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We have the first two teaser trailer for MAN OF STEEL , starring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Ayelet Zurer as Lara Lor-Van, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Jonathan and Martha Kent and Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy. In the first trailer we get a voice over by Russell Crowe and then second one a voice over by Kevin Costner . I really wish they showed more footage but I guess this is what you get from a teaser trailer. A tease from the upcoming film. Clark Kent is a journalist in his twenties who was adopted as a child by Martha and Jonathan Kent after he was transported to Earth from the dying planet Krypton. Raised with the values of his adoptive parents, he feels alienated because of his unique super abilities and struggles to find his place in life. When the world is attacked, he becomes the hero Superman to protect its people. P...

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie Review By: MattInRC THE DARK KNIGHT RISES delivers a final, resounding end to the trilogy, but it's not without its faults.  WARNING: Major spoilers ahead. It would be impossible to write a review of  THE DARK KNIGHT RISES  without admitting that the series has fundamentally changed the way we watch, anticipate, and market films. If you doubt this, notice the change at your local IMAX theatre, or consider that the Oscar Nominating Committee expanded its lineup of Best Picture candidates after The Dark Knight got snubbed. The effect of TDK is pronounced, but its shadow might be even greater. Perhaps no follow-up could match the performance of the late Heath Ledger as The Joker; but, Christopher Nolan ( Inception, Memento ) has bravely re-entered with a follow-up, almost challenging us to hate on it or at least sneer loudly. So, does the film live up to expectations, tying off any loose ends, while at the same break every record esta...

Moon Bloodgood, Jessy Schram & Colin Cunningham Falling Skies Comic-Con Interview By: John Meneghetti We had the pleasure of covering the Falling Skies junket at Comic-Con this year. Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Robert Rodat and produced by Steven Spielberg. Set six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion, The series is broadcast in the United States on the cable channel TNT, and is a production of DreamWorks Television. Next up we talked to Moon Bloodgood as Anne Glass , the 2nd Mass's doctor. She was a pediatrician before the invasion. She is very inclined towards the civilians, and believes that they should do all they can to help them. Her husband and son were killed at home in the bombings during the invasion. Jessy Schram plays Karen Nadler , the girlfriend of Hal Mason (Drew Roy), who is the son of Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) And Colin Cunningham as John Pope , the leader of a post-ap...

Noah Wyle & Will Patton Falling Skies Comic-Con Interviews By: John Meneghetti We had the pleasure of covering the Falling Skies junket at Comic-Con this year. Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Robert Rodat and produced by Steven Spielberg. Set six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion, the series stars Noah Wyle as Tom Mason, a former Boston University history professor who becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a group of civilians and fighters fleeing post-apocalyptic Boston. The series is broadcast in the United States on the cable channel TNT, and is a production of DreamWorks Television. First up we talked to Noah Wyle as Tom Mason , a former Boston University history professor who becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts, a roughly 300 strong group of civilians and fighters fleeing post-apocalyptic Boston. He has three sons: Hal, the oldest, Ben, t...

Taraji Henson & Chapman PERSON OF INTEREST Interview By: Beevers SandwichJohnFilms had the chance to attend the press junket for the hit TV show PERSON OF INTEREST at Comic-Con 2012. Being that this is MattInRC's favorite, it's only fitting that he sat down with the cast while I stood back and let him do his thing. If you’re a fan of the show (and frankly who isn’t), you know the season finale featured several unexpected turns that left our heroes separated and Reese turning to an unlikely ally for help. Stars Michael Emerson (Finch), Jim Caveizel (Reese), Taraji Henson (Carter) and Kevin Chapman (Fusco) joined series creator Jonathan Nolan and producer Greg Plageman to discuss the show and its unique premise. Next up we sat down with Detective Joss Carter ( Taraji P. Henson ): A NYPD detective and a single mother with a teenaged son, Taylor. Carter is a former U.S. Army interrogator who passed the bar in 2004, but gave up practicing the law to return to...

If there’s one thing that studios like more than anything at the moment, it’s to go digging into their back catalogues and dust off old properties to reboot. Take Sony, for example. Buried in a long interview with Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad is a small mention about wanting to make a new version of Jumanji . You might recall the 1996 original, featuring Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce as two kids who decide to play an old board game they find. Unbeknownst to them, it’s a magical item that can trap the unwary, and the two sprogs release Alan Parrish ( Robin Williams ), who had been sealed within the game’s jungle realm for years. But though he’s glad to be out, the kids’ actions also release a lot of other chaos into the world. With Joe Johnston calling the shots, a lot was made of the film’s CG critters, which were certainly impressive at the time. Now, of course, the studio is looking to shake things up. “We're going to try and reimagine Jumanji and update it f...

