New teaser trailer for Cars 2 released

About a month ago Disney released some concept art for the film.  Now they have released some real images and a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Disney/Pixar film "Cars 2"

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars 2” when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret spy mission, Mater’s action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world. Adding to the fast-paced fun is a colorful new all-car cast that includes secret agents, menacing villains and international racing competitors.

“Cars 2” hits the track on July 22, 2011, 

and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D.

Images © Disney/Pixar

Battle: Los Angeles - Trailer

Our friends over Sony Pictures Releasing have just released the new, International, trailer for the film.  Can anyone answer me - Why do Aliens ALWAYS land in America, mostly in either L.A., Washington or New York?

For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world -- Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.

"Battle: Los Angeles" is released in the UK & Ireland on March 25th 2011.
images and trailer © Sony Pictures Releasing

The film is also known, outside UK and Ireland, as ‘World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles’.

Winnie The Pooh

From our friends over at Disney we can proudly show you the first trailer of the film.

Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh,” the first big-screen Pooh adventure from Disney animation in more than 35 years. With the charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. “Well a tail is either there or it isn’t there,” said Pooh. “And yours isn’t… there.” Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some hunny. Inspired by five stories from A.A. Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art style

“Winnie the Pooh” opens in UK cinemas from April 15th 2011.
find out more at the official website

images © Disney

Sony releases new trailers

Sony Pictures Releasing has just released trailers for 3 forthcoming films.

Just Go With It
UK Release date: 23 February 2011
Official website

In Just Go With It, a plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

The Zookeeper
UK Release date: 8 July 2011

In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job.  The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk!  To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style.  The film also stars Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb and features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone.

Friends With Benefits
UK Release date: 19 August 2011
official website

The romantic comedy stars Timberlake and Mila Kunis as two good friends whose relationship gets complicated when they decide to become romantic. Directed by Will Gluck.

Evolution of a trailer with Tron Legacy

With just over a month to go to the release of Tron: Legacy. Disney has released the final trailer for the film. With that in mind I thought of going back through the trailers that have been released for the film from the 2009 Comic Con "test footage" to the final trailer.  So after a year of being drip fed trailers to the manic releases of the final two trailers in the last 2 weeks I give you the evolution of the Tron: Legacy trailer.


It all started at Comic Con in 2009 with a short FX test sequence showing the new Light Cycle

Strange things are happening at the "old arcade" - this is the "Teaser trailer"

We now find out what happened to Flynn and his son.

Now the final trailer in the sequence and lots and lots more effect shots

TRON: LEGACY is a high-tech 3D adventure set in a digital world unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar®-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world’s leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent to the old Flynn’s Arcade – a signal that could only have come from his father – he finds himself pulled into a digital world where his father has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of a fearless warrior, Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe, created by Kevin himself, which has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons and landscapes, and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape

In Cinemas December 17 in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D
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Images © Disney

Tron Legacy and super heroes

Some strange things have been coming out of Disney recently in regards to Tron: Legacy with Marvel super heroes in the Tron universe

TRON: LEGACY is a high-tech 3D adventure set in a digital world unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar®-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world’s leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent to the old Flynn’s Arcade – a signal that could only have come from his father – he finds himself pulled into a digital world where his father has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of a fearless warrior, Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe, created by Kevin himself, which has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons and landscapes, and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape

Concept art - slideshow

In Cinemas December 17 in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D
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Images © Disney

V: The Complete Series - Review

This series is excellent, 4 stars all the way.

Firstly, if you were a fan of the original series, you will be excited to try this and maybe a little worrried too, I know I was. There is nothing disappointing about V: The Complete Series, it is exciting and fast paced and retains the sense of mystery which we all enjoyed so much the first time around. Although it is a remake of the original series (aired in the 80s) it holds it's own very well alongside any of the more recent sci-fi offerings.

The basic premise remains the same; Aliens arrive at Earth, publicly offering peace, but privately with a very different agenda. If anything, in the current climate of heightened awareness of the threat of terrorism, the story carries more impact now than it did originally.

The series follows the stories of the members of the Resistance and how they each deal with the moral dilemmas with which they are presented. Among these; the discovery of 'sleeper cells' of infiltrating Visitors, present on Earth for many years and establishing themselves in prominent positions in the human community, effectively casting suspicion upon everybody. Also dealt with very well are the various Mother and child relationships.

The cast are excellent, as is the acting, Elizabeth Mitchell - Lost (playing Erica Evans) and Morena Baccarin (playing Anna - the Leader of the Vs) are particularly good and fans of the genre will find plenty of familiar faces, Joel Gretch - 4400 (playing Father Jack), Lexa Doig, Alan Tudyck, among others.

Any fans of the original series wil be very happy to see a couple of brilliant (and very direct) homages, seemingly a hats-off to their predecessors and a most welcome addition.

Because it has been so well brought up to date, V: The Complete Series will also make great viewing for any newcomers to the story, in fact, in some ways I envy the voyage of discovery which awaits them.

The visual effects and make-up are at times nothing short of spectacular and bring a new dimension to the story which simply wasn't possible in the 80s.

Special Features

• Deleted Scenes
• The Actor's Journey From Human to V Featurette
• Commentary with Steve Pearlman and Scott Rosenbaum
• Breaking Story, The World of V Featurette
• An Alien in Human Skin: The Makeup of V Featurette
• The Visual Effects of V Featurette

The special features are relatively short, but that is not always a bad thing! Fans of directors commentary may be litttle disappointed that it is available only for one episode, but otherwise they seem fairly comprehensive and informative.

In summary, they have thoroughly done justice to what was always a brilliant story, and this is a must see for sci-fi fans everywhere!

The DVD is out to buy from November 8, 2010.

You can find out more by heading over to the official website
all images are © 2009 Warner Brothers. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED