Director Dwight H. Little has been working on Tekken, the live-action movie adaptation of the video game of the same name. The film Tekken is starring John Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale, Cung Le, Darrin Dewitt Henson, and Luke Goss. The film should be released in 2010. A first movie trailer of Tekken has been shown at the American Film Market, but it hasn’t been released online yet. But you may still take a look to those two teaser posters of Tekken:

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Update: Movie trailer of Tekken now available!

TEKKEN

Plot:
“In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of civilization as we know it, the remaining territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to keep the masses down, Mishima sponsors the King of Iron Fist Tournament, or Tekken, in which fighters battle until one is left standing, who in turn will receive a lifetime of stardom and wealth. We are introduced to this violent world through the eyes of Jin Kazama who enters the tournament in order to avenge the death of his mother that he blames upon the Mishima Zaibatsu’s most powerful and controlling chairman – Heihachi Mishima. He knows that the only way to get close enough to Mishima to kill him is to win the tournament, but in doing so, he begins to uncover his own past and inner demons as well as exposing a dark underbelly to Tekken that threatens the very existence of humanity.”

The cast includes many actors with real skills in martial arts, but I’m not sure it will be enough to convince the fans to go watch the movie…
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Tekken
Genre: Action/Fantasy/Science-Fiction
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Starring: John Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale, Cung Le, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Luke Goss
Release Date:TBA 2010

More Information at: Tekken Trailer

Here’s a new featurette of Planet 51 in which the voice cast introduces us to this upcoming animated movie:

Planet 51 Movie

PLANET 51
The robot in the movie Planet 51 is like a real pet: he even pees his oil when he’s under stress!
;-)

Cotton is an upcoming horror movie directed by Daniel Stamm and produced by Eli Roth. The film is starring Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Bonet, Ving Rhames, and Angus Sutherland. It is filmed in the style of Parnormal Atcivity and Cloverfield (shaky cam…). The movie Cotton should be released in 2010.

Here below the first official movie poster of Cotton:

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Plot:
“Disillusioned by years of defrauding poor believes of their hard-earned cash, evangelical preacher Cotton Marcus decides to put the record straight by producing a spectacular documentary.
A letter from Louis, a poor farmer begging for Cotton’s help in driving the devil off his land, gives Cotton the perfect opportunity to expose the phoniness of his ministry. But then he meets Louis’ disturbed young daughter, Nell..”

Here’s what Eli Roth says about the movie Cotton:

“Cotton was one of the best written, scariest scripts I’d read in years. It felt totally original with the potential to be terrifying and realistic the way The Exorcist was. Cotton’s a regular guy who wants to come clean, but then he meets Nell and everything he thought was fake is suddenly challenged in a very subtl and truly horrifying way.”

Producer Eli Roth

A mix between the shaky cam documentary concept and The Exorcist! Sounds like a great idea: the movie Cotton is gonna be a damn scary movie!
:)

According to The Wall Street Journal a Micronauts movie could be produced by JJ Abrams, the man who successfully rebooted Star Trek! The Micronauts is the North American name for the Microman toy line created by Japanese toy company Takara (the rights now belong to Hasbro). A comic book based on the toy line was also published by Marvel.

Here’s the original mythology of the Micronauts:

“The Micronauts originate in the Microverse, a microscopic series of diverse habitats that are linked together in the fashion of molecule chains. The original team comes together in response to the threat posed by former academic and now murderous dictator, Baron Karza. Commander Arcturus Rann (returning from a thousand-year deep space voyage in suspended animation) and Biotron, his robot co-pilot, return on the HMS (Homeworld Micro Ship) ‘Endeavor’, to discover Karza has slain the royal family, who are in fact Rann’s parents. What follows is an epic war across the Microverse: Rann and his allies against Karza.
At one point the team is somehow trapped for a time on Earth (where they are the size of toys) before retuning to the Microverse.”

And here’s a clip that shows off the Micronauts toy line:

I suppose that if the Micronauts movie really goes under development, they will focus on the part with the Micronauts trapped on Earth. I’m not sure this movie will be as exciting as Transformers though… Micro robots aren’t as impressive as giants robots… But with JJ Abrams producing the Micronauts movie we may expect to be positively surprised!
;-P

Thanks to Entertainment Tonight we get to see some footage of Extraordinary Measures, plus an interview of Brendan Fraser about the movie. Here’s the clip of Extraordinary Measures:

Extraordinary Measures Clip
Plot:
“A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children’s rare genetic disorder.”

Science is not evil: can’t tell as much about those religious bigots who, under the cover of religion, want to hinder scientists from helping people suffering from genetic disorders… God bless our scientists, those who really contribute to make our world better!
;)

A fourth Jurassic Park movie could be ahead of us. Director Joe Johnston has been talking indeed about the possibility of a Jurassic Park 4. Here’s what he said:

“There is a great story for the fourth one that I would be interested in getting involved with and it’s nothing like the first three,” Johnston told the site, “It sort of takes the franchise off in a completely different direction, which is the only way I would want to get involved.
[..]
Why would anybody go back to that island? It was hard enough to figure out the second and third reason for them to go, but it would take it off in a whole other trilogy basically, but when it gets to that level it’s sort of about studios and Steven Spielberg’s thing and who knows. I think we are at that point where we are due for another one if we are going to do it.”

