Short Version: While not as smart as it could be, Surrogates is thought provoking and mildly entertaining.

Screen Rant reviews Surrogates

Bruce Willis’ latest (semi-)action movie is Surrogates, a thought provoking look at the idea of taking our virtual/avatar online selves to a whole other level. In the film, it has been 14 years since Lionel Canter (James Cromwell) developed the first generation of a technology that allowed robots to be controlled completely via thought. We are briefly shown the stages of the development and integration of the technology over ensuing years, leading to present day (some time in the near future in the film).

Do you want to see Bruce Willis get hit by a truck? Well, we’ve got a treat for you.

Disney recently released three new clips from Willis’ upcoming action/sci-fi film Surrogates and we have them here for you. In case you haven’t been keeping up with our coverage of Surrogates, the film takes place in a world where humans live their lives via remote-controlled robots. Willis plays Agent Greer, a detective investigating a Surrogate-related death that rapidly leads to a larger conspiracy.

A new trailer has appeared online exclusively over at Empire for the new Bruce Willis sci-fi/action-thriller, Surrogates. Based on the graphic novel, The Surrogates, and directed by Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3), the film is set in a world where humans live their lives through robot surrogates. Willis plays Agent Greer, a homicide detective who has to leave his home for the first time in years in order investigate murders of other surrogates and their users.

Empire’s exclusive Surrogates trailer isn’t drastically different to the first trailer in terms of giving away much more about the plot, but we do get a new opening section that’s reminiscent to the viral marketing materials, as well as it showcasing some of better action scenes – complete with explosions galore. For now, you can view the trailer over at Empire, but be sure to keep an eye out around these parts for when it becomes available as we’ll put it up here.

As the days become shorter, and the nights become cooler, there is one thing on the horizon that all of us are quickly becoming aware of – the arrival of a slew of exciting 2009 Fall Movies. What’s always been great about this time of year is that it’s not just about “horror films” or movies that are made to touch the holiday hearts that burgeon each year as turkey, Santa and New Year’s Eve stretch into the new year and beyond.

The menu is varied, wide open and we hope – satisfying. While we couldn’t list them all, please join us as we quickly chronicle what lies ahead in Screen Rant’s 2009 Fall Movie Preview!

Screen Rant has three new videos for you today to help get you ready for one of this month’s big releases: The Surrogates. The  upcoming sci-fi action thriller stars none other than Bruce Willis along with Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames.

The film is based on the 2005-06 comic series of the same name where in the future, people live their lives through remote-controlled robots (the Surrogates). The story follows Agent Greer, played by Willis, who must leave his home to investigate the murders of other Surrogates.

Check out the latest after the jump…

Today we have a new behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming sci-fi/thriller, Surrogates. Based on the graphic novel, the film stars Bruce Willis and is set in a world where humans live their lives through Avatar surrogate machine versions of themselves, all the while in the safety of their own home. Willis plays a man who if forced to once again live in “the real world” in order to investigate the murders of other Surrogates and their users.

The Surrogates featurette we have for you today is relatively short (about the length of an average trailer), but nonetheless gives us a good look at some of the technical stuff, as well as providing further insight into the world that the movie is set in. Check it out below:

Today we’ve collected a pile of new posters that have debuted over the course of this week for you. They include new one-sheets for Zombieland, Amelia, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Dorian Gray and Sorority Row. In addition to those, we also have a foreign poster for Surrogates, a fan-made poster for Tron Legacy and an artwork sheet for The Descent: Part 2.

Check them out after the jump.

Today we have a batch of new posters from three movies that are set to hit theaters before the end of the year. These include the new Bruce Willis action-sci-fi/thriller film Surrogates, the Dennis Quaid/Ben Foster sci-fi/horror-thriller, Pandorum, and the Matt Damon political comedy, The Informant!.

I’m looking forward to all three of these movies: Surrogates looks like a lot of fun, Pandorum looks creepy and atmospheric as hell and The Informant! looks hilarious. Check out the new posters for the three movies below:

Today we finally have the official trailer for Surrogates!

Bruce Willis’ upcoming action sci-fi thriller is based on the 2005-06 comic series of the same name (but with “the” in front) where in the future, people live their lives through remote-controlled robots (the Surrogates). The story follows Agent Greer, played by Willis, who must leave his home to investigate the murders of other Surrogates and their respective users.

Over the weekend, video interviews for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and The Surrogates found their way online and both reveal scenes from their respective movies.

The first interview, with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, talks about the Prince of Persia movie and its lead actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Interlaced throughout the short video, we see some footage of training sessions and scenes from the movie.

Bruce Willis is an iconic man of action to males (and females) of a certain age. John McClane from the Die Hard films is probably his trademark role (although some might say it’s David Addison from TV’s Moonlighting) and throughout the last twenty years he has been synonymous with the action genre. That isn’t about to change anytime soon.

Since its announcement, Screen Rant has been keeping a small fire burning for Disney’s adaptation of sci-fi comic book Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis.

So far we’ve seen some early concept pics from the film; a pic or two of Mr. Willis in character; even a viral marketing website where you can design your own “surrogate,” the robotic avatars which live peoples’ lives for them in the future society where Surrogates is set.

Today we’ve got an early teaser poster for Surrogates to show you, one that seems to continue the film’s viral campaign of promoting the surrogate avatars, rather than the film itself. The end result is pretty weird.

Hollywood loves Viral Marketing. The phenomenon took off a decade ago when the makers of The Blair Witch Project used several “real sites” to market their movie. Since then films as diverse as AI, The Dark Knight and Cloverfield have all used the technique to get film fans curious about their forthcoming release.

Walt Disney has released their 2009 feature film lineup which included some tidbits of information for most of those films. Included among these was Surrogates, the action sci-fi thriller starring Bruce Willis.

Back in May, Screen Rant wrote about the first images released for the film. Now, we have a new image featuring Bruce Willis taken directly from a scene in the movie.

The film is based on the 2005-06 comic series of the same name where in the future, people live their lives through remote-controlled robots (the Surrogates). The story follows Agent Greer, played by Willis, who must leave his home to investigate the murders of other Surrogates.

Io9.com has scored the first images from the upcoming Bruce Willis sci-fi pic The Surrogates. There hasn’t been much news about this film, here on Screen Rant we’ve only mentioned it a couple of times in Weekend Movie News Wrap Ups.

According to our own Niall Browne:

“In the film humans live their lives through robots (The Surrogates), while they view the outside world from home. Willis stars as a cop who must leave the house for the first time in years in order to solve a crime.”

Another weekend, another Weekend Movie News Wrap Up.

This week:

Legion starring Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany, Tom Hanks quits Fahrenheit 451, Nic Cage hunts for more National Treasure, Battlestar Galactica producer plans to make a television adaptation of Children of Men, Surrogates with Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell and news on when we can expect to see a trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

For details on the above items, read on.