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First Clip from The Dark Knight Rises

It’s just over a week to go until The Dark Knight Rises hits cinemas, and Jimmy Kimmel Live (via CBM) has given us a first look at a clip from the film, featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Blake, and Gary Oldman returning as Commissioner Gordon.

There are only minor spoilers in the clip, in that it features a scene from the film! Otherwise, it creates more mystery than giving anything away.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises is the conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, and will star Christian Bale, new cast members Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and returning cast Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman.

The Dark Knight Rises is released on 19 July 2012 in Australia from Roadshow.

July 11, 2012
Prometheus Viral Video Found in Credits

MovieViral has found a clue in the credits of Prometheus. Leading to a website called www.whatis101112.com, a spinning copy of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra can be found, along with the Wikipedia text below. After a moment, a video appears of Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, similar to the TED Talk released in February.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the “eternal recurrence of the same”, the parable on the “death of God”, and the “prophecy” of the Übermensch, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.

Given that we already had issues with Prometheus, is this an attempt to justify some of the loose narrative threads off-screen? Can we expect more movies to continue once they’ve left theatres. Judging from the date of the URL, the fictional start of Weyland Industries, we can expect more of this through to at least October, when we will presumably have something starting to resemble a Blu-ray forthcoming.

June 12, 2012
DC Reveals Before Watchmen TV Commercial

Before Watchmen, one of DC Comic’s biggest events of the year, begins this Wednesday with Darwyn Cooke’s Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1. It is the first of a collection of mini-series and one-shots that will serve as a prequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal Watchmen story.

DC revealed a TV commercial today via EW, showcasing the new series and declaring the 35 issues to be the prequel to the “best-selling graphic novel of all time”.

We approach this with trepidation, as we’ve mentioned on Behind the Panels. While the characters are scenarios might be worth exploring on some level, and the collected talent for the series is amazing, there just really isn’t any pressing need for the series either. Moore gave us all the background information we needed in his carefully detailed supporting materials interspersed throughout the original 12-issue arc.

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Via: Comics Alliance

June 5, 2012
Watch the First Clip from Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D

Paramount has sent us the first clip from the new concert documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D, examining the career of the titular star. The mystery of which part of Katy Perry is being examined is one probably revealed in the film. This clip looks at the fairy tale influences inside Katy’s head.

Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D is a backstage pass, front row seat and intimate look at the fun, glamorous, heartbreaking, inspiring, crazy, magical, passionate, and honest mad diary of Katy.

The 3D film is released in Australia on 2 July 2012 from Paramount.

May 23, 2012
Watch the First Clip from Prometheus Online

Prometheus has landed! Or at least the first clip from it has. Fox (via iTunes trailers) has released the first clip from the forthcoming sci-fi film online. The film will star a dream cast of Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron.

Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Prometheus opens in 3D on 8 June 2012 from Fox.

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Head over to Apple for a range of HD options.

May 15, 2012
Hugh Jackman Wishes A Happy Mothers Day from the Set of Les Misérables

As more details emerge about Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation of Les Misérables, Hugh Jackman has dropped a very special Mother’s Day message from the set – in full costume!

Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Helmed by The King’s Speech’s Academy Award®-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Les Misérables is released in Australia on 26 December 2012 from Universal.

May 12, 2012
General Aladeen of The Dictator Says “G’day Mahal”

Paramount Australia has sent over this local exclusive in which General Aladeen wishes Australia “G’day Mahal”. No further commentary is needed on this.

The Dictator is the heroic story of a North African dictator (Sacha Baron Cohen) who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The film is released in Australia on 16 May 2012 from Paramount.

May 11, 2012
New Prometheus Viral Clip with Michael Fassbender – “David”

Fox has sent over a brand new extended commercial for Weyland Corporation’s David 8, the synthetic human to be found in Prometheus. Played by Michael Fassbender, he will be the the forerunner to such great characters as Ian Holm’s Ash and Lance Henriksen’s Bishop from Alien and Aliens respectively. Parts of this ad were previously seen in the 30-second spot released in March, but this version goes for over two-and-a-half minutes.

Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. It stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron.

Prometheus opens in 3D on 8 June 2012 from Fox.

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April 18, 2012
‘Toon Tuesday: Aardman Shorts, Plastic Man and Tokyo Disneyland Anime

Saturday mornings are old school. Tuesday is all about the ‘toons, and we scour the web to find some of the latest cool toons for you to check out on a Tuesday. Take that establishment.

In addition to the Super Best Friends Forever playing with the DC Nation run of ‘toons on the CN, in between Green Lantern and Young Justice, DC will also be running a series of interstitials around Plastic Man and DC World’s Funnest from Aardman Animation. There’s also a short from Tokyo Disneyland that has been done up in anime style.

In the second Plastic Man short, the first airing earlier in the month, Plastic Man goes up against a woman of concrete villainy. This was spotted by Comics Alliance. These shorts are based on the Puddle Trouble pilot that was made all the way back in 2006, but never went to air.

Like their similar Creature Comforts, Aardman Animation has put together a series of shorts called DC World’s Funnest. Taking the voices of kids and pairing them up with cartoonish claymation versions of DC’s greatest heroes and villains, hilarity ensues. Here, Superman muses on Wonder Woman’s dress sense and the Joker gets new shoes.

While we are neither a Disney fan site nor anime specialists, it is undeniably cool.This one comes via Bleeding Cool.

March 27, 2012
The Amazing Spider-man Continues Viral Campaign

It’s all about the viral right now, so make sure you have a box of tissues handy at all times. Continuing on from their worldwide video campaign, Sony Pictures have launched a new viral site for The Amazing Spider-man called WebbedMenace.com.

With the wanted poster pictured right, the site urges readers to ‘Act Now’: “It’s time to end this masked hooligan’s reign and shine a light on the shadows of vigilantism. You can help by sharing your sighting!” At the moment, the site features a single 3:15 minute video (embedded below) of a faux news report, interviewing Captain Stacey (Denis Leary) and showcasing the people who left the Mark of Spider-man in the original viral videos.

The Amazing Spider-man is released on 3 July 2012 in the US and 4 July 2012 in Australia from Sony.

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Let us know what you think of this latest campaign in the comments section below.

March 18, 2012