Briefly: It's coming. World War Z. The long-awaited adaptation of the zombie cult classic is shooting, and will be in theaters late next year. Paramount announced a December 21, 2012 holiday release for World War Z, director Marc Forster's adaptation of Max Brooks' novel about a global zombie takeover. This stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale and Bryan Cranston; Pitt is also producing with Plan B partner Dede Gardner, financed by Skydance Productions. This puts the zombie epic up against Disney's The Lone Ranger and Ang Lee's Life of Pi that very weekend, plus Tarantino's Django Unchained on Christmas Day. ...

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Not too long ago the first trailer hit for Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of the 1979 miniseries Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and it looks like quite a fantastic spy thriller from across the pond. Now we have this cool first poster for the film featuring a pseudo-mosaic of Gary Oldman made up of words and numbers with the release date popping out right there in red. However, I think it's the names at the bottom of the poster that will get people's attention with an amazing cast that includes Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciaran Hinds, Jared Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong and more. See the poster below! ...

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I'm surprised we haven't seen a trailer for Peter Jackson & Steven Spielberg's upcoming CG animated The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn yet, as it arrives in theaters exactly a year from now, but I'm sure they're waiting for the right time. Instead, we have three new very random stills from the movie which SlashFilm found on SpoilerTV. They are available in high res - so click on to delve into them further. Seen below (top down): Silk (Toby Jones) with the Thompson twins (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), Tintin (Jamie Bell) pointing a gun at Barnaby (Joe Starr) and Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) out in the desert.

As a recap, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn was directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson with a script co-written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish. The cast includes Jamie Bell as Tintin, Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, Simon Pegg & Nick Frost as Thompson & Thompson, Daniel Craig as the villain Red Rackham, and Toby Jones as Silk. The animated movie, in the works at Weta Digital, will hit US theaters in glorious 3D starting on December 23rd, 2011. Back in early November, the first official set of photos from the film were revealed, including the iconic shot of Tintin. Looks great so far!

After taking a look at that recent video highlighting The Beauty of Pixar, I found myself reflecting on how Pixar has crafted plenty of animated films that fill audiences with the same emotions that comes from even the most powerful dramas with the aid of live-action performances. And while I'm still skeptical of the film's chances to win the big award, I truly believe that Toy Story 3 would be worthy of the Oscar for Best Picture should Pixar's touching sequel take home the statue. Therefore I'm pleased to present to you even more of the spectacular Oscar campaign ads. We've featured a few of these before but now we have 13 more of these brilliant ads to check out.

Here is the collection of new Oscar campaign ads for Toy Story 3 courtesy of Disney:

Once again, I think that a franchise sequel is going to have a tough time winning Best Picture, but since Return of the King accomplished the same feat back in 2004 (and won every Academy Award for which the film was nominated), it's certainly not impossible. And considering the general consensus is that Return of the King swept the Oscars as a way of being honored the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, perhaps Toy Story 3 will be seen in the same light. Perhaps the award could even stand for recognition of Pixar's contributions to animation over the years. What do you think?

It's assassin time. Focus Features has finally debuted an official trailer on Yahoo for Joe Wright's Hanna, the new action-thriller starring Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, City of Ember, The Lovely Bones) as a highly skilled 14-year-old assassin, trained by her father, played by Eric Bana. We've seen a first look photo and some footage at NY Comic-Con, but this is our first look at the trailer and it's actually awesome, or at least I think so. The cast includes: Cate Blanchett, Olivia Williams and Tom Hollander. The best part about this is that I think we're hearing some of the new Chemical Brothers music that they made for the film. Enjoy!

Watch the first official trailer for Joe Wright's Hanna:

You can also watch the Hanna trailer in High Def on Yahoo

Raised by her father in Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her a perfect assassin. Sent into the world on a mission, Hanna travels stealthily across Europe.

Hanna is directed by Golden Globe nominated, highly acclaimed British filmmaker Joe Wright, of the films Pride and Prejudice, Atonement and Paramount's flop The Soloist previously. The screenplay was co-written by Joe Wright, Joe Penhall (Enduring Love, The Road) and David Farr ("MI-5"). Focus Features, the genre/ indie arm of Universal, will be bringing Hanna to theaters everywhere starting on April 8th early this spring.

The Alamo Drafthouse's t-shirt company Mondo Tees has been knocking it out of the park recently with amazing limited edition custom made posters, from Tron (old and new) to Star Wars to Guillermo del Toro. Of course, that's not all, as Mondo also has a new poster they've made for the Coen Brothers' True Grit, which as you hopefully haven't forgotten, hits theaters Wednesday this week! The poster, featuring a gnarly rattlesnake (it's a part of the movie for those who don't know) and some old-time lettering, was debuted on Yahoo and goes on sale this Wednesday. There are two alternate versions, both of which can be seen below.

The Coen Brothers' True Grit, which is apparently a more faithful take on the Portis novel, is about a young girl (Hailee Steinfeld) who's father is murdered. Determined to bring the killer to justice, Mattie enlists the help of a hard-drinking U.S. Marshal (Jeff Bridges) to track him down before a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) does. I've seen True Grit and it's damn good, one of those incredible films that grows on me the more I think about it. It's definitely worth your money to see this week, so don't miss it! Paramount is bringing the Coen Bros' True Grit to theaters on December 22nd before Christmas this weekend. Watch the official trailer.

Yet another movie to look forward to next summer! Universal has debuted the first teaser trailer via Yahoo for Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens, the comic book adaptation starring Daniel Craig as Civil War vet Jake Lonergan. The cast also includes Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano, Noah Ringer and Clancy Brown. The footage I saw at Comic-Con was awesome, and this teaser is plenty of that same stuff, but it's still great to see. Favreau is an expert at building up buzz and this teaser will do just that - it looks great! The aliens have an old school, vintage sci-fi feel and the western stuff look solid. Enjoy!

Watch the first teaser trailer for Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens:

You can also watch the Cowboys & Aliens teaser trailer in High Definition on Yahoo

Craig plays Jake Lonergan, a stranger with no memory of his past who stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. But the town is soon invaded by aliens and Jake must pull together a posse comprised of former opponents to combat these extraterrestrials. In addition to Daniel Craig, Cowboys & Aliens also stars Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Noah Ringer, Clancy Brown and the legendary Harrison Ford as Col. Dolarhyde. Jon Favreau is directing this adaptation from a screenplay co-written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci & Damon Lindelof. Universal is bringing Cowboys & Aliens in only 2D to theaters on July 29th, 2011 next summer.