Here’s the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, as recreated using the accompanying panels from the graphic novel on which the movie is based. I haven’t read the comic book, so I was hoping this would explain why everyone’s nerding out on this movie so hard, when I’m kind of lukewarm on it.  It opens this weekend, and though the visuals and the razor-sharp editing could be enough to carry it, the underlying concept seems kind of lame. But what do I know, I’m just a handsome racecar driver.

Anyway, there are a couple places where the dialog in the trailer doesn’t match the comic perfectly, but for the most part, this should be enough to convince you that the movie is very faithful to the original comic (which is… good?).  Shockingly, the title card in the movie trailer saying “IT’S ON… LIKE DONKEY KONG.” did not appear in the original comic.  Well done, marketing department.  Very creative.  Treat yourselves to lunch.

(via Buzzfeed, thanks to hairless sex machine Matt Ufford for the tip.)

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(I suppose this begs the question, at what point is it too much Photoshop?)

Ever since Sam Raimi left the Spider-Man franchise, people assumed Sony would now be free to add any ridiculous bells, whistles, flames, ground effects, or cock rings, 3D obviously being first on the list as Hollywood’s obnoxious new toy. But when they announced Marc Webb as the director and an $80M budget, it made 3D seem unlikely (considering Avatar cost upwards of $400M). Not to fear!

Columbia Pictures has decided to make the next installment, which follows Marvel superhero Peter Parker during his high school years, in 3D.”Spider-Man is the ultimate summer moviegoing experience, and we’re thrilled the filmmakers are presenting the next installment in 3D,” said Jeff Blake, chairman of Sony Pictures worldwide marketing & distribution. [Variety]

Remember when your cousin wanted to tint the windows on his Civic hatchback, but he didn’t have the money to get it done professionally, so he just bought some tinting sheets off a Mexican dude and tried to do it himself, but it came out all f*cked up and full of air bubbles?  And you thought, “Wow, not only does that look like a trashy sh*tpile now, even in a best-case scenario, you would’ve just ended up driving around all proud of your crappy sh*tbox like an asshole,”?  Yeah, it’s kind of like that.  Sony is dumb like your dumb cousin.  Stay tuned next week, when we all have to pretend their new tribal tat is super cool.

(Get it?  His hair’s messed up because he’s blind.  Stupid Hollywood, The Braillettes managed it fine.)

Fox currently owns the rights to the Daredevil franchise, but if they don’t do anything with it, it reverts back to Marvel.  And if there’s one thing Fox execs can’t stand, it’s the idea of anyone else making a suckier movie than them.  Therefore, Daredevil reboot.  Same blind dude, now with less Affleck. ;-(

Regency is mounting the remake with former News Corp No. 2 Peter Chernin producing. Writing the redo is screenwriter David Scarpa, who scripted The Day The Earth Stood Still for Fox. [DHD]

The Day the Earth Stood Still... anyone see that?  No?  Didn’t think so. Maybe I’ll catch it on cable. If I lose my remote or something.  Anyway, the important thing is that they cast a strong lead, and I think I’ve got the perfect choice…

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Saddle up, queers, it’s Captain America update-time.  First Collider reports that director Joe Johnston says he’s looking to cast a relative unknown in the lead, who’ll “definitely” be an American (Update: Like the guy from Chuck, perhaps).  Because it’s only cool to cast people as the wrong nationality if they’re Asian, Latin, or Sean Connery.  Meanwhile, the LA Times has more plot info:

Johnston and Marvel have added a new wrinkle to the classic mythology to explain why a scientifically enhanced super-soldier would venture out in the WWII battlefields in a costume that leans a bit heavy on the old Betsy Ross imagery [i.e., the flag. -Ed.].
“The costume is a flag, but the way we’re getting around that is we have Steve Rogers forced into the USO circuit. After he’s made into this super-soldier, they decide they can’t send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He’s the only one and they can’t make more. So they say, ‘You’re going to be in this USO show’ and they give him a flag suit. He can’t wait to get out of it.”
That’s a whole new concept and it’s one that sounds pretty promising [redacted]. “It was never in the comics,” Johnston said, “because they didn’t really need it. In comics, he puts on the costume and the reader just justifies because of the nature of the medium.”

So… the U.S. creates the strongest weapon in the world, and the plan is to make it wear a gay costume and entertain the troops?  I only have one thing to say: Yakety Sax or GTFO.

The only thing Hollywood Execs love more than cocaine are comic books, and the only thing they love more than comic books are zombies.  Does that last sentence work?  Blow me, said a source close to the story.

David Fincher, has optioned movie rights for The Goon with plans to adapt the Dark Horse comic book into a CG animated film from Blur Studio.  Created by Eric Powell in 1999, The Goon, “tells the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster. The Goon and his sidekick Franky often get tied up in other machinations, often in relation to the evil zombie gangs. [/Film]

Oh yeah, the mafia.  I forgot about that, people never make movies about them.  Hey, who wants to bet the teaser will be black, white, and red?  Anyone?