Disney has announced plans to officially drop the "Buena Vista" name used in Buena Vista Distribution, Buena Vista International and Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The company hopes the move will further strengthen the Disney name/brand. It sounds like a good idea to me, as most people were unaware that Buena Vista was a division of…
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Details about Michael Moore's next film have started to leak out, a month before the film is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival. As you already know, Sicko is Moore's attack on the faulty U.S. healthcare system, HMOs, American drug companies and the corruption in the Food and Drug Administration. Michael Moore has…
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Last week Grindhouse failed at the Box Office, this week the movie officially BOMBED. According to the Friday numbers, the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature dropped a whopping 74% from last week. The film will probably make $4 million in its second weekend, again less than half of the studio and independent estimates. To further…
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Justin.TV has been online for almost 25 days now. For those of you who don't know, a guy named Justin has been wearing a camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He even wears it in the bathroom, and you can even watch him while he sleeps. The Internet Edtv concept is interesting.…
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The new Ratatouille video podcast is online. This one spotlights comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, who plays the lead character, Remy the rat. Oswalt explains that when he was first approached to voice the character, he believed he was being pranked. The featurette tells us a little bit more about Remy and Oswalt. Some new…
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A couple days ago we posted the theatrical trailer for Superbad. While we had obvious problems with the outright claims of being "from the guy who brought you 40-Year-Old-Virgin", we thought the comedy had promise. Some of you didn't agree. It's funny how much things can change when you go from Green to Red. Someone…
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There are far too many Mac vs. PC advertisement parodies on the internet, but we've actually found one that is quite funny. Some random guy named Mike took the low budget approach (don't let that fact scare you away) and used two action figures in front of a white sheet of paper. The resulting videos…
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I hate to admit this, BUT the new new movie trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is actually pretty badass. Am I wrong? Could this movie actually be good? Sure, the first film was pure crap, but most everyone knew that going in. This new trailer actually shows A LOT of promise.…
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The following movie was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory World Documentary Competition 2006, U.S.A Dir: Esther B. Robinson The infamous and enigmatic Any Warhol accrued many a hanger-on during his career, and most notably, during the Factory Years. While the Factory raged…
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MTV has revealed the nominees for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Only at the MTV Awards can you see 300 and Blades of Glory nominated for best picture or Little Man getting nominated for, ANYTHING. I'm sure Transformers will win The Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet. Let's hope that Borat's Sacha Baron Cohen…
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Today we bring you ten new photos from 1408, the latest big screen adaptation of a Stephen King story. There are a lot of Stephen King movie adaptations that aren't very good, and this looks to be one of them. 1408 follows Mike Enslin, an author of two hit books focusing on supernatural phenomena. As…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. A Story of People in War & Peace World Documentary Competition 2006, Armenia Dir: Vardan Hovhannisyan In 1994