We’ve got our first look at director Gor Verbinski’s venture into animated features with a trailer for Rango, based on an original idea from Verbinski himself. Watch the trailer, embedded below:
The film features a massive voice cast including Johnny Depp, Timothy Olyphant, Bill Nighy and Alfred Molina.
Rango hits theaters next March 18, 2011.
You got it Squidlets, the Robert Rodriguez produced, Nimrod directed Predators has an International trailer. That means bad language and Danny Trejo. I’m completely undecided about this, as it looks like every other Predator movie made, but this one brings in Adrien Brody for….cred? Remember Brody in The Pianist….when he was brilliant?! Me too. Watch and weigh in on the trailer below.
Last night we got our first official look at Seth Rogen and Jay Chou as The Green Hornet and Kato, respectively. Sony quickly followed that with our first trailer for the film. Watch it now, embedded below courtesy of Yahoo Movies:
Personally, I’m a little on the fence with this one. I like the look of the action and the costumes, but I’m disappointed that it seems Seth Rogen is playing… well.. Seth Rogen. Again. I was hoping for a more serious tone. I’m also surprised that Michel Gondry’s direction seems really subdued – but then again this is a big family-friendly action film. These things shouldn’t be judged from one trailer, and I’m excited to see how the film plays out.
What do you think of The Green Hornet trailer?
Take the GTA open-world concept, throw in a good dose of story, great artwork and graphics and tons of cool Force-like powers and you get Infamous, one of the best video gaming experiences I’ve had in a long time.
Well, Infamous anti-hero Cole is back in the recently announced Infamous 2. And developer Sucker Punch treated us to a trailer for the new sequel at E3. This is big news for me because the game is awesome, and it really looks like Sucker Punch added some great new features. The city environments look a lot more vibrant and alive this time around, and Cole is brandishing some new prong type weapon that looks killer!
So sit back and enjoy the trailer for Infamous 2, and then wait painfully for 2011 to come. Many thanks to Kotaku for having the only decent trailer on the net – click the image below to check it out!
Click image to watch the 'Infamous 2' trailer!
The recent re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series turned out to be one of the absolute best series to ever hit television. Taut, tense and real it was more a human drama than a science fiction show.
So, watching the teaser trailer for the Battlestar Galactica MMO had my mouth salivating. Shot in the exact same style as the television program, with tense cuts and guerrilla camera-work, the teaser asks us “Human or Cylon, Man or Machine?”
Very little is known about the game. We know it’s based on the re-imagines BSG. You can play as Human or Cylon…and that’s about it.
Anything that goes up against World Of Warcraft is good in my books, healthy competition is a good thing. So, with Star Wars: The old Republic and Battlestar Galactica both jumping into the MMORPG arena, we not only get some variety in the genre, but we also see some great franchises kept alive with new content and fresh ideas.
Check out the trailer, embedded below:
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When Star Wars Galaxies came to my house, took a big dump on my living room floor and said “There, play that!” I was naturally put off by any talk of a new Star Wars MMO.
Then I heard that Bioware has picked up the option to make another online game based in the Star Wars universe, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and my heart perked up. THEN they announce it will be set long before the events of SWEP1 and my soul soared!
And then we waited. While the game is still far from launch (2011 at the moment), Bioware treated us to a 5 minute trailer at E3, and it kicks ass.
It’s not hard to make a piece of work better than any of the first 3 episodes of Star Wars, but to craft a 5 minute trailer for an online game that kills ALL 3 movies put together…well, THAT’S something. So, here ya go kiddies, the 5 minute trailer for the upcoming MMORPG Star Wars The Old Republic - you will watch it more than once…
Alrighty Fan Boi’s and Girls, recently announced at E3 is the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World videogame. Done in a retro art ‘Double Dragon’ style, you play as seminal character Scott Pilgrim and battle through various stages to eventually defeat that stages boss, one of the 7 Evil Ex’s.
Now don’t let the trailer fool ya, this game is coming out for the (newly slimmed!) XBOX360 and PS3. The game flaunts Guitar Hero-like mini-games, 4-player Co-Op and that Oh SO Retro 8-Bit soundtrack. While there is no official release date, it looks the game will release over XBOX Live and the Playstation network.
