Sony Pictures has set loose this new behind-the-scenes “Building A Better Alien” featurette for ‘Men In Black 3,’ highlighting the special effects work of the legendary makeup artist Rick Baker. Lead by Will Smith, Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones, ‘Men In Black 3′ co-stars Alice Eve, Jemaine Clement, Bill Hader, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nicole Scherzinger and Emma Thompson. The story for the film involves Agent J (Will Smith) going back in time to the 1960s to save a young Agent K (Josh Brolin), the MiB agency, and a universe-ending catastrophe.  ‘Men in Black 3’ is set for release May 25th. Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed the first two installments of the blockbuster franchise, will direct the film from a screenplay written by Etan Cohen, based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham.

In Men In Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him — secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Yup, another “Based On A True Story” possession movie is coming our way….titled, ‘The Possession.’ Yet somewhat surprisingly, I actually enjoyed this trailer for the most part. The last shot garnered an audible “dafuq” from me. Produced by  Sam Raimi, the horror-thriller stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport, Matisyahu and Natasha Calis, while Ole Bornedal directs. ‘The Possession’ takes its inspiration from a Los Angeles Times article called “Jinx in a Box.” Set for release August 31st, the film revolves around a young girl who buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl’s father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.

Clyde and Stephanie Brenek see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.

In the epic action-adventure ‘Snow White and the Huntsman,’ Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar-winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, The Avengers) who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power. Directed by acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist, Rupert Sanders, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ stars Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Noah Huntley, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Steven Graham, and Nick Frost. The film arrives in cinemas June 1st.

This classic fairy tale has had many incarnations. How would you describe this particular take on Snow White?

Chris Hemsworth: It’s kind of like Snow White on steroids. In the sense of, thematically it’s there, but ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ really takes on a life of its own, and it’s its own story – which I loved. The Huntsman wasn’t very prominent in the original, but then in this he’s there. And even romantically it goes into a different direction to what we know. I love the scale of it as well, you know? The fact that it reminded me of ‘Lord of the Rings.’ And the locations, Rupert was very motivated to not shoot on green screen, he wanted to it to be real locations so we had snow-capped mountains, real Castles, in the mud, in the rain, real Cathedrals. There was such a benefit from that. Special FX, they’re great these days but there’s nothing like a real location. Even as an actor it helps you involve yourself easier. Then as an audience it just looks so much more richer, I really loved that about it.

I heard at first you were apprehensive about taking on this part because of ‘Thor.’ Two fantastical, epic stories….

Chris Hemsworth: Yeah. Initially I got sent the script, it was just as ‘Thor’ come out, and coming off the back of that I didn’t want to do another fantasy-based film. I thought, “Ah, it’s too similar.” But then I read the script and I loved it. Then I met with Rupert and that was really it for me when I jumped on-board. I mean, he shot this five-minute trailer as a pitch for the film in about two days. It looked like he had spent five months on it and $100 million, but he shot it for nothing. So I thought, “Wow, if he can do that with that kind of budget, then imagine what he can do on a real scale.” Also his pitch for story, he wasn’t just visually creative and a genius, which he is, but he had a real take on who these characters were. His understanding of story….and I think that’s what makes these sort of films work, the combination of visuals and locations, but then there’s got to be story and character at the center of it. And that was all down to Rupert.

How did you find it working with Rupert, with his visual style and his storytelling abilities?

Chris Hemsworth: He knows how to tell such a vivid story in such a short amount of time with such great imagery. Everyday we’d be on set and he’d be like, “What if we put the camera up here and you do this,” he’d improvise with it and just get amazing, amazing shots. You either have an eye for those kind of things or you don’t. He just sees the world from a different point of view. Joining the film, I loved the script, and then I met with Rupert and saw visually how creative he was. We had a lot of discussions about character and story and I was inspired by him. I love these sort of films; big, fantastical, epic stories that have a real heart at the centre of them.

You and Kristen Stewart have a great dynamic in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman,’ how was it working with her?

Chris Hemsworth: Like with her character, Snow White, Kristen has a real strong sense of right and wrong, and justice. They both have passion behind their motives. She was extremely protective of her character on set, like, “No no, this is where she should go, this is what she should do.” And that’s great, there’s nothing worse than someone sitting on the fence with a character, not really brave enough to commit to something. Whereas Kristen grabbed it and went for it. Everyone else follows then, you know? She set the standard. We had a great amount of fun too, in-between takes and off set it was a great group of people. Kristen was fantastic.

I heard you she gave you a good punch as well?

Chris Hemsworth: (Laughs) There was one fight sequence with Kristen, it wasn’t even a fight sequence it was a punch that she had to throw. We had rehearsed it a couple of times and it was fine. But then three or four takes in she got a little close and….punched me in the face (laughs). It was a good punch too! I said, “You’ve never hit anyone before? Your not a professional boxer?”

