MOVIES - PIRATES 2012

• Crossbones (2012) - Not yet released

• Pirates! Band of Misfits, The (2012)

• Treasure Island (2012)

Crossbones (2012) - Not yet released

Writers: Neil Cross and Colin Woolard (book)

Storyline: Set during the golden age of piracy in the 1700s and centers on legendary pirate Blackbeard. Crossbones is an upcoming American television drama that is expected to air on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) during the 2012–13 television season. The show was created by Neil Cross, creator of the British television series Luther, and whose television writing credits include Spooks and Doctor Who, and is a fictional adaptation of the life of the notorious pirate Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) in and around the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.

[TV Series - 60 min - Drama - English - Color - USA - Georgeville Television, Motion Picture Capital]

Pirates! Band of Misfits, The (2012)

Directors: Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt

Writer: Gideon Defoe (screenplay]

Cast: Hugh Grant [The Pirate Captain, voice], Martin Freeman [The Pirate with a Scarf, voice], Imelda Staunton [Queen Victoria, voice], David Tennant [Charles Darwin, voice], Jeremy Piven [Black Bellamy, voice], Salma Hayek [Cutlass Liz, voice], Lenny Henry [Peg Leg Hastings, voice], Brian Blessed [The Pirate King, voice], Anton Yelchin [The Albino Pirate, voice:US version], Brendan Gleeson [The Pirate with Gout, voice], Ashley Jensen [The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate, voice], Al Roker [The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens, voice: US version], Mike Cooper [Admiral Collingwood, voice], David Schneider [Scarlett Morgan, voice], Tom Doggart [Additional Voices, voice]

Storyline: Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew take on the cream of the pirating crop - Black Bellamy, Peg Leg Hastings and Cutlass Liz - in a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with lovelorn scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's prized 'parrot', Polly, could be the answer to the 'untold riches' they are searching for. Their adventure takes them to Victorian London where they meet Darwin's sidekick 'man-panzee' Mister Bobo, and the notorious pirate-hating Queen Victoria herself. It soon unfolds that Darwin's motives for helping the crew are not what they seem, and the Queen has an evil hidden agenda of her own. The Pirate Captain must choose between basking in the glory of being crowned Pirate of the Year, or staying faithful to his trusted crew.

[88 min - Animation | Adventure | Comedy - English - Color - UK | USA - Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation]

 

 

 

 

Treasure Island (2012)

Director: Steve Barron

Writers: Stewart Harcourt (screenplay) and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Cast: Eddie Izzard [Long John Silver], Toby Regbo [Jim Hawkins], Rupert Penry-Jones [Squire Trelawney], Daniel Mays [Dr. Livesey], Philip Glenister [Captain Smollett], Donald Sutherland [Flint], Elijah Wood [Ben Gunn], Shirley Henderson [Meg Hawkins], Nina Sosanya [Alibe Silver], Geoff Bell [Israel Hands], Shaun Parkes [George Merry], David Harewood [Billy Bones], Keith Allen [Pew], Sean Gilder [Black Dog], Clinton Blake [Freddie Arrow]

Storyline: Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.

[TV Movie - 180 min - Adventure - English - Color - Ireland | UK - Parallel Film Productions, Kindle Entertainment, MNG Films]