We’ve already seen two official poster releases (not counting French posters), now it seems like New Line has put out two more. The first I saw for the first time at Comic-Con and recently saw up at local movie theater. The second I haven’t seen anywhere in real life, but it’s apparently out on the streets:

For those of you looking for a more detailed shot of the images in the first poster, try this. And here’s a few shots of billboards and huge posters that have sprouted up in Times Square. I guess New Line has officially moved into doing it’s own marketing for the movie.

I’m trying to push things out of my mailbox, so here’s another tidbit. Somebody a while ago asked me about when they could see the movie in Spain (it wasn’t listed on IMDB). I asked the people at New Line who got me this list of international release dates. For those of you in Croatia and Lebanon, you now know when you can expect to see the Snakes on a Plane:

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I arrived home from Comic-Con last night, and I still have a bunch of videos to post but I’ll be getting to those over the next few days. If you haven’t done so already, check out IGN’s streaming video of the fantastic Q&A (featuring questions submitted to this site as asked by Kenan Thompson) or this non-streaming quicktime version. Also, Crazymonk joined me at some of the events, you can check out his coverage of Comic-Con.

However, to pass the time until I get the new videos online, if you’re in the mood for something completely COMPLETELY different, you can check out the following video. It takes the Snakes on a Plane phenomenom in directions that nobody could have anticipated. Seriously, nobody:

Snakes on a Home Birth

Today was my big day at Comic-Con. Here’s what I did:

• Interviewed Sam Jackson 1 on 1.
• Interviewed Sam Jackson at a blogger roundtable.
• Interviewed the Snake Wrangler 1 on 1.
• Interviewed the Snake Wrangler at a blogger roundtable.
• Interviewed David Ellis 1 on 1.
• Interviewed David Ellis at a blogger roundtable.
• Interviewed Kenan Thompson 1 on 1.
• Attended the Snakes on a Plane presentation.

The interviews all went pretty well, I barely started crying at all. I’ll be posting video for most of them next week, but I have one of the videos right now: my 1 on 1 with Kenan Thompson. It’s 10 minutes long and covers a lot of fan-submitted questions. Highlights include Kenan’s impression of Bill Cosby encountering Snakes on a Plane and a rapper who meanders in and hands Kenan a postcard. I’ll get a transcript up next week:

Kenan Thompson talks about Snakes on a Plane

New Line’s presentation was interesting… after a few non-SoaP related presentations (which the crowd was generally NOT into) we got to the meat of the presentation. There’s lenghty coverage at AICN and I feel loathe to retype it. Go here and read their full review of the evening.

Here’s the short version: New Line opened with a few minutes with Jules the snake wrangler followed by a few minutes with David Ellis. This was good, but then they moved into a full 10 minutes of film. This was not an extended trailer but a 10 minute chunk from the center of the film. There were snakes, there was swearing, there was snake whipping, there was bite after bite after bite… it was good.

Following the 10 minutes of film Samuel L. Jackson entered in the dark yelling his infamous line. The crowd went crazy. He sat down with Kenan Thompson, Jules the snake wrangler, and David Ellis for the best Q&A I’ve ever heard. It was hysterical the full way through. IGN is supposed to post a video of the Q&A, but I can’t find it on their site. Let me know if you find it anywhere?

I’ve been asked not to post the 10 minute clip from the film. Sigh.

UPDATED at 6:27pm - The video is now working.

Ok, today a group of about ten bloggers including myself, SnakesOnStuff and others were invited to take an ealry look at the Snakes on a Plane booth at Comic-Con. We got in there a few hours before the hoards arrived, here are my pictures:

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David Ellis was kind enough to let me know that he and his wife will be attending a screening of Snakes on a Plane with fans at the Alamo Drafthouse (favorite venue of the AICN crowd) on Friday, August 18th. I don’t have specifics about which screening he’ll be at (I’m sure, there will be more information about that forthcoming, or in the comments) but if you’re in the Austin area, this might be a special treat.

In other news, I’ve officially arrived in San Diego as evidenced by the terribly boring picture of a San Diego sign below. I’ll be checking out the SoaP setup at Comic-Con tonight, I should have pictures up by this evening.

