Universal Pictures has unveiled the new trailer for Wanted on MySpace.

Wanted is a film adaptation of the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar. The story revolves around a 25-year-old office worker who is offered the opportunity to seek revenge for the murder of his father, who was a super-villainous assassin. Director Timur Bekmambetov has said that the film would keep the same characters from the miniseries, though the director would take liberty in adapting the comic book’s world.

The film stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp and rap artist Common and is scheduled to open June 27.

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The second trailer for The Dark Knight that was rumoured to debut with 10′000 B.C. in cinemas this week has been pushed back according to Dark Horizons.

Warner Bros. only has two major releases on their slate before the Batman Begins sequel premieres July 18: Speed Racer on May 9 and Get Smart on June 20.

The site speculates that Warner may release this second teaser trailer unattached later this month, or scrap it altogether and just release the full and final trailer with Speed Racer instead.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, producers of the Emmy-winning series 24 are developing a two-hour prequel to the upcoming seventh season.

The movie, designed to bridge the two-year gap between Seasons 6 and 7, is targeted to air in the fall, leading to the January return of the real-time drama.  On Wednesday, 24 producers began securing the show’s core cast members for the film.

The upcoming seventh season is set in Washington and features the first female U.S. president, played by Cherry Jones. The 24 writing team is back at work, with filming on the remaining episodes of the seventh season slated to begin in April.

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Director Zack Snyder has released a set of official character stills from his upcoming Watchman movie. The photos depict Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Comedian), Patrick Wilson (Nite Owl), Matthew Goode (Ozymandias), Jackie Earle Haley (Rorschach) and Malin Akerman (Silk Spectre).

Click here to take a look in our Watchmen gallery.

The film’s plot is set in an alternative 1985, where the US is on the verge on nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union. It tells the story of a group of past and present superheroes and the events surrounding the mysterious murder of one of their own.

Watchmen is scheduled for release March 6th 2009.

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