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Stop what you’re doing. Put down the remote, stop clicking the mouse elsewhere, drop everything and come watch this trailer now! From Batman gearing up again in a new Batsuit, to the Joker, played perfectly by Heath Ledger, to seeing Michael Caine as Alfred again, to Detective Gordon destroying the Bat-symbol skylight. This is going to be one hell of an awesome movie next summer, so fire up this trailer up right now and enjoy!

Most of the stories featured in Legends are set in the early years of Batman’s career, though a few have been set in the present and even the future. Stories set at the beginning of Batman’s career are referred to as taking place during Year One, meaning Bruce Wayne’s first year of crime fighting as Batman. The title had been initially promoted as only doing stories from before Robin, Dick Grayson, the first Robin, did appear in issue 23, though he was still a circus performer. The title was discontinued with issue #214, in January 2007, to make way for a new Batman anthology series, Batman Confidential, which focuses on more personal events in Batman’s life (first encounters, building of new technology etc.), rather than early crime-fighting tales.

If this turns out to be true, it would be disastrous decision on the part of Warner Brothers. It’s entirely unnecessary to cut scenes from a movie just because of a few overly sensitive screening attendees. The countless fans and supporters of The Dark Knight will understand the true vision of the film and the importance of every last scene that Christopher Nolan put in. Apparently the early screening reports also claim that The Dark Knight is a more superior film than Batman Begins and that Ledger’s role is as profound (and even Oscar worthy) as originally thought. Don’t risk screwing that up Warner Brothers!

Genre : Action, Adventure, Adaptation, Sequel.

Release date : July 18, 2008

Rating : Coming soon …

Official website : http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/the_dark_knight-202×300.jpg

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Based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov — creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the ‘Night Watch’ series — ‘Wanted’ tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson.

25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.

Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).

After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.

With wickedly brilliant tutors — including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman) — Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.

Star(s) to watch : Angelina Jolie (”Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”, “The Bone Collector”, “Taking Lives”, “Original Sin”) as Fox, & Morgan Freeman (”Lucky Number Slevin”, “Bruce Almighty”, “Seven”, “Deep Impact”) as Sloan.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller, Adaptation.

Release date : June 27, 2008

Rating : Coming soon…

Official website : http://www.wantedmovie.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/wanted-194𝗬.jpg

Wanted Movies Trailer :

Whether it’s the shoe phone, or it’s just seeing the bumbling Maxwell Smart get into a pickle while trying to save the world from disaster. Pictures is remaking it into a feature film, starring Steve Carell as Maxwell (Agent 86), Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a new character - Agent 23, and Alan Arkin as The Chief.

Would you believe?The new Get Smart film is hitting theaters on June 20, starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and Adam Arkin as Maxwell Smart, Agent 99 and the Chief. Also in are Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp and - according to the fine print on the poster credits - former Las Vegas honcho James Caan!This isn’t the first time Agent 86 will be in theaters, though! The first time was in 1980’s film The Nude Bomb. Don Adams returned to the role he made famous in the 1965 television series, this time without Barbara Feldon as Agent 99.

The movie, which stars Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, will have a more modern setting in which CONTROL is suffering from lack of funding as the government spends all its cash on other spy agencies like the CIA. “Get Smart” is set to hit theaters on June 20th, 2008.

Star(s) to watch : Steve Carell (”Bruce Almighty”, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) as Maxwell Smart, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (”The Mummy Returns”, “Doom”) as Agent 23, &amp Masi Oka as Bruce.

Genre : Comedy, Action, Adaptation.

Release date : June 20, 2008

Rating : Coming soon …

Official website : http://getsmartmovie.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/get_smart-225×300.jpg

Get Smart Movies Trailer :

The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 film adaptation of the classic Marvel comic of the same name. The film is directed by Louis Leterrier, and stars Edward Norton as both the Hulk (in computer generated form) and his mild mannered alter ego, physicist Bruce Banner.

Of course, The Incredible Hulk is also getting a new feature film this summer, starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt and Tim Roth. In fact, Robert Downey Jr. even shows up in the new film as “Tony Stark″ (the secret identity of Iron Man, in case you didn’t know). That film hits on June 13th, and there are already plans for DVD tie-ins to the film by way of the 3rd and 4th season sets from the classic Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno live-action series. But why should that be the only series to tie in?

The Incredible Hulk is not another origin story: When the movie begins, Bruce Banner (Norton) is already The Hulk. He’s hiding out in Brazil, trying to find a cure for the gamma-ray exposure that turns him into a monster. Before long, his whereabouts are uncovered by Gen. Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the movie turns into an extended chase, as Banner tries to cure himself while eluding Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), a soldier who turns into the scaly fiend Abomination. The new Hulk film is said to remain truer not only to the comic book but also to the old Lou Ferrigno TV show.

