Because we’re just not starved enough for a half-decent movie this year…
Trailer: Iron Man 2
Because, ladies and gentlemen, I know what you’re really talking about this morning.
Trailer: Waking Sleeping Beauty
It’s not often I can say this about a documentary, but I really want to see this one about Disney reviving their animation legacy with films like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
I hate you, George! (I love you, George!)
A couple years back, there was Star Wars on Trial, a great collection of essays arguing about whether or not George did right by us. Now there’s a documentary doing the same thing premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, next month.
The People vs George Lucas strives to figure out whether or not George is the devil disguised in all his evil marketing glory or the Great Flanneled Creator of all things good.
They interview the grand and the not-so-grand, alike. And just a wee bit of silliness thrown in. If nothing else, it will serve to stoke the fires of fanboy debate for a while. And that’s always fun. (via)
First look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The teaser trailer for the final (two) Harry Potter movies linked online this weekend. Be sure to watch before it goes down again! (Thanks, Toph!)
Video: The Star Wars: Uncut trailer
Doesn’t that just want to make you go videotape yourself doing something silly? Okay, maybe not. But it does make you want to watch other folks do it.
Pick a winner for the Death Troopers trailer
Suvudu has posted five finalists for the Death Troopers fan trailer, and now it’s our turn to have a say. Which one stands out for you? (Check back later this evening for my pick.)
Prepping for S2 of The Clone Wars
There was a press junket for The Clone Wars season 2 in California today. They posted a new trailer yesterday, but StarWars.com was tweeting fast and furiously from the event, giving us a peek at some of the themed foodstuffs (Gungan salad, roast bantha) a costumed Cad Bane, and a preview or two. (More photos – and not the cell phone kind – here.) Oh, and a brand new interview with George Lucas and Dave Filoni.
Season 2 will debut with two episodes – ‘Holocron Heist’ and ‘Cargo of Doom’ – Friday, October 2 on Cartoon Network. Expect a lot more press coverage in the next couple of weeks… We’ll do our best to keep up. Meanwhile, you can answer our latest poll:
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Video: Another Clone Wars preview
I’m sure the Jedi are quaking in their fabulous boots. Oh, Clone Wars. (via)
Movie news: Tolkien heirs settle with New Line
Tolkien lawsuit settled. The trustees of J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate have settled their lawsuit with New Line over the profits from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings adaptations. Terms were not disclosed, but that’s certainly one less roadblock to The Hobbit adaption.
- Industry. Warner Bros. is reorganizing DC Comics, relaunching it as DC Entertainment. Diane Nelson, who has overseen the Harry Potter movies, will run it.
- Disney. There’s a new full-length trailer for The Princess and the Frog, awakening more than a bit of controversy. Meanwhile, the documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, about Disney’s last return to traditional animation, sounds very interesting.
- More, uh, Disney. Pixar folks deny that the Marvel project they’re “excited about” is not, as Entertainment Weekly reported, Ant-Man. I say Pixar is the only studio who could make me consider seeing an Ant-Man movie, and that barely.
- He-Man. At least one property of my childhood is safe (for now:) Warner Brothers is dropping their option on Masters of the Universe. My embarrassment squick thanks them.
- The Road. This years’ Viggo Mortensen genre fix has been pushed back to Thanksgiving.