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Super Bowl Spot for The Dictator

Paramount has sent over another Super Bowl spot, this time for The Dictator from Sacha Baron Cohen and Curb Your Enthusiasm director Larry Charles.

The film details the heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Expect more frequent casual racism and humour that was fresh in the 1980s. Remember Ayatollah jokes? No, we don’t either.

Don’t forget to check out General Aladeen’s official website, which has now launched. “My website just launched – it’s already bigger than Facebook! Visit it! (unless you’re in Wadiya, where for some reason there’s no internet. I didn’t ban it. Honest)”

http://www.republicofwadiya.com/

www.Facebook.com/RepublicOfWadiya.com

February 6, 2012
Watch Marvel’s Extended Super Bowl Commercial for The Avengers Online

After the teaser trailer for, Marvel (via ComingSoon) has released the full Super Bowl trailer for the The Avengers. It’s a doozy. Let’s say it up front: “We have a Hulk”.

Taking the high we were all on from the first trailer, Marvel have cut together an action piece that tells us a lot more about Joss Whedon’s plans to see Earth invaded, and subsequently defended, by The Avengers. With Iron Man battle airships, Thor landing on them, and Tony Stark confronting Loki, this seems to be a geek’s wet dream.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel’s The Avengers is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series The Avengers, first published in 1963.

The Avengers is released in Australia on 25 April 2012 from Disney. It will be released in the US a week later on 4 May 2012.

UPDATED: HD Version from official source.

February 6, 2012
New John Carter IMAX Poster and Featurette Reveals Footage

Walt Disney Pictures (via ComingSoon.Net) has released a new featurette for John Carter, featuring new footage from the forthcoming film.

From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter – a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet.

John Carter is due in cinemas on 8 March 2012 in Australia and 9 March 2012 in the US from Disney.

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February 3, 2012
New Trailer for The Hunger Games Online

Yahoo! Movies has released a second trailer for The Hunger Games, and this one will no doubt get fans all abuzz due to the presence of the iconic pin that goes along with the franchise. This is one of those phenomenon that quietly passed us by until the film was announced, and now we seem to be covering it with alarming regularity. As such, we’ve got no expectations for the moie whatsoever, but the dystopian concept seems like it will give the kids something realistic to aspire to.

Synopsis: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.

The Hunger Games is released on 23 March 2012 in the US from Lionsgate and on 22 March 2012 in Australia from Roadshow Films.

February 3, 2012
New Super Bowl Spot,Banner and Toys from Marvel’s The Avengers

If there was every any doubt it was going to be a phenomenon, here’s the mounting evidence. It’s been a busy day for news from The Avengers, with a new banner, some shots of toys, a whole lot of in cinema merchandise and a preview of the sure-to-be-awesome Super Bowl TV Spot. The Avengers is released in Australia on 25 April 2012 from Disney. It will be released in the US a week later on 4 May 2012.

We get a new banner, showcasing all the characters who have had their own movie to date, a series of concession stand items, the Helicarrier and Quinjet in toy form! The banners and merchandise are sourced from Golden Link, the toys from IGN and the TV spot comes from the official Avengers Twitter.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel’s The Avengers is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series The Avengers, first published in 1963.

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February 2, 2012
Official Australian Trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation

“You want to make a difference. Risk your life for a better world? Then there is one man you can trust…”. Can you really trust someone who is into retaliation? Or a group who call themselves Joe? In G.I. Joe: Retaliation you can.

The sequel G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra takes things up a notch with the addition of Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis, with Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce and Lee Byung-hun reprising their roles from the first film.

When Cobra spy Zartan has most of the Joes assassinated, the remaining Joes band together to strike back.

This hits cinemas on 29 June 2012 in the US, and on 2 August 2012 in Australia from Paramount.

January 27, 2012
Trailer and poster for Jeff, Who Lives At Home Arrives

iTunes Trailers have released a first look at the new trailer for Jeff, Who Lives At Home, the latest film from brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, the team behind Baghead and Cyrus. The film stars Jason Segel and Ed Helms.

On his way to the store to buy wood glue, Jeff (Jason Segel) looks for signs from the universe to determine his path. However, a series of comedic and unexpected events leads him to cross paths with his family in the strangest of locations and circumstances. Jeff just may find the meaning of his life… and if he’s lucky, pick up the wood glue as well.

Jeff, Who Lives At Home is released in the US on 15 March 2012 from Paramount Vantage. It does not yet have an Australian release date.

January 21, 2012
New Sneak Peek at Snow White and the Hunstman

In all of the publicity for the competing Snow White films, we never imagined that the one starring Kristen Stewart would be the one that emerged looking kind of awesome. Via Universal Pictures Facebook page for the film, a new sneak peek has emerged that proves this version may be the fairest of them all.

Synopsis: In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Hunstman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar^®winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power. The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.

Snow White and the Huntsman will be released on 21 June 2012 in Australia from Universal, and 1 June 2012 in the US.

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January 20, 2012
Teaser Trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution

We’ve been watching video tweets from the set for months, and now Screen Gems (via Yahoo! Movies) has released the first official teaser trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s latest installment in the zombie-battling franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution.

The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

Resident Evil: Retribution will be released in the US on 14 September 2012, and in Australia on 11 October 2011 from Sony.

January 20, 2012
International TV spot for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D

Fox has released an international TV spot Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D, to be re-released to cinemas next month. Once again, it wisely choose to avoid all reference to the nefarious Jar Jar Binks.

Generally speaking, the film is about two Jedi knights who uncover a wider conflict when they are sent as emissaries to the blockaded planet Naboo. In fact, when distilled down into a 30-second teaser spot, this film actually looks pretty good. We know better though. Still it would be nice to see this succeed, simply because we really want to see Cloud City in 3D. Bring on Empire Strikes Back in 3D next. Please? We’ll even let you add in a digital Jawa if it makes you feel better, Mr. Lucas.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D is released on 9 February 2012 in Australia from Fox.

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January 18, 2012