I first became aware of director Sebastian Gutierrez when I watched one of his first films, She Creature. I’ve followed his career since that time and watched most of his other movies with interest. His latest, Elektra Luxx, the sequel to his ealier film Women In Touble, chronicles the exploits of former porn star trying to change her life now that she’s discovered she’s going to be a mother.

I caught up with Gutierrez during the recent SXSW Film Festival where his film screened to a packed audience, not once, but twice. Here’s what he had to say about the film, his creative process and working with his movie star wife Carla Gugino.

The Flickcast: This film is a sequel of sorts to your earlier film Women in Trouble, correct? Was your plan always to make a sequel to that film? I also heard you are actually going for a trilogy, correct?

Sebastian Gutierrez: Yes, it’s a trilogy. We felt that Star Wars, LOTR, etc. shouldn’t be the only stories allowed to spread out over three movies and thought we’d compete with them.

TF: If you had to tell someone who had never seen Women In Trouble what Elektra Luxx is about, what would you tell them?

SG: It’s about one day in the life of a recently retired pornstar as she tries to make it in the straight world.

TF: How did you approach making the film? Was their a complete script or was some of the film improvised?

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If you’ve been playing Activision and Infinity Ward’s latest blockbuster game Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2 and have pretty much exausted every level, weapon and adventure you can squeeze out of the game, then you’re in luck because there’s new stuff on the way. We’ve brought you news of this before and now it’s finally almost here and the companies have released a trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 “Stimulus Package” map pack.

At just over a minute long it gives you a quick preview of the five new maps that will be coming to the game. Three of the maps, Bailout, Salvage and Storm are brand new, Overgrown and Crash are fan favorites returning from the first Modern Warfare.

The Stimulus Package will be hitting Xbox Live on March 30th for around 15 bucks. Sure, that may sound like a lot but with the cool maps and stuff it’s probably worth it. You be the judge by checking out the trailer after the jump. By clicking through you certify you are 18 years of age or older.

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With principle photography currently taking place in New Orleans, things seem to be picking up quite a bit for Martin Campbell’s upcoming Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds. We haven’t heard much in the way of casting lately, until now. According to THR, actress Angela Bassett is now stepping in to play the famed DC secret government employee Amanda Waller:

Bassett is playing Dr. Amanda Waller, a government agent who in comics lore became charged with overseeing the Suicide Squad, a government-run group of captured supervillains performing tasks in exchange for eventual freedom. It is unclear if that group will pop up in “Lantern” or if that mythology is being set up.

Could this mean we’ll be getting into the Suicide Squad story in Green Lantern? It would make sense, if Warner Bros wants to compete directly with Marvel’s plan to keep all of the films intertwined, to use Bassett’s Amanda Waller as their Nick Fury, being a constant in upcoming DC films.

Between casting Bassett in Green Lantern, and Pam Grier taking on the same role on the CW’s Smallville, it seems that casting agents are looking to change the role from John Ostrander’s original, portly incarnation of the character to more of a sultry, cougar-esque woman of power.

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The fun part of Western Wednesdays is discovering little gems like Rio Conchos that were lost in the shuffle of giants like John Wayne.  Lacking any big stars or cult iconography like Django’s coffin, they just sit on Netflix waiting for someone to dig them up.

Rio Conchos is a slow burn of a movie, more of a Western noir than a real shoot ‘em up. Everyone has an agenda, no one can be trusted, and you’re just not sure who is going to screw it all up and make off like a bandit. It also starts off rather typical with the usual trope of “There’s been a raid, a bunch of rifles are missing, and they’re going to wind up in the hands of Apaches!”

Naturally, a disparate bunch of men are assigned the task of tracking down the rifles — a bitter ex-Confederate (Richard Boone), a Buffalo Soldier (Jim Brown), an ambitious Army Captain (Stuart Whitman), and a smooth-talking Mexican mercenary (Tony Franciosa). Of course, they don’t get along. The ex-Confederate makes no secret of his dislike of blue coats or black men, and while they come to a grudging understanding and respect, they never really become friends.

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One of the coolest comic teams in history is Marvel’s Avengers. With all the turmoil and changes that’s hit the Marvel Universe of late it’s nice to see that the team is intact and stronger than ever. To commemorate this event, and the addition of new Avengers team members and a relunch of the group, Marvel has decided to celebrate with “Avengers Day.”

Want to know more? Check out all the details, including some comics art, from the following press release:

The Earth’s Mightiest Retailers assemble on May 19th for the inaugural, first-annual, Avengers Day! This historic event marks an all new era for Marvel’s greatest heroes as the Avengers come together to usher in The Heroic Age. Mark your calendars and be the first person on your block to score great Avengers Day commemorative items like exclusive limited edition print featuring John Romita Jr.’s “I Am An Avenger” images, door hangers, mini-posters and more!

Plus, fans can’t miss the chance to add their own heroes to the Avengers roster by sketching on the Avengers #1 I Am An Avenger Blank Variant and purchase the stunning Avengers Poster by John Romita Jr!

Plus, Marvel would like to thank participating retailers with a special advance screening edition of Avengers #1! This limited edition comic, featuring a letter from Brian Michael Bendis, won’t be made available to the general public or retailers not participating in May 19th’s historic events.

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If there’s one tv program we enjoy watching around here it’s The Office. The weekly hijinks of our favorite paper company characters never cease to bring the funny. We had a recap of last week’s episode “New Leads” for you a few days ago and as good as that episode was, we felt like there was still something missing.

