The Hobbit's New TV Spot: The Adventure Begins

Watch the new, second TV spot for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens December 14.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Looks Badass in Ten

Here's your first look at Arnold Schwarzenegger in the upcoming cop action-thriller Ten, directed by End of Watch's David Ayer.

Schwarzenegger tweeted the following today: "I'm having a great time working with @DavidAyerMovies on my new movie, Ten. Check out my look:"

In Ten, an elite DEA task force deals with the world's deadliest drug cartels. Specializing in complex mobile operations, the team executes a tactical raid on a cartel safe house. What looks to be a typical raid turns out to be an elaborate theft operation, pre-planned by the DEA squad.

After hiding millions in stolen cash, the team believes their secret is safe – until someone begins assassinating them one by one.

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Watch: New Iron Man 3 Trailer

It's here! No more teasers of teasers. Watch the brand new trailer for Iron Man 3 below:

Via Apple iTunes.

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Watch an Explosive Scene From Skyfall

Watch the first clip from Skyfall! It's an action scene featuring Javier Bardem's sinister Silva and Daniel Craig's James Bond during a chase in the London underground. Via Apple:

Skyfall opens in the UK on Oct. 26 and in the US on Nov. 9.

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Anna Kendrick on End of Watch

It’s emotional, gritty, and very realistic. The action-drama End of Watch chronicles two beat cops (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena) working in the heart of south central L.A. They deal with gang bangers, drug dealers, and the worst criminals the city has to offer. The film tells a story about men trying to control their world, fighting the good fight.

The emotional core of director David Ayer’s are the relationships. This is a movie as much about family, and what it means to rely on someone, as it is about day to day police work. Anna Kendrick plays Janet, girlfriend and eventual wife to Officer Brian Taylor (Gyllenhaal). She becomes a focal point as their relationship develops, and she learns what it means to enter this world.

IGN recently had a chance to sit down with Kendrick to talk about End of Watch and what the movie means to her.

IGN: What can you tell us generally your role in the film?

Anna Kendrick: I play Jake Gyllenhaal’s girlfriend, and fiancee, and eventual wife who is kind of taking the journey from thinking that dating a cop is like dating a teacher or an accountant, and realizing what it is that he risks everyday, and realizing how strong she has to be to accept that risk.

IGN: The film’s form is fascinating, how did the ‘day in the life’ aspect inform how you took on the film?

Anna Kendrick: It certainly created one of the most interesting atmospheres on set that I’ve ever experienced. One in which you were never really sure if you were being filmed or not, so it was weirdly liberating and challenging at the same time, in this wonderful way where you were in character for 12 hours a day. The only time we weren’t holding hands, snuggling or whatever the scene called for was at lunch. If there was ever a point that we realized that every other camera was re-loading then Jake or Michael would grab the handheld and we would just film something. Jake would pull me aside and he would grab the handheld camera and start doing something, and then David would notice that we were in the corner and come over and start filming, and we wouldn’t have noticed for a solid 5 minutes that they’d been filming us, until Dave yells out ‘kiss her!’

IGN: So it sounds like there was a lot of improv on set.

Anna Kendrick: Exactly. Two things happen when you’re allowed to improv that much. You do find these little magic moments that really add to the film, but also it creates such a natural environment that improv can bleed really naturally into scripted dialogue. Dave wrote a great screenplay, and he knew the story that he wanted to tell, so a lot of what’s in the film is paired back down to his original screenplay. There are certainly magical little moments that are peppered in there, and that’s definitely worth all the footage that we sacrificed, it’s certainly worth those tiny little moments that did make it into the film, and I think it aided our performances all around.

IGN: How do you get into the mindset of a police officer's wife?

Anna Kendrick: It was interesting for me because it was one of those weird life imitating art situations where all of my rehearsals were with just Jake. So I’ve met Mike (Peña) and I’ve met Natalie (Martinez), but I didn’t know them well at all, so when I came to set it really felt like my new boyfriend introducing me to his good friends. And the three of them were already really close so I really had that feeling of wanting to prove that I was strong enough to be a part of this family, but then also being overwhelmed by the bond that they had. In a healthy way, I was a little envious of the relationship Jake had with Mike, and the relationship that he has with everybody on the police force. Realizing again and again, and again through every scene just what it means to be a police officer, what it means to be a police officers wife.

In the wedding scene when Mike is giving a toast he gave such a beautiful performance I really felt like I was just listening and taking it in and then I was looking around the room at all these people and being told that they were my family now that all felt really real for me. It was really great to go on this journey with this character. I was a little nervous coming in without doing a ton of prep work because the guys had done so much, but I think actually it would have been detrimental to the entire experience and the performance.

IGN: How did you achieve such believable intimacy with Jake?

Anna Kendrick: I really followed his lead on that. I’m really glad that he was so open and giving on that end, just like somebody who wants to reach inside you and rip you open in this really incredible way. He was so deep in the shit by the time that I got there that he was completely mentally there all day every day. So when I showed up and he was holding my hand the entire time I was like ‘this is weird right?’; but I think that’s exactly why that relationship is believable in such a short amount of screen time.

IGN: What draws you to this kind of a character?

Anna Kendrick: I don’t have a thing for really likable characters. Even in this, Janet is likable and she has her heart in the right place but I think weirdly the scene that really puts the audience on her side is the scene when she goes through Brian’s wallet. Because it’s not a respectable thing to do, and I think the audience wants to be on a character’s side and they want to forgive them, but when you just say ‘here’s this character isn’t she great, this is why we love her’ I think people really resist that.

