Righteous Kill

Coming soon has a new clip from the De Niro / Pacino starrer Righteous Kill, which is released (US) on September 12th

Source: Aint It Cool News

Babylon AD

Ouch...

Babylon AD director Mathieu Kassovitz has given a no hold barred interview with AMC in which he discusses the troubled production, which gets an American release Friday. Amongst the choice quotes are Kossovit stating that "I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn't respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience." Of the final film the director believes that "It's pure violence and stupidity [...] instead parts of the movie are like a bad episode of 24."

Source: Cinematical

Smodcast 62

Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier are back after a weeks break with the new episode of their podcast, available now at www.quickstopentertainment.com and next week at Itunes*

SMod 62: The Human Quilt - In which our heroes accost a rocker in the cereal aisle, get unruly on a plane, fear the wrath of a pent-up Paul Bunyan, and go to the movies.


*BTW if anyone can figure out a way to download podcasts directly on to the Iphone please let me know.

Extract

Mike Judge hasn't had the best of luck cinematically, wth his first two films, Office Space and Idiocracy, having been essentially dumped by their distributors, before fifinding new life on DVD.

Judge's newest film, 'Extract' sounds like it may attract more attention, with a big(ger) name cast on board. Ben Affleck is the latest actor to sign on, joining Arrested Development's Jason Bateman. Affleck will play the best friend of Bateman’s character, a flower extract factory owner dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife’s affair with a gigolo.

Source: Newsaskew.com

The Fast and Furious 4

On the downward pathe of their careers, most of the original cast reunite for the third Fast and the Furious sequel. Here's the trailer, for those who care.

Fast & Furious


Source:Myspace Movies

Frost / Nixon

Yahoo Movies has the full trailer for Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard's adaptation of the award winning stage play about David Frost's famous interviews with the disgraced former president. Michael Sheen and Frank Langella reprise their roles from the original production.

The film is released December 2008 and is already considered a possible frontunner for the academy award nominations.

Source:Slashfilm

The Transporter 3

They may not be art, but the sheer ridiculousness of the Transporter movies makes them somewhat endearing. Heres a teaser trailer for the third in the series, coming briefly to a cinema near you soon.



Source:IGN.com

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

The adaptation of Toby Jones's memoir of his short lived stint as a Vanity Fair journalist hits UK screens October 3rd. Star Simon Pegg is featuring in a series of video diaries for The Granuaid, the first of which can be found here.

Source: The Guardian

Up

A short teaser for Pixar's next is now available here

Source: Cinematical.com

Superman

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Warner Brothers executive Jeff Robinov confirmed that the next Superman will be a Batman Begins / Incredible Hulk style reboot rather than a follow on to Bryan Singers (incredibly dull) Superman Returns.

"Superman [Returns] didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned. Had Superman worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009. But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all."

Rabinov also confirms a third Batman is on the way together with films based on two other (as yet unnamed) DC characters.

Source: Cinematical.com

Friday 13th

/New close up of Jason Vorhees from the Friday 13th reboot. Whilst the overall look isn't too bad, whats with the hair?

Source: Chud.com

It's Alive

Horror remake fever continues apace with the (looonnggg) trailer for the updated version of Larry Cohens 1974 cult classic about rampaging killer mutant babies. Which is a lot better than it sounds



Source: Aint It Cool News

Australia

New poster for Baz Luhrmann's Australia, starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman.

Source: Cinematical

Poltergeist

MGM is moving ahead with its pointless remake of poltergiest, having hired 'Boogeyman' screenwriters Stiles White and Juliet Snowden.


The duo have already endeared themselves to horror fans everywhere by deciding people want a remake of The Birds.

So far The Exorcist is the only movie avoiding the 're-imagining' plague, but surely it's only a matter of time.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

New image from the sixth Harry Potter film, which has just been bumped from it's original November release until Summer 2009. Apparently the film is ready to go, but Warner Brothers are holding the film back due to a lack of other product for next seasons summer blockbuster season (a lingering effect of the writers strike)

Eight more new images can be found here.

Source: Slashfilm.com

100 Years of Animation

100 years ago (17 August to be exact) saw the release of the first animated film,Fantasmagorie. Animated by French artist Émile Cohl the short consists of over 700 double exposed drawings, and runs less than two minutes.

The original cartoon is above.

Source: Slashfilm.com

Babylon AD

New poster for Vin Diesel's comeback flick. This sci-fi thriller, with more than a few visual hints of Bladerunner stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh. Diesel plays Toorop, a mercenary who takes on the task of escorting a mysterious woman from Eastern Europe to a futuristic New York.

The film opens August 29th in the USA

Source: Cinematical

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

New TV spot for the Benjamin Button, released on December 18th.

Source: Cinematical

Smodcast 61

Apologies for missing this at the time, but Smodcast 61 is now available for download here (and will be hitting Itunes shortly)

SModcast 61: “Bridge Beach!” -

In which our heroes dream of private tutoring, catalogue questionable laws, survive a star cros’t love affair, rally against lawn art, and unwittingly seduce a funny-book merchant.

Source: www.quickstopentertainment.com

Righteous Kill

Red band trailer for potential pissing on legacy exercise Righteous Kill, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Unlike their previous two films together the two actors share a considerable amount of screen time, but other than the talent involved this looks like a generic cop thriller. Having said that, Inside Man writer Russell Gewitz is responsible for the screenplay, which raises the vague hope this might be something more interesting.