Trailers have become a culture and an art form all to themselves. Being a true movie obsessive now means not only being up on films as soon as they come out, but trailers, too, and this practice has been greatly facilitated by the Internet. A certain kind of person will remember downloading the original “Phantom Menace” trailer in 1998 and then buying tickets for “Meet Joe Black” just to see it on the big screen. (Some of these people also may have worn matching T-shirts to this event and then left immediately after the 130-second clip was over.) The online release of a much-anticipated movie’s trailer has now become a major media event, as the viral frenzy last week over the trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Aliens” prequel “Prometheus” shows.

New trailers are dissected second-by-second for clues about the movie on online message boards and in fan communities across the Web. The “Titanic” rerelease — and the marketing around it — offers a rare opportunity to see directly how the trailer has evolved in the last decade and a half, along with the art of making big-budget movies.

Via: Reelz.com Over the Thanksgiving weekend, a bootleg version of the trailer for director Ridley Scott’s Prometheus was leaked online just as Twentieth Century Fox had released some new images and details about the upcoming sci-fi movie. While bootlegs usually want for quality, the Prometheus trailer was beyond poor, shot, presumably by the uploader, right […]

USA Today reports that a 3D Trailer for the re-release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace be attached to The Three Musketeers, beginning October 21st. The entire series is returning to theaters, in 3-Dimensions starting with Episode I on February 10, 2012. photo courtesy of G4TV

by Jenny Jones Ever since his parent’s divorce when he was very young, Josh has only seen his father once a year during the 2 months of summer vacation. During all of these father/son visits Josh was dragged along on his father’s latest extreme sporting conquests. Although Master cave explorer Frank Maguire may be known […]

Uma Thurman Down for More Kill Bill, Says Ideas Are ‘Awesome’ “Yeah, I think it’d be fun!” Thurman enthusiastically replied when asked if she’d be up for playing Beatrix once again. In terms of actual progress on the script, Uma revealed that, “[Tarantino and I] did chat, we did chat. He has not yet finished […]