The official U.S. trailer of the upcoming Simon Pegg/Nick Frost sci-fi road trip comedy has hit the ‘Net. In it you should spot Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and other surprises. If for some crazy reason you couldn’t recognize the alien’s voice–that’s Seth Rogen. Feel free to rewatch the international trailer right here. Paul hits theatres March 18, 2011.
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Trailer: Paul
The next movie from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost made waves at Comic Con last summer, and now the trailer for Paul is available for the public at large to enjoy. The English comedy duo, whose recent outings include Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, enlisted Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) to direct. The flick follows Pegg and Frost trekking across the America and what happens when they find an alien named Paul voiced by Seth Rogen. It also stars Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Jane Lynch. Paul hits theatres March 18, 2011. (Want more Paul? Here’s a short teaser.)
Trailer: Fast Five
The Fast and the Furious. 2 Fast 2 Furious. Tokyo Drift. Fast & Furious. Now get ready for Fast Five. That’s right people; Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are teaming up for yet another street racing film set in the Fast and the Furious universe that was born back in 2001. The fifth installment is directed by Justin Lin (who directed the previous two) and features “returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise” including Jordana Brewster, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon, and Don Omar. (No sign of Michelle Rodriquez’s Letty–what gives? Perhaps she died in one of the many sequels? I don’t know.) Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joins the ensemble cast as a federal agent attempting to capture former cop Brian O’Conner (Walker) and ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel). Looks fun to me. Fast Five hits theatres April 29, 2011.
Fringe is about to “re-animate” Friday nights
Following news that the best sci-fi show on television Fringe is moving to Friday nights, FOX put together this trailer that is all kinds of awesome. At least we know that the network is willing to push hard for the show to keep it relevant. The showrunners must be loving this.
Says Dean Norris, Fox senior VP of marketing and special projects: “We are trying to rebrand Friday, and what we’re trying to do with this show specifically is make it kind of like forbidden fruit. We want that teen demographic that might not be our audience right now to say, ‘That this is a show my parents might not want me to watch — but I’m going to watch it, anyway.’”
Trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Johnny Depp is back as Capt. Jack Sparrow in another Pirates tale from Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer, and director Rob Marshall. Gore Verbinski, the original director from the first three films in the franchise, decided to sit this one out. Actors Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley also parted ways with the film. This time around Jack Sparrow is hellbent on finding the Fountain of Youth. Depp is joined by new female lead Penélope Cruz who plays the daughter of the film’s main antagonist Blackbeard (Ian McShane). Geoffrey Rush reprises his role as Captain Hector Barbossa. As you’re watching the first theatrical trailer you’ll surely notice that the Klaus Badelt/Hans Zimmer collaborative score has carried over and is still fantastic. On Stranger Tides hits theatres May 20, 2011 in standard, 3D and IMAX 3D formats.
Update: I’ve replaced the Yahoo! Movies clip with the trailer that’s been uploaded to Disney’s YouTube channel. This one features a short introduction by Jack Sparrow and more importantly it can be viewed in full HD!
2010 Video Game Awards honor Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2 (debut trailers enclosed)
Saturday night Spike aired the 2010 Video Game Awards hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption beat out CoD: Black Ops, God of War III, Halo: Reach, and Mass Effect 2 for the coveted Game of the Year award; Redemption also won Best Original Score and Best DLC for “Undead Nightmare.” Mass Effect 2 managed to prove its worthiness by taking home Best RPG and Best Xbox 360 Game; game developer Bioware was crowned Studio of the Year. Other notable winners include: God of War III (Best Graphics, Best PS3 Game), CoD: Black Ops (Best Shooter), Halo: Reach (Best Multiplayer Game), Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Best Wii Game), and Limbo (Best Independent Game).
In addition to handing out awards, the VGAs are also used as a platform for game developers and studios to premiere titles and announce surprises about future releases. The biggest announcements include: Mass Effect 3 is slated for a Holiday 2011 release; Professor Hugo Strange has been confirmed as Batman: Arkham City‘s main villain (in a new fantastic CGI trailer it is revealed that Strange knows Batman’s true identity); Bethesda Studios put together a teaser trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and the game’s set to release November 11, 2011; Insomniac Games’ Resistance 3 ships September 6, 2011; Activision officially announced a sequel to Prototype and it’s expected to drop in 2012; Turn 10 is bringing Forza Motorsport 4 to Xbox 360 in Fall 2010 with Kinect support; EA resurrected the SSX franchise with SSX: Deadly Descents, and gone are the cartoony graphics–they have been thrown out and a more realistic approach to the snowboarding genre has been implemented; Thor: God of Thunder will complement the superhero’s spring theatrical release on May 3, 2011; Kratos, the protagonist of the God of War franchise, is confirmed as a playable character in the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot game (he’s a PS3 exclusive); developer Volition (Red Faction, Saints Row) is teaming up with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Hell Boy, Pan’s Labyrinth) to create a horror game called Insane due out at in 2013; and finally Naughty Dog closed out the show with an extended trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and revealed it’s release date: 11/1/11.
