New Catwoman Poster Revealed

And I thought this weeks Bat-fever was going to dwindle following today. Just after putting up the the new international banners and the announcement of new footage, something else grabs my attention. A reader of Batman-News.com sent them an heavy slice of goodness with a secret poster found of the official Dark Knight Rises website. Sometimes simplicty is all you need. I especially like the lipstick kiss stamped at the text. Notice how the opening of the lips create a bat. Quite clever aren't they?

Check back here in 5 minutes and you are likely to find another TDKR update.

Dark Knight Rises Footage And Even More New Banners

What a week it has been for fans of Nolan's Batman trilogy. For most its felt like there has been very litte hold us over between all the trailers, leading up to the release date on July 20th. At the beginning of the week a new theatrical poster for The Dark Knight Rises popped up online and general consensus was a big collective "meh".

The days that followed held quite a treat though with new character posters, new stills, new banners, tv spots, and to cap off the Batmania blitz are two international banners and the reveal of footage to be aired during the MTV Movie Awards. (Check the official press release below) Maybe most surprising of all is the names in attendance; Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman. Nolan has often snubbed Comic-Con and many other highly revered comic book/entertainment conventions, so it's nice to see that he and the cast will get out and help promote the movie in a big way.

If there were any doubts to how WB would end up screwing the marketing for this film, I think this week alone puts all of that to rest. Hope to see some of those sweet character posters and hopefully even some large sized standees on my next trip to the theatre. That top banner with Batman covering his face with the cape is maybe one of my favorite images from this trilogy.

MTV today announced that the "2012 MTV Movie Awards" will feature exclusive footage from Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' highly anticipated film THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, with director, writer, producer Christopher Nolan and actors Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman on hand to celebrate the "Dark Knight" trilogy. Hosted by comedian, actor and TV personality Russell Brand, the "2012 MTV Movie Awards" will air live on Sunday, June 3, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.

MTV also announced today that Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey, stars of the upcoming film MAGIC MIKE, will join its impressive line-up of presenters, including: Adam Sandler, Emma Watson, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg. Chart-topping indie-pop group fun. and rapper Wiz Khalifa are set to perform.

Known as one of the most outrageous and distinctive televised award shows, the "2012 MTV Movie Awards" will feature its trademark individuality and irreverence. Fusing the network's musical core with the wonder and amazement of the comedy, drama, adventure and mystery inherent to the movie-going experience, the telecast is set to provide more laughs, surprises and one-of-a-kind moments with Hollywood's biggest stars gathering to honor fan-favorites from the past year.

MTV fans hold the "Power of the Popcorn" awards in their hands with voting available online via MovieAwards.MTV.com through Saturday, June 2. As always, voting for "Movie of the Year" will remain open throughout the live show on Sunday, June 3.

Arnie And Sly Talk 'The Tomb'

As Arnire says in the video, it's taken 3 decades to get these two action icons in a movie together and unlike The Expendables this is a real two hander with Arnie and Sly working together to escape a high-tech prison.

I think the plot for this sounds great, it has scope for action but also the chance for the two legends to have some quieter fun scenes together where they can play off their old warhorse personas.

Dwayne Johnson To Play Lobo?

With Warner Brothers' curious decision to make Lobo the next DC Comics film after next year's Man of Steel, getting Brad Peyton onboard write and direct after producer Joel Silver and original director Guy Ritchie bailed out for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, a potential actor is in the cards to play the titular antihero himself. And it's none other than Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, who's coming off two consecutive hits with his supporting role in Fast Five and his starring role in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (which was also directed by Peyton).

Not only did Johnson make a cryptic answer about him playing a DC Comics character on Twitter a few days back, but Bleeding Cool got a report from an unknown, untested source that Johnson told a few partygoers that he had taken the Lobo role. So treat this as a rumor for now.

Johnson has a full plate of projects on his hands. He is currently shooting Michael Bay's Pain and Gain with Mark Wahlberg, and will reprise his role in Fast Six, which starts shooting this summer as well as reshoots for next year's G.I. Joe: Retaliation in the fall for Paramount. He is also attached to a third Journey film, with Peyton also attached to direct, as well as an in-development Hercules film at MGM.

Bradley Cooper to Produce & Likely Star in NAVY Seal Flick 'American Sniper'

American Sniper will be the first project for Bradley Cooper's new production company, 22nd & Indiana, over at Warner Bros.

Cooper - who formally set up the company in Burbank on March 1st - will produce and likely star in the flick; an adaptation of the autobiography of NAVY Seal Chris Kyle, who recorded the most sniper kills for any American in military history.

Newcomer Jason Dean Hall will write the script along with Andrew Lazar (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) and Peter Morgan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) producing.

American Sniper - whose complete title is American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History - tells the true story of how the Texas native Kyle came to record the highest number of sniper kills for an American while losing his love for his wife in the process.

The book has been praised for its detailed, first-person accounts of sniper attacks which come from both far and close distances.

No word on when the film is likely to be released or a formal shooting date but expect more news by the end of the year.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Is That The Lizard or Dino the Dinosaur?

The Amazing Spider-Man is on the cover of the latest Entertainment Weekly. Courtesy of Super Hero Hype, here is a scan taken from the issue featuring a full-on look at the Lizard, the mutated baddie facing the web-slinger.

Is he supposed to look like Dino from The Flintstones?

More New TDKR Images!

The promotional floodgates have opened over at WB headquarters and we are being drowned in a glorious sea of awesome new posters and images from the highly anticipated final chapter of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.

This time it's Empire with the goodies that include a couple of great Catwoman pics.

Epic Banners For The Dark Knight Rises

Four banners for The Dark Knight Rises are up, courtesy of Coming Soon.

Hope you're prepared to do nothing but wait for the Batman threequel from here on out. The scale on display is so epic you feel bad for whoever follows in Christopher Nolan's footsteps. They really weren't kidding when they called this a war movie!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Red-Band Trailer

Still haven't reached that "Eureka!" moment for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Nothing we've seen has convinced me, or the multitudes laughing its trailers off the screen, this isn't one of Hollywood's dumber purchases.

While we wait for something appealing (For those of us whose tastes mature past age fourteen and whatever looks "cool"), IGN Movies has a new red-band trailer for your viewing pleasure:

Oh...No, Joe! G.I. Joe: Retaliation Delayed to 2013!

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Dwayne Johnson confirmed on his Twitter page new scenes being cook up to enhance the 3D. Fair enough. But we're hearing reshoots are already underway back down in New Orleans. In fact, said additional photography was going down before Paramount announced the release date shift yesterday afternoon.

Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis were front and center for all the promos. Trailers met with positive reactions. From the look of things, G.I. Joe: Retaliation could be one of the surprise hits of this summer.

That is until this bomb dropped. It's moving from June 29 to March 2013, just over a month before its release. Getting a 3D post-conversion cash-grab done on it too. In the time between now and then, expect to see reports of reshoots. Because it's that obvious the sequel's a shit-bag with such a zero-hour call.

A move like this can't be spun in a positive light. Though you know Paramount will try their damnedest.

Source: Heat Vision and Variety