Warner Bros. has launched the frst trailer for the political comedy The Campaign [CMPGN] on Apple. Will Ferrell [WFERR] stars a an incumbent U.S. Congressman who is challenged by an unassuming political newcomer, played by Zach Galifianakis [ZGALI]. Directed by Jay Roach [JROAC], The Campaign opens on August 10th.
Even The Dictator knew better than to deal with the second weekend of The Avengers [AVNGR] as the Sacha Baron Cohen film pushed its release date back until next week leaving Dark Shadows [DRKSH] as the sole new wide opener. After shattering the opening weekend box office record, The Avengers has held up reasonably well during the weekdays. The Avengers enjoys excellent word of mouth, which will attract moviegoers seeing these superheroes for the first time as well as bring repeat business....
Nearly a year after debuting the first teaseer, Walt Disney has released the second trailer for The Odd Life of Timothy Green [OLOTG]. Jennifer Garner [JEGAR] looks uncomfortable as she introduces this story where she plays one half of a couple who magically grew a boy in their garden. The happy child then goes on to touch everyone's lives in the neighborhood. So what's the catch? There must be a twist like an unforesee tragedy or this artifically sweetened fable would be unbearably...
Warner Bros. has unleashed the first trailer for the period crime drama Gangster Squad [TFGSQ] on Apple. Based on real events uncovered by the Los Angeles Times article 'Tales From the Gangster Squad.' the Ruben Fleischer [RFLEI] directed film looks more popcorn like Untouchables than serious like L.A. Confidential.
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn [SPENN]) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the...
Warner Bros. has unveiled the first trailer for the thriller Argo [ARGO] based on real event during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. After Islamist took over the American embassy in Tehran, six Americans escaped and hid in Canadian ambassador's residence. CIA devised a the life-or-death covert operation to rescue them by sneaking them out under the cover of a fictional Hollywood film crew. Ben Afflecl [BAFFL] directs and stars in the film set to open this fall.
Outperforming even the loftious expectations, the superhero team-up The Avengers [AVNGR] banked $200.3 million to claim the biggest opening weekend of all times. The previous mark of $169 million was set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II just last year. 52% of the moviegoers paid for 3D. The audience was split 50% under the age of 25, and 60% male. With phenomenal word of mouth, The Avengers may not be frontloaded like most blockbuster openings.
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Fox has unleashed a redband trailer for the freshly retitled The Watch [NEIBW], previously known as Neighborhood Watch. The real-life death of Trayvon Martin necessitated the shift in the comedy's focus from clueless suburbanites on neighborhood watch patrol to Costco employees scoping out for an alien invasion. However, the laughs remain lacking in the film currently set for July 27th.
Sony has released the third trailer for their superhero franchise reboot The Amazing Spider-Man [SPID4] on Apple. Fans weren't clamoring for another movie about the webcrawler's origin, so the new trailer plays up "The Untold Story" of Peter Parker starring Andrew Garfield [AGARF] taking over for Tobey Maguire. Parker's missing parents were colleagues with Dr. Connors, played by Rhys Ifan [RIFAN], who turns into the monstrous Lizard, evidently in the same manner as how Parker got his...
Four superhero franchises converge in the highly-anticipated team-up The Avengers [AVNGR]. Marvel planted the seed for the film with a post credit scene in Iron Man, which opened to $98.6 million in 2008, followed by another in The Incredible Hulk the same summer. Although Iron Man 2 debuted with $128.1 million in 2010, the sequel was not as well-received and its total box office did not exceed the original. Thor and Captain America got their stand alone film last summer when the Norse...
Lionsgate has released the full, theatrical trailer for the action sequel The Expendables 2 [XPND2]. After declining to star in the first film, Jean-Claude Van Damme [JCVAN] joins the series as the main villain against the old school mercenaries led by Slyvester Stallone [SSTAL]. Liam Hemsworth [LHEMS] was presumably recruited to bring down the average age, while Yu Na was added for the ever important Chinese market.
