Quickie: "Thor's" "Empire"

The mighty Thor makes the cover of Empire this week, actually holding his hammer in full costume. The movie is looking really good and generating buzz after Comic-Con, but for some reason a lot of the web-surfing community thinks it's going to tank. The negative feedback is kind of surprising. This is solely based on comments and questions on other blogs, but still, I thought people were still high on the idea of Thor in theaters. Guess not... but I am.

"Skyline" Poster Revealed

This poster is brought to us by shocktillyoudrop.com. The movie is Skyline, which was first unveiled at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego. I was there, saw A LOT of advertising for it, yet no one knew what it was about on the convention floor. The poster is below, after the jump. Check it out, along with a brief explanation/synopsis.

Skyline is sort of like Independence Day meets Fire in the Sky. Here is the exact synopsis from IMDb:

After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an eerie light beaming through the window. Like moths to a flame, the light source is drawing people outside before they suddenly vanish into the air. They soon discover an otherwordly force is swallowing the entire human population off the face of the earth. Now our band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.

So like most of you, I'm still waiting to see a trailer before I decide if I like it or not. What do you think?

"Thor" Trailer... Enjoy!

This is the trailer that premiered at Comic-Con, it's about five minutes. It's a bit choppy in that it's unorganized, but still worth seeing Thor in action for the first time! Enjoy.

"Avengers" Assemble... at Comic-Con

Left to Right: Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Liam Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Jeremy Renner as Hawk Eye, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk, Director Joss Whedon, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige

Movie stars filled the panels, rumors were laid to rest, and every nerd on the planet was waiting for this moment. The Avengers cast, in one place, at one time. That's the power of Comic-Con. I've talked about it a lot on the blog: everything from Chris Evans casting as the Captain, to Edward Norton's ugly exit, all things Avengers. At Comic-Con in San Diego this year, the entire cast went up on stage, settling three, very talked-about rumors.

First, Joss Whedon WILL direct the film. That's an obvious one, but Marvel never announced it officially before Comic-Con.

Second, Jeremy Renner WILL play Hawk Eye! I love this move by the way.

Third, and I guess most talked about... Mark Ruffalo WILL replace Edward Norton as Bruce Banner/Hulk. This movie can't get any more epic, can it? We'll have to wait and see. There's still those rumors of Nathan Fillion and Eva Longoria joining the cast as Ant-Man and Wasp. We'll let you know what happens. You satisfied with the cast?

Latest "Resident Evil: Afterlife" Poster and Comic-Con Coverage

I am really looking forward to Resident Evil: Afterlife in 3D. But I'm not sure why no one else is? I can't say no one, but it was weird at Comic-Con. I didn't wait in line for the panel but asked people as they left the panel what their thoughts were, it wasn't what I expected.

They say Comic-Con can make or break a film. So the studios are usually prepared to offer up their best: their best footage, their biggest stars, etc. So why did Sony insist on showing lousy footage? I'm not sure, I don't have the answer to that. But the reaction was not good. Most fans said it was choppy, looked as though it wasn't finished and just generally bad.

Now I don't like to formulate an opinion based on anything someone else says, that's why I watch movies before I consider them "bad". So I'm going to wait it out and hope I just talked to the wrong people walking out of the panel.

First Pic of "Cowboys & Aliens"

I was at Comic-Con and heard the buzz about this picture premiering when Jon Favreau was on the panel. This picture gives us just a tiny peak into the tone and art design of the film. I like it so far, but WAYYY too early to tell what the movie will be like overall. Also at the panel were stars Daniel Craig and the legendary Harrison Ford.