Cult Movie Worship is back with Spanish Snow White, a playful droid, Snowpocalypse, Schoolgirlpocalypse and the terrible, horrible creature known as Wormface! Behold the indie splendor.

Blancanieves

Who doesn't love a new translation of an already over-translated classic. But seriously, this Spanish bullfighting Snow White looks rad. Directed by Pablo Berger, Blancanieves, is set in 1920s Spain and follows a woman named Carmen and her plight under her evil stepmother (who in classic stepmother fashion is fabulously dressed). Yada, yada, yada the dwarves are all bullfighters.

[via Quiet Earth]

Tribe

The crowdsourced movie Tribe is set in a snowpocalypse. It looks fun, and cold. But I'm concerned as to whether or not they're going to eat the dog. You can't eat the do; that's going against the cardinal "the dog lives" scifi rule.

[via Kickstarter]

Rites of Spring

What appears to be a simple slasher flick gets seriously messed up with the introduction of the creature Wormface. Take a look at the trailer and concept art for Padraig Reynolds' monster, and then ask yourself what would you do if you and your friend were tied up waiting for the wrath of Wormface. Wormface! Rites of Spring is available for purchase online now.

A group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers, dividing the group and putting their entire plan in jeopardy. The evening further spirals out of control when their poorly chosen hideout becomes a hunting ground for a mysterious creature that requires springtime ritualistic sacrifices.

Creature art from Aaron Sims.

Concept Art via Movies.com

Schoolgirl Apocalypse

It's like Battle Royale, but with more girls! And instead of a contest, everyone is killing each other for no discernable reason.

A Japanese schoolgirl, Sakura, has her idyllic small-town life turned inside-out when the local males start savagely killing the females. Armed with only her kyudo bow for protection and an English textbook for comfort, Sakura journeys through an apocalyptic world of mayhem. As trauma from witnessing the violent deaths of friends and family drives her toward madness, Sakura takes refuge in an animated dream-world where she meets Billy, a character from her English text! Billy helps her survive murderous zombies, as well as an even more formidable foe in Aoi (Tsujimoto), as she races to find real-world Billy and answers to the questions: Why is all this happening? And who or what is behind it?

[via SGA]

PROTO

And finally, we start the week with this adorable little robot trailer for the short Proto created by Nick Pittom. Because cute robots are cute.

The lastest trailer for Peter Jackson's Hobbit is similar to the first, but this one has a much more serious temperament, along with more footage of Gandalf and the forest of Mirkwood. This makes sense, as we've picked apart the earlier trailer and interviews and both Gandalf and the elves of Mirkwood have two character moments Jackson appears to be stretching out to fill out this trilogy.

You've seen plenty of ParaNorman featurettes and behind-the-scenes videos showing the wonder of creating a madcap supernatural adventure, using miniature sets and stop-motion animation. But what about actual footage? Three newly released clips gives you the first real taste of the creepy world which Norman and his friends live in.

And here are a few little zombie Olympic shorts that have been shown around town. Super adorable.

It's been a long time since we had an update on the long-delayed Battlestar Galactica movie. And the latest bit of news is a whopper. Bryan Singer is claiming that his movie's script, penned by John Orloff (Band of Brothers, Anonymous) will be able to fit in with both the 1978 original, and the reboot that aired in 2003. Sure! Why not?

In an interview with IGN, Singer explained that the current script was in rewrites, but can slip into any BSG TV series.

"It will exist, I think, quite well between the Glen Larson and Ron Moore universes. But that's all I want to say about it. But it's evolving quite well, and quite recently. I've been developing this for a while, and certain things came to fruition recently, and I hope to do it."

We're not sure how that's possible, but if it takes place during the back end of the Cylon wars, sure maybe. But still, it's pretty impossible to imagine how that can work in any satisfying fashion.

Top image via NBC.

