A few weeks ago we had a teaser for Riddick (it was a tease too, as it was only 22 seconds), but now the full trailer has been released, which actually looks pretty cool, even if they have pulled back on the OTT sci-fi operatics of The Chronicles Of Riddick. Indeed it feels more like the original Pitch Black.

Here’s the plot synopsis: ‘In the film, the infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

‘The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.’

It should hit cinemas this autumn.

Rio 2 may not be out until April 2014, but the first teaser has now arrived, which follows the time-tested idea of promoting kids film, which is to dispense with the story and just have dancing animals instead.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In Rio 2, we find Blu, Jewel and their three kids living the perfect domesticated life in that magical city. When Jewel decides the kids need to learn to live like real birds, she insists the family venture into the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in with his new neighbors, he worries he may lose Jewel and the kids to the call of the wild. Brazilian music legend and Rio executive music producer Sergio Mendes also returns along with composer John Powell. Rio 2 will feature new Brazilian artists and original music by Janelle Monáe and The Wondaland Arts Society, who also voices a role in the film.’

Carlos Saldanha returns to direct, with the voice actors including returnees Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, will.i.am, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto, Jake T. Austin and Jamie Foxx, along with new cast members Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth, Rita Moreno, Amandla Stenberg, Rachel Crow, Pierce Gagnon and Natalie Morales.

The hype for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is already building, and the latest thing designed to pique people’s interest is a new poster, featuring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, standing atop a peak.

It also features the memorable quote from Suzanne Collins’ novel, “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.”

Following Katniss and Peeta’s Hunger Games victory, dissent has grown in the districts and she’s now seen as a major threat by the Capitol. Unsurprisingly they want her out of the way. If you’ve read the book you’ll know what that means, although I won’t spoil it if you don’t know.

The film is out this November.

It’s little surprise that ABC picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as making a TV show set in the comic company’s cinematic universe seems like a no-brainer. Now that the US networks are officially unveiling their new shows for this autumn, in the hope of get as much ad revenue as possible, an extended trailer for the show has debuted.

It looks like it could be a lot of fun, with Agent Coulson back (despite what happened in Avengers) and a new set of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents looking into all manner of superhero antics. Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Chloe Bennet, and you can see pics of all of them below.

The trailer is at the bottom of this post.

You could be forgiven you not knowing James Franco had directed any movies, but he’s actually made quite a few, although the likes of The Broken Tower and Sal have been small, arty and not seen by many people.

Now he’s going a little more high profile with As I Lay Dying, an adaptation of a William Faulkner novel that will be playing at Cannes. Before its festival debut, a trailer has been released, giving us a feel for movie. As with Franco’s other movies, it gives the impression of being made incredibly quickly, which in this case could actually be a bonus.

It charts the story of the Bundren family and their attempts to bury Addie Bundren in the town of Jefferson.

And the award for most nuts looking trailer of the year so far goes too…

The movie is a mix of live-action and animation from Waltz With Bashir director Ari Folman, featuring a great list of actors, including Robin Wright playing herself, along with Kodi Smit-McPhee, Danny Huston, Harvey Keitel and Paul Giamatti.

The film is a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s The Futurological Congress, a 1971 black humour science fiction detailing the exploits of the hero of a number of his books, Ijon Tichy, as he visits the Eighth World Futurological Congress at the Costa Rica Hilton. However as you can see from the trailer, the film is quite different, with Robin Wright having her career pronounced dead, so she sells her likeness to a company that will use her as a sample – and that’s when things get animated.

The film premieres at Cannes.