You’re Next Poster Sheep

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You’re Next Poster Cat

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You’re Next Poster Sheep

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One of the more widely-praised festival hits from the past few years is director Adam Wingard’s horror film You’re Next. Matt had very positive things to say about the pic in his review from the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, and now Lionsgate has finally slated the film for release later this year. The story centers on a family reunion that turns deadly when the family becomes targeted by murderers sporting some incredibly creepy animal masks. The studio released a fantastic first trailer for the pic last month, and it now looks like they’re taking their marketing campaign to the streets. Hit the jump to see images of You’re Next‘s poster takeover. More here

You’re Next is directed by Adam Wingard whose previous film A Horrible Way to Die also premiered at TIFF last year. The film stars Sharni Vinson who has set a new standard for a heroine in this movie. The TIFF Media Site offers the following description of the movie “From the director-writer team that brought TIFF audiences A Horrible Way To Die in 2010 comes a new experiment in tension. A family comes under a terrifying and sadistic attack during a reunion getaway. Barricaded in their secluded country home, they have to fight off a barrage of axes, crossbows and machetes from both inside and outside the house. Unfortunately for the killers, one of the victims proves to have a talent for fighting back.” The producer of the movie described it more succinctly as “Home Alone as a horror movie”. The history behind this movie’s inception is very interesting. Right after their premiere of “A Horrible Way to Die” at the TIFF last year Wingard and his writer Simon Barrett, came to a Midnight Madness showing (of a movie called Insidious) and were blown away by the rowdy audience and the vibe described in the first paragraph of this review. Wingard looked over at Barrett and said “Dude we gotta do a Midnight Madness movie next year”, and You’re Next was that movie. As a side note Wingard revealed during the Q&A that his next movie will be an action movie. More here

World War Z Poster Tower

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World War Z Poster BW Tower

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World War Z Poster Skyline

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The Wolverine Poster Sword

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The Wolverine Poster Kneeling

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The Wolverine Poster Samurai

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White House Down Poster Walking

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First thing’s first, amigos – HAPPY 33rd BIRTHDAY, CHANNING MATTHEW TATUM! While 2012 will forever be known as the Year of the Tates, what with his success in having three blockbusters earn more than $100 million each, this has so far been the laid back vacation year that C-Tates very much deserves. So tonight, when you’re out at a bar, perhaps waiting to perform Nelson’s “Love and Affection” at karaoke night, raise a beer or white wine spritzer in honor of Tatum’s birthday, knowing that he’ll be looking up at that same night sky after vomiting from too many Alabama slammers. See it here

As you can see in the trailer, this isn’t a small movie. As I learned on set, the production re-created 65% of the White House and they didn’t do it on the cheap. As we walked around the soundstages, the attention to detail was extraordinary. They told us they referenced every photograph they could find and then tried to find the actual places that made the materials. Every piece of wallpaper, the windows, the color of the paint—they tried to match everything to the real White House to add to the authenticity of the film. Of course, since many parts of the White House are classified, the production did their best to fill in the blanks. Trust me, when you see the film this summer, the level of detail will blow you away. More here

Turbo Poster Slo No Mo

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It’s a simple premise that could work really well for the studio’s sense of humor, and the new trailer is nothing but promise. Great design, a few kooky side characters, the usual fish-out-of-water following his ridiculous dreams set up. It’s a superhero movie where the accident happens to a gastropod. More here

With Monsters University and Despicable Me 2 set to battle it out as the biggest animated movies of the summer, there doesn’t seem to be much room for any other animated flicks to carve out their own piece of the family pie. That won’t stop Fox and DreamWorks from trying anyway with their own upcoming movies Epic and Turbo. A new trailer for the latter has arrived online this week and will be attached to The Croods this weekend. More here