Check out the behind-the-scenes magic that turned a few chaps in armor into a magical army, made out of dark splintery material! We've got the VFX breakdown reel from the folks who worked on Snow White and the Huntsman, Pixomondo. It's pretty rad. Now if they'll only tell us why they gave all the fairies such pretty teeth!

How does a mere mortal become the fearsome Judge Dredd? And how does one do it so well? We sat down with Karl Urban and forced to to explain how one man becomes such an incredible law enforcer. Plus, can you turn corners in those giant Mega City One motorcycles? Urban reveals all.

Dredd's voice has such a a gravelly, rough tone. It is something that we've grown accustomed to for such tough characters? What was the genesis of the voice?

I'll tell you the origin behind that. It wasn't from trying to emulate anything that had come before, it is purely and simply from the comic book. In my research I discovered a description of Dredd's voice and it said his voice sounded like a saw cutting through bone, and what you hear is my interpretation of what that was. I didn't want to play this character as a bellowing posturing Dredd, shouting out lines. That was a choice I didn't want to make. To me it's far more interesting to have a character trying to contain the rage and violence. Without the use of my eyes, I had to try to figure out how that voice was going to sit and how I could maximize the opportunity to express as much as I could at any given moment and that's where the voice ended up.

What is the step by step process to transforming into Dredd?

Well I spent about 14 weeks in the gym lifting heavy things. I got into sick shape and I worked out twice a day, ate 6-7 meals and it was hell. I was not a nice person to live with. I was promoting RED while I was training for Dredd, flying around internationally meeting with you guys, then go with my trainer to find a gym and jump on a plane with a suitcase full of food.

Then I went through a huge process of reading every single comic of Dredd that I could and ended up compiling a book which would have source material that was relevant to the film, from descriptions to dry one-liners that I liked, or a strong image that should be incorporated into the film, and it was through that process where I found the description for the voice.

Then when I got on the ground in Cape Town on pre-production I began to don the full outfit all day, so I could learn how to move and what the limitations are — which wasn't fun since it was Cape Town in summer in a full leather biker suit and helmet. Then there was the combat stuff: We were trained by an ex-British military team that taught us how to move together and clear out a space and move together tactically. They gave us airsoft guns that was a replica of the Lawgiver that we would hide on set. They would shoot at us and we would shoot at them, and it was really cool as it made it feel like what the end game really was. It helped inform me of how to move in the film.

How was it riding the motorcycles? They looked like an awkward ride.

An awkward ride? No, no, it was fun. Going in a straight line — no problem, but getting [around] a corner... was a little bit tricky. It was the first time I got the major Geek giggles when I was on the bike, The Lawmaster, in full gear riding around in that opening sequence in Cape Town, that felt good.

http://www.viddler.com/v/bcec5782Let's talk about the Lawgiver and the personality of this gun.

The Lawgiver that is a weapon that has multiple settings and different rounds within it. There's phosphorus, a hot shot round that can fire semiautomatic, armor piercing. It's an important piece of equipment. In terms of a superhero Dredd isn't a superhero, his heroism is defined by the fact that he is the kind of guy that walks into a building as everyone else is running out. Dredd doesn't have any powers and he's just a man under there. I didn't want to present a posturing Dredd stepped in ego, I wanted to find the humanity in him, that's what the real challenge was.

What other aspects of Mega City One would you would like to see down the line?

Wow, well I think we're at the point where we're releasing the first film and if it blows up I would like to come back and make more, I really would. But if it ends up being a one-off cult classic i'm genuinely happy with that and proud of what we made.

While most of the Bon Temps vampires are running around high off old-timey vampire blood, the rest of the cast stepped up to deliver. And lots of loose ends were tied up, Praise Lilith! Find out which dangling plotlines may actually have been resolved last night, below.

Spoilers ahead...

Pro/Con: This happened.

My reaction.

