I know there's probably a term for this type of fighting, and someone who did it first. But, watching Denzel fight all I could think of was, "Get 'em Rafiki!" Wise old dude who makes spiritual references and fights with his hands, and a knife. And that's not a bad thing, because Rafiki is the shit. Here's a video for comparison.

Don't get put off by the first two minutes, I promise you it pays off around 4:03 when you get to see a side-by-side break down of Zoe Saldana flipping out as herself, and as her alien character Neytiri. I think I've watched that part 30 times. Say what you will about the plot or the blue people, you can't deny that the technology in this film is pretty impressive. Especially since Cameron can basically pick any shot he wants from any angle, and the computer will recreate the scene. But on the downside, why does Neytiri sound like Natasha from Bullwinkle?

Found the youtube version for those that have trouble viewing Hulu:

Careful — there are massive spoilers in the video. The Road is out November 25th.

Apparently Wheaton did a lot of voice work for the Romulan crew, and it's all thanks to fellow voiceover-artist Greg Grunberg's Twitter outreach to Wheaton. The clip and casting extra is from the Star Trek DVD, which will be released November 17, 2009.

Casting Spock:

Wil Wheaton's Cameo:

From Wil's Blog on the whole voice dubbing experience:

I met JJ at an ADR stage a few days later, where he told me the entire plot of the movie (and, for the record, hearing JJ Freakin' Abrams tell you the plot of his Star Trek is even more awesome than you'd expect) and showed me some of the scenes that I'd be dubbing. I ended up providing voices for all the Romulans on Nero's ship, including the guy who tells him that "it's time" at the very beginning of the movie. (Yeah, how cool is that?)

[via Trek Movie and Wil Wheaton]

[via Newsweek]

[via Wired]

We believe that Nolan's latest movie takes us into the mind, and lets us step inside a person's dreams. This video below, which was taken from the sidelines on the Inception shoot, shows a freight train barreling down the middle of the street — something possible only in your dreams. The whole thing is delightfully off-putting and... well, dream-like. Which is probably exactly what Nolan wants, and we're excited to see more. The next two clips show what seem to be a firefight, and a driving sequence.

[via Cinemablend]

The latest look at GB from Cinematical has Sam Rockwell talking about Tim Allen's villain theories on the Galaxy Quest set. I must admit if I was hanging out with Sam, GQ would come up more than once. I like these little GB looks as I believe it's preparing audiences for the exceedingly dry humor that comes out of this movie.

A fantastic Red Dawn 2010 fansite has posted a mass of set pics and set videos depicting the re-education tactics being implemented after a little town in America has been invaded. Similar to the original film, a gang of unruly teens must to start their own tiny revolution to take back the town after it's been taken over by hostile forces. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Isabel Lucas (the tongue lashing Decepticon), Adrianne Palicki (Legion and Friday Night Lights) and Connor Cruise (yes Tom's son) are all cast in the remake. They're not messing around with the red lettering, are they? Also, it seems like there's a gigantic plane crash in the little town, along with a few gun fights and car-chase scenes.

In other Wild Things news the entire soundtrack can be streamed at imeem. God help me I keep singing the chanty child song "All Is Love" from the trailer, with Karen O and the Kids.

If you haven't checked out Jemaine Clement's insane take on a fantasy writer at his lowest level, so low he steals a story from a student in the Gentlemen Broncos trailer please do - because if that doesn't get you, Sam Rockwell's super reindeer tank surely will.

Also there's this hilarious and low-effort contest going on with Jemaine Clement and scifaikus. Enter your own scifaiku and the winner will be read by Jemaine Clement, in character as Dr. Ronald Chevalier, at the premiere of Gentlemen Broncos at Fantastic Fest, which is pretty grand.

Gentlemen Broncos will be in theaters on October 30.

The politically charged and very graphic film will be released this Friday.

