Comic-Con 2010

A wrap up of this year's Comic-Con with trailers, videos, and photos.

THURSDAY

Head to hall h line hoping to get in for the Tron panel. Don't get in. Arrgh! Finally get in and see the panel for Salt. Seems decent. Then it's Battle: Los Angeles. Looks like a really cool shooter game. Then it's the Warren Ellis adaptation Red. They show a really cool trailer. Old people kicking ass. Helen 'The Queen' Mirren, Mary Louise-Parker, and Karl Urban. Then out comes surprise guest Bruce Willis! Crowd goes wild.

Then the EW panel with Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams. Awesome to hear two of my favorite filmmakers discuss their work. The Expendables panel is up next. Harry Knowles from Ain't It Cool News is the moderator. Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews come out. Clips look badass. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World panel starts with self-moderator Edgar Wright. He then introduces everyone who all get an intro video with clips from the film! Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Kieran Culkin, Satya Bhabha, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Mae Whitman, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, and Michael Cera comes out last dressed as Captain America. Wright is great and I wish he moderated every panel. At one point he introduced Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, they come out, he remembers they're not in the movie, and they walk back out with their heads down! So funny.

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Trailer - Red

Like action movies? Wanna see Helen 'The Queen' Mirren firing machine guns? Then check out the trailer for Red, based on Warren Ellis' graphic novel about a group of retired CIA agents who get back together. It hits theaters on October 15th.

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Rashida Jones at Meltdown Comics [Photos]

Rashida Jones and her creative team (Christina Weir, Nunzio Defilippis & Jeff Wamester) gathered at Meltdown Comics in West Hollywood to promote the release of Frenemy of the State.

I, for one, couldn't wait to check out the story and found it a fun read.

A mix of people waited in line for Rashida to sign their copy.

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EVENT: Rashida Jones Comic Book Signing (L.A.)

This Saturday (May 22nd) Rashida Jones and her writing team will have a signing for Frenemy of the State at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. The signing starts at 7pm but these type of events tend to draw a crowd so come early, buy a copy and browse around a bit.

Frenemy of the State is about...

Ariana Von Holmberg, an heiress with a secret. But what she's hiding isn't a sex tape or a drug addiction or an affair with a professional golfer—it's a new career as a CIA operative. Can Ari balance her high society obligations with her new role as a spy or will the weight of two worlds bring her dual lives to a violent end?

It's a cinematic idea and as previously mentioned a film adaptation is already in the works.

[HT BlackNerd]

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Kick-Ass

Even though it's titled Kick-Ass the real star of the film is Hit Girl. Once you're introduced to her character you eagerly await her next scene. Hit Girl's action sequences are on par with the best and Chloe Mortez is definitely taking her career to a new level post 500 Days of Summer.

If you haven't seen Kick-Ass yet watch it before it leaves theaters. And then buy it on DVD/Blu-ray. It's that good!

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Free Comic Book Day

Head to your local shop and pick up some free comics today!

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Trailer - Jonah Hex

A badass Brolin, Will Arnett, and music by Mastodon!

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Wondercon 2010

DAY 1

First I went to The Book of Eli: From Script to Screen panel with screenwriter Gary Whitta. He talked about his writing process and the development of the film. Really informative stuff. He also mentioned he's writing Warcraft and Akira! Next is the The Art of The Princess and the Frog panel with directors Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), art director Ian Gooding, supervising animator Eric Goldberg, and effects supervisor Marlon West. They show a lot of development photos including their trip to New Orleans. Cool artwork and pencil tests. Being in the same room as those guys was crazy. Legends of animation. Then it's time for the famous Kevin Smith Q&A. He brings down the house. So hilarious.

DAY 2

Start things off with a hand-drawn animation demo with animator Eric Goldberg. He explains his latest character, Louis the alligator from The Princess and the Frog, showing us how to came up with the design and how he animated certain scenes. He then came up with a new character based off audience suggestions, Whose Line Is It Anyways style. He's that good.

Off to the ballroom for the Walt Disney Pictures presentation. First producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Mike Newell, Jake Gyllenhaal, and game creator Jordan Mechner talk about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Clips looks like fun. Time rewind stuff looks cool.

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Trailer - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Finally a trailer for Edgar Wright's much anticipated movie! Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. And if he hopes to win his true love, he must vanquish them all before it really is game over. It is based on the awesome comic book series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, which you should check out if you haven't yet. This is right up there with Kick-Ass on my geek-mind-explode-must-see-now list.

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Poster - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

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Poster - The Losers

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Top 10 Movies of 2009 (Josh's List)

Wanted to wait until the year was over. These are in no particular order.

Where The Wild Things Are
After years of anticipation, Spike Jonze's vision absolutely lived to my expectations. It is a beautiful film about childhood. Jim Henson's costumes, Karen O's music, Max Record's lead performance, the surprisingly dark script, and Jonze's loose direction all come together to form a pitch-perfect portrait of the isolation and imagination of a kid. It is a film that I will continue to revisit for years to come.

Coraline
Henry Selick's stop-motion film is certainly a visual treat, but its Selick's treatment of Neil Gaiman's book that really makes it work so wonderfully. It is a sublime grass-is-greener tale filled with awe, terror, and sadness. The characters are all memorable and inhabit a world of such rich texture that you will be overcome with places to look. The voice work is also top-notch, led by the versatile Dakota Fanning.

The Brothers Bloom
This underrated gem is con man classic that needs to find an audience on DVD. Rian Johnson's follow up to Brick is so funny and sweet it will absolutely win you over. Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo have great chemistry as the titular siblings and Rachel Weisz is absolutely adorable as the sheltered, naive Penelope. The catchy score by Nathan Johnson is also a highlight.

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