Canmag have unearthed a new Japanese trailer for upcoming fantasy epic Eragon. The video for the first time shows footage of the hatchling Saphira, the dragon steed of the title character played by Edward Speelers.

Canmag have criticised the CG work on the creature which does look quite ‘cutesy’, but I’m quite liking the look of it, especially when juxtaposed against the fully grown dragon decked out in battle armour and breathing fire.

Windows Media trailer
Quicktime trailer

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A new quicktime trailer has appeared online for Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa. The trailer is similar to earlier teasers but features musical cues from Eye of the Tiger. Click here to view.

The Columbia Pictures movie tells the tale of ex-heavyweight champion Rocky ‘The Italian Stallion’ Balboa who is tempted into an exhibition match against current champ Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver) after a computer match decides that the veteran slugger in his prime would have KO’d the young titleholder. Rocky Balboa is scheduled for release December 22.

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Screenwriter Tim Firth has been hired by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney Pictures to adapt The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless by Ahmet Zappa. The author is the son of Frank Zappa and released his debut novel in June 2006 which was published by Random House and optioned for over $1 million.

The story revolves around a child ‘monsterminator’ called Minerva McFearless who is part of a family that has been hunting down and destroying monsters for thousands of generations. After the dreaded Zarmaglorg, the king of evil himself has kidnapped Minerva’s father, she and her little brother Max must set off to rescue him. They are armed only with the Monstranomicon - a living book that holds every secret about every bloodthirsty beast known to mankind.

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The new James Bond film Casino Royale starts its theatrical run tomorrow (November 17), and we’ve got interviews with the main cast and crew. We have previously featured Chris Corbould (Special Effects Supervisor), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Dame Judi Dench (M) and Gary Powell (Stunt Coordinator) and Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre), and now our series is nearing an end. Today, our penultimate interview is with the film’s director himself, Martin Campbell.

Campbell is no stranger to the franchise, having directed Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as James Bond in GoldenEye. This he followed with the box office and critical success The Mask of Zorro, with Catherine Zeta Jones and Antonio Bandera’s and, more recently, the sequel, The Legend of Zorro. His other films include Vertical Limit and Beyond Borders.

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The teaser poster for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been published online at ComingSoon.net, courtesy of Warner Bros. It features a shot of Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) set to the text “You will lose everything”. Click here to view it in our movie gallery.

The adaptation of the fifth book in the Harry Potter series, directed by David Yates, will hit theaters and IMAX on July 13, 2007. The first footage is scheduled to go online tomorrow, with the teaser trailer being attached to copies of Warner’s animated Happy Feet.

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