Hop after the break to see the full list of winners and watch game trailers for the titles mentioned above.
[Via Spike; IGN; CraveOnline] Continue reading 2010 Video Game Awards honor Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2 (debut trailers enclosed)
Trailer: Thor
Here’s the first official trailer for Thor, the next Marvel movie set to release May 6. In it we witness Chris Hemsworth as the Norse God of Thunder get cast off his home planet of Asgard by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins). He’s forced to live among humans on Earth and there his brute force gets questioned by Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) and he meets a young scientist (Natalie Portman) who has a profound effect on him. Thor wields the powerful Mjolnir hammer as he fights to save Earth from impending destruction. The trailer is visually splendid and features some awesome action sequences–I’m pretty psyched for this superhero flick. Mash play and enjoy.
Teaser trailer: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers 3 (now titled “Dark of the Moon”, and I don’t like the way it rolls off the tongue because I want to say dark side of the moon) has a teaser trailer! In a surprise move, director Michael Bay decided not to include any of the stars in the teaser; don’t expect to see Shia LaBeouf’s Sam Witwicky or his new love interest Carly played by Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley make any appearances here. Most of the trailer features scenes from the famed 1969 Apollo 11 moon mission, and it’s not that long until we discover the astronauts found more than just moon craters. Robots on the moon? Really? As long as Huntington-Whiteley makes a good replacement for Megan Fox (and I have no doubt she will) and there are some epic fight scenes, I’ll pay the price of admission to see it in IMAX 3D when it hits theatres July 1, 2011. Here’s a small synopsis of the upcoming robot-bashing flick:
In this new movie, the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. There’s new characters too, including a new villain in the form of Shockwave, a longtime “Transformers” character who rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.
Documentary teaser: “Turning Into Gods”
From the inquisitive mind of filmmaker Jason Silva comes Turning Into Gods, “a new feature length documentary exploring mankind’s journey to ‘play jazz with the universe’… it is a story of our ultimate potential, the reach of our intelligence, the scope of our scientific and engineering abilities and the transcendent quality of our heroic and noble calling.” “Featuring interviews with the world’s most interesting minds, these luminaries will paint for us a picture of the world beyond the looking glass. The world we are creating.”
Sounds interesting, hm? Silva’s asking the tough questions and one sticks out: What is the meaning of life? Watch the teaser trailer above to get a taste of what’s to come in this riveting, thought-provoking doc that’s “coming soon.”
Trailer: Black Swan
From director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) comes a psychological thriller about a beautiful and talented ballerina (Natalie Portman) pushed to her limits when a new rival (Mila Kunis) joins a dance company headed by Vincent Cassel. Since the original trailer hit the web back in August, there’s been much buzz surrounding the movie. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in early September and it received a standing ovation from the crowd and since then has been highly praised from critics all over. Embedded above is newly released international trailer and it features new content from the film. Black Swan just had a limited release in select cities around the US on December 3 and made an estimated $426,000 on that opening day. Click here to see if it’s playing at a theatre near you; the film will hit additional venues through December.
Get hyped for tonight’s epic ‘Fringe’ episode “Entrada” with this movie-style trailer plus stills
Normally I do not post trailers for specific show episodes, but this one is a unique exception. The entire third season of Fringe has led up to this moment. Ever since “over there” Olivia swapped places with our Olivia in last season’s grand finale we’ve been patiently waiting for our Olivia to realize the switch actually occurred. And now that she knows who she really is, it’s time for her to come home. While our Olivia tries to figure out a way to do just that, “over there” Olivia has been compromised; thanks to a terse yet all-important message from our trapped Olivia, Peter knows that he’s been sleeping with the enemy and it’s time for answers and ultimately payback. Expect “Entrada” to be one of those pivotal, emotionally-charged epic episodes that cannot be missed. Watch the movie-style trailer edited together by FOX, check out the episode stills in the gallery, and get hyped! It’s gonna be a wild, exciting journey home.
Fringe airs Thursdays at 9PM on FOX. Starting January 28 it will air on Fridays.
Trailer: Cowboys & Aliens (this will blow your pants off)
Jon Favreau, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof. What do all these names have in common? Each of them serve a pivotal role in the making of Cowboys & Indians, an upcoming sci-fi western. Yes, a SCI-FI WESTERN. It is COWBOYS VERSUS ALIENS. And the human regime is led by the dashing Daniel Craig, the sexy Olivia Wilde, and in a villainous role the veteran Harrison Ford. The flick is based on a 2006 graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Until now this movie has been shrouded in secrecy; only bits and pieces were shown at this year’s Comic Con. But hot damn does this trailer impress. Lone cowboy Jake Lonergan (Craig), equipped with some foreign weapon attached to his arm, is ready to take on a full scale alien invasion set in the wild west. Um, where do I line up? Right–the movie releases July 29, 2011. Check out some awesome stills in the gallery below.
[Stills via IGN]
