A new international trailer for Magic Mike is now online, and it gives us a better idea of just what's at the heart of Steven Soderbergh's sweaty, humorous drama loosely based on the real-life experiences of erstwhile male stripper/current movie star Channing Tatum.

Paramount Pictures has unveiled the final domestic poster for next month's action-figure-based sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation.  The one sheet has the requisite Photoshop effects, three characters holding guns, one character rocking a sword, and one faceless villain who may or may not also be holding a weapon of some sort.

A full theatrical trailer for the Hasbro sequel G.I. Retaliation has arrived online, setting up the basic story, such as it is, and throwing out a lot of quips, visual effects, action beats, and pretty much everything you'd expect from a G.I. Joe sequel trailer.

We've been seeing no small amount of images from G.I. Joe: Retaliation as of late, including three official stills just yesterday.  Paramount is opening up the promotional floodgates for its sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and since the film has a big ensemble of characters bearing the names of Hasbro action figures, today there's a new crop of character posters for eight of those action-figures-turned-action-heroes/villains.

The first theatrical trailer for Steven Soderbergh's latest endeavor, Magic Mike, has arrived online, full of abs, humor, dollar bills, and shirtlessness.  It opens with a pair of police officers busting up a raucous party consisting entirely of women, but you can tell immediately that Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer aren't really cops, because, in the immortal words of Gob Bluth, "These are just strippers.  Look how hot they are!"

The big summer action movie is a notable export of these United States, and it's no surprise, since explosions and cool sword fights are like a universal language.  Dwayne Johnson may speak English, but his emphatic delivery and swaggering charisma are also universally appealing, so both are amply on display in two new international spots for G.I. Joe: Retaliation.  Both commercials fit templates established by previous Retaliation marketing, but you'll find some new footage, too.

Other than being ridiculously attractive thespians who are both in very good places with their respective careers, what do Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum have in common?  There are probably some other things, but of greatest importance is that they've been offered the two lead roles of Jupiter Ascending.  What is Jupiter Ascending, you ask?  Well, it's being kept oh-so mysterious, but it's a new science fiction film from Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.

On Friday, riding high on solid weekend gross projections and an outstanding critical reception, Sony Pictures made moves to get a 21 Jump Street sequel in development post haste.  Now that the film has surpassed initial commercial expectations by earning an estimated $35 million in its first three days of release and met with the widespread approval of audiences, so the studio should be pleased as punch that it already has Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall tossing sequel ideas around.

Okay, let's get the bad news out of the way right off the bat: this weekend's box office was down from the corresponding weekend last year, a first in this so-far commercially robust 2012.  Still, it was only down 8% from last year, when Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Paul all opened.  This weekend had just one wide release, and that one performed excellently.  21 Jump Street opened in first place, while two very different films in limited release got off to promising starts.

Yesterday, a still from the upcoming sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation showed returning G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra character Snake Eyes casually pointing a handgun.  At the time, I bemoaned that the picture didn't showcase Dwayne Johnson's ridiculous musculature or Adrianne Palicki's general greatness.  Well today, two of three new images from G.I. Joe: Retaliation contain both of those things.  Huzzah.