Poster Post: Some Day My Prince Will Come

The next Chronicles of Narnia movie just got a lot more interesting. Future crush object Ben Barnes stars as Prince Caspian, the savior of Narnia or something.

But who cares, that prince is a hottie, as you can see for yourself in this production video. It must be that one-two punch of a British accent and a cleft chin.

Prince Caspian will hit theaters next May. Click on the picture above for access to a huge high-res image of the poster.

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In Memorium - 09/11/2001

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Poster Post: Cowboy Up

Russell Crowe is a notorious outlaw and Christian Bale is the rancher charged with delivering him to the train on time in 3:10 to Yuma, opening this Friday.

James Mangold (Walk the Line) directed this remake of the 1957 western of the same title (starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin). This new take is already garnering some award buzz, specifically co-star Peter Fonda as a nasty bounty hunter. Ben Foster and Gretchen Mol also star.

The poster art above, reminiscent of a period wanted poster, was one of three designs released by Lions Gate.

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Poster Post: "Three More Days 'Til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween"

OK, it's more like two months, but like Christmas, All Hallow's Eve seems to come earlier and earlier each year.

This year, trick or treat season starts this Friday with the release of Rob Zombie's reboot of Halloween. Based on John Carpenter's classic slasher film (the one that started it all thirty years ago), the new film delves deeper into the origins of Michael Myers, played as an adult by X-Men's Tyler Mane. Malcolm McDowell co-stars as Dr. Loomis, the role created by Donald Pleasence in the original.

For more on the new fright flick, visit Cinematical for their slightly spoilerish interview with Zombie himself.

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Poster Post: Once Upon a Time

I have said before that I am not the biggest fan of the "fractured fairy tale" genre like the Shrek films and The Princess Bride.

However, I did enjoy Ella Enchanted, and the upcoming Enchanted looks to be just as delight-filled. With a cast that includes Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden and Susan Sarandon (as an evil queen, no less), how could you go wrong?

Enchanted opens November 21.

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Poster Post: Now That's Dancing!

I have always loved the poster for That's Dancing!, the That's Entertainment for dancers only, most likely because of its inherent GMA factor.

I was reminded of this movie (which was finally released on DVD last month) while perusing Entertainment Weekly's recent video poll of the "Best Dance Moves on Film".

Covering terpsichorean highlights from movie, television and music videos, both good and well, interesting, EW pits various dances against each other in such wacky categories as "Best Random (But Perfectly Choreographed) Dance Interlude" and "Best Reason to Enroll in Adult Tap Classes".

Represented is a fare mixture of both longtime classic dance sequences (Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, Saturday Night Fever) and current favorites (Pulp Fiction, Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine). But the surprise for me was this clip from the TV toon Family Guy, wherein baby Stewie is impressively integrated into the famous Gene Kelly/Jerry the Mouse number from Anchors Aweigh.

I am by no means a fan of the Family Guy; unlike The Simpsons, their satire is usually served up straight with no chaser. This is what impressed me all the more with this particular scene, as it is no crass parody of musicals, but an actual tribute to the form.

UPDATE: The original clip I linked to has been removed, but I did find another YouTube video that is even better, with a cool split screen showing Kelly dancing with Jerry at the same time as Stewie. The link above will now take you to that clip.

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Poster Post: Lost Boys Come of Age

In celebration of the (get ready to feel old, my peers) 20th Anniversary of the cult horror hit The Lost Boys, this like, totally awesome poster was created for a special showing recently in Santa Cruz.

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Poster Post: Animal Magnetism

On the heels of the news of a gay Muppet show (no, not Avenue Q), here is the startling Polish poster art for the 1979 family favorite, The Muppet Movie.

As you can see, this is an awesome example of how American movie titles are translated in foreign countries: Muppety Jada Do Hollywood. Yeah, what he said.

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Poster Post: 01.18.08/Cloverfield

Chances are you have already seen the voyeuristically scary teaser trailer for producer J.J. Abrams' next film project. Still untitled (what, is this a trend?), the vague advance marketing for the film, codenamed either 01.18.08 or Cloverfield (depending on which day of the week it is), will either pay off big time come January or fizzle out, Snakes on a Plane-style, from too much fanboy over-expectations.

In any event, the teasing continues with this poster image, released this weekend at Comic-Con, showing the other end of the carnage seen in the trailer. My opinion on the beastie that beheaded Lady Liberty? I say it's ol' Smokey ...

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Poster Post: The Demon Barber

First look (via Playbill) at the upcoming film version of Stephen Sondheim's classic stage musical Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp.

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Poster Post: Warhol on Fassbinder

Andy Warhol's evocative take on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Querelle.

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Poster Post: Audrey in Peril

Japanese poster art for the 1963 Stanley Donen romantic thriller Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

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Poster Posts: An Introduction

Gorgeous or just plain "cool", great poster art from around the world, like this stunning example from Poland of Bob Fosse's 1972 classic, Cabaret.

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