Check out the newly released trailer for the anticipated sci-fi adventure “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” adapted from the popular novel by Seth Grahame-Smith.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”), the movie stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

The movie opens in theaters June 22.

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The first trailer for the upcoming sequel “The Bourne Legacy” has debuted, and it looks very promising.

If you’re going to continue the Bourne franchise without Matt Damon, I can’t imagine a much better situation than carrying on with two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner, two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz.

Plus, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn are all back for the fourth film in the series.

“The Bourne Legacy” is due in theaters Aug. 3.

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. To read my interview with “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” director Bill Condon, click here.

Target, Walmart hosting “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” release parties

Forget vampires vs. werewolves: Friday night’s anticipated DVD release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” is setting up an epic battle between big-box giants Target and Walmart.

“Breaking Dawn — Part 1” drops on DVD and Blu-ray at the stroke of midnight Saturday, with release parties planned Friday night (tonight) at Walmart and Target locations across the country, …

From left, Robert Pattinson, Bill Condon andTaylor Lautner attend a Nov. 17, 2011, film premiere of "The Twilight Sage: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" in Barcelona, Spain. AP photo

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Bill Condon takes on twice the challenges with “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” movies
The “Chicago” and “Dreamgirls” director made “Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray at midnight Saturday, and “Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” due in theaters Nov. 16, at

Billy Connolly (AP file)

Scottish actor Billy Connolly (“The Last Samurai,” “Boondock Saints”) is rounding out the cast of Peter Jackson’s two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.”

In the films, Connolly will play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connelly, the Big Yin himself,” Jackson said in a statement to THR. “With Billy stepping …

Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, has released today an EP titled “This Quiet Night” exclusively through Walmart. The CD includes acoustic performances of five songs from his 2011 album “This Loud Morning.”

Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, also is released today her “This Little Girl” EP.

Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan-favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well …

The latest trailer for the anticipated film “The Hunger Games” has made its online debut.

The adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first of a trilogy that has sold 16 million copies in the U.S. alone, “The Hunger Games” is one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the coming spring.

The trailer includes a clip of Elizabeth Banks as fan favorite Effie Trinket. To read my recent interview with Banks in which she talks about her current film “Man on a Ledge” as well as “The Hunger Games,” …

"The Hunger Games"

For film fans, the long winter and spring months can be the most confusing of the year.

Late-opening Oscar hopefuls and long-shelved comedies, 3-D blockbuster re-releases and fledgling action franchises getting a jump on the summer tentpole season …

Elizabeth Banks arrives at the premiere of "Man on a Ledge" in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES — Elizabeth Banks is pulling off quite a balancing act these days, and not just because her most recent film features her venturing onto a narrow ledge 200 feet …

Award-winning Oklahoma author William “Bill” Wallace, who wrote “A Dog Called Kitty,” died Monday at his home in Chickasha after battling cancer. He was 64.

My excellent colleague Lillie-Beth Brinkman reports that Wallace wrote 31 children’s books and co-authored seven books with his wife of 45 years, Carol Wallace. He also traveled throughout the United States, speaking to children at schools, libraries and elsewhere.

He was honored with 20 state children’s choice awards, including Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Book Award for “A Dog Called Kitty,” which was published in 1992, and …