First Official Teaser Trailer For 'The Adventures of Tintin' Has Been Released

The first official trailer for The Adventures of Tintin has been released and it's on youtube.  Check it out, below.  What do you think?

[Source: YouTube]

First Look: David Tennant In 'Fright Night'

Yep, they are remaking the horror classic, Fright Night.  Get your first glimpse of David Tennant as his character, Peter Vincent, (above)!  I can hardly tell that's him. What do you think?

Fright Night is directed by Craig Gillespie and also stars Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later), and also Colin Farrell (who is also slated for the Total Recall remake)! So does this film really need to be retold, or is this just another Hollywood remake flop?

[Source: Blastr]

First Look At Universal Picture's 'Immortals'

Here's a first look at the Universal Pictures and Relativity Media film Immortals, an upcoming fantasy-action film directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Henry Cavill- who has also been cast in the latest Superman film, Man of Steel, Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler and Iron Man) which loosely tells the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy.

Immortals is set to be released in 3-D on November 11, 2011. 

 UPDATE
Unfortunately, guys, Relativity Media has mysteriously pulled all the teaser trailers from YouTube today-perhaps a leak?  Check back often for further details, and hopefully, soon, for the teaser trailer.

[Source: Blastr]

First Look: New 'Wonder Woman'

Here is a first look at the new Wonder Woman, Adrianne Palicki.

Palicki, the 27 year old actress is no newcomer to television. She has starred most currently in Friday Night Lights and Criminal Minds.

Wonder Woman is a modernized reboot for NBC. The David E. Kelley pilot is scheduled to air in fall of 2011. Adrianne will also play opposite Elizabeth Hurley and Cary Elwes.  The role of Steve Trevor is to be played by Brett Tucker.

What do you think about the new look? Love it or hate it?



[Source:  Just Jared]
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First Look: Zombies in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie

Bet you didn't know that along with pirates we'll be getting zombies in the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, did ya matey?  Well here be some of the concept designs (read full article/see more pics).



[Source:  Geeks of Doom via Walt Disney Pictures]

Guillermo Del Toro To Do Stop-Motion 'Pinocchio'

via Deadline

Guillermo del Toro, along with The Jim Henson Company and Pathe are scheduled to shoot a 3D stop motion animated adaptation of the fairytale Pinocchio. According to an exclusive from Deadline, this film will be much edgier than the previous Disney adaption.

The concept design is based on an illustrated 2002 book by Gris Grimly (who will also co-direct along with Mark Gustafson).

No surprise here that the storyline has come from del Toro (along with frequent collaborator, Matthew Robbins). Robbins will also be the scripwriter.  Del Toro will co-produce alongside Jim Henson Company's Lisa Henson and Jason Lust, and Allison Abbate.  Gary Ungar will be executive producer, along with Pathe's Francois Ivernel and Cameron McCracken.

When asked about the darker take on this much loved story, del Toro said "There has to be darkness in any fairy tale or children's narrative work, something the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and Walt Disney understood,"  he went on to say "We tend to call something Disney-fied, but a lot of people forget how powerfully disturbing the best animated Disney movies are, including those kids being turned into donkeys in Pinocchio."

via: Deadline exclusive

Read the full exclusive, including brief commentary be del Toro over at Deadline.



Topics: movie, news

Two new 'Sucker Punch' TV spots!

Two new Sucker Punch trailers/spots aired during the commercial break for this past Sunday (Feb 13) night's Grammys.  If you missed them, you can check them out below (following the break).

The basic story revolves around a character named Babydoll, played by Emily Browning, who enters a dream world to escape the realities of her own dismal world.

Sucker Punch will hit theaters March 25.

What do you think?  Will Sucker Punch live up to all the hype?

Felicia Day to star in 'Dragon Age: Redemption'

via Blastr/Syfy

Felicia Day, the actress who starred in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and her own web-series, The Guild, is set to star in Dragon Age: Redemption a 6-part web series based on Bioware's role playing game, Dragon Age.

