Hulk vs. Thor

A clip from January's Hulk vs. DVD, which pits the Green Goliath separately against Wolverine and Thor. Here's Hulk dropping into Thor's homeland, Asgard:

Who Watches the Watchmen?

Earlier this week, an expanded trailer for Watchmen debuted during Spike TV's Scream Awards, and showed up online shortly thereafter in regular and HD versions (in HD, you can see Dr. Manhattan's junk about 19 seconds in when he and the Silk Spectre appear on the moon). Coinciding with the new trailer was the release of this new poster featuring an image from the end of the trailer and the beginning of the book, the event that kicks off the story.

Written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, Watchmen was published by DC Comics in 12 monthly installments in 1986, and is considered the greatest graphic novel ever by most critics, and in fact is on Time's list of Top 100 Novels. Many, including Alan Moore, who hates all adaptations of his work, consider the book unfilmable, but based on the trailer and other images that have been released so far, it seems pretty close. Anticipation has been building since the release of the first trailer in front of The Dark Knight over the summer. Sales of the book have exploded since then, and this new footage will likely sell even more. The book is prominently displayed in all bookstores -- not just comic shops, so awareness is pretty high.

Barring complications due to the lawsuit between Fox and Warner Bros. over the movie, Watchmen opens in theatres on March 6, 2009.

Animation Round-Up

• Star Wars: Clone Wars, which debuted in theatres hasn't gotten the greatest reviews nor is it doing much box office, but, it still sets the stage for the upcoming animated series of the same name, scheduled to debut on Cartoon Network Friday, October 3 at 9 p.m. ET with a special one-hour presentation.



• Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a new animated series geared towards a younger audience will debut on Cartoon Network in November 2008. The series, with an animation style reminiscent of Golden Age Batman artist Dick Sprang (which also looks similar to the main title animation of the Batman 60s TV series), features the Caped Crusader teaming up with a different hero from the DC Universe in each episode, including many heroes never before seen in animated form -- such as the new Blue Beetle, featured prominently in the trailer. You can see a list of the planned guest stars here.
  

The Wonder Woman animated movie, next in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie series, debuts on DVD in February 2009, featuring the voice of Keri Russell. Based on an original story, the script is co-written by Gail Simone, currently writing the character's comic series. It will be released in rated and unrated version and is expected to be pretty violent. See the trailer at the above link.

• More DC Universe Animated Movies are in the works, though what's after Wonder Woman is still unconfirmed. More Batman is definite, and rumors include Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (presumably based on the the Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness story arc of the same name) and Green Lantern. Still being discussed is Justice League: Worlds Collide, a Bruce Timm-verse movie that bridges the gap between the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series. an online Plastic Man series is also supposedly in development. Nothing has been offically announced.
  



• Marvel Animated Features -- Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, featuring the children of the Avengers, as mentored by Tony (Iron Man) Stark was released on DVD on September 2. Up next is Hulk Vs., two shorts featuring the Green Goliath separately fighting Wolverine and Thor, due January. Upcoming releases include Thor: Tales of Asgard and Planet Hulk.
  



• Wolverine And The X-Men is set for a January 2009 debut, alongside Iron Man: Armored Adventures (which features Tony Stark becoming Iron Man as a teenager), on the Nicktoons Network.
  
  

New Hellboy II promos include animated Mignola preview

From Collider.com comes all kinds of new promotional videos for Hellboy II: The Golden Army, opening July 11, the coolest of which is an animated prolgue by comics writer/artist and Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola.

If nothing else, the movie looks pretty cool. The first one was a lot of fun, and there's no reason to expect this one won't be too, though it will be quickly be overshadowwed by Dark Knight, opening only a week later, which you may have seen mentioned a time or two on this site.

New Bond trailer

Check out 007.com to catch the trailer for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig, opening November 7th.

Shedding light on the Dark Knight

The Dark Knight opens in less than three weeks, and the full-court marketing press is on. Among the coolest promotions is from Comcast. For those with Comcast's digital cable, you can see trailers, mini documentaries, special "newscasts" and even one of the six animated segments from Batman: Gotham Knight, the animated DVD feature due out July 8, through On Demand (check "Movies & Special Events').