This is one of the most coveted roles in Hollywood. And now, after critic- and fan-lauded star turns in Thor, The Avengers, and Snow White And The Huntsman , Chris Hemsworth will be working with Steven Spielberg . Deadline is reporting that Spielberg met and now wants Hemsworth in his next helming effort Robopocalypse , the big technothriller which is sure to become the director’s next big global popcorn film. The Disney-Fox-DreamWorks’ actioner is releasing worldwide on April 25, 2014. (That’s the same weekend that Marvel’s The Avengers was released internationally this year. Disney distributes Robopocalypse domestically, Fox overseas.) The script based on the Daniel H. Wilson epic novel about the human race’s attempt to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising was most recently adapted by hot screenwriter Kario Salem, who has been rewriting Drew Goddard. Robopocalypse puts Spielberg back into the large-scale terrain that is important in his relationship with Reliance. Now Hemsworth ...

The Hits Keep Coming… And Coming… And Coming As Larry, Moe and Curly Nyuk-Nyuk Their Way to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download NOW! The Farrelly Bros . (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber) bring back a beloved classic comedy act with THE THREE STOOGES , a contemporary take on America’s favorite trio of boneheads coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download July 17 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”), Chris Diamantopoulos (“24”) and Will Sasso (“MADTV”) portray the troika of knuckleheads in three hysterical misadventures. Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, newborns Moe ( Diamantopoulos ), Larry ( Hayes ), and Curly ( Sasso ) grow up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuk-nyuking and woo-wooing their way to uncharted levels of knuckleheaded misadventure. Now, out to save their childhood home, only The Three Stooges could become embroiled with an oddball murder plot…while stumbling into starring roles in a phenomenally success...

Experience Em's struggle with an evil spirit as it comes to life in this freaky new motion poster for Sam Raimi's THE POSSESSION . Visual apparitions give us a glimpse at spiritual warfare with the demon that doesn't fear God. Pray for her! Check it out exclusively on Fandango : See the poster after the Jump... Based on real events, THE POSSESSION is the terrifying story of how one family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable evil Clyde ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) and Stephanie Brenek ( Kyra Sedgwick ) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host. Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan (WATCHMEN) and Kyra Sedgw...

Win tickets to see  RED LIGHTS ! We have passes to the special advance screening on Monday, July 23 at 7pm in San Francisco. ID's WILL BE CHECKED RED LIGHTS  is a 2012 Spanish-American thriller film written and directed by Rodrigo Cortés and starring Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy , Toby Jones , Elizabeth Olsen and Leonardo Sbaraglia . Veteran paranormal researchers Dr. Margaret Matheson ( Sigourney Weaver ) and Tom Buckley ( Cillian Murphy ) debunk fraudulent claims of ghost whispering, faith healing and other psychic phenomena by detecting what Matheson calls “red lights,” the subtle tricks behind every staged supernatural occurrence. But when the legendary blind psychic Simon Silver ( Robert De Niro )comes out of retirement after 30 years, his once-fearless adversary Matheson warns Buckley to back off, fearing reprisal from the powerful Silver. Determined to discredit Silver, Buckley and his star student ( Elizabeth Olsen ) use every tool at t...

SandwichJohnFilms had the chance to attend the press junket for the hit TV show PERSON OF INTEREST at Comic-Con 2012. Being that this is MattInRC's favorite, it's only fitting that he sat down with the cast while I stood back and let him do his thing. If you’re a fan of the show (and frankly who isn’t), you know the season finale featured several unexpected turns that left our heroes separated and Reese turning to an unlikely ally for help. Stars Michael Emerson (Finch), Jim Caveizel (Reese), Taraji Henson (Carter) and Kevin Chapman (Fusco) joined series creator Jonathan Nolan and producer Greg Plageman to discuss the show and its unique premise. Next up for us was Jonathan Nolan the man behind the show. You say the name sounds familiar, he his the brother of Christopher Nolan and the writer behind such films as The Prestige, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises . Jonathan Nolan Confirms that they will be bringing back a number of recurring roles in Se...

