Disaster Movie

You know it's your own fault. If you keep buying the tickets and the DVDs, they'll keep churning them out. Thus we have the new poster for Disaster Movie, from the creators of Epic Movie, Date Movie and Meet the Spartans, which is due for a US release on August 29. Happy now?

S Darko

Saved by the Bell and Showgirls star Elizabeth Berkely as joined the cast of S Darko, the somewhat redundant Donnie Darko sequel that has begun production. Berkely, who at least is doing better than former co-star Justin Diamond (as anyone who has had the misfortune to see 'Screeched' can testify), will play "a speed freak-turned-Jesus freak whose sentiments about ridding the world of its exponential sin are rivaled only by her infatuation with her dreamy pastor."

S Darko will be hitting a DVD bargain bin in 2009

Source: Cinematical

Get Smart

New trailer for the summer comedy. The trailer is sporadically amusing, but seems to give away a lot of the films best jokes.

Source: Cinematical.com

Burn After Reading

R rated (or 'red band') trailers seem all the rage at the moment. Here's one for Coen Brothers comedy Burn after Reading. Unfortunately, it's another go through I tunes job, which immediately rules my unix based laptop out. No doubt an embedded version will be available shortly.

Download here

Source: Aint It Cool News

Zack and Miri

Internet only teaser trailer for the Kevin Smith comedy. Be warned this is not for those easily offended.

Also: 300th post!

Source: www.quickstopentertainment.com

The Watchmen

Source: Aint it Cool News

The Happening

UK poster for M Night Shymalangadingdong's thriller.

Source: IGN.com

Streetfighter - The Legend of Chun Li

Promotional shot of Kristen Kreuk as Chun-Li in the Streetfighter reboot.

Source: IGN.com

RIP Sidney Pollack

Sidney Pollack, director of Tootsie and Out of Africa, amongst many others, has died aged 73. Pollack was also known as an actor, with supporting roles in many of his own films, as well as Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut.

The Hobbit

Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson recently hosted a web chat regarding the forthcoming Hobbit Movies. The full transcript can be found here. Amongst the highlights

* The look of the films will be consistent with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, however some creatures will be redesigned and there will be a greater reliance on practical rather than CGI effects.

* Wherever possible, they will avoid recasting characters. Some characters who appeared in Lord of the Rings but not the Hobbit may make an appearance in the second film.

*Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are definitely returning

*The reminder of the year will be spent writing the films, with Del Toro scripting aongside LOTR writers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyems.

*2009 will be pre-production, with shooting in 2010 and release of the films in December 2011 and 2012

*Howard Shore will be returning to score the films

Dawn of the Dead 2

Following last weeks news of a 3d re-release of the second greatest horror movie ever made, producer Richard Rubinstein has announced plans to make a direct sequel to Dawn of the Dead (the original, not the remake). The film will pick up directly from where the original ended with the survivors escaping from a zombie infested shopping mall in a helicopter. Tony 'Candyman' Todd is in talks to star, presumably in the role played by Ken Foree in the original.

Source: Bloody-disgusting.com

Terminator 4

Concept art from Terminator 4, courtesy of the official website which also features a blog from director McG. The website can be found here

Source: Cinematical.com

Smodcast 51

... is available for download here.

SModcast 51: Sphincter Fresh -

In which our heroes la-di-da-di, ruminate over good rates for sex, fret over a Nazi-occupied America, and encourage attic nookie.

Source: Quickstopentertainment.com