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First Look: 2 New ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ TV Spots

With all of the hype surrounding superhero films X-Men: First Class and the US-released Green Lantern this week, Captain America: The First Avenger has managed to quietly slip a few new TV spots, with new footage no less, in under the radar.

Based on the long-running Marvel comic,Captain America: The First Avenger, the film tells the story of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a runt of a soldier plucked from obscurity during the Second World War and made into an American super soldier by US government experiements. As the title implies, the film will also serve as a forerunner to the spin-off film, Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, tying the storylines of the recent Iron Man films, The Hulk and Thor together as the ultimate super-team assembles.

Starring Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Stanley Tucci and Hugo Weaving, these clips come to us from MarvelFreshmanTV in glorious HD. Both screened yesterday in the US.

Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in Australia on 28 July 2011 by Paramount.

June 2, 2011
First Look: New trailer for Miranda July’s ‘The Future’

When we last saw Miranda July around these parts, it was with her disarming debut feature Me and You and Everyone We Know back in 2005. Miranda July is a performance artist a performance artist who chose her last name based on the month that month that most facilitates her creativity, and her first film was largely compared with Todd Solondz’s Happiness in its frank depictions of adults, children and sexuality.

In The Future, she tells the story of a thirty-something couple who, on deciding to adopt a stray cat, change their perspective on life, literally altering the course of time and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

This exclusive new trailer comes to us courtesy of Apple Trailers, bless their cotton socks.

The Future is playing in competition at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2011, and is due for release in US theatres on 29 July 2011 from Roadside Attractions.

May 10, 2011
First Look: Extended clip from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides had its premiere at Disneyland yesterday, so now the House of Mouse will be even more generous with the extended clips from the forthcoming film in this highly successful series. The first of these was released immediately following the screening.

The clip goes for over two minutes and features a nice bit of interplay between Captain Jack (Johnny Depp), Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and Angelica (Penélope Cruz). It may also see the franchise come full circle as its antics begin to be an inspiration for their own theme park ride.

As the first lengthy look at any material from the newest movie, it is fair to say that this clip contains SPOILERS. Ye be fairly warned, mateys.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is released in Australia on 19 May 2011 from Disney.

May 9, 2011
First Look: Mystique character trailer for ‘X-Men: First Class’

Hot on the heels of the three character trailers for Banshee, Havok and Beast released yesterday, Fox has unveiled the latest set of clips from the hotly anticipated comic-book prequel X-Men: First Class, this time for the shape-shifting Mystique.

This clip features the character of Mystique, played as the villain by Rebecca Romijn in the original X-Men films, is the shape-shifting temptress and future hench-person of the big bad Magneto (Michael Fassbender). The young version of the blue Mystique/Raven Darkholme is played by “it girl” Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), and the clips feature a budding relationship between her and Hank McCoy (aka Beast). We also get a glimpse of the mentor role that Magneto will eventually play in her life.

X-Men: First Class is released in Australia on 2 June 2011 from Fox.

May 7, 2011
New International ‘X-Men: First Class’ Trailer

Another day, another new trailer. This brand new international trailer for the forthcoming X-Men: First Class, with stacks of new footage. This new trailer comes courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Bleeding Cool.

“X-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.”

Excited yet? The film will star James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Kevin Bacon, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Caleb Landry Jones, Oliver Platt, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng, Morgan Lily, Zoe Kravitz and Bill Bilner.

We aren’t going to go through and tell you which scenes are new, and there is a simply joy in discovering that for yourself. All we can say for sure is that this retro origin-story approach seems to be finally giving director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass), who had been previously tapped to helm X-Men 3: The Last Stand before Brett Ratner took over, a chance to share his vision with the world.

X-Men: First Class will be released in Australia in 2 June 2011 by 20th Century Fox.

April 28, 2011
First Look: New ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’ featurette

Ahoy there, mateys! Capn’ Jack is back, and this time he has a lady that is challenging his attention span. Disney has just released a brand-new featurette from the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides.

The clip features interviews with the cast and crew, and concentrates largely on the relationship between Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Angelica (Penélope Cruz). We also get to see a few more clips from the film, which we thankfully only have to wait a few more weeks for. There isn’t a whole lot of new footage in there, but this is looking more promising than the original clips that were released a few weeks back had previously indicated. Fingers crossed on this one.

