DR. MANHATTAN FROM THE WATCHMEN. IMAGES COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.

Even though KeL told us about the new Watchman trailer in his post the other day, I couldn’t resist posting some images from it. Even better, watch the trailer right here, right now.

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Visitors to Comic-Con International next week in San Diego won’t get much in the way of sneak previews for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie coming next summer — unless it’s the most successful stealth campaign of all time.

But what they will get is one of four teaser posters that, when combined, form this tantalizing image of (clockwise from top left) Eric Bana as the villainous Nero, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock:

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Finally, the fight we’ve all waited to see! Yahoo has the first teaser trailer up for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. John Connor (Christian Bale, continuing to expand his geek cred) leads the surviving humans in an effort to overthrow Skynet and save the remnants of humanity. Unfortunately, the Connors have changed the future with their meddling in the past and victory is no longer assured against the machines. (more…)

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Visionary director Christopher Nolan delivers another masterpiece with The Dark Knight, a gritty and epic crime story full of intense action and terrific surprises.

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After seeing their cross-town rival, Marvel, score two sizable hits this summer in The Incredible Hulk ($130 million dollars at the box office) and Iron Man ($313 million, good enough for 22nd on the all time list), DC Comics and its parent company Warner Brothers appear to be reconsidering their plans on movies featuring characters from the DC Universe.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, DC, WB and top creative talent from DC such as Jim Lee, have been meeting to discuss a new direction. This direction is “one that not only sees the DC characters emerge with a higher priority but also one that would see them developed with an overarching goal in mind.”

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One of the biggest video game publicity events is happening this week at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles. That means lots of gaming news, updates and a sick amount of eye candy.

Microsoft held their press conference today and capitalized on the recent news that the Xbox 360 will get a price drop ($299 for the 20-gigabyte hard drive). They boosted interest in the console by showing off some impressive new games and Xbox LIVE features to be released this fall.

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If you’re psyched for The Dark Knight (July 18) and you want to see Batman like you’ve never seen him before, check out Batman: Gotham Knight, a six chapter movie that blends beautiful anime with powerful storytelling — all surrounding one of the darkest and most legendary comic book heroes.

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Comic-book video games have always left something to be desired. That’s why in 2005 we were all happily surprised by Radical Entertainment’s The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, a great smash-em-up Hulk game in a destructible, open-world environment with a decent story and good graphics.

It’s a shame that three years later we get Sega’s follow-up The Incredible Hulk, which is basically the same game as before with a few minor improvements and a bunch of new problems.

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Can somebody please explain how Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope makes the American Film Institute’s top-10 lists of the best genre films, but Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back gets left out in the cold like a Tauntaun in the wastes of Hoth?

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Warner Bros. has created a new website to promote Batman: Gotham Knight, the direct-to-DVD (and Blu-ray) anime. According to the website, the DVD will feature “six standalone chapters, each with stylish art from some of Japan’s greatest anime visionaries, weaved together into a larger story that follows Batman through his transition from beginner to The Dark Knight.” The website includes an amazing trailer, production videos, a gallery of photos, wallpapers and more. Batman: Gotham Knight will hit stores on July 8 and The Dark Knight will hit theaters on July 18. I can’t wait!