Oh this is super exciting … the brand new trailer for Winnie The Pooh, coming to theaters next summer on July 15th (unfortunately that’s a long wait). I love the fact the animation isn’t all tricked out or in 3D, it’s totally old school! This marks Winnie’s return to the big screen after a thirty-five year absence, the Pooh is awesome but I seriously adore some of his pals, namely Piglet and Eeyore. I really hope this film ends up being a huge hit, there’s definitely something to be said for this traditional style of animation, it brings me back!

Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh, the first big-screen Pooh adventure from Disney animation in more than 35 years. With the charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo–and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail.

I kind of have mixed feelings about director Julie Taymor – her films are definitely visually stunning but none of them really impressed me except for Frida (Her biggest success was probably mounting The Lion King on Broadway which nabbed her a Tony Award) but I’m going to have to see her latest work – a film version of William Shakespeare‘s final play (and one of my personal favorites) The Tempest (believed to have been written way back around 1610!) The film uses Shakespeare’s original text but there’s one huge change – famed sorcerer Prospero is becoming sorceress Prospera – played by Dame Helen Mirren – four hundred years later, I wonder what Willy would think? Watch the newly released trailer below and look for it in theaters on December 10th! Popbytes over and out for now … xoxo!

In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s mystical thriller The Tempest, Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor (Across the Universe, Frida, Titus) brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Helen Mirren. Prospera’s journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural.

BLACK SWAN follows the story of Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side with a recklessness that threatens to destroy her … In theaters: December 1st, 2010