DreamWorks Unveils International Poster for Real Steel

After already debuting the domestic poster for Real Steel, DreamWorks Pictures has today unveiled the international poster for the film (via heyyouguys.co.uk), which gives one a better look at the featured robots. You can check it out below.
Story Synopsis: A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, Real Steel stars Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.
Opening in conventional and IMAX theaters on October 7, the Shawn Levy-directed film stars Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie and Kevin Durand.

Giant Wednesday Clip-Fest: X-Men, Green Lantern and Harry Potter

It’s the battle of the clips these days. As X-Men: First Class prepares to open in theaters at the end of this week (June 3), with Green Lantern set to debut on June 17, the studios are rolling out more and more clips for their films to entice audiences into theaters. Our own feeling is that if one were to stitch all these clips together, we’d already have a highlights reel…and then why bother seeing the film?
Twenty TV spots have been released so far for X-Men: First Class, which sort of makes the point for us.
Today you will find more clips from X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern…and the final installment of the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (opening July 15).
Together, they represent three of the summers biggest tent poles.
The clips are quite self-explanatory, so if you feel so inclined, turn up those speakers and enjoy more gifts from the studio gods…

Costner Out, Russell In for Django Unchained

Kurt Russell, star of the theatrical Stargatemovie and John Carpenter’s The Thing, is in talks to replace Kevin Costner in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Russell will reportedly play a character named Ace who oversees a slave plantation in the American South in the 1800s. The plantation is owned by a depraved character played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The film’s plot focuses on a freed slave’s search for his wife. Jamie Foxx will play that slave.
Also in Django Unchained‘s star studded cast will be Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Cayouette and Christoph Waltz. Russell and Tarantino previously worked together on Death Proof.

Stars of Sanctuary, Stargate and Smallville Line Up for Hunter Syndrome

Amanda Tapping, Colin Ferguson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ryan Robbins and Allison Mack will be among a host of television stars attending a gala in Vancouver on September 24th to raise funds for research into Hunter Syndrome.
The condition, also known as MPS II, is a genetic disorder that affects children. It substantially reduces their lifespan and afflicts them with a variety of degenerative symptoms that increase in severity with age. Currently there is no cure for the rare syndrome, which is estimated to affect around 2000 children worldwide.
The aim of the 1st Annual Once Upon a Cure Gala is to raise funds and awareness for research into ways to reverse the disease. This research is already yielding promising new treatments and a seven-year-old boy from North Vancouver recently became the first child in Canada to be given a new medication for the condition.
Other actors and filmmakers who will be in attendance at the Gala include Elyse Levesque, Peter Kelamis and Julia Benson from Stargate Universe, Stargate: Atlantis‘ Paul McGillion and Sanctuary actor and director Peter De Luise. In keeping with its name, which is intended to convey hope, the event has an Alice in Wonderland theme.
Tickets for the Gala can be bought from the event’s website. They cost $250 each or $1900 for eight. Information can also be obtained on the Gala’s Twitter feed @onceuponacure.

Draco Malfoy Featured in New Poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Warner Bros has released a new character poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, this time featuring Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy. Over the past couple of weeks the studio has released similar posters featuring Hermione, Harry Potter, Ron, Lord Voldemort and Neville.
You can check out the new poster below.
Story Summary: Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction — the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart. Meanwhile, the wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort’s Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as the Death Eaters search for Harry with orders to bring him to Voldemort…alive. Harry’s only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him. But as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale — the legend of the Deathly Hallows. And if the legend turns out to be true, it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks. Little does Harry know that his future has already been decided by his past when, on that fateful day, he became “the Boy Who Lived.” No longer just a boy, Harry Potter is drawing ever closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the day he first stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.
Directed by David Yates, the final film in the long-running franchise stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright and Kelly Macdonald.