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Edgar Wright’s ‘The World’s End’ Gets A Beautiful First Teaser Poster

Posted on October 12, 2012

Edgar Wright is a filmmaker who everyone should be excited about. He managed the rare hat trick of having his first three films be very excellent AND rather successful. So when he announced one more go around with the stars of his first to films, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, the world should have stopped for a moment and given the man a golf clap of encouragement.

Alas that didn’t happen so we are forced to go through the motions of a normal movie marketing cycle, starting with an excellent teaser poster coming soon to a theater lobby near you. These days teaser posters tend to be the superior form of film one-sheets, with studios more keen to let simplicity and the concept stand first and foremost instead of ghostly floating heads of the famous people in the movie. The teaser for The World’s End is no exception, this new poster is striking in all the right ways.

The film is about the pub crawl to end all pub crawls, literally, and this poster really nails the tone that the concept elicits. The film should be coming out some time in 2013 so the trickle of news and updates for this highly anticipated comedy should begin to flow more regularly in the coming months.

Check out the full poster after the jump.

The Hunt for Bin Laden Is On In the Latest Trailer for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Posted on October 11, 2012

There’s a new trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty and it’s pretty awesome. In case you’re not familiar, the movie tells the story of Seal Team 6′s hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

That hunt ended, of course, with Bin Laden’s death on May 2, 2011. The movie features Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt and Joel Edgerton and was written by Mark Boal.

Look for it to arrive in theaters on December 19. Check out the trailer below:

Denzel Washington Takes ‘Flight’ in the New Trailer for the Movie

Posted on October 11, 2012

It’s pretty hard not to like Denzel Washington. Although, can’t say we were in love with Unstoppable, so there’s that. . .

Putting that aside, a vast majority of the time when he’s got a new movie coming out, we take notice. His latest is Flight, wherin Washington plays a hero airline pilot with a secret. Don’t they all.

There’s a new trailer for Flight out today. Check it out below. Look for Flight to arrive in theaters on November 2.

Face it Tiger, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Casting Rumors Just Hit The Jackpot

Posted on October 11, 2012

For almost every Spider-Man fan under the age of 30, Mary Jane Watson has been the primary yin to Peter Parker’s yang. So it was a bold move by Sony and Marc Webb to go back to Spider-Man’s first love, Gwen Stacy, for The Amazing Spider-Man. A move that properly introduced a character whose ultimate fate might be as important to the web-slinger as Uncle Ben’s murder was.

With the Spider-Man reboot a general success, Sony wants to move quickly on a sequel. Variety is reporting that things might be getting sticky for Parker’s new/old flame with casting rumors of a new prominent female character:

It looks like Mary Jane Watson is back in Peter Parker’s life, as “The Descendants” star Shailene Woodley is in early talks to play the redheaded love interest in Sony’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.”… Character breakdowns have gone out to talent agencies, and Electro is rumored to be one of the villains the filmmakers are considering for the next installment of the hit comicbook franchise.

Shailene Woodley is a fine actress, and even though she probably looks a bit young to be Garfield’s Mary Jane, she is one of the better choices for the role. If you are going to skew younger, at least you get the one ABC Family actress that has award nominations and discernible talent. It is sort of like finding another Anna Kendrick among the Twilight muck.

Also note that it looks like Electro might finally be getting his time to shine in the sequel, and it looks like Peter’s best friend Harry Osbourne is also going to make an appearance in the sequel.

Check out a more spoiler heavy prognostication for what the Mary Jane rumors mean for Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy after the jump.

And Now A New Trailer for ‘Django Unchained’

Posted on October 11, 2012

Morning. Here’s another new trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained. The movie stars Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Kerry Washington. It opens Christmas Day.

Our opinion? This just keeps looking better and better. Check out the new trailer and tell us what you think.

New ‘LEGO The Lord of the Rings’ Trailer Talks About Moving Forward

Posted on October 10, 2012

One aspect of LEGO games that has always stood out was the central hub location where players would go in and out of missions. Originally, this was a small location of only a few rooms that chapters could be explored by entering. This was the primary setup for LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones. More recently, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes changed this format with an open world Gotham for players to traverse and go into story missions when they saw fit. Now, Traveler’s Tales needs to switch up for the format again for LEGO The Lord of the Rings.

While it made sense in LEGO Batman’s world for the caped crusader to be able to travel around Gotham at his whim, that just isn’t the case with the tighter narrative that needs to be told during The Lord of the Rings. Even in LEGO format, The Lord of the Rings needs to have a clear beginning and ending location that players can’t just skip to. As anyone who has watched, or especially read The Lord of the Rings, it isn’t the destination that mattered to the story as much as it was the journey that got the heroes there.

Google Updates Android Jelly Bean for Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus to Version 4.1.2

Posted on October 10, 2012

Not one of the ones who get a new iPhone 5 and are using a Galaxy Nexus smartphone or one of those fancy new Nexus 7 pads? Well then, this is your lucky day.

Why? Well, the kind folks at Google have released an update for your devices which brings them to Jelly Bean version 4.1.2. It’s a somewhat minor update that provides various bug fixes, improved performance and stability.

It also brings landscape mode support to the Nexus 7 when it’s on the home screen. The Android 4.1.2 update is reportedly rolling out now to Google devices like the Nexus 7 tablet and unlocked Galaxy Nexus smartphones. Lucky bastards.

When it comes for the rest of you, who knows? We’ve updated some of our devices already and so far, so good. Let us know if you have any trouble.

Check Out This New ‘Hitchcock’ Trailer and Poster To See Modern Actors Look Like Yesterday’s Movie Stars

Posted on October 10, 2012

Hitchcock is one of those handful of films that in any other year would be at the top of the heap for the award bait season we are about to head into. You have several high-profile actors in a biopic about one of the greatest directors of all time, and nearly everyone is playing someone else famous.

Yet with the huge number of “prestige” films hitting cinemas in the next four months, flicks like this one can get lost in the shuffle. Hoping to avoid that fate, the studio has released a brand new poster and trailer for Hitchcock and it is worth taking a look at. If only for seeing Jessica Biel as Vera Miles, who seems ridiculously perfect for the role.

On the other end of the spectrum is Anthony Hopkins as the titular director. As a still his look seems jarring and distracting, but it will be Hopkins acting that will be the pivot point for this film. If he is not fantastic in the part, the whole thing will probably fall on its face, but if he can nail it, Hitchcock could be a real contender for one of the best films of the year.

That is probably what makes this film so intriguing, even with the film so close to release it could still land anywhere between best picture or bomb of the year. Keep your eyes peeled to The Flickcast for any new updates on this fast approaching project and check out the trailer and full poster after the jump.

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