Hanna is no ordinary assassin. With piercing blue eyes and an angelic countenance, the teenager looks more suited to be homecoming queen than cold blooded killer. Only that was not her lot in life. Hanna has been isolated from the populace in the frigid confines of Northern Finland, learning survival skills from her well versed father Erik (Eric Bana), who is an ex-CIA operative.

It’s obvious that Erik is trying to prepare Hanna for something; in addition to survival skills, he quizzes her in multiple languages, and educates her on topics of science, current events, and literature. Hanna spends her evenings poring over Grimm’s Fairy Tales by candlelight.  You could say she is a true Renaissance woman.

The opening scene on the frozen tundra shows Hanna shooting a Reindeer with a bow and arrow. When the creature still writhes about, she calmly shoots it, then dresses it right in the field. She goes about these gruesome tasks with robotic precision and complete detachment.

Later, Erik and Hanna decide it is time to move on from their self-imposed exile; Hanna is ready to go out into the real world. Erik has been honing Hanna’s skills in anticipation of being pursued by Marissa (Cate Blanchett), another CIA agent dead set on getting rid of Hanna. Erik and Hanna go their separate ways, but make plans to meet at a safe-house in Germany.

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If we learned anything from Chloe Moretz’s performance in this year’s Kick-Ass, it’s that chick assassins are in. More in than when Natalie Portman was just a teenager. So of course, with that knowledge, Hollywood is going to be snatching up intellectual property in that department until they realize it’s no longer “cool”. That’s where the new trailer for Hanna comes in.

From director Joe Wright (Atonement) comes this dark thriller that will more than likely end up with a big twist in the final act. Here’s the full synopsis.

Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these  come from being raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

Not only do we get Hollywood’s “next big thing” Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) in the titular lead, but Eric Bana plays the paranoid father, and Cate Blanchett takes a swing at a Southern accent. Check out the full trailer after the jump, and catch Hanna in theaters on April 8th.

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J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek looks to be getting the royal treatment for it’s upcoming DVD release. They’re rolling out some pretty intense features for both the DVD and Blu-Ray copies of the film, and now they’re helping market the release with a never-before-seen bonus clip from the film.

In the clip, Nero (Eric Bana) is getting interrogated by-wait for it…Klingons! That’s right, Abrams actually shot footage of Klingons for the film, and then never used it, leaving it for us ultra-nerds to watch on DVD. /Film explains the clip:

JJ Abrams shot a sequence for Star Trek reboot featuring a few members of the infamous alien race, the Klingons. The scene featured Nero [Eric Bana] chained to a table being interrogated by the masked, ruffle-headed creatures with Centurion slugs who are looking to find out information on the future. The sequence basically explained what Nero was up to in the missing years. This is one of the deleted scenes in the prison break sequence that has found its way online to promote the upcoming DVD release.

Check out the full clip after the jump, and be sure to set your wallets to “stun” on November 17th for the DVD and Blu-Ray releases to sweep the nation.

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Over at one of our favorite sites, Trailer Addict, they’ve got the new trailer for the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of The Time Travelers Wife. The film, which stars Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana, is based on the best selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger. The film was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Robert Schwentke.

In case you’re not familier with the story, it concerns a man (Bana) with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably. It’s also about his wife (McAdams), an artist who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences. Through these experiences, this sci-fi romance examines issues of love, loss, and free will.

Of course, I’ve heard of the novel but have never read it. It didn’t seem like my kind of story. Seeing this trailer, however, makes me interested in the story and these characters. Maybe its time to give the novel a read? Or, I guess I could just wait for the movie.

The Time Travelers Wife opens later this year. Check out the full trailer after the break.

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