Movie News Rush 22

"Machete"

The news - A new gory red trailer that debuted at Comic-Con.



"The Goon"

The news - Footage that was shown at Comic-Con for "The Goon," an animated film produced by David Fincher based off a comic series. There's zombies, violence and a jiggle factor - what's not to love?

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

"The Avengers"

The news - Mark Ruffalo is confirmed to play the Hulk and Jeremy Renner is confirmed to play Hawkeye in "The Avengers."

Deadline
Rope of Silicon
Screen Rant
The Geek Files

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"

The news - A pre-recorded video of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow shown at Comic-Con in anticipation for the fourth film in the popular Disney franchise.



"Let Me In"

The news - The newest trailer for the film that was shown at Comic-Con.



"Priest"

The news - "Priest" is an adaptation of the TokyoPop manga created by Hyung Min-woo. It fuses the western genre with supernatural horror, gun fu and dark fantasy themes and is notable for its unusual, angular art style.

Here's the trailer from Comic-Con.


Priest trailer

Movie News Rush 19

"Machete"

The news - After seeing the "illegal" trailer from back in May, I definitely wanted to see more of this film. A newly released trailer does not disappointment with some awesome shots of Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez (and even some fights with Steven Seagal).

More Machete Videos

"X-Men: First Class" Students

The news - We have a growing list of new additions to the upcoming "X-Men" prequel. "A Single Man" and "Clash of the Titans" actor Nicholas Hoult will be taking on a the role of Hank McCoy/Beast, which originally belonged to Benjamin Walker (who has obviously not a attached to the film anymore).

Along with that news, Caleb Landry Jones ("No Country for Old Men") is confirmed to play Sean Cassidy/Banshee and Aaron Johnson ("Kick-Ass") is rumored to be locked in the role for Scott Summers/Cyclops. Another rumor is that of Lucas Till ("Hannah Montana: The Movie") in negotiations to play Alex Summers/Havok, the younger brother of Cyclops.

They will join James McAvoy as Professor Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto and Alice Eve as Emma Frost. Other rumors surrounding the film include the possibility Amber Heard may play Mystique and Rosamund Pike may play Moira MacTaggert.

Deadline
Variety
Entertainment Weekly
Screen Rant 1
Screen Rant 2
Latino Review 1
Latino Review 2
MTV News 1
MTV News 2
The Geek Files
UGO Movie Blog
Rope of Silicon
First Showing

"X-Men: First Class" Villain

The news - I just had to separate this from the other bit because this casting news is truly...unique. Deadline is reporting that Kevin Bacon is in talks to play the villain in the film. But what villain? Some rumors include Mr. Sinister or Sebastian Shaw. If this works out, an actor I never expected to see in a comic book film will be in one.

Latino Review
MTV News
Screen Rant
The Geek Files

"The Expendables"

The news - The countdown to the release of this summer’s male action star brawl, "The Expendables," kicks into gear this week with the release of the first of five featurettes that provide a look at the flick’s raw and bloody action scenes. This one takes a behind the scenes look at the shooting of the hostage scene shown in the trailers (and will most likely be early on in the film).

It offers a look at the sequence from both behind and in front of the camera and is actually a pretty decent featurette that actually shows more than just a lot of talking heads praising their work on the film (though there’s still plenty of that too). And there's even one slight tease showing off how this film is going to be rated R.



Screen Rant

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

The news - A neat behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the film which shows off bits of the final battle that will most likely be in the second of this two-part epic.

Movie News Rush 2

"Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall"

The news - In a press release for Mark Millar's new magazine venture CLiNT (promoting comic books to a new audience), there was an announcement stating that a sequel was in the works for release in 2012.

First Showing
Screen Rant
The Geek Files

"Power of the Dark Crystal"

The news - A sequel to Jim Henson's 1982 classic "The Dark Crystal" is in the works with "Daybreakers" directors Peter and Michael Spierig at the helm.

Live for Films
First Showing
Rope of Silicon
Latino Review

"Machete"

The news - Robert Rodriguez has released a trailer for "Machete" with a political twist.



First Showing
Latino Review
Screen Rant

'Machete' Cast Revealed

Variety has confirmed that Overnight Productions has started filming on "Machete."

Danny Trejo will play the blade-wielding antihero you see in the not-safe-for-work mock trailer that was part of "Grindhouse" at the bottom of this article and will be joined by Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey. Rodriguez is co-directing with protege Ethan Maniquis.

After being betrayed by the organization who hired him, an ex-Federale (Trejo) launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss. The film is expected to be released in 2010.



Source: Rope of Silicon, Variety

Machete

Robert Rodriguez announced back in April that he would be making a film based off of a fake trailer shown during "Grindhouse" The trailer showed Danny Trejo as a Mexican laborer who becomes an assassin (watch the trailer below and yes, it is supposed to look like messed up film).

Rodriguez currently has a full schedule of movies to make including "Predators," a sci-fi action movie called "Nerverackers," "Sin City 2" and "The Jetsons."

Now Rodriguez’s "Machete" is set to start filming in five weeks, as learned by Web site Gordon and the Whale during an interview with the star of the film, professional Mexican badass, Danny Trejo.

As Gordon & The Whale's James Wallace says, "Guess that ends the debate on what Rodriguez’s next film is going to be." Not that we thought it would be anything else - that April announcement did say "Rodriguez is eyeing a June start date in Austin." He's also bringing on Ethan Maniquis, his longtime editor, to help co-direct.

While Trejo let it be known that "Machete" was on the way, he also dropped a bad bit of news: despite widespread reports to the contrary, Danny Trejo has not been cast in Sylvester Stallone’s action flick throwback, "The Expendables."

That is too bad because that movie is going to be pumped full of testosterone, but as I expect, "Machete" shall be pretty manly as well.
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
WARNING: TRAILER BELOW CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, GORE and NUDITY

Sources: Gordan and the Whale, First Showing, Screen Rant