Moviefone snagged the official teaser poster for Quantum of Solace, and I say mehhh. This poster takes advantage of the minimalism that’s so trendy right now, and so exquisitely exercised by Funny Games (this poster is mine, whether the remake sucks or not, do not care) and milks it until its literally dust. Playing it far too safe for a film that has more to prove, to me at least, than its predecessor, Casino Royale, I know what the defenders will say: Character is now iconic, yadda yadda, revenge, yadda, you must want a bikini yadda wadda. Of course, there’s a Scarface angle to the teaser that will earn [...]

Prior rumors that the next and 22nd installment in the James Bond franchise would be entitled 007 were way off, as today it’s been announced by the film’s producers that the official title is Quantum of Solace. The title is taken from a short story of the same name by Bond creator Ian Fleming. Said story is contained in the Fleming collection For Your Eyes Only, though the film’s plot has no direct connection to it, sans Bond of course. At the conference, Daniel Craig gave his impression of the title, saying it communicated Bond’s shattered emotions from Casino Royale…
“Ian Fleming had written about relationships,” Craig tells the BBC. “When [...]

At last year’s Cannes My Blueberry Nights, the first English film from 2046’s Kar Wai Wong, drew a memorably tepid critical response, with songstress Norah Jones’s performance taking lots of the heat and sleet. Based on what I’ve heard from friends who have seen it, it has the potential to become the new Across the Universe, dazzling females with its kinetic, trippy color palette and a “go with it” romantic sensibility that inspires repeat viewings and cherished teary exits. I don’t mean to come off sexist, obviously many a male is fond of Wong’s work, but I like to see girls all secret-chatty when some sweet and sour cinema strikes [...]

The rumors are true: Lord of the Rings trilogy filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Line have come to an agreement, and will band together to bring The Hobbit to the big screen, split over two live-action films. MGM and New Line will co-finance the project, with New Line handing North American distribution, and MGM handing the International. It is currently believed that Peter Jackson will not be available to direct either of the two films, as his schedule is full. The announcement says that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of two films, which will be shot simultaneously.
Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has been anxiously watching this [...]

Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) announced on a Dutch radio program (”Met Het Oog Op Morgen”) that he will direct a sequel to 1999’s The Thomas Crown Affair titled The Topkapi Affair. The sequel will be based on the 1964 MGM film Topkapi, and the Eric Ambler novel which it was based on, titled “The Light of the Day.” Pierce Brosnan is signed on to return. Rene Russo will not however, and instead Angelina Jolie is said to be attached to the film. The Topkapi Affair has been in development since 2002.
The 1999 heist film was a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. The movie starred [...]

Last week we were the first ones to bring you the teaser promo trailer for Bryan Singer’s WWII film Valkyrie. But the video clip was lower quality than we would have liked. Today I bring you the same teaser trailer clip in Higher resolution. In fact, you can view the clip over on Apple.com in High Definition. Check out the promo trailer after the jump.

Just got back from LA, and caught the super special screening of There Will Be Blood last night in San Francisco (more on that later). But for right now I’m going to attempt to catch up on some of the news items I missed in the last 24 hours. First up…
Sylvester Stallone is going direct and star in a remake Death Wish for MGM. The original 1974 film starred Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, a New York Architect and bleeding-heart liberal whose world is suddenly torn apart after the murder of his wife and the rape of his daughter. Kersey returns to New York City with a vengeance against crime, [...]

/Film reader Randal A. sent in this very cool behind the scenes teaser promo for the Bryan Singer directed Valkyrie. The film is based on actual events, and follows a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. Tom Cruise plays Col. Claus von Stauffenberg. This new video shows a ton of behind the scenes footage of Cruise playing Staffenberg. Check out the video after the jump.

Dimension Films has released a second movie trailer for Frank Darabont’s big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist. One of our readers saw a test screening of the film last week. Here is what Sean said about the film:
“It was pretty good, not as good as you would think. The story left a lot of loose ends and the plot was predictable. Now , I didn’t see the finished product, but it was damn near done. the director was there and he said was 98% complete. Some of the CGI needs to be finished and the music refined. Overall it was a good movie, but not as good as [...]

So many people loved Eli Roth’s fake trailer Thanksgiving (which was of course attached to Grindhouse, which you didn’t see because, well, who did… but for the record, I saw it 3 times in the theater), that Roth announced that he wanted to doa full movie of fake trailers called Trailer Trash. And today, Roth has confirmed to our friends at Bloody-Disgusting that MGM will be released the movie in theaters on August 22nd 2008. So yes, another pre-strike movie!
Trailer Trash is not a horror film, it’s a comedy. It will be very R-rated and completely insane, and I’m producing it with Mike Fleiss (who I did both “Hostel” films [...]

Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer director Savage Steve Holland has been tapped to direct Legally Blonde 3. Holland told Collider:
It’s called Legally Blondes. I’m not sure how much I can say about it as I just got the call. But it’s very sweet and funny. Beloved director Sean Macnamara was supposed to direct this project. He had too much on his plate as a show-runner/producer.  His company Brookwell/Macnamara basically produces EVERYTHING else that’s being made in this town. So he will PRODUCE LB3! So I got hired to direct. I think it’s because I kinda look like Sean. We’re both incredibly handsome, beefy, bushy haired surfer types. Sean’s [...]

We missed this a couple weeks ago. Our friends at Lakeshore have released the theatrical movie poster for the upcoming thriller Pathology. We were able to catch the trailer at Comic-Con, and all I can say is this movie looks like it may pushes the boundaries of sick shit i movies. Written and produced by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the guys who brought us Crank, comes the story of a group of medical students devise a deadly game.
Milo Ventimiglia portrays a young intern, newly arrived at the University Hospital in Philadelphia, who stumbles onto a psychopathic group of colleagues playing a vile game. They regularly select one of their [...]

Were you a fan of the HBO series Six Feet Under? I was one of those people who discovered the movie on DVD, and watched almost every single episode in the span of a few weeks. I have yet to see another show with the same sensibilities. Six Feet Under screenwriter Nancy Oliver’s new movie Lars and the Real Girl has some of the same dark weird dramatic comedy. The film is described as:
A heartfelt comedy starring Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life.  After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he [...]

A couple months back we reported that The Halcyon Co. has obtained the rights to the Terminator franchise and planed on launching a new trilogy of films without Arnold Schwarzenegger or James Cameron. And now we have another Hollywood legal fight which could prevent Terminator 4 from going forward.  The Halcyon Co. has filed a lawsuit claiming that MGM is “interfering with their right to negotiate for the distribution” of the fourth film, according to Variety. The suit says that MGM is fighting to retain it’s rights to distribute the fourth film. MGM claims to have an exclusive 30-day negotiation window for T4, which the company obtained in the 1990s [...]

I was leaving a screening of Arctic Tale with one of my buddies (also a film reviewer) on Saturday morning when we noticed a poster for a movie titled Charlie Bartlett. It’s funny because I’ve never heard next to nothing about the film, yet something drew us over to the one-sheet. May-be it was the cast list which included Robert Downey Jr and Hope Davis. Nope, it was probably the fact that we had heard nothing about the film. And for someone that writes about movies for a living to come across a film that I didn’t know was approaching is rare. And it’s not like the poster was teasing [...]