The movie based on the comic book of the same name and slated to come out next summer is being directed by Jon Favreau. He released the first image, a camera test shot.

It will star Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, and Harrison Ford.

Yahoo's site now has both the teaser poster and trailer! Looks pretty fun.

I notice that this film has only a 44% freshness rating among critics at Rotten Tomatoes. This is too bad, because some people might be influenced into not seeing what's an enjoyable popcorn movie. (Audiences, by contrast, rate it at 69%.)

Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford are both interesting characters that bring some complexity to their roles, and the team of Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Fringe, the Transformers films), Damon Lindelof (Lost) and director Jon Favreau (the Iron Man films) do a good job in entertaining the audience.

I recommend it!

One spoiler nit though: By the end of the film, the sheriff and Dolarhyde decide to let Lonergan go, without handing him over to federal government for murder. We know he didn't kill the prostitute he was accused of murdering, since that was his wife, and she was killed by that alien. But what about the other people he robbed and killed? In flashback , when he brought home the gold, she was dismayed that he got it through robbing and killing people, and Lonergan never denied this, but instead rationalized it by saying it was what they needed. He may be off the hook for his wife, but he's not off the hook for the other innocents he robbed and may have murdered.

Oh, I totally forgot to include this nit, even though I thought to write it when I first saw the film:

So why are those examination tables on the alien ship equipped with a gonzo blaster weapon that can take down the aliens and their planes, and which attaches itself to victims lucky enough to escape examination and disposal? What purpose does this serve the aliens?

This movie took in $36.4 million over its first weekend. Which I think is a bit weak for a highly hyped film with two major stars; I thought it would do at least $50 million.
The Saturday before this film's opening, the USA network was hyping the film by running Daniel Craig's two Bond flicks and the last two Indiana Jones movies. (USA's corporate parent, NBC-Universal, co-produced and is releasing Cowboys and Aliens.)

Despite the mediocre box office take, it's still the week's top movie. Just a slow week I guess.

I believe the alien was wearing the blaster bracelet, but took it off and set it by the exam table for some reason. Still careless, of course.

It's true Lonergan got away with his robbery and murder but Dolarhyde in particular seemed to believe in making up his own justice. Life seemed pretty cheap. Saving their own loved ones (and potentially everyone on the planet!) they saw as atonement enough.

DVD and Blu-Ray arrive in U.S. stores on 12/6/2011. The Blu-Ray has an extended (by about 15 minutes) cut, and loads of extras, while the DVD has the theatrical cut, and much fewer extras.

I finally saw this movie, on a plane, and I have mixed feelings about it. While I like western movies and alien movies (in general) the combination was a bit strange. This doesn't make it a bad movie however.

Alan is correct Luigi, the wristband-blaster was worn by the doctor alien, for some reason, and he left it by Lonergan.

Olivia's character, who we don't see in her natural form, nor nude unfortunately, explains that the kidnapping aliens want gold and are taking people to find their weeknesses. For one thing how long does it take to find out our weaknesses? They're a huge-bodied and highly advanced race; they don't really need to do this should only take a couple people during an afternoon. Secondly, gold may be just as rare on their planet but an explanation as to why they travel to an alien world for a simple metal would be nice.

The fighting styles of Lonergan seem too modern for that era. He also doesn't appear to be surprised by any of the strange things that went on throughout the story.

My only nit that I can contribute is that Olivia Wilde's character said that the aliens had difficulty seeing in broad daylight, but their fight with the cowboys and indians sure didn't seem to back up that statement. They did very well for the most part.

The longer it's been since I saw this movie the more I like it. Kinda neat seeing Harrison Ford as a bad guy for a change, and I like the way the indians fierce warrior side was put to good use versus the aliens.

I just wish I saw this in the theater with an audience instead of on a dvd at home, so I could enjoy it even more.

I guess the gold explanation is for everyone to decide on their own. I'm pretty sure it wasn't to produce alien jewelry!

Only watched it now, on a lazy Sunday.

Why do aliens always have to be that stupid? If they would just have dug for the gold without abducting those people, nobody would ever have noticed.

Why did they abduct people anyway. It doesn't make sense, I would have liked the (horror-like) theory that they just like to BBQ people as in Signs, the 2002 (rather stupid) movie by M. Night Shyamalan. The meat-room would've been exactly that, a fridge to keep supper fresh.

How, why and when did the 'good' alien arrive there. Where is her ship? If she arrived (logically) after the bad aliens, how does it come nobody ever asked questions?

I've read this on another website, but at the end there is apparently an ice cart in town, how did the ice get there (there isn't a train station yet and ice had to come from hundreds of miles distance).

Quite a few other nits at IMDB as well: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409847/