This "moment" of praying before the screaming white naked man chained and cold on the table is both a Pro and A Con — hear me out. It's a Pro because, well it's Monday afternoon at my job and I get to write about a naked man dinner on a show made for mature adult human beings. The word ridiculous doesn't even begin to describe my whirlpool of feelings attached to this writhing member. But the moment is also a Con, because that penis was so ridiculously on display that this might be the new "Jumped the Shark" or "Nuked the Fridge." I submit "Penised The Table" to the pop culture judges.

Gif via brokentripod.

Pro: Steve Newlin's blessing, and Russell's "isn't that adorable" clappy clappy response. I was a bit on the ledge about these two joining up, but if we're going to see some awesome Alpha Vampire courting, then I'm down.

Side note: Can someone please make me a gif of all of them baring their fangs (before eating the penis platter) and then slipping in a surprising angry kitty hiss between a few vampires? Thank you.

Pro: "Put the baby fangs away before you piss me off." Let the fan fic fly!

Con: Eric doesn't speak techie. And just like that, Eric was bumped down from hot Daddy, to an actual Father who uses words like "techie." Blarg.

Pro: Lafayette is back and on fire! Calling out all the ghosts in Sookie's house. Good to have you back, sir. Also Tara's last text message to Lala, "Bitch stop texting me or I will eat you," well done. Is this the beginning of the return to the old fun True Blood — dare we hope?

Gif via nonoitsonome.

Pro: Oh my god is there nothing Jessica can do that isn't heartbreakingly adorable? Every time I see this creature I just want to wrap a blanket around her shoulders and give her two thin mints from my freezer with a glass of milk.

Pro: That being said, thank goodness there's someone in this nightmare town where vampires spring up from graves naked, horny and covered in dirt, who sees what a dick Hoyt was being last week. Hello, person not important enough for me to remember your name, you may be my new Debbie Pelt.

Con: Luna is still crazy rage-monstering even though she was just recently Sammed. Sam turns into an angry drunk, and Luna into that bitchy calls-everyone-out girlfriend. "My brother died from skinwalking." "Your brother was beaten to death!" And because that's so romantic, they both scream "I love you," for the first time, as you do.

Pro: Meanwhile, we find out how Bill's brilliant plan to bomb all the True Blood factories is impacting the common vampire. Twinsies Pam and Tara. Things are not good on Fangtasia farm. Tara tries to have a heart to heart with Pam, "Just because we drank a bitch together does not make us Oprah and Gale." It's funny because they're not really like Gale and Oprah. Not at all. Because they are vampires.

Pro: Eric's insane disdain for this religious freak show paired with Bill's pathetic "I'm lost" attitude. Is Bill playing the smart game, or is he tricked by the magical bloody breasts of his new god? My money is on breasts.

Pro: Sometimes I forget how small Bill is, then True Blood reminds me.

Pro: Lafayette is pitching a perfect game this episode, "It Ain't Cute."

Pro: Jason's report card. Probably not important.

Con: Jason says goodbye to Jessica, and we learn a very important fact: Vampires don't poop!

Pro:
Roommate: "Who are those guys in the black? Wait... does she have security?" *Looks around the room for others to be as shocked by this* "That's. Vampire. Security?" *Looks around* Come On!" *Throws arms in the air."

In my home, we call this the first "true blooding."

Pro: Jason fucks around with the evidence.

Con: "Making Soup outta Supes" is entirely too clever for these idiots. But Jason eclipses their stupidity by thinking the "dragon" is a real dragon. Yay!

Pro: Hey, Deep Thoughts by Alcide!

Con: Alcide is listening to The Wallflowers song, "First One In The Car." He's a werewolf — aren't they contractually obligated to be listening to "Werewolves of London?" This was a misstep. Really, just anything but a Wallflowers song would have been better.

Pro: Hey Baby Alcide!

Con: This is what the casting director thinks Baby Alcide and Baby Debbie Pelt (HERO OF TRUE BLOOD) looked like. Eeeeeeeh.

Pro: If someone asked me to draw a picture of Billy Idol's Dad, I would draw them this creature.

