This weekend may be a tough decision for many moviegoers, as Eat Pray Love and The Expendables open against fan favorite Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. We know which we’ll be seeing (probably all three), but in the meantime, we’ve got some awesome clips from Pilgrim which should get you ready for the movie.

In the film Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) must defend his love for new girl Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) by defeating her seven evil exes. Those exes include names like Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, and more.

In the clips we’ve got for you, you can see Cera actually show some emotion other than empathy, which is a pretty big leap if you’ve seen his other films. Fun fact for all of you Arrested Development fans: Mae Whitman, who plays evil ex Roxy in the film has worked with Cera before, as Ann (“Egg”) on Development. We can assure you that they won’t be making out in this one.

The film is based on the comic series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and comes from director Edgar Wright, the mind behind other fan faves such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Check out all four clips from the movie after the jump. See Scott Pilgrim take on the seven evil exes this Friday (That’s tomorrow).

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Congrats to all those who have made it past Comic-Con’s endless Hall H lines, sat through countless hours of the studio’s pleading with you to buy movie tickets, and made it back home in one, tired piece. What awaits you is a month filled with the studio’s last line of blockbuster attack ads until the holiday season.

Fear not, as the lines will be vastly shorter than the wait for Eclipse. Instead of emos and soccer moms in “Team Edward” T-shirts, you’ll find yourself beside teenage boys who watch Rocky V on their Evos while waiting for The Expendables.

Curiously, the generals of Universal and Lionsgate both decided to fire missiles into the 13-30 years old guys camp. With the troops dispersing, you should be able to deftly maneuver yourself to the safety of a comfy recliner at the multiplex.

My advice, do like Julia Roberts and Eat some buttery popcorn, Pray for a film worth the ticket price, and Love the below reviews. Let’s check out what’s in store for us in August.

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This year isn’t all that heavy with comic book movies. While we have films like The Losers and Jonah Hex, they don’t really compare to the anticipation by both comic fans and video game fans alike for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.

The film comes from Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright, who already gained Whedon-esque geek credibility with international audiences. In both of his previous films, he turned a genre like “zombie films” or “80s action films” into his own parody, and he’s doing it all over again with video games in Pilgrim.

In the movie, based on the series of comics by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) falls in love with a pink-haired girl named Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). They start to date and everything seems swell, until Scott is told that in order to date Ramona, he has to defeat her 7 evil ex boyfriends.

It all plays out as ridiculous as it sounds, with some pretty amazing visuals, and intense fight sequences from the ex’s (played by Jason Schwartzman, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, and more).

Check out the first full trailer after the jump, and be sure to catch Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World in theaters August 13th.

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The whole geek world is still wiping the drool from their collective chins over the first trailer for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World last week. But don’t worry, there is still quite some time for us to be excited, as Universal is bringing us more and more Scott Pilgrim in the months leading up to the film’s August release.

We were lucky enough to get our hands on a few great new images from the film, showing off some intense action sequences, and most importantly, Michael Cera emoting for what could be the first time in his film career.

Check out all of the glorious images after the jump, and be sure to catch Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, starring Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, and Jason Schwartzman in theaters on August 13th.

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Tom Cruise and company were all pretty quick to jump onto and set a release date for the upcoming fourth installment of the Mission Impossible franchise. The only problem was that the film had yet to sign a director. Who could possibly take the helm after sci-fi meganerd J.J. Abrams shared his vision in the last film. Well, according to THR, the studio’s number one choice is Incredibles director Brad Bird.

On the surface, Bird may seem a peculiar choice. The writer-director wrote and directed 1999′s “The Iron Giant” and 2004′s “The Incredibles” as well as 2007′s “Ratatouille” (the latter two earned Oscars for best animated picture), but he has never helmed a live-action feature.

On the other hand, nabbing Bird would be inspired. He is praised for his storytelling skills and is known for his strengths in staging thrilling and intricate action set-pieces as well as fusing the action with large dollops of heart and emotion.

Bird is just one name thrown into the hat along with others such as Edgar Wright and Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. Brad seems the be at least Cruise’s top pick in the list.

