A new photo from Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno has been released. Click on the image above to enlarge. I’m glad to see Smith returning to his Hockey roots, a running theme in his past films. I also very much digg the name of the hockey team: the Monroeville Zombies. I’m sure this jersey will eventually end up for sale on Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, which means I’ll have to slap some cash down. Yes, we’re fanboys… Smith also reveals some new details in his latest blog entry:

The first official test screening for the film will happen on Tuesday night somewhere in the midwest.
The current [...]

It’s a slow Wednesday in 2008, so that must mean it’s time to grind the rumor mill yet again for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair DVD(s)! Uma Thurman teased MTV with news that Tarantino is currently working on a new anime to be included with the long-planned definitive edition of the director’s legendary magnum opus. Moreover, she says the complimentary anime segment(s) will not focus on her character Beatrix Kiddo aka The Bride, leaving speculation open that the new anime will revolve around Bill.
“Right now he’s putting the two films together with an intermission with an added anime sequence he had already written,” said Thurman. “So additional [...]

The Weinstein Co has released the movie poster for their latest animated effort Igor. The film promises to bring a new twist to the classic monster genre. In a world filled with Mad Scientists and Evil Inventions, one talented evil scientist’s hunch-backed lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a Mad Scientist himself and winning the annual Evil Science Fair.
Igor features the voice talents of Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Jennifer Coolidge, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, John Cusack and Sean Hayes. TWC doesn’t have a good history on the animation side, and this appears to be the production company Exodus Film Group’s first animated production. Their usual television work [...]

At Sundance 2008 I had a chance to speak with documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) about his new film Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? which hits theaters today. Listen to the full interview below. We’ve included a chapter guide so that you can skip to the best parts. I recommend listening to Morgan’s story of his run-in with the FBI. Enjoy.

00:00 His Experiences at 2004 with Super Size Me
00:40 Morgan’s Return to Sundance
01:00 Promoting a Movie at Sundance
01:25 The Indiana Jones Parody Poster
02:00 Spoiler Alert: Morgan Didn’t Find Osama
02:30 Did You Think you actually had a chance to find Osama?
03:00 What would you have done [...]

We haven’t yet received clarification regarding the apparent removal of Brandon Routh’s vampire role in The Informers, but Bloody Disgusting reports that the Superman Returns actor is a lock for the lead role in an adaptation of the supernatural comic book Dylan Dog. Director Kevin Munroe, who helmed the rather abysmal TMNT for Imagi, has apparently left the animation company and Weinstein Co.’s Gatchaman to envision a live-action feature based on this Italian comic. Dark Horse Comics brought an English version of the title to the States beginning in 1999.
First impression? The film, which begins shooting in July, might share some similarity with Constantine, in that the comic revolves around [...]

Dimension Films has acquired the rights to remake the 1986 cult favorite Short Circuit.  Yet again, Hollywood has run out of new ideas and has decided to remake an old one. I’m sure someone at The Weinstein Co probably noticed a poster for Pixar’s upcoming WALL-E, and after having the standard “that looks like Johnny Five from Short Circuit” discussion (everyone thinks they are oh so clever by making this observation… And by the way, if you look at the image below, you’ll quickly realize that WALL-E doesn’t look as much like Johnny Five as your memory might lead you to believe) he realized he stumbled on gold, ready to [...]

MTV has the first five minutes from Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden. Watch the video clip below.

Discuss: What do you think?

He didn’t ensnare America’s version of Mumm-Ra, so how does one market rascally documentarian Morgan Spurlock’s Where In the World is Osama bin Laden? With a goofy camel and a lasso, duh! The final poster for Spurlock’s April follow-up to 2004’s Super Size Me has landed over at Cinematical, and I think it’s a step up from the earlier, cheesier Indiana Jones spoof. How about you? Full poster after the jump.
Discuss: So where’s bin Laden? And how likely are you to check out this doc?

