SM Cinema hosts Solar Entertainment-United International Pictures’ Roadshow for 2012 Movies

Solar Entertainment and United International Pictures held a roadshow event on December 12, at The Podium in OrtigasCenter.  The event was attended by several Solar Entertainment officials.  Mr. Wilson Tieng, president of Solar Entertainment, took the opportunity to thank the guests for helping make some films distributed by Solar Entertainment-UIP a huge success, with Transformers: Dark of the Moon becoming the Philippines’ 2^nd biggest film of all time and Kung Fu Panda 2, the highest-selling animation film of 2011 and of all time.

Invited guests were able to get a peek of the upcoming movies this 2012. New action adventure and fantasy films will dominate the screens this coming year. Some of our beloved characters will also make a comeback.

Your adrenalin will rush as Battleship hits the big screen in April 2012. This action-adventure film, which is inspired by a classic naval combat game, revolves around the earth’s fight for survival against an unknown and a much superior force. The film stars Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard and Rihanna. Battleship is directed by Peter Berg.

Jeremy Renner of Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol will cast aside its Agent Brandt mask and will appear as Aaron Cross in “The Bourne Legacy”. The film is a spin-offof the Jason Bourne series. It is directed by Tony Gilroy. The cast also includes Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Rachel Weisz, Albert Finney and Oscar Isaac. The movie will be screened in August. 


In February, brace yourself as you watch a CIA agent goes on the run with a fugitive in Safe House. The film stars Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds and Robert Patrick. It is directed by Daniel Espinosa.  


Turn back the hands of time and visit the 18^th century Japan for a couple of hours by watching Japan’s famous legend unfolds on screen in 47  Ronin.    The movie is about a band of leaderless samurai (ronin) on their way to avenge their master. 47 Ronin is directed by Carl Rinsch and stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, and KôShibasaki. 

                                                          

Viewers will surely have a great time as they watch their much-loved fairytale takes a gothic course in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Jeremy Renner and GemmaArterton will star as siblings who are on a dangerous witch-hunting adventure. The film is directed by Tommy Wirkola and will be screened in March.  

The producers of Alice in Wonderland and The Sixth Sense present another exciting film that will surely excite moviegoers. Snow White and the Huntsman is a radical reinterpretation of the classic fairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The film is directed by Rupert Sanders and stars Kristen Stewart (Twilight), CharlizeTheron (Hancock), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), and Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides). Snow White and the Huntsmanopens in June.

This April, laugh your heart out as the sexy comedy American Pie comes back with hotter and funnier antics in American Pie: Reunion. In this American Piesequel  Jim, Michelle, Stifler and their friends reunite for their high school reunion. 

 
 A new set of adventures awaits kids and adults alike as Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe return in the animated film Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. In this movie Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman joined a traveling circus in order to get back home. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted features the voices of Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith and Chris Rock, and opens in June 2012.

 In March 2012, witness Dr. Seuss’ imagination comes to life in the animation The Lorax. This 3D-CGI animated adventure revolves around a 12-year-old boy who sets on a journey to discover the story of the Lorax in order to win the love of his dream-girl. The voice cast includes ZacEfron, Taylor Swift and Danny DeVito, and more.

The stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror film Coraline charmed children and adult in 2009. The same company that made Coraline possible has worked on a new stop-motion film that will be screened in August 2012. ParaNorman is based on the story by Chris Butler, about a boy who can speak with the dead and has to use his paranormal ability to save his town from a horde of zombies. The film features the voices of KodiSmit-Mcphee, Casey Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Elaine Stritch. This film directed by Sam Fell, the director of The Tale of Despereaux and Flushed Away.

Enjoy next year’s blockbusters at SM Cinema branches nationwide. With its state-of-the-art screen and wrap-around sound technology, SM Cinema can give you an immersive film viewing experience. SM Cinema’s digital theaters and IMAX lets you lose yourself in the movies you are watching.

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