The 1982 cult classic Tron was better remembered for its groundbreaking special effects than for the quality of its story. The $200 million sequel Tron Legacy [TRON2] looks to deliver the same with the latest 3D effects. Jeff Bridges [JBRID] returns to star in dual roles while Garret Hedlund [GHEDL] plays his son now also caught inside the dangerous digital world. While Disney’s marketing machine has been hitting on all cylinders for weeks, the hype has not approach that of Avatar last...
Relativity has debuted the theatrical trailer for the thriller Limitless [LMTLS] on Apple after first launching a viral campaign. Bradley Cooper [BCOOP] plays a struggling writer who decides to take a secret drug that allows him to use 100% of his brain and becomes smarter. He uses his newfound abilities to get filthy rich in the stock market and soon attract unwanted attention. Abbie Cornish [ACORN] and Robert DeNiro [RDENI] co-star in film set to open March 18, 2011.
Fox has revealed the trailer for the romance based on the best-selling novel, Water for Elephants [WELPH], on Apple. Robert Pattinson [RPATT] plays a youth in the 1930s who runs away with the circus and falls in love with its star performer, played by Reese Witherspoon [RWITH], and incurs the wrath of her ringleader husband, played by Christoph Waltz [CWALT].
Fox Searchlight has uploaded the first trailer for the drama The Tree of Life [TRELF], which was attached to Black Swan in theaters. Writer-director Terrence Malick [TMALI] sets out to answer the eternal question "What is the meaning of Life?" in his unique, metaphysical way with visually stunning imagery and self-reflective meditation.
Relativity has finally released the first trailer for the 1980s set comedy Take Me Home Tonight [TMHTN], which has been wrapped for years almost as long as the 80s. Topher Grace [TGRAC] stars as an aimless college grad working part time at Suncoast Video, you know, the mall chainstore that sold movies on VHS. He reconnects with his high school crush, Teresa Palmer [TPALM] looking like a young Charlize Theron, who invites him to what promises to be an epic 80s blowout party, at least since...
Universal has debuted the first trailer for the action adventure Fast Five [FFUR5], the fifth film in The Fast & The Furious franchise, on Vin Diesel's [VDIES] Facebook page. While Paul Walker [PWALK] and Jordana Brewster [JBREW] made their return to the series in the last film Fast & Furious, Tyrese Gibson [TYGIBS] and Ludacris [LUDAC] are brought back from the second film 2 Fast 2 Furious. Aside from Diesel's cameo, the only representative from the third installment The Fast & The...
Seen back to back with the new Pirates of the Caribbean trailer, one notices that Johnny Depp [JDEPP] screams the same way for Captain Sparrow as for the animated Rango [RANGO], a chameleon lost in the Mojave Desert. The overall production design look amazing in the CG animated film from Paramount. Far from the cartoon look typical of Pixar or DreamWorks Animation, director Gore Verbinski [GVERB] opted for a gritty feel that makes the anthropomorphic critters look even more realistic.
Disney has debuted the first trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Tides [PIRT4], the fourth film in the franchise that went dead creatively a couple of sequels ago. Now, it's just milking the cash cow. With the hero Will Turner and heroine Elizabeth Swann from the original trilogy gone, Johnny Depp's [JDEPP] Captain Sparrow takes center stage as he searches for the Fountain of Youth accompanied by his old frienemy Barbarosa, played by Geoffrey Rush [GRUSH], and a new foil...
Moviegoers stayed home rather than booked tickets to The Chroicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader [NARN3] or The Tourist [TOURI]. The third film in the fantasy franchise grossed an estimated $24.5 million, less than half of what the previous sequel, Prince Caspian, opened with in 2008. The Voyage of the Dawn Trader is unlikely to make back its $150 million production cost to warrant another installment.
The combined starpower of Johnny Depp [JDEPP] and Angelina Jolie [AJOLI]...
Paramount has unfurled the first theatrical trailer for the next Marvel superhero film Thor [THOR] and it unwinds pretty much like the Comic-Con trailer. There's a bit more CG effects of the Destroyer blowing stuff up and the Thor's hammer being wielded and thrown around by the Norse god, played by Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS].