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Any real fans of the Simon Pegg/Nick Frost/Edgar Wright trio know that they all didn’t meet on the set of Shaun of the Dead. In fact, the reason they got the chance to do Shaun was due to the success of a 1999 BBC TV series they all created called Spaced.

The show, starring Pegg, Frost, and Jessica Hynes, was about a comic book artist who has to fake a marriage with a complete stranger in order to stay in an apartment made for “professional couples.” The show was quirky and funny, and developed a huge cult following on DVD. It also seemed to turn the heads of a few US producers, including McG and now producer of Chuck and Human Target, Peter Johnson.

The U.S. version of the show was a failure, to say the least, and never made it past the pilot stage. None of the original creative team were involved, or even brought into the loop that the show existed, until recently. Simon Pegg twittered a clip from the failed pilot, starring Sara Rue (Less Than Perfect), Josh Lawson, and Will Sasso (MadTV).

Take a look at the clip after the jump, and you’ll understand why the show never made it past the unaired pilot. The only thing worth mentioning is that Will Sasso truly is the US version of Nick Frost. Outside of that, there isn’t much going for this half-assed clone of a show.

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While the fans have been bouncing off the walls waiting for a glimpse of his newest film, director Edgar Wright has kept things pretty quiet concerning Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (though his production blog may make you think otherwise). Recently, we all got a bit closer to seeing some great action, as the very first image of the film got released, showing off the titular Pilgrim (Michael Cera) with a flaming katana.

The film, for those unaware, is based on the series of comics by Bryan Lee O’Malley about a guy who meets the girl of his dreams, literally. Things get a bit ridiculous from there, so I’ll let the official synopsis from Universal tell the rest.

Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It’s getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart’s ass–and now is back in town–to the teenage distraction he’s trying to shake when Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) rollerblades into his world, love hasn’t been easy.

He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.

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Ever since the news first came through about Disney and Marvel joining, everybody and their mother came out of the woodwork with their ideas for Disney/Marvel mash up ideas. Such bad ideas as Finding Namor, HERB-E, Casper the Friendliest Ghostrider, and All Dogs go to Asgard were thrown into the mix, but no one had any thoughts on Disney working on a real-life Marvel property.

It looks like that time has come, as Pixar is interested in taking on one of Marvel’s first superheroes, Ant-Man. According to Entertainment Weekly, “Marvel has thousands of characters to feed Disney’s film, TV, and animation business (Pixar is said to already be eyeballing an Ant-Man movie). As Iron Man proved, they don’t need to be iconic to become blockbusters.”

Last we heard, the Ant-Man property was already in the works for a feature film, to be helmed by Shaun of the Dead team Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost with a script cowritten by BBC comedian Joe Cornish. Though the ilk of the writer/directors was that of comedy, the team insisted that the film was to be purely action based. Back in March of 2008, the film reportedly went on hold, and hadn’t been heard from since.

With Pixar taking on the film, you can believe that the story won’t be about Eric O’Grady, also known as The Irredeemable Ant-Man. Now that Disney has their mitts on the project, the story will presumably take more of a family friendly tone, which could be a bad thing or a good thing (these are the same people that brought us The Incredibles). No word yet on details of the film, if the original script will still stand, or if Wright and his team will be staying on the project.

Who would’ve thought that a game starring Michael Cera, Kieren Culkin, and Jason Schwartzman would get optioned as a video game by UbiSoft, the developer who’s titles include Assassin’s Creed and Call of Juarez? Apparently Universal did, as they’re already planning a game to coincide with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World‘s theatrical release in 2010.

Universal’s live action film is based on a series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley, and has won several awards including a Harvey Award, Wizard’s Indie Book of the Year, and Entertainment Weekly’s Independent Comic of the Year. In the film, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has just met the girl of his dreams (Live Free or Die Hard’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead) only to find out that her seven evil ex boyfriends are coming to kill him.

According to the Bill Kispert, Vice President, Interactive, Universal Partnership and Licensing, they are all excited for the film and gameL

“We were hooked on Scott Pilgrim from our first read of the comics and script. The storyline mirrors the escalating structure of a video game, and it is filled with clever homage to video game culture. We are thrilled to be collaborating with Ubisoft to bring fans a thoroughly entertaining interactive experience.”

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