Every so often I run across a trailer that quickly turns into “my favorite future movie”. Earlier this year, it happened with The Hangover, and we all see how that one turned out.

Now, here’s The Informant! (Exclamation point actually part of the title.)

As you can see, it’s Steven Soderbergh’s latest, and he seems to have infused the levity of his Ocean’s series and that of Coen Brothers comedies into what could easily be a very cynical story about the insane corporate culture of the early part of this decade.

Can’t wait! (Exclamation point used for emphasis.)

(As an aside, it’s at times like these I miss the early-to-mid-’80s Letterman, where Chris Elliott would show up in a “Quinn Martin” role. Letterman fans, couldn’t you see Chris as “The Informant Guy”? Maybe it’s just me.)

(Thanks, Videogum!)

• Dakota’s all growns up: JustJared.com’s photos of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning in costume as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie for Floria Sigismondi’s movie about the rock band The Runaways are flying all over the Interwebs.

Stewart looks pretty cool in a mullet, but the knockout punch is how Dakota looks. Not only is the one-time star of War of the Worlds unrecognizable…

She comes really, really close to looking like the genuine article:

Now if Michael Shannon can nail the mid-’70s Svengali persona of Kim Fowley, I think we got us a movie here.

(Thanks for the hookup, FirstShowing.net!)

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