The final trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood has been released and oh man does this movie look freakin’ awesome. The combination of Scott directing, and Russell Crowe as the title character, is already enough to be a selling point. But this trailer definitely brings the action in one huge epic dose. This movie is the latest version of the classic story about the famed archer and outlaw known as Robin Hood. Russell Crowe plays Robin Hood with Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. The movie drops on May 14th 2010 and this trailer is a must see. Check it out after the break.

Watch the Final Trailer for Robin Hood:

Sarah Killen follows many of her favorite celebrities on the social media network known as Twitter. It wasn’t until one of them decided to follow her back that her life was turned upside down. Former NBC talk show host Conan O’ Brien has over half a million followers on his Twitter account. But until recently he opted to not follow anyone at all. That was until he decided to follow one person at random. That random stranger was Michigan teenager Sarah Killen who became the one and only person O’Brien follows. In the course of 24 hours, Killen’s own Twitter, which consisted of three followers, exploded with over 150 new followers every minute. After one week of being the only person Conan O’Brien follows, her current amount of Twitter followers is over 20,000 and growing.

O’Brien’s choice of Sarah Killen was completely random. “I’ve decided to follow someone at random,” O’Brien’s posting read at 3:55 p.m. on Friday. “She likes peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs. Sarah Killen, your life is about to change.”

If anyone ever questioned the influence that social media has on our culture this is a great story of the power of the Internet. In less than one week Killen went from being an ordinary 19 year old planning her wedding to becoming an Internet sensation. She has received so much attention from this that websites, TV news stations, and newspapers are calling her for interviews (tomorrow she will appear on Good Morning America.) She recently received a new computer from someone in Florida who read her story. She now has a designer in New York who wants to give her a wedding dress and another follower who will be donating wine for her wedding.

These incredible acts of generosity have become headline news (this story was originally reported via Fox News) and since made headlines all over. Conan O’Brien recently joined Twitter after the cancellation of his gig as host of The Tonight Show. His Tweets are some of the funniest and most talked about humor on the net. The power of social media is a forced that can’t be reckoned with – and this goes to show how truly awesome and inspiring it can be.

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Opening in theaters this May is the video game adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, and Alfred Molina in a film by Mike Newell. UGO has debuted the final poster for the epic adventure which arrives in theaters May 28th 2010. The action packed trailer can be seen here and you can check out the full poster after the break.

Set in medieval Persia, the story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons. In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it’s up to the prince and the princess to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time.

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.

According to a report from Variety, Fox plans to drop the popular drama ‘24’ at the end of this season. Currently in the middle of its eight season, the action hit stars Kiefer Sutherland as federal agent Jack Bauer who is always facing a catastrophe that only he can prevent. There had been rumors for the last several months that Fox would not renew the show for a ninth season, but there yet to be any confirmed reports as to why they don’t intend on bringing it back. The show has maintained strong ratings for several years and there has even been considerable talk about a ‘24’ movie.

‘24’ has remained one of my favorite television shows to watch. Jack Bauer was the role of a lifetime for Sutherland who before being cast in the role back in 2001, hadn’t really been doing a whole lot on the big screen. With an original concept of each show taking place in one hour of real time, and an entire season consisting of one entire day, the show gained a faithful audience over the years. At last years Comic-Con the show’s producers showed no signs of slowing down. The last two seasons took Bauer out of Los Angeles and placed the action in Washington D.C, and this season is New York City.

The biggest challenge facing the creative talent behind the hit show is new concepts I would assume. Also the restraint of having everything take place in real time makes it difficult to keep the story consistent. I think the series has another one or two good seasons left in it. I am all for having a show go out while it is still good, but I just can’t fathom my Monday nights without Jack Bauer. What are your thoughts? End it on a high note or let it go for more? Comment below.

Numerous sites have been reporting as late as this morning that John Krasinski was about to be cast as Captain America in Marvel’s upcoming First Avenger film. Fans of the hero seemed split on the casting, as many have difficulty seeing him as an action hero after seeing him on The Office and more seriously in Away We Go. Now, according to Mike Fleming, almost all the actors going out for the role have been scrapped and are looking elsewhere. It appears that Marvel and director Joe Johnston have focused on three actors to play Steve Rogers. Who are the finalists? Check out the contenders after the jump.

