The Darkest Hour is an upcoming 3D American science-fiction action horror film directed by Chris Gorak and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The American-based production depicts an alien invasion in Russia and stars Olivia Thirlby and Emile Hirsch as young people caught in the invasion. The film has a release date scheduled for December 25, 2011 in the United States and Russia.
The Darkest Hour is directed by Chris Gorak and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. While most films about alien invasions are centered in the United States or have an international scale, Bekmambetov's involvement ensured the premise to be an alien invasion from Russia's perspective.
With a production budget of US$40 million, filming with 3D cameras began in Moscow on July 18, 2010. Production used resources from the Russian-based company Bazelevs, owned by Bekmambetov. Filming was temporarily suspended three weeks later due to the 2010 Russian wildfires affecting the city and its vicinity with its smog. By September 2010, filming had resumed, and it was announced that the release date would remain unchanged. As of April 7 though, the release date has changed to December 25, due to filming conflicts in Russia.
While the line for the Game of Thrones panel was wrapping around the entirety of San Diego, a select number of journalists were sequested away in the Hard Rock Hotel. What were we all doing in this room? The team behind THE DARKEST HOUR had gathered us all to see the world premiere of the trailer and learn more about the film. While this film wasn’t officially a part of Comic-Con, it was definitely the best thing I saw all weekend.
Inside the small suite, we saw exclusive production stills, the world premiere of the trailer, and heard about the creation of the film. Keep reading to learn what THE DARKEST HOUR is all about and why it outshined even THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.
As an avid Comic-Con goer (6th year running!), the highlight has always been the movies that surprise you most. Last year, it was COWBOYS & ALIENS, even though THE AVENGERS were the bigger draw. This year, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN was arguably the only movie everyone seemed to be interested in, simply because THE AVENGERS bowed out this year. So while I expected SPIDER-MAN to pull out all the stops, the lesser known projects are the ones that stick with me longer. IN TIME showed promise with their first trailer in Hall H, but THE DARKEST HOUR blew me away with the details about the film and the selectively debuted trailer.
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