Zoë Saldaña is ready to head into the darkness…
Or at least that’s what the 34-year-old Puerto Rican/Dominican-American actress says in the latest trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness.
The clip for Paramount Pictures’ follow-up the blockbuster hit sequel to 2009’s Star Trek reboot appeared before showings of Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful.
Saldaña is reprising her role as Nyota Uhura in the film.
Star Trek Into Darkness opens nationwide on May 17th.
Mariah Carey is having a great and powerful moment…
The 42-year-old half-Afro-Venezuelan singer has released the official music video for her latest single “Almost Home,” the theme song for the film Oz: The Great and Powerful.
Recorded by the American Idol judge for the Sam Raimi-directed film, which opened this weekend, the “feel-good record” was co-written by Carey.
The clip, directed by David LaChapelle, captures the singer belting out the song alone, while dressed in a black gown. The photographer-director intersperses footage from the Disney adventure fantasy film throughout the 3 1/2-minute clip.
“I’ve always just loved Disney, and now especially having two little babies – like all we do is watch animated movies, even though they’re so little, they still love them, especially Roc, my little boy,” said Carey, revealing how her twins Moroccan and Monroe had inspired her to write the song.
Carey is currently in the studio working on her next album, which is due in May. The album will include production by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Big Jim Wright, Hit-Boy, The-Dream, Rodney Jerkins and contain a “lot more raw ballads than people might expect,” says the singer.
She’s got a great and powerful voice… And now Mariah Carey is lending it to a great and powerful movie.
The 42-year-old part-Venezuelan singer has recorded the theme song for Disney‘s new fantasy movie Oz: The Great and Powerful, starring James Franco, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz.
Entitled “Almost Home,” Carey co-produced the track with Stargate and co-wrote the inspirational song with Simone Porter, Justin Gray, Lindsey Ray, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen.
“’Almost Home’ has a message that works beautifully with the film,” says the American Idol judge. “It’s a feel-good record, evoking the feeling of reaching your home and being with people that you love.”
The song will be fully released on iTunes this Tuesday February 19, with a music video directed by fashion photographer David LaChapelle to follow later on.
Oz: The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, will open in theaters on March 8.