What was it like working opposite Charlize Theron as this incredibly icy, intimidating Evil Queen?

Chris Hemsworth:  Charlize is very intimidating as The Queen. There’s no doubt that she would scare the hell out of you if you were standing opposite her (laughs). When she’s sitting up on the throne, she has this icy, cold, evil stare that she throws at you. I wouldn’t want to fight her (laughs). She’s incredible. My first couple of weeks of the shoot was supposed to be pretty minimal. I had come off shooting ‘The Avengers’ and went straight into this, I didn’t have much prep time but they were like, “Don’t worry, the schedule is light.” Then the day I get there they said, “Ah, we’ve changed a couple of things. Your first scene is tomorrow, it’s with Charlize and it’s a big scene in the Castle.” I was thinking, “I haven’t even met her, I haven’t even rehearsed, I don’t even know some of the lines,” (laughs). So that was an intimidating set to walk onto. But she is so good that you can’t help but be sucked into the moment. She’s scary when she’s playing the Queen, when she’s eye-balling you down (laughs).

Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios have today announced that Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ has climbed to the 9th spot on the all-time worldwide box office list, grossing $1,036.2 million worldwide – big chee$e! The superhero ensemble has moved past Disney’s very own ’Alice in Wonderland’ ($1,024.3 million) and George Lucas’ ’Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace’ ($1,027.0 million). In just 12 days of release, Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ has also become the highest grossing film of 2012 in the US, passing ‘The Hunger Games.’ The films international gross is currently sitting at $646.8 million, while the US gross has reached $389.5 million.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in ‘Iron Man,’ ‘The Incredible Hulk,’ ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Thor,’ and ‘Captain America: The First Avenger,’ the global box office for ‘The Avengers’ has already surpassed the totals of those individual films. The totals for those preceding films are: ‘Iron Man’ with $585.1 million worldwide, ‘The Incredible Hulk’ with $263.4 million worldwide, ’Iron Man 2′ with $623.9 million worldwide, ’Thor’ with $449.3 million worldwide, and finally ‘Captain America’ with $368.6 million worldwide. Expect Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ to  pass up the next three films on the all-time global list in the next few days, all of which are also Disney film: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ ($1,043.9 million), ‘Toy Story 3′ ($1,063.2 million) and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ ($1,066.2 million).

Directed by Joss Whedon, ‘The Avengers’ (‘Avengers Assemble’ in the UK) stars Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man/Tony Stark), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Chris Evans (Captain America/Steve Rogers), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), and Tom Hiddleston (Loki). The likes of Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, and Stellen Skarsgard co-star.  On May 8th, Walt Disney Pictures announced that a sequel to Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ was in development, following last month’s announcement that a follow-up to 2011′s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ will be released April 4th, 2014. A sequel to last summer’s ‘Thor’ is scheduled for release November 15th, 2013, and the third installment of the hit ‘Iron Man’ series, which has earned over $1.2 billion worldwide, will arrive in theaters May 3th, 2013.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. 

Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, “Marvel’s The Avengers” brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston (“Wallander”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Angels & Demons,” “Mamma Mia!”) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature “Thor.”

“Marvel’s The Avengers” is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President, Kevin Feige, and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Louis D’Esposito, Patty Whitcher, and Jon Favreau. Marvel Studios’ Jeremy Latcham and Victoria Alonso will co-produce.

The creative production team also includes Oscar nominated director of photography Seamus McGarvey (“Atonement”), production designer James Chinlund (“25th Hour”), Oscar winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne (“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”), Oscar winning visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs (“Iron Man 2,” “The Matrix”), visual effects producer Susan Pickett (“Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2″), stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell (“Superman Returns”), and four-time Oscar nominated special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (“Iron Man,” “War of the Worlds”). The editors include Oscar nominated Paul Rubell (“Collateral”) and Jeffrey Ford (“Crazy Heart”).

Variety bring word that James Badge Dale has joined the cast of Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures’ ’Iron Man 3.’ Dale will play Eric Savin. In the Marvel comicbooks, he’s a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army put in charge of Project: Ultra. After stepping on a land mine, cybernetic surgery is performed on him and he’s resurrected as the cyborg Coldblood. Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures have been putting together a truly stellar cast for ‘Iron Man 3,′ with Ben Kingsley, Andy Lau, Rebecca Hall and Guy Pearce all linked to roles in the film. Dale recently co-starred in ‘The Grey’ and Steve McQueen’s ‘Shame.’ He will next appear on the big screen alongside Denzel Washington in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Flight’ later this year, as well as starring in 2013′s ‘World War Z’ and ‘The Lone Ranger.’

