Oblivion hit the marketplace with kosinski and radical chief barry levine pitching right after the filmmaker returned from a comiccon presentation of tron. The new civilization is inhabited by scavengers who collect ancient artifacts from the polluted surface below. Universal has optioned truecrime story the trials of white boy rick with oblivion director joseph kosinski attached to direct. Disney locks down joseph kosinskis oblivion collider. The impeccably designed and visually innovative creations of joseph kosinski, merging live action with purely digital elements, have quickly made him a highly soughtafter commercial and feature film director. Read the first chapter of joseph kosinskis oblivion film.
Joseph kosinski is going to direct oblivion for radical pictures. Plotted by kosinski and scripted by arvid nelson rex mundi, oblivion takes place in an apocalyptic future where the earths surface has become dangerous and inhospitable, and people live above the clouds, returning to the planet only to scavenge. Oblivion directed by joseph kosinski available on bluray. Aug 25, 2011 oblivion by joseph kosinski, 9780980233575, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Oblivion by joseph kosinski, 9780980233575, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. With the movie in the can as of late march, joseph kosinski has no more decisions to make about oblivion, his ambitious followup to tron legacy, and is able to throw himself into the real final. Aug 29, 2010 joseph kosinski is an american television commercial and feature film director best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work.
Kosinski illuminates oblivion tron legacy director joseph kosinski took time out from comiccon chaos to discuss his first creatorowned book coming out from radical publishing, oblivion, while also sharing his thoughts on comic book films. That oblivion graphic novel will probably never be published. Legacy, comes a science fiction tale like no other. As with the tron sequel, kosinski is a director that can make things look seriously cool, the drones and bubbleship look amazing.
Oblivion, directed by joseph kosinski then out spake brave horatius, the captain of the gate. Mar 31, 20 with the movie in the can as of late march, joseph kosinski has no more decisions to make about oblivion, his ambitious followup to tron legacy, and is able to throw himself into the real final. Director joseph kosinski makes what happens in the movie very clear. Tron legacy director joseph kosinski books radicals oblivion. Oblivion director joseph kosinski developing new action. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, morgan freeman and nikolaj costerwaldau in supporting roles.
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They are circling go like hell for 20th century fox. Oblivion star tom cruise and director joseph kosinski are looking to work together again. It was extremely inspiring working with such a skilled team as part of the oblivion art department. For you see, oblivion is part of the lineup of radical publishing, one of the biggest of the comics publishers based around the graphic novel to movie business model, and one of the few. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For a change of pace, kosinski will try his hand at something closer to realism, by taking. Joseph kosinkski talks about directing tom cruise in oblivion and gives us an update on his new black hole remake and the upcoming sequel to tron. If one man is to be entrusted with designing our future, we could do worse than architecture graduate joseph kosinski. Because while we may not have seen all of the elements that comprise the plot assembled in this particular way before, weve most certainly. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay. Aug 04, 2010 joseph kosinski s planned adaptation of radicals graphic novel oblivion has been picked up by disney. Joseph kosinski is a director whose uncompromising visual style has quickly made a mark in the filmmaking zeitgeist. He made his bigscreen directorial debut with the 2010 science fiction film tron. Joe kosinskis compelling vision for the world, architecture and technology of oblivion required the invention of a unique storydriven design language and the coordination of that language between artists and across the project.
Oblivion is based on the director joseph kosinski s unpublished graphic novel of the same name which he had developed with arvid nelson for radical comics. Cruise plays a drone repairman named jack harper whos charged with retrieving resources from the planet. In a future where the earths surface has been irradiated beyond recognitio. It looks fantastic, has an interesting story and theres some clever twists in there. The first chapter of joseph kosinskis oblivion is now online for you to read. Oblivion by joseph kosinski visual 92 editions published between 20 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 2,263 worldcat member libraries worldwide. Kosinski has directed many highend commercials, including awardwinning campaigns for xboxs gears of war and halo, sony playstation, hummer and. From tron legacy director joseph kosinski and critically acclaimed creator arvid nelson rex mundi comes an original scifi adventure of epic proportions. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of all. Oct 23, 20 tom cruise is returning to the world of auto racing for the first time since 1990s days of thunder, reteaming with oblivion director joseph kosinski on go like hell for fox. Over the past week weve been talking a bunch about commercial director turned tron legacy helmer joseph kosinskis new feature film project oblivion, which he has been pitching around town. Weve written before about oblivion, the sf movie that seemed to be based on a graphic novel by director joseph kosinski, adapted by arvid nelson and andree wallin although a mockup of the project was apparently used to lure tom cruise into starring in the film which opens later this month kosinski. Oblivion has a april 19, 20 release date and is based on kosinski s graphic novel of the same name from radical comics.
