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Trailer: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ - Nov 22

Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright and Donald Sutherland.

I see they’re doing the same thing they did with the first film in that they’re not showing the games. Which is fine, because all of the footage that they are showing, particularly the riot scenes, looks great — and an expansion of what was great about the previous installment. Good things.

I could get behind this. I actually enjoyed the first one, so can’t wait too see how this turns out.


The first teaser footage for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness has arrived, giving fans their initial glimpse at the sequel to the surprisingly successful reboot of the long-running franchise. And as we speculated earlier, the clip focuses on Abrams’ mysterious villain, as played by the brilliant Benedict Cumberbatch.


This looks pretty good. However, it reminds me of the recent movie, The Raid. I hope the entire plot doesn’t take place in this one building. 


Trailer: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ - March 8th, 2013

Directed by Sam Raimi, starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Zach Braff, and Abigail Spencer.

Notice the black and white that expands to widescreen full bleed color in the middle of the trailer. Very cool idea.


Video game fans rejoice! One of the hottest actors in Hollywood right now has just signed on to star in and co-produce a film version of one of the hottest video game titles going. According to reports actor Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class, Prometheus) has signed for an ASSASSIN’S CREED film franchise.


thedailywhat:

Movie Premise of the Day: Back in 2010, director Ben Popik recruited five comedy writers for a surprise challenge: Each would write 15 pages of a movie, having read only the previous five pages of the script.

They were all in, save for one stipulation: If they wrote the movie, Popik had to make it.

Done and done — two years later, The Exquisite Corpse Project is a comedy, a love story, a psycho-sexual thriller, and a supernatural adventure all in one. And it’s also winning awards!

[thanks, raphael!]

This is a brilliant idea.