Fortunately, NBC responded and has sent us three deleted scenes from the episode we can share with you today. These scenes including Stanley’s story about his wife poisoning him, Creed’s unique demands of Andy and more. In short, some pretty darn funny stuff.

The Office returns tomorrow night with a brand new episode. In the meantime, check out these deleted scenes after the jump.

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News broke a while back that there are plans to return to the Men in Black franchise with a third film and original stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones would also return to reprise their roles. Smith was on board and ready to go, until another film of his got greenlit over at Fox. That film? The City That Sailed. From Variety:

Penned by Andrew Niccol, “City that Sailed” revolves around a New York street magician who is unhappily separated from his young daughter. The girl, who moves to London, finds magic candles that make her wishes comes true, with unintended consequences: The island of Manhattan separates from the continent and floats toward England, bringing her dad ever closer. There’s no director yet on the project.

Smith has been off-screen for some time and hasn’t had a hit since his 2008 film Hancock (which is also being talked about for a sequel). Smith has been wearing his producer pants more lately, with his company Overbrook Films. They’re currently producing the reboot of The Karate Kid, starring Smith’s son, Jaden.

With the deadline for casting coming up for both films pretty soon, Smith will inevitably have to make his decision, which could mean we won’t see a third Men In Black film for quite some time.

Here it is Twilight fans your first look at the brand new poster for the upcoming third installment of the big screen Twilight franchise, otherwise known as The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. In this new poster it would seem the focus is shifting from our two male rivals Edward Cullen and Jacob Black towards our favorite female inhabitant of Forks, WA Bella Swan.

She’s front and center and clearly dominating the world these boys live in. Plus, as aptly described by the poster’s tagline of “It all begins with a choice” we know that Bella’s in the driver’s seat for this movie and probably for the rest of the series as well. Sure, she will probably be unsure and hesitate ,but in the end she’ll make the only decision possible and choose her true love.

Until then, you can count on lots of fighting, drama, rain, shirtless vampires and werewolves and teen angst.

Check out the full poster after the jump. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse hits theaters on June 30th.

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This week on The Flickcast Chris and Matt are back after last’s week’s break with an all new episode talking about a slew of new topics. Some of these topics include Chris’ SXSW report on great new films like Monsters, Helena From the Wedding, Winters’ Bone and Kick-Ass, discussions on Captain America casting, Scream 4 news and how to save Fox’s 24.

The boys also made picks this week including Matt’s pick of the great CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and Chris’ pick of the new FX series Justified starring Timothy Olyphant.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques, offers of sponsorship or whatever, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter, at Facebook and MySpace or via email.

In most films, the arduous journey is usually the film’s pre-production, getting a project greenlit and cast or even the lengthy process of shooting in exotic location. Strangely, for Louis Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans, the ever-changing release date and conversion to 3D in post-production seemed to be the truly difficult one.

Once Warner Bros. decided on a release date (after they had to recall millions of posters), and forced another dimension out of an originally 2D film, we are finally coming upon the April 2nd release date, and with it, come some pretty cool clips.

In the clips we have for you, you can check out some great moments from the film such as Liam releasing The Kraken, Worthington’s battle with Calibos, the epic Madusa fight, and the first attack of the gigantic Scorpioch.

Check them all out after the jump. Be sure to catch Clash of the Titans, in both 2D and 3D, on April 2nd.

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Every year, it’s fun to see the new and original concepts cranked out by major studios. Some of them are sleeper ideas that turn out to be huge, such as District 9 or Hot Tub Time Machine, but then there is an idea that two separate studios end up tackling at the same time. Back in 2006, The Illusionist and The Prestige, two different films about classic magicians and prestidigitator, came out within months of one another and it looks like we’ll be seeing the same thing happen this year.

Hitting theaters in July, Universal is releasing their next major animated film about two super villains duking it out for world supremacy in Despicable Me, starring Jason Segel and Steve Carell. Now, animation giant Dreamworks is throwing their hat into the same ring with their super villain flick, Megamind.

The latter stars Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, and Jonah Hill, with Madagascar director Tom McGrath behind the wheel. The first trailer just got it’s release, and we’ve got it to show you. Who will be the victor between Universal’s Despicable Me and Dreamworks’ Megamind? We’ll have to wait to find out.

Check out the first trailer for Megamind, hitting theaters on November 5th, after the jump.

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It’s kind of frustrating being a DS owner, isn’t it? As much as we love our little dual-screen consoles, the second you buy the latest and greatest model, Nintendo announces another one. But now Nintendo’s got something a little different up their sleeves. At E3 in June, Kotaku reports, Nintendo will unveil the official successor to the Nintendo DS: The Nintendo 3DS.

Announced in an official release by Nintendo, the Nintendo 3DS will be “enjoyed with 3-D effects without the need for any special glasses”. No details have been released about what it looks like, the official name (Nintendo 3DS seems to be a working title), or how the 3-D will work, but the Nintendo 3DS will be backwards compatible with all Nintendo DS games, which is a relief. Rumors are circulating about a 3-D joystick, an accelerometer, and a force-feedback mechanism being worked into the console, but it’s hard to say if any of these are reliable, or feasible.

You’ll be able to get your hands on a 3DS sometime between April 2010 and March 2011., but be sure to check back with The Flickcast for our coverage of this year’s E3 Expo from June 15-17th for more details on this brand new console.