Today was the first day of this year's SDCC 08 and G4 is carrying live coverage, It has become tradition for movie studios to unveiled information, images, and trailers for the first time to the public on upcoming movie projects. Here were a few moments I thought was most interesting to me in this year SDCC 08.

This movie is slated for a May 1, 2009 released and today footage from the movie was shown for the first time. Unfortunately for us at home we did not get to see any of it but I'm sure it will appear on Youtube pretty soon. This first movie will probably be the first of many to explore the origins of various X-Men and Wolverine is the first character to be chronicled. The movie will explore Wolverine's past and of course the The Weapon X Project. Worry not X-Men's fans, sharing screen time with Logan will be other mutants such as The Blob, Silverfox, Deadpool, Sabretooth, and making his first appearance in a X-Men related movie, Gambit. Hopefully the first trailer will be released soon.
New Robocop announced for 2010 release. Now I'm iffy on this announcement. I love the first Robocop and I was okay-ed with the second one but the third was total garbage. Now they are planning to relaunch or remake the Robocop franchise. I have to wait on more details to be revealed, such as what direction this adaptation of Robocop will incur for me to decide which side of the fence I'm going to be for this new Robocop movie.
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra is slated for August 9, 2009 release. Now I used to watch this cartoon religiously as a kid and when they announced this movie I was a bit skeptical. My only concern with this movie is if it's going to be too kiddie or is it going to be grown up. I hate to say this but this movie has to lean on the violent and edgier side if it wants to succeed in the box office. The problem with the potential of this movie is that its history is rooted in its merchandise which are marketed mainly towards children. Is this movie ready to grow up without fear of losing potential sales? It'll be interesting to see what rating this movie gets because as a fan if gets a PG rating then to me they will have decided to go soft and thus I will be disappointed and will not see this movie. Only time will tell.
Watchmen is slated for March 6, 2009 released. This movie is definitely first on my must see list for 09. This was a movie that I thought will never be made because the Watchmen's story was too epic to fit in one movie. Now Zach Snyder, the director of "300", has undertaken the great task of bringing Watchmen finally to the big screen and from what I have seen from the first trailer it looks great. I wasn't surprise to hear the movie has a running time close to three hours long because there is too much Watchmen's story that needs to be told on the silver screen.
Banned movie posters revealed! Mirrors starring Kiefer Sutherland had three movie posters rejected by the MPAA. Looking at these photos kind of revealed why. Mirrors is scheduled to hit theaters on August 15, 2008 an you can check out this R rated clip here: Click Here
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Saw V teaser trailer on-line! Just when you thought the Saw franchise is winding down out come the newest installment. I hope the fifth one can breathe new life into this series. I thoroughly enjoy the first two installments while the latter two installments suffers from being a bit too stale. Quite frankly the twists are getting out of hand and they seem only to be added at whim to maintain the story's arc. Saw V which hit theaters on October 24 continues the saga of Jigsaw legacy. Click Here to check out the first glimpse of Saw V.
Sony unveils new trailer for its CGI rendered Resident Evil: Degeneration DVD. This new story takes place seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City. I am looking forward to checking out this movie especially since it sticks more with the main characters in the Resident Evil video games rather creating a new character such as "Alice" and making her the main character in the mostly mediocre live action movie versions. This new movie will feature Claire Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy as they fight their way out through an airport infected by the appearance of the T-Virus. The new DVD will be released sometime during the Fall. You can check out the new trailer here: Click Here
Punisher: War Zone is it already in trouble? Rumors coming from this year's Comic Con is that Liongate execs wasn't too happy with the finished product has reportedly dropped the director, Lexi Alexander, from the project and has re-edited the movie because they felt that the movie was too soft. They also replace the original music score with a heavy metal music soundtrack. This is third attempt at bringing The Punisher to the big screen. This is not an sequel rather another re-telling as they would say. Ray Stevenson now assumes the role of The Punisher as he takes on Jigsaw (No, not Saw's Jigsaw). A new 17+ trailer was shown and in it we get our first glimpse of Jigsaw and you can also hear the new heavy metal soundtrack. The movie is set to drop December 5, 2008. Check the trailer here: Click Here