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Dreamworks, from the studio that brought you “Shrek,” “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda” comes “How To Train Your Dragon” – an adventure comedy set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The story centers around a Viking teenager, who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. Initiation is coming, and this is his one chance to prove his worthiness to his tribe and father. But when he encounters, and ultimately befriends, an injured dragon, his world is turned upside down. This latest Animation from Dreamworks will be released on this March 26, 2010.

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Even more new posters! Given this is ShoWest week, we expected a whole bunch of them to arrive, but one new set of posters (we haven’t seen before) that I really wanted to feature are the new official teaser posters for Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. The first one comes from IGN and is the official teaser poster that Lionsgate just debuted for the movie.

The second one comes from showfloor at ShoWest and is actually a bit more badass than the first one. There are whole helluvalot of guns on the first one and a gnarly, badass Stallone on the second one. I really dig the design of these and I hope everyone else likes them, too.

The Expendables is both written and directed by legendary action actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone, who has also directed Paradise Alley, Rocky 2, 3, and 4, as well as the most recent Rambo movie. This is a Nu Image / Millennium Films production produced by Avi Lerner and Les Weldon. Lionsgate is bringing The Expendables to theaters starting on August 20th, 2010 later this year. We first featured a trailer for this back in October of last year but it got pulled and we’ve been waiting to see the real one since.

Earlier today our friends at SlashFilm found the first (unofficial) promo trailer for The Mechanic starring Jason Statham. You’ve probably heard about this remake of a 1970′s Charles Bronson hitman movie of the same name before today, but this is the first time we’ve seen any actual footage from it. It was produced by Nu Image / Millennium Films and it looks pretty badass.

I love seeing Jason Statham in just about anything, but paired up with Ben Foster as two hitmen? I’m totally looking forward to this! Watch out though, as this trailer isn’t MPAA approved and contains sex and violence. It’s also a bit low res but it’s the best we’ve got!

The Mechanic is directed by British filmmaker Simon West, of memorable blockbusters like Con Air, The General’s Daughter, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and When a Stranger Calls. The screenplay was written by first-time feature writer Karl Gajdusek who’s only other writing credit is for the TV show “Dead Like Me”. This is a remake of The Mechanic from 1972 starring Charles Bronson and directed by Michael Winner. As far as we know, this Mechanic doesn’t have a US distributor yet, but we’ll let you know when/if it finds one!

Sony has debuted the first trailer for Eat, Pray, Love starring the charming Julia Roberts and a handful of other actors including James Franco, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, Richard Jenkins & Viola Davis. The book’s subtitle may help give you a better idea of what this is about: “One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia.

” This is a chic flick at it’s finest, but it doesn’t look that bad, to be honest. It does look a bit sappy and I can’t buy Franco and Roberts being a couple, but other than that it looks quite inspirational. Also, I’m not sure why they put a soft focus over the entire movie, but oh well. Check this out!

Eat, Pray, Love is both written and directed by writer/director/producer Ryan Murphy of everything from “Nip/Tuck” to “Glee” to the indie film Running with Scissors which he wrote and directed. The script was co-written by Murphy and Jennifer Salt (“Nip/Tuck”) and is based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir of the same name. Sony Pictures is bringing Eat, Pray, Love to theaters on August 13th late this summer.

Eat, Pray, Love is both written and directed by writer/director/producer Ryan Murphy of everything from “Nip/Tuck” to “Glee” to the indie film Running with Scissors which he wrote and directed. The script was co-written by Murphy and Jennifer Salt (“Nip/Tuck”) and is based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir of the same name. Sony Pictures is bringing Eat, Pray, Love to theaters on August 13th late this summer.

The 4th film in the series follows the exploits of Captain Jack Sparrow, who travels to the new world after the death of his puppeteer father to confront his uncle, who apparently has made off with the family inheritance. During the voyage, he gets to know a woman named Beth Hurwood and her father, an Oxford professor. Before they arrive, their ship is waylaid by pirates and, with the help of the professor and his assistant, the captain is killed and Sparrow is forced to join the pirate crew. There is, however, a sinister plot being concocted by the professor involving his dead wife, his living daughter and Blackbeard. Blackbeard and vodun magicians whisk everyone away to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth itself awaits. Jack Sparrow must put a stop to these plans and save Beth Hurwood.