I predict every Scott Pilgrim fan in the world will download this just based on the name. And then realise it’s lame.
Watch the trailer, embedded below:
Everyone’s buzzing about Mortal Kombat again since a live-action short (intended for a full-length feature) hit the net last week. The timing couldn’t have been better, as this week we are treated to a trailer for the next installment of the video game series, somewhat confusingly titled Mortal Kombat.
The game looks to be closer to the first three installments of the game, with classic characters, fight styles and of course, fatalities. Nothing says nostalgia like a glossy new kick to the face. If the trailer is any indication, this new Mortal Kombat could give players new and old something to sink their teeth into, possibly bringing the franchise back into the big leagues. Maybe it will push that movie towards production too…
Check out the trailer, embedded below.
According to a press release from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the game will be a “a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic”, while also incorporating new game modes including tag team.
Mortal Kombat is slated for release sometime in 2011, on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
What do you think?
With E3 happening tomorrow, you’re gonna be getting some big video game news this week. To get your juices flowing for that, here’s a pretty impressive cinematic teaser for LucasArt’s upcoming sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Check it out, embedded below.
I thought that was damned cool. I didn’t really play much of the first game, and read some pretty mediocre reviews, but that trailer is more than enough to sell me into checking the sequel out. Ultimately, it comes down to gameplay, and here’s hoping we get a really stellar Star Wars game, something that we’re always promised but rarely end up getting, though I really enjoyed Shadows of the Empire and Bounty Hunter.
Ahh the 90’s. They brought us so many great things. Like flannel shirts tied around the waist, Crystal Pepsi and Joey Lawrence. Lest we not forget the greatest thing to come out of the decade, the ultra-violent Mortal Kombat video game. Parents were pissed and the property took off and before we knew it we had Kombat toys, t-shirts, cartoons and two lice-action feature films. These films, Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, respectively, were not good. There have been times where I defended the first film, but that’s mostly because it’s so cheesy it becomes good. The sequel however, is a vile testament to the evils that men can do.
That still doesn’t explain my surprise to see that there is a large number of people out there just clamoring for a faithful Mortal Kombat film. This I discovered, when a live-action short hit the net this morning, promoting something called Mortal Kombat: Rebirth. Is it test-footage or a teaser for a new film? Is it a tie-in trailer for the next video game installment? Apparently no one knows. It is kind of impressive though.
Enough gum-flapping from me, watch the clip embedded below.
You’ll no doubt recognize the great Michael Jai White as Det. Jackson “Jax” Briggs and Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade. It should also be noted that the fight choreography was provided by Larnell Stovall, who was responsible for the awesome fight scenes in Undisputed III: Redemption.
So what is this for? With the massive video-game conference E3 just around the corner, many fans speculated it’s for a new Mortal Kombat video game, while CHUD reports that it is for a new live action film (apparently coming from choreographer Stovall himself).
So we’re most likely going to get a new Kombat movie, or at least someone is putting their foot forward to get this thing green-lit. And while I think that short is certainly a far more mature, stylish approach to the franchise, I just can’t shake the looming pessimism of the video-game adaptation. It’s Mortal Kombat. Is there even a good story there to be told?
We’ll just have to wait and see what happens with this one. On the bright side, if this film is a means to get a Michael Jai White leading role with fight scenes from Larnell Stovall, then I say bring it.
What do you think about the short, and a new Mortal Kombat film?
Also, here’s Raiden laughing:
After promising to give us a new trailer through the official facebook page when the fan count hit 100,000, Universal made good on their promise and debuted the new official trailer for Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
Check out the embedded video below, or head on over to facebook to see it in high-definition.
You’ve got to be crazy if you don’t think this film looks like a ton of fun.
It’s on like Donkey Kong.
Last month we brought you into the world of writer/director Olaf Blomerus with a tease of his debut short-film, the high-concept thriller Q&A. Finally, Q&A is ready for us to take in, as the film premiered online this morning – and you can watch it right here and now.
Watch Q&A – written and directed by Olaf Blomerus, starring Tejay Macdonald and Will Clubb.
