'Bond 24' Officially Titled 'Spectre'; Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, and more Confirmed

Nobody makes a show out of a simple title and cast announcement better than the producers of the James Bond franchise. Every time a new 007 film is on the way the Internet obsesses over what it will be titled, and producers today have fed into that enthusiasm with a huge spectacle at Pinewood Studios to announce that Bond 24 will be officially titled Spectre.

You'll recall that SPECTRE is the name of the evil organization that includes Bond nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, recently rumored to be played by Christoph Waltz. Well now Waltz has been confirmed for the film, but as a character named Oberhauser, which sounds like a name designed to deceive the fans. He joins along with the previously rumored Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci as Madeleine Swann and Lucia Sciarra, Dave Bautista as henchman Mr. Hinx, and Andrew Scott (Pride) as a character named Denbigh. Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear, and Ben Whishaw will all be returning in their familiar roles.

Other than that we didn't learn much from returning director Sam Mendes, except that Bond's hot new ride will be the Aston Martin DB10. Production is now underway on Spectre, which opens November 6th 2015.

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New Posters from David Fincher's 'Gone Girl' Drop Some Clues

There's a great deal of anticipation for David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel, Gone Girl, but so far we've seen very little from it other than a teaser trailer. That will change tomorrow when a new trailer is released for the film led by Batman himself, Ben Affleck, but for now eager fans will have to follow the evidence revealed in a handful of teaser posters.

Flynn's novel centers on former journalist-turned-bar owner Nick (Affleck) who is suspected in the disappearance of his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) on their fifth wedding anniversary.  The images put evidence of the crime into evidence bags including some sexy lingerie, a possible murder weapon, a wedding photo from happier times for the couple, and a partially burned, accusatory note dated "July 5th" which happens to be their anniversary. 

Also starring Neil Patrick Harris, Emily Ratajkowski, Tyler Perry, Patrick Fugit,  Casey Wilson, Scoot McNairy, and Boyd Holbrook, Gone Girl opens October 3rd.  [Indiewire/Hitfix/AwardsDaily/HuffPo]

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New Director Sought for 'G.I. Joe 3'; Teaser Poster Released

Despite Jon Chu frequently talking about his plans for a sequel to G.I. Joe: Retaliation, it was beginning to look more like he was getting some distance from the franchise. He circled the Star Trek 3 gig for some time, and then took on a live-action Jem and the Holograms. But when his name recently surfaced as the frontrunner to helm Now You See Me 2, it became clear he would not be chronicling the Real American Heroes' next adventure.

Collider spoke with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura who confirmed that new directors are being sought for G.I. Joe 3....

di Bonaventura: “We’re just starting [to talk to directors]. We’re negotiating with a writer right now, and once we close that deal—which should be any moment—then we’ll have a story locked down. I’m really excited about it.” 

Paramount Pictures recently dated the film for some time in 2016, which means a production date of early next year is likely. Dwayne Johnson, who is due to return and take over the franchise as Roadblock, previously said filming would begin in January of 2015, but di Bonaventura says it will be a touch later...

di Bonaventura: "G.I. Joe 3 we are trying to get going, starting early next year…I think it’ll be a little later than [January]. I think February or March is probably more realistic. We were originally shooting for January and I think it’s slid a little bit, but you never know. It’s still a little too early to tell yet."

As for other characters who might be returning other than Roadblock? That's still very much up in the air...

di Bonaventura: “One thing is for sure: there were some characters the fans were really shouting for us to put in, we’re gonna put in a few one of the ones that they know that would be new to the movie audience if they don’t know the mythology.”

One thing is clear, though, and that the ninja action is only due to be ramepd up to another level, at least if this teaser poster, sent to our pals at Bleeding Cool, is to be believed. It shows the insignia of the Arashikage Clan, of which Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes are members.

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*UPDATE* It's Brad Pitt vs. zombies in the first 'World War Z' footage

*UPDATE* I've included the newly released teaser poster, which is basically just a logo. Kinda lame, really. *

"Brad Pitt vs. an army of zombies! Only one man can save the world"! Sometimes I think Entertainment Tonight has absolutely zero interest in the movies they hype, just the people starring in them. Anyone who has read Max Brooks' incredible novel, World War Z, knows that the central character Pitt plays is not trying to save the world, nor is he fighting an army of the undead. But who cares about that you can have the host breathlessly claiming the opposite?

Anyway, ET has dropped the first footage from the troubled, long-delayed film from Marc Forster(Machine Gun Preacher) that underwent a ton of reshoots and rewrites. It was originally intended to open next month, but all of the issues got it bumped down to June 21st 2013. Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, a U.N. bureaucrat who in the wake of a global zombie war travels the world interviewing key figures in the battle. As you'll see in the footage, he runs into a lot of trouble along the way, and the zombies are of the speedster 28 Days Later variety. No "walkers" in this bunch.

