LoveFilm has posted an English dubbed trailer for Optimum’s upcoming theatrical release of Studio Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) in July. I think the British accents fit the setting of the film perfectly, but Disney disagrees and announced to use their own dub for the US release in February.

[via ANN & LoveFilm.com]

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The French version of the trailer leaked a few days ago, but I decided to wait of and official and higher quality version before posting the first official (and by the way ass-kicking) trailer for Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossibe 4: Ghost Protocol starring Tom Cruise as…well himself mostly.

[via Yahoo! Movies]

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Shochiku Entertainment has posted a new promo trailer for the upcoming (Japanese) DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Appleseed XIII: Yuigon, the first part of Production I.G.’s CG anime retelling of Masamune Shirow’s Appleseed manga in their YouTube channel.
International release dates haven’t been announced yet.

Synopsis:

Following a world war that killed half the world’s population, the city-nation of Olympus stands as a beacon of hope in a world of chaos and conflict. The utopian metropolis is governed by Gaia, a vast artificial intelligence, and administered by a genetically engineered humanoids known as Bioroids.

Although Olympus seems like a peaceful city on the surface, racial (human vs. bioroids vs. cyborgs), religious, and political conflicts lurk underneath — threatening to overturn the delicately balanced “peace”. Security threats such as terrorists and anti-government criminals abound, so the use of force becomes a necessary evil even in this so-called utopia.

Deunan, a young female warrior, and Briareos, a veteran cyborg-soldier, are both partners and lovers, as well as members of ES.W.A.T., the elite special forces serving Olympus. They are deployed wherever trouble strikes.

Conspiracy, terrorism, deadly military weapons technology, greedy corporations, and power-hungry politicians — these are just some of the threats that Deunan and Briareos must contend with as they fight to protect Olympus and save mankind from plunging into another war.

[via ANN & Crunchyroll]

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Shut up and eat your awesome Transformers 3! I just hope this stuff stays in your stomache after the credits…

[via Twitch]

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Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion…until a peasant named Theseus (Henry Cavill) comes forth as their only hope. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his hordes…

[via Ryan Seacrest]

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America, fuck yeah!

Poster:

Synopsis:

Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull.

[via TrailerAddict & Yahoo! Movies]

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Good news for those who can’t or just don’t want to decide if they prefer the international or theatrical cut (check out wildgrounds’ comparison) of Kim Ji-Woon’s bloody thriller I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다 ). The South Korean distributor Blue Kino announced to release a Blu-ray Disc set that will include both versions and English subtitles on July 27th.
Judging from the product image I stole from YesAsia, the set consists of two standard amarays packed inside a (limited) slipcase. Too bad they didn’t use the nice fold-out package from the already released DVD set…

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Je t’aime is the extended version of a music video created by Mamoru Oshii for the J-Rock band GLAY and their song Satellite of Love or rather a declaration of love for basset hounds all over the planet. Skip to minute nine if you’d rather see some cyberpunk action from the director of Ghost in the Shell than dogs with too much skin…

[via Catsuka & @animeresearch]

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Synopsis:

Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international drug-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

Boyle drifts through life, not much concerned about anything, not even the mysterious murder of a man in one of the town’s holiday cottages. But when Everett shows Boyle the mugshots of four drug traffickers, he recognises one of them as the dead man.

And so the two cases converge, with a bemused Everett finding himself adrift in the decidedly original and sometimes surreal world of Sergeant Gerry Boyle, the last of the independents!

[via First Showing]

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Here’s a new subtitled trailer for the Taiwanese war epic Seediq Bale by director Wei Te-sheng who, thanks to producer John Woo, finally got the chance to show us the fight of the native Seediq people against the invaiding Japanese troops in the 1930s. The four hour story will be split into two films that will open in Taiwanese cinemas in September.
I guess with Woo’s name tagged on this, the international distribution rights will soon be sold. Hopefully we’ll be able to see the full four hour version and not some compressed international” version like with Red Cliff.

[via Wildgrounds]

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