Thu, June 2, 2011 Omelete.com has a great new 5 minute video giving us more insight into the movie. Interviews with Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong and Martin Campbell are included throughout the featurette. Some people haven't been too high on Lively's delivery of lines in the trailers, but from the clips shown here I think she will do just fine.
Wed, June 1, 2011 Hugh Jackman? A robot movie that seems much less obnoxious than a Transformers movie usually is? A boxing robot movie that won't be in 3D? Yeah, I'm there.
HeyUGuys has the first look at the international poster for Real Steel, which opens on October 7. Unlike the down-but-not-out robot hand that dominated the US poster, which was pretty cool too, this poster also highlights the whole father-son angle of the story, featuring Jackman and Dakota Goyo (also appearing in theaters this summer as the young Thor) alongside the film's other star...the big-ass fighting robot:
Wed, June 1, 2011 
As a big fan I am, I didn't think there was anything Amy Adams could appear in that would trump her participation in The Man of Steel.
I was dead wrong.
"TOLDJA" has it she's joined the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's as-yet-titled religious drama (formerly The Master). The soon-to-be-Lois Lane will play the wife of a WWII vet-turned-L. Ron Hubbard-type leader played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. She's joining a growing cast of rock-solid actors including Joaquin Phoenix, Lauren Dern and, as per Variety, Friday Night Lights alum Jesse Plemons and David Warshofsky.
Filming will commence forthright later this month. So you need not worry thinking this could affect the Zack Snyder-helmed, Christopher Nolan-produce Superman reboot. The Weinstein Company will handle distribution and, knock on wood, this will be out by the end of next year. PTA doesn't do enough flicks for my money and I love Adams. Bring this on, baby.
Wed, June 1, 2011 For as much as we've talked on the Movie Moan podcast about how it's going to kick-ass and take names, these posters for Captain America appear to have a high altitude of fakery. Nowhere near the levels of the infamous head-crotch one-sheets for X-Men: First Class awhile back.
But the Red Skull might want to check with his doctor. It looks like he's having a problem taking a piss. Follow the link over to CineMarcado to check out the other two posters with a stiff-standing Sentinel of Liberty and Peggy Carter in full-on sassy pose.
Wed, June 1, 2011 It took them long enough, but Sony's legal department pulled the "leaked" red-band Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trailer.
Cue the green-band hitting the interwebs none-too-long afterwards via Movie-List. The big newsflash is it's basically like the trailer we all saw, and in the case of most loved, during the holidays. Minus the Rooney Mara side-boob/nipple action on display. Sigh. Fear not though, this week's Movie Moan podcast had plenty of gratuitous examinations of that shot for you perverts out there.
It's still a good trailer nevertheless.
Tue, May 31, 2011 Oh boy...so we're a few days away from the release of X-Men: First Class. The good news is, the prequel is getting some shockingly great reviews that are good enough to send my excitement level from "Wow, I want to see that," to "WHY THE HELL ISN'T IT JUNE 3RD YET?!"
The other news is that we've got to put up with the inevitable promotional tie-ins to promote the film. Instead of the usually Slurpee cups, we've got this X-Men/Farmers Insurance ad, which popped up on the official First Class Facebook page today:
OK, that last part was pretty funny. X-Men: First Class opens in theaters on Friday.
Tue, May 31, 2011 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. The Hangover: Part 2 - $103.4 million
2. Kung Fu Panda 2 - $60.8 million
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - $50 million
4. Bridesmaids - $20.7 million
5. Thor - $12 million
6. Fast Five - $7.8 million
7. Midnight in Paris - $2.5 million
8. Rio - $2.4 million
9. Jumping the Broom - $2.3 million
10. Something Borrowed - $2.2 million
You can see from the news below that a Hangover 3 is already on the way. No shocker there. The Wolfpack returned with a vengence this weekend, and while it may not have been quite as good as the first film, audiences certainly didn't seem to care this Memorial Day, as The Hangover Part 2 slayed all of the competition with $104.3 million over the holiday weekend. The sequel, which opened on Thursday, started off strong with midnight showings earning $10.4 million and opening day total gross of $31.7 million. Its total haul through Monday is $135 million, with another $59 million coming in from overseas.
The holiday's family-oriented choice, Kung Fu Panda 2, earned a decent but unspectacular $60.8 million. The animated sequel also opened on Thursday, but was completely overshadowed by Hangover 2, earning just $5.8 million. Understandable, considering its key audience was most likely still in school. Worldwide, the film has earned $123 million.
More alarming about the lackluster opening for Kung Fu Panda 2 (and possibly a trend for the rest of the summer?): 3D ticket sales accounted for only 45% of business. That's pretty low - could it be parents are getting tired of shelling out the extra cash for 3D tickets? We saw similar low 3D numbers for Pirates 4 last weekend as well. Now, it could be that the movie stinks (although Pirates wasn't terrible and Kung Fu Panda was actually well-reviewed), but it will be interesting to see the response to the 3D screenings of Transformers 3 and Harry Potter go in the weeks to come.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides sank 56% this weekend with $50 million. With $163 million total, it's definitely going to be the first Pirates film not to cross the $300 mark domestically, although overseas it's earned an outrageous $470 million already. Seriously.
Thor held its own over the holiday weekend with $12 million ($162 million total domestically - $249 overseas), and Bridesmaids survived the Hangover onslaught with a pretty damn good $20.7 million.
On the limited-release front, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris jumped into the top ten with $2.5 million in just 58 theaters. Terrence Malick's Tree of Life earned $493,788 at just 4 theaters nationwide.
Next week sees the arrival of X-Men: First Class, the first X-Men film since 2003's X2 to actually be getting some good reviews for a change. Can it restart the X-Men franchise? Let's hope so!
Tue, May 31, 2011 While most will probably say otherwise, I somehow think this remake will be better than the original.
Yes, the Fright Night we all know and love is full of camp and the vintage 80s feel, but from just watching this less than 60 second clip from the Colin Farrel starring redo, it looks to be more than just a straight up horror movie.
Take a look for yourself and sound off below courtesy of MTV Movies Blog:
Tue, May 31, 2011 
The Hangover opened big back in June 2009 and held like glue for the last of that summer. People (critics and the masses) loved it, and it grossed $280 million.
Cut to Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures commissioning The Hangover Part II which just opened this holiday weekend to huge business. Not one to wait and see how the masses react this coming weekend (as opposed to the critics who adamantly rejected it) with word-of-mouth settling in, The Wrap says talks are "shockingly" forthright with Craig Mazin, who wrote the sequel with Scot Armstrong and director Todd Phillips, for another round of scripting duties.
We're all assuming Mazin will copy-and-paste from the first one again except I guess by process of elimination the Wolf Pack is throwing a Bachelor party for Alan. Good luck at making audiences believe there's a woman out there willing to commit to that guy. Unless he's marrying Chow, or maybe Mike Tyson.
Tue, May 31, 2011 
That took a lot faster than anticipated.
Showbiz 411 already knows who the recently-cast Matthew Modine will be in The Dark Knight Rises. Per their spies, the actor will be playing a "key villain," a politician by the name of Nixon. Way to be subtle there, Nolan.
Wonder how those who interpreted The Dark Knight as right-wing propaganda will think of this?