Tedious, no? This is one of the bonus features on theCoraline DVD, out July 21st. But there's a lot more from director Henry Selick and even original creator Neil Gaiman on the disc. Plus both the Blu-ray and DVD will have the 2-D and 3-D versions of the film.

BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAYTM HI-DEF:

• U-CONTROL ON 2-D FEATURE – Universal's exclusive signature feature allows viewers to delve into the making of the film with the click of the remote without ever leaving the movie. Through picture-in-picture, fans can enhance their understanding of how the movie was made by viewing tours of the sets, animatics and behind-the-scenes moments, including voiceover sessions.

• CREEPY CORALINE – Director and screenwriter Henry Selick and Coraline author Neil Gaiman take fans deeper into the darker intricacies of Coraline's alternative worlds.

• BD-LIVETM – Fans can access exclusive online and interactive features through their Internet connected Blu-rayTM player, including:

• MY SCENES SHARING – Show your BD-LiveTM friends your favorite scenes from the film.

• THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HENRY – In this feature, director Henry Selick discusses his approach to the film adaptation of the award-winning book and what he loves about Coraline.

BONUS FEATURES AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAYTM HI-DEF & THE 2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD:

• DELETED SCENES

• THE MAKING OF CORALINE – Director and screenwriter Henry Selick hosts this behind the scenes feature about how this hand-crafted, stop-motion animated film was made.

• VOICING THE CHARACTERS – Coraline's acclaimed cast and filmmaker Henry Selick talk about their experiences working on the film, including defining the perfect voice for their characters.

• DIGITAL COPY OF CORALINE – Transfer the included digital copy to your iPod, Mac or PC and experience Coraline anywhere, anytime!

BONUS FEATURES AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAYTM HI-DEF, 2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD & SINGLE DISC DVD:

• FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR HENRY SELICK & COMPOSER BRUNO COULAIS

Hmmm this new cast (what little we've seen of them so far) is really starting to grow on me. It really looks like they're trying for a better balance between actors and stand-out roles. I mean, they can't all be McKay, afterall.

In other Stargate news, the SGU site has officially opened! Check out the MGM Stargate home with vids, pics and what not. Plus, the first big long look at SGU will be held at this years San Diego Comic Con on Friday at 10:30 AM in Ballroom 20. I'll be there, Gating out and hoping I get to see the David Blue versus David Hewlett banter face off I pitched months ago.

Aw Ronald all love-struck is too cute, and it's always good to see Helena Bonham Carter getting back to what she does best: acting insane.

I have to admit, I'm banking on this Potter to be the best of the series. It's one of the better books, plus from these clips alone, I'm already certain it will be 1,000 times better than the last movie. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince will be out July 15.

What Is Paul is loaded up with photos from the set, and little videos featuring the actors and crew members being adorable, the way Pegg and Frost always are. Paul is about a couple of comic-book geeks who travel cross country to Comic Con and meet a few interesting aliens along the way. I'm loving the little nerdy moments in these videos, like when Pegg states, "We named the RV in the film after the name of the ship that Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos Islands in." That's my kind of nerd... sigh.

Looks like Edgar Wright's super aggressive online campaign for em>Scott Pilgrum may have rubbed off on his two old colleagues (Wright directed Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz). I'd love to see these two campaigns get some cross-over, if the films visited each other, it would make an amazing viral.

Last Tuesday io9 was a guest of Paramount, along with a few other reporters, on the set M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, The Last Airbender. We headed over to Night's favorite cinematic city Philadelphia, to see what the the director of The Sixth Sense would do with an expansive fantasy world. Night is, in a sense, building an entire world with only the cartoon and a specific, but loyal, following of fans to keep him in check (some of the biggest fans being his own daughters, who were the inspiration behind his tackling the project).

