Paramount has released the teaser trailer for Iron Man online. The video is essentially an edited version of the footage that was exclusively screened to audiences at Comic-Con back in July.

Click here to view the clip in high-definition quicktime at Apple.com.

The anticipated film is directed by Jon Favreau and stars Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges. It is scheduled to open in theaters May 2, 2008.

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Co-star Shia LaBeouf announced the full title for next summer’s Indy IV at the MTV Video Music Awards last night, and the film’s official site confirmed it soon after. And it’s not Indiana Jones and the City of Gods as previously speculated:

That’s the official logo. The title may seem long-winded, but then Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark wasn’t really any less wordy, was it?

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SyFy Portal has confirmed that the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica will be split in half, although it is unclear how long the break in between will be.

Producer David Weddle is quoted as saying: ‘We were told that SciFi was thinking about splitting the final season, but we do not know how long the gap in that split will be…As far as I know, SciFi has not decided yet. The SciFi Channel executives are the only ones who will be able to answer that question, once they’ve arrived at a decision.’

Actor Jamie Bamber, who plays Apollo on the show, dropped hints last weekend that SCI FI was looking to space the season premiere and the season finale up to a full year apart.

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Dark Horizons scored a couple of noteworthy quotes from some of the major players involved in Bond 22, who offer new details on the upcoming film’s plot.

Producer Barbara Broccoli said the story ‘will continue the path of Bond trying to find out who was behind the Le Chiffre operation. That’s as much as we’re going to say.’ She confirmed that as of now, neither gadget-master Q nor secretary Miss Moneypenny were scheduled to appear in the film.

‘I can tell you it starts right where ‘Casino’ left off. Yes, Bond will be going after the organization that we hinted at. It will be the same Bond you saw in ‘Casino,’ a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong,’ screenwriter Paul Haggis added.

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According to a scoop at Obsessed with Film, Warner Bros. has greenlit Justice League as their summer 2009 tentpole.

The report mentions that Academy Award-winner Barrie M. Osborne (The Lord of the Rings) will take over production duties, with George Miller attached as the director. Filming will take place in Sydney, Australia, from February to June 2008.

Meanwhile, potential plot spoilers for the comic-book adaptation are up at IESB.net.

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Warner Home Video will release Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-Ray on December 11.

ComingSoon.net has posted the cover artwork and details on the two disc edition’s bonus content, which includes: 10 minutes of never before seen footage; an A&E documentary; a featurette called “Trailing Tonks,” in which you spend a day with actress Nat Tena and receive a very personal and often wacky tour of the “Order of the Phoenix” stages; a “Harry Potter: The Magic of Editing” feature, in which director David Yates and editor Mark Day show us what a difference a good edit makes and then allow you to edit a scene; “The Hidden Secrets of Harry Potter” in which look for clues in the past Harry Potter films for what the future films may hold; an “In Movie Experience,” in which you join the cast from Dumbledore’s Army as they come together to share memorable moments; as well as more “making of” featurettes and “Fun and Games.”

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Principal photography on Wolverine is scheduled to commence this November, reports The X-Verse.

Hugh Jackman is set to reprise his role in the X-Men spin-off, which will be shot in Sydney, Australia (while the previous three X-Men movies were filmed in Vancouver).

Gavin Hood (Rendition, Tsotsi) is on board to direct Wolverine from a script by David Benioff.

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Ang Lee’s (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain) Lust, Caution won the 64th Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion For Best Picture this weekend. The sexual espionage thriller starring Tony Leung and Wei Tang was also awarded the prize for Best Cinematography.

The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Brian de Palma for his new film Redacted, which reconstructs the brutal rape of a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl by US soldiers.

Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There (in which Blanchett stars as the country legend), which was also awarded a Special Jury Prize. The Volpi Cup for Best Actor went to Brad Pitt for his performance in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

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