New United Kingdom "POTC: On Stranger Tides Poster"

I'm no box office expert, but I'm not sure if the general public is clamoring for a fourth movie in the" Pirates Of Caribbean" series, but here we are. Sure, I can't get enough of anything Johnny Depp does but how many times can you go back to the well, or in this case The Fountain Of Youth, before the water runs dry?

All of that aside, LoveFilm.com has an exclusive look at the UK poster for the fourth installment. See below. Is it bad that all I can think of is "Splash" while looking at the poster? Not too much longer before they remake that. Just sayin.

Jurassic Park Game Delayed

It is just not a good week to be a video game fan.  First, the PSN Network shuts down after falling victim to a hacker.  Now, some disappointing news from Telltale Games:  the upcoming Jurassic Park game, originally set for release this month, has been delayed until the fall.

According to the statement on Telltale's official website, the delay is simply to improve upon what they believe is already an excellent game:

Jurassic Park: The Game, our upcoming title based on the groundbreaking film of the same name, is looking to go a step further with new game mechanics and a sense of terror that is paramount to the Jurassic Park franchise. We see a ton of potential in the game's exciting mechanics and style and feel we can take what we already have in place to an even more thrilling level, so we've decided to continue work on the game and launch the PC/Mac version of Jurassic Park: The Game to coincide with the our multiplatform release in fall 2011.

I'm definitely liking that whole "sense of terror" part of the game description.   

While disappointing, it looks like Telltale will be making it up for fans in the meantime.  Refunds will be issued to anyone who already pre-ordered the game, and they will also receive a voucher for a free game.  The free game voucher can be used for Jurassic Park when it's finally released.

Hopefully it will be worth the wait.  Judging from the preview video below, it looks like it will be.

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows – Part II Trailer Goes All-Out Epic

That's certainly an epic trailer, but anything less than that would be disappointment, let's be honest.

We, as a movie-going audience, have been watching the Harry Potter series for a decade now. Those three kids as our leads, not to mention the supporting players, have grown up before our very eyes. It's odd to imagine that when Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows – Part II hits cinemas this July, that's it. It’s over.

JoBlo has the trailer. Why? Because they're awesome. That's why! All due respect to Phil and Kristina who I love, they're crazy. This is the movie of 2011. It doesn't even matter that April is almost over and we're just now getting this trailer. We're all going to see it!

Lost Out on Playing Batman & Superman? Why Not Settle for Lone Ranger!

He has the bricks and God-given built structure to play a superhero, and it's not like such an opportunity hasn't appeared before Armie Hammer. As we all know he was flat-out cast as Batman for George Miller's Justice League: Mortal and was a reported contender for Superman in Zack Snyder's The Man of Steel.

But if Hammer is so content with playing one similar to Bradley Cooper with The Crow, I'd personally say "No!" to this one and wait for something better. "TOLDJA" reports The Social Network star is in talks to play the title character in The Lone Ranger.

Even something as not-so-sure as The Brothers Grimm: Snow White for Tarsem Singh sounds like a better idea. I mean the guy's gonna stand next to Johnny Depp, and you just know Depp's going to do everything in his power to "steal" the movie; even if he's playing Tonto by his own choosing.

I don't know, I like the direction Hammer is headed in so far with Social Network and looking forward to his J. Edgar performance to see him immediately jumping on the superhero bandwagon.

The Man of Steel Has Its Faora

Following the revelation (via Latino Review) that Faora, and not Ursa, would be General Zod's "right hand bitch" for The Man of Steel, Variety reports the filmmakers have chosen their actress for said role.

German actress Antje Traue (whose biggest role for audiences appears to be Pandorum with Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster two years ago) will be causing havoc for Superman (Henry Cavill) in the Zack Snyder-directed reboot alongside Michael Shannon's Zod.

Not much else to go off of, to be honest. Since I've personally never seen her in anything, I don't have anything positive or negative to say about her acting abilities or lack thereof. Definitely more of a good thing personally, since then it'll be easier to accept her as the character. That and she looks Kryptonian. But I'm a racist anyway – all Kryptonians look alike to me.

New X-Men: First Class Trailer Plays like the Very First Trailer - Only Longer & Better

Am I the only one getting "trailer fatigue" for X-Men: First Class? Well if I am, then you good reader are in luck as Yahoo! Movies has the latest one – one that plays like an extended version of the very first trailer from a couple of months back. Now this time we actually get to see James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender becoming buddies and butting heads over ideology, amping up the Cuban Missile Crisis angle and hey, real dialogue from the first class of X-Men.

I'll say though I liked the "They're just kids. No, they were kids!" exchange and how Fassbender's Eric Lehnsherr lectures his students. Quality-wise, I do think us nerds are in for a good X-Men movie (something we haven't been able to say for awhile now). Alas I think the general public has washed their hands of the franchise after the last two installments. That sucks, but it's understandable.

