I’ll admit it: I was less than impressed with the first “Avatar” trailer.  I thought the movie looked decent, but it wasn’t the cinematic revolution everyone in Hollywood was talking about.  But friend after friend that had seen the 3D footage at Comic-Con and on “Avatar” day kept telling me you’ve got to see the footage in 3D.  They all said the first trailer didn’t have the magic that is “Avatar”.  And after watching the just released three and a half minute trailer for James Cameron’s return to movie theaters, I am now officially on board and shutting up.  This movie looks fantastic and any bit of hesitation has vanished.  If you were in the same boat as me about the first trailer, you absolutely need to watch this new one.  You’ll be sold.

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…That’s right boys and girls of Elm Street! The bastard son of a hundred maniacs is coming back to theaters next spring, and after months of waiting, all those who didn’t have the pleasure of attending the panel at last July’s San Diego Comic-Con finally have their first look of the new face of the dream demon in this fantastic trailer for the Platinum Dunes remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, set to terrorize screens in April, 2010. Hit the jump to see the trailer for yourself!

When you sit down to do an on camera interview, you never know what’s going to happen. You can walk in with great questions and leave with the worst interview. Or, sometimes, you can get a fantastic interview when you least expect it. And that’s what happened when I sat down with Kate Beckinsale for her new movie “Whiteout”. For some reason, I got a lot of extra time with her, so not only did we talk about making “Whiteout”, we also talked about her last film “Nothing But the Truth”, “The Last Days of Disco”, “Underworld”, and a lot more. It’s a great interview that’s absolutely worth watching. Take a look after the jump:

In all the coverage I’m going to write for Focus Features’ upcoming “9″, I want to make one thing clear - I really enjoyed this movie. It’s rare that American animated films don’t just pander to kiddies, and this one actually attempts to tell a very grown-up tale. Anyhow, Comic-Con mainstay Elijah Wood voices the title character 9, and at the “9″ press junket he gave maybe the best response ever to how he would attempt to survive after the apocalypse.  He also had plenty to say about genre films, animation, and trying his hand at producing horror films.  Watch the full interview after the jump.

When Mila Kunis was on “That 70’s Show”, I never thought she’d make the transition to movie star. But over the past few years, that’s exactly what she’s done with starring roles in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, “Max Payne”, “The Book of Eli”, and writer-director Mike Judge’s new film “Extract”. In “Extract”, Mila plays the femme fatale role, and she’s great.

Anyway, I recently participated in a roundtable interview with Mila and she talked about her career, making “Extract”, “Family Guy”, “Black Swan”, Comic-Con, “Date Night”, college, and a lot more. It’s a great interview so take a look. And remember, “Extract” opens this weekend and you all need to go see it!

If you loved “Office Space” and “Idiocracy”, you must be beyond excited for this Friday, as that’s the day writer-director Mike Judge’s third feature “Extract” arrives in theaters! So to help promote the film, I recently participated in a roundtable interview with Jason Bateman and he talked about making the film, what he has coming up, and a lot more.

In the film, Jason plays the owner of an Extract factory and a freak workplace accident sets in motion a series of disasters that put his business and personal life in jeopardy. Trust me, the film is very funny and you should definitely check it out this weekend. Read what he had to say after the jump. It’s a great interview.

As you may recall, last week we reported several studios were vying for the rights to distribute Matthew Vaughn’s adaption of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s “Kick-Ass” after a positive screening at last month’s San Diego Comic Con. Well it seems that the deal has been struck with Lionsgate committing to a wide 2010 release date for the privately produced and financed action-comedy flick. Pull on your tights, hop in the Mist Mobile and read more after the jump.

Because you demanded it! Or, I assume someone did…maybe. Either way, writing duo Michael Dilberti and Matthew Sullivan are set to write an update of George Barr McCutcheson’s 1902 novel “Brewster’s Millions”, a story centering on a down on his luck schmoe who gets a chance to inherit a huge sum of money from his rich grandfather, providing he can spend a slightly less huge amount in one year without gaining any assets along the way. Riveted? Thought so, so go ahead and hit the jump to learn more.

You can deride Comic-Con as just a big marketing-extravaganza and to some extent it certainly is.  Unless a presentation of “Iron Man 2″ turned out completely half-assed and slap-dash (and it wasn’t), people were going to go nuts for it no matter what.  What makes Comic-Con important is that it can build tremendous buzz for a mainstream film that’s trying to find a way to set itself apart from all the other big films that show at Comic-Con and throughout the year.  One of the film’s this year was “Kick-Ass”, a presentation that managed to out-shine the day’s earlier presentation of James Cameron’s “Avatar”.

So yeah.  There’s kind of a bidding war happening among the studios.  Hit the jump to find out what’s going down.

If you’re a fan of FOX’s great show “Fringe”, I’ve got an interview you’re going to love. That’s because a few days ago I went to the post production headquarters of “Fringe” and spoke with Showrunner/Executive Producer Jeff Pinkner about what’s coming up this season and a lot more. While I sometimes say “a lot more” when posting an interview, those words don’t begin to cover this interview as we talked about so much, there is no way to sum it all up in this intro.

