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July 27, 2012 Get Your Tickets to see An Advance screening for THE WATCH ! We have passes to the special advance screening on July 24, 2012 at 6:00PM in San Francisco. THE WATCH  (previously known as Neighborhood Watch ) is an upcoming science fiction comedy film directed by Akiva Schaffer and written by Jared Stern, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade . The film follows Evan ( Stiller ), Bob ( Vaughn ), Franklin ( Hill ), and Jamarcus ( Ayoade ), a group of neighbors who form a suburban neighborhood watch group and use it as a front to get away from their families. However, when they accidentally uncover an alien plot that threatens the world, they are forced into action. The film began development in 2008 under producer Shawn Levy as a teen-audience targeted project written by Jared Stern. Between 2009 and late 2010, the project saw different directors and stars join the project, until November 2010, when it mo...

In Theaters July 20, 2012 Win tickets to see THE DARK KNIGHT RISES In IMAX ! We have passes to the special advance screening on July 18th  at 7:45pm in Sacramento. If you received tickets to our other screening please do not enter I have names listed. YOU MUST BRING YOUR TICKET AND COPY OF THE EMAIL SENT TO YOU TO GET ENTRANCE INTO THE SCREENING. ID's WILL BE CHECKED THE DARK KNIGHT RISES  is an upcoming superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan , who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman , the film is the third installment in Nolan's Batman film series, and is a sequel to Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008).  THE DARK KNIGHT RISES  is intended to be the conclusion of the series. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The film takes place eight ...

He might not have been a Hall H veteran such as Len Wiseman or Paul WS Anderson , but Rian Johnson had a few secret weapons up his sleeve when he arrived in San Diego to premiere some new footage from Looper. The footage was one big draw, and he also brought Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt to charm the crowd. The Looper footage was a slickly edited montage culled from footage already available in the trailers and some new material, including an extended look at Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s diner confrontation as the two sides of the “Looper”, Joe. Johnson’s film, which takes place in the near future, follows Joe, who works for an organized crime ring that exists even further into the space-time continuum. There, time travel was invented, but outlawed, and the mob uses it to send victims back to be dealt with in the most untraceable way possible. But then, as Gordon-Levitt explains in the footage, his bosses decided to close his loop, and send his older self (W...

Despite his huge fan appeal, Quentin Tarantino has not graced the massive Hall H at Comic-Con before. But that changed today when the man known as QT brought some of his latest creation, Django Unchained , to the event Saturday morning. Arriving on stage at a thronged Hall H, Tarantino had rounded up Jamie Foxx (dressed for the occasion in hat and beard), Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Christoph Waltz and Kerry Washington . Thanking fans for standing in line for so long, the director began by explaining that he’d had the film in his noggin for 13 years and had long wanted to do a Western. Foxx took the opportunity to address the movie’s more controversial racism / slavery aspects, saying, “We're grown up. We're big boys and big girls now. But you expect Quentin to blow the walls off it.” He also pointed to his own history, having grown up in Texas and being called the N word – explaining that it helped his understanding of the script, with the project having special rele...

Marvel might have brought Iron Man back to Comic-Con and revealed that it would be bringing the Guardians Of The Galaxy to screens, but that wasn’t the most famous superhero to land in Hall H: that would be Superman, who has returned with Man Of Steel . Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures wheeled out director Zack Snyder and current suit-occupant Henry Cavill to promote it. Snyder - who tellingly refused to confirm whether the villain is General Zod (despite the news long since being out and actor Michael Shannon having talked about playing him) – brought around three minutes of footage to show to an enthused crowd. If there was one thing the footage proved, it was that this has a different, more sombre tone than most screen versions of Supes and Clark Kent. The most interesting shot saw gun-toting army troops leading a handcuffed Superman down a corridor. Elsewhere in the footage, we were treated to narration from Russell Crowe’s Jor-El (choosing to stick with his typical v...

But there was one, unannounced surprise arrival – Gareth Edwards, bringing a teaser for Godzilla . That teaser was simply stunning, starting off with a series of destroyed buildings in an empty, devastated city, with cars and wreckage everywhere. And then, in an incredibly bold move, Edwards shows his monster, panning up its scaly, spiny back as it turns to the camera and roars that classic Gojira roar. That Edwards was even working on a teaser was a huge revelation to all; that it would be so visually astounding an even bigger one. Edwards looked taken aback by the reaction to the trailer, which he's been working on for two years, and confessed that he was on the verge of tears. But his gambit worked - this has been the surprise hit of the Con, and there's no doubt that Godzilla is now high on people's most wanted lists. Edwards may show the monster in the teaser, but the new poster that has hit the web does not. Still, it's worth a look. . It’s a very simple ...

Godzilla wasn't the only gigantic, city-destroying monster to smash into Hall H at Comic-Con. The great Gullermo del Toro popped along with some footage from one of the biggest unknown quantities at the 'Con: Pacific Rim . And, it's safe to say, it's no longer an unknown quantity. This thing is going to be epic. A high-concept blockbuster that, unusually for a day dominated by Superman, Iron Man and The Hobbit , is an original property, Pacific Rim takes place in the future; a future where giant monsters have emerged from within a rift in the Pacific Rim and laid waste to humanity. The air is choked with ash. Cities are destroyed. Mankind is struggling for survival. Their only hope: Jaegers, pilots who bond telepathically with enormous, 25-storey robots that can take on the monsters at their own game. But it's a battle that they're on the verge of losing - can Charlie Hunnam's Raleigh Antrobus, Rinko Kikuchi's Mako Mori and Idris Elba's Stacker ...

