News, Rumors & 100% Grade-A Internet Bullshit - May 30, 2009

- It's only seven months until James Cameron's Avatar will grace the silver screens despite the lack of actual footage or photos from the film (unless you count behind-the-scenes pictures of Cameron, Sam Worthington & Co. on set next to green-screens!) But MarketSaw got a hold of some concept art taken from the forthcoming book The Art of Avatar and confirmed by 20th Century Fox. I'm still waiting to see a trailer, but I really like what I see here!

- In an odd (but nonetheless smart) move to play on the popularityof the character overseas, Sony and Paramount have opted to release The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in the international markets at the end of October and early November 2011. The film will then open state-side on December 23 where it will no doubt butt-heads with Warner Brothers' The Hobbit - a move that is not-so-smart by comparison.

- I think Kevin Smith is going to prove his critics wrong with his action-comedy A Couple of Dicks. It sounds like a project "main-stream"enough for him to gain a wide audience while sticking to his sense of humor. That, and I'm curious to see him handle action - he's definitely got it in him, in my opinion. Along with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as the leads, Sean William Scott and Adam Brody have joined the production which starts shooting on Monday.