Update (04/01/08): JoBlo reports via a reader who attended the same event as Bloody Disgusting that Danny Trejo said that Robert Rodriguez may “start up again” on Machete as early as this month. More on this as/if it develops…
Gore hounds and knife show infomerical zombies, rejoice! In yet more machete-related news, Blood Disgusting ran into fanboy favorite Danny Trejo over the weekend and he gave the requisite Machete update. According to Mr. Trejo, not only is the first (and only?) Grindhouse spin-off movie still happening, but there’s been talk of a trilogy. Keeping in mind that the first pseudo-exploitation flick would go straight-to-DVD, three of them wouldn’t seem completely outside [...]

The official Zack and Miri Makes a Porno website (zackandmiri.com) features some new photos and the first we’ve seen of the film’s production logo. I like it, but it should be noted that writer/director Kevin Smith warns it is only a production logo:
“It was the production logo: on all the stationary, the chair-backs, the slate. Doubt it’ll be used for the poster or anything.”

Someone on the View Askew message boards also asked Smith how much further in the Sex comedy department does Zack and Miri go compared to his previous films. Smith replied:
“Remember the donkey show [from Clerks II]? Child’s play, in comparison.”

Smith also revealed that they will be cutting [...]

“How did we end up in Steve Brill’s mind?”

BRILL-IANT UPDATE: Slashfilm reader “Sam R” put together this Brill-iant prototype design for t-shirts. Too good to leave it shining in our comments section like a diamond-studded chariot. Click here to witness the Slash-tastic work! Also, see Sam’s new shirt design on Zazzle. And be sure to give a shout out below!
Alright, I’m not going to cough up everything that’s going on with Fanboys at The Weinstein Co. because you don’t need to even know what Fanboys is to enjoy these idiotic, foul-mouthed, hilarious, pathetic email fights below. They’re between actual fanboys who are angry over the film being reshot and [...]

Earlier today we wrote about how Star Wars fanboys were planning on boycotting The Weinstein Co’s Superhero Movie due to the way the company is handling the release of Fanboys. I just received a press release from The Weinstein Co, announcing that they would be releasing both cuts of the film on DVD “with the Company exploring options for its theatrical release.” But I’m calling bullshit… this press release is well designed corporate spin, which gives the impression that the Fanboys have won, when in fact, this is not a win. The press release reads:
“Star War fans nationwide have built a multi-tiered grassroots effort to voice their strong support for [...]

Star Wars fans are still very angry over The Weinstein Co’s horrible handling of Fanboys. Their movement has gained a bunch of mainstream press, including the New York Post, the Daily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, and thousands of websites. The group is now organizing Stop Darth Weinstein Protests in New York and Los Angeles on March 28th, outside two prominent movie theaters where Superhero Movie will be opening. Fore more information, click this link. Also check out this animated short film they made, which features Darth Weinstein in his Death Star company office, after the jump.

Kevin Smith has updated his fans on the post-production of his latest, Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Kevin revealed that the 110-page shooting draft resulted in a first cut that was “over two and a half” hours long. 25 minutes have since hit the cutting room floor, and Smith gives us the following update:
“At one a.m. this morning, I finally got the flick down to an even two hours (there is, however, and additional four minute epilogue that runs during the credits, but that doesn’t count at the moment). Two hours is the length I was gunning for for the [internal test] screening. This is not to say the [...]

Three days ago we came across a production listing for Rambo 5 on an international film news website. The rumored next installment in Sylvester Stallone’s second biggest franchise was listed to shoot on one or more new sound stages now being constructed in Bulgaria by a major European production studio. While Sly has played up his nickname on the sequel subject, the rumor was even stranger since January’s Rambo movie seemed to set up a return to America for the character. Bulgaria?! 
Today, Clint at MovieHole reports that a close source tells him that Bulgaria will actually serve as Rambo’s hometown “somewhere in Arizona” in the film. Yeah, I laughed [...]