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New ‘Star Trek’ Trailer Promises Hot Sex, Bad Dialogue

1:55AM STV | The first real trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot emerged in theatres last Friday, spilling a dark, sprawling shadow over the Bond film that followed it and confirming our suspicions that about .003% of its rumoured $US200 million budget went to anything resembling a screenplay. Like we care: Our audience tuned out every platitude and ultimatum that followed the introduction of young troublemaker James Tiberius Kirk, lapsing into an effects coma from which we’re only beginning to emerge this morning. Paramount will have an official HD trailer online later today, but in the meantime, bask in the bootlegged bombast available now: Monsters! Sex! Simon Pegg! And a pissed-off Spock who puts those uncanny Katie Holmes comparisons to rest in seconds flat, thank God. [YouTube] More »

Four Oscar Winners Plus Fergie’s Labia Add Up To ‘Nine’

6:15AM STV | The Weinstein Company this week released the accompanying portrait from Nine, director Rob Marshall’s musical currently shooting in London. The occasion was the American Film Market, where foreign buyers (and probably not just a few domestic distributors smelling blood) rummaged through Harvey’s Dollar Store for bargains on TWC properties, and as the photo suggests, nothing says “deal” like Penelope Cruz in her best bladder-holding pose opposite a spread-eagled Fergie. (Click through for a larger image.) More »

Raunchy Red-Band Trailers Coming Soon to Theatres Near You

7:12AM Defamer Hollywood | After years of studios and exhibitors fighting like cats and dogs about everything from release windows to the ideal temperature for popcorn butter, there’s a certain Zen calm in the détente symbolized by Regal Cinemas’ announcement that it would begin running red-band trailers on its more than 6,000 screens nationwide. The restricted previews, featuring racier language and sexual content than their G-rated greenband counterparts, have historically been banished to the Web since 2000, when the FCC cracked down on studios it accused of marketing sex and violence to kids. Digital technology makes pre-programming easier these days, however, thus better targeting new releases and diminishing the likelihood of such hilarious trailer mishaps like those downplayed by Universal marketing boss Adam Fogelson: “It would not be appropriate for a red band trailer for a movie like American Pie to run in front of Schindler’s List. We all want to be smart and careful about the use of red band trailers, working closely with our partners in exhibition. We don’t want moviegoers seeing material that is inconsistent with the movies they are going to see.” More »