Tuesday, November 18, 2008

the new star trek trailer


I'm sure anyone with a sniff of interest in the new Star Trek movie coming out next year have seen the new trailer that was released on Monday. The action oriented trailer, full of young Kirk angst, Vulcan death grips and a drenched Scotty, is just a taste of what audiences will see in May 2009. Bootleg versions hit the internet after the trailer premiered before the new Bond movie "Quantum of Solace", but now any fanboy (or girl) can check the trailer out in HD. Two great in depth looks at the trailer are on io9, and at Empire magazine's website. Both articles have some excellent screen shots from the trailer, and at Empire they have some analysis from the film's director, JJ Abrams. Now all we have to do is wait six long months to see what Abrams, Chris Pine and the rest of the crew of the Enterprise have done. "Star Trek" will be released May 8th, 2009.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

brand new watchmen posters


With Watchmen only four months away, Warner's Bros. is getting primed for a late season push to get the word out as far as they can. Six new posters were released for the film to various websites, one for each of the main characters of the acclaimed graphic novel.

At the LATimes.com Hero Complex blog The Comedian (Jeffery Dean Morgan) looks extra sadistic, lighting a cigar with a flamethrower while Vietnam lingers behind him. At USAToday.com, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), equipped with his trusty grappling gun, kneels on a rooftop with the hazy, dark skyline of New York behind him. On MTV.com's Splash Page blog Silk Spectre (Malin Ackerman) looks extra sexy as she patrols the streets. On EW.com's PopWatch blog, Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup in full blue CGI) contemplates life while at Edward Blake's funeral, flanked by Ozymandias and Nite Owl. As a fan, from looking at this poster you have to be relieved that Zack Snyder was at the helm of this film, it looks as if it will be an extremely loyal adaptation of the novel. At AccessHollywood.com, Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) lurks in the night with his Owlship hovering behind him. Lastly, on Wired.com, the world's smartest man, Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), and his genetically engineered feline companion Bubastis.

March 2009 can't come soon enough people.