Q&A from Olaf Blomerus on Vimeo.
If you ask me, Q&A is a formidable debut film and a wonderful short film on its own merit. Blomerus has got major technical chops for a first-time director, and more importantly he can tell an interesting and fresh story. A filmmaker like Blomerus becomes fully invested in the project, being involved in every aspect and staying true to his vision while ensuring the film has quality. I think Q&A is fantastic and I can’t wait to see the film grow alongside Blomerus’ career. I’m certain this is only the beginning.
So dear readers, enjoy the film and spread the word on Q&A!
We’ve seen some pretty bizarre films get made over the course of our lifetime. Vaginas with teeth, beds that eat people, The Real Cancun…you name it, it’s probably been filmed. Normally I write that shit off, but something has come out of Cannes that is too good to pass over.
The film is called Rubber. It is about a tire, a rubber tire you’d find on a car, that has somehow become sentient and has a psychic ability to destroy anything it so pleases. This tire, named Robert, finds a pile of his brethren among flames and begins a journey of vengeance.
I just wrote that, and even I have to read it again.
What’s even more bizarre, is apparently the film is really good. The feedback from Cannes has been that the film is genuinely funny and inventive, and has managed to inject an inanimate object with a reasonable amount of character.
At this point you must be sold. Watch the trailer, embedded below, courtesy of bloody-disgusting.com.
The film, written and directed by Quentin Dupieux, has been picked up for US distribution by Magnet Releasing; no word on when or how the masses will be able to check it out.
Head on over to the film’s official site for some stills and updates on its release.
Killer. Tire. Oh man…
It was only days before Iron Man 2 hit theaters last week that we discovered that would be the venue of the debut of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 trailer – a trailer we didn’t expect, for a film we didn’t know about. Film canisters containing the trailer were sent separately to theaters, apparently locked with a digital code that would be revealed to projectionists shortly before midnight screenings of Iron Man 2 last Thursday.
The internet lit up with speculation, after a detailed description of the trailer leaked, that Super 8 would serve as a prequel to Cloverfield. An early (and rumored) plot description from Vulture described the film as being centered around a group of kids in the late 70’s, early 80’s, who develop some film they shot on a super 8 camera and discover evidence of an alien creature caught in one of the frames. The source in the report also claimed that the film is “absolutely connected to 2008’s Cloverfield“. Well we can now negate any connection between Super 8 and Cloverfield, as Abrams himself quickly squashed that rumor bug.
So what is Super 8, if not another piece in the Cloverfield mythos? Well, we now know, and it’s much more exciting.
Super 8 is indeed it’s own entity, not connected to anything else in the Abramsverse. The film is written and will be directed by Abrams. It will also be produced by Steven Spielberg and released via Amblin Entertainment, fitting as Slashfilm reports that Super 8 is an homage to Spielberg’s Amblin era sci-fi fllms like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.
Color me very fucking interested.
Many of you were lucky enough to see the trailer in front of Iron Man 2, or you managed to see the bootlegged trailer before it was taken down. Paramount has now put up the trailer online for your viewing enjoyment, in hi-def over at Apple. If you just can’t wait for the download, check it out in the embed below:
That is, in every definition, a teaser, as the trailer was shot completely independently of the feature, which will begin production late this year, for a summer 2011 release.
Slashfilm has put together a pretty comprehensive list of everything we know about Super 8 so far, but at the end of the day it’s not much.
Say what you want about Abrams (but seriously, who could say something negative?), he sure knows how to keep a secret and build up excitement for something over a year away.
What are your thoughts on Super 8?
Don’t talk… just… watch…
Now that we finally have some semblance of what this thing is actually about, I’m really excited for Inception. Christopher Nolan is so fucking good it hurts my nards. And I do believe that his best work is still outside of the Batman films, where he can really stretch and do anything he wants. The buzz online for this film is ridiculous, easily one of, if not the most anticipated film of the year. The expectation is almost reaching a terminal velocity, and I hope it’s as good as it looks, or prepare yourselves for geek riots.
Inception hits theaters July 16th.
Once you’re done marking your calendars, take a look at the new poster below
