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.

The moviegoers of planet Earth are currently in the midst of a very enthusiastic makeout session with The Avengers, one that includes heavy petting, blockbusting, and some unnecessary 3D.  As you're doubtless aware, the world has Avengers-fever, as reflected by the movie's global gross of $1.18 billion in under a month and the fact that Joss Whedon's superhero team-up is basically on track to be the third-biggest movie ever (not adjusted for inflation). 

But let's think about the future, a future filled with The Avengers DVDs and Blu-rays packed with special features, all of them arriving on September 25th.

Now that Tony Stark has saved Manhattan and made probably the biggest superhero endorsement in shawarma's history as part of The Avengers, he's going back to the solo adventures that so suit his outsized personality.  Iron Man 3 is starting principal photography any minute now, so Marvel Studios and Disney are locking down the supporting cast, including the latest addition, James Badge Dale.

Since he reinvigorated the Mission: Impossible franchise with the nigh-universally lauded Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, a big question has been just what Brad Bird would direct next, as his second live-action feature film. Anyone hoping that the animation maestro-turned-blockbuster-live-action helmer would get his passion project 1906 off the ground next might have to wait, as Brad Bird has signed on to Disney and Damon Lindelof's super-secret 1952.

Three new images from Pixar's next feature, Brave, have arrived online for your viewing pleasure.  For quite some time, this film was being made under the working title The Bear and the Bow, and both formerly-eponymous elements are on display in these new stills. 

Princess Merida is lining up a shot with her bow in the first image.  In the second marvelously-lit still, she's airborne between a friendly-looking bear and a rather intimidating bear claw.  Then, in the third, we see a trio of teeny, tiny little bearcubs who suspiciously resemble Merida's mischievous little brothers.  They're also so cute you'll want to puke skittles just looking at them.

Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman are two great tastes that taste great together.  This much they proved with Coraline, Selick's 2009's adaptation of the children's book by Gaiman, the author who pioneered comic book respectability in the 1980s and now dabbles in screenwriting when he's not being a literary badass.  Selick will once again bring Gaiman's words to the screen, as Disney has hired the current master of cinematic stop-motion to direct an adaptation of Gaiman's novel The Graveyard Book.

Though the Hulk has had two separate theatrical features, Marvel's Gamma-irradiated green behemoth has not yet managed to connect with audiences on the level of, say, Iron Man or Captain America.  Bruce Banner and his rage-fueled id monster alter ego play a supporting role in this Friday's big ensemble blockbuster The Avengers, with Mark Ruffalo taking up Banner's mantle.  The response to this new take on the character has been strong enough that we might see yet another Hulk movie in the next few years.

Strange yet undeniably cool news.  The Lone Ranger – Disney's huge-budget theatrical update of the serial character who has been kicking ass across the Old West with his sidekick Tonto since 1933 – has found a composer, and it's definitely not who you'd expect.  Jack White, known the world over for his musical endeavors The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather, will compose the score for Gore Verbinski's would-be blockbuster.

Disney has released a third full theatrical trailer for Pixar's latest animated endeavor, Brave.  Because the thoroughly impressive trailer somehow isn't enough, there's also a lighthearted little new clip that clocks in at under a minute and gives a sense of the story's lighthearted supporting characters.

A week ago, we heard the news that Ben Kinglsey is currently in talks to play a villain in Iron Man 3, the sequel that's set to begin production next month, shortly after The Avengers hits theaters Stateside.  While the reports of Kingsley's involvement specified that his character would not be Tony Stark's biggest comic book villain The Mandarin, a new announcement from Marvel Studios, Disney, and DMG Entertainment indicate that we might just see Iron Man's arch-nemesis in Iron Man 3.