But before getting to the interview, if you’re not watching “Fringe”, you’re missing out on a great show. Last season (which was its first), the show got better and better each week and it all came to a head with a hell of a finale. Also, by the end of the season, the show had figured out how to create self contained episodes that also furthered the mythology of “Fringe”. And even when you thought there wasn’t any mythology in an episode, the show always found a way to reward its fans. Trust me, tune in this season and give it a chance. You won’t regret it. Watch the interview after the jump:

“District 9″ is one of those films…the less you know the better. So let me say to everyone reading this, if you’d like to see a great sci-fi movie, something that’s new, original, and fresh, go see “District 9″ this weekend. Don’t ask people what it’s about. Don’t go reading the reviews. Just buy a ticket and see it. I promise you’ll love the movie and you’ll be so happy you didn’t know anything beforehand. That’s how I saw it and it was amazing.

Of course not everyone feels this way. Some people don’t care what they find out in advance and they actually want to learn as much as they can before they see a movie. So while I’d love to post this exclusive interview I did with director Neill Blomkamp after “District 9″ had opened, I realize the reason he did press was to get people into the theater this weekend. So after the jump is a great conversation with Neill and he explains why he got into making movies, the marketing of “District 9″, making the film, the style, what will be on the DVD/Blu-ray, would he go back to “Halo” if he was asked, Comic-Con, and a lot more. Take a look:

For my final interview from this year’s Comic-Con, I’ve got Clark Duke and Christopher Mintz-Plasse talking about their work in director Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass”. Well, that’s not entirely true, I really should say I try to get them to talk about “Kick-Ass”. But either due to me being friendly with the two of them, or due to backstage at Comic-Con being a very loose environment, this interview goes off the rails more than a few times. But, there is one highlight, about 5 minutes in, Kristen Bell comes over and decides to show her ass to the camera. She’s wearing clothes, but it’s still a very funny sight. She does it without the guys knowing and their reaction is priceless. Again, backstage at Comic-Con is a weird place….take a look after the jump:

If you were in Hall H at this year’s Comic-Con, one of the films that made a huge impact was director Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass”. While the film doesn’t yet have an American distributor, if the reaction to the footage is any indication, studios should bang down the doors to land the rights to this independent comic book movie. If the name “Kick-Ass” sounds familiar, it’s because the movie is based on the Mark Millar/John Romita, Jr. series with the same name.

Anyway, I was able to interview Chloe Moretz at this year’s Comic-Con and she talked about playing Hit Girl, working with Nicolas Cage, filming the action scenes, and if you watch till the end, you might see a surprise appearance by Clark Duke and Kristen Bell. Take a look after the jump:

I swear I’ll be done with Comic-Con today. What can I say, I was offered interviews with a ton of people and it takes time a lot of time to edit and post them. Anyway, if you’re looking forward to James Cameron’s “Avatar”, the interview you’re about to watch is with Stephen Lang and he talks about playing Col. Quaritch.

From what I could gather from both talking to Stephen Lang and other people at Comic-Con, Stephan plays a villain in the film. His character isn’t afraid to use violence to get things done, and I’m pretty sure that means using it against the native Na’vi population on Pandora. So after the jump you can hear Stephen talk about Comic-Con, how he got cast and what making the film was like, his character, and a lot more. Take a look:

There are films at Comic-Con that you know will receive a fantastic reception unless they’re strangely hell-bent on disappointing everyone in the room.  If you thought the audience needed to be won over by “Iron Man 2″, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Alice in Wonderland” or any of the films at that level, you probably don’t follow movies.  Not that I mind, but to those folks I ask: why are you at this site again?

But there also films like “Zombieland” that are going to get some fantastic word-of-mouth off their time in Hall H and about 6,000 people are going to tell their friends that this may be another zombie movie, but it’s still worth your time.  MySpace just threw the red-band trailer online and it’s an abbreviated version of what we saw at Comic-Con and will make you, dear reader, also tell your friends to see this movie.  Hit the jump to fall in love with zombie-killing all over again.

If you read any website that covers movies, one of the films we’ve all embraced is DERRICK comedies “Mystery Team”. The reason we’ve all jumped on the bandwagon is “Mystery Team” is really funny and absolutely worth checking out when it plays in your area. And if you don’t believe what I have to say about the film, here’s Matt’s review. As you all know, he’s hard to please, and his review is a love letter.

Anyway, at this year’s Sundance I got the chance to speak with Dan Eckman, Meggie McFadden, Donald Glover, D.C Pierson and Dominic Dierkes (DERRICK Comedy), but it was before I saw the movie. So when I found out the group would be at Comic-Con, we scheduled another interview and you can watch it after the jump. The only thing to know is, Donald Glover had recently been in an “accident” and some of the things he was saying were quite shocking.  You’ll see what I mean after the jump.