A few years ago, a movie with a title like Cowboys & Aliens would undoubtedly have been given a wacky first poster, highlighting the action and silliness of the premise – extraterresrials abducting people of the wild west. However things have changed, and this sort of movie is now taken rather more seriously, hence the first teaser poster below, which is all dark, moody and western themed, with only a hint of the sci-fi side of the flick. Of course there’s plenty of time to show us more before the film arrives in cinemas next July, but as a first teaser, it’s pretty cool.
Take a look at the poster below, and underneath that is the synopsis for the Jon Favreau movies, which stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and Harrison Ford. (Image via Yahoo! Movies)
Synopsis: 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Daniel 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 (Harrison 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.