Leonardo di Caprio (who still looks 18, despite the mustache) ventures into the mouth of madness in the full trailer for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator. Cate Blanchett’s Katherine Hepburn seems quite good, but I’d say the jury’s still out on Kate Beckinsale’s Ava Gardner (and Gwen Stefani’s Jean Harlow, who didn’t make the cut here.) And is Alec Baldwin channeling his part from Team America?
Category: Directors
The Land of Chocolate.
Wonka’s ready for his closeup…Dark Horizons displays the Depp-centric poster for Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Requiem for a Dream.
Alas, Darren Aronofsky is off The Watchmen, partly to make time for completing The Fountain. Let’s hope this project doesn’t fall into the hands of a Ratner, Fuqua, or W.S. Anderson.
Spiky Wheels and Sith Lords.
In somewhat related news, a number of RotK:EE screencaps turn up online, including new and spoiler-filled looks at Voice of Saruman and the Mouth of Sauron. And, along the same lines, some official Episode III pics are released, perhaps to offset this extremely spoiler-laden review of the final installment. Update: The official official Ep. III teaser poster gets out, and, well, it’s kinda lame.
Friends (& Enemies) of the Rebel Billionaire.
WB continues to roll out the Batman Begins cast with new pics of Cillian Murphy, Katie Holmes, and Rutger Hauer (although, unfortunately, Murphy isn’t dressed as the Scarecrow.)
Fruits of the Palantiri.
Several choice clips from the RotK: Extended Edition materialize online, including more from the Gandalf-Witch King fracas, a longer Paths of the Dead, and a quiet moment between Faramir and Pippin. (Also, the Merry-Pippin post-Pelennor sequence has gone from day to dusk, thanks to the magic of digital grading.)
(Not-so) Dirty Dozen.
The trailer for Ocean’s Twelve also hit today, and it looks as fun, well-crafted, breezy, and instantly forgettable as the first outing.
Deported.
Thanks to boffo box office for Alien v. Predator, the marketing geniuses at Fox give the Alien franchise to notorious hack Paul W.S. Anderson. Ugh, what a waste. Well, hopefully Sigourney Weaver will have the sense to stay away from this burgeoning fiasco.
Undercover Latverian.
Superhero Hype! posts what’s purported to be the first official pic of Victor Von Doom in Fantastic Four, but all I’m seeing is a guy in a suit. Please don’t tell me they’re foregoing the mask…that’d be the worst costuming decision since Willem DeFoe’s static faceplate in Spiderman. Slightly more promising are these new pics from Batman Begins, which include Ken Watanabe as Ras Al Ghul and Tom Wilkinson as a mafioso.
Behold the Sword of Elendil!
“Long have you hunted me, long have I eluded you…No more!” Finally, the official LotR site posts an extended edition preview, with new scenes involving Aragorn and the Palantir, Eowyn and Faramir, Saruman and Gandalf, and our best look yet at the Mouth of Sauron. “I do not believe this darkness will endure.” Update: Bigger version here.