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• SDCC 2012: Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Panel
• SDCC 2012: ‘The Expendables 2′ Panel
• ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Trailer: James Franco Doesn’t Want To Be A Good Man
• SDCC 2012: ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Panel
• Disney In Depth: ‘Newsies’ The Musical On Broadway Review
• SDCC 2012: ‘Frankenweenie’ Panel With Tim Burton
• Channing Tatum Says ‘Magic Mike 2′ In The Works; Will Produce & Star In Evel Knievel Bipoic
• ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ IMAX BANE Poster And ‘Journey’ Trailer
• SDCC 2012: First 7 Minutes Of ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2′ Shown
• ‘Cosmopolis’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Loses All His Money & Shoot Himself
• Michael Caine Says He’s In Christopher Nolan’s Next Directorial Effort
• Johnny Depp To Become Edward Scissorhands Once Again … On ‘Family Guy’
• Josh Trank To Direct ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot; David Slade Drops Out Of ‘Daredevil’ Reboot
• Watch Now: ‘[REC] 3: Genesis’ Red Band Trailer
• ‘Frankenweenie’ Trailer: Tim Burton’s Tribute To Classic Horror Films

SDCC 2012: Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Panel Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:00 PM PDT Chris Hardwick (of the Nerdist podcast) introduced Rich Moore, director of Wreck-it Ralph (and former director of many classic episodes of The Simpsons) to the SDCC Comic-Con audience. Moore described the film as the story of a 1980s coin-op video game bad guy who's having an existential crisis, and no longer wants to be the villain. They then played ten minutes of various scenes from the film, where Ralph describes the video game world he lives in, and how while "Fix-It Felix, Jr." players just see sprites on a screen, there's a whole real world behind the screen. [...]

SDCC 2012: ‘The Expendables 2′ Panel Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:20 PM PDT The panel for The Expendables 2, the upcoming sequel to the surprise 2010 crackerjack action film which was written by, directed, and starred Sylvester Stallone, made an appearance in Hall H at the 2012 San Diego Comic Convention today. The testosterone alpha male laden panel, comprised of Stallone, MMA champ Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Dolph Lundgren and actor cum politician cum actor again Arnold Schwarzenegger. [...]

‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Trailer: James Franco Doesn’t Want To Be A Good Man Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:30 PM PDT We've seen a poster and a behind the scenes look at Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful, now it's time for the trailer to come out, and it could not have debuted at a better time. During the Disney panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Raimi debuted the first trailer for the film, and does it look like a lot of colorful fun. You can check out the trailer below. [...]

SDCC 2012: ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Panel Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT Oz: The Great and Powerful is Sam Raimi's prequel to the 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic book. It stars James Franco as the titular wizard, and Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams as the witches of Oz. San Diego Comic-Con moderator Chris Hardwick (The Nerdist podcast) introduced director Sam Raimi with a montage of his past films, including Spider-Man, Drag Me To Hell, the Evil Dead series, and The Quick and the Dead, amongst others. Raimi described Comic-Con as "geek central," and says he loves coming here. He said Oz is based on L. Frank Baum's stories, but is really the story of the Wizard's journey to Oz, and his relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch. [...]

Disney In Depth: ‘Newsies’ The Musical On Broadway Review Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:30 PM PDT Ready to be the "King of New York?" Well, for the cast of the Tony-winning musical, Newsies, they have been ruling Broadway for good reason. For anyone visiting the Big Apple, Disney Theatrical Productions' latest offering represents theater at its best, when you forget you're watching a performance. You feel like you're part of the show. The year, 1899. The place, the center of the industrial world: New York City. The newsboys have been suffering long from low wages. Child labor is as predominant as ever before, with freedom from this tireless toil far from reality. [...]

SDCC 2012: ‘Frankenweenie’ Panel With Tim Burton Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT Frankenweenie, the upcoming Tim Burton vehicle which has been a pet project for him since his inception as a filmmaker/animator almost three decades ago, first appearing as a short and now finding its way as a full length feature, had its debut today at Comic-Con. Hosted by Chris Hardwick and first introduced by some 3D footage of the upcoming production which was akin to an old Universal Pictures trailer, replete with black and white and overblown narration, Frankenweenie is a film about a boy's resurrection of his beloved dog. [...]

