And just when I thought it wasn’t possible for me to get more excited about Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World comic book-in-a-feature-film movie, this trailer hit the ‘Net.
[Via TrailerAddict]
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IRON BABY
I love that the villains are furry animals.
Trailer: Winnebago Man
If you have not watched the original “Winnebago Man” video on YouTube, please watch it right now (warning: lots and lots of cursing are contained in the video).
It’s a simple story, really. But it’s one that had to be made. Jack Rebney is Winnebago Man. All he wanted to do was film a promotional video for RVs, but his short patience and dirty mouth got in the way. The outtakes from the video were compiled into one, and “Winnebago Man” became a hugely popular YouTube video. As of right now the video has over 1.8 million views. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer found the video so facinating that he decided to search for Rebney and capture on video the legend that is Winnebago Man. Here’s the synopsis:
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you’ve never heard of — a Winnebago salesman whose hilarious, foul-mouthed outbursts circulated on VHS tapes in the 90s before turning into a full-blown Internet phenomenon in 2005. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer goes in search of Rebney — and finds him living alone on a mountain top, unaware of his fame. WINNEBAGO MAN is a laugh-out-loud look at viral culture and an unexpectedly poignant tale of one man’s response to unintended celebrity.
The documentary received rave reviews at last year’s SXSW. Kino International will release the film nationwide on July 9. And if you happen to live in Chicago, the movie will be previewed at The Gene Siskel Film Center on June 16 with Steinbauer on hand to answer questions.
[Via AintItCool]
The Objet printer can print anything!
Well, maybe not anything, but it can certainly print whatever’s produced on a computer monitor. Legacy Effects, a film production company, uses a 3D printer made by Objet Geometries called Eden260V that can shape and print out a physical production of any computer designed model. This new technology is known as rapid prototyping, and it was most recently used to create the suits seen in Iron Man 2. The actors’ bodies are scanned and the suits are “print-to-wear” with only a coat of paint necessary to round out the final product. Watch the video above for a more elaborate explanation of the Objet printer and look at all the different types of models it can produce.
[Via Engadget]
Megan Fox will not star in ‘Transformers 3’
According to sources close to the production of Transformers 3, Megan Fox will not return as Mikaela Banes in the next installment of the franchise. Way back in October director Michael Bay shared his thought about the future of the character, and they weren’t pretty; he was planning to kill her off somehow, someway. And now it’s pretty much confirmed that Fox will not be back. Interestingly, however, “it was her decision not to return” according to Fox’s reps. Still, if that is indeed the case, Bay must be thrilled to change the direction of the story by introducing a new love interest for Shia LaBeouf’s Sam Witwicky. The rest of us…not so much. I’d say that there’s no reason to sit through another iteration of Transformers without Fox on-screen, but with the recent addition of actor Alan Tudyk (Firefly, V, Dollhouse) I see a glimmer of hope.
[Via EW-HollywoodInsider; People]
(“Illegal”) trailer: Machete
What started out as a mock-trailer inserted at the beginning of Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantin’s 2007 double-feature Grindhouse/Death Proof is being spun into its own feature-length film. Although Machete, directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, is not due out in theatres until September 3, Rodriguez cut his own non-theatrical trailer for the movie. According to Rodriguez, who is publically against Arizona’s new immigration law (which makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime), the trailer has a “a special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona.”
Machete stars Danny Trejo as a Machete Cortez, a knife-wielding renegade seeking revenge against lawmakers. Fun fact, the character of Machete Cortez was first introduced to us in Rodriguez’s Spy Kids movie; he played the protagonists’ uncle. Now take a look at the all-star cast: Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin*, Lindsay Lohan, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Jeff Fahey*, Don Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez*, Steven Seagal, and Rose McGowan. (Actors with stars next to their name all appeared on ABC’s Lost. Thought that was interesting.) Watch the “illegal” trailer above, and look after the break for the film poster.
[Via AintItCool; Wiki] Continue reading (“Illegal”) trailer: Machete
How Joss Whedon plans to make Avengers flick
And yet I have faith Joss Whedon will direct a fanstastic Avengers movie!
