Six New Movie Super Bowl Ads

Super Bowl ads are one of the best part of the huge event and with a game, like this year's game, it's the only reason to watch. Below I have a handful of the Super Bowl ads that are regarding some of the upcoming big movies we all want to see. Namely, Pixar's Up, Star Trek, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Year One and Race to Witch Mountain. Checkout the spots below...What say you? What do you want to see the most? Is Tranformers 2 going...

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The Muppets and Jason Segel

Jason Segel has just signed on to co-star in "Guliver's Travels" but the unbashfully naked star of last year's Forgetting Sarah Marshall is knee deep in Muppet material right now. Last March the tv and film actor revealed that he intended to bring back the Muppet franchise in a new film. The long time Judd Apatow associate would try to bring some life back into the once famous characters. It appears that Jason Segel will use his contacts to help...

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Aronofsky Talks Robocop Reboot

Unfortunately this story does not reveal that Darren Aronofsky's remake of "Robocop" is ready to shoot and everything is a go. Instead, it seems that a lot of thought and ideas have gone into the development, but there is no certainity that "Robocop" will ever actually get made. While at the Golden Globes Darren Aronofsky spoke MTV and had a few things to say about his long rumored project.The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler director...

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Super Bowl Ad Land of the Lost

Universal has "Land of the Lost" releasing June 5th and the studio definately took the opportunity to pump up it's latest TV adaptation during the Super Bowl tomorrow. Just how good the film will be, remains to be seen, but the less than 50 second promo definately has a few laughs and a lot of CGI. Land of the Lost was one of my favorite saturday morning tv shows back in the day, I just hope Will Ferrell's over the top humor doesn't spoil what could...

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Super Bowl G.I. JOE Promo

Super Bowl is tomorrow and "G.I. JOE: Rise of Cobra" is still over six months away but I have our first teaser for the new movie directed by Stephen Sommers. This week we have seen 6 new character posters and a few identification cards including a few Cobra characters yet to have seen. The Super Bowl promo is only 32 seconds long, but it gives a decent snapshot of what to expect from the action cartoon adaptation. "G.I. JOE: Rise of Cobra" releases...

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The Black Freighter DVD Specs

If you have never read the "Watchmen" comic book you probably have no clue what the sam hell, "Tales of the Black Freighter" is. It is a companion comic that is embedded within the pages of Watchmen as a story within a story. The story tells a tale of a marooned mariner who must endure a deathly trip to his home town. WB felt the best option for the companion comic was to do a striaght-to-dvd cartoon to tell the story and landed Gerard Butler to...

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Transformer Twins Revealed!!

Remember this set still of two new Autobot Transformers that would appear in "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen"? They are Chevy concept cars titled Beat and Trax that, in the film, are twins and can even join together to create one alternate mode. Yesterday, the official Transformers video game website revealed the robot or transformed form of the two siblings. The design is flawless like all of the other Transformers to date. Check out the...

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Scripting Batman 3 & The Flash

Comic book properties have been riding a wave of endorsement for a few years now with every major or indie studio trying to grab a piece of the pie. Warner Brothers who have DC comic properties locked down, have been somewhat quiet since the explostion that was last year's The Dark Knight. Since then, WB and DC have put alot of their projects on hold and were making absolutely sure that each property would be well thought out and not just crap out...

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Hellboy 3 & B.P.R.D. Spinoff?

Guillermo Del Toro is hard at work prepping the Lord of the Rings prequel "The Hobbit," but that doesn't mean he has forgotten about his favorite red demon. Del Toro recently spoke with MTV and talked a bit about the possibility of a third film to the franchise. Check out what he revealed below...With Del Toro working on a pair of films to tell "The Hobbit" story he is a few years away from starting ground work for a third Hellboy. The visionary...

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6 New G.I. JOE Posters

The publicity team behind Paramount Pictures upcoming release of "G.I. JOE: Rise of Cobra" is sure trying to sell the outfits the Joe team wears. Every poster that has been released, one after the other, has been nothing but character posters or something we would find in a clothing catalog. It appears they really want to get the viewers attached to the characters they grew to love growing up or introducing them to a new generation. G.I. JOE was...

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Latest Watchmen Poster!

Warner Brothers adaptation of "Watchemn" the greatest living comic book, has finished all of its leagal battles and will keep it's March 6th release date. This has to be one of the most anticipated comic book films to ever release and what Zack Snyder has done looks phenominal. There seems to be a new poster hitting every week for this movie and amazingly each one has been also fantatstic. The most recent poster that I have for you below, focuses...

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Review - Nothing But the Truth

A Washington DC journalist writes an controversial article that explodes in a whirlwind of media and judical ramifications. The explosive article reveals a covert CIA agent that was involved in a government scandal. The reporter is demanded to reveal her source by a special government prosecutor and when she doesn't the journalist finds herself behind bars trying to defend the principles she based her career o...

