This is the new poster for director John Favreau’s highly anticipated sequel Iron Man 2, flying into theaters on May 7, 2010. Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as the titular hero and is once again joined by Gwyneth Paltrow as his love interest/assistant Pepper Potts. Samuel Jackson is also along for the ride as Nick Fury and Don Cheadle replaces Terance Howard as Col. James Rhodes, aka War Machine.

Heavy Metal

Mickey Rourke plays the villain Whiplash and upping the sex factor (sorry Gwyneth) is Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow.

"Is that a iron in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

“Lost” begins its sixth and final season on Feb. 2, 2010. According to executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, ABC promos for the beloved sci-fi series will not feature any new footage of what’s to come.

I have searched high and low all month for some kind of tease, but have come up short … until now! I have smuggled a TV spot from Spain, where the show is called “Perdidos,” via mule (what? they swim) to the U.S. Okay … the clip doesn’t contain any new scenes from the upcoming season, but it is creative and features narration from some dude who kinda sounds like Antonio Banderas. Check it out:

A second trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, a re-imagining of the Lewis Carroll novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, has hit the web, courtesy of Spike TV. Watch closely and you’ll spot some new scenes.

Alice in Wonderland stars Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice. The film has a very important date at the box office on March 5. To see more images and the original trailer, click here.

Groovy news for fans of tree rape: Grindhouse Releasing has announced nationwide dates and venues for the midnight screenings of the 1981 Sam Raimi (Drag Me to Hell, Spiderman) classic Evil Dead.

The press release reads:

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Grindhouse Releasing has set the first dates for its big-screen
revival of Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD, scheduled to begin in January.

Landmark Theatres will present the director’s 35mm print of EVIL DEAD at special midnight shows in Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, New York, Houston, Dallas, and Los Angeles in the first quarter of 2010.

Grindhouse Releasing has created a new full-color movie poster for the theatrical reissue of the 1981 horror classic. Designed by Tad Leger, the collectible one-sheet features rare photos from
the original EVIL DEAD movie poster shoot by Mike Ditz.

“Nothing can prepare an audience for what they are about to see, because nothing punishes an audience like EVIL DEAD — especially on the big screen,” says Bruce Campbell. “I’m really glad it’s back. People are gonna be hurt.”

Endorsed by Raimi, producer Rob Tapert, and star/co-producer Bruce Campbell, Grindhouse Releasing’s reissue of EVIL DEAD will hit theaters across North America in the coming year.

“We’ve had tremendous response to our announcement that EVIL DEAD has returned,” says David Szulkin, head of theatrical bookings for Grindhouse Releasing. “We want to show it in as many cities as we can, and encourage fans to contact us and petition their local theater to screen the movie.”

Dates and venues announced are:

January 8-9: Uptown Theatre, Minneapolis

January 15-16: Esquire Theatre, Denver

January 29-30: Sunshine Cinema, New York

February 5-6: Egyptian Theatre, Seattle

February 19-20: River Oaks Theatre, Houston

February 26-27: Inwood, Dallas

March 5: Nuart Theatre, Los Angeles

May 22: Hudson Horrorshow, Poughkipsie, NY

Additional dates and locations will be announced at GrindhouseReleasing.com. For booking info, contact David Szulkin at info@grindhousereleasing.com.

Post production has begun on John Carpenter’s madhouse thriller The Ward. The film marks the 61-year-old horror legend’s return to the big screen since 2001’s Ghosts of Mars. Lookers Amber Heard (Zombieland, The Stepfather), Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies, Friday the 13th), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass), and newbie Sali Sayer star as patients tormented in a psychiatric ward.

The synopsis reads:

Kristen, a beautiful but troubled young woman, finds herself bruised, cut, drugged, and held against her will in a remote ward of a psychiatric hospital. She is completely disoriented with no idea why she was brought to this place and no memory of her life before being admitted. All she knows is that she isn’t safe.

The other patients in the ward, four equally disturbed young women, offer no answers; and Kristen quickly realizes things are not as they seem. The air is heavy with secrets, and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears strange and frightening sounds. It appears they are not alone.

One-by-one the other girls begin to disappear, and Kristen must find a way out of this hellish place before she, too, becomes a victim. As she struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.

The Ward costars Mamie Gummer, Laura-Leigh, Jillian Kramer, Mika Boorem (The Initiation of Sarah, Kiss the Girls), and Jared Harris. (Lady in the Water, Resident Evil: Apocalypse). Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat produce.

The Descent 2 makes its way into theaters in the U.K. on Dec. 4. The sequel to the 2005 girl-power thriller is directed by Jon Harris and sees the return of original cast members Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, and MyAnna Buring. There’s no word yet on a U.S. release date for the film, but the following clips have been circulating the web. Enjoy!