The moment many of us have waited for has finally arrived…we’re thrilled to present exclusively to you the very first trailer for Frank Miller’s hotly-anticipated film, “The Spirit,” based on Will Eisner’s iconic superhero. Starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and a host of others, “The Spirit” arrives January 16, 2009.
Watch it below, or click here to view it in glorious HD, plus to watch more video coverage from NY Comic-Con.
Batman has more to deal with than just the Joker in this summer’s “The Dark Knight,” and now thanks to a top secret new trailer for the film that just screened at NY Comic Con, we’ve gotten our first extended look at his friend and eventual rival, Harvey “Two-Face” Dent.
The brand-new “Dark Knight” trailer was shown to a flabbergasted audience here in New York (Warner Bros. had not announced any plans to show any footage) and though we only got a chance to see it once, there’s an awful lot to chew on in this new glimpse.
- After a breathtaking shot of Batman perched high above Gotham, a voiceover from Heath Ledger’s Joker asks “Where do we begin?” Batman glides through the city.
- “Kill the Batman,” the Joker states to an adjoined meeting of mob bosses, before an explosion is shown and the subsequent showing of a Joker card. This seemingly gels with the suspicion that the Joker is controlling the mob through ransom (after robbing the mob-run bank in the IMAX preview).
- After several shots of Harvey Dent in District Attorney mode, we finally get everyone together as the Joker invades a fancy bash with Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), Alfred (Michael Caine), Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Sadly, the scene wasn’t topped off by the Penguin crashing through the floor on a giant duck.
- “The dawn is coming” says Dent in a voiceover.
- The Joker mutters “Here we go” before walking down a city street blowing stuff up in one particularly awesome scene.
- In one of the most foreboding moments of the trailer, Dent emphatically states “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Harvey Dent, of course, backwardly referencing his future transformation into super-villain “Two-Face.”
- Our eyes may have been playing tricks on us, but it certainly looked like the Joker drops Dawes at some point. The length of said drop is uncertain.
We’ll all know more when the trailer officially hits in two weeks. The clock starts now.
He traveled to a galaxy far, far away last year when both “Robot Chicken” (which he co-created) and “Family Guy” (where he voices a character) spoofed “Star Wars,” but now Seth Green is getting ready to join the actual George Lucas family.
“I did something on that cartoon,” Green admitted to us at NY Comic Con, revealing for the first time that the “Buffy” star will be making an appearance in George Lucas’ upcoming “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated series. “I came in and did a voice.”
As for which character Green will play, fans will have to wait for the series to hit Cartoon Network later this year to find out. “I’d love to tell you, but I can’t,” he gushed. “They make me sign all these papers and then they take my kids away. [But] it was fun.”
The actor will be doubling down on the “Star Wars” universe again when “Family Guy” unveils their re-imagining of “Empire Strikes Back.” But details are scarce right now. “We recorded most of it,” said Green. “I don’t know when it’s coming out. I just act on that show [laughs].”