SandwichJohnFilms had the chance to attend the press junket for the hit TV show PERSON OF INTEREST at Comic-Con 2012. Being that this is MattInRC's favorite, it's only fitting that he sat down with the cast while I stood back and let him do his thing. If you’re a fan of the show (and frankly who isn’t), you know the season finale featured several unexpected turns that left our heroes separated and Reese turning to an unlikely ally for help. Stars Michael Emerson (Finch), Jim Caveizel (Reese), Taraji Henson (Carter) and Kevin Chapman (Fusco) joined series creator Jonathan Nolan and producer Greg Plageman to discuss the show and its unique premise. First up we sat down with John Reese ( Jim Caviezel ): A former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier and CIA field officer, who is presumed dead. Little is known about Reese's background, and his name is believed to be one of several aliases he uses. He lost his lover, Jessica, at some time prior to his having met Finch ...

We had the pleasure of covering the press conference for Silent Hill: Revelation 3D at Comic-Con 2012. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is the second film in the Silent Hill series, directed by Michael Barrett ( Solomon Kane ) and starring a talented mix of veteran actors ( Sean Bean, Carrie Ann Moss ) and newcomers Adeliade Clemens. At our interview with Barrett and Clemens, we learned that the film will follow the events of the successful video game, focusing on the realization that Heather Mason ( Clemens ) is not who she appears and the role which the town of Silent Hill will play. Clemens talked about the appeal of her character and the franchise in general. “The psychological journey of Heather was appealing. There was so much to sink my teeth into. I was really satisfied on all levels.” She also discussed the physical challenges, but had good overall feelings about the shoot. “I loved every minute of it." When asked about shooting a film entirely in 3D (as opposed t...

The cast for  Luc Besson’s Malavita has been announced. The film will star  De Niro, Pfeiffer and Jones Joined by Agron and D’Leo  . EuropaCorp and Relativity Media have announced final casting for all of the principal roles in their comedic actioner Malavita directed by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter). Oscar®-Winner Robert De Niro (Limitless, Meet The Parents) will be joined by Oscar®-Nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (Dark Shadows, People Like Us), Oscar®-Winner Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men, Men in Black), Dianna Agron (Glee, I Am Number Four) and John D’Leo (The Wrestler, Wanderlust) in the film set to go into production this summer. Malavita is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the “family” way. The script is adapted by Besson from the book Badfellas...

Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are in final negotiations to write The Machine , the Vin Diesel -starring action comedy that is also the first new production for the restructured MGM. Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant wrote the original script, about a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon to be the world’s first ultimate weapon. After the machine was decommissioned and buried it is discovered, reactivated and befriended by a kid 20 years later. When the government learns that it’s back in operation, the machine’s mission becomes to protect the family harboring him. Diesel, who also is producing via his One Race Films, was set to star when the project was unveiled in May 2011. The hope is to create a franchise. Gough and Millar co-wrote the screenplays for I Am Number Four, The Mummy: Tomb Of The Emperor, Herbie Fully Loaded and Shanghai Noon on the film side. They were behind the hit Superman-as-a-teen series Smallville on TV and most recently...

IFC Films has acquired all U.S. rights to writer-director Eran Creevy’s action thriller Welcome to the Punch from Worldview Entertainment. The film stars James McAvoy as a detective pursuing a former criminal, played by Mark Strong , who returns to London from a hideaway in Iceland after his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. Punch , which also stars Andrea Riseborough , was produced by Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh of Between the Eyes and Brian Kavanaugh Jones of Automatik. Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson Redlich executive produced with Ridley Scott and Liza Marshall of Scott Free Productions, Xavier Marchand of Momentum Pictures, and Stuart Ford of IM Global. "Welcome to the Punch is an ingenious action thriller featuring some of the best actors working today,” Jonathan Sehring, president of Sundance Selects-IFC Films, said. Please Leave A Comment Source- THR

We had the pleasure of interviewing Joe Maddelana from the hit show Hollywood Treasures during Comic-Con 2012. If you have't seen the show you just don't know what you are missing. The first minute of the interview was lost. Make sure to check back soon and see my interview with Doug Dreier from the world famous Dreir collection which is up for auction through Profiles in History. Little history on the TV show. Hollywood Treasures is a weekly, American, reality television series that began airing on SyFy, October 27, 2010, which follows a Hollywood, California-based appraiser named Joe Maddalena and his team as they track down, appraise and help auction off valuable film, television and pop culture memorabilia. Make sure to visit the  official site - Now some history of Profiles in History , it was founded in 1985 by Joseph Maddalena, Profiles in History is the nation's leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs, letters, documents, vi...