‘Super 8’: Top secret movie from J.J. Abrams & Steven Spielberg gets a teaser trailer
Those of you who have seen Iron Man 2 in theatres were treated to a first glimpse into the next cinematic project from J.J. Abrams.
Here’s what we know so far about Super 8. It’s a sci-fi film set in 1979 written and directed by J.J. Abrams (M:I3, Cloverfield, Star Trek). Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and Bryan Burk serve as executive producers. It’s being distributed and promoted by Paramount Pictures and produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot and Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment teams. According to Deadline, Super 8 is “a personal passion project for Abrams, an homage to the films he loved as a teen.” Abrams recently squashed rumors by confirming that it has no relation to Cloverfield. It will cost around $45 million to shoot and it will be shot in traditional style (unlike Cloverfield‘s shaky cam ways).
So what’s it about? Well, up until today zero plot detail was spilled, just the way Abrams likes it. But now that there’s a teaser trailer out in the wild there are some pertinent facts to be divulged. Please watch the trailer I’ve posted above; it’s good for your health, really. Here’s what we get. There’s a truck, it veers onto a train track and heads straight towards an incoming train. We get these words: “In 1979, the US Air Force closed a section of Area 51. All the materials were to be transported to a secure facility in Ohio.” Truck slams into train, big explosion. The camera looks at a train car that seems to contain some sort of destructive beast, erm, alien? “Next summer, it arrives.” End scene. Yup, I’m salivating.
Production for Super 8 begins this fall and it’s expected to hit theatres Summer 2011.
[Via Deadline]
Star Wars trilogy told in 2:13 with Legos & stop motion
In honor of Star Wars Day sit back, relax, and enjoy the awesome tale in just over two minutes. May the Fouth be with you.
[Via Gizmodo]
The first still from the next Marvel movie, Thor
Sure, Iron Man 2 has not been released to theatres yet (this Friday, woo!), but that doesn’t mean Marvel can’t flaunt their next venture into the world of their next super hero flick. That is Chris Hemsworth who will play Thor the thunder god. Marvel shares this short but sweet synopsis for you to chew on:
The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Thor also stars Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, and Anthony Hopkins. Kenneth Branagh directs. It’s scheduled to release May 6, 2011.
Update: Go see Iron Man 2 and sit through the end of the credits for a nice little treat!
Trailer: Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex is an upcoming horror Western film based on the DC Comics characher. It stars Josh Brolin as Hex, Megan Fox as Leila (a prostitute!), John Malkovich as baddie Quentin Turnbull, Michael Shannon as Doctor Cross Williams, and Michael Fassbender as Burke. Directed by Jimmy Hayward and written by Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Lazar. Synopsis:
Having cheated death, gunslinger and bounty hunter Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) has one foot in the natural world and one in the supernatural realm. Jonah’s unusual nature gives him the ability to track down anyone, or anything, so the Army makes him an irresistible offer: They’ll erase the warrants on his head if Jonah will find Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). But Turnbull, who is preparing to unleash hell on earth, is Jonah’s oldest enemy and will stop at nothing to kill him once and for all.
Jonah Hex hits theatres June 18, 2010.
Wes Craven signs up for new Scream trilogy
It has been a full ten years since Scream 3 hit the scene, can you believe it? And with that special anniversary comes some exciting news: original director Wes Craven has signed up to direct a brand new trilogy that aims to redefine the horror genre yet again. Dimension Films will back the movies and Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette are set to reprise their roles as Sid, Gale, and Dewey, respectively. Though he couldn’t reveal Scream 4′s plot (it’s still being written!), Craven did shed some light on what we can expect:
There have been 10 years of no Ghostface, but there has been the movie-within-a-movie Stab. We have fun with the idea of endless sequels, or “sequelitis” as Kevin calls it in the script. Sid goes through these three horrendous things, and Stab was based on those horrible things. And then they’ve been taken by a studio and run into the ground in a series of sequels. She has been off by herself and living her own life, and she’s even written a book that has gotten a lot of critical acclaim. She’s kind of put her life back together in the course of these 10 years. But, certainly, there would be no Scream without Ghostface, so she has to confront him again, but now as a woman who has really come out the darkness of her past.
He also said we can expect the rated-R stamp and a classic Ghostface murder at the start of the film. Where does the line start?
[Via EW-PopWatch]