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Extended Avatar trailer packs the goods

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Now this is what the original trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar should have been.  Sure, I understand that the original trailer was a teaser trailer; but with so much hype for this shot-in-3D film I feel that this trailer does the hype some justice and shares with the viewer a glipse into what the movie is actually about.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy.  Avatar hits theatres December 18.

Bay wants to kill Fox off in Transformers 3 [Don’t do it!]

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So we are all aware that Transformers 3 has started production, director Michael Bay is at the helm again, and Shia LeBeof and co-star Megan Fox will play the lead roles.  According to the latest rumors, a major character from the series will be killed off.  It has been reported that Bay wants Mikaela Banes, Fox’s character, “out of the series in a gory death scene in the first few frames of Transformers 3 and (replaced) with another gorgeous young actress.”  The source of this rumor also claims that “Michael’s pretty much discovered Megan and now he’s very quietly looking for her replacement. … He hasn’t decided if he’s going to kill her off in the next movie, but he just wants to be prepared.”

I know it’s only a rumor but I’ll say it anyway: Mr. Michael Bay, please do not kill off the sole character that sells your movie.  Megan Fox’s appearence was the reason I went to theatres to watch the sequel.  It would be a disservice to all parties involved if you were to make such a grave mistake.  Thank you.

[Via IGN]

Independence Day 2 is in the works

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And it’s been a long time coming!  The highly anticiapted sequel to the 1996 summer smash hit Independence Day, starring Will Smith, is currently being figured out.

Director Roland Emmerich: “Dean Devlin [writer] and I are still set to make a sequel because we’ve found some sort of idea and we approached [studio 20th Century] Fox and Fox has not quite figured out how to incorporate Dean’s and my deal, and Will’s [Smith] deal. Will wants to do it in some sort of a package they can live with.  So it’s just been in negotiations now since forever, and naturally Fox says “Why don’t you do it without Will Smith?” I said Will is essential for us, for this movie and actually for the audience too. And, so, it’s in limbo and lately the studios are fighting. Like gross players, and Will is a gross player and is probably the only gross player right now who’s worth his gross. So we’ll see what happens. I would love to do it.”

Though Emmerich could not speak about the plot he did say that “There’s a very really great story, a very cool one.”  Can’t wait.

[Via IGN]

Paranormal Activity, coming to a theatre near you (thanks to YOU)

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Paranormal Activity is a movie made by Oren Peli, “an Israeli-born videogame designer with no formal film training.”  He shot the entire movie in one week for $11,000.

The thriller that made its rounds at film festivals has gained a very positive buzz on the Internet, especially on social networks like Twitter and Facebook.  With obvious comparisons to the 1999 horror flick The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity is also shot documentary style and is based on real-time happenings.  The premise is as follows: “The film follows a young couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who, convinced they’re being haunted by spirits, set up a video camera to monitor their bedroom over the course of 20 nights.”

There are many reasons why there is so much buzz and positive critical feedback for the movie.  First, it has been reported that movie-goers have literally up and left their seats during initial screenings of the movie–it’s thatterrifying.  Paramount president of production Adam Goldman witnessed 35 people walk out of an early test screening.  Exit interviews were performed and they revealed that people left because they simply were not enjoying the movie; it was tooscary.  Second, according to EW, “once the film was brought to the attention of DreamWorks, Steven Spielberg took a copy of the DVD to his Pacific Palisades estate, watched it there, and then found his bathroom door inexplicably locked from the inside. He thought the movie was haunted!”  Whether this legend is true or not, it surely sets up a great viral marketing campaign, doesn’t it?

With all of this insane amount of buzz, Paramount has decided to create even more of it with a brilliant marketing campaign: “putting the power of movie distribution in your hands.”  It is up to us to go online and “demand” that Paranormal Activityopen in theatres nationwide.  Up to this point the movie has had a limited release.  The studio promises that once there have been one million demands the movie will officially hit all theatres, making it widely available to be seen by all.  As of this writing, the movie website’s counter has reached 914,434 “demands.”  So no need to worry, it’s coming.  Still, do your part and contribute by demanding the movie now right here and discuss the hype with others on Twitter (“Paranormal Activity” has been a trending topic for days now).

And I will leave you with this.  Moviefone’s Kevin Poloway warns: “‘Paranormal Activity’ beats out ‘Blair Witch’ in one vital field: It’s scarier. While ‘Blair Witch’ may have scared people away from the woods for a few years (like ‘Jaws’ did the water two decades earlier), who’s going to stay away from their own bedroom?”  Freak out and watch the trailer below and get ready for what people are calling “the scariest movie of the decade.”

[Via EW; AOL Moviefone]