This is a really silly example but I think that on Community you know how at first people didn’t like Britta, because she was supposed to be the cool one, the moral one; and once they started breaking her down and making her like the worst, and making fun of her, people started to really come around on her. Little things like that is what makes you connect with characters and gets you on their side. Even the police officers, people talk about finally showing the story of two good cops, but they make some morally questionable decisions. I think those are the places where you’re rooting for them., because they’re human, and you think ‘if I met them they wouldn’t look down on me.’

IGN: What’s your take on some of the graphic violence in the film?

Anna Kendrick: That’s really David’s wheelhouse. I think this is a world that David understands and there are things in the film that I wish I could look at them and say ‘but I’m sure that kind of thing doesn’t really happen…’ but of course a lot of these are true stories or inspired by true stories so there’s a part of me that wants to block some of that out. I know that it’s a world that David understands so I’m glad he can put it across so beautifully, and in such a compelling way.

End of Watch is now playing.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Takes Prisoners With Hugh Jackman

With his cop drama End of Watch hot at the box office this weekend, Jake Gyllenhaal is poised to pick up a badge and gun again for the Alcon Entertainment thriller Prisoners. The Denis Villeneuve-directed pic already has Hugh Jackman and Melissa Leo set to star.

Although Gyllenhaal's deal isn't closed yet, Variety says he'll play a big city detective who comes up against a small town carpenter (Jackman) out for revenge after his young daughter and best friend are kidnapped. Aaron Guzikowski wrote the script.

Filming is slated to begin early next year for a fall 2013 release.

Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve previous worked together on the thriller An Enemy.

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The Watch Discovers Blu-ray and DVD

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will bring director Akiva Schaffer's latest comedy, The Watch, to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download November 13, 2012. The sci-fi comedy, formerly titled Neighborhood Watch, stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade.

Despite the star power and 'Burbs-like vibe, the film didn't quite catch much love from critics (read our review here), nor did it find much of an audience during its theatrical run. The Watch grossed a mere $34 million in the U.S., with a worldwide total of just $47 million.

The Watch Blu-ray will feature a 1080p transfer with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The DVD will boast an anamorphic widescreen transfer with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. Extras include the following:

• Deleted Scenes
• Gag Reel
• Alien Invasions & You
• Casting the Alien
• Theatrical Trailer
• Sneak Peek
• Jonah Alternate Takes (BD Exclusive)
• Watchmakers (BD Exclusive)
• DVD and Digital Copy (BD Exclusive)

Suggested retail for The Watch is set at $39.99 for the Blu-ray, and $29.98 for the DVD. The title is available to pre-order on Amazon. The Blu-ray is currently listed for $35.99. The DVD is listed at $26.98.

Be on the lookout for more news regarding The Watch, and be sure to check back for a review of the disc this November. In the meantime, be sure to check out this interview with the cast:

"Enough! You are, all of you, beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I shall not be bullied..." Become a friend of R.L. Shaffer on Twitter, Facebook or MyIGN for quotes, rants, reviews, news and more!

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End of Watch Review

The police drama End of Watch is the hardest, most honest buddy cop movie you'll ever see. It’s grounded in the everyday relationships of and the very real feelings between cops. It is a film about family; we rely on the police and they in turn rely on each other.

As the story unfolds, we ride along with two beat cops in South Central L.A., Officers Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena). They are good cops doing a difficult job. They spend their shifts looking for drugs, guns, and money. They deal with gangs daily, encountering the absolute worst the job has to offer. As Zavala points out, they see more action in a given month than lots of cops do in their entire career. They are forced to make hard decisions regularly, and while their choices may sometimes be questionable we still know they are good men.

The plot revolves around escalating gang tension and a rising Mexican cartel in South Central. This is a character study, though, as filmmaker David Ayer (writer of Training Day) aims to get the story of L.A. cops “right.” He does this by following distinct episodes in these officers’ lives, both in the line of fire and during quieter moments on the job. The story moves in deliberate beats: action, reprieve, action, reprieve. The stakes here are life and death, but these heroes are seen as more than just a Shield. While their work may inform how they see themselves, they are truly defined by their relationships, most significantly to one another.

The cops deal with scumbags and gangsters in the action scenes, but it’s the quieter times with them in their patrol car that are the most fun to watch. These characters are utterly engrossing and their relationship is the film’s core driving force. Gyllenhaal and Pena give fantastic, wholly authentic performances, and the naturalness of their friendship is a joy to behold. Supporting players, notably Anna Kendrick as Officer Taylor's girlfriend Janet, play just as real. There is an intimacy and chemistry between this cast that shines throughout the entire film.

Ayer presents much of the movie in the rawest manner possible and from the points of view of the officers and gang members via shaky cam. We watch through dashboard and surveillance cameras as the action and quieter scenes reveal themselves. It’s not entirely a “found footage” film, but there is an immediacy and freedom in the scenes where this technique is employed. Unfortunately, some of these deeply emotional, camcorder-shot scenes jarringly cut to glossier, more traditionally filmed ones, causing stylistic inconsistencies that hurt the movie. It’s only thanks to the strength of the characters and the cast that the viewer isn’t totally pulled out of the film by these sudden stylistic shifts.

The movie’s insular story may take place over the course of a few months, but it still has a “one crazy day in the life” quality to it. The cops pay lip service to the fact that most of the calls they go on are simple domestic disputes or other mundane police work, but in fact every single action scene depicts insanely tense, life or death situations. You have to remind yourself of the passage of time between events otherwise the story’s believability will suffer.

This is a film propelled by the strength of its characters and how they relate to each other and their world. You can't help but care for them because the movie is so full of heart. End of Watch makes an impact, stressing the important need to recognize that there are real people out there who risk their personal safety for all of us each and every day.

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