A new international trailer has dropped for The Raven starring John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe. I've been intrigued about this since the first images of Cusack in costume were revealed and it’s been nearly two months since we had the first domestic trailer. Cusack certainly 'looks' the part and since I'm a fan of both Poe and Cusack, I'm already in. I also have to say that I really like the dark, gritty look to this. So far it plays like Fincher by way of Caleb Carr, but it also reminds me of old Hammer horror pics starring Vincent Price. Those things are not as disparate as they might seem.  Both evoke the Victorian era, one in London, the other in an American city like New York or Baltimore.

The official synopsis: "In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allen Poe (John Cusack) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. 

When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans- another actor who seems to be everywhere these days: Immortals, The Three Musketeers, The Hobbit films, among others) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.

Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it’s too late."

Directed by James McTeigue, The Raven also stars Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson (always a plus) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen and will be released in the US on March 9, 2012.

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Writer/Director Todd Solondz's (Life During Wartime, Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse) new drama (or is it a black comedy? It's hard to tell with Solondz) Dark Horse, starring Selma Blair, Jordan Gelber and Christopher Walken finally has a trailer. It’s been since August, before Venice and TIFF in September, that we’ve  heard anything about this film. At long last we have a full length trailer. (It’s got Polish subtitles – it just played the American Film Festival in Poland.)

The synopsis: Romance blooms between  two thirty-somethings (Blair and Gelber) in arrested development: an avid toy collector and a woman who is the 'dark horse' of her family. Blair's character is a failed writer/academic who moves back in with her parents and begins a tentative relationship with Jordan Gelber ("Boardwalk Empire" Broadway's "Avenue Q,") who also lives with his parents.  Dark Horse also stars Justin Bartha, Mia Farrow, Donna Murphy and Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show").

After playing Venice and TIFF where it was very well received, Dark Horse  had no other release dates scheduled. After playing three more festivals, sadly, that is still the case.  Surely there’s a distributor of discriminating taste somewhere who can pick this up. (My money's on IFC Films.)

Not two days ago I said “Gee, I’d really like it if we got another trailer or tv spot before The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is released”.  Well, ask and ye shall receive. (It’s that time of year I guess. Doesn’t happen very often.)  We have three new tv spots for David Fincher’s wildly anticipated remake of the Swedish blockbuster (how often do those words go together?) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  

They move fast, but they still reveal just a little bit more than we’d seen previously, in quick bursts. Previous footage had focused on either Daniel Craig’s Mikael Blomqvist or Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth Salander, while these spots seem to pair them more, pitting them against the Vanger family. Or I could be projecting.

We also have some deets about the Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross soundtrack. It still doesn't have an official release date, but two juicy details about the score just hit the interwebz.

First, the official How To Destroy Angels (of which Reznor and Ross comprise 2/3) Twitter account tweeted that "Yes, David Fincher asked us to do a cover of Bryan Ferry​'s 'Is Your Love Strong Enough?' for Dragon Tattoo. It will be on the soundtrack."

How cool is that? Apparently the kick-ass cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song”, which was used in the initial trailers, will also be included.

Additionally, Reznor himself that the GWTDT score will be released on six vinyl LPs. I’m not sure if that means six limited editions or that there is six albums worth of movie music. Frankly, I find the latter hard to believe. This is a two hour movie we’re talking about. More info is definitely needed. We’ll keep you posted.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens December 21.

I'm going to guess that judging by the plastic bag Muse man,  Matt Bellamy is rocking on his head, that he's sending out a message to the paparazzi that are following him and Kate Hudson around North London? Or he's lost his freaking mind.

While he has poked out a hole for ONE eye, I don't see any holes for breathing. Safety first, Matt! How good an idea is it that these two had a baby? I dunno now with 'no air hole' and all.

Kate turned her iPhone on the pappers and got a shot of them and all I could concentrate on was that gorgeous rock. Another take away from these photos: Kate can not get off her iPhone.

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Mr. Debonair himself, Pierce Brosnan took his lovely wife Keely Shaye Smith to see Sting last night in Los Angeles at the Wiltern for his 'Back To Bass Tour. Pierce may be 58 years old (not that that is old because it's not) but he is still as handsome as ever.

He has a couple of projects in post production: Bag of Bones, also starring Melissa George in which he plays the main character, Mike Noonan, a writer who is having severe writer's block after the untimely death of his possibly pregnant wife. 

He's also got a comedy/romantic movie in post production called 'All You Need is Love'  which I believe has been changed to 'The Bald Hairdresser'. That movie is set for an August 2012 release. 

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