Not one to do things by halves, Peter Jackson arrived in San Diego with a fellowship of friends – Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Philippa Boyens and Andy Serkis, plus Elijah Wood , who happened to be at Comic-Con promoting Tron: Uprising – as well a whopping 12 and a half minutes of footage. (After the mixed reception to the film’s look at April’s CinemaCon, this time Jackson opted for 24 frames per second and 2D.) Though the sequences were mainly drawn from the first Hobbit movie, An Unexpected Journey, there were also plenty of snippets from Part 2. The reel opened with a fun scene at Bag End, with the 13 dwarves taking advantage of Bilbo’s hospitality while discussing plans to invade the Lonely Mountain and take back their long-lost gold. “There is no way into the mountain,” grumbles Balin (Ken Stott). Gandalf begs to differ, producing an ancient key that will open a hidden door and explaining that “the task I have in mind will require stealth and a great deal of...

You may have even noted their titles on the calendar – Thor 2 and Captain America 2 , respectively. Well, get out the Tipp-Ex, walk up to your calendar, and replace those with, again respectively, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier . The move away from a simple numbered sequel, given that Marvel are hard at work on Iron Man 3, is certainly intriguing, and helps foster the idea that these movies are part of a richer, grander universe filled with continuing stories and not just numbered instalments. The Thor title change tallies with suggestions made recently to Empire by Feige, indicating that the sequel will explore the seedier side of Asgard, Thor 2 is now known as Thor: The Dark World. It certainly hints at a new direction for the character and the series; the first film had its melodramatic moments, but by and large it was a romp. It will be interesting to see Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder grappling with darkness from within and without. The ti...

Move over, Game of Thrones – last night at Comic-Con, Hall H became the real House Stark as Marvel unveiled a stunning reel of footage from Iron Man 3 . Not bad going for a film that’s only just started production. But then, showing footage from an Iron Man movie has already become something of a tradition, and good luck charm, for Marvel at Comic-Con. And with interest in Ol’ Shellhead never higher following Six Characters In Search Of A Shawarma Restaurant (or The Avengers, if we must be pedantic), the roof was in danger of obliteration as Robert Downey Jr . took to the stage, swaggering his way through the crowd like a rock star, Iron Man glove on one hand, a la Michael Jackson, and cued the footage… which provoked as many questions as it answered. Spoilers exist within, so be warned: On a day that began with the fairly controversial debut of Stark’s gold-and-red Mk VII I armour on the Comic-Con floor, it seemed somewhat apt that the clip should also kick off with it. And so it ...

ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Review By: MattInRC Is ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT another fun addition to the franchise, or has the series gone the way of the woolly mammoth? Make sure to follow MattInRC on Twitter- When has a franchise outstayed its welcome? In general, people might point to the age of the actors, time between films, as well as when the series first debuted. I'd also add cultural relevance to that list. Rambo? Should have ended when Stallone got too old and we stopped fighting the Vietnamese. Rocky? See Rambo minus the Vietnamese. The longer a franchise runs, the greater the possibility that it fails to connect with audiences, ultimately damaging the product and leaving few prospects short of a reboot. Pirates of the Carribean and the original Planet of the Apes are excellent examples of Hollywood's outdated belief that bigger, louder, and more bizarre should be better. Aliens in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Really?? A genetic copy of Riple...

Here is the Total Recall Comic-Con panel via Rponcho . It will seem like you were there, but you didn't have to sleep overnight to get in. After bringing one, unfinished scene to Comic-Con’s Hall H last year, Len Wiseman and his Total Recall cast were back with a sizzle reel full of completed CG work, robot police officers and Kate Beckinsale really trying to kill Colin Farrell . Of course, she was a lot less violent on the panel and Wiseman definitely scored by bringing his other half, plus Farrell, Jessica Biel and consummate showman Bryan Cranston, who got one of the biggest reactions when he wanted to find out how the interpreter for the deaf people in the audience would sign “douchebag” when talking about his character, Cohaagen. The panel was a chatty, funny one, with Farrell tackling everything from filling Arnold Schwarzenegger’s big, BIG shoes and Cranston revealing how everyone in the cast slept with Wiseman to get the role. And Beckinsale was also able to bring u...

Jessica Biel has been cast as Viper in 20th Century Fox‘s The Wolverine . The Victoria/Viper character has a long arc in the X-Men mythology and is a juicy role in the film. According to Marvel lore Viper bounces between good and not so good and she holds some sway over Wolverine but is mostly a foe to the X-Men and Avengers. It will be the second Marvel project for Biel, who also starred in 2004′s Blade: Trinity. She’s next up co-starring opposite Colin Farrell in Total Recall , which Sony is releasing August 3, and Pascal Laugier’s The Tall Man, due out August 31. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

We have your access to KILLER JOE . LD Entertainment has provide me with a code for the fans to get access to the screening in San Francisco, Ca. The screening will take place on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 7:00PM at a San Francisco area theater. PLEASE NOTE, THIS FILM IS RATED NC-17. PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS WHEN GIVING OUT PASSES. There is no exception and NO ONE UNDER 17 will be admitted into the theater. KILLER JOE stars Matthew McConaughey (THE LINCOLN LAWYER) and Emile Hirsch (INTO THE WILD) in the title roles with a strong supporting cast including Juno Temple (upcoming THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, DIRTY GIRL), Thomas Haden Church (SIDEWAYS) and Gina Gersho n (BOUND). The film was directed by renowned Oscar-winning director, William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) with a script by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright, Tracy Letts. This marks the second time Friedkin and Letts have collaborated together, the first time being for the 2006 film, BUG (...