The first trailer for Marvel Studios Iron Man 3 is now available online. Directed and written by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), the new entry in the blockbuster franchise finds Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) plagued by nightmares and made homeless by a Chinese villain known as the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley).
Needless to say, he ain’t cracking wise like he used to.
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Shailene Woodley (“Secret Life of the American Teenager”) has been cast as Mary Jane Watson in Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. She joins returning players Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man) and Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy) in the Marc Webb-rebooted franchise.
According to THR, the Mary Jane role is small, but sets up a bigger part of the story for the trilogy’s conclusion, which is based on Marvel Comics infamous two-issue story by Gerry Conway titled “The Night Gwen Stacy Died.”
Woodley is best known for playing lead Amy Juergens on ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and starring as George Clooney’s daughter in the Academy Award-winning dramedy The Descendants (Best Adapted Screenplay).
While she may have the acting chomps to play Mary Jane, Woodley still lacks the unique talents Kirsten Dunst brought to the role of Mary Jane in Sam Raimi’s Spiderman trilogy. Can she really fill Dunst’s shirt shoes?
Someone's Spidey Senses Are Tingling
The 12th annual Screamfest LA horror film festival came to close Saturday night with the announcement of its Skully Award winners at a closing night party held at Trader Vic’s in Downtown Los Angeles Top honors went to twin directors Jen and Sylvia Soska for their underground surgeries frightener American Mary.
American Mary (Best Picture, Best Director) tells the story of a broke and bored med school student who starts to work the underground surgeries circuit for profit and thrills. Katharine Isabelle was named Best Actress for topling the film, which also won awards for Best Cinematography and Makeup.
Peep the complete list of Screamfest LA 2012 winners below:
BEST PICTURE: American Mary
BEST DIRECTOR: Jen & Sylvia Soska – American Mary
BEST ACTRESS: Katharine Isabelle – American Mary
BEST ACTOR: Pierre-Francois Legendre – Fear of Water
BEST HORROR – COMEDY: Killer Kart
BEST MUSICAL SCORE: Jamie Blanks – Crawlspace
BEST STUDENT SHORT: Eaglewalk
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Post Human
BEST SHORT: Incident on Highway 73
BEST MAKEUP: MastersFX – American Mary
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Brian Pearson– American Mary
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Justin Dix – Crawlspace
BEST SCREENPLAY: The Gaslamp Horror/ Jeremy D. Christensen
BEST EDITING: Marc Steinicke – On Air
Posted above is the first image of blonde stunner Amber Heard as Miss San Antonio in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, the unexpected—sure to be awesome—sequel to his 2010 grindhouse-actioner Machete. This time, the ex-Federale (Danny Trejo) is out to take down a billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson).
Heard joins a cast featuring sex senoritas Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexa Vega, twins Elise and Electra Avellan and returning players Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez. Costarring caballeros include Charlie Sheen, Demian Bechir, Edward James Olmos and Lady Ga-Ga.
Heard can also be seen in Drive Angry, Zombieland, The Ward, The Stepfather, And Soon the Darkness and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. She is a self professed lesbian and part of Clatto’s list of The Hottest Women Working in Horror Today.
It may be Halloween, but eOne Entertainment has already got your Thanksgiving Day covered with the Nov. 20 DVD release of Japanese director Takao Nakano’s new romantic-comedy Big Tits Zombie, starring porn star Sora Aoi … you’re welcome.
Big Tits Zombie follows a stripper (Aoi) out to save a small town from a zombie invasion and is an adaptation of the popular manga “Kyonyuu Dragon” (aka: “Big Tits Dragon”) by artist Rei Mikamoto. The film arrives on DVD uncut and in both 3-D and standard format.
If you’re not familiar with starlet Aoi’s work, you’ve got a month to catch up on her critically acclaimed classics Wife Violated in Front of Her Husband, Sora Will Relieve You Greatly, Big Dick PakoPako, Bodily Fluids Mingling, and the painful-sounding Staggering Facial Ejaculation.
Open Road has dropped a trailer for the Marlon Wayan’s penned horror spoof A Haunted House, a send-up of found-footage flicks such as Paranormal Activity and The Devil Inside. Wayans stars with Essence Atkins (“Are We There Yet?”), Nick Swardson (“Reno 911”) and Cedric the Entertainer.
The film’s synopsis reads:
A Haunted House features young couple Malcolm (Wayans) and Kisha (Atkins) who have just moved into their dream house. As they settle in, they quickly find they’re not alone.
Malcolm hires everyone from a priest to modern day ghostbusters to rid her of this unwelcome intruder, determined not to let the evil spirit ruin his relationship… or, more importantly, his sex life.
But it’s not the house that’s haunted, it’s Malcolm’s girlfriend who is possessed by a demon.
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The Asylum has released a trailer for their upcoming home video epic Age of the Hobbits, a Lord of the Rings meets Apocalypto fantasy-actioner starring Christopher Judge (“Stargate SG 1”), Chinese stunner Bai Ling (Crank 2: High Voltage) and a grip of Mexican midgets (si se puede!).
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The film’s synopsis reads:
In an age long ago, the last village of clever, peace-loving Hobbits is attacked and enslaved by the Java Men, komodo-worshiping, dragon-riding cannibals.
Now the young Hobbit Goben, along with his father and sister, must seek help from the “giants” (human hunters) to find the Javas’ lair and rescue the last surviving Hobbits, Goben’s mother among them.
In their quest to destroy the Javas, the heroic partnership of humans and Hobbits will transform both species forever.
Age of the Hobbits arrives on DVD on Dec. 11.
Open Road has released a three-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D, the long-awaited Silent Hill sequel from director Michael J. Basset and producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody (Resident Evil: Aftermath).
The clip includes interviews with stars Adelaide Clemens (Heather Mason), Sean Bean (Harry Mason), Kit Harington (Vincent Carter), Malcolm McDowell (Leonard Wolf), Deborah Kara Unger (Dahlia Gillespie) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Claudia Wolf).
Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D arrives in theaters on Oct. 26.
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MGM and Sony Screen Gems have released a teaser-trailer for director Kimberly Peirce’s (Boys Don’t Cry) upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s 1974 novel “Carrie,” starring Chloe Moretz (Let Me In) as the tormented telekinetic teen.
Carrie tells the story of a bullied high school girl who develops deadly telepathic powers when she reaches puberty. After suffering a humiliating prank at her school’s prom, she freaks the fuck out and uses her new found skills to punish her classmates and her deranged mother.
Costars include Julianne Moore as her mother Margaret White, Judy Greer (“Californication”) as gym teacher Miss Desjardin, Portia Doubleday (Youth in Revolt) as Chris Hargenson, Gabriella Wilde (Three Musketeers) as Sue Snell and Alex Russell (Chronicle) as Billy Nolan.
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“Party of Five” starlet Lacey Chabert is a reason to go crazy over Highland Film Group’s upcoming anthology Sanitarium, set to be shopped at next month’s American Film Market. The 30-year-old stunner is part of a cast that includes genre heroes Robert Englund and Malcolm McDowell and Lou Diamond Phillips.
The film’s synopsis reads:
Sanitarium consists of three tales based on three particular patients of a mental institution. Each tale begins with Dr. Stenson, the primary physician at the Sanitarium, commenting on the recent arrival of a new patient. As Dr. Stenson speaks, the individual’s story begins.
Chabert made her big screen debut as Penny Robinson in 1998’s Lost in Space, but her natural talents were better displayed in 2006’s Black Christmas remake and 2010 little seen, but awesome, Thirst. She’ll next be seen in the supernatural thriller Ghost of Goodnight Lane.