Star(s) to watch : Edward Norton (”Red Dragon”, “Primal Fear”, “Fight Club”) as Bruce Banner/Hulk, & Liv Tyler (”The Lord of the Rings”, “Armageddon”) as Betty Ross.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Adaptation, Sequel.

Release date : June 13, 2008

Rating : Coming soon …

Official website : http://www.incrediblehulk.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/the_incredible_hulk-202×300.jpg

Traler :

One year has passed in Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie’s world, but unknown to them about 1,300 years has passed in Narnia, where they had their last adventure in it’s hills. Now, by the means of Susan’s magical horn, they travel back to Narnia, to find that Narnia is not what it was like last, with the ruthless King Miraz planning to kill Prince Caspian, who is the rightful heir to Narnia’s throne. Now, with the help of mythical creatures named Old Narnians and Aslan, Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, and Caspian fight against Miraz and his army to give the throne of Narnia to it’s true successor.

In “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” the four Pevensie children – Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edward (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley) - are summoned back to the magical land of talking animals and mythical creatures, where they discover that more than a thousand Narnian years have passed since their last adventure and much has changed. The White Witch may be dead, but Narnia is under the sway of a tyrannical new ruler, King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto), and the Pevensies must unite with the young Prince Caspian (played by British actor Ben Barnes) in an attempt to restore peace and harmony to the once happy land.

The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia’s rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz’s tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land.

Star(s) to watch : Ben Barnes (”Stardust”) as Prince Caspian.

Genre : Adventure, Fantasy, Adaptation.

Release date : May 16, 2008.

Rating : Coming soon …

Official website : http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/the_chronicles_of_narnia_prince_caspian1-203×300.jpg

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In today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, Xeni visits with John Gaeta, the Academy Award-winning Visual Effects supervisor of the Matrix trilogy, to learn more about his digital craft in the new film Speed Racer. This latest Wachowski brothers project reinterprets the classic 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name, and opens in theaters nationwide on May 9.

According to HR, the big screen adventures of Speed, Racer X, Trixie and the gang have been ?tracking unimpressively in prerelease surveys. People, apparently, aren’t saying they are super excited about seeing this movie and that may result in a box office of ‘only’ $25 million to $35 million during the opening weekend. Since Iron Man made almost $100 million last weekend, it has a good chance of finishing first this weekend and keeping Speed Racer in, gasp, second place. It?s all downhill from there.

Still, it might not be as dire for the Racer family as it seems. Family films are tough to track before opening, so moms, dads, and their kids might give Hollywood the old middle finger and go see this anyway. Even a paltry $35 million dollar opening will put the film on track to be profitable, so that will make the studio happy and allow them to make more movies without coming up with any new or fresh ideas. Warner Brothers executives sound very optimistic. President Dan Fellman said, ?this is the first real family movie of the summer, and we?re going to give it out best.? Actually, that doesn?t sound very optimistic at all.

Star(s) to watch : Emile Hirsch (”The Girl Next Door”) as Speed X, & Matthew Fox (”Vantage Point”, “Smokin’ Aces”) as Racer X.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adaptation.

Release date : May 9, 2008

Official website : http://speedracerthemovie.warnerbros.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/speed_racer1-200×300.jpg

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SUNDAY AM: Here are the official blockbuster numbers — Paramount Pictures release of Marvel Studios′ Iron Man, in 4,105 theaters,’made an estimated $35,125,000 on Friday 5/2, an estimated $37,500,000 on Saturday 5/3, for an estimated 3-day weekend box office of $100,750,000.’Advance screenings in select locations, about 2,500 venues, from 8:00 PM to midnight on Thursday 5/1 contributed an additional $3,500,000.’With this addition, the total estimated box office is $104,250,000. The estimated international box office for the weekend is $96,750,000 from 57 territories.?The total combined estimated global box office for Marvel Studios′ Iron Man is $201,000,000.

The remarkable tally stands as the second biggest opening day in box office history for a non-sequel trailing only the $39.4M of fellow Marvel Comics super hero Spider-Man from this very same weekend in 2002. Tony Stark and pals edged out Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone which launched in November 2001 with $32.3M on its opening Friday. That figure however, would amount to roughly $40M at today’s ticket prices. Still, Iron Man could not be in better company given that the character is not as universally known as Spider-Man, Batman, or Superman. Audience feedback has been very positive too as the Paramount release has earned a solid A- average from over 3,000 users of Yahoo Movies.

