Where The Wild Things Are Character Banners.

Warner Bros has premiered four new awesome character banners for Spike Jonze’s big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are on MySpace. The new banners feature Carol (voiced by James Gandolfini), Judith (voiced by Catherine O’Hara), KW (voiced by Lauren Ambrose), and Max (played by Max Records). Check out all four posters after the jump.Opening Date: October 16
MPAA Rating: This film has been rated PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and brief language.
URL: www.wherethewildthingsare.com

Director: Spike Jonze
Writers: Screenplay by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers • Based on the book by Maurice Sendak
Producers: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Maurice Sendak, John Carls, Vincent Landay
Executive Producers: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Bruce Berman
Cast: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker

Adventure. Innovative director Spike Jonze collaborates with celebrated author Maurice Sendak to bring one of the most beloved books of all time to the big screen in “Where the Wild Things Are,” a classic story about childhood and the places we go to figure out the world we live in. The film tells the story of Max, a rambunctious and sensitive boy who feels misunderstood at home and escapes to where the Wild Things are. Max lands on an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions. The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. When Max is crowned king, he promises to create a place where everyone will be happy. Max soon finds, though, that ruling his kingdom is not so easy and his relationships there prove to be more complicated than he originally thought.
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The trailer for The Book of Eli.

In The Book of Eli, Denzel Washington stars as a lone warrior named Eli, who fights his way across the desolate wasteland of near-future America to realize his destiny and deliver the knowledge that can bring civilization back from the brink of destruction and save the future of humanity.

Director: Allen Hughes
Writer: Gary Whitta
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis

Release: January 15, 2010

Comic-Con: New Zombieland Red Band Trailer and Footage Debut.

Sometimes the Hall H presentations really have their moments. I’d mostly avoided the brief Zombieland footage that had been released so far; it’s one of those films I just wanted to see all at once. But damn, the red-band trailer that premiered in the big hall today was fantastic, full of slo-mo zombie kills (this is a great way to use speed ramping) and some great humor from Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson. More on the trailer and a couple of clips after the jump; it’s the sort of thing that some might call spoilerish, too.We saw two clips from the film in addition to the red-band trailer. One featured Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) at home just before the zombie outbreak begins. He’s alone at night when someone begins frantically banging on his door and shouting for help. It’s his hot next door neighbor, played by Amber Heard, and she’s suffered a weird attack from a hobo who rushed and tried to bite her. After awkwardly comforting the girl (and giving us some private comments via voiceover, which seems like it’ll be a constant device throughout the film) Columbus and the girl fall asleep on the couch. He wakes to find her turned into a zombie, which leads into a violent, frantic chase through the house.

The next clip showed Columbus and Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) arriving at a supermarket, where they dispatch a few zombies and run into Witchita (Emma Stone) and her sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). The situation gets complicated, and I won’t ruin the outcome of the scene. But what director Ruber Fleischer has managed looks like a great combination of action and humor, with a splash of real horror. This movie looks gory and outrageous (I kept thinking of the game Dead Rising) and a lot more fun than I’d been willing to hope. The audience reaction was great, and the voiceover from Eisenberg seems like it works pretty well. There’s a Woody Allen-like tone to his inner dialogue, but Eisenberg mentioned on the panel that Columbus has a list of ways to survive a zombie attack, many of which we’ll hear explained throughout the film, balancing out the nebbishness of his character.

Today’s red-band trailer isn’t live online yet, but I hope it hits soon.

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SDCC 2009: EXCL VIDEO: Brian Cox, Lauren Lee Smith and Michael Dougherty Talk Trick 'r Treat!

While at Comic-Con 2009, we caught up with the cast behind the long-awaited horrifying Halloween DVD, Trick 'r Treat. To watch our exclusive interviews with Brian Cox, Lauren Lee Smith and writer/director Michael Doughertry click on the video clips below!Trick 'r Treat takes the Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt approach to nefarious new depths with four interwoven tales set on Halloween night: A high school principal who moonlights as a vicious serial killer; a young virgin whose quest for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens who carry out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man who battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.

A collection of creepy stories that mixes fun with fear, candy with poison, and laughter with screams, the critically acclaimed Trick 'r Treat will be released on Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD and On Demand by Warner Home Video in October.

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Teaser trailer for Saw VI.

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

Director: Kevin Greutert
Writer: Patrick Melton
Studio: Lionsgate
Cast: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell

Release: October 23, 2009

SDCC 2009: Peter Jackson Reveals the Casting Secrets Behind The Hobbit.

While out promoting his producing credit on the new Neill Blomkamp sci-fi smash-em-up District 9, Peter Jackson talked about the Guillermo del Toro directed The Hobbit. Here is what he had to say:

Peter Jackson: With The Hobbit, I really don't want to be too involved in looking over the shoulder of the director. That's why I choose Guillermo. I wanted to produce it so that I didn't have to compete with myself. The Lord of the Rings movies were the best films that I could make. I poured my heart and soul into those films. I thought I gave those films everything, and with The Hobbit, I'd have to go there again. I felt I would be competing against myself. I didn't want to figure out how I shot it all before. I didn't want to figure out how to do it all again. I didn't want to do that. I thought it would be best to figure that all out with someone else. They could figure out a new way to deal with it. It could be fresh. At the same time, I am still involved, so that it feels like the same word.

Can you update us on the status of the Hobbit?

Peter Jackson: I know there is a lot of talk about casting. Well, we are about three weeks from turning over the first Hobbit script to the studio. The process we have been through so far is that we've written a treatment of the two films. We pitched that to the studio, and that went well. We worked through the storyline, and realized we could make one three-hour movie, but it's amazing how much stuff you would loose. The book is what the book is, and we wanted to include all the scenes we wanted to see. We also wanted to add more Gandalf, so we thought two movies was the best way to go. We haven't done any casting. That is the truth. We haven't offered any role to any actor. . Everything is a process, and we don't have a green light. You need a budget. When you offer a film to an actor, you have to have a budget and a script. You also have to have a date. They want to know when they start and when they finish. Its not until we break the film down that we can get a budget and a greenlight. Which we haven't got. We are thinking of releasing the movies in December 2011 and 2012. That is what we are aiming for. But we are only aiming for it, and the studio wont sign off until they are happy. As soon as we finish a first draft, we will figure out what we need as far as the cast.

Have you thought about any body you want to cast?

Peter Jackson: Of course. Anyone that was in the first three movies, we want to have back. We want the actors that originated the characters. That goes without saying. In terms of new characters, we are talking about people. But that would be wrong to bring up here. The key bit of casting will be the dwarves. They are important characters in that they have many personalities. We are hashing that out with the script, and we couldn't lock down who we wanted until we finished the script. Are they the seven dwarfs? We need to know who each one is, and what kind of actor would suit that role. We aren't really thinking about who these people are at this point. This is logistically very difficult.

The Hobbit is set to be released in December of 2011.

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Teaser trailer for Alice in Wonderland.

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Linda Woolverton
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway

Release: March 5, 2010