Clark Gregg knows that he's the glue that holds the Marvel movie universe together. And now, on the eve of the release of The Avengers, in which his role as SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson really comes into its own, Gregg took a moment to run down his top five Marvel movie moments. The video is…
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This is a weekend we've been thinking about for quite some time. The Avengers have finally assembled. I've seen the movie and I can assure you that, yes, it is tremendous fun. One of the key reasons for this is the casting – it's just terrific. Everyone plays off one another so nicely and there…
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/Film will be recapping and discussing each episode of the third season of Breaking Bad. A spoiler warning applies after the jump for the recaps and for the comments section. Meth heads welcome. For previous recaps, click here. The calamitous, nail biter episodes that were "Sunset" and "One Minute" were followed by two quieter if unsettling installments. The first,…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. Please don't take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they're meant not to be reviews but rather previews that…
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Fox Searchlight has released a couple clips from Clark Gregg's big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke. Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends…
Read MoreFox Searchlight provided us with the exclusive video clip of author Chuck Palahniuk, and filmmaker/actor Clark Gregg talking about the big screen adaptation of Choke during a recent Q&A and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Enjoy! [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/chokeex.flv 460 344] Choke hits select theaters on September 26th 2008.
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I definitely did not touch your woo-woo. Fox Searchlight has released a new trailer for Clark Gregg’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke, and it’s Red Band! That’s right, completely uncensored, vulgar, nudity, overall - totally Not Safe For Work. That said, this is a much funnier, more accurate representation of the actual film than the…
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Fox Searchlight has released a few new photos from Clark Gregg’s big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke. I’ve seen the movie twice now, and I’m pretty sure the photo above comes from a scene which was not included in film festival cut of the movie. Clark Gregg filmed Palahniuk’s original ending to the book,…
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Fox Searchlight has released the movie trailer for Clark Gregg's big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Choke. If you were a fan of Fight Club, you'll love Choke. I've seen the movie two times now, and /Film's Mel Valentin is even quoted in the trailer (right after Entertainment Weekly), how cool is that (you can…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Lobster Johnson created this custom Heath Ledger-version Joker Munny. Patrick Read Johnson has found financing to complete post production on his autobiographical indie "77," (formerly titled 5/25/77) which chronicles the director's journeys…
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Fox Searchlight has released the teaser poster for the Clark Gregg's big screen adaption of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk's Choke. The poster features a silhouette of Sam Rockwell choking on either Kelly Macdonal or Anjelica Huston. Either way I'm not sure I get the symbology, but it's certainly a cool looking image. You can…
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Fox Searchlight has just informed us that the big screen adaptation of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk's Choke has been pushed back to September 26th 2008. When the company snapped up the film for a hefty $5 million at Sundance, they immediately announced an August 1st release date. The last Friday of July/first Friday of…
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After watching Choke, an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's (Survivor, Fight Club) novel directed by Clark Gregg, the words vulgar, crude, profane, blasphemous, obscene, and, best of all, hilarious, all come to mind. A sharp critique aimed at our self-centered, self-absorbed culture, with a few digs at group therapy, psychiatry, and dysfunctional parenting, Choke is the…
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Chuck Palahniuk fans rejoice! Fox Searchlight, who just picked up the rights to Clark Gregg's big screen adaptation of Choke for $5 Million, has announced that the film will hit theaters on: August 1st 2008 Yeah, I know, seven months is a long time to wait. But hey, look on the bright side, it's getting…
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As you probably know, I'm a huge fan of Chuck Palahniuk, best known as the author of Fight Club. I've attended, god knows how many of his public events over the years, and got the chance to sit down with Palahniuk in Park City Utah at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to talk about the…
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The production notes for the big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Choke includes an extensive interview with director/screenwriter/co-star Clark Gregg. Read the interview below. Check back tomorrow for my exclusive interview with Chuck. Adapting Choke What exactly drew you to the book? When I was given the book I was aware of Chuck. I had…
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In my review of Clark Gregg's adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel Choke (which was posted just minutes ago), I nervously wrote a plea to distributors, hoping that this film would get the big screen release that it deserves. Choke is not an easy film to market. It contains a lot of nudity and sex,…
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I liked the last two Harry Potter films more than people who hadn't read the books. I've also noticed that the only people that seemed to like The Da Vinci Code were those who had read the Dan Brown books. Is it because they were hardcore fans with too much time invested, or is it…
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My editor, Peter, has the Chuck Palahniuk adaptation Choke stashed in a lil' box inside the fridge that is /Film, but he's givin' 'er at Sundance (yep, it's premiering there), so I'm raiding it. A "Meet the Filmmakers" Sundance Channel video with Choke's first-time director, Clark Gregg, can now be seen after the jump. We're…
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The big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahnuik's Choke is my second most anticipated movie of this year's Sundance Film Festival. The first Palahnuik film adaptation, Fight Club, had a great electronic score by The Dust Brothers, backed up by the powerful Pixies climax of "Where is My Mind". So what will Clark Gregg's film bring…
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The two movies I'm most excited to see at Sundance this year are Morgan Spurlock's Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden and the big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's (author of Fight Club) novel Choke. Collider has gotten their hands on eight new production photos from the film. Check out the photos after…
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The line-up for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival was announced earlier this week. I just got my hands on a boat load of photos from the films in this year's festival. We actually have too many photos to feature in just one posting, so we have divided this feature into a few parts. Our second…
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David Fincher's big screen adaptation of Fight Club is one of my favorite films of all time. The book and author behind the book are even better than that. I've been waiting for years for Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor to become a film. If there were a top 10 list of unadapted novels, Survivor would probably…
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Sundance Institute announced today the line-up of films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. This will be my fifth year attending the festival, and I think it's safe to say that this year's festival is the most mysterious. Most of the films announced today…
Read MoreWe still don't have an update for out story from a couple days back titled "Renewed Interest in Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters?," but thanks to MTV, we now have a fuller plot synopsis for Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk's new book Snuff, and some new tidbits about the Choke movie adaptation. Palahniuk describes the Snuff:…
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In May we told you that Sam Rockwell was set to star in a big screen adaptation of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk's Choke. Well now it seems official because the trades are reporting the story as fact, and we now have new confirmed details. Angelica Huston will play Victor Mancini's (Rockwell) mother who is…
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Chuck Palahniuk is the biggest untapped resource producing books today. His breakthrough novel Fight Club, was made into one of the most brilliant films of the last 10 years. Yet none of his other novels have gone into production since, Until now. According to the author's official fansite (a great site about not just Chuck…
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