There are yet more changes afoot for David O. Russell’s latest project, which once went under the title American Bullshit , but is currently looking for a new moniker (a move that should surprise exactly no one). But the new name – or lack thereof – isn’t the big news. Instead, Variety brings word that Jeremy Renner is now in negotiations to replace Christian Bale in the cast. Jeremy Renner  would play Jimmy Boyle, an intense, dedicated FBI agent who arrests con man Mel Weinberg and strong-arms him into running a scam that saw politicians arrested for making dodgy deals. Bradley Cooper is already locking down the role of Weinberg and Russell is looking for someone to play his mistress / con partner. The film, written by Eric Warren Singer, is based on the true account of the scam, which ran in the 1970s and 1980s. From the sounds of the report, Russell is looking to make this his next movie, since he has financing from Annapurna Pictures and has set a shoot date of Febru...

While Andrew Stanton‘s live-action feature directing debut John Carter led to a precedent-setting $200 million write-down for Disney earlier this summer, the filmmaker is officially out of director jail. I’ve been hearing for months that he would come aboard to direct the sequel to Disney-based Pixar‘s Finding Nemo , with the idea that Disney would give him another shot behind the camera on a live-action film. Now officially come aboard the Finding Nemo sequel and has a concept the studio loves. Pixar continues to not be helpful on this, as they don’t comment on development. It’s understandable why Disney and Pixar would be excited by this. Stanton won two Oscars for his animation work on Wall-E and Finding Nemo. That original 2003′s fish tale’s $867.9 million worldwide gross makes it still Pixar’s second-highest-grossing film and the third-biggest Disney animated film release ever. And that comes before Finding Nemo is re-released in 3D in September. As for Disney coming thr...

July 27, 2012 Get Your Tickets to see An Advance screening for THE WATCH ! We have passes to the special advance screening on July 24, 2012 at 7:00PM in Sacramento. THE WATCH  (previously known as Neighborhood Watch ) is an upcoming science fiction comedy film directed by Akiva Schaffer and written by Jared Stern, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade . The film follows Evan ( Stiller ), Bob ( Vaughn ), Franklin ( Hill ), and Jamarcus ( Ayoade ), a group of neighbors who form a suburban neighborhood watch group and use it as a front to get away from their families. However, when they accidentally uncover an alien plot that threatens the world, they are forced into action. The film began development in 2008 under producer Shawn Levy as a teen-audience targeted project written by Jared Stern. Between 2009 and late 2010, the project saw different directors and stars join the project, until November 2010, when it moved...

Marvel isn't resting on its laurels after a victory lap at Comic-Con this weekend. The studio moving ahead on casting its latest project Captain America: The Winter Soldier . Anthony Mackie is in negotiations to star alongside Chris Evans in the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger that is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. The film will be released April 4, 2014. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the subtitle suggests a respected comic book storyline from the 2000s that resurrected Captain America's sidekick Bucky as a brainwashed super-assassin known as the Winter Solider. While Marvel would not comment nor divulge character details, it is believed that Mackie will portray the Falcon , one of mainstream comics' first black superheroes and perhaps its first American one. The character, Sam Wilson, is Harlem-based and had many street adventures with Cap in the 1970s comics, when he served as his partner. He derives his powers from a sui...

August 3, 2012 Get Your Tickets to see An Advance screening for THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS ! We have passes to the special advance screening on July 31, 2012 at 5:00PM in Sacramento. THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS  is an upcoming teen comedy film directed by David Bowers from a screenplay by Wallace Wolodarsky and Maya Forbes. It stars Zachary Gordon and Steve Zahn . It is the third film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series and is based on the third and fourth books in the series, The Last Straw and Dog Days . The film is set to be released on August 3, 2012. It is also Bowers' second live-action film. Now that school is over, Greg Heffley is ready for a relaxing summer. However, all of his plans for the summer go awry. Left option-less, his plans are ruined. Visit the Official site - Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and why not come and follow me on Twitter also. Find out how to get your tickets after the Jump... All you have ...