I liked that trailer (Farrell is an effectively smarmy Jerry) but would rather have seen David Tennant's Peter Vincent in action as well. Maybe his bits are too spoilery?

Tonya J | May 16, 00:20 CET

I think this looks great. Colin Farrell is never not awesome.

Wyndam_ | May 16, 00:29 CET

I believe by "3D extra crispy" you mean "burnt to inedible". ;)

The One True b!X | May 16, 00:31 CET

I think one of the things that made the original so accessible was the fact that none of the protagonists were superheroes. They all were average people going against some very extraordinary things. While I am admittedly only going off a trailer here, it seems as if they've tried to make Charlie into a total badass that can take on the world. And I really hope that the lack of David Tennant in the preview doesn't mean that they've dialed down the Peter Vincent character. I definitely have my reservations, but I'll probably still go to see it when it comes out.

deepgirl187 | May 16, 00:52 CET

@b!x Your mileage may vary... and yes. :) You know what bums me out? This movie was apparently shot with the Red One HD camera, which can and has produced some STUNNING visuals in the past. Yes, this movie DOES look pretty, but I HATE how a production's look is altered (everything has to be highly saturated and brighter to better push the 3D effect) just to suit something that's so damn fleeting and temporary to begin with! Grrr, I say!

But hey, the movie looks like fun, I really dig the cast (Colin does look really intense) and things look different enough to not be bored by if you've seen the original, while still paying tribute to the source material. I hope this does very well for all involved, especially Marti.

kungfubear | May 16, 01:05 CET

I'm with Ebert- don't use 3D unless it really is visually innovative. Otherwise, it is simply additional cost for no additional value.

Dana5140 | May 16, 01:14 CET

For those who haven't seen it, here's a photo of David Tennant as Peter Vincent.

kungfubear | May 16, 01:30 CET

I don't remember the mother being so much in on the whole thing in the original. She seems to be part of the action.
I really hope that David Tennant's role is not as small as it seems.

I like the casting. Anton Yelchin is great, David Tennant too and I like Toni Colette.

I don't like the poster that much. Nice idea, but the bottom looks strange to me. The border between street and the black underneath looks like someone was lazy.
Anton Yelchin in the middle in front of the sun is great, though.

roadi | May 16, 02:10 CET

kungfubear, thanks for that awesome David Tennant photo! Looking forward to this in August.

tickled pink | May 16, 02:16 CET

Marti Noxon plus this very good cast? I'm in.

Really, love me some Imogen Poots. She was maybe my favorite thing about 28 Weeks Later (though I thoroughly enjoyed the whole movie) and I wondered when I'd get to see her again. Awesome!

guidedby | May 16, 07:41 CET

It might just be the fact that I tend to loathe remakes in general, but I found NOTHING appealing about that trailer.

Out of Objects | May 16, 15:47 CET

Didn't like what I saw.
But I'll give it a chance because of Marti.

Angel TheVampire | May 16, 17:46 CET