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Trailer(ing) the movies

Trailers have always been an important part of a movie’s marketing campaign (for obvious reasons).
Even so, nowadays it’s pretty common to find unoriginal, or dare I say clichéd teasers that barely bring anything new to the table, let alone peak people’s interest.
Fortunately though, a few recent (somewhat) innovative trailers have been popping up. They also are incidentally attached to pretty cool feature films coming up this fall.

From Sept. 25 ’til Nov. 25, here are, in chronological order, all the movies you must absolutely check out, if only for their epic trailers.

Special mention to both A Serious Man and Where the Wild Things Are.

Coming out Sept. 25
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (adapted and directed by John Krasinski)

Why should you go see this movie?
For one, it has an incredible cast.
For two, incredible is the cast.
But most importantly, it looks fun.

Pandorum (written by Travis Milloy, directed by Christian Alvart)

At first, it looks like Alien meets Resident Evil.
Turns out, it’s way more epic.

Coming out Oct. 2
A Serious Man (written and directed by Ethan & Joel Coen)

Ding, ding, ding!
Here comes the next Coen classic.

Zombieland (written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, directed by Ruben Fleischer)

Woody Harrelson going on a little zombie-hunting trip.
Who doesn’t want to see this?

Coming out Oct. 16
Where the Wild Things Are (adapted by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers, directed by Spike Jonze)

It already has one of the best movie trailer ever made, what more can you ask?

Coming out Oct 30
Gentlemen Broncos (written by Jared & Jerusha Hess, directed by Jared Hess)

Emmy-nominated Jemaine Clement stars in this (probably soon-to-be cult) movie.
I smell comic genius.

Coming out Nov. 6
The Men Who Stare At Goats (adapted by Peter Straughan, directed by Grant Heslov)

Yet again, a movie with a great cast.
Plus, there’s George Clooney staring at a goat.

Coming out Nov. 25
The Road (adapted by Joe Penhall, directed by John Hillcoat)

One year later, it’s finally here , ready for the 2010 Academy Awards.
But before you go see it, do one thing first: read the book.

This fall, there’s finally a reason (actually, multiple reasons) to go back to the movie theatre.

Pulling them back in

Back to the usual today with a few very interesting news bits.

I’m not going to discuss the Marvel $4-billion acquistion.
It’s been pretty much talked to death already.

However, there was a double dose of duh yesterday with the announcement of a fourth season for Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire getting picked up at HBO.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Lena Heady will quickly be back on TV thanks to another HBO show, Game of Thrones. In this complicated piece of fiction, she’ll play “Queen Cersei of House Lannister, wife of King Robert and sister of twin brother Jaime Lannister and outsider younger brother Tyrion”.

Equaly as thrilling is Megan Mullally joining the second season of Rob Thomas’ Party Down.

WGA Award-winner Davey Holmes saw yesterday his spec script come to fruitition (almost) with FOX picking it up for a pilot commitment.
What am I talking about? Worthy, a show about “an Arizona politician named Worthy whose struggle to do the right thing takes a wrong turn after he is involved in a hit-and-run and gets blackmailed by a mob boss.”
Says Holmes:

I’m fascinated by moral dilemmas in politics. I also love the intensely colorful characters who spring from that world, the sweaty dance they do as they angle for power, weighing personal beliefs against their desperate need to win the next election.

Despite seeming to be cable material, Kevin Reilly and Peter Rice loved so much the script that it’s now at FOX.

Additions

While I was posting my little rant about the Weinstein Company’s “way out”, some new infos have been surfacing regarding TV stuff:

Damages‘ third season has added another regular to its table: Royal Pains‘ Campbell Scott.
Also, Greek‘s Jesse Williams (who will soon star in Cabin in the Woods) has just joined Grey’s Anatomy for a multi episode arc.

Dollhouse has added loads of great actors including kind of a Whedonverse reunion with Summer Glau and Alexis Denisof. Michael Hogan and Keith Carradine are also joining the cast.
Does the show have the best cast on TV right now or what?

And Superman Returns‘ Brandon Routh is joining Chuck for a substantial arc.

Speaking of, Josh Schwartz is teaming up again with another Chuck exec, Matt Miller, to write a multicamera sitcom script for CBS. The potential show would follow young newlyweds shortly after their honeymoon. The series is supposedely inspired by both Miller and Schwartz’s recent marriages.
I wonder how that will turn out.

After The L Word, here comes another letter-word Showtime series, The C Word.
The cable network has ordered to pilot a show that would star none other than Frasier/John Adams‘ Laura Linney. C Word, created by Darlene Hunt, will be a dark comedy about cancer. Linney will play “a suburban mom forced to deal with a cancer diagnosis”.
I’m intrigued.

And finally, some fantastic news for all Leverage fans out there.
The show has already been renewed for a third season (to be aired later next year).
Awesome.