The Marvel comic book character’s suit embodies a futuristic technology that may enhance human capabilities in war, but the current battlefield belongs to a growing swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and robots that could someday give even Iron Man a run for his money. UAVs clocked more than 500,000 hours in the air by the beginning of 2008, performing many of the tasks normally done by piloted aircraft.

Star(s) to watch : Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart, Gwyneth Paltrow (”Seven”, “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”, “Shallow Hal”) as Virginia “Pepper” Potts, Terrence Howard (”The Brave One”) as Jim Rhodes, Jeff Bridges (”Blown Away”, “Jagged Edge”) as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, & Robert Downey Jr. (”The Shaggy Dog”, “A Scanner Darkly”) as Tony Stark/Iron Man.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Adaptation.

Release date : May 2, 2008

Rating : 9/10

Official website : http://www.ironmanmovie.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/iron_man-212×300.jpg

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The Seeker, titled The Dark Is Rising in the United Kingdom and The Seeker: The Dark is Rising in Canada, is a 2007 film adaptation of the second book in the five-book children’s fantasy series The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. The Seeker is the first film to be produced by Walden Media and 20th Century Fox as part of their Fox-Walden partnership.

Based on the book series by by Susan Cooper, Eleven-year-old Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) discovers he’s one of the last Old Ones - a group of immortals. And he has to save the world from the dark forces.

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Star(s) to watch : Amelia Warner (”Aeon Flux”) as Maggie Barnes.

Genre : Adventure, Fantasy, Adaptation.

Release date : October 5, 2007

Rating : 6/10

Official website : http://www.seekthesigns.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/the_seeker-202×300.jpg

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Spider-Man 3 is the third film in the Spider-Man film series and is scheduled to be released on May 4, 2007. The movie is directed by Sam Raimi. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Dylan Baker, and J. K. Simmons are the confirmed returning cast members from the previous two Spider-Man movies.

So Spider-Man 3’s action is superb and its theme fairly weighty. Then why does it feel a letdown from its predecessor? Nearly all the blame rests with director Sam Raimi, who’s taken the success of some light slapstick moments in Spider-Man 2 as a cue to get even sillier.

This is another word you don?t want to see in a review. Bigger isn?t always better, this is Spider-Man, not porn. The movie feels like the producers were actually trying to make it as difficult as possible for there to be a sequel made (A big possibility, When production started on this, the license was supposed revert to Marvel &amp they were supposed to make Spidey 4, 5, &amp 6. Is this true?

Star(s) to watch : Tobey Maguire (”Cats &amp Dogs”) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Topher Grace (”Ocean’s Eleven”) as Venom/Eddie Brock, James Franco (”The Wicker Man”) as New Goblin/Harry Osborn, &amp J. K. Simmons (”The Jackal”, “The Ladykillers”) as J Jonah Jameson.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adaptation, Sequel.

Release date : May 4, 2007

Rating : 9/10

Official website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spiderman3/site/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/spiderman_3-201𝗬.jpg

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An orphan who dreams of someday finding a family to call his own finds his fate taking an unexpected turn when a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson transports him into the future. Based on the book A Day With Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce, Meet the Robinsons tells the story of a boy with a lifelong wish to belong, and shows what happens when he meets an incredible collection of characters who just might have the power to make his wildest fantasies come true. The film’s all-star cast of vocal contributors — including Angela Bassett, Kelly Ripa, Tom Selleck, Adam West, Steve Zahn, and Laurie Metcalf — brings the world of the future to life as never before seen on the silver screen.

In the United Kingdom, the 3D version was released on March 23, 2007. It was released in standard and Disney Digital 3-D versions in the United States and in its standard version in the UK on March 30, 2007. It is based on the book A Day with Wilbur Robinson, by William Joyce. The film originally had the same title as the book. The film was rated G by the MPAA. It was released on DVD-Video and Blu-ray on October 23, 2007.

Lewis, a 12-year-old genius is a boy who has no luck in being adopted because of his constant ‘quest’ to find his birth mother. When he is struck by an idea after being turned down by a family (for the 126th-literally-time), he invents a memory scanner, a device which scans your cerebral cortex to project your memories onto a screen. Whe this project goes awry at a science fair (really the work of the evil “Bowler Hat Guy” and his robotic hat, “Doris″), Lewis is discouraged.

Genre : Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, Adaptation.

Release date : March 30, 2007

Rating : 8/10

Official website : http://www.meettherobinsons.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/meet_the_robinsons-202×300.jpg

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