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Trailer Tracker: I Am Number Four and more

Where can you see aliens, ninja’s, sorceresses and cowboys all in one place? No it’s not my action figure collection…I don’t have any cowboys. It’s Trailer Tracker, your one stop shop for all the latest clips hitting the web. A slow frame christens the month of October here on Player Affinity, beginning – perhaps ironically – with I Am Number Four, the clip for director Doug Liman’s sci-fi action blockbuster. East meets west in the martial arts western The Warrior’s Way and then Simon Pegg teams with Andy Serkis for a macabre business plan in Burke & Hare. The last new trailer this week is the Shakespearian adaptation The Tempest from visually-dynamic director Julie Taymor following her “Beatles” musical Across the Universe and finally, just one week after the teaser clip for The Coen Brother’s True Grit debuted, we have the riveting theatrical trailer. So grab your lasers, mount your saddle and giddy-up.

Sam Raimi to direct “Oz The Great and Powerful”

It’s (finally) official: Sam Raimi is set to direct Walt Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful. Robert Downey, Jr. has been set to lead the film as the wizard for quite some time.

Whether it’s the Evil Dead trilogy, the first three Spider-Man films, or his acclaimed B-movie Drag Me to Hell, Raimi’s career has thrived on genre films. While this is more or less a genre film it doesn’t take much insight to notice that this film calls for a much different tone than Raimi’s aforementioned films.

Emma Stone in “Spider-Man” reboot as … Gwen Stacy

Not too long ago it was announced (and we reported) that Emma Stone was in negotiations to play Peter Parker’s favorite redhead, Mary Jane Watson, in Marc Webb’s upcoming reboot of Spider-Man. Well, it was just announced today that Stone is actually set to play Parker’s blonde love interest, Gwen Stacy.

Peter Jackson officially directing “The Hobbit”

Deadline reports that negotiating deals began back in June. Considering that Jackson has been attached to this project since the beginning as a producer, I think we all knew it would come to this point. The development bedlam that “Hobbit” has been in is also noteworthy: the film was time and time again pushed back, as numerous directors were rumored to be set for the project. Perhaps the most noteworthy case was when Guillermo del Toro of Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy fame was said to have been directing a few months ago.

DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 10.5.10)

It is a real fright fest this week, with four of this week’s new releases being horror films and another four re-release wanting to deliver scares. But if horror is not your genre there are family films, historical dramas, crime movies and sci-fi offerings to cater for any taste.

“Bourne” writer Gilroy to direct the next one

Oscar nominated writer/director Tony Gilroy will take the reigns of the franchise he helped to write. Deadline reports that Universal studios and Gilroy are reaching a deal to direct the franchise’s fourth installment, tentatively titled The Bourne Legacy (though not related to the book of the same title). Gilroy was previously hired to write the film and will now add it to his directing credits, which already include Duplicity and the acclaimed drama Michael Clayton.

Zack Snyder directing “Superman” reboot

Zack Snyder has officially signed on to direct the upcoming reboot of Superman that will be produced by Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas. Snyder got the job over directors Duncan Jones (Moon), Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles), Matt Reeves (Let Me In), and Tony Scott (Man on Fire) among other rumored talents.