It appears that someone at WonderCon leaked footage from X-Files 2 on to YouTube. I know it sucks for con attendees, but the studios should just put all this footage officially online the Monday following the convention. The movie studios appear to be fine with thousands of people seeing this footage, so why not show [...]
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Wonder-Con premiered a new, exclusive trailer during the first panel of the day presented by Warner Brothers, 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich’s (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, Stargate) latest magnum opus (okay, slight overstatement). Emmerich’s films tend be big, loud, and, more often than not, ridiculous, contrived and, for those of willing to admit it [...]
The X-Files are back, not on your television screen (thankfully), but in an all-new, apparently eagerly anticipated, big(ger) budgeted feature-length film. Creator/producer/writer Chris Carter is back, as are David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their roles as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, respectively. Also on hand was Frank Spotniz, series writer, producer, [...]
Jon Favreau, looking a few pounds lighter, answered some questions and premiered some Iron Man footage at WonderCon in San Francisco. Favreau began with a bang, showing a bunch of new footage from the film.
The sequence begins with Stark hard at work building the jet thruster boots that you see briefly in the SuperBowl spot. [...]
Wonder-Con premiered the newly minted trailer for Get Smart, the big screen adaptation of the 1960s television series created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry that starred Don Adams and Barbara Feldman. It looked good, better than good. Now this is how you make you a trailer: mixing verbal humor, physical comedy, and large-scale action, [...]
The director of fan relations of LucasFilm made a surprise appearance during the Warner Bros panel at WonderCon to present some footage from the upcoming Star Wars computer animated movie and television series. The Clone Wars will premiere on movie theater screens worldwide on August 15th, before continuing as a half hour computer animated series [...]
Last night I was lucky enough to screen 20 or so minutes of the upcoming Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. Brendan Fraser was in attendance, speaking at snail speed as he was obviously ill. During Fraser’s panel, the actor explained that when he received the draft of the script, it had been [...]
Wonder-Con premiered an extended scene from Wanted, the big screen adaptation of Mark Millar (Civil War, Wolverine: Enemy of the State, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Superman: Red Son) and J.G. Jones’ (the forthcoming Final Crisis with Grant Morrison for DC, 52 covers) graphic novel about a shadowy organization that specializes in assassinations and a sub-average loser [...]
Director Nicholas Stoller, star and writer Jason Segel, producer Shauna Robertson, and stars Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Jack McBrayer and Mila Kunis were at WonderCon to promote Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Judd Apatow was expected to be there but couldn’t make it because he’s sick. The cast had great comic chemistry on stage, and had the [...]
Late breaking news from the floor of WonderCon in San Francisco. The convention program features an interesting tease that features the classic Ghostbusters logo and “something exciting is coming to the neighborhood!” “Look for the big announcement at Comic Con San Diego 2008″.
Could this be an announcement regarding the upcoming Ghostbusters video game? Probably not. [...]
WonderCon has announced their programing line-up, and this year it’s packed with great panels. Here is a look at this year’s movie and television related panels:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22
3:30-4:30 History of Superhero Movies-Â Comic books started out modestly 75 years ago, printed on pulp paper and appealing to a very young audience. Today, comics have become [...]
Last weekend weekend we reported live from Brad Bird’s Ratatouille presentation at WonderCon 2007 in San Francisco. Well now you can watch the whole thing for yourself (minus the copyright protected clips where were not filmed, but you can read out full account right here) But don’t worry, there are a ton of visual slides [...]
TMNT director Kevin Munroe says a “very not-so-subtle” sequel set-up is included in the films ending. The director also says he would love to include Shredder in the sequel if it happens: “I do have a deal to do a second one, we’ll just wait and see if it happens. I think it’s going to [...]
It looks like the Wachowski Brothers’ big screen adaptation of Speed Racer may be shot entirely on green screen.
Apparently, John Mathieson (Gladiator, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven) turned down an offer from the Wachowski Brothers to be director of Photography on the film. The cinematographer told students that he would rather make a Kylie Minogue [...]
Check out these new stills from The Hills Have Eyes 2.
George Lucas is now claiming that the live action Star Wars television show is still
“years away.” He suggests that a “second animated series” might be produced before than.
Laughing Squid always has great photos. This time they invaded the 2007 WonderCon in San Francisco (as seen [...]