Pro: Good to see the the baby werewolves of the past are keeping up with the whole slutty leathers look.

Pro: Spy flies!

Pro: Character #588 thinks the pig farm is the perfect place for a silk robe.

Con: It's very upsetting that the "dragon" is a new character. There are 587 other characters we have met and made emotional connections to, why not one of them? Why not Maxine Fortenberry? Instead we had to listen to her also talk about big ideas and politics and bend over while this show again makes a point that any and all sort of conviction is rooted in crazy. All of it.

Pro: Sam and Luna show up naked and save the day! Roommate screams, "Shift into a guy that's wearing a suit, do that really fast, please."

Pro: THIS ENTIRE SCENE.

First up, how hot is Russell's seduction techniques? He's giving Steve werewolves and getting all teachy with him, adorable and super hot. Second this scene elevated the entire werewolf plot to a whole new level. A level of awesome. Now we kind of understand why we had to sit through all that terrible Alcide training and endless "old guy chasing down young track stars" stuff — for this moment. To watch the most terrifying and totally unpredictable vampire take a dog/baby right out of her grandmother's hands. It was horrifying, and totally absurd and made even better by Newlin's swoons over the puppy's little features. Amazing. Loved this scene. The episode could have ended right there. That would have been enough. But, like a toddler with a garden hose turned on full blast, this show isn't ending until we're all drenched in vampire plot juice.

Pro: Alcide's dad is watching a dog race — of course he is. Also now, Alcide's a LONE WOLF! Get it?

Con: Bill was tasked earlier with getting some of Salome's blood. You don't remember this because it was buried until the 500 other character stories that were important. Bill apparently needs to get this blood with his penis. It's a vampire thing. While in the throes of thigh-thrusting courtship, Salome admits that the world views her only as a naked girl with a man's head in her lap. Blah blah blah blah, Salome is the bad guy.

Pro: I'm actually interested to find out what's in Salome's blood, or Lilith's blood or whatever. Guesses, anyone?

Con: The fairies just dropped by to drop off some soup. Ooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaay.

Pro: "I'm so surprised by Bill's betrayal." - No One.

Pro: Eric makes this very strange and very new "oh shit" face. Obviously this is a massive turn on because it's a new Eric face. New Eric face, everyone!

Con: Then it becomes a Vampire Dance party with a rocking exit to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" done pop punk style. This is totally appropriate music for the somber tone of the room. Rock out to the True Death everyone! Eric's probably gonna die 2, 3, 4!!

Pro: The Ifrit beast is dead. Forever.

So there you have it. Was this the most disjointed episode in a while? Yes. But was it saved by two gay vampires and their new puppy? Yes, yes it was. Until next time, may you all look fabulous in your new eyelashes.

The post-Avengers Marvel project we're perhaps most excited about — sorry, Thor 2 and Captain America 2 — is the promise of a Hulk TV series produced by Guillermo del Toro. But the Pan's Labyrinth director is often followed with a list of forever-in-development projects, so imagine our surprise when he announced that the show will go on! In a recent interview with Collider, the director promised that his Hulk program is still moving forward:

I had one meeting with Marvel after Avengers and we had a very, very good chat. We have a writer that we want to bring on board, a very, very concrete name. I can't reveal it, but we want to wait for that writer. It's a writer who is otherwise engaged. So right now we are in a holding pattern until that writer becomes free. Then we're going to do a new draft of the script.

Good, we'd rather him wait for the right scribe than just whoever was available. Another interesting fact: del Toro revealed that he became very close to directing both Thor and the Wolverine sequel that's currently filming.

What sort of cool Marvel shout-outs are hiding inside The Avengers' opening and closing titles? What weapons and character staples did we missed as they flashed by the big screen? An excellent recap of the entire sequence reveals a few new glances at some iconic S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent toys, plus Avengers costume close ups.