The plot for ‘Iron Man 3′ is said to borrow elements from Warren Ellis’ six-issue ‘Iron Man: Extremis’ story arc, which also heavily influenced the first ‘Iron Man’ flick. It focuses heavily on the spread of a virus through nanotechnology. Returning from ‘Iron Man 3′ are Robert Downey Jr as Tony Starks/Iron Man, Don Cheadle as Lt. Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes/War Machine, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Pots. ’Iron Man 3′ will be directed by Shane Black, who is co-writing the script with Drew Pierce. The first ‘Iron Man’ earned $585 million worldwide, while the sequel generated $624 million – big chee$e!  ’Iron Man 3′ opens in cinemas May 3rd, 2013.  Expect casting confirmation soon as the film is set to start filming later this month.

Yahoo has unveiled this first look at Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh on the set of Sacha Gervasi‘s ‘Hitchcock.’ The film chronicles the making of the seminal 1960 Alfred Hitchcock suspense horror ‘Psycho,’ with Anthony Hopkins portraying the legendary director. ’Hitchcock’ is described as “a love story between one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville (Helen Mirren).”

‘Hitchcock’ is based on the book ‘Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho’ by Stephen Rebello. Alongside Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, the film also stars James D’Arcy as Anthony Perkins, Jessica Biel as Vera Miles, Michael Stuhlbarg as Lew Wasserman, Toni Collette as Hitchcock’s secretary Peggy, Michael Wincott as Ed Gein, Kurtwood Smith as Geoffrey Shurlock, Richard Portnow as Barney Balaban, and Danny Huston as Whitfield Cook.  ‘Hitchcock’ is expected to hit cinemas 2013.

20th Century Fox and Verizon have put together this fascinatingly odd new “Quiet Eye” viral video for Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus,’ offering the following description for the clip: “In front of the quiet, unblinking eye of a camera lens, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) makes her case to lead a mission that will answer our greatest questions and trigger our ultimate fears.” The hugely-anticipated film features a top-notch cast in Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, and Guy Pearce. Check out my interviews with Michael Fassbender for the film here, Ridley Scott here, and a joint interview with Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron here. ‘Prometheus’ arrives in cinemas June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. Look out for more of my interviews with the cast and crew next week!

In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers. 

Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Kino Gallery has set loose these four new images from Ruben Fleischer’s (Zombieland) highly-anticipated crime drama ‘Gangster Squad.’ The film features a phenominal cast in Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena, Mireille Enos, Giovanni Ribisi, and Nick Nolte. The drama, based on a series of articles by Paul Lieberman, is the fact-based tale of the crime fighting exploits of a squad of elite Los Angeles officers in the 1940s charged with stopping ruthless Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Screenwriter Will Beall is a former South Central Los Angeles cop who wrote the novel ‘L.A. Rex.’ Look out for ‘Gangster Squad’ in cinemas September 7th in the US and November 9th in the UK.

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and–if he has his way–every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart. “Gangster Squad” is a colorful retelling of events surrounding the LAPD’s efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all time.

The good folks over at Yahoo! Movies have released this debut clip from DreamWorks Animation’s action/adventure ’Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.’ Pencilled in for release June 8th in the US and October 19th in the UK, the threequel features the voice cast of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer, and Andy Richter.

In ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted,’ Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent – Madagascar style. The film is directed by Eric Darnell (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) and produced by Mireille Soria (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) and Mark Swift (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa).  It is written by Noah Baumbach (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Greenberg).

Great Odin’s raven! Son of a bee-sting! By the beard of Zeus! Paramount Pictures has released this debut teaser poster for the the long-awaited comedy sequel, ’Anchorman: The Legend Continues.’ The film has Adam McKay returning to the directors chair as well as co-writing the script with Will Ferrell. Alongside Ferrell reprising his role as Ron Burgundy, original cast members Steve Carell, David Koechner and Paul Rudd also star (there’s currently no word on whether Christina Applegate and Fred Willard are returning). A teaser trailer for ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ is playing before ‘The Dictator,’ so I’d expect to see it online in the next few days. The original, ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,’ was released in 2004…….and it’s awesome, very very awesome!

Speaking to EW about the teaser trailer, Adam McKay has said, “Paramount came to us with the idea of the teaser, and since we’re writing the script, it was a good chance to see the characters and hang out with the actors to inspire writing. All of the actors (Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner) slipped right into character and they all looked amazing. Paul has a beard and we’re thinking of keeping it. Kind of an Eddie Rabbit-meets-Serpico look.” Don’t bother scanning the teaser for clues about the sequel’s plot, though McKay says they have ruled a few things out: “Nothing’s set. Right now I can say for sure there is no Ghost Rider cameo or a scene where Ron fights a wolverine on a nose-diving helicopter. We’re either going to shoot the movie in 3-D or 1/2 D.”