Earlier this week we got our first look at Robert Rodriguez’s Predators reboot in the form of a behind the scene featurette, and now we have the first official teaser trailer for the film. It looks good. The whole ‘world’s deadliest killers thrown together in a remote location and have to fight for survival’ plot has been done a few times before, but I suppose the story isn’t the main reason people would want to see Predators. They want to see people get violently killed by an alien.

Adrien Brody plays Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human “predators” that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

Predators will be released on July 7th, five days after The Last Airbender.

A fourth and probably final trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass has been released online. Unlike some others we’ve seen this one can be viewed by all. We don’t see any 12 year old girls shooting people in the forehead or chopping off grown men’s legs, but it’s still cool nonetheless.

Aaron Johnston plays Dave Lizewski, a lonely teen who decides to become a real-life superhero after being inspired by the heroes of comic-books. He soon encounters a mysterious vigilante called Big-Daddy (Nicolas Cage), and his daughter Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz), who are working to bring down the drug baron, Frank D’Amico.

Kick-Ass will be released on April 16th in the US and March 26th in the UK. The film was recently screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Lionsgate may have a hit on their hands, and a new franchise to boot.

Our friends at RopeofSilicon have the newest teaser trailer for Tony Jaa’s third entry in his muay thai martial arts trilogy, Ong Bak 3. Check out the teaser after the jump.

I’ve been a fan of this series since the first film. Although I thought Jaa’s work in The Protector was more impressive than the original Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior, Ong Bak 2 was the best action movie I’ve ever seen. It’s a film that doesn’t concentrate too heavily on plot, but provides some of the most bone-crunching martial arts action ever committed to celluloid. Couple that with ludicrous fight sequences (like fights on the backs of live elephants) and no reliance on wire work or CGI, and Ong Bak 2 easily earns its place among my favorite action films of all time.

Given my thoughts on the second installment, it stands to reason that I’m excited for Ong Bak 3, a sequel that picks up immediately after the events of Ong Bak 2. Has anyone else out there seen these films? If so, are you as hyped as I am to see Jaa’s return to the big screen?

The attendees of the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas were treated to a first look at footage from Nimrod Antal’s Predators last night, and luckily for us a sneak peak has been made available for everyone to see online.

Descriptions of the first trailer and an extended clip that were also shown can be read over at ShockTillYouDrop, and you can check out the sneak peak after the jump.

The film is produced and overseen by Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico), and there’s an introduction by him included in the footage. The full trailer will be available on March 18th, and the film will be released on July 7th in the United States. I was pretty blown away by this footage; the movie looks a lot more expansive than I thought it’d be, and Adrien Brody definitely seems like more of a badass than I anticipated. And of course the presence of Laurence Fishburne adds an air of gravitas to any production.

What did you think about the first look at Predators? Are you excited for the film? How do you think Brody will perform in an action movie?

We saw 10 seconds of the teaser yesterday, and now Summit Entertainment has released the full teaser trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Watch below:

In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between Edward and Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Universal has released another trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, and it’s probably the best one so far. We start by seeing Robin Hood as a kid who witnesses his father being murdered by the powers that be, and from this an outlaw is born. One with a dodgy Yorkshire accent. Anyhow, there’s lots of action, arrows being fired in all directions, and a great big epic battle on a beach. It looks like Gladiator 2.0 will be rather good.

Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as “Robin Hood,” whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who share his spirit of adventure and righteousness. In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.

Robin Hood stars Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong and will be released on May 14th. Mark said date in the nearest tree stump.

Tron fans have been following a viral campaign started by Disney a few weeks ago, and the end result was a brand new trailer for Tron Legacy. I wasn’t around when the original Tron movie was released back in 1982 so my anticipation isn’t as high as other movie fans, but after watching this trailer my interest definitely lifted. Hell, I’d see this movie just to listen to Daft Punk’s score.

Sean Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is the 20-something son of Tron protagonist Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), whose curiosity about his father’s disappearance leads him to the now-abandoned site of Kevin’s old arcade. Inside the old building, Sean is transported into the Computer World and embarks on an adventure in which he learns what has happened to his father, and of the shocking new threat to the Computer World.

Tron Legacy will be released in 3D in December and stars this year’s Best Actor Oscar winner Jeff Bridges along with Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund. I have a feeling another blue movie will be dominating the box office this year.

As expected a new trailer for Iron Man 2 was revealed by Robert Downey Jr. on Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards yesterday and it also made its way online soon after. In this trailer we see a lot more of Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow, along with more footage of Whiplash attacking Tony Stark at the Monaco Grand Prix. We also get a glimpse of a new portable Iron Man suit.

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances — and confront powerful enemies.

Iron Man 2 will be released on April 30th in the UK and May 7th in the US.

The first teaser trailer for Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians (recently renamed from Guardians of Ga’Hoole – a sensible move, probably) was released today. You can watch it below.

HD versions are available from Yahoo here.

The Ga’Hoole series, written by Kathryn Lasky, is about a barn owl and his friends who flee “St. Aggie’s,” a training / brainwashing facility for turning owls into soldiers (yes). The young escapees arrive at the island of Ga’Hoole, and go on to fight St. Aggie’s army alongside the island’s inhabitants.

Legend of the Guardians is a CGI adaptation, based on the first three books – and judging from the trailer…it doesn’t look that exciting. The imagery’s good and all, but as with most of these types of films, I can just imagine it having a horribly generic plot. I’m not familiar with the books, but that’s the “vibe” this initial trailer is giving off. A young boy becoming a hero, uninspired stereotypical villains, the kinda thing where you know what’s going to happen before it actually does. Although obviously, I’d like it if the movie turned out not doing that.

Unsurprisingly for any animated film nowadays, the cast features some famous names – including Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren, and Lost’s Emilie de Ravin. They might add some character to…the characters. I’m not quite sure why Zack Snyder is such a celebrated director – he did some great visuals for 300 and Watchmen, but both those films seemed pretty empty outside of the aesthetics. Maybe he’ll do a better job here? I’m much more interested to see Sucker Punch, which he should be getting to work on after taking time to do this family film.

Disney has released a second trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The first trailer has been keeping me entertained for the past few months, so it’s good to have another epic trailer to stick on repeat. This new one explains more of the story and showcases a bunch of special effects heavy scenes, which are probably completed by now seeing as though the film was originally going to be released last summer.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina and will be released on May 28th.

You can check out Filmonic’s Prince of Persia gallery here!