Art of the Title, who is hosting these amazing images along with the entire title sequence video, interviewed Creative Director of Method Studios, Steve Viola. Here's a little snippet of how he and his team at Method conjured up the introduction to Earth's Mightiest Heroes, in the closing credits:

Originally, we were going with an abstract fly-through of the Helicarrier where we would come across some of the heroes' items, but it wasn't post-battle and it was just as much about the Helicarrier as the characters – which is how I originally pitched it to our concept artist, Chris Sanchez. I wanted something that dropped us into the high-tech world of S.H.I.E.L.D and stepped back from the actual characters so we could get a feel for them through their areas in the flying S.H.I.E.L.D. base.

Eventually the team decided on a post-battle look that focused more on the team and less on the Helicarrier, to give off a whole "real stakes" or "battle scars" look that Whedon was channeling.

Less obvious character Items you should look for while scrolling the titles: Nick Fury's holster, Black Widow's stinger and Bruce Banner's glasses.

Watch the entire title sequence and read the full article over at Art of the Title.

This New Zealand billboard for True Blood pretty much wraps up the entire fifth season of HBO's vampire series in one striking image.

Created by DraftFCB.

[via Buzzfeed]

Just about every actor who's famous today has dabbled in science fiction early in his or her career. You can barely watch late-night reruns of science fiction shows or classic movies without spotting one of today's A-list actors. (And it turns out Joseph Gordon-Levitt's first genre role wasn't Third Rock after all.)

Here are the secret science fiction pasts of today's biggest movie and TV stars.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Before he became out serious scifi star of choice, JGL had the recurring role of screaming child David Collins in the 1991 reboot of the vampire soap opera Dark Shadows. And here he is, doing what he does best.

Sam Rockwell
He was a high-ranking member of the Foot in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie — but still just a sweaty punk kid up to no good. Swoon.

Andrew Garfield
Before he got to be Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield was a poor Depression-era American with a Southern Accent in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Evolution of the Daleks" and "Daleks in Manhattan."

Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire may have had a wonderful mullet in The Wizard, but he didn't have any lines. However his role as ghost boy Tripp McConnell in the 1991 episode of Eerie Indiana was quite memorable, for the hat alone.

Demi Moore
Moore's scifi breakout role was in the horrifically disgusting 1982 movie Parasite. Which was screened in "true" 3D.

Ben Affleck
Before Affleck was jumping around in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, he was teaching us about hypothermia in the educational series, Voyage of the Mimi (1984). Hope that theme song doesn't get stuck in your head all day.

Courteney Cox
Cox's wacky role in the Misfits of Science was her first big science fiction break out role, unless you want to count her role in the 1987 Masters of the Universe, which came out during her stint on the iconic TV series.

Rainn Wilson
The bulk of Wilson's 1999 Galaxy Quest part was banished to the deleted scenes, but thankfully those are online! So here he is, in full thermian garb.

Miley Cyrus
Super quick blink-and-you'll-miss-her Miley spotting in Tim Burtons 2003 Big Fish.

Ted Danson
Spot this tall drink of water in the special China-themed episode of the super cheesy 1979 live action Amazing Spider-Man, titled "The Chinese Web."

Jay Baruchel
Baruchel was on not one, but four Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes. The first on "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" in 1995, where he played the first victim of the pool. And three more episodes in 1999 and The Tale of the Time Trap, The Tale of the Walking Shadow, andThe Tale of the Zombie Dice.

Ryan Gosling
Speaking of Are You Afraid of the Dark alums — here is the infamous Gosling episode. If you're like the rest of the internet, you probably already know about this and have all of his lines tattooed on your inner right arm.

Hilary Swank
Pre-Oscar winning Hilary Swank, the girl with the amazing bang cowlick was someone named "Kimberly" on the doomed Harry and the Hendersons TV show spinoff of the delightful movie in 1991. She only had one episode. Then again, the series only had one season.