Mike Vogel

Mike is the only actor from the original list we reported on earlier. He has appeared in Cloverfield and Poseidon, and seems to resemble the way people would picture Steve Rogers on film.

Garrett Hedlund

Hedlund has been seen in Death Sentence and Eragon, but will become known much more this December when his first big starring role in Tron Legacy hits theaters. If you have not had a chance to see him in the trailer, check it out here.

Chris Evans

Chris Evans already knows his way around a comic book page on film, already appearing in both Fantastic Four films as well as the upcoming adaptation of The Losers. I like Evans and he seems like he could handle the action the best, but he will still have to test well if he wants the part.

Of the three finalists, does anyone stand out as the best choice to you? Leave your comments below.

At the beginning of the month we reported that a script  for a Wolverine sequel had been finished and was set to start shooting in 2011. The film is supposed to pull from Chris Claremont’s and Frank Miller’s comic that takes place in Japan and, as I recall, doesn’t have Sabretooth in it. io9 reports that Liev Schreiber had dinner with Hugh Jackman who has read the first draft of the script and seemed ” really excited”. At this point there is no director attached and the cast remains a mystery for the time being. So, will Liev Schreiber be in the sequel?

Read what he had to say after the jump.

“It’s still not clear whether or not Victor will be present in the Japan storyline. In the Japan storyline as I remember it from the Wolverine comics, Victor wasn’t there. So I don’t know, of course I’ve got my fingers crossed because I love the character so much, to have the chance to do it again would be a lot of fun, but I’m not sure.”

One of the few saving graces from X-Men Origins: Wolverine was Schreiber’s Sabretooth. His look, posture and swagger were a great update from page to screen and it would be a shame not to have him back. I know, as a comic book fan, that Sabretooth has no business in the Japan storyline, but it could make for an attractive tweak to a story that is 20 years old. I actually hope that they just loosely base the script on Claremont’s tale and throw in some other X-Men related characters like the Silver Samurai or Sunfire. Either way the film just needs to be more coherent than the first one and have better CGI and I know I will be happy.

Would you like to see Liev Schreiber in the sequel or should we get some fresh characters? Post below.

More casting news for Conan this week as Avatar’s Stephen Lang has been tapped to play the villain Khalar Singh in director Marcus Nispel’s remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger flick. Latino Review had the scoop that Lang would join the project along with Jason Momoa who has been cast as the title character. Lang was previously seen on the screen in the blockbuster hit Avatar as Col Miles Quartich, the villain who attempts to take down the Na’Vi people of Pandora. This time around he will play the villain in Conan. Keep reading for more on his character.

“I’ve accepted the role of Khalar Singh,” he said. “I have no idea how I’m going to do it. First I’m going to find out how I’m going to sound. I’m going to get back on a Mongolian pony and ride like the wind. I’m going to flash my scimitar. I’m going to cut the nuts off Conan and his father.”

Stay tuned for more news on Conan as it is announced.

With the rumors that John Krasinski might end up playing Captain America in the upcoming film, fans have had a mixed reaction. Many have wondered if he has the chops, while others wonder if he even looks the part. Is John Krasinski just funny Jim on The Office? Or can he be the legend? Turns out that he may not get the role, but in a brilliant online comic strip from HijiNKS ENSUE fans of comic books and of The Office get to see what perils that Captain Jim get to go up against in the work place.

Source SlashFilm via Collider

I don’t even have to comment on how awesome this is.

What do you think? Post below.

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The first official teaser trailer for Tron Legacy has arrived and it is amazing. This has been an incredible week for trailers with the awesome Iron Man 2 trailer, and now this! We have been covering Tron Legacy since last summer when we saw exclusive footage and concept art at the San Diego Comic-Con. Fanboys have eagerly awaited the arrival of this trailer, and I must say, it was definitely worth the wait. For those who may not be old enough to know, Tron Legacy is the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic Tron about a hacker who is abducted into a computerized world where he is forced to participate in gladiator style games. The sequel takes place 25 years after the original where Sam Flynn is looking into the disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn. Check out the trailer after the jump!

Watch the Teaser Trailer for Tron Legacy:

Tron Legacy is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world thats unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his fathers disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevins loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous

Tron Legacy hits theaters December 17th 2010!