Check out this new Linkin Park music video / trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The video includes a ton of new footage from the action-packed vampire slaying adventure. 

The movie comes out this weekend on June 22nd, and it's sure to deliver the entertainment. I just hope our kids don't grow up now thinking that Lincoln was a vampire hunter in real life, because I can see that actually happening in our society. What do you think of this new music trailer?

The Timur Bekmambetov-directed movie stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell.

Here's the sysnopsis:

The film explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold history that shaped our nation. As a young boy, Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) witnesses the shocking death of his mother, leading him on a path to an ongoing war – and ultimately to the presidency – he chronicles in a hidden diary. The journal reveals the incredible story of a clandestine warrior who never stopped fighting for the country he led and the people he loved.

Warner Bros. has released another exciting new TV spot for The Dark Knight Rises! There are bits of new footage in here, but nothing that is going to spoil anything for you. It's just a well cut spot to help get you pumped up to see the movie when it comes out on July 20th, and I can't wait! Bring on Bane! I can't wait to see that full fight teased in the trailer go down.

Here's another series of promo poster art for The Dark Knight Rises, showing off more images of Bane, Batman, and Catwoman. The Christopher Nolan directed movie is about a month away from being released, and the anticipation is killing me! It hits theaters on July 20th, and it will be interesting to see just how much more footage Warner Bros. releases in film clips and trailers before it's actually released. Hopefully they just hold off from here on out, but we all know they won't. 

According to a recent interview between TheOneRing.net, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman, the new Ninja Turtle film will include the same style of Indonesian martial arts fighting style that was used in Gareth Evans‘ film The Raid. If they could effectively pull this off it could be extremely badass. If you've seen The Raid then you know how fast, furious and bone-breakingly brutal this style of fighting can be. 

I'd love to see the Ninja Turtles brutally kicking ass like we've never seen them do before, it'd be amazing. I've been very skeptical of this movie since Michael Bay said that the Turtles would be alien, but the awesomeness of this fighting style sparks my interest. What do you think about this kind of martial arts being used in the movie?

The movie is set to be directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) from a script by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec. Production of the film was recently shut down, but apparently it will go back into production and released in May of 2014. 

Here's a time breakdown of where in the video you can listen to what.

• 21:55 - What inspired TMNT


• 30:00 - Star Wars influence on the backstory


• 47:25 - Discusses Nickelodeon's new animated show


• 51:15 - Describes his involvement with Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles


• 52:15 - Comments on fan's negative reaction to Bay's Alien race remarks, and defends Michael Bay as a filmmaker


• 1:01:30 - April O'Neil will NOT be a sixteen year old in Bay's Ninja Turtles


• 1:05:00 - The original live-action film bridged the gap of the black and white comic books and the cartoon show


• 1:07:55 - Kevin Eastman thinks Ken Watanabe would make a great Shredder


• 1:08:25 - He'd like to bring Ernie Reyes, Jr. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II) back for Bay's Ninja Turles as a Foot lieutenant.


• 1:31:00 - Possibility of motion capture Turtles like Rise of the Planet of the Apes


• 1:32:55 - Martial arts wise they are looking at Fist of Legend & The Raid: Redemption

San Diego Comic-Con 2012 is less than a month away, and I couldn't be more excited to be going this year! There's going to be a lot of great stuff to see such as Iron Man 3, The Hobbit, Man of Steel and a lot more! Click here to see what else we'll be seeing at this year's epic geek convention. 

Warner bros. has released the designs for their collectible hotel key cards that we'll be getting when we check into our rooms. The card designs are for three of their upcoming TV series that includes Arrow, 666 Park Avenue and Revolution. Which of these three shows are you looking forward to seeing most?

Over 40,000 branded room keys will be available to fans at 38 participating San Diego–area hotels, courtesy of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing. Details on the individual shows are as follows:

Arrow: From executive producers Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern), Andrew Kreisberg ("Fringe") and David Nutter ("Smallville"), the hard-hitting action series "Arrow" reinvents the DC Comics hero. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and a very lethal new set of skills that he uses in a war on crime. The series stars Stephen Amell ("Private Practice"), Colin Donnell ("Pan Am"), Katie Cassidy ("Supernatural"), David Ramsey ("Dexter"), Willa Holland ("The O.C.") with Susanna Thompson ("Dragonfly") and Paul Blackthorne ("The River"). From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, "Arrow" is based upon characters appearing in comic books and graphic novels published by DC Comics and will air Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the "Arrow" session on Friday, July 13.