Jack Black
In the 1993 Demolition Man you can hear Jack Black exclaim "Hey man, cool it!" but in his role as school bully and leader of "The Nasties" in the 1994 Neverending Story 3 you get a whole heap more of Jack Black acting like a jerk.

Seth Green
Even before he had a role in the Twilight Zone (pictured above with the amazing hair) Green was screaming at Supernatural beasts in Tales From the Darkside episode "Monsters in My Room" (1985).

Mila Kunis
You may have spotted adorable little Mila Kunis on a sleepover party during Honey We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) but she was already dabbling in scifi years before that — and with the legendary Roger Corman in his 1995 Piranha flick.

Bryan Cranston
What was Bryan Cranston's big science fiction debut? A bumbling bad guy in the "Desperate Monday" episode of the 1980s series Airwolf! In the episode Cranston takes a sorority reunion cruise hostage, and feels really weird about it. It's hilarious —watch the full episode here.

Jennifer Aniston
Ah the infamous 1993 Leprechaun role. Not really a cameo, but that's OK.

Elijah Wood
"You mean you have to use your hands?" - Back to the Future Part II (1989).

Zac Efron
This young Hollywood star will should never forget his brief moment as Young Simon on Firefly (2002).

Ryan Reynolds
One of Reynolds first hard scifi appearance was as Jay 'Boom' DeBoom from the 1996 X-Files episode "Syzygy" (pictured above). We couldn't find that particular clip so here's video from his appearance as POS kid from Sabrina the Teenaged Witch.

Jeremy Renner
Not his very first genre role but certainly one we will remember him forever in. Behold Penn the vampire and his very early 2000s wardrobe in Angel.

Brand new concept art straight from Disney has us chilled for the new "evil ice queen" movie Frozen. Check out the frown on Disney's latest evil queen — and her fabulous hat!

Also in this collection, the Princess Anna and her rogue "mountain man" (also wearing a fantastic hat). Should be interesting. We love anything with Snow Queens in it, so sign us up!

[Via Disney Fandom}

The infamous 48 frames-per-second version of Peter Jackson's Hobbit is only getting a limited release. Are Jackson and Warner Bros. bracing themselves for a big-time backlash? Months ago, Jackson screened the first footage of The Hobbit at a super-high-resolution 48 frames per second, and the response was pretty terrible. Audiences compared the new look to that of a 1970s soap opera.

Now Variety reports that this exceptionally real footage is only going to be released in select locations (and possibly not even in every major city). We're kind of surprised they're even going through with it. But perhaps this is because there are presently zero theaters in America that can screen such a high frame rate. The upgrade for theaters won't be available until September this year.

That being said, Variety is also protesting that the new footage looks vastly better than what was screened at CinemaCon. Jackson and the studio are firmly convinced that this is the future of cinema, and it looks like The Hobbit will be their test subject.

A member of The Avengers feels left out! Hawkeye (played by Jeremy Renner) is not thrilled that he spent most of his screen time in The Avengers as a mindless, bow-wielding goon for Loki. The actor told the LA Times that he spent 90% of the movie as a character he didn't sign on to play. When asked if he preferred playing Evil Hawkeye or Good Hawkeye, Renner responded:

I prefer the good, because if we go to the evil part, or hypnotized or whatever the heck you want to call it, it's kind of a vacancy. Not even a bad guy, because there's not really a consciousness to him. The interesting part was being guilty about the bad things I did do when I was hypnotized. I think he's already an interesting enough character. To really kind of take away who that character is and just have him be this sort of robot, essentially, and have him be this minion for evil that Loki uses. Again, I could just focus on the task. I was limited, you know what I mean? I was a terminator in a way. So yeah, fun stunts. But is there any sort of emotional content or thought process? No. That doesn't exist in that time [that he's hypnotized]. It happens to be for most of the movie.

The Times followed up by asking if Renner was disappointed by his experience. The actor retorted, "You know, there are a lot of people in that movie. And a lot of important characters. And my character, I felt like if I can help serve story, then I did my job."