I originally stole a few pictures from Crazymonk, but New Line has since mailed out a bunch of pictures of their booth at Comic-Con, here they are:

Incidentally, my webhost has been having a lot of troubles over the last week (you may have noticed some down time). Sadly, there isn’t much I can do about that, but hopefully the issues are now resolved.

Samuel L. Jackson is God.

Guess who’s drowning in content? I am, I am.

Over the last week or two I’ve been sent more emails on more topics than I could efficiently deal with. In general, I don’t like to post more than three things a day as I think it rushes content off the main page too quickly (not everyone comes here every day). Sometimes things come in that I don’t post because there isn’t, in my mind, room. Additionally, I’ve been busy and that’s allowed me to fall behind in responding to emails or sorthing things efficiently. Here’s a few items that came in during the past week that corrected/updated recent posts:

About the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack album: I commented on the fact that the Tagworld winners didn’t appear on the track listing. New Line has pointed out that the CD has “ECD” (read: computer) content and the winners will appear in that section. I think that means these tracks will only play on your computer (not on a standalone CD player). A second email from an independent source at New Line said the songs appear as “special hidden tracks.” The first email also reminded me that the “song” (I assume they meants songs) would appear in the film as well.

About the Blanks on a Blank contest: Henri Mazza, creative director at the Alamo Drafthouse (host of the contest), wanted to point out that they have announced prizes:

I saw that back when you first posted about our little Blanks On A Blank contest we caught a lot of flak for charging an entry fee. I know, I know - money sucks. But the best post was the person who thought that the grand prize for the winner would be to get their $40 back. Well, it took us a while to get lined up, but we actually got the real prize all ready to announce:

Airfare, Hotel, and Two Tickets to the World Premiere of SNAKES ON A PLANE.

So, yeah. We think that’s pretty cool. And we’re looking forward to seeing some completed movies…

Second place winners will receive $500, third place winners will receive $250.

That’s it for corrections and updates. I’m sitting on a big pile of content, I’ll see what I can do to start putting it out there.

The first film review is out at AICN, and it’s positive. Phew.

Anyway, much has been written about “Snakes On A Plane” except for one thing: Is the movie any good?

Yes.

Hell yes.

…

After having to sit through this year’s overproduced, bloated, pretentious studio product that desperately tries to disguise its B movie roots… finally here’s a movie that hunkers down to give the audience a shameless good time.

Of course “Snakes On A Plane” is ridiculous, but it’s also nonstop fun.

These filmmakers aren’t embarrassed to deliver everything exactly as promised. The only thing that will probably go unnoticed after the huge opening weekend grosses, as well as consternation from cinematic elitists, is that “Snakes On A Plane” is a much better movie than it has any right to be with such a crazy premise and ridiculous title.

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I received this email this morning:

We all enjoyed the official teaser trailer for SoaP, but that only left us wanting more. I am employed as a projection booth technician at (redacted) in (redacted). I am very happy to report that we recieved the FINAL Snakes on a Plane trailer this Thursday. The trailer is a mandatory attachment for select prints of “Little Man” and “You, Me, and Dupree,” both movies that are being released Friday, July 14. Suffice it to say, the trailer is absolutlely amazing. I saw it tonight during our emplyee screenings, where I was sadly the ONLY one jumping for joy. So head to your local cinema this weekend and catch a peek.

Heres a brief synopsis of what I remember, it went something like this:

Words flash on a red background:
“They are the worlds most deadly creatures….” (Fades)
“They can be anywhere….”(Fades)
“They can strike at any time…” (Fades)
“And they have been released…”
(cut to plane in the air)
“At 30000 feet.”

Then theres the montage of screaming passengers, and of course, plenty of snakes.

Who will be the first to get me a copy of this?  Go forth, and locate it.

