This is the next big Will Smith movie and I have to confess I hadn’t heard anything about it till now. Smith plays the world’s most dysfunctional superhero and I have to say the trailer looks great.

How did I miss this? Man, I would have been geeked out enough to drive across the country to hang out with the old gang…

Friday, March 21, 2008

 

LOS ANGELES —

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was resurrected for one night only. The cast of the popular supernatural series, which ran from 1997 to 2003 on The WB and then UPN, were in good spirits Thursday while reuniting for a panel discussion at the William S. Paley Television Festival. That doesn’t mean fans should expect the gang to get back together on screen.

“So many stars would have to align,” creator Joss Whedon said about the possibility of a new “Buffy” project.

For seven seasons, the slayer and company battled vampires, demons, werewolves, high school and other forces of darkness with tongue planted firmly in cheek. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” based on the movie of the same name, was never lauded with many awards, but it has been cited by many critics as being one of the most influential shows in TV history.

Sarah Michelle Gellar said she was surprised to find out moments before the reunion that her character recently had her first sexual tryst with a woman in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight,” a comic book series that picks up where the show ended. Gellar also reminisced about auditioning 11 times before landing the role of Buffy Summers.

“All my friends felt sorry for me because I was on a midseason replacement on a network no one had heard of on a show based on a movie that wasn’t all that,” the 30-year-old actress said.

Before the panel, audience members watched the fifth-season musical episode “Once More, With Feeling.” Other cast members at the reunion were Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Seth Green, James Marsters and Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Buffy’s surprise sister Dawn and will join the cast of The CW’s “Gossip Girl” this fall.

More coverage of the event:

Listen to the entire event here. (It starts after a musical intro of almost two minutes.)

Read a recap from TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello here.

The “Pink Is The New Blog” website has several photos here, along with some backstage notes.

E!’s Wanda Two Saints conducts backstage video interviews with Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Seth Green and Michelle Tractenberg here.

The trailer for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull has finally been released and it looks absolutely amazing! It’s filled with everything you remember and loved about Indiana Jones; great action, the famous score, fistfights, lost cities, pulp villains, fedora hats, funny one-liners, and Indiana Jones looks just as cool as he did back in the day. I can’t wait for May 22nd! By the way, at 1:25 into the trailer, you get a hint at what the movie is going to be about, which I think is brilliant.

Click here to see the Trailer

Click here to go see the HQ Version

article courtesy of Popoholic

The X-Files was one of my favorite TV shows in the 90s, so I was tentatively happy to hear that they were making a second movie. But that was years ago and it started to look like it was never going to happen.

Well, the movie officially started filming in this past December and today we have some hard evidence for you: pictures of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the set on The X-Files 2! And here’s even more good news straight from creator Chris Carter regarding what kind of movie we can expect:

“We spent a lot of time on (the mythology) and wrapped up a lot of threads”. “We want a stand-alone movie, not a mythology conspiracy one.” (Source)

It’s great to see the two of them together again and the fact that the movie won’t deal with the alien conspiracy that dragged the show down is good to hear. And is it just me or is Scully even hotter now than she was back in the day? The X-Files 2 is set to hit theatres on July 25th, 2008.

original article courtesy Popoholic 

Great news for fans like myself of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. The creative mind behind those shows (particularly Buffy, the greatest 7-year narrative of all time) has announced he will be once again creating a new show for the Fox network.

his is Joss Whedon’s first TV series since the WB (which no longer exists) canceled “Angel” in 2004.

From tvweek.com:

“Dollhouse” stars Dushku as Echo, one of a group of secret agents living in a futuristic dorm. Each has the ability to be imprinted with custom personalities and abilities for special assignments. When they return, their newly acquired memories are wiped. The show follows Echo as she takes on a variety of assignments—some romantic, some adventurous, some uplifting, some illegal—and gains awareness of her role and confinement.

TVWeek.com has all the scoop here.

More details from the Ausiello Report:

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I was looking for a comprehensive list of sailing movies some weeks back and in the course of my searching I came across this very cool site.

ThePirateKing.com is entirely devoted to pirates and sailing, with music, galleries, pirate biographies and much more. There’s a lot of fun, free stuff to dig through, including a very cool little sailing simulator where you can learn how to set the sails and turn the rudder on an authentic digital sloop.

Also be sure to check out his ‘About Me’ page and read up on this guy’s life. Now that’s the way to live, people!

Several years ago Cate Blanchett turned in a tour de force performance as Queen Elizabeth I. It really was her breakout role and I found the movie itself intriguing. Particularly good was Geoffrey Rush as Walsingham. Of course, the movie was a dramatic period piece and not usually the one the guys pick off the rental shelf on beer and pizza night.

So how cool is it that earlier today I watched the awesome trailer for the sequel, which packs great combat and nautical scenes, even more stars than before - and the walking badassery that is Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh. But don’t take my word for it:

Click Here for the High-Def widescreen trailer

About a year ago, everyone (including me) was gushing over some preview footage of a Star Wars video game in development that had some pretty sweet displays of force powers. Well, that game is about to be released.

Here’s the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, where you have all the powers of the force at your disposal and where you get to play as - get this - Darth Vader’s apprentice. Now how cool does that sound? The game will be released next spring on the Xbox 360 and PlayStations 2 and 3.

This entry in the Star Wars saga casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice”, unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The expansive story, created under direction from George Lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

In it, players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny. As its name implies, The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force by taking full advantage of newly developed technologies that will be seen and experienced for the first time anywhere in videogaming.

some article content courtesy of Popoholic

Get ready for a ton of movie trailers and previews the next few days, thanks to the San Diego Comic Con. First up is Beowulf, which is a CG/motion-captured film (similar to The Polar Expres). The film’s cast includes Ray Winstone as Beowulf, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, and Angelina Jolie. I actually did a double take while watching the trailer; I couldn’t believe it wasn’t live actors.

This will be the future of video games over the next few years, too. The animation is absolutely stunning!

Click here to see the HD Trailer

article courtesy of Popoholic

As part of their ongoing “Real Men Love” movie series, DoubleViking.com put together a pretty funny little article about the classic sci-fi film, The Fifth Element. The movie celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year, and they thought they would list all the various reasons why real men love The Fifth Element.

Inexplicably, a half naked Milla Jovovich is not among them. An inexcusable oversight to be sure, but it’s still a pretty good article nonetheless:

Real Men Love the Fifth Element