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Thor hits the screens next May and has a lot riding on it. Along with Captain America, it will tie in with other franchises The Hulk and Iron Man to form The Avengers, which will be rleased in 2012 and if successful, permanently change how super-hero movies are seen and made.

Fanboys were getting concerned because released photo stills of Thor (even though by their very nature they’re taken out of context), gave the distinct wiff of fromage.  

That’s all about to change with the release of this trailer via  Trailer Addict, which was shown last weekend at Comic-Con in San Diego.  Clearly an origin story, Thor looks like it’s going to deliver the goods (and one smokin’ hot lead in Chris Hemsworth).

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The trailer for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch packs a whallop, even though I’m not exactly sure what the plot is.  A young woman gets taken to mental institution where she escapes into an un-reality, where she plans to escape and another inmate cryptically tells her they’re dead (shades of LOST maybe?).

Looks like a mish mash of every heavy effect green-screened movie put out in the past few years.  Dragons!  (Lord of the Rings) Warriors! (300) Giant Robots! (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) Guns! (Sin City).  Sadly, no sign of dinosaurs or giant monkeys (King Kong).

If the vid gets yanked from YouTube, you can take a look on  Apple.

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After the Green Lantern panel featuring stars Ryan Reynolds (Hal Jordan/Green Lantern) and Blake Lively (Carol Ferris) made a splash at Comic-Con over the weekend, teaser posters have made their way on line, which also feature Mark Strong (Sinestro) and Peter Sarsgaard (Hector Hammond).

Love the make-up effects (the little that’s shown) for the two baddies.

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The above clip was shown at Comic-Con (to thunderus applause, no doubt) over the weekend.  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens Memorial Day Weekend, 2011.

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Just in time for Comic-Con, Marvel Studios have signed on the actor to take over the role of Bruce Banner (The Hulk), and of course they trotted him out on stage with the rest of the cast that makes up The Avengers last night.

From left to right, Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth (yum) as Thor, Chris Evans (double yum) as Captain America, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, followed by Director Joss Wheldon and Marvel Studios Kevin Fiege.

I don’t know about you, but when I first saw this I had a nerdgasim.  Apparently, the geeks in the audience (and there were several thousand) went nuts.

Debate is already raging with fanboys (who can be as fussy as old women when it comes to these things) about Mark Ruffalo taking over the role of Bruce Banner.  Personally, I don’t see a problem with it.  Mark’s a very talented actor and is apparently great to work with, which is what the studio was looking for.

With Joss Wheldon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) on board expect cracking sharp dialogue and a great story.  Can’t wait to see who the big bad is that The Avengers do battle with.

Captain America and Thor will be coming to the screen next summer, and The Avengers is scheduled for a summer 2012 release.

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Hot on the heels of the somewhat reviled but still commercially successful The Last Airbender by director M. Night Shyamalan, comes this trailer from the first release in his new film anthology series, The Night Chronicles, called Devil.

Devil was directed by John Erick Dowdle and his brother Drew (Quarantine), with a screenplay by Brian Nelson based on an idea by M Night Shymalan, who also served as producer.  Got all that?

Could this be the next Paranormal Activity?  There’s something of a post-modern Twilight Zone vibe to it.  Here’s hoping it lives up to it’s hype (early buzz has been good).

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Long time coming.

You know you’ve hit the big league when Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the team behind the so-stupid-they’re-funny Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, and Scary Movie franchise have turned their collective attention to your property. 

Should also be intersting to see how the Twi-freaks, who’s obsession also gets spoofed, react to this latest insult (it won’t be pretty).

Having seen The Twilight Saga: Eclipse myself on Thursday (Note: never sit in a chilly theatre for two hours plus when your already battling a cold), I can honestly say that the latest installment would be hard to parody, since it’s so bad it’s almost a parody of itself, if that makes any sense. 

However, if anyone’s up to the challenge, it’s Freidberg and Seltzer, who also take shots at current pop culture notables Jersey Shore and Lady Gaga, among others.  Vampires Suck opens next month.

Haters to the left right.

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I hadn’t heard a thing about this movie until I saw the trailer. You know, it looks just gloriously weird enough to be good.

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Greed also apparently has a last name – Douglas.

Diandra Douglas is taking ex-husband Michael to court, seeking half of all the money he earns from his upcoming film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. (Dumbest.  Title.  Ever).

Diandra divorced Michael in 2000, getting a hefty $45 million settlement from the actor, including half of any money he earns from merchandise, residuals, or spin-offs from movies he made from the time they got married in 1977.

Diandra’s argument is that Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a spin-off, so it qualifies under the terms of the divorce settlement, while Michael is claiming that it’s a sequel, so she shouldn’t get anything. 

Yeah, I thought a spin-off and a sequel were basically the same thing too, but apparently not.  At least not legally.  Sequels are separate entities from the original work entirely, while a spin-off takes the premise and/or characters from the original work and puts them in a different environment or medium. 

Stay tuned.  This fight’s just getting started.

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Check out his clip about the fight scenes (there’s quite a few of them) for the upcoming third installment of the Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

The film clearly isn’t just from Bella’s POV (unlike the books) and probably stands to be the most accessible (something for everyone) to date.

Apparently, some Twi-freaks have been complaining that the movie focuses too much on action and not enough on the Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle, without of course having seen anything but the trailers at this point.

Mind-boggling.

Haters to the left.

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