Snakes on a Plane’s soundtrack is now available for order on Amazon (although it won’t ship until mid-August). Here’s the cover:

And the French Snakes on a Plane site has the track listings:

1. Cobra Starship - “Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)”
2. Panic! at the Disco - “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Remix)”
3. The Academy Is… - “Black Mamba (Teddybears Remix)”
4. Cee-Lo - “Ophidiophobia”
5. The All-American Rejects - “Can’t Take It (El Camino Prom Wagon Remix)”
6. The Sounds - “Queen of Apology (Patrick Stump Remix)”
7. Fall Out Boy - “Of All the Gin Joints in All the World (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Retouch)”
8. Gym Class Heroes - “New Friend Request (Hi-Tek Remix)”
9. The Bronx - “Around the Horn (Louis XIV Remix)”
10. Armor For Sleep - “Remember to Feel Real (Machine Shop Remix)”
11. The Hush Sound - “Wine Red (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Retouch)”
12. Jack’s Mannequin - “Bruised (Remix)”
13. Coheed and Cambria - “Wake Up (Acoustic)”
14. Donavon Frankenreiter - “Lovely Day”
15. Michael Franti & Spearhead - “Hey Hey Now”
16. Trevor Rabin - “Snakes on a Plane - The Theme”

Now, I can’t figure out exactly where this track listing came from (although it apparently originated from the company putting out the CD: Decaydance Records), but it’s not listed on Amazon and it’s notably missing the two winners of the Tagworld Contest, so I’m curious if the list is accurate. It does otherwise seem to jibe with what we’ve heard previously about the album. Did the Tagworld Contest winners get pushed off?

Last week I posted about the French teaser poster. Well it turns out that France apparently got a new poster at the same time we did, and it’s a lot more adventurous than our static American version:

It looks sort of like a “best of” collection of all the press photos and video footage they’ve released.

This came from ImpAwards via Bloody-Disgusting.

Cobra Starship, the lead band on the official soundtrack, finally has their Snakes on a Plane song online. I’m generally reluctant to link to MySpace pages for a variety of reasons, but I don’t really see much way around this one. If anyone has any other links for this, preferably with a downloadable mp3, let me know. For the time being, though, here’s:

Snakes on a Plane (Bring It) by Cobra Starship

And, odd for a real song, they mention this blog. What the hell?

UPDATE posted 7/7/6 at 10:02am: The video has been posted on YouTube:

Snakes on a Plane (bring it) by Cobra Starship

All previous Fan Songs.

Snakes on a Plane puts out more damn trailers than I can keep track of. I know David Ellis said they’d be doing five mini-trailers meant for TV release. First we had the teaser trailer, then they released the second one a week ago, I guess this is the third trailer:

Snakes on a Plane Third Trailer

Let me know if anyone has a better link for it than that strange flash site.

Noobles is on a roll today, he provided us with the odd Wayans brothers/David Spade video below, but he also sent in two low quality images of a new poster?.I haven’t seen this anywhere else, but it looks quasi-legit. Is this the new, non-teaser poster?

UPDATE Posted at 4:17pm: Higher quality photos:

And a few people have written in to say that these are indeed legit and have been going up in theaters around the country.

The french poster has been spotted in the wild. The Defamer was kind enough to provide photographic proof (and the french Snakes on a Plane site has a digital copy of the poster itself):

Two questions, can someone translate the french tagline at the top of the poster on the right, AND has anyone seen any other foreign language posters?

UPDATE: Also, here’s the official french site: http://www.dsda-lefilm.com/.

I have to go fast, but a new trailer is available online.

UPDATE posted 6/29/06 at 1:00am: David Ellis confirmed in his interview that there will be no official, full length trailer.  Instead there will be a series of five short trailers that will be released every week or two.  Look forward to four more of these.

An article came out a few weeks ago discussing the connections between the pre-marketing of The Blair Witch Project and Snakes on a Plane. In the end it decided that a lot what sparked the fan attention to Snakes on a Plane was a reaction to the contempt that studios feel towards their audience, as evidenced by feeding the audience swill:

Someone will try to come up with another premise and title like this one. But the fans will see through it. They know the difference between a studio’s cynical contempt for them… and phony cynical contempt. There ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby.

I don’t necessarily agree, but it’s not a bad read.

The LA Times ran a story a while ago discussing the man in charge of the snakes in the movie, Jules Sylvester:

For “Snakes on a Plane,” which stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent escorting a witness on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles when assassins release hundreds of deadly snakes, Sylvester drove some 450 snakes from Los Angeles to the Vancouver location — “I think there were 27 different species of snakes,” he says.

But only 60 were used at one time. “You have very controlled areas [on the plane] where you were shooting,” says Sylvester. “We mixed it with computer graphics and animatronic snakes.”

Here’s his webpage.