The Dumb Are Mostly Intrigued By The Drum

So this weekend was completely seized by our swede. Spending all weekend in front of the computer or behind the camera really wears a person down on you but it's all for a good cause, right? Yup, indeed our 1st Swede Festival is right around the corner and the entries we've received so far are phenomenal! Can't wait to see what tonight's deadline will bring us tomorrow. (If you look hard enough, you can find the entries online but I'll hold off posting them here in order to keep it spoiler free for those who rather wait) Now, let get into the weekend:

• Seems like those Batman rumors continue to swirl around (Jolie as Catwoman? Philip Seymour-Hoffman as Penguin?) as the film continues to dominate the box office. Well SlashFilm has an excellent article dispelling all of those Dark Knight sequel rumors and what might actually happen (if it happens) when we see the caped crusader on the big screen again.

• And speaking of The Dark Knight, the Batman curse has struck again and this time, it's put Morgan Freeman in the hospital after a car crash and left him in serious condition. Man, if I were Michael Caine, I'd be watching my back right about now.

• A photo from Evil Beet gave us a chuckle this morning as a movie theater marquee was switching from Hancock to The Dark Knight. Reminds me of another incident with a Hancock sign.

• SuperHeroHype has some cool ass hi-res images of the character posters that were shown at Comic Con for Watchmen. They'll make some cool desktop images to decorate with!

• So the last Spider Man film sucked donkey balls, right? Well, it looks like Sony is looking to head in another direction with the franchise and give Venom a chance to star in his own film, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting. As long as they recast Topher Grace (sorry, that was one of the most horrible casting fuck ups in a long time) then that might be cool...

Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff reunite... from MickBoogie on Vimeo
Classic. This song is the very definition of Summer for me. Awesome!

This film has already wrapped up production in November, so why the hell is "The Fresh Prince" standing in Times Square with a production crew, in his Hancock gear 7 weeks from the films released date? Could this be the sign of a crap-tacular film to come? Quite possibly. WTF is Spike Lee doing?? Rumor has it that Hancock failed to get a "PG-13" rating from the MPAA after two submissions, each time coming away with an "R". The fact that it currently holds an R-rating makes me want to see it even more. Peter Berg tells the New York Times: “We had statutory rape up until three weeks ago.” Wanna see Hancock bust a super-hero load?? If that isn't enough, wait till you read the rest of the article here. Ferfuxsake! -partymarty

The new trailer is available in HD up to 1080p at Yahoo! Movies. New upgrades for the official Hancock movie site include the widget you see above, downloads, photo gallery and Hancock games which you'll find here. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters July 2nd, 2008. You can get the code to embed the widget on your own blog or website from our widget above. Click on the Fresh Prince's nose to watch the trailer.

This film has received some REAL bad reviews from early test screenings but this trailer doesn't look half bad. Check it out and let us know what you think!