Poster & Trailer For "I Declare War"

Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different tone as the quest for victory pushes the boundaries of friendship. The would-be warriors get a searing glimpse of humanity's dark side as their combat scenario takes them beyond the rules of the game and into an adventure where fantasy combat clashes with the real world.

TRAILER COURTESY OF MACHINIMA

There Might Be An X-FORCE Movie UPDATE: Writer Already Tapped

 

UPDATE:

It appears 20th Fox is moving fast on this one-

In a Hollywood Reporter exclusive, it appears Jeff Wadlow, who just finished Kick-Ass 2, set to release in August, has been tapped to writer and possibly direct X-FORCE for 20th Fox.

Well, that didn't take long. Worth noting also, is the fact Warpath, being played by BooBoo Stewart in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, is a key character in X-Force. Maybe DoFP will lead into or hint at this? 

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Apparently, the X-Men fan site aptly named X-Men Films has picked up on our old pals at 20th Century Fox registering a website under the name 'X-ForceMovie.com', and movie companies don't usually do that unless their planning to make a movie.

(Unless that movie is Soul Calibur with Anthem Pictures which had 'SoulCaliburTheMovie.com' registered since 2007 and recently JUST went up for sale again.  But you know, whatever)

Anyway, apparently the dude famous for drawing mis-proprtionate buff guys, Robert Liefeld, creator of X-Force, took to Twitter forever ago hinting about future Cable/X-Men stuff, since Cable is a member of the X-Force:

X-MenFilms also pointed to a statement made last year by Marvel "Consultant" Mark Miller:

“You have to remember that Fox grabbed the X-Men back in the ’90s because it was the biggest franchise in the world. So X-Force or Cable or Deadpool — all these amazing characters are things we haven’t really gotten to yet. ‘X-Force’ #1 was the second biggest book of all time behind Jim Lee’s ‘X-Men’ #1, so there’s an immediate brand recognition to that stuff and a build in fanbase. You go to any convention in the world, and you’ll see 20 people dressed as Deadpool. In a lot of ways, these are Marvel’s coolest characters, so I want to remind people of that and build on what we already have. I think there’s a great foundation, and just from basic conversations, we’ve come up with ten movies we could do. These things cost $150 million each to make, so we have to pick and choose what we want to do.”

"Fear Us!" Screams New 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Poster

The Official Facebook Page of 300 posted a new poster today, showing off what looks like a new breed of Immortals in the upcoming 300: Rise of an Empire, due out in 2014.

 

The Greek general Themistocles battles an invading army of Persians under the mortal-turned-god, Xerxes.

300: Rise of an Empire stars Lena Headey, Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, and Sullivan Stapleton and is due out March 7, 2014. 

Watch Out, Pixar- Here's the Teaser for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

The teaser trailer for How 2 Train Your Dragon, 2Dragon 2Furious,  How to Train Your Dragon 2 is out and shows some gorgeous animation, nice character aging, and a squirrel-suit. 

Sweet. Maybe I should watch the first. 

How to Train Your Dragon 2 soars into theaters June 20, 2014 and stars Gerard Butler, Kit Harington, America Ferrera, T.J. Miller, Craig Ferguson, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Wiig.

The thrilling second chapter of the epic “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.

Hugh Jackman Wants to See Spider-Man, X-Men, and Avengers Come Together; WIll Never Happen.

 

Collider got to have a little chat with everyone's favorite buff Aussie, Huge Actman, and he says he wants to see Wolverine, X-Men, and Spider-Man all team like in the funny pages and do some cool stuff together, although we all know this will probably never happen within our lifetime.

If there's anyone that can say anything though, who better than one of the major Marvel bread-winners, Hugh Jackman?

When asked what it would take to see all these guys on screen, Jackman replied:

“Mate, I ask the same question.  I literally asked the same question the other day to Tom from Marvel who works with all the other studios, he works with Sony and Fox, that’s his job to liaise.  I said, ‘Man, can this happen?’ and he goes ‘Look, it’s not gonna be easy because you’re working with different studios and they’re their properties.’  But I believe—maybe I’m optimistic, I understand at Marvel they’ve got The Avengers, they’ve got a lot of big things going on, but at some point I just find it almost impossible that there’s not a way to bring Iron Man, all the Avengers characters, Wolverine, the X-Men characters, Spider-Man, and somehow get them in together.”

Jackman then went on to say, why not split the cost? Because it's basically the same thing as splitting your ticket at Red Lobster or something.

