The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

A little under two months before it hits the big screen, Lucasfilm have released the final trailer and release poster for the last episode of the Star Wars Saga - "The Rise of Skywalker"

See them both here!

Halloween is only a couple of weeks away, so we thought we would get you in the ‘trick or treat’ mood with an opportunity to watch the very first horror film (from 1896) and see a few of our favourite scary movie posters!

Which is your favourite film for the witching hour?

2019 has already delivered some of the biggest films of recent years. April gave us Marvel's Avengers: Endgame. Summer gave us the highly anticipated Toy Story 4, The Lion King and Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and as I write this, the astonishing Joker has just hit the big screen.

Here are our pick (with all the trailers) of the Autumn and Winter releases! 

Movie posters are produced around the world and the savvy should ensure that they look at non-English language posters, some of which are the most stylish out there.

However, the large number of International poster formats can be confusing. This blog post continues our 'Poster Names and Sizes' series and provides a convenient downloadable Infographic showing common French movie poster names and sizes...

This month the jury of the 76th Venice Film Festival announced the winner of their highest honour, the Golden Lion.

Alongside Cannes' Palme d'Or and Berlin's Golden Bear, the Golden Lion is among the elite of European film awards.

So, the jury's announcement that the Golden Lion was won by Todd Philip's "Joker" was all the more amazing...

This week marks the first birthday of the Original Movie Posters Blog - sixty-nine posts showcasing movie poster history, movie poster artists (old and new) and the latest in movie news.

Thank you for reading and being a part of it!

In celebration, this week we are going to take a look at this rare and intriguing Star Wars poster...

Bidding on the second ‘Original Film Posters Online’ sale of the year closed at Sotheby’s on the 5th September, with the one hundred and ninety lots returning a total auction value of £393,000. That’s nearly £500,000 with Sotheby’s 25% buyer’s premium.

The results painted an interesting picture...

Over recent weeks, one movie poster (for Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood') has attracted more attention than any other.

The question everyone has been asking us? “Who illustrated that?”. The answer? "Mr Steven Chorney".

We reached out to him and were blown away when he agreed to have a chat.

We've packed the post with his amazing artwork. Enjoy!

Back in January, we reported that Netflix and The Jim Henson Company were working on a prequel series to 1982’s fantasy adventure “The Dark Crystal”. For those too young to have seen the original film, it introduced groundbreaking puppetry to create Thra, a magical planet populated with amazing alien creatures such as Geflings, Skeksis and urRus, battling for control of a powerful Crystal.

Netflix have now announced the series will premier on 30th August. You can find out more (including all of the incredible trailers) here...

On Saturday, attendees to Disney's D23 Expo were treated to a “special look” teaser preview for December’s “Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker".

Today, it dropped for the rest of us.

We have been treated to a glimpse of a new poster too...

Enjoy!

Back in June we featured a chat with movie poster illustrator Paul Shipper, focussed on an upcoming panel discussion at July's San Diego Comic-Con. 

"Masters of the Illustrated Film Poster" featured eight talented illustrators discussing their influences and the impact that the illustrated movie poster has had on their lives.

For those of us that couldn't make it to San Diego, the full panel discussion is now available on-line. So, grab a cup of tea / coffee / juice and relax, you can watch it below...

Having provided in depth coverage of the movie poster names and formats from most popular countries, we have now turned our attention to a series of handy Infographics. Each summarises the  poster formats of a single country.

As we have commented before, some of the most beautiful pieces of movie poster art are found on non-English movie posters, and, Italy has provided its fair share of stunners.

That is where we are heading...