Below is a new image of Camilla Belle and some dude looking rather worried in upcoming 10000 B.C. The film is directed by The Day After Tomorrow director, Roland Emmerich and is a a prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

I would LOVE to see a film based in the same era that didn’t look like your average popcorn flick. Emmerich makes fun movies but he should have made this a little more grittier and darker.  What do you think?

We will soon be seeing Will Smith’s I Am Legend on the big screen, as it will be released worldwide in either December or January, depending where you live in the world. Speaking of globalness, here are some pretty cool posters of well known landmarks after the virus took a hold of the population. Looking at the destruction, I am sure the virus could not destroy bridges and sink ships, it is probably the decay and human zombies running wild.

Here are a few, for more head over to MoviesOnHK

Hong Kong, China

London, England

Lisbon, Portugal

Sydney, Australia

Paris, France

Here’s some good news for those of you in the States patiently waiting until December to see The Golden Compass. You don’t have to wait much longer!

New Line Cinema announced today that it will present sneak preview showings of the film THIS Saturday, December 1^st. the film will show in 800 theaters nationwide.

For those of you not in the know, The Golden Compass takes place in a universe similar to ours, but filled with witches, talking polar bears, and daemons. These daemons are the physical accompaniment of a person’s soul, and follows them through life. The story is focused on Lyra, a 12 year old girl who inherits the golden compass from her father, and sets off on an epic quest to save her world…and ours. It is the first of the His Dark Materials trilogy, written by Philip Pullman.

I can’t wait to see this movie. I loved the books, and I’m excited to see it.

Check your local theater listings for showtimes.

- Jeff Heimbuch

Here is a new poster of Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) for upcoming Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The image came from the official website, and there is more to come in the following days so check back for some Abe Sapien and Hellboy himself.

Update - Abe Sapien has arrived!

Update - So has HellBoy!

Despite the image, Hulk will not be battling Spiderman, however that would be kinda cool. The people in the know regarding these two films have spoken. Leterrier has spoke about the villains in upcoming The Incredible Hulk, and Sam Raimi has spoke about his involvement in the next Spidey outing, and where it is heading. Here they are:

From Wizard

“Obviously, General Ross is the villain, so he had to be in it,” added Leterrier. “But the Abomination, Emil Blonsky, was who Marvel wanted to put in this chapter—the first chapter of our new saga—because he’s the most famous. He’s an enemy that can actually threaten the Hulk. It’s very important for me that there is a danger. When Bruce Banner is Hulk, I didn’t feel in Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk’ that there was any threat. He was invincible. So with Abomination there’s actually a monster that can, you know, kill him when he’s in the Hulk form.”

And from CBR

Sam: If I was writing it I would have a very strong opinion about that, but we’re hiring a writer to come up with his own take. Sony was willing to go either way, we’ll just have to wait and see what the writer comes up with. I think anything’s possible, though.

I mean, there’s been so many different versions, it doesn’t have to follow the movies that we’ve made. I’d very much like to see Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, so I have a personal interest in that, but certainly anything’s possible. Spider-Man’s such a big character in the comic books that he could endure a lot of different interpretations. You could start over or you could start with a different aspect of the story than I’ve focused on in the pictures I’ve made, we’ll just have to wait and see what the writer comes up with.

You can see the full interviews from the links provided.

I am looking forward to The Incredible Hulk, I have a lot of faith in Edward Norton and think he can pull it off. However, regarding Spiderman 4 I have mixed feeling. I enjoyed the trilogy overall and think Raimi is a great director. He mixed the action and story well and made a solid trilogy. Yes, Spiderman 3 was a bit dodgy here and there but it was a great movie. The fact that someone else is going to have an input and decide Peter Parker’s fate has its pros and cons. If they are thinking about restarting with new cast, story and director they need to wait a little while. It is not wise to make more films with the same name but different people. If they wait a few years then I think it could be a good idea. I am just happy Sony are open to whatever is best for Spiderman. We shall see.

