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‘Elysium’ Viral Marketing Promises A “Better Life” Away From Earth [Comic Con 2012] “Can’t Find The Luxury You Deserve On Earth? Look No Further Than Elysium” Sony’s viral marketing campaign forDistrict 9helmerNeill Blomkamp’s second feature filmElysiummight have been the most interesting thing I encountered on the show floor on preview night at Comic Con 2012. They had an border checkpoint booth with a human-shaped automated system to find out if you qualify for homes on Elysium — a pristine man made spaceship oasis for the super rich....

‘First Light’ Borrows The ‘Chronicle’ Template For A Satisfying Sci-Fi Romance [SXSW] As this generation’s filmmakers attempt to create their own superhero origin stories without going through Marvel or DC,Jason Stone’sFirst Lightsucceeds by blendingChroniclewith YA romance. Hard sci-fi elements that limit themselves to rural country suburbs before breaking out like a conspiracy containment gone wrong. As illuminations flicker and cosmic mysteries unravel, a relationship between boy and girl remains thematically intrinsic – powers exist, but effects needn’t overshadow story....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Ride Opening Date Revealed, Disneyland Announces ‘Summer Of Heroes’ Disneyland Resort has finally revealed the opening date for theGuardians of the Galaxyretheme ofTwilight Zone’s Tower Of Terroras part of a grand opening “Summer of Heroes” event which will bring an increased Marvel presence to Disney California Adventure theme park. I’ll say this much, Black Widow fans should be excited for this one. Find out the details on when the Guardians of the Galaxy Ride opening date will take place and what will be included in the “Summer of Heroes”, after the jump....

‘Here Today’ Trailer: Tiffany Haddish And Billy Crystal Become Fast Friends Billy Crystalis still kicking around. He’s been laying pretty low for the most part, starring in small productions likeThe Comedian,Untogether,andStanding Up, Falling Down, usually playing a funny father figure. Now the comedian is keeping that tradition going strong in a new film, and he’ll be joined by one of the most popular comedians at the height of their career.Here Todayfinds Billy Crystal starring as a veteran comedy writer who forms an unlikely friendship with a New York lounge singer played byTiffany Haddish....

‘His Dark Materials’ Season 2 Featurette Introduces The All-Powerful Subtle Knife There’s never been a better time to escape to a different world, andHis Dark Materialshas loads of them. But things look pretty dire even in the parallel worlds that populate BBC and HBO’s epic fantasy series, which adapts Philip Pullman’s beloved trilogy of the same name. There’s a war a’brewing that spans multiple worlds, with both sides eying one all-powerful weapon with a not-so-obvious name....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Still Has Shooting To Complete A quick glance at the /Film archives reveals the fourthMad Maxmovie,Mad Max: Fury Road, has been in the public eye since early 2009. Four years is a normal amount of time for fans to be aware of a movie’s existence (we sometimes hear about movies before scripts exist, for example) but what makesFury Roadso unique is it was supposed to shoot in 2010, then was delayed to a 2012 shoot, and now it’s 2013....

‘Make Believe’ Trailer - A Teen Magician Doc By The Guys Behind ‘King Of Kong’ Sure,Harry Pottercan drive away Dementors or summon his broomstick with a wave of a wand — but he only exists in fantasies. The kids inMake Believeare the real deal. The film, which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, follows six teenagers as they journey to Las Vegas in order to attend the World Magic Seminar and compete for the title of Teen World Champion....

‘McCanick’ Trailer: Cory Monteith’s Final Role Couldn’t Be Further From ‘Glee’ Before his tragic death last month,GleestarCory Monteithhad wrapped two indies to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The trailer for one of these,Josh C. Waller’sMcCanick, has just hit the web. In it, Monteith plays Simon Weeks, who’s fresh off a stint in prison and in possession of a very dangerous secret.David Morsestars as the short-tempered cop who years ago helped put him away, and now is desperate to verify Simon doesn’t tell what he knows....

‘Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life’ Trailer: It’s Time To Break All The Rules Based on theJames Patterson’s popular young adult novel,Middle School: The Worst Years of My Lifecomes from directorSteve Carr. Carr is the director behindNext Friday,Dr. Doolittle 2,Daddy Day Care,Are We Done Yet?, and, his last feature, 2009’sPaul Blart: Mall Cop. He’s directed many harmless kids movies, which is probably the best way also to describe how his upcoming film looks....

‘Mr. Church’ Trailer: Eddie Murphy Gets Serious It’s been a while since we’ve seenEddie Murphystretch his dramatic muscles. Heck, it’s been a while since we’ve seen Eddie Murphy at all. His last film wasA Thousand Words, released all the way back in 2012. But he’s back this fall, and with his most dramatic role since 2006’sDreamgirls. Murphy leadsMr. Churchas Mr. Church himself — a cook hired to care for a young girl (Britt Robertson) and her dying mother (Natascha McElhone)....

‘Real Steel’ Teaser Trailer Briefly: If you ever dreamed of a live action, big budget Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie, directorShawn Levyand starHugh Jackmanare happy to oblige. Check out the awesome first trailer forReal Steel, opening August 19, 2025 in regular format and IMAX theaters, after the jump.Real Steelalso starsAnthony Mackie, Evangeline LillyandKevin Durandin the futuristic story of a man and his son, who team up to help a robot win the championship after the man himself ends his human boxing career....

‘Star Wars’ Novelist Tries To Explain The Illogical Plan To Rescue Han Solo In ‘Return Of The Jedi’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most of youStar Warsfans out there have seenReturn of the Jedidozens of times. You can quote your favorite lines, you know the action scenes beat-for-beat, and you can explain exactly what happens to all your friends who haven’t seen it. But have you ever stopped to consider how the plan to rescue Han Solo at the beginning of the movie actually worked?...

‘The Catcher Was A Spy’ Trailer: Paul Rudd Gets Dramatic Paul Ruddtries his hand at drama inThe Catcher Was a Spytrailer. Based on a true story, the film finds Rudd playing Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. The week of Paul Rudd movie trailers continues! On the heels of the recentAnt-Man and the Wasptrailer, we now have Rudd appearing in the much more seriousTheCatcher Was a Spytrailer....