For those of you not familiar with the Avatar world, the fantastical realm is divided up into four nations: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. They lived together in peace, until the Fire Nation took out the other three, plummeting the land into war. Many years later, a bald little boy Aang (played by the adorable and new Noah Ringer) awakens to find he is the last of his kind, the Airbenders and the balance of the nation's future rests on his shoulders. Together with his newly acquired friends, a rowdy brother and sister pair Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) and the waterbending Katara (Nicola Peltz), the three set out to put the nation back on the track towards peace.

Unfortunately for them, the Fire Nation isn't too keen on the idea of Aang, and sends out a giant army after him (which you can see in the teaser) along with Prince Zuko (Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel) who's full of spite and anger. We're actually quite excited to see this total departure from Patel's previous role.

While I'm still not sure how this film is going to be marketed to those over 20 and unaware of the Airbender franchise, Night's new world certainly has a gorgeous backdrop going for it. Each set we walked on was more expansive and detailed than the last. The ice cave that holds the Moon Spirit was completely transformed into a strange and ethereal space, with a towering cherry tree looming over a reflecting pond. Every single blossom on the twisted branches was hand painted individually, with three different shades of pink. It truly felt like a mysterious oasis where brilliant green mold grows over ice.

But that wasn't even the kicker. Night has constructed a life size representation of the Fire Nation battleships, that can unleash furious fire power and where Dev Patel told us he'd spar with his crew. Dusty crumbling temples were erected, with gold statues of past Avatars, and even those can't compare to Airbender's pièce de résistance world-building moment, which just so happens to be the largest set ever built on the East Coast... which we're saving to tell you more about later.

So how much did they diverge from the cartoon, to make a story about warring nations and it's citizens who can bend the elements believable? Producer Frank Marshall explained that they have high hopes to stick to a PG rating. "I'm not even sure we want to get in the PG-13 realm," he explained.

But the director did have to whittle some things away. While taking a break from filming in the dusty floors of the North Air Temple Night told us what had to be cut: "I took away a little bit of the slapsticky stuff that was there for the little little kids, the fart jokes and things like that. We weeded that stuff away and the other stuff came out. We grounded Katara's brother, who's the comic relief in the show. We grounded him, and that really did wonderful things for the whole theme of the movie."

For a man building an entire world, he seems supremely calm and focused on set, but I was relieved to see that even he was at times overwhelmed by the sheer size of this project, "There are two and a half weeks left of not being as scared to death, but there were plenty of days where I was scared to death of what I'm doing." This film is really the first time Night has worked with elaborate CG backgrounds, or worked on constructing his own franchise, for that matter.

But I know you all want to know, what of Appa the giant white Sky Bison who flies? You've been asking ever since the film was announced. How will is it even possible to bring such a mythical creature to life? While we got to glimpse the enormous white furry top half of the magical six-legged creature (who will be part mechanical and part CG, the top half being mecha for the actors). Production Designer, Philip Messina, answered our Appa questions, reassuring us all that "I think once you see him on screen, you will see the Appa from the cartoon realm brought to life, but [that] still has the essence of his character. He has a character and a personality, he's an actor in the film to some extent."

Good luck getting those six-legs in order, guys. Even though the crew has recently wrapped filming, they still have a long road ahead of them.

The official movie site is now up and running and has HQ trailers available for download.

Who really knows what happens between the teen stars of the Twilight franchise and the crew on the set of New Moon, but we suspect that if this behind-the-scenes video had a bit more dialog, it would go a little something like this...

Taylor Lautner: "So what's my motivation?"

(Director) Chris Weitz: "You just got a haircut. Do you feel it?"

Taylor Lautner: "Yeah, okay."

Chris Weitz: "How does it feel?"

Taylor Lautner: "Lighter."

Chris Weitz: "Good. Now go to that place in your soul and capture it. You've been living under the harsh yoke of long hair for years, and then the scissors came in. It's a metaphor for your soul. You're free, you must run and show Bella... Wait, what? Robert's here? Gotta go."

End Scene

[Via Kyle And Jackieo]