The first episode of The Daily Movie News is finally online. The first of many. It took a little longer than expected (lots of work for just 5 mins of footage), but it’ll get faster, I’m sure.

If everything works, you can see a flash movie above this blog with the first video. I hope you’ll enjoy it and be back tomorrow for more. I’m planning to add a small writeup with every show, but I might skip this one. Maybe if I’m up early tomorrow. Party party!

Later,

Rik

Another batch of +$100 million budget movies is coming up. This week we’ll see ‘Wall-e,’ the highly anticipated new $120 million Pixar animation. ‘Wanted,’ the teen-oriented, action driven, testosterone powered, Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy featuring $65 million spy movie. And the week after, anti-hero, rehab going and $150 million ‘Hancock’ will storm theaters early July 1^st.

Tracking for ‘Wall-e’ is good. Compared to ‘Ratatouille’ last year:

Awareness: 84% (compared to 82% for ‘Ratatouille’)
Definite Interest: 41% (to 38% for ‘Ratatouille’)
First choice: 10% (to 8% for ‘Ratatouille’)

Very early box office estimates would put ‘Wall-e’ around a $70 million opening weekend.

Continue reading Tracking numbers: ‘Wall-e,’ ‘Wanted’ and ‘Hancock’ strong

More and more ‘Hancock‘ trailers and clips are hitting the net. The French have the first ‘Transporter 3‘ trailer. ‘Mirrors‘ is starting to scare. And the enjoyable ‘The Wackness‘ got its first full trailer.

Continue reading Today’s trailers: 2x’Hancock,’ ‘Mirrors,’ ‘Transporter 3′ and ‘The Wackness’