Day, who many may not know, is also a writer, director, and producer and has written the series, as well as will be co-producing it, and starring as lead.

According to Blastr, the story is about an Elven thief called Tallis, who gathers allies in a search for an errant magician. The crew includes, cinematographer John Bartley (Lost), director Peter Winther (The Librarian: Quest for the Spear) and co-producer Dan Kaplow (The United Srates of Tara).


Read the full story here. You can also check out a few words from Alicia Day herself from her blog.



[Source:  Blastr]
Topics: web-series, casting, news

Reinvention of 'Sherlock'

Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) © BBC

Benedict Cumberbatch is the most current incarnation of Sherlock Holmes. He stars in the  BBC Wales and WGBH Boston co-produced Masterpiece Anthology TV Series,  Sherlock, which first aired on BBC and then PBS (in America), this past summer. The project is a collaboration between Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss (both also write on Doctor Who).

Benedict Cumberbatch is not new to the detective genre.  He has appeared in the Marple Series (Marple: Murder Is Easy), previously, as well as having starred in numerous films, including, Amazing Grace and, more recently, Atonement.  He is a theater trained actor first, having a myriad of theatre credits to his name.

What makes this 'Sherlock' unique is that instead of setting it in the Victorian Age, Moffat and Gatiss have completely reinvented Sherlock and landed him right in the middle of the 21st century.  Sherlock is still rash and meticulously asocial-Sherlock even calls himself a "highly functioning sociopath".  There are implications that he may have some kind of drug addiction (which is not new), though his smoking pipe is ousted for the more updated, nicotine patches.  In this series, Sherlock dresses like he came straight out of a GQ ad.  He wears thick tweed overcoats and patterned jackets and scarves.  It's not surprising, then, that after the show first aired, Savile Row and major clothiers in London noted a dramatic increase in sales of  tweed and patterned styled frocks/overcoats and scarves, similar to the ones that Cumberbatch wears on the show.

This Sherlock makes no apologies for using 21st Century technology. He loves texting and does it as a means of contacting Watson (Martin Freeman) and numerous other characters. He also uses blogging and other means of deducing evidence in what he calls "the science of deduction".  

Dialogue too is modernized.  So instead of "the game is afoot" we get "the game is on".  And so, my friends, the game IS on.

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Sherlock returns for a second season with 3 (90 min long) episodes in the Fall of 2011. Word is mum on what the episodes will revolve around, but Steven Moffat  told The Guardian, "You can have three words to work from: Adler, Hound, Reichenbach. Those are your clues." Gattis has confirmed on Twitter that filming for the 2nd season will begin in May.

****You can read my full review on the first episode Study in Pink coming soon***

7 New Promotional Photos for Starz' new series 'Camelot'

   7 New Promo pics for Starz' Camelot have been released. Check them out below:

Jamie Campbell-Bower/Arthur

Tamsin Egerton/Guinevere

Peter Mooney/Sir Kay

Joseph Fiennes/Merlin

Eva Green/Morgan(Morgana)

Claire Forlani/Queen Igraine

Photos courtesy of:  Starz/About-Camelot

Starz is set to air its new fantasy piece, Camelot, April 1st (no foolin').  But if you just can't wait to get a sneak peak into what looks like a juicy show, check out these stunning newly released 7 promo photos, along with a preview trailer for the show: Camelot trailer

If you can't wait that long to see the premiere, Starz is promising a 'sneak peak' on February 25th, on it's website:  Starz Originals Camelot

Note:  If you don't get Starz, and happen to be a member of Netflix, Netflix has a deal with Starz and has been airing past Starz shows like Pillars of the Earth and Spartacus: Blood and Sand (as well as , now, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena) the day after they are first aired. This bodes well for Camelot also becoming available almost immediately on Netflix.

I personally cannot wait for this adaptation!
[photos, courtesy of Starz/About-Camelot]
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