Thu, August 1, 2013 Ah, the classic Every Character Crammed Into Frame poster.
The new poster for Thor: The Dark World has a distinct Drew Struzan vibe, or maybe that's just me. It looks good. Now let's get a better trailer.
Thu, August 1, 2013 
A do-over of The Mummy is director-less at the moment. Len Wiseman has exited the project, reports The Wrap.
Universal and producers Sean Daniels and Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (Oh boy...) search for his replacement. This latest version is expected to shy away from the Indiana Jones/serial-inspired films from Stephen Sommers and closer to its horror origins.
Not much else to add, kiddos. Wiseman is far from the run-of-the-mill, faceless assembly-line directors he's labeled as. Yeah, the Total Recall remake was Vanilla, and not even the good kind like French Vanilla or Vanilla Bean, and I never dared step foot into an Underworld. But give the man his due. He did a kick-ass job on Live Free or Die Hard, stupidly exaggerated title notwithstanding.
They'll find someone else the Internet can shit on shortly.
Thu, August 1, 2013 
The American dream and the violence it can take to achieve it. It is a universal and timeless theme. Why the notion of retelling Scarface is not as sacrilege as some would have you to think. The setting and ethnicity of the title character are irrelevant. In any time and place, there is a story to tell of a thug who climbs his way to the top, all the power and glory that comes with it and the inevitable downfall.
It helps that I don't hold either iteration of the gangster favorite in high regard. I can understand the place in history for the original 1932 effort from Howard Hawks/Richard Rosson. The 1983 redo from Brian De Palma I find to be nothing but a piece of garbage that found a second life on home video and cable and really found its footing in the rap community.
No matter my personal thoughts, Universal made oodles of cash from the De Palma/Al Pacino "classic" over the years and see the value in updating the story and it appears they have finally settled on a director for this third incarnation. "TOLDJA" reports David Yates, still riding high post-Harry Potter, is their man. The British helmer is not exactly who I, or you good reader, would have imagined. But maybe that's what this Scarface; the unexpected.
Thu, August 1, 2013 
UPDATE: A proper HD trailer is included below.
Take note, Entertainment Tonight. This is how you premiere a trailer. By shutting up and letting us watch it uninterrupted.
This morning’s broadcast of Good Morning America offered up the world exclusive of the trailer for David O. Russell's American Hustle. The cast is a "Who's Who" of recent Oscar-winning and nominated actors under his direction including Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner and Robert De Niro. Director Russell and said cast particularly Bale appear to be in top form.
If you want to enjoy the trailer (expected to play in theaters this weekend; presumably in front of 2 Guns) in HD goodness, click here to the Good Morning America official site. Since there is no embed for that for the time being, you can also enjoy this lower-res version.
Wed, July 31, 2013 I've touched upon this before and beating dead horses never gets you that far, but one more time for those who weren't paying attention.
The Man Of Steel video marketing campaign was stellar. The poster campaign for Man Of Steel was not, in my opinion of course. The TV Spots and Trailers put the asses in the seats for an opening weekend propelling Man Of Steel to nearly $300 Million, but those posters didn't do anybody any favors. I remember seeing fan posters at the time that had more of an impact than the actual theatrical posters and the poster below is no exception.
Created by SUPERHEROHYPE FORUM user "jmc", this poster would make a great teaser for the just announced Batman Vs Superman film. What about a contest for fans to design the first teaser poster for the Batman vs Superman film? That sounds like a good idea to me. Warner Bros, are you listening? "Let Justice Be Done"
For more of JMC's work head over to his WEBSITE.
Wed, July 31, 2013 
Peter Berg set out with the right intentions on Lone Survivor. Tell the real life, harrowing story of Navy SEALs and their ill-fated covert mission against a high-ranking Taliban member and how it was ambushed in Afghanistan. He even agreed to sign away two years of his life making mega-budget dreck Battleship. All so Universal would OK this.
I appreciate his effort and the crap he went through to get here. If only the first trailer left a better impression. Too corny for my tastes, but there is still time and we have been blah trailers resulting in great movies. For his sake, I hope this joins that group.
Wed, July 31, 2013 
Your grandfather was never this bad. As much as you might wish he was.
Paramount has released the first trailer for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, and it's just that. Johnny Knoxville reprises his Irving Zisman character alongside Jackson Nicoll his co-star from Fun Size, that comedy from last fall none of you watched. They take an approach unlike what Sacha Baron Cohen and Larry Charles perfected in their comedies; actors in character doing and saying outrageous things in front of real, unsuspecting people.
Knoxville is funny but that kid Nicoll is its ace-in-the-hole.
Wed, July 31, 2013 
The Wrap says James Cameron has commissioned Josh Friedman, responsible for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and who provided some great antidotes working for Steven Spielberg during his time working on War of the Worlds for the great Tales From the Script documentary, to work on the script for Avatar 2.
The longer the wait, the bigger the anticipation builds for the 3D Na'vi sequel and the clearer it becomes Christmas 2015 is not gonna happen. That was never a realistic model given the attention-to-detail Cameron and the WETA wizards put into post production.
Nevertheless they have a new writer, and a good one at that, so there's that.
Wed, July 31, 2013 Jennifer Lawrence was great as Mystique, sure. But she lacked that fatal legwork we came to know from Rebecca Romijn in the role. Bryan Singer is here to get us nostalgic in his latest X-Men: Days of Future Past related tweet with what looks like an official production still and confirmation that yes Mystique will kill again.
Source: Bryan Singer's Twitter
Wed, July 31, 2013 In 1972—before the internet, before the porn explosion—Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film, featuring a story, some jokes, and an unknown and unlikely star, Linda Lovelace. Escaping a strict religious family, Linda discovered freedom and the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor. As Linda Lovelace she became an international sensation—less centerfold fantasy than a charming girl-next-door with an impressive capacity for fellatio. Fully inhabiting her new identity, Linda became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism. Six years later she presented another, utterly contradictory, narrative to the world—and herself as the survivor of a far darker story.
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