After that avalanche of The Dark Knight Rises material earlier today, it seems only right that this summer's other remaining superhero movie should get a moment to shine.  That would be The Amazing Spider-Man, and it's shining through three new image scans, two of which highlight Dr. Curt Connors at different stages in his transformation into the villainous Lizard.  Another shows what happens to a high school chemistry lab when a giant lizard-man fights a nimble spider-man.

With The Avengers, Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, has now served as the principal antagonist for two Marvel movies, so we couldn't expect that he'd be shouldering the villainous burden alone for a third time.  Thor 2 is set to be Marvel Studios' second post-Avengers movie, and it looks the studio and director Alan Taylor have found an actor to play a new villain, as a familiar bad guy is in talks to join the cosmic party.

Last summer, when the massive production was shooting all over the world, we were already in danger of The Dark Knight Rises overexposure.  The pre-existing white-knuckle, mouth-foaming anticipation for the last entry in this Batman trilogy doesn't mean that Warner Bros. is resting on any laurels in promoting Christopher Nolan's last Bat-movie.  Quite the contrary, folks.

20th Century Fox has revealed a new trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  As you'd expect, this particular trailer's "grown-ups only" designation is not a product of bad language or nudity, but rather, lots of blood being spilled.  Or, more accurately, lots of blood flying at the screen in arterial sprays of various speeds thanks to the speed-ramp action style of director Timur Bekmambetov.

Holy whoa, Prometheus is just over two weeks away.  Finally, all those burning questions will be answered in what is hopefully a masterful film of science fiction and body horror.  Until then, though, we'll just going to have to be satisfied with more marketing that plays coy and promises big things that come from small beginnings.

Earlier this month, 20th Century Fox revealed that the comedy formerly titled Neighborhood Watch would henceforth be known as The Watch.  At the same time, the studio released the first red band trailer, which gave the best taste of just how delightfully juvenile and deliciously foul-mouthed the central group of Richard Ayoade, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill would be in the film.

Here's something you don't see every day: a high-profile franchise summer sequel just a month out from release getting delayed by a whopping nine months.  Yet that's exactly what is happening to G.I. Joe: Retaliation.  The sequel/sorta-kinda reboot to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was set for nationwide release on June 29th, but has been suddenly pushed back to a new release date, on March 29, 2013.

Guillermo Del Toro has stated emphatically that he'll never make a movie that doesn't include a monster or monsters.  We've known for some time that his new movie, next summer's Pacific Rim, will involve some bigass monsters wreaking havoc and some equally bigass anime-inspired mecha-bots going up against them in order to save humanity. 

With almost a month to the day until Brave arrives in theaters, you can expect to spend the next thirty-odd days inundated with new promotional material for Pixar's latest, the animation powerhouse's first non-sequel since Up back in 2009.  A new clip, for example, promotes the Disney release with aplomb, hinting at the still-mysterious story whilst sticking to character, character, character.

Lionsgate scored by far the biggest theatrical hit in its history with The Hunger Games, as the film has now grossed $391.9 million domestically and continues to attract repeat viewers.  For the last few months, we've been focused on Catching Fire, the adaptation of Suzanne Collins' second novel in the series set for theatrical release in November of next year. 

While fans have been justifiably upset by the absence of director Gary Ross on the sequel, today brings happy news: The Hunger Games will be available on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download this August 18th.