“(smiling) I don’t see the impediment!  I’m like, okay you’ve got three studios, just split it three ways in terms of the cost, and happy days it’s all coming together!  I would love to… I’m in for it, I’m totally up for it because I think that would be really exciting for fans across the board.”

If he gets Robert Downey Jr. on board maybe there'd be enough sway to convince someone to do something.
The closest we've gotten was a planned cameo of the OsCorp Tower from The Amazing Spider-Man into the sky-line of The Avengers.

Here's the video:

Well, what do you think? Will it ever maybe happen?

First Image from 'I, Frankenstein' Starring Aaron Eckhart

We have our first look at Aaron Eckhart in Stuart Beattie's adaptation of the graphic novel, I, Frankenstein, and to be honest, this really isn't what many were expecting from a film with 'Frankenstein' in the title:

A buff, shirtless dude with scars all over his body.  Not exactly screaming 'Frankenstein's Monster' over here (Funnily enough, some guy commented on another site and said it's Harvey Dent Returns hahaha).

The film is due out next January 24th, however; it was originally set for release this past FEBRUARY.  That's a year-long delay for a film which is obviously never a good sign (actually, as I'm writing this, I notice it's being released in 3D...there's your answer).

Besides that, not much is known in regards to the project except is takes place in the modern day with Frankenstein being hunted by demons who want to know the secrets to his creation.

Expect more to be known next week following Comic-Con as an official trailer will be released along with more insight on to what exactly this film is about.

Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy, Socratis Otto, Miranda Otto, and Jai Courtney also star.

Source: EW

Rev Up Those Oscars: Here's Christian Bale in OUT OF THE FURNACE.

See, nerds, this is where Bruce Wayne is now, many many years after his ejecto-seato propelled him from that nuclear blast at the end of The Dark Knight Rises. He's married to Uhara while his brother is being trained how to fight by The Green Goblin.

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement fails to follow through, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

Christian Bale (The Machinist, The Fighter), Zoe Saldana (The Words, Columbiana), Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger, Natural Born Killers), Willem Dafoe (The Hunter, Platoon), and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) star, directed by Scott Cooper

Saving Mr. Banks Trailer

When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation.

For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp.

It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.

James Bond Will Return November 2015 (and He's Bringing Sam Mendes Along)

The news many (but not all) Bond fans wanted to hear and were expecting judging by the rumblings is here. Daniel Craig and director Sam Mendes will re-collaborate on the next James Bond installment for the typical late October release for our UK brethern and early November for us yanks. Only this time in 2015. It looks like I know when I'm visiting Phil in the UK.

Here's the press release:

"Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, EON Productions; Gary Barber, Chairman & CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Michael Lynton, CEO, Sony Entertainment, Inc, and Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Daniel Craig will once again return as the legendary British secret agent in the 24th James Bond film and Sam Mendes will also return to direct the screenplay written by John Logan. The film is set for release in UK theaters on October 23, 2015 and in US theaters on November 6, 2015.

SKYFALL™, the 23rd James Bond film, took in $1.1 billion worldwide and set a new mark as the highest-grossing film of all time in the UK; it was the best-selling Bond film on DVD/Blu-ray and was the most critically acclaimed film in the history of the longest-running film franchise.

Commenting on the announcement, Wilson and Broccoli said, 'Following the extraordinary success of SKYFALL, we’re really excited to be working once again with Daniel Craig, Sam Mendes and John Logan.'

'I am very pleased that by giving me the time I need to honour all my theatre commitments, the producers have made it possible for me to direct Bond 24. I very much look forward to taking up the reins again, and to working with Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for a second time,' said Mendes.

Barber added, 'We are thrilled to reunite the extraordinary talents of director Sam Mendes with our star Daniel Craig for the next great Bond adventure.' He added, 'As evidenced by the phenomenal success of our last collaboration with EON Productions and Sony, the incredible legacy of this 51-year-old franchise continues to amaze.'

Lynton and Pascal said, 'It’s a privilege to work on the Bond films. EON, John Logan and Sam Mendes have come up with an extraordinary follow up to SKYFALL and we, along with our partners at MGM, can't wait to share this new chapter with audiences all over the world.'"

Joseph Kosinski "Updates" on Tron 3 & Black Hole Remake That Will Never Happen

The financial receptions to Tron: Legacy and Oblivion alone say neither Tron 3 nor The Black Hole remake gets made. The climate at Disney and their growing reliance on underlings Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm does not help their case. What they will directly have their hand in won't be niche genre crap in the wake of The Lone Ranger.

But Joseph Kosinski still has to put on a brave face anytime some press junket schmuck asks as illustrated by Entertainment Tonight: