Legion

The “Legion” panel was part of Sony’s presence at Comic-Con ‘09 (the other being the Peter Jackson-produced “District 9″), and the film brought out stars Paul Bettany, Doug Jones, Tyrese Gibson, and Adrianne Palicki, along with writer/director Scott Stewart to show off their wares.

Stewart brought along an extended trailer for the movie, the first ever footage of “Legion” anywhere. As Stewart mentions later, the trailer took more than a little inspiration from James Cameron’s first “Terminator” movie.

The clip introduces us to Michael, an Arcangel that has literally fallen from the Heavens in order to stop the coming apocalypse. Or actually, Michael is intent on saving the unborn child of waitress Charlie (Palicki). The child, says Michael, is the future savior of mankind.

As soon as he arrives on Earth, Michael chops off his wings, frees himself from his “halo collars” (or God’s lowjack, as Stewart calls it), and loads up with machineguns before heading off to find Charlie, who is working at an isolated diner in the desert.

He’s not alone. Soon, the angels are after him, surrounding the diner with possessed people in order to get at Charlie’s unborn child inside. Legion opens in January 22nd 2010.

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