $13.5 mil Opening Weekend Say Oddsmakers</a> [sounds like a low estimate to us ...]</li><li><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061207/NEWS99/61207052">Gibson's 'Apocalypto' is bloody and brilliant</a> - Detroit Free Press</li></ul><p>More coverage to follow...</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165448019708724932006-12-06T18:31:00.000-05:002006-12-06T18:33:39.710-05:00Mel Gibson: Apocalypto's "biggest asset and biggest problem"<a href="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061204/capt.71b68c8f8618401a85b07cd8a6cb3885.film_apocalypto_la302.jpg?x=380&y=251&sig=4blSr.ltNfke4zorQAK7lQ--"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 380px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061204/capt.71b68c8f8618401a85b07cd8a6cb3885.film_apocalypto_la302.jpg?x=380&y=251&sig=4blSr.ltNfke4zorQAK7lQ--" border="0" /></a>The Associated Press reports:<br /><br /><em>"Apocalypto'' arrives in theaters Friday with an incongruous challenge - its auteur, Mel Gibson, is both its biggest asset and biggest problem. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Gibson, 50, is coming off two major hits: the phenomenal, $370 million success of his religious epic, ``The Passion of the Christ,'' and the scandalous, anti-Semitic rant he spewed after a drunk-driving arrest in July. </em><br /><br /><em>The question is: which hit will prove more powerful? Will moviegoers turn their backs on him or will they turn out at the box-office?</em> <a href="http://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story/0,,-6262839,00.html">[Read the full article.]</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21690183.post-1165447838778292962006-12-06T18:27:00.000-05:002006-12-06T18:31:15.936-05:00Hollywood Records releases Apocalypto soundtrack<a href="http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/07/948207.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/07/948207.jpg" border="0" /></a>The press release:<br /><br /><em>Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has created the year's most anticipated cinema event with his awe- inspiring epic action-adventure "Apocalypto." Reflecting the film's dramatic sweep is Oscar-winning composer James Horner's evocative score. Hollywood Records is set to release the "Apocalypto" soundtrack CD on December 5 while the film from Touchstone Pictures in association with Icon Productions arrives in theaters everywhere December 8.</em><br /><br /><em>Revered film composer Horner wrote the music for Mel Gibson's directorial debut, "The Man Without a Face," and received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for his score for Gibson's "Braveheart." He has composed over 100 soundtracks including those for "Titanic" (which earned him a pair of Oscars), "A Beautiful Mind," "Field of Dreams," "Apollo 13" and "Aliens." </em><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061206/law083.html?.v=72">[Read the full release.]</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0