Channing Tatum Says ‘Magic Mike 2′ In The Works; Will Produce & Star In Evel Knievel Bipoic Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Channing Tatum has been a very busy man this year. He's been pushing films for The Vow and 21 Jump Street, and would have been doing so for G.I. Joe: Redemption had it not been for Paramount's rescheduling. Now with Magic Mike out of the way, Tatum is talking about a sequel. In an interview with Glamour UK, Tatum responded to the question about the possibility of a Magic Mike 2 with a resounding, "Yes, yes, and yes! We're working on the concept now. We want to flip the script and make it bigger." [...]

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ IMAX BANE Poster And ‘Journey’ Trailer Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT The Dark Knight Rises is just mere days away (eight, to be exact), and if you got the same tingling feeling from listening to the soundtrack as I did, then you are just as excited as I am to see this movie. But that's just a taste of the good stuff, what comes next is like the cherry on top. There's a new IMAX poster and a "Journey" trailer, and you can check both of them out below. [...]

SDCC 2012: First 7 Minutes Of ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2′ Shown Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:27 PM PDT The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 will bring The Twilight Saga film franchise to a close and its cast and crew were on hand today in Hall H at the San Diego Comic-Con to present the first seven minutes from this highly anticipated final installment. Director Bill Condon couldn't be on the panel because he's currently scoring the film in London, but to treat the fans for what will be the film franchise's final appearance at Comic-Con, he introduced the first 7 minutes of the film, beginning right where Breaking Dawn: Part 1 left off with Bella (Kristen Stewart) opening her eyes. Also, a short clip from the film was shown. You can read all of footage description here below. [...]

‘Cosmopolis’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Loses All His Money & Shoot Himself Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT If you have already seen previous trailers for David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis already, then you know the film is the director's return to daring and pushing the envelope kind of filmmaking. The film also sees Robert Pattinson in a very dark role. Pattinson fans who expect to be wooed by his sultry voice and deep eyes will probably be disappointed as he plays someone that we haven't seen him play before. Check out the new trailer below. [...]

Michael Caine Says He’s In Christopher Nolan’s Next Directorial Effort Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT Christopher Nolan's good luck charm has taken the form of Michael Caine. Or it could be the other way around. Either way the two being together is mutually beneficial. The actor as appeared in almost every film that Nolan has directed, and with the two collaborating on their respective films, they have done very well at the box office. But what will happen in the future? While we know that this will be Nolan and Caine's final Batman-related film, the actor says that they will be working together again very soon. In a recent interview, Caine said that Nolan has an idea of a new project and that he is in it. But Caine did not elaborate on what kind of project it will be. [...]

Johnny Depp To Become Edward Scissorhands Once Again … On ‘Family Guy’ Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT It's been over two decades since Johnny Depp played Edward Scissorhands in the beloved Tim Burton movie of the same name. The actor has gone on to become one of the biggest stars on the planet, but recently decided to play the character again, and in the most unexpected of places. Depp was asked to get back into his 22-year-old character to voice a cutaway joke on the Fox animated series, Family Guy. As it turns out, the actor is a fan of the show and was happy to oblige. [...]

Josh Trank To Direct ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot; David Slade Drops Out Of ‘Daredevil’ Reboot Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT Fox owns a few Marvel properties, two of which will be getting rebooted in the near future. Josh Trank's success with Chronicle has put him on the top of the list of possible directors to helm the new Fantastic Four movie, and David Slade was tapped to direct the new Daredevil movie. Now, as the San Diego Comic-Con officially opens its doors, it's being reported that Trank has signed on to direct the reboot based on four fantastical heroes, while Slade is taking himself out of the Daredevil reboot. [...]

Watch Now: ‘[REC] 3: Genesis’ Red Band Trailer Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT If you've not seen the insane 2007 Spanish horror flick [REC], it's easily one of the better zombie and found footage movies out there. If you settled for the 2008 American remake Quarantine...well, then I just feel sad for you. The movie is about to become part of a trilogy of movies with the release of [REC] 3: Genesis, and you can now see a red band trailer for the movie. Check out the trailer and a synopsis below. And as is the case with any red band trailer, a NSFW warning is in effect...though, to be honest, it's not really all that graphic. [...]

‘Frankenweenie’ Trailer: Tim Burton’s Tribute To Classic Horror Films Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT As you saw from our reaction post made earlier today, we are pretty excited for Frankenweenie. It's a Tim Burton film that blends classic horror motifs (mostly from Frankenstein) with stop-motion animation and 3D effects. We've already seen two trailers for Frankenweenie, but none of them paid homage to the classic horror films the way this new retro trailer does. Check it out below. [...]

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