What with all the trailers for Little Fockers and Jake Gyllenhaal curing Anne Hathaway’s Parkinson’s with love and boner pills (actual title), I don’t blame you for forgetting that there are still a few projects that actually look good. Namely, the Coen Bros’ True Grit, opening in December. I posted a few set pics a while back, but I believe this is the first official still.  The adaptation of the Charles Portis novel (which was previously adapted in 1969 with John Wayne) also includes Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper, and will tell the story from the point of view of the little girl (Hailee Steinfeld) who joins Sheriff Rooster Cogburn (Bridges) on the manhunt for her father’s killer.  But honestly, if you needed more than “The Dude plays an eye-patch-wearing drunk,” I’m not sure we can be friends.

Yes, I know it’s just a picture, but let’s face it, you’ve pleasured yourself to less.  Also, this one includes 14-year-old girl in pigtails. Hmm. What I meant to say was, “This looks good.”

[picture via Twitch]

The fellas down under at In the Mix were kind enough to pass along an exclusive look at the new Tron: Legacy trailer a few days before Disney will release it to the whole wide world. While the previous Tron trailer (Ed. – Tronailer?) gave us quick flashes of all the awesomeness we can expect from this sequel (see: Olivia Wilde’s hot self above), this trailer gives us a bigger look into the other awesomeness that we can expect. Like the chick in all white.

Blow our minds, Disney:

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"Hey, little girl, wanna see my pocket watch?"

I’ll be honest, folks: even though I’m a movie blogger and thus legally required to fan my fat face in nerdish anticipation at every story involving guys in spandex suits, I think I like Coen Brothers stories more.  On that note, here are the latest set pics (via this guy) of Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn on the set of the Coen Brothers’ remake re-adaptation of the Charles Portis novel, True Grit.  It opens Christmas Day.

That’s Hailey Steinfeld as Mattie Ross, and in this version, like in the novel, the story is told from her perspective.  Josh Brolin and Matt Damon have supporting roles.  Also, one of the characters is named “Bear Grit.”  He’s named of course for the grade of sandpaper designed for use on surfaces covered in bears.  Anyway, all of this sounds good.  But, honestly, you had me at “The Dude plays an eyepatch-wearing drunk.”

Those are the best kind of drunks.  This project earns the FilmDrunk Seal of Approval.

[set pics via this guy, who has plenty more]

For me, nothing excites my complete and utter apathy like a modern update of Tron, but since I know how much you dorks love this crap, here’s the Tron Legacy trailer. The marketing asswipes created a whole viral campaign and real-world scavenger hunt for this, and I guess some dork finally collected all the slap bracelets and pogs or whatever he needed so now it’s online.  Totally worth it, dude. Anyway, it seems The Dude’s been stuck inside a computer for 20 years, and you can’t blame him, because Olivia Wilde is there and she’s wearing rubber pants and F-me boots.

So now The Dude’s son, Garrett “How’s My Hair” Hedlund has to get him out.  What I don’t get is, all the people in the computer, they’re computer programs, right?  And how do you beat a computer program?  That’s right, with a virus.  If Hollywood had any balls, this whole movie would be about cornholin’.

[if the YouTube version gets taken down, you can also watch it here]

Here’s Kathryn Bigelow collecting her Oscar for Best Director.  My favorite part was Barbra Streisand inserting herself in the moment as if she’d actually done something.  Imagine if when Peter Jackson had collected his Best Picture for Lord of Rings, Brett Ratner had been onstage to say “This is a victory for fat guys with beards everywhere!”   No it’s not, bitch, you didn’t do anything. Sit your ass back down.

After the jump, Jeff Bridges’ speech after winning Best Actor.  If you had “groovy” in your office’s words-Jeff-Bridges-will-use-upon-winning-Best-Actor pool, you’re a winner.

(And just because, here’s Olivia Munn and Eva Amurri eating chocolate-covered strawberries (via).  Mmm, that’s nice ladies, I got some chocolate-covered strawberries I’d like to feed you.  …Wait, did I just make a scheisse euphemism?  I don’t even know anymore).

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