http://posterwire.com the movie poster weblog Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:53:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dane Cook Hates My Best Friend's Girl poster In what may turn into an on-going series of celebrities critiquing the movie poster campaigns from their own projects (see director Frank Darabont on The Mist poster), we now have comedian Dane Cook. The comedian recently posted on his MySpace blog about his ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/08/14/dane-cook-movie-poster-critic/ Movie Poster Award Winners The Hollywood Reporter's 37th Annual Key Art Awards were presented June 13th during a ceremony hosted by actor-comedian Jeff Garlin. Highlights of the 2008 Key Art Awards included a "Best in Show" award to The Simpsons Movie in the Print category and No Country for Old Men ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/06/15/2008-key-art-award-winners/ Movie Poster Award Nominees The Hollywood Reporter has announced the nominees for The 37th Annual Key Art Awards. The 2008 Key Art Awards will honor achievements in movie marketing in different categories including film posters, movie trailers, print ads, DVD packaging, new media and more. Film advertising agency BLT & Associates ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/05/20/2008-key-art-awards-nominations/ Foreign Movie Posters Sam Sarowitz (owner of our favorite movie poster art gallery Posteritati) is releasing a new book called Translating Hollywood. The poster book takes a look at the different foreign movie posters for popular films. The book highlights examples of interesting (and somewhat surreal) foreign movie one-sheets from around ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/05/02/translating-hollywood/ Interview video Director Frank Darabont's horror movie The Mist (based on the Stephen King novella) was recently released on DVD. In the film, actor Thomas Jane plays a movie poster illustrator, which has to be a first as far as film character occupations go. The movie poster illustrator as a hero ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/04/04/frank-darabont-on-movie-poster-art/ The Art & Artistry of Richard Amsel To honor the premiere of the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull teaser trailer, we wanted to direct everyone to a new online article about artist Richard Amsel, who illustrated two of the original Raiders of the Lost Ark movie ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/02/14/richard-amsel/ John Alvin: 1948-2008 Famed movie poster illustrator John Alvin has passed away. Here is a statement from his family courtesy of IMPAwards: We mourn the loss of JOHN ALVIN. From Blade Runner to E.T to Beauty and the Beast, John Alvin left behind a legacy of art that will forever be followed, appreciated ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/02/07/john-alvin/ The best movie poster of 2007 We came very close to declaring there was no "best" Movie Poster of the Year for 2007. Our annual pick for the best one-sheet for the year was coming up blank -- there seem to be few choices for great movie posters. Looking at key ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2008/01/11/movie-poster-of-the-year-3/ Drew Struzan Indiana Jones teaser poster Famed movie poster illustrator Drew Struzan returns to the warm embrace of his long-time client Lucasfilm with the release of the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull teaser poster. Struzan last illustrated the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2007/12/14/kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/ Hitman Subway Poster Hitman is the new movie based on the video game franchise of the same name. Timothy Olyphant stars as Agent 47, a barcoded assassin who becomes involved in a Russian political controversy when a hit goes wrong. The Hitman subway poster and outdoor billboards feature Olyphant flanked by co-star ... http://posterwire.com/archives/2007/11/26/packing-heat/