Revolution: What would you do without it all? In "Revolution", an epic adventure thriller from "Supernatural"’s Eric Kripke, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic landscape of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters where every single piece of technology — phones, computers, cars, even lights — has mysteriously blacked out … forever. Revolution stars Billy Burke (Twilight films), Tracy Spiridakos ("Being Human"), Anna Lise Phillips (Animal Kingdom), Zak Orth (Wet Hot American Summer), Graham Rogers ("Memphis Beat"), J.D. Pardo (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Giancarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad"), David Lyons ("The Cape"), Maria Howell ("The Vampire Diaries") and Tim Guinee (Iron Man films) and is executive produced by Kripke, J.J. Abrams ("Fringe") and Bryan Burk ("Fringe"). Favreau directed the pilot and will serve as co-executive producer of the series, with Kathy Lingg ("Fringe") and producer Athena Wickham (Fringe). FromBonanza Productions Inc. in association with Bad Robot Productions, Kripke Enterprises and Warner Bros. Television, Revolution will air Mondays at 10/9c on NBC this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the "Revolution" session on Saturday, July 14.

666 Park Avenue: Anything you desire can be yours … for a price. Lost’s Terry O’Quinn andDesperate Housewives’ Vanessa Williams headline this scary, seductive drama from Alloy Entertainment as the owners of a Manhattan apartment building who recruit an idealistic young couple to manage the historic site with a dark history. The series also stars Rachael Taylor ("Charlie’s Angels"), Dave Annable ("Brothers & Sisters"), Robert Buckley ("One Tree Hill"), Mercedes Masohn ("The Finder"), Helena Mattsson (Iron Man 2) and Samantha Logan ("Law & Order: SVU"). Matthew Miller ("Chuck"), David Wilcox ("Fringe"), Leslie Morgenstein ("The Vampire Diaries"), Gina Girolamo ("The Secret Circle") and Alex Graves ("Fringe") are the executive producers. Based upon the book series by Gabriella Pierce and from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, "666 Park Avenue" will air Sundays at 10/9c on ABC this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the "666 Park Avenue" session on Friday, July 13.

For all you Futurama fans, no he doesn't look like the robot we all know and love, but he does perform the same job. Able to bend and feed pipes with precision, this machine is actually classified as a "Bender" robot. Pretty cool to watch if you skip ahead to the interesting parts.  Check it out below and see the great great great grandfather of Bender in action.

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Breaking Bad has been a hell of fun and intense show to watch over the years, and it's fifth and final season is upon us. As a tribute to the series YouTube user Jswinney1 has created a great video that chronologically recaps seasons 1 - 4, and he calls it Breaking Bad: Requiem For a Dream.

The final season of the series is set to premiere on July 15th, 2012. It will consist of 16 episodes. The season will be split into two parts, each containing eight episodes, with the second half debuting in summer 2013. 

The season 5 promo image above comes from EW. Enjoy the video!

In a move seemingly designed to rattle some cages at Warner Bros., renowned comic book author Alan Moore has reportedly set a Harry Potter lookalike as the Antichrist in his new comic, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009.

Deadline points us to an early review of Moore's upcoming graphic novel from British outlet The Independent, who has some interesting things to say about Moore's take on the world's most popular young wizard:

Though the words "Harry Potter" are never mentioned, the allusions are unmistakable. One section features a magical train hidden between platforms at King's Cross station which leads to a magical school. The Antichrist character has a hidden scar and a mentor named Riddle. (Lord Voldemort, born Tom Riddle, is Harry Potter's arch enemy in the Potter series.) Characters resembling both Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger also appear and, at one point, the Potter character kills someone with a lightning bolt from his flaccid penis.

Uh...excuse me? It seems pretty obvious that Moore is using Potter as a character, especially considering his use of other popular literary figures in the series. (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is full of them, in fact.) I'm sure a lot of people are going to get really pissed off about this, but Harry Potter is a full-blown cultural phenomenon and that means he's able to be used as parody. That's obviously Moore's intention: he could care less about the REAL Harry Potter, and he's not trying to create content that fits within J.K. Rowling's canon.

This entire thing strikes me as extremely ironic, considering the timing. Lately, Moore has been spewing vitriol at the new "Before Watchmen" graphic novels that takes his beloved characters and fill in backstories he only alluded to in his iconic story, and now he's doing a similar thing by taking a character that doesn't belong to him and using him to his own ends. Perhaps taking this beloved character and drastically altering him is Moore's way of dealing with the whole "Before Watchmen" thing, but either way, I consider what he's doing to be totally fine and within the law. We'll see if WB's lawyers agree, or if they take action to protect the Potter name.

