Cowboys & Aliens and Green Lantern trailers hit the web

Guess which one looks horrible and which one doesn't?

Kudos to regular contributor Patrick Eakin for already posting these on the Facebook group page, but I just had to chime in with my own 69 cents! First up, the suck: Green Lantern!

I grew up loving the Green Lantern comic, but have always believed a successful film version could be a dicey prospect. This preview proves why.

The CGI costume has to go and the otherworldly settings just look too . . . fake. I dig Ryan Reynolds as an actor, but I don't think he's brought the right tone to this. Everything here screams kids' movie, which is maybe what Warner Bros. had in mind. Not for me. Judge for yourself by the trailer below.



Now the cool: Cowboys & Aliens. Directed by Iron Man's Jon Favreau (great choice) and starring none other than Daniel "My name is Bond, James Bond" Craig and the legendary Harrison Ford, this looks just awesome. One part Unforgiven, another part War of the Worlds. Throw in Steven Spielberg as an executive producer. Sold! But again, judge the trailer for yourself.



Both films hit theatres next summer.

Sam Rockwell cast in ''Cowboys and Aliens''

Sam Rockwell has been cast in Dreamworks' Cowboys and Aliens, a sci-fi movie based on a graphic novel by Platinum Studios about cowboys and Indians uniting together to resist an alien invasion.

I wanted to share this bit of casting news because I love Sam Rockwell, and I particularly loved him in Moon (you must see that movie if you haven't yet because it's simply quite awesome) and Galaxy Quest. I'm also looking forward to seeing him in Iron Man 2 in the role of Justin Hammer.

Cowboys and Aliens will reunite Rockwell with his Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau. It's penned by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzamn, and Damon Lindelof. Steven Spielberg, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Scott Michael Rosenberg will produce.

Rockwell will play a bar owner named Doc who joins in the pursuit of the aliens. Once Favreau and the writers -- Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof -- learned that Rockwell was interested in the movie, they reconceived and expanded the role, which initially called for a heavy-set man. [Heat Vision Blog]

Rockwell is joining an already impressive cast made up of Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, and Daniel Craig. It is set to start shooting in June, with a release date of july 29 2011.