Well start off by saying we really enjoyed joseph kosinski s oblivion. Oblivion by joseph kosinski joseph kosinski, tom cruise. I got on the phone with kosinski, who just came back from a successful viral experience at comiccon for tron legacy, to ask him whats it all about. Joseph kosinski is a director whose uncompromising visual style has quickly made a mark in the filmmaking. Legacy, it quickly becomes apparent that our definition of an original.
The first chapter of joseph kosinskis oblivion is now. Andrea riseborough, olga kurylenko, nikolaj costerwaldau, tom cruise, joseph kosinski. Tom cruise stars in oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the visionary director of tron. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of. Apr 12, 20 empire magazine reported writerdirector joseph kosinski saying. Later this year, through radical publishing, kosinski releases his creatorowned illustrated novel oblivion. He made his bigscreen directorial debut with the disney digital 3d science fiction film tron. Apr 19, 20 an international trailer for oblivion goes deeper in the plot of the scifi flick, starring tom cruise and directed by joseph kosinski tron. Joseph kosinski has successfully transitioned from commercial director renowned for his awardwinning mad world gears of war and the starry night halo 3 video game ads to fullblown filmmaker, with his scifi features tron. Oblivion, based on the nonexisting graphic novel bleeding cool. Watching oblivion, director joseph kosinski s ambitious followup to the lackluster tron.
Several years back kosinski, arvid nelson, and andree wallin created a short comic book that was originally supposed to be part of a larger graphic novel. From tron legacy director joseph kosinski and critically acclaimed creator arvid nelson rex mundi comes an original scifi adventure of epic. Oblivion director joseph kosinski on landing tom cruise. Oblivion costars morgan freeman and olga kurylenko talk about director joseph kosinski s new scifi film, working with tom cruise, approaching action scenes and the future of mankind. Journalist evan hughes wrote the article, which centers on rick. Oblivion writer and director joseph kosinski shares what it was like working with tom cruise.
With tom cruise, morgan freeman, andrea riseborough, olga kurylenko. Walking out of oblivion, youll probably have a few questions. Tom cruise, morgan freeman, olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, nikolaj costerwaldau, joseph kosinski. About the author 2010 the impeccably designed and visually innovative creations of joseph kosinski, merging live action with purely digital elements, have quickly made him a. In a future earth decimated by centuries of war, a new civilization lives above the clouds. Jack harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on. Synopsis it is 2077, years after the great war with the scavs, and earth is left in ruin and the survivors evacuated. The first chapter of joseph kosinskis oblivion is now online.
Check out some concept art for joseph kosinski s sciencefiction movie, oblivion, which stars tom cruise and morgan freeman, and has a script written in part by the new star wars screenwriter, michael arndt. Joseph kosinski born may 3, 1974 is an american television commercial and feature film director best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work. Starring tom cruise, oblivion is set in a future in which the earth has been destroyed due to decades of war. Director joseph kosinski talks oblivion, why he chose not. For a change of pace, kosinski will try his hand at something closer to realism, by taking the helm on.
Joseph kosinski s planned adaptation of radicals graphic novel oblivion has been picked up by disney. Whatever its other shortcomings, kosinski s 2010 directorial debut tron. The writers strike occurred in 2007 so i had a treatment for a film but i had no way to. Oblivion director joseph kosinski to helm the trials of. Comic book movie joseph kosinski oblivion about 9 years ago by joey paur tron director joseph kosinski is currently in the process of pitching the idea for his film idea, oblivion around hollywood. Why only the brave director joseph kosinski left science. Tom cruise, joseph kosinski board go like hell variety. Watching oblivion, director joseph kosinskis ambitious followup to the lackluster tron. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, morgan freeman and nikolaj costerwaldau in supporting roles.
Imagine walking into a room with tom cruise and then pitching him a multimillion dollar blockbuster with no script. The first chapter of joseph kosinski s oblivion is now online for you to read. Oct 14, 20 joseph kosinski has successfully transitioned from commercial director renowned for his awardwinning mad world gears of war and the starry night halo 3 video game ads to fullblown filmmaker, with his scifi features tron. Joseph kosinski did just that with his new film oblivion. Why only the brave director joseph kosinski left science fiction new, 4 comments the director of oblivion and tron. Oblivion by joseph kosinski meet your next favorite book. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of all time. Joseph kosinski is an american television commercial and feature film director best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work. Oblivion art from joseph kosinskis unpublished graphic novel. Apr 02, 20 joseph kosinski talks oblivion, how itll be in imax full frame for the full runtime, input from tom cruise, tron 3, and more at wondercon by christina radish april 2, 20. Empire magazine reported writerdirector joseph kosinski saying it was just a stage in the project. Weve written before about oblivion, the sf movie that seemed to be based on a graphic novel by director joseph kosinski, adapted by arvid nelson and andree wallinalthough a mockup of the project was apparently used to lure tom cruise into starring in the film which opens later this monthkosinski now says it will most likely.