What do you think about Moore's tactic? Is using Harry Potter fair play? Or is he being a hypocrite?

While searching for another image I came across this piece by George Bletsis that depicts one of my favorite scenes from the Back To The Future films. I'm still waiting for the hoverboard to become a reality. I can't help but feel gypped everytime I watch those films. That hovering display hoverboard we posted a few months back is the closest we've gotten so far.

Not only is this piece of art totally awesome, but you can buy it! And (yes, there's an and), all the profits will go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research. Click here to purchase.

Here is the latest trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises from Nokia. The trailer shows a bunch of new footage and also contains some stuff you might consider a big SPOILER. Check out the trailer below and be prepared to be blown away, I certainly was.

Synopsis:

Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.

The Dark Knight Rises arrives in theaters on July 20th, and stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Marion Colltiard. 

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This coming Thursday we'll get to see our first real footage from director Pete Travis' version of Judge Dredd. I think we're going to be in for a real treat. I like what I've seen in the images, and I like that the creator of the comic loved what he saw in this movie. One thing is certain... it's going to be a hell of a lot better than Sylvester Stallone's 1995 version. I can't wait to see the trailer for this flick!

There's also a few photos from the set of the film that have been released today featuring Karl Urban as Dredd and Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson. Not sure why people were complaining about the the big helmet head, Dredd's helmet looks fine in these pictures. Check them out!

Do you think this movie is going to turn out being better than you're expecting? 

Here's the synopsis:

DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot – if necessary. The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Peter Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra’s revered comic strip.

I always joke around that this next Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Part 2 would be the last movie until Lionsgate decides to reboot the franchise. Apparently there are sites reporting that the studio is already planning on doing just that. Lionsgate/Summit executive Rob Friedman reached out to Deadline to set the record straight, saying, 

We are not remaking Twilight. We will happily support Stephanie Meyer if she decides to proceed in any way. But this will be the last one unless that should change.

I love how he says this will be the last one... unless that should change. I don't know about you, but that basically tells me that they are definitely leaving the door open for a reboot. The site says that the studio will do whatever the Twilight author wants, and she's already said in a few interviews that she wouldn't mind seeing a reboot. And of course if Meyer writes any more books, we can expect those to be turned into movies as well. 

As of right now though, there are no plans being made for a reboot, but it will most likely eventually happen. This is the studio's biggest franchise, and rebooting it would only make them even more money. So we have that not to look forward too. 

Director Paul Thomas Anderson has released a second teaser trailer for his new film The Master. This latest teaser gives us a glimpse at the relationship of the two main characters in the movie, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix. As you'll see, Hoffman's character is trying to save Phoenix's character from himself. 

I enjoy the films that Anderson makes. They aren't for everyone, but damn, they are well made films with great characters and interesting stories. 

The film follows a character named Lancaster Dodd, "The Master," played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, a charismatic leader who creates a new religion in the 1950s and his main disciple (Phoenix), an alcoholic drifter named Freddie Sutton who becomes Dodd's closest follower only to later break away from his teachings. It's supposed to be based on the religion of Scientology. 

Watch the new teaser, and hit us up with any thoughts on the film you might have!

Gareth Edwards' Monsters looks to be closer to getting a sequel. Earlier we reported that Brent Bonacorso and Jesse Atlas were to make their feature film directorial debut. Screen Daily reports that up-and-coming director Tom Green is now set to helm the sequel officially titled Monsters: The Dark Continent. 

At this time we don't have an official production start date. While I am anxious to see a sequel, I am happy that Vertigo Films is not rushing out a sequel just to make a quick buck. Green gained a lot of attention with his student film Brixton 85 and has since directed the British superhero drama Misfits. Thi will be his first feature film directing gig. 

If you have not seen the original film, be sure to check it out on Netflix. I loved the look and feel of the film, and the fact Edwards did not make a big thing of showing the aliens in every scene. Are you looking forward to seeing this sequel?

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Finally a trailer has been released for the awesome horror anthology movie V/H/S , and lucky for us it's a creepy-ass Red-Band trailer! I got to see this movie up at Sundance earlier this year, and as a fan of horror movies I thought it was great! This is one of those films I'll make a tradition of watching every Halloween.

