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‘The Snowman’ International Trailer: Michael Fassbender Hunts A Grisly Serial Killer While thefirst official trailer forThe Snowmanoffered a tantalizing look atMichael Fassbender’s hunt for a serial killer with a chilling trademark, the international trailer delivers even more gore and intrigue. The adaptation of Norwegian crime novelistJo Nesbø’s novel by Swedish directorTomas Alfredson(ofLet the Right One InandTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spyfame) promises to be more than just a typical murder mystery set in a desolate snowscape, which is beginning to become a startlingly popular genre lately....

‘This Giant Beast That Is The Global Economy’ Trailer Features Doomsday Prep, Artificial Intelligence, And More Kal Pennand directorAdam McKaywant to teach you about the global economy. That doesn’t sound very exciting at first, but just wait – theThis Giant Beast That is the Global Economytrailer goes to great lengths to make all of this sexy, funny, and, well, kind of scary. And it’s educational, too. For instance: you’ll learn all about how we’ll turn into cannibals a mere two months after the global economy collapses....

28 Weeks Later Helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Direct Clive Owen In Intruders Intactoand28 Weeks LaterdirectorJuan Carlos Fresnadillohasn’t done much since he helmed the sequel to Danny Boyle’s zombie film. He’s been working on the feature version of the video gameBioShocksince last summer, but that seems to be stalled. So Fresnadillo is moving on to a horror/thriller picture calledIntruders, based on a script byJaime MarquesandNico Casariego, which will starClive OwenandInglourious BasterdsvetDaniel Brühl....

Awards Roundup: ‘The Ghost Writer’ Scores At European Film Awards; ‘The King’s Speech’ Takes British Independent Film Awards It’s that time of the year when there will be one film awards ceremony and/or critical poll after another, and we’ve got the results of three to kick off this week. The European Film Awards took place in Estonia over the weekend, andRoman Polanski’sThe Ghost Writerscored six awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, the latter forEwan McGregor....

Bolt Movie Trailer Disney has released the trailer forBolt. Does anyone else find it ironic that an Elvis Presley song is used in the trailer for a movie in which Lilo & Stitch director Chris Sanders was removed as director? I talked about the controversy behind this project last week, if you haven’t had a chance,check it out here. I’ll admit that because of the backstory, it’s hard for me to be accept Disney’s reworking of Sander’s original designs....

Check Out These Behind The Scenes Images From ‘The Avengers’ I’m hesitant to call the images in this post “Joss Whedon Porn” but I think I just did. Marvel has just released six images from behind the scenes ofThe Avengers, several featuringJoss Whedoninteracting on set with stars such asSamuel L. Jackson, Mark RuffaloandChris Hemsworth. There’s even one of the writer/director himself, just hanging out with Captain America’s shield. The photographer knew what he was doing....

Cool Stuff: Dano Brown’s Hand-Crafted Action Figures For ‘Forrest Gump’, ‘The Big Lebowski’ & More For all you action figure collectors out there,iam8bitgallery in Los Angeles has a new exhibition you might want to check out, especially if you’re into the kind of action figures that haven’t been produced before. ArtistDano Brown, who has been obsessed with customized action figures since he was a kid, put together an exhibition of 40 original action figures inspired by movies, television and video games....

Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy Print Set ArtistMatt Fergusonhas created aLord of the Ringstrilogy print set that is beautiful. Bottleneck Gallery is releasing the set in a timed edition, which means anyone who wants to buy these will have an opportunity, unlike most limited edition screenprint releases. See the prints in full and find out where and when you can purchase them, after the jump. Matt Ferguson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy Print Set Matt Ferguson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy Set is officially licensed by Warner Bros/New Line....

DC’s ‘Doom Patrol’ Casts Timothy Dalton As The Chief Call him Chief.TheChief. Former 007Timothy Daltonhas been cast as the leader of the DC Universe’s newest band of superpowered misfits in the streaming TV series,Doom Patrol. Dalton will lead a cast that includesBrendan Fraser, Alan Tudyk, Diane Guerrero, and more in the series set to debut on DC’s digital platform. Deadlinereports that Timothy Dalton has been tapped to play Dr. Niles “The Chief” Caulder, a modern-day mad scientist described as “a pioneer in medical science, searching the world over for those on the edge of death in need of a miracle....

Dexter: New Blood: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) This fall, “Dexter” is making a comeback on Showtime with a limited series revival that will hopefullymake up for the disappointing series finalefrom back in 2013. Michael C. Hall is back as the titular serial killer, who was last seen living his life as a lumberback with a terrible beard in Oregon, having left behind his bloodthirsty life in Miami....

Dwayne Johnson Still Deciding Between Shazam And Black Adam [Updated] We’ve known for a while now that Dwayne Johnson has plans to star in a Shazam movie. But there have been some conflicting reports about which part he’d play, and now we know why: He hasn’t decided yet. Hit the jump to read his latest comments on the matter. Update:Further comments from Johnson have been added below, relating that he wanted to announce Shazam at Comic Con, and saying that he expects the official announcement to come soon....

First ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Teaser Trailer Goes Back To The Beginning As AMC’sThe Walking Deadwrapped up its fifth season this weekend, it left us with one last parting gift: the first teaser trailer for the upcoming spinoff,Fear the Walking Dead. Kim Dickens,Cliff Curtis,Frank Dillane, andAlycia DebnamCarey lead the new series, which takes place in the same universe asThe Walking Deadbut in an entirely different time and place. Watch theFear the Walking Deadteaser trailer after the jump....

Friday Night Shocker: Disney Chairman Dick Cook Fired After 38 Years After three days of no significant news, it’s crazy that the week’s biggest event went down literally at five PM Pacific on a Friday night.Dick Cook, the popular chairman of Disney who’s been working for the mouse house for the past 38 years (chairman for the last seven years), was fired tonight by CEORobert Iger. Or did he leave? And, much more importantly, who will replace him?...