Movie trailer round-up: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’, ‘300: Rise of an Empire’, ‘Don Jon’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘Elysium’ & ‘The Wolverine’

Six months after The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hit theatres we are getting our first look at Peter Jackson’s sequel The Desolation of Smaug in this 2-minute teaser. Martin Freeman returns as young Bilbo Baggins and here we get a sneak at Evangeline Lilly’s elf warrior Tauriel as well as Benedict Cumberbatch’s mighty dragon. The next Hobbit movie in the trilogy hits theatres December 13. A new poster is inside.

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Here we have the sequel to Zack Snyder’s 300. Noam Murro (Smart People) takes a turn at the helm in Rise of an Empire, with Snyder co-penning a script with Kurt Johnstad based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel Xerxes. Snyder also exec produces with Thomas Tull, Stephen Jones, and Jon Jashni. Rodrigo Santoro and Lena Headey reprise their respective roles as Xerxes and Queen Gorgo. Eva Green and Sullivan Stapleton also star. The synopsis goes like this:

Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel Xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster “300,” this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. 300: Rise of an Empire pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.

300: Rise of an Empire is out March 7.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt can now add director and writer to his already impressive resume. JGL stars in his directorial debut Don Jon:

Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old-fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to “pull” a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn’t compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old-fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she’s determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old-fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Also starring Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, and Brie Larson, Don Jon is out October 18. Under the trailer is a humorous clip from the pic.

Martin Scorsese’s next film is based on a memoir by Jordan Belfort, a New York stock broker who made millions in the ’90s by scamming investors and committing securities fraud. Leo DiCaprio reunites with Scorsese to play Belfort and he’s surrounded by a great cast including Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Margot Robbie, Jean Dujardin Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, and Kenneth Choi. The Wolf of Wall Street, a Paramount release, is scored to Kanye West’s brand new Yeezus track “Black Skinhead.” In theatres November 15.

Matt Damon stars in Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 followup Elysium. “In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth.” Damon needs to get to Elysium, like now. Watch him get there August 9.

Hugh Jackman intros the latest Wolverine trailer. Out July 26.

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