The movie follows "a group of misfits hired to burglarize a house to find a rare VHS tape, only to find more found footage than they wanted to see." There are five VHS tapes that we are shown throughout the course of the film. Each movie comes from a different director that includes Adam Wingard (You're Next), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), David Bruckner (The Signal), Joe Swanberg (Autoerotic), and Ti West (The House of the Devil). 

You can read more details on each of the short films in my review Right here.  Magnet will release the movie on August 31st, 2012 for VOD and October 5th for theaters. Watch the trailer below and let us know if you think it looks like a good horror flick!

Production has kicked off for Disney's Maleficent, and we have the first photo of Angelina Jolie in costume. Robert Stromberg is making his directorial debut with this film, which also stars Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville.

Having seen the picture, do you think Jolie will make a great Maleficent?

Press Release:

The Walt Disney Studios announced today that production began Wednesday, June 13th, on “Maleficent,” starring Academy Award®–winning actress Angelina Jolie.

Directed by two-time Oscar®-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (“Avatar,” “Alice in Wonderland”), in his directorial debut, and produced by Joe Roth, “Maleficent” is written by Linda Woolverton (“The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Don Hahn, Matt Smith and Palak Patel. 

Co-starring in the film are Sharlto Copley (“District 9”), Elle Fanning (“Super 8”), Sam Riley (“On the Road”), Imelda Staunton (“Vera Drake”), Miranda Richardson (“The Hours”), Juno Temple (“Atonement”) and Lesley Manville (“Secrets & Lies”).

This is the untold story of Disney’s most beloved villain, Maleficent, from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” The film reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse the baby, Aurora.

Behind-the-scenes talent includes Academy Award®–winning cinematographer Dean Semler (“Dances with Wolves,” “In the Land of Blood and Honey”), production designer Gary Freeman (“Saving Private Ryan,” “The Bourne Supremacy”), two-time Oscar® nominated costume designer Anna B. Sheppard (“Schindler’s List,” “The Pianist”) and seven-time Academy Award–winning makeup artist Rick Baker (“Planet of the Apes,” “Men in Black”).

“Maleficent” is scheduled for a March 14, 2014 release in 3D.

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The upcoming fifth and final season of Breaking Bad will consist of 16 episodes. After that the series will end, but it doesn't mean the story will be over. The show's star, Bryan Cranston, feels that the story could continue in the form of a major motion picture. This is kind of funny because at one point the show's creator Vince Gilligan didn't think he could take the story through 16 more episodes, now Cranston says laughing, 

Vince feels that now we have too much story. We could actually go beyond those 16 episodes.

The actor then goes on to talk about the possibly of a movie, and the future of his character,

It’s not far-fetched, I wouldn’t mind visiting that possibility. And this is coming from a guy who doesn’t know anything of how the show’s going to end. If it doesn’t end up in a total apocalypse, who knows? Maybe we could revisit Walter White a year down the road and see where his life has gone. If he’s still alive, that is.

I'll admit, it's hard to see Walt coming out of this alive, but if he does, it would be great to see his story continue. Gilligan goes on to discuss the character of Walt in the upcoming season saying,

We can look forward to Walt’s ego growing by leaps and bounds for having killed Gus Fring. To this point, Walt’s been able to lie to himself and reason that he’s done all these terrible things for his family. But that’s a lie that’s harder and harder to maintain as this upcoming season progresses and the money piles up and he’s faced more and more with the badness that he’s done.

He’s going to be a harder guy to root for, I promise you that. The experiment of the show has been to take a good guy and have him transform himself into a bad guy. And we’re committed to seeing that through to the very end.

Wow! That sounds incredibly intense. At this point I can see how it's going to be harder to root for Walt, especially after what he's done to Jesse to get what he wants. At this point I'm rooting more for Jesse to survive Walt's decent into terrifying madness.  

I guess we'll have to wait until the series ends before we see if we'll get a movie or not. Would you like to see a movie get made?

(The picture above comes from Vulture.)

Check out this Star Wars steampunk group cosplay photo. I am continually amazed at how creative these costumes are. Steampunk designs are so fascinating to me, so please feel free to share others if you have any.

Here is a description via DeviantART:

Characters from left to right, back to front: Chewbacca, Mara Jade, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Princess Leia Organa, Aurra Sing, Han Solo, Queen Amidala, Slave Leia, Padme Amidala

Designs inspired by Steampunk Star Wars artists Sillof, Björn Hurri, and Jeff Miller.

Photography by DimHorizonStudio