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VIDEO: Iron Man 3 theatrical trailer released

Pump more iron in your movie diet this summer. Marvel Studios launched the newest trailer for the upcoming “Iron Man 3” on Yahoo movies and it jolted the Internet with the force of a repulsor blast. Scroll down for video. “I'm Tony Stark, I build neat stuff, I've got a great girl and occasionally I save the world, so why can't I sleep,” says Robert Downey Jr.’s tormented billionaire in an opening voiceover. It could be because of the enigmatic menace of the mysterious badguy behind the third installment of the Iron Man franchise, the first two installments of which earned $1.2 billion at the box office worldwide. “You'll never see me coming,” says Sir Ben Kingsley’s heavily cloaked Mandarin. “I'm going to offer you a choice, an empty life or a meaningful death.” Judging by the montage of action scenes hurtling by over the two-minute, 30-second trailer, Tony Stark seems bent on the latter. Most intriguing is the trailer’s money shot: dozens of Iron...

MOVIE TRAILER: 'Man of Steel' First Full Preview

Warner Bros. Pictures released the first full-length trailer of next year's Superman reboot, Man of Steel. It shows a young Clark Kent struggling to control his powers with guidance from his adoptive parents Martha (Diane Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner). The trailer also shows scenes in what appears to be the icy Fortress of Solitude, the Planet Krypton on the brink of destruction and Metropolis with collapsing buildings. We also catch glimpses of ace reporter and Kent's love interest Lois Lane (Amy Adams), the Kryptonian villain General Zod (Michael Shannon) and Superman's biological parents Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and Lara (Ayelet Zurer). The movie is directed by Zack Snyder, who also directed comic book based-movies “Watchmen” and “300.” It is produced (and co-penned) by Christopher Nolan, who directed the critically-acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy. Snyder has played coy about Man of Steel being the launchpad of the Justice League movie, much like 2008...