India, Tom Savini & Battered-Person Syndrome Christian Bale Updates on The Dark Knight Rises

I read about more places where The Dark Knight Rises is filming that isn't New Orleans and a part of me dies a little, and cries for Christopher Nolan's head on a platter!

Jokes aside, Daily Bhaskar reports the third Batman installment will lens in India (the city of Jodhpur, to be specific) after getting the thumbs up from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Not going to make wild speculations on what Nolan & Co. are specifically filming. But sources tell us it will most likely have something to do with, wait for it, Batman. Let that sink in for a minute there, kiddos.

A few other tidbits while we're on the subject of the cape and cowl, and no I don't consider fucking random pictures of Tom Hardy muscled up as "news." God, if only we'd seen pictures of him pumped up and bald before!

According to a post from Yahoo! News (that I conspicuously haven't seen reported anywhere else - maybe there's a reason behind that!), horror effects-wizard Tom Savini interviewed for an unspecified job on Dark Knight Rises. Assuming he got it, no word on what said job would entail - some makeup work or a acting gig? Were it to happen talk about world-exploded news for fandom.

Speaking of make-up (and questionable items), Movie Web has a snap-shot of Batman himself Christian Bale in what they claim may or may not be a make-up test for the threequel. Then again, there's the chance this is from The 13 Women of Nanjing, Rescue Dawn or countless other films where Bale got his ass handed to him.

Because Noone Asked For It: Post-Apocalyptic Zorro In Development

I'll always remember back during the summer of '98 and being pumped for The Mask of Zorro as a kid. That teaser trailer was in front of every other movie I saw during that season and I was counting down the weeks till it opened in late July. Even showed up during its opening 12:00 P.M. screening, and yes, I loved the movie. Didn't catch its 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro because frankly, it reeked from its trailers and Phil has subsequently confirmed my sense of smell was working just fine.

But it's a matter of time before Johnson McCulley's pulp hero gets a new incarnation because there have been so many before in years past. Nothing wrong with that, but when I hear a radical new take is in development, I'm thinking they'll set it in modern-times, and the BBC's Sherlock has proven that can be successfully done. Correct me if I'm wrong, and that's already been done before with the character.

Zorro Reborn is the newest iteration in the works, and well, I'll let 24 Frames say it:

"Unlike many of the previous Zorros (real name: Don Diego de la Vega) brandishing whips and swords, the hero of the new installment will live in the future -- specifically a desolate and post-apocalyptic one, according to a person familiar with the film who asked not to be identified. A Fox spokeswoman declined to comment."

Fox has commissioned another special effects guy-turned-yes man director (Rpin Suwannath) who will have his nuts squeezed in every argument against studio heads. And who doesn't want to see Zorro sporting ass-less leather chaps and fighting mutants? Oh that's right; most of you good readers out there.

Lord of the Rings Returns to Theaters

Lord of the Rings fans will have the opportunity to kick off their summer vacations in Middle Earth when special screenings of the extended editions of the trilogy will play in select AMC theaters in June.  The screening schedule will be as follows:

• The Fellowship of the Ring:  June 14, 2011
• The Two Towers:  June 21, 2011
• The Return of the King:  June 28, 2011

Screening times and locations will be announced shortly on the AMC Theaters official event site.   According to Tolkien fansite TheOneRing.net, expect another announcement soon regarding the special events that will be held during these exclusive screenings...like getting big-screen, extended-edition awesomeness wasn't enough already.

Of course, all of these Shire-inspired festivities are being held to celebrate the blu-ray release of these very same extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, expected in stores on June 28.  Or maybe it's because my birthday is in June.  Nah, probably not.  But still, perfect timing anyway! 

Yep, Looks Like He’ll Be Back - Arnold Schwarzenegger Attached to New Terminator Film

Disappointment comes to mind.

Since he's left office running California, we've heard plenty of Arnold Schwarzenegger mulling through potential projects for his return to the silver screen. My personal number-one concern was, in order for him gain acceptance from the general public, Arnold would be wise to take on something that while filling his action quota (because yeah who doesn't love to see the guy kick ass?) he also needed to embrace and admit to audiences, and in a way himself, that yes, he's gotten older. He doesn't run as fast as he used to or crack a baddie's skull as easily as in say Total Recall.

So honestly, it's disappointing to hear from "TOLDJA" that Schwarzenegger is now attached to headline a brand-new Terminator film with the previously-rumored Justin Lin (as first broken by What's Playing) to direct. No screenwriter is on-board as of now nor is a studio officially committed to the package deal (although Lionsgate, Sony and Universal are greatly interested).

And you just know the producers will use the lack of Arnold in the much-hyped Terminator: Salvation as the reasoning for its under-performance; something that isn't entirely wrong. But then again how would they justify the "OK, but not great either" box-office of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines that Arnold actually starred in?

I just go back to my main point. After all these years (and how we've seen him age), are people going to want to see Arnold (in his mid-60s by the time this new film would drop) walking around in his signature role once again? More importantly, would they accept it?