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides is the first of a rumoured planned series of sequels following the end of the first trilogy with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Rob Marshall, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise—this time in Disney Digital 3D™. Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed adventure. Crossing paths with the enigmatic Angelica (Penélope Cruz), he’s not sure if it’s love—or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the “Queen Anne’s Revenge,” the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or Angelica, with whom he shares a mysterious past. The international cast includes franchise vets Geoffrey Rush as the vengeful Captain Hector Barbossa and Kevin R. McNally as Captain Jack’s longtime comrade Joshamee Gibbs, plus Sam Claflin as a stalwart missionary and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey as a mysterious mermaid.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is released on 19 May 2011 in Australia by Disney.

April 27, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Jaimie Alexander and Tom Hiddleston on ‘Thor’

Following the world premiere of Kenneth Branagh’s Thor in Sydney this week, we had the distinct pleasure of interviewing two of its rising stars.

Jaimie Alexander is best known for playing Jessi on TV’s Kyle XY and a recurring role on Nurse Jackie, plays Lady Sif in Thor, one of Thor’s closest companions and protectors. Britain’s Tom Hiddleston, with an extensive resume of BBC and classic stage productions, is set to be a massive star in the next few years with appearances in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse.

Thanks to Paramount Australia, we sat down for a brief chat with Jaimie and Tom to discuss their influences, comic book fans, Twitter and Tim Tams. Amongst other things.

Thor is released in Australia on 21 April 2011 by Paramount. It comes out in the US on 6 May 2011.

April 19, 2011
Peter Jackson begins production diaries for ‘The Hobbit’

“In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit…”

It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were all glued to our computer monitors, but after a decade since the release of The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of Peter Jackson’s monumental trilogy adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels, the decidedly lighter crazy Kiwi is back with the first chapter in a new set of production diaries on The Hobbit.

We don’t need to remind you of the troubles the production has seen over the last few year in trying to get off the ground, with previous director Guillermo del Toro eventually walking away from the table. However, having original helmer Jackson back at the wheel was possibly the best outcome for Rings fans all around the world.

This video is courtesy of Peter Jackson’s Facebook page, and you should all go there with haste and ‘Like’ it right now!

The video gives us a glimpse of Hobbiton, just as it was in the original films, and a number of the cast (including Sir Ian McKellan, returning as the wizard Gandalf, and Martin Freeman as a young Bilbo Baggins) and crew fussing about the set. Andy Serkis also prepares to reprise his role as the creature Gollum, and it will be amazing to see how far motion capture technology will have changed this effect over the last few years.

It is amazing that in an age where we get to see more about how the film is made that we do the film itself, and ‘making of’ specials have almost become disposable DVD features, how simple a giddy thrill it is to have this series return for a new decade. We can’t wait to see more footage!

The Hobbit is due out in cinemas on 19 December 2012 from New Line Cinema.

April 16, 2011
‘Thor’ World Premiere to be streamed live

By Odin’s beard! Valhalla will come to Earth this weekend as Thor makes its debut in Australia! Our friends at Paramount Australia have asked us to remind people that Thor is having its world premiere in Australia this Sunday, and that even if you aren’t on the exclusive red carpet guest list, you can be a part of the action too.

The Thor World Premiere in Sydney will be streamed live on the web this Sunday 17^th April from 5pm onwards on their Facebook channel. You can be a part of the experience by watching the stars arrive and be interviewed on the red carpet.

To get you in the mood, we’ve been sent a couple of clips from the film that should get you swinging your own version of Mjǫlnir from the comfort of your own den or lounge-room.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi7pvq_thor-you-re-big_shortfilms

Thor will take place on Sunday April 17 at Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney. Walking the red carpet will be the film’s director Kenneth Branagh and Australian Chris Hemsworth in the title role of Thor, ‘The God of Thunder’ as well as Kat Dennings who stars as Darcy, Tom Hiddleston in the role of Thor’s brother Loki and Jaimie Alexander who plays Sif.

Thor is released in cinemas in Australia ion 21 April 2011 by Paramount.

April 15, 2011
First Look: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ – Red Skull

Few Marvel comics are iconic as Captain America, the human embodiment of the American flag. Thanks to Paramount, not only do we have a look at the Australian trailer for the film, but an exclusive image of the Cap’s nemesis: the Red Skull! Red Skull will be played by Australia’s Hugo Weaving, who is no stranger to big-budget epics like The Matrix or the Lord of the Rings films.

Based on the long-running Marvel comic, Captain America: The First Avenger, the film tells the story of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a runt of a soldier plucked from obscurity during the Second World War and made into an American super soldier by US government experiements. As the title implies, the film will also serve as a forerunner to the spin-off film, The Avengers, tying the storylines of the recent Iron Man films, The Hulk and the forthcoming Thor together as the ultimate super-team assembles.

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Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in Australia on 28 July 2011 by Paramount.

April 8, 2011