New X-Men: First Class Trailer

The newest trailer for X-Men: First Class hit the internet today, and it's awesome! No really, it's great. It features the entire "first class" of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (well the movie version that is), including our very first look at Banshee! That first team shot with everyone on the Blackbird in their blue and gold uniforms was just perfect. I can't wait to see the entire scene.

I'm not sure why, but the film's trailers are as good, if not better, than its posters are bad. The discrepancy is really quiet strange. I seriously love this trailer, and if after watching it you're not totally stoked for X-Men: First Class, well something's wrong with you!

X-Men: First Class is scheduled to premiere in theaters on June 3, 2011. The film is directed by Matthew Vaughn and stars James McAvoy as Professor Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, January Jones as Emma Frost, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw and Rose Byrne as Dr. Moira MacTaggert.

First Look: Jiminy Cricket & Cruella de Vil Pop! Disney Vinyl Figure Prototypes by Funko

Still no official word concerning Funko’s upcoming line of Disney Pop! vinyl figures, but thankfully that hasn’t stopped the leaks from coming! Two more Disney Pop! prototypes have hit the internet recently, Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket and 101 Dalmatians’ Cruella de Vil. While Jiminy was to be expected (who doesn’t love that cute little singing cricket?), Cruella’s inclusion was a total surprise. Of all of the Disney Pop! prototypes The Blot’s seen so far, Cruella is the toy line’s first villain (but hopefully not its last).

All in all, this marks 10 different Disney characters included in Funko’s new Pop! Disney vinyl figure toy line, and yet we’ve still heard nothing about an actual release date. Hopefully more details will be released soon, as Funko continues to release other new and relatively unannounced Pop! toy lines.

New Thor One Sheet Movie Poster

Evidently, Thor has debuted a week early in select International theaters already, and The Blot had absolutely no idea! When was the last time a big budget American film first debuted anywhere other than in the US? Regardless, these early viewings mean the Marvel Comics film has already received a significant number of reviews on RottenTomatoes.com (34 in total) and currently has a 94% freshness rating! How great is that!?!

Thor is definitely the comic book adaptation The Blot is looking forward to the most this summer, and I’m glad to hear the film is living up to its hype. To help get you in the mood for Thor’s North American theatrical release next week, check out the film’s latest one sheet movie poster. As the poster says, “Courage Is Immortal,” and so is Chris Hemsworth’s Thor! I just wish the marketing team of X-Men: First Class could take lessons from Thor’s marketing team. Every Thor one sheet is better than the last!