Coming in from the “blink and you’ll miss them” department, a bunch of new Indiana Jones photos popped up on the web. No word on whether or not these pictures are part of the crop that were stolen a few months back, however they don’t reveal very much.

Regardless, it’s still cool to see Ford wearing the hat and holding the whip! Enjoy!

- Jeff Heimbuch

Last year we got X-Men 3, the final movie in the trilogy, so where could FOX go from there? They have the rights to a highly profitable franchise, they might as well milk it like a cow. So instead of an X-Men 4 we are getting a Wolverine spin-off, expected to start filming in January, and a Magneto movie which has been affected by the writers strike so the status of it is unknown.

Now, I read some news today that made me shout noooooooooo inside of my head, for a few minutes, in fact it is still going. I hope this news is untrue and will believe it to be until I hear otherwise. According to these guys FOX are planning on making several Direct to DVD spin-off’s of fan favourite characters. Direct to DVD usually means low budget and in most cases crappy. Now this news could be backed up as Joe Carnahan has posted an image of Juggernaut on his personal blog, causing speculation. Could he be directing a Juggernaut spin-off? Will Vinnie Jones be appearing in his next film? Will the title of his next film be called ‘Juggernaut’? Could Juggernaut be a metorphor as his next movie will ‘big’? Could it…

…okay, I’ll carry on the speculation in my head.

I suppose a Mystique detective type sequel would be cool, or even a Gambit movie. But personally I’d prefer them to be feature films, rather than Direct to DVD crapfests. The X-Men deserve better.

The ever so talented Zach Snyder just a new entry over at his Watchmen blog a few hours ago. He talks a bit about moving on to the NYC Backlot (located in Vancouver, BC) for his adaptation of the super hero epic. More importantly, he included some pictures of the set. And, if you look VERY carefully, you can see everyone’s favorite ink blotted super hero walking by in one of them.

That’s right folks…Rorschach! Sure, it may only be a side view, but who cares?! I can’t wait for this movie!

Zach’s blog reads:

After a couple months of shooting at various locations and on stages, last week we finally made the transition to our New York City backlot. Since the New York City that is rendered in the graphic novel is so particular, it was very important to me that our backlot speak the same language, the vernacular of WATCHMEN. In addition, the backlot needs to function as many different parts of the city, countless store fronts, street corners, alleys, etc. So, with that in mind, we set out to build own own custom backlot here in Vancouver, BC. In my opinion, the results speak for themselves.

Thanks to all of the many talented people who contributed to making this backlot a reality!

Here are a few interesting facts about the backlot:

• 5,800 feet of neon requiring 24,000 watts of power
• 100 unique and custom-designed graphics created for the various storefronts
• 5,000 square feet of custom posters
• Street had to work for 1938, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1985
• 1,040 feet of 1:1 scale New York streets
• 98,400 square feet of exterior scenery
• 12,500 square feet of interior scenery
• Building heights range from 23′9″ to 42′6″
• 10,325 16-foot 2×4s
• 3,600 sheets of OSB (plywood-like construction material)
• 384,000 square feet of foam brick
• 200,000 nails
• 3,500 tubes of construction adhesive
• 160,000 lbs. of steel I-beams support the facades
• 300 cubic meters of concrete
• 6,000 square feet of glass
• 4,800 square feet of plexiglass
• 20,000 donuts were consumed by the construction crew

• 20,000 gallons of water and 3,000 gallons of Gatorade was drunk by the crew

Click the pictures to enlarge!

- Jeff Heimbuch

Oh my days 2009 cannot come soon enough! I know this may be exaggerating but so far we have had next to nothing regarding James Camerons 3D epic Avatar. We have had casting news and them cast members talking about how amazing it is going to be but they cannot say anything due to contracts they have signed.

MarketSaw got an exclusive image of some concept art for the film. It looks amazing. Just imagine Angelina Jolie in Beowulf, make her purple, enhance the CGI 20x, stick her on a planet, in 3D and WOW!

The creature is apparently Ney’tiri, played by Zoe Saldana.