The new film is rumored to be loosely based on the Tim Powers book, ‘On Stranger Tides.’

In “Eclipse,” Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

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The story based on after a horrific car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified, and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesnt believe shes dead, despite the funeral director’s reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna’s grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can’t shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isnt what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over to the other side.

Satire is one of the most favorite forms of comedy so everybody excited about this potential casting news from Vulture that Jim Carrey and Kate Hudson may be joining the already cast Jennifer Garner for Butter, a comedy who’s script appeared at #3 on the 2008 Black List. Described as Election meets Best in Show, it follows a young orphan who, after being adopted by a Midwestern family, discovers that she has an uncanny talent for butter-carving. She eventually finds herself up against the ambitious wife (Garner) of the retired reigning champion in a town’s annual butter-sculpting contest. However, there’s some contrasting details out there.

Though Vulture says Carrey is only in discussions, and Hudson is already negotiating her deal, Movieline has sources who say Carrey has already passed on the role and Hudson is still “sitting on the script.” Either way, the story has interesting parallels to the political arena – specifically the 2008 Iowa Democratic Caucus. Think of the young orphan in the story (an African American girl) as Barack Obama, the ambitious wife as Hilary Clinton, the retired reigning champion (Carrey’s potential character) as Bill Clinton and Hudson’s character (the retired champion’s mistress) as Monica Lewinsky. Now that sounds absolutely hilarious.

Up-and-coming director Jim Field Smith, who just had some decent success this past weekend with the release of his rather enjoyable comedy She’s Out of My League, will direct the film. Writer Jason Micallef said, “I wanted to do a political satire, and I was looking for some venue that people take very seriously but is also ridiculous — like politics — but at the same time is really visual.” Honestly I can’t wait to see how this pans out. If it truly invokes Election and Best in Show (two of my all-time fave comedies) then it will be amazing. Plus, lets see Carrey take on a role like this and make a stellar return to comedy.

Pajiba is reporting that Sam Worthington (Avatar, upcoming Clash of the Titans) has signed to star in the comic book adaptation Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, which is now at Warner Bros. Pictures.

Dare — described as Britain’s version of Buck Rogers — launched as a comic strip character in the Eagle magazine in the 1950s. The stories were set in the late 1990s but the dialogue and manner of the characters is reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s.

The character was created by illustrator Frank Hampson.

The site says that, while it is a priority project at the studio, neither a writer nor director is on board yet.

A few years ago, actors Edward Norton and Tim Blake Nelson appeared together in Louis Letterier’s The Incredible Hulk. Not many people realized that Norton was partially responsible for bringing Nelson on board for the role of Samuel Sterns, as the two had already been working together on a couple of movies, the one that came to fruition being Nelson’s original comedy Leaves of Grass in which Norton plays a dual role of two very different identical twins.

Earlier today, ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype had a chance to talk with the duo about the movie, and since we hadn’t really spoken with Norton for some time–well before he was cast in the Marvel Studios movie–we wanted to ask him about the current status of his relationship with the studio, especially since all their individual movies seem to be building to The Avengers, in which the Hulk is rumored to be one of the villains. For those unaware, Norton had some issues with the final cut of Louis Letterier’s movie, which he had co-written, but when asked in the years since then, he has been somewhat dismissive of the idea of returning.

When asked today whether he has had any communication with Marvel since then, Norton’s response was cheerfully optimistic about things working themselves out. “Yeah, to some degree, through my agents,” he told us, “But there’s always been an agenda I think to unspool a lot of the Marvel Universe and then come back… I think they’ve got a lot of new stuff that they’re rolling out and then I think at some point they’re going to figure out how they want to get around to ‘Avengers.’”

“The main guy I had a beef with there left anyways, as always happens,” he admitted. “As David Mamet said, ‘Just wait ‘em out cause they’ll be gone, and you’ll still be there.’”

Wise man, that David Mamet.

Look for our full interview with the duo sometime later this month over on ComingSoon.net before Leaves of Grass opens in select cities on April 2.