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I’m probably setting myself up for some serious disappointment with this one, but I’m really, really excited to see The Crazies. Horror and I go way back. If nothing else, I’ve fallen head-over-heels in love with the marketing material.

Case in point: the character banners.

Check them out after the jump.

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The Crazies, starring Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker and Joe Anderson hits theaters on Feb. 26, 2010.

Two stills from The Crazies after the jump.

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From Focus Features:

Everybody loves… BABIES.  This visually stunning new movie simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from first breath to first steps. From Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo, BABIES joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all.

More at: BabiestheMovie.com

(via AICN)

Apparently revolutionizing movie marketing wasn’t part of Cameron’s master plan.

(via Yahoo! Movies and Film School Rejects)

Every once in a while, that Zac Efron Google Alert I have comes in handy.  Case in point: One such alert pointed me to ScreenCrave.com, which posted the poster for  one of the movies I’m most excited about this fall, Me and Orson Welles. I cannot wait for this one. First, it’s a Richard Linklater film, a director whose bad movies are still oh so good. Second, anything Orson Welles can get my attention. (He has his own Google Alert too.) And third, there’s Zac Efron, an actor in transition.

This is one of those movies that could help Efron go from teen heartthrob to legit movie star.  Anyone whose seen 17 Again knows he has the chops to make it. Could this be the project that finally silences the haters?

Of course, the film gets bonus points for casting Claire Danes, too. Someday she will get the appreciation she deserves. Someday.

Me and Orson Welles, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, and Christian McKay, hits theaters on Nov. 25.

This poster makes it pretty clear: Daybreakers is more of a sci-fi picture than it is a vampire one. Lionsgate will drop this in the January graveyard, so take that for what you will. The premise certainly makes Daybreakers sound more promising than the release date.

From Lionsgate:

Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out.  However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.

Breck Eisner’s remake of George Romero’s The Crazies doesn’t hit theaters until February, but we have a little teaser for you today courtesy of Overture Films. Looks like the cover to a great pulpy horror novel. Is this going to be a successful Romero update like Dawn of the Dead? Or will it be a disaster like that Day of the Dead movie that I’m sure came out at one point but you probably haven’t seen? We’ll find out on Feb. 26, 2010.

Check out the trailer for George Romero’s 1973 classic after the jump.
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More Antichrist wickedness. Designed by artist David V. D’Andrea for the Fantastic Fest screening of Lars von Trier’s Antichrist. The film hits theaters Oct. 23 and will be available on demand Oct. 28.