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Deadline is reporting that Christopher Eccleston has signed-on to play Malekith The Accursed is the upcoming Thor sequel, Thor: The Dark World

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Fanboys director Kyle Newman is preparing to go forward with Chewie, a film based on actor Peter Mayhew‘s life while making Star Wars

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the sequel to X-Men: First Class will indeed be based on the Days of Future Past storyline set in a dystopian future and centered around Kitty Pryde

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Dinosaurs on Spaceships (and other teases from Doctor Who)

  • Title: Doctor Who – Series Seven
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The BBC has finally released a trailer for the first-half of Series Seven of Doctor Who hitting airwaves later this month. The new season will be broken in half with the Christmas special (introducing Jenna-Louise Coleman as The Doctor’s new companion) in the middle. From the trailer it looks like we’ll be seeing robots, dinosaurs, lots of Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), Weeping Angels, and the return of Alex Kingston as River Song.

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Coming Soon

  • Title: Skyfall
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Following up the recent cameo and TV commercial at the Olympics Sony Pictures has released the first full trailer for the 23rd Bond film Skyfall. In the new film Daniel Craig returns as 007 whose death is faked to allow Bond to investigate the the theft of the identities of every single undercover operative of MI6 from the from the madman who is apparently Max Zorin‘s creepier younger brother (Javier Bardem). Ralph FiennesHelen McCroryNaomie HarrisAlbert FinneyBérénice Marlohe, and Ola Rapace star. The film returns Judi Dench as M and introduces Ben Whishaw as the rebooted Bond’s first Q. Skyfall blasts into theaters on November 9th.

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Coming Soon

  • Title: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
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The first trailer for the two-part animated movie adapatation of Frank Miller‘s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns has hit the net and the results are… mixed. From what we see here the look of Miller’s version of a an older Batman look fairly well represented but my biggest concerns are examples of voice acting we get in the trailer. Peter Weller‘s Batman is far from the older, graveled voice I was expecting. Ariel Winter sounds okay as Carrie Kelly, although (whether it be her choice or the direction) the inflection and delivery of some iconic lines seems to be off (as in her first introduction to Batman). DC’s certainly throwing a ton of money at this (for a straight-to-DVD animated film, anyway) and given my love for the original property I’m certainly going to give it a look, but I do have some concerns. The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 hits stores on October 23rd.

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Coming Soon

  • Title: Man of Steel
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Warner Bros. released an initial teaser trailer for Man of Steel, DC’s new Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill as Superman. Directed by Zack Snyder, the initial trailer gives us lots of slow moving montage, little story, and Clark Kent who apparently is working with Forest Gump and Bubba as a shrimp fisherman. I’m so confused. Amy AdamsRussell CroweKevin CostnerDiane LaneMichael ShannonLaurence Fishburne, and Tahmoh Penikett also star. Man of Steel opens in theaters next June.

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