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X-Men Origins Wolverine Poster

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" despite the recent reshoots is heading our way May 1st and below I have the 1st One Sheet for the upcoming prequel. The film is directed by Gavin Hood and stars other than Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Monaghan, Lynn Collins, Danny Huston and Taylor Kitsch. The film will chronicle Wolverine's early days prior to joining the X-Men team illustrating his time with Weapon X and his loyality turned hatred...

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Gulliver Impedes Black Widow?

Rising star Emily Blunt may not get her chance to star in "Iron Man 2" as the Black Widow due to impeding production on Twentieth Century Fox's "Gulliver's Travels." It appears FOX holds an option on the actress that was apart of her deal to co-star in "The Devil Wears Prada" that could potentially prevent Blunt from starring in the Jon favreau directed sequel.At the present moment, Variety reports, Blunt's rep's are trying to figure out a deal...

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The Thing Prequel Defrosting!

Back in September, I announced that Mark Abraham is producing a prequel to the 1982 classic horror film "The Thing" and today Variety reports that Universal is heating things up with the project. The studio has announced that Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. will be directing the prequel that will lead up to the events of the original Jon Carpenter masterpiece.Ron Moore has been lined up to pen the script, while director Matthijs van Hejningen will be...

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Fox Sets Sail with Narnia

A month ago Disney jumped ship on the third film in the Chronicles of Narnia. Today 20th Century Fox scooped up the franchise and intends to set sail with "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" shooting start by end of summer for Holiday 2010 release.The final details are being worked out between Fox and Walden Media, but a general commitment has been solidified to develop the project. The two companies will split the production costs for "Voyage" with...

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Ghost Rider Sequel Revving Up

If you were a fan of Marvel's "Ghost Rider" released in 2007, you're in luck! Columbia Pictures have announced they are currently seeking writers to pen a sequel. Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Nicolas Cage will return in the role of Johnny Blaze for the sequel as well.I enjoyed Ghost Rider quite a bit, sure it had flaws, but it was none the less an enjoyable ride. With a sequel currently in development it is time to make very clear that someone...

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Review - Defiance

Four Jewish brothers are forced to take refuge in the Belarussian forest escaping from a Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. In order to protect themselves and 1,000 Jewish refugees, the brothers seek an alliance with Russian resistance fighters while building and maintaining a small community hidden inside of the forest...

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Tintin Finds it's Lead & Villain

"The Adventures of Tintin" has found it's lead and villain for the first of three films in a new trilogy brought to us by Dreamworks Pictures. The first film has also revealed its full title, "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn" and will be directed by none other than Steven Spielberg. The film will be shot utilizing 3D motion capture and has a targeted release date for 2011.The first casting news reveals why Daniel Craig passed on...

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Machete Finally Happening?

Word is floating around the net that Robert Rodriguez's faux trailer "Machete" from Grindhouse may finally be getting the feature treatment as discussed and rumored since the release of the double feature box office flop in 07. The film will be based off the full length trailer that was shown in Grindhouse and is an idea that Trejo and Robert Rodriguez have kicked around since Desperado. Back in 2007 RR said a script was finished. Now we have word...

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The Ram at Wrestlemania!?!

Leave it to Vince McMahon to rape an amazing film of all it's redeeming qualities, just to make a quick buck! It appears that the owner and C.E.O. of WWE has offered Mickey Rourke an opportunity to appear as Rodney "The Ram" Robinson at Wrestlemania 25. It get's worse....Yes, Mickey Rourke is actually conisdering doing this. Here's the lowdown...While at the SAG Awards last night, Rourke revealed to Access Hollywood that he has been asked to participate...

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Review - Paul Blart Mall Cop

An overweight, mild-mannered, New Jersey mall cop who aspires to become a New jersey State Trooper is tested when his mall falls under seige by a gang of criminals. The hyper glycemic and inept single father must on his own defeat the odds and save his beloved mall from the organized criminal...

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Gentleman Holmes, No More!

The New York Times recently got a chance to get a full scoop on Guy Ritchie's upcoming "Sherlock Holmes" film for Warner Brothers set to release this November. The in-depth exclusive gives us an understanding of just how Ritchie and the producing staff have updated the Arthur Conan Doyle novels. Once thing is clear, gone is the stuffy gentleman Sherlock Holmes.Guy Ritchie who is most known for his choppy, fast paced storytelling, stylized and quick...

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Distribution Found at Sundance

Taking a film to Sundance and finding distribution and buzz is clearly the main goals of the festival and so far this year a few films have generated enough talk that studios are moving quickly at picking them up. Bids are flying back and forth so below I have a rundown of a handful of the films that have been nabbed up for theatrical releases to this point. Enjoy..."Humpday"Directed by Lynn SheltonStarring: Mark Duplass and Joshua LeonardSynopsis:...

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