Quint at AICN has some new exclusive production stills for Rian Johnson’s upcoming film, “The Brothers Bloom” starring Rachel Weisz (♥♥♥), Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, and—most importantly—Rinko Kikuchi as an explosives expert named “Bang Bang”. Included in the stills is Bang Bang in all her detonation-poised glory, as you can see to the left. But you’ll have to check out their article for the huge version of awesomeness.

Also, you may recall from when I posted the trailer that this film was originally slated for release on October 24th. Well, I guess someone thought better of that, because instead of fighting for attention during a very crowded October and November, national release is being being pushed back to early 2009, with only a limited release in December. God forbid anyone miss gems like “Saw V” and “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”. What the flying F.. I’m moving to another planet.

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Take this with a grain of salt, but Film Junk is reporting that an anonymous source claims Fox execs are so unhappy with footage of their upcoming live-action Dragonball adaptation that they’re actually considering shutting down the project altogether and cutting their losses. Now, I totally believe the part about the footage being terrible. Any time you hire a former cast member of MTV’s “Real World” for a role you know you’re in trouble. But I have a really hard time believing they’d completely shut down something they’ve put so much time and money into already. So before all the 12-year-olds start to cry and the manga purists throw a victory parade let’s wait for some confirmation one way or the other.

Update:

Bzzt, they changed their minds.

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The trailer for Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom is now online. In the movie Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo play scam artist brothers that come up with all sorts of elaborate schemes to separate rich people from their money. When they meet a young eccentric heiress named Penelope (Rachel Weisz) they initially plan to scam her, but instead end up enlisting her help on their next con. However, when one of the brothers falls for Penelope things get complicated. Rinko Kikuchi plays a quirky explosives expert appropriately named “Bang Bang” who’s also part of the team. Trailer embedded after the break.

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