After a lull in the genre, True Grit showed that audiences could fall in love with westerns all over again. This year, director Jon Favreau aims to make a twist in the genre by adding space aliens. While many are hesitant if he will stick with the stylings of the classic genre, a new featurette on Apple should calm your nerves.
Favreau, along with producers Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard, as well as screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci discuss what they hope to achieve with this project. Check out the featurette below for the film that stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, and Sam Rockwell. I’ve also included new posters from IGN and Kino.
Synopsis:
1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents–townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors–all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
Cowboys and Aliens will premiere at San Diego Comic-Con before hitting theaters on July 29th, 2011.