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Trailer Watch: Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator

Sacha Baron Cohen  is back with a more traditional (read: scripted) comedy this time: The Dictator, the “heroic story of dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.” Moviefone has the first trailer, which has a few good laughs in it.

The Dictator was directed by e and Brüno diretor Larry Charles and hits theaters on May 11, 2012. The film also stars Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly and Anna Faris (who either wasn’t in the trailer, or I blinked).


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Multiplex #648: Mortal Combat, Part 1 inks

Most of you have read this comic already, but here are the inks for the strip posted on Thursday (which is still not done):

Multiplex #648 inks

For a little side-by-side (er, top-by-bottom?), you can see the pencils, as well, after the jump:

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Trailer Watch: Guy Pearce in Luc Besson’s Lockout (updated with official trailer and stupid new title)

Luc Besson’s recent-ish productions are very hit and miss, ranging from brainless fun (District B13, Unleashed, Taken) to brainless drivel (Transporter 2 & 3).

Lockout, his upcoming science fiction flick starring Guy Pearce, Peter Stormare, and Maggie Grace looks like it could go either way, but I like Pearce (and this trailer) well enough to give it a chance when it comes out. Look for around on April 20, 2012.

UPDATE (12/16): It seems that film has been renamed MS One: Maximum Security… uh, okay. Also, the earlier trailer was an early, leaked version that doesn’t quite reflect the finished film. Here’s a new, official one. Thanks to @Vanderlow58 for the heads up!

Now that we know a little more about the plot, I’m cringing a little (basically a ripoff of Escape from New York) but Besson has never been terribly strong with plot. So whatever.


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Trailer Watch: Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods

Somebody explain to me how a movie with a trailer this great, which was written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), can get shelved for two years? Surely MGM (which bankrolled the film before going bankrupt) could have made it happen.

In any case, thanks are due to Lionsgate for rescuing Cabin in the Woods from oblivion. The film finally hits theaters in April.


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