We would argue some of the best character-meat just waiting to be sliced open is his relationship with Black Widow (a bond that was one of director Joss Whedon's big time soft spots in the movie). Fingers crossed it's fleshed out in the sequel.

[Via CinemaBlend]

Last year, artist Jared Krichevsky released a harrowing "realistic" depiction of Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama with torn pants and a tentacled face, ready for mating season. Since then, he's been hard at work bringing even more Futurama favorites to life.

Check out the horrifying real-life versions of Kif, Morbo and Nibbler, below.

Morbo!

Nibbler

Lrrr of the Planet Omicron Persei 8

Kif!

And here's the doctor that started it all Dr. John Zoidberg

Sidenote: Krichevsky also worked on the amazing short film Archetype with Aaron Sims (who designed the past Incredible Hulk).

All images were taken from Jared Krichevsky's website.

George Edwards has spent 60 hours a week for 26 years of his life, scanning the waters near Urquhart Castle in hopes of catching the Loch Ness Monster. But none of that time has been in vain — for he believes that this is his best photo of Nessie yet.

The 60-year-old monster hunter explained his encounter to The Telegraph "It was slowly moving up the loch towards Urquhart Castle, and it was a dark grey colour. It was quite a fair way from the boat, probably about half a mile away but it's difficult to tell in water." The image was taken last year in November at 9 AM on a compact Samsung digital camera.

He's certain this is the real deal, and so are his other monster hunting pals. We could do with a picture of the head, though.

Warner Bros. is desperate to find a way to do a Justice League movie to match Marvel's Avengers. But now that Christopher Nolan has made it clear he's not going to be dispensing Justice, who's going to step up and be Warners' answer to Joss Whedon? Rumor has it, the answer is Daredevil himself, Ben Affleck.

Variety is reporting that Affleck is the only directorial candidate thus far who's actually read the Justice League script (penned by Gangster Squad writer Will Beall). The movie will star Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash. So far Affleck has starred in almost every movie he's directed, so there's some speculation he could play a major role in this film too, too.

Look, The Town was a perfectly fine movie. And we're actually pretty excited about his next directorial project Argo based on the true story about the fake science fiction blockbuster the CIA created to sneak a bunch of Americans out of Tehran. But then again, he hasn't helmed any big action-heavy movies. And Affleck's main superhero movie experience? Daredevil.

The makers of the hyperactive, self-aware Smurfs movie, are turning their lens to yet another 1980s pop culture staple, ALF. Yes, the hairy survivor of planet Melmac (and cat-eater) is getting his own movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony just purchased the rights to the sitcom. Their plan is to get The Smurfs producer Walden Jordan Kerner to help translate this television show into a two-hour, half-CG, half-live-action movie. We're not sure how we feel about a CG ALF, but at least Paul Fusco is returning to voice the wiseacre alien.

Image via Villainous Company.

Here's the trailer for Antiviral, which was directed and written by David Cronenberg's son, Brandon. It's apparent that the body horror apple didn't fall far from the tree that screams when you nail a birdhouse to it. Starring Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee from X-Men First Class) and set in the near future, Antiviral shows what happens when the public's obsession with celebrities goes too far. Desperate to become an intimate part of their idols, fans flock to the Lucas Clinic to be injected with a disease harvested from inside various stars. It's horrific, we're delighted!

And here are a few ads for the nefarious clinic, and a trippy clip. Antiviral will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

A childless couple grows their perfect son in the backyard after getting drunk, writing down all the qualities they would want in a kid, and burying their thoughts in the garden. Then when a little boy appears in the living room — instead of freaking out that they grew a monster — they decide to raise him. We're actually looking forward to this cute, little family-friendly movie directed by Peter Hedges from What's Eating Gilbert Grape. We've rounded up all the clips from this feature, which could be the first live-action Disney movie in a long time that's kind of fun.