But even if you don't have digital cable, you can still see some of the Comcast goodies. Just go to the dedicated mini-site for some of the same documentaries and trailers.

Elsewhere are actor, writer and director interviews that help set the stage for the sequel. Most notably, you can read these interviews with star Christian Bale, co-star Aaron Eckhart, director Christoher Nolan and writers, David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan.

You can see five minutes from another segment of Batman: Gotham Knights here.

Finally, here's an early mainstream review (from Rolling Stone) that will make you just want July 18 to get here quicker!

New Hulk trailer

"The most powerful superhero on Earth returns" Now, that's interesting. The CGI is looking better too.

Getting psyched yet?

New trailer for "Star Wars: Clone Wars"

If you thought you'd never get to see new Star Wars on the big screen, may the Force be with you. On August 15, Star Wars: Clone Wars, a computer animatred sequel to the last big screen chapter, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opens in theatres. Here's the trailer.


The movie release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars leads directly into this fall's premiere of a weekly, animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network, followed by airings on TNT.

Trailer for new X-Men toon

Here's the trailer for the new Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon, scehduled to debut in 2009 on Nicktoons.

New Dark Knight trailer!

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villian." -- Harvey Dent

The new Dark Knight trailer is here! It takes a while to download, so go to the site, and come back to it a few minutes later so you can watch it straight through. Pause the scene right before Harvey says the quote above, when he is holding up a gun, and you can see the barest glimpse of Two-Face.

Very cool!

New Hulk trailer

See the new trailer for The Incredible Hulk here.

"Batman: Gotham Knight" animated DVD trailer

Here's the trailer for the Batman:Gotham Knight animated DVD that comes out on July 8, only 10 days before The Dark Knight hits theatres. This release consists of six vignettes designed tobridge the gap between the two Nolan Batman movies. Each short story is done in a different anime style and are written by comics pros and otherscreen writers. Long-time Batman voice Kevin Conroy reprises his lead role here, which you can hear in the trailer. Most misgivings about this being "too anime" will go away after watching the trailer.

At this site, you can read an early review of the release.

New Hellboy II trailer

Hellboy II opens July 11.

First "Incredible Hulk" teaser trailer now online

Finally, we get our first look at The Incredible Hulk, opening June 13, thanks to MTV.

UPDATED: Sneak peek at Batman anime DVD

Before the Bat-sequel, The Dark Knight hits theatres on July 18, Warner Bros., will release on July 8 Batman: Gotham Knight, a series of 6 related animated shorts that bridge the gap between Batman Begins and the new movie. Each short is directed by an established anime director, who bring their own look to the character and his world. Villians featured in the shorts include Deadshot, Scarecrow and Killer Croc. You can see pics of each of them here.

A 10-minute sneak peek of the DVD was included with the recently released Justice League: New Frontier DVD You can a portion of that video at the official site for the DVD. or you can watch the whole thing here:

Mike Myers' "The Love Guru" trailer online

See the trailer for Mike Myers' first new movie in years -- The Love Guru:

New "Wanted" trailer

Here's another new trailer for the movie Wanted, based on the comic mini-series by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones. The movie opens on June 27.


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Latest Iron Man Trailer

See the new Iron Man trailer here. The movie opens May 2, 2008.

Indiana Jones trailer

Click here to see the first trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in theatres on May 22.

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" to debut in theatres

Update: here's a new trailer.

Now here is some pretty cool news! The CG-animated series that takes place between Episodes 2 and 3 of the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will debut as a feature film in theatres on August 15 before moving to television on the Cartoon Network and TNT in Fall 2008. A behind-the-scenes documentary with plenty of footage from the series can be seen here.

From the announcement:

On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala along with brand-new heroes like Anakin's padawan learner, Ahsoka. Sinister villains -- led by Darth Sidious, Count Dooku and General Grievous -- are poised to rule the galaxy. Stakes are high, and the fate of the Star Wars universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. Their exploits lead to the action-packed battles and astonishing new revelations that fill Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Thirty 30-minute episodes have already been produced, and production continues on even more.