Source: USA Today | Posted By: Dan Geer

Last week, we got the chance to go behind the scenes with voice actor Sam Witwer (Starkiller from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed), who voices the resurrected Darth Maul in the four-part Season Four finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which begins tonight at 8/7c. It gave us a great tease of what’s to come when his character returns in the March 9th episode of the story arc.

Now, USA Today has a great trailer online showcasing much more of Maul, as well as his brother, Savage Opress, the Nightsisters, Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress and more! If you thought Season Three’s Nightsisters trilogy was great, wait until you see the trailer for this! Be forewarned though, as the trailer appears to spoil exactly how Darth Maul is now walking around (which I have to say is totally awesome). Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: /Film | Posted By: Dan Geer

I was extremely excited for Louis Leterrier’s remake of Clash of the Titans when previews started making their way online over two years ago. But, when the film finally hit theaters, I found it to be somewhat underwhelming. It was okay, but it lacked a certain spark that could have made it something special. That, and the fight with the Kraken was way too short. However, the film made more than enough money to warrant a sequel, titled Wrath of the Titans, which hits theaters March 30th.

The film brings back Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes as Zeus and Hades, respectively, and Sam Worthington returns as the demigod Perseus. Admittedly, the trailer makes the film look incredible, featuring over-the-top action scenes filled with mythological monsters running amok. But trailers for the first film made it look incredible as well, and we all know how that turned out. Thankfully, the sequel is directed by Jonathan Liebesman, who directed Battle: Los Angeles (a movie I am quite fond of), so maybe it has a chance to achieve that spark I’m looking for. Hit the jump to check out the trailer!

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Source: MTV Geek | Posted By: Dan Geer

For over a decade now, Star Wars fans thought they knew everything there is to know about Darth Sidious’ Sith apprentice, Darth Maul. However, during Season 3 of Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, it was revealed that not only did Maul have a brother (Savage Opress), but that he also somehow survived being cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi during the climactic lightsaber battle at the end of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (click here to read about how this might be possible).

It was announced last October that Darth Maul will be returning toward the end of the current season of The Clone Wars to reveal how he survived and what he’s been up to since The Phantom Menace. Now, MTV Geek has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at voice actors Clancy Brown and Sam Witwer voicing Savage Opress and Darth Maul, as well as some footage showcasing Maul in animated form. Don’t worry though, as the footage only shows the top half of Maul and doesn’t spoil how exactly he gets around with no legs. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Collider | Posted By: Dan Geer

Well, we may not have been treated to a TV spot during the Super Bowl for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, but today the full second trailer for the film has made its way online. It actually looks great – especially since we finally get our first glimpse of Rhys Ifans as the vilain The Lizard! So, for those of you who may be thinking that it is too soon for a reboot, check out this latest trailer for the film. You just might have a change of heart.

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Posted By: Dan Geer

Many of you are probably aware that every year during the Super Bowl, new TV spots air for some of the year’s most anticipated movies. Last year proved to be one of the best in terms of previews of films with tons of hype behind them, like Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

With this year, however, I feel it needs to be said that it was disappointing that there were not as many trailers for highly anticipated films. There were a few, like The Avengers, John Carter, and The Hunger Games. But somehow, previews for lesser-hyped films such as The Lorax, Act of Valor and The Dictator made their way into the Super Bowl time slot. What’s more (and let’s be honest), even big-budget special effects movies like Battleship and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which also earned TV spots during the game, aren’t really all that anticipated.

There are much bigger, more anticipated releases out there – such as Men in Black 3, Dark Shadows, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises or Prometheus – that I am positive people would have much preferred to see previews for. Sure, the films I just knocked for taking up the time slot might end up being great, but it is surprising which previews ended up airing. In my opinion, it made watching the Super Bowl commercials a bit less exciting than it should have been (although, to be fair, they did air an ad for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3-D, which was totally cool by me).

Anyhow hit the jump to watch the Super Bowl TV spots, including an extended, one-minute version of the TV spot for Joss Whedon’s The Avengers!

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Written By: Dan Geer

Director James Watkins’ latest film, The Woman in Black, is the type of horror film that only comes along once in a blue moon. Moviegoers have not really been properly treated to gothic horror on the silver screen since the days when Universal, Hammer, and American International Pictures made it commonplace back in the 1930s-70s. Nothing since then has been done quite as effectively – although films like The Others and The Wolfman remake had their moments. Gothic horror is simply an all but forgotten genre that barely gets touched in modern-day film-making.

So, it really comes as no surprise that the recent reemergence of Hammer Film Productions would lead to the creation of such an effective film that harkens back to that golden age of horror when it was all about ominous warning and creepy atmosphere – and it pleases this reviewer to say that it is truly a warm welcome back to the genre.

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Source: Variety | Posted By: Dan Geer

It has been a while since PCM’s last update on director Fede Alvarez’s remake of The Evil Dead, mainly because there really hasn’t been a whole lot to report on. Until today, the only real interesting update to give was that actress Lily Collins (star of the upcoming Snow White film Mirror, Mirror) was originally cast recently as the female lead in the film, but unfortunately had to drop out due to scheduling issues. But today, we get a nice little tidbit from Variety that Red Riding Hood star Shiloh Fernandez has officially landed the male lead in the remake. Read on for more!

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Source: AMC | Posted By: Dan Geer

Fans of AMC‘s The Walking Dead having not only been highly anticipating the show’s return on February 12th at 9/8c, but also when the characters will finally leave that frickin’ farm they are currently staying at. Watching one episode at a time over the last few months makes it seem like they’ve been there forever.

Judging from this latest midseason trailer that AMC just released, it looks like fans will finally get their wish and see them depart Hershel’s property once and for all into a world filled with killer zombie chaos. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Star Wars Uncut | AICN | Posted By: Dan Geer

An incredible video has been floating around online today of a crowd-sourced project called Star Wars Uncut. In a nutshell, the project was started in 2009 by Vimeo developer Casey Pugh in which internet users from around the world could select a 15-second clip of their choice from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and remake it in their own creative way. The end result of the project is a “Director’s Cut” of sorts in which clips are hand-selected from the entire Star Wars Uncut collection and stitched together to form a full-length feature film – essentially remaking the original Star Wars as a fan film.

If you have a little over two hours to kill, and are fanatical enough about the original Star Wars that you pretty much know it frame by frame and line by line – you have to check out this great, collective work created by fans just like you from around the globe. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

While the Resident Evil franchise has never been truly “great,” there was a time when the films held a certain guilty pleasure appeal to them in terms of balls-to-the-walls action, cool zombie kills, and stories that were enjoyable on a “popcorn movie” level. But that all went away with Resident Evil: Afterlife in 2010. The movie just fell more flat to me than the other ones, despite it’s zombie action. It was simply a disappointing followup to the story that was set up in Resident Evil: Extinction, where we were left with a possible hope of surviving the zombie world in Alaska, and a group of Alice clones ready to conquer said zombies and the Umbrella corporation. Needless to say, I lost interest in the franchise.

However, after seeing the trailer for director Paul W.S. Anderson’s fifth and latest movie in the series, Resident Evil: Retribution, it appears that there just might be hope for the franchise after all. Michelle Rodriguez and Sienna Guillory are both returning as Rain Ocampo and Jill Valentine, respectively, and the trailer really does a great job at making the movie look like it will be a welcome return to what made the series fun to watch in the first place. Yes, this is just a trailer, and the end result could still be disastrous. But then again, it is possible that Anderson got a clue this time around. Either way, the trailer is worth a look. Hit the jump to watch!

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