PLAGUE - OFFICIAL SCREENER from Matt Simpson on Vimeo.

Turbo
Twilight star Justin Chon plays a futuristic burger flipper by day, Dance Dance Revolution fighter by night, in the short film Turbo. The film was created by a USC student Jarrett Lee Conaway, and it's completely ridiculous in concept but actually very well done (The trailer and short are both below). Chon's character is Hugo Park and he's Dance Dance fighting not for glory but to fix his wheelchair-bound brother's back. He's a Dancing warrior with a heart of gold! The site describes it as a mix of Karate Kid and Tron, and it's pretty spot on... Not to mention, better acted than the Chun-Li film. Check it out.

It tells the story of Hugo Park (Justin Chon, Twilight) a misspent youth whose only outlet for angst is a 4D fighting videogame called "Super Turbo Arena". When Pharaoh King (Jocko Sims, Crash the Series), the Michael Jordan of cyber-sports, announces a tournament to determine who will join his pro-team, Hugo's sets his eyes on the prize. But, Hugo isn't the only gamer who wants fame and glory. If Hugo wants to win he's going to have to beat Shamus (David Lehre, Epic Movie), the all time Turbo champ at the local Pandemonium arcade, and Ruse Kapri, a feisty prep girl that knows how to win. Realizing he can't win on his skill alone, Hugo turns to his brother Tobias a former kick-boxer whose last match left him wheel-chair ridden. Together the two will mend old wounds and see if a washed up street fighter can teach a troubled teen how to become a virtual gladiator!

Turbo Trailer:

Turbo: Trailer from Jarrett Lee Conaway on Vimeo.

Turbo:

TURBO from Jarrett Lee Conaway on Vimeo.

The Scout
Giant snakes of injustice threaten this adorable tribe of Boy Scout-looking students. I'll watch anything with a giant snake in it. Seriously, anything.

Genesis
This fast moving X-Files meets Fringe Mexican movie has very little information out there, but the trailer is beautiful. This story centers around the employees of Owal Tec Paranormal Activities who investigate paranormal happenings around the globe.

SERES, Génesis - Film Trailer from IrinaMix on Vimeo.

Danger Planet comes out of the Cartoonstitute think tank, which produced 14 shorts in the hopes of turning some of them into series for Cartoon Network. In addition to Danger Planet, Drymon contributed a second short to the Cartoonstitute, promisingly titled Stockboys of the Apocalypse.

[via Cartoon Brew]

The Cat Piano from PRA on Vimeo.

[Cat Piano Film]

The film will follow a team of the rag-doll creatures, which contain within them the last remnants of humanity, as they try to avoid the soul-stealing monster that destroyed the rest of their people. Wood will voice the titular “9,” and Landau, Connelly, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, and Crispin Glover his fellow survivors. Acker plans to expand the universe of the original short, explaining how the rag dolls came to be, why the creatures hunt them, and what became of mankind. And like the short, the feature film will be computer animated, but styled to resemble stop motion animation.

[via MTV Movies Blog]

Even as our heroes hunt down the building's creepy crawlies, they act like they're in a buddy comedy until it's too late. Although the ironic, over-the-top sexual humor in the ten-minute film falls flat, it makes up for it with its bizarre stop-motion monsters and animated gore.

[Astron-6 via Quiet Earth]

Thanks to the Pixar Blog, we now have a closer look at the other robots that inhabit WALL-E's world of giant babies and robot workers. This is BURN-E, and if you can't tell by the name he's a robot welder. This 7-minute short tells the tale of one little welder that is trying to install a replacement lamp on a starliner, and then gets locked out. He has to try and find his way back inside the Axiom. I'm assuming that calamity and adorable robot hijinks await our fiery little friend.

[Pixar Blog]

Sarah Jane follows a group of teens have to parent themselves in a world over-run with zombies. Jane is pretty spot on as to what would actually happen if kids (or me) had to parent themselves in the apocalypse. They all look filthy, the house is a mess, every other word is a curse and they chase each other around with weed whackers. It's got a great twist and absolutely worth a few minutes of your time.

[via SF Signal]