Disney has dropped out of financing a third Chronicles of Narnia film, citing budget reasons, leaving Walden Media as the sole source of funds. Which, unless I’m severely underestimating Walden Media’s net worth or the budgetary demands of Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, the next in the series, basically kills the movie.

And, as they are wont to do, a British newspaper has taken this interesting news, paired it with the interesting fact that The Golden Compass crashed and burned (largely for pissing off Christians, also for being no good) to come up with the conjecture that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is somehow in trouble…

The trailer for Disney’s new talking animal movie, G-Force, is now available for your viewing pleasure, and - like most Disney movies - raise some questions about the realistic implications of the talking animals.

In this particular case, guinea pigs, a mole and a fly are secret agents for a bewildered-looking Will Arnett who wants them to stop a criminal mastermind who seems to have ripped off Transformers with third-rate supplies and thinks he can take over the world with his mechanized army. But, in a world where a specially trained squad of guinea pigs are the FBI’s last line of defense, maybe a land-line phone with tentacles would be threatening.

Here’s the question though: why not use this team of animals to track down Osama bin Laden? Wouldn’t non-US citizen animals with military technology on their side basically be the perfect task force for recon?

Seriously, giant robots? That’s such a Bush era solution.

G-Force opens on July 24th in 3D and features guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and information specialist.

Check out the trailer under the cut…

Crank 2: High Voltage will see the return of Jason Statham as Chev Chelios, the guy who couldn’t let his adrenaline drop during 2006’s Crank, one of the most under-watched B-movies of the decade.

Yes, that’s heavy praise to put on Crank, but the movie starts with a bang and doesn’t let up until the end, allowing you to suspend your disbelief at…well, you’ll have to beleive a lot of crazy sh*t for Crank to make sense. But it worked, somehow.

Now it looks like the sequel is going to turn it up a notch. The whole thing was shot with multiple digital hand-held cameras and follows Chev as a mobster replaces his super-heart with an electrical powered one that needs routine electrical shocks to keep it going.

If Crank 2 delivers on half of what the trailer shows, it will be well worth my money come April 17th.

If you’re over 18 and not at work, check it out underneath the cut…

You know what the most diabolical thing any action/thriller can end with? Little kids playing Rock Band right before being sent to their death by listening to their television.

It’s no wonder that DJ Caruso decided that this wouldn’t be the best way to end this summer’s mediocre Shia LaBeouf offering, Eagle Eye.

The alternate ending has made it on the interwebs and we have it for you under the cut. You know, because who can afford a Blu-Ray player these days? And even if you can, would Eagle Eye really be your first choice in BD?

“Andy Warhol, Steven Speilberg and Bianca Jagger sit in a hotel room…” would be the beginning of a really good joke if it wasn’t also the premise behind this video footage found by Interview Magazine. And what’s better than a punchline? Steven Spielberg insisting he hears radio through his fillings. No joke.

That justice coming to all of us should come to Fox and Warner Bros. Despite what is actually being said in the news, you can expect a settlement and a March release. Which is great, because all the hype over the Christmas Eve ruling in favor of Fox made most everyone totally overlook a new Watchmen featurette we have for you under the cut…

Hey, how long has it been since you’ve thought of Diablo Cody, Oscar-winning screenwriter for Juno? Been awhile hasn’t it?

Cody, producer Steven Spielberg and Toni Collette have teamed up for a new Showtime series, and you can see that TODAY, right NOW. And we know how…