Director Joe Johnston

What do you think could be the plot of Jurassic Park 4? Nasty intelligent mini-dinosaurs that would try to become our new overlords? Any guess?
;-P

Cotton
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Directed by: Daniel Stamm
Starring: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Bonet, Ving Rhames, Angus Sutherland
Release Date: August 27, 2010

More Information at: Cotton Trailer

This new TV spot of Avatar gives us a better look at the human soldiers and their robots:

Avatar TV Spot

The movie is gonna be great. But Jack Sully (Sam Worthington) is just like a communist traitor: he taught those nasty aliens how to kill fellow humans! May he burn in hell forever for he has really sinned against Mankind!

;-P

A movie sequel to 30 Days of Night 2 is being filmed! 30 Days of Night 2, aka 30 Days of Night Dark Days, is directed by Ben Ketai and based on a script co-written by Steve Niles and Ben Ketai. Melissa George isn’t reprising her role as Stella Olesonthe, she’s replaced by Kiele Sanchez. Are also starring: Rhys Coiro, Mia Kirshner, Harold Perrineau, Diora Baird, Rhys Coiro, Monique Ganderton, Marco Sorian, and Katherine Isabelle. The movie 30 Days of Night 2 will be released in 2010.

Here below a first look at Kiele Sanchez as Stella Olesonthe in 30 Days of Night 2, aka 30 Days of Night Dark Days:

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Plot:
“It’s been a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, Stella (Sanchez) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. Met with skepticism and laughter, Stella is ready to throw in the towel when a group of lost souls (Coiro, Baird and Perrineau) offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon Lilith (Kirshner), the vampire queen responsible for the assault on her sleepy Alaskan town. With nothing remaining to live for, and nothing left to fear, Stella joins their mission and ventures into the uncharted underbelly of Los Angeles where she pushes herself to the most extreme limits to stop the evil from striking again.”

A bit sad that David Slade (who’s busy with Eclipse) is not helming this 30 Days of Night sequel. But the scriptwriters are the same, so we may hope that 30 Days of Night 2 will be faithful to the spirit of the first movie.

Here’s the movie trailer of the first 30 Days of Night movie: Continue reading »

You may watch below a new preview clip of Roland Emmerich’s 2012:

2012 Trailer

2012 – Do I look scared?
Are you ready for the end of the world? Any plan for your survival or are just you praying for a painless end?
;-P

Take a look to the movie poster of A Single Man, an upcoming drama movie directed by Tom Ford and starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode:

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Plot:
“In early 1960s Los Angeles, George Falconer (Colin Firth), a 52 year-old British college professor loses his long-time partner (his gay partner), and through the course of one day, with his future hanging on the balance, he reflects on the past and struggles with the meaning of life.”

Here’s the movie trailer of A Single Man if you haven’t seen it yet: Continue reading »

The Yellow Handkerchief is an upcoming romantic drama movie directed by Udayan Prasad. It is starring Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne, William Hurt and Maria Bello. The film is set for a limited release on on February 12, 2010.

Here below the official movie trailer of The Yellow Handkerchief:

THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
Plot:
“A love story at its core, THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF is about three strangers of two generations bound by loneliness who reach out to one another. After embarking on a road trip through post Katrina Louisiana, their relationships forge and change in a myriad of ways, leading to the possibility of second chances. Brett Hanson (William Hurt) dealing with a painful past, crosses paths with a lonely and troubled teenager Martine (Kristen Stewart) and her new ‘ride’ Gordy (Eddie Redmayne). The trio head out together, each motivated by reasons of their own. Martine yearns to escape her family, Gordy hopes to get closer to Martine and Brett must decide whether he wants to return to the uncertainty of the life and the woman he left behind, his ex-wife May (Maria Bello).”

The Yellow Handkerchief is a human movie about real people and about their emotions, it’s a road movie about life!

For those who are wondering: The Yellow Handkerchief was filmed in 2007, before the twilight mania boosted Kristen Stewart’s movie career. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, and is now getting an official release.
:)

A second clip of Planet has shown up online:

Planet 51 Movie

Planet 51 – You speak my language!
Plot:
“In this family film, an alien planet, stuck in the culture of the 1950’s, finds its barely-repressed paranoia kick-started into high gear when Chuck, a NASA astronaut, arrives without warning and turns their world upside down.”

Hollywood usually avoid raising this issue: but hell it’s less than unlikely that aliens would speak English on a first contact… Wonder how the movie Planet 51 is going to explain where those aliens learned to speak English.
:)

Two new posters of the Wolfman, the upcoming fantasy movie directed by Joe Johnston and starring Benicio del Toro in the lead role, have been unveiled:

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Plot:
“Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.”

I’m sure the Wolfman is ogling the woman’s cleavage. What a naughty wolfman!
;)