The book as it was written is so massive and features so many characters that some significant changes had to be made for the adaptation. Judging by the look it, we'll be getting more action and less analysis of the world's response to an extinction-level threat.

The full trailer lands on Thursday, but the below clip is pretty incredible. Check it out for yourself....

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New poster for zombie romance 'Warm Bodies'

Following on Jonathan Levine's success with the cancer comedy 50/50, all eyes were on his follow-up film, Warm Bodies. After a flurry of activity and attention the first few months, we've heard next to nothing about it since the release date was bumped from last August to next year. Now with that date only four months away, we're getting a new teaser poster which features star Nicholas Hoult(X-men: First Class) as one of the undead.

An adaptation of Isaac Marion's novel, the story centers on a highly unusual zombie simply named 'R' who saves the girlfriend of one of his cohorts' victims. Teresa Palmer plays Julie, the woman he saves and enters into a relationship with that may transform not only him, but the entire world.

Analeigh Tipton, Rob Corddry, John Malkovich, Dave Franco, and Cory Hardrict will co-star when Warm Bodies opens on February 1st. A teaser poster like this usually means a trailer is on the way, so keep an eye out for that. [STYD]

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Is this the first 'Robocop' teaser poster?

Fresh off this weekend's first look reveal of the new Robocop suit, Cine 1 says they have a new teaser poster for the film, which seems to confirm the cyborg's updated look. I'm reluctant to confirm if this is genuine or not, as Cine 1 are the same folks who gave us that admittedly awesome Transformers 4 promo image that I still can't confirm was real.  Whatever the case, I dig the image and the "We've Got the Future Under Control" tagline works to emphasize the totalitarian atmosphere.

Opening on  August 9th, Robocop is directed by Jose Padilha and stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel, Michael K. Williams, Jackie Earle Haley, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

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Comic-Con News: 'Man of Steel' teaser poster debuts

Man! of! Steel! Poster! +Girly squeal+!

Feast your eyes on the glory coming to theaters June 13, 2013, with Henry Cavill (Immortals) as Superman in director Zack Snyder's (Watchmen, Sucker Punch) much-anticipated franchise reboot. I'm liking the pec cleavage, I must admit - as well as the weird chainmail-y look of the suit itself. Brings to mind what Spider-Man rocked in the Andrew Garfield-starring The Amazing Spider-Man, no?

Either way, I'm into it - as well as the news Travis Hopson brought us from Comic-Con, that the Man of Steel teaser will debut before The Dark Knight Rises opens later this month. I'm not even trying to control my geekery anymore, you know? I'm just letting it happen!

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1st teaser poster for 'Anchorman: The Legend Continues'

Fans of Anchorman finally got their wish when Adam McKay, and Ron Burgundy himself, announced that a sequel to the hit 2004 comedy was on the way. The announcement came kinda out of the blue, as we'd been told for a few years that it wouldn't happen, with the project totally shut down on at least one occasion. Now McKay saying that filming could begin next year, possibly to arrive by next Christmas, the marketing campaign has begun in earnest with a teaser trailer attached to showings of The Dictator, and now this new teaser poster which also revealed the official title, Anchorman: The Legend Continues.

Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner, and Christina Applegate are all expected to return. McKay has repeatedly stated how they're still hammering out the script, so nailing down a plot this early has been a little difficult. We've heard rumors of it being a big musical production; or a story involving a custody battle. The one thing that sounds concrete is when the film will take place, during the advent of the 24hr news cycle in the late 1970s. Expect cameos galore, just like the previous film, and hopefully another huge celebrity brawl.

Well I'm excited. How about you? [LCMG]

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Teaser poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's film formerly titled 'The Master'

Is there any filmmaker for you that everything they make is just pure gold? For me, that guy is Paul Thomas Anderson. Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood...they all count as some of my favorite movies ever, and they're all vastly different in terms of premise and narrative. Any day that a new Anderson film premieres it's like my birthday, Christmas, and "Pizza Friday" in elementary school all rolled into one.

After an inauspicious beginning, Anderson's religiously themed epic formerly titled The Master is up and running. The Weinstein Company is distributing, and the cast has filled out nicely with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix in the two major roles. Even if the plot has been "tweaked" a little, I know Anderson did it for the better. Initially the film soundedlike a take on the origins of Scientology but now is described as being about a guy who creates a belief system in the aftermath of World War II.

A somewhat meager teaser poster has cropped up(seen above) over at Cannes for the film, discovered by Cigarettes and Red Vines(via Slashfilm). As others have noted, there's not a lot to it, and is likely just a way of getting the word out to the money dealing folks at the festival. Check it out below!

Shooting begins next month with a likely release some time in 2012. Can't wait!

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