Remains of the Day: Underwhelming Trailers for Capitalism, Avatar and Wolfman

Three trailers. 2 Misses and one that was so-so. Here is a look at eight and 1/2 news items that we didn’t have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here for August 20th.

1. Is Nothing Sacred?
Disney and Robert Zemeckis setting up Yellow Submarine re-do. WTF. (Via Variety)

2. Route 66 
Chester Tam with direct Samberg, Mintz-Plasse, & Josh Peck in San Bernardino Bound. (Via Production Weekly)

3. Easy on the Eye
A collection of pics for Rob Marshall’s Nine. (Via ThePlaylist)

4. Eyesore
The Wolfman trailer disappoints. (Via Joblo.com)

5. Black Eye
Same up front and personal tactics from Michael Moore. (View Trailer)

6. All Eyes 
The Smurfs re-imagined: More buzz for James Cameron’s Avatar. Could this be a modern-day Heaven’s Gate? (See Trailer)

7. The Best Thing about the Basterds 
Interview with favorite villain of 2009. (Via Firstshowing.net)

8. Yomigaeri Redo
DreamWorks has set Bruce Joel Rubin to script “Rainbow Bridge” the English-language remake of the 2002 Japanese film (Via Variety)

1/2. The Legend Speaks and Writes
Interview with Robert Mckee (Via Filmmaker Magazine).