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‘The Forest’ Trailer: The Woods Reeeally Want To Kill Natalie Dormer SurelyNatalie Dormerhas what it takes to be a great scream queen. Audiences may be more used to watching her strut around fantasy worlds (Game of Thrones) and sprint through science fiction dystopias (The Hunger Games), but here is an actress with all of the right ingredients for a great horror movie heroine – she’s beautiful and tough and there’s a crafty intelligence on display in many of her performances that allow you to believe that she’s not just another bimbo to add to the kill count....

‘The Pirates! Band Of Misfits’ Trailer Parodies ‘The Hunger Games,’ Uses Rather Ironic Tagline So Aardman Animations has a new film coming out, calledPirates! Band of Misfits. It looks reallytremendouslycute, as it depicts a bunch of pirates via CGI-enhanced stop-motion animation. All good so far. Now a new trailer for the film seeks to parodyThe Hunger Games, and while that seems like a shaky tactic after the never-ending stream ofMuppetsparody trailers, I can’t complain much about that, either....

‘Tragedy Girls’ Trailer: When Social Media Obsession (Literally) Kills Heathersmay be coming back for the Instagram generation on TV Land, but it could likely beTragedy Girlsthat captures the satirical cynical heart of the ’80s black comedy. Following the trend of social media-lambasting films,Tragedy Girlsis about two best friends who launch a macabre blog documenting the victims of a serial killer. But fame is killer, and the two girls unlock not just their social media fame, but their own inner sociopaths....

‘War Machine’ Trailer: Brad Pitt Will Win The War In Afghanistan (He Doesn’t) Brad Pitthas always been at his best when he abandons all pretense of being a “movie star” and embraces his inner-character actor. So there’s plenty of fun to be had in theWar Machinetrailer from watching one of the most famous men in the world vanish under a grey head of hair and a grizzled accent. Pitt seems to be putting his energies into a film that feels designed to ruffle feathers....

A ‘RoboCop’ Prequel With No RoboCop? MGM Is Developing A Show About Ronny Cox’s Dick Jones What does aRoboCopprequel look like without RoboCop in it? A similar question was posed when AMC’sBetter Call Saulwas first announced, and similar to how that show tracks Jimmy McGill’s transformation into scummy lawyer Saul Goodman, MGM’s new RoboCop prequel show aims to track the evolution of a younger Richard Jones into Dick Jones, the slimy corporate predator played by Ronny Cox in Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 classic....

Aaron Sorkin To Write The Challenge With Clooney As Producer And Star According toVariety, Aaron Sorkin has been tapped to write Warner Brothers’The Challenge, a courtroom drama based on the Supreme Court case,Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.George Clooney and Grant Heslov will produce, with Clooney possibly playing a role as Navy lawyer Charles Swift. Salim Ahmed Hamdan was a Yemeni driver who worked for Osama Bin Laden. Captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, he was sent to Guantanamo Bay and charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism....

Alamo Drafthouse Bans Google Glass During Movies AddGoogle Glassto theAlamo Drafthouse’s long list of no-nos. The Texas-based chain has officially banned the wearable devices in auditoriums “once lights dim for trailers.” While many of its rules are designed to minimize distractions for all moviegoers, CEOTim Leaguesays the Google Glass ban has to do with piracy issues. Hit the jump for all the details on the new rule — including one potential exception....

All Marvel Studios Movies Are Coming To IMAX Screens In September, Even ‘Incredible Hulk’ We all knowMarvel Studiosis currently celebrating the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And whileAvengers: Infinity Warwas one hell of a way to celebrate the unprecedented crossover of all these film franchises, the comic book movie studio has another treat for fans to enjoy this year. Marvel Studios has announced that all 20 of their movies, fromIron Manto this year’sAvengers: Infinity WarandAnt-Man and the Wasp, will return to IMAX screens for a limited run at the end of August through the first week of September....

All Of Wong Kar-Wai’s Films Getting 4K Restorations Chungking Express,In the Mood for Love, and the rest ofWong Kar-wai’s acclaimed filmography is poised to receive the 4K restoration treatment by next year. The Hong Kong film director confirmed the restorations recently, indicating that new releases from Criterion are on the way. This is great news for fans of Wong’s work – especially sinceChungking Expresshas been out of print for a few years....

Amazon’s New Trailers: ‘Transparent’ Season 3, ‘Goliath,’ ‘One Mississippi,’ And ‘Fleabag’ The conversation about streaming television often seems to begin and end with Netflix, which is a bit of a shame. While they may be the biggest player in the game (and have the library of original programming to match), the competition is nothing to scoff at. Take at lookAmazon, who have just dropped a new trailer forTransparentseason three and a trio of new shows: the law dramaGoliath,Tig Notaro’sOne Mississippi, and the dark comedyFleabag....

Awkwafina To Star In The Adaptation Of ‘The Last Adventure Of Constance Verity’ Awkwafinais going to save the world. Not only will she soon be appearing in a Marvel superhero movie, the actress and comedian will be leading a blockbuster franchise of her own. Awkwafina has been tapped to star inThe Last Adventure of Constance Verityadaptation as the titular heroine of the fantasy adventure novel by A. Lee Martinez. Awkwafina will be leadingThe Last Adventure of Constance Veritycast under Legendary....

Baby Mama Movie Trailer Okay, on three,now push it,push it real good.Last year’s trend of “I’m pregnant!” laffs continues into 2008 with a twist calledBaby Mama. See,Tina Fey’s character can’t get pregnant, so she hires an uneducated chick from South Philly to be her surrogate, or as some might loosely refer to on “the streets”: a “baby mama”! Fey’s homegirl from theSNL"Weekend Update" years,Amy Poehler, gets her baby mama on, squatting in a sink, eating junk, watching monster truck rallies, giving delayed response, and possibly using PAM spray to deliver....

Behind The Scenes: ‘The World’s End’ B-Roll And The VFX Of ‘Elysium’ Whether you’re depicting an ugly urban dystopia, or merely the end of the world as we know it, a lot of work goes into crafting scenes worthy of splashy summer releases. Today, we have two videos that show just what that labor entails. A new featurette spotlights the special effects ofNeill Blomkamp’sElysium, while 15 minutes of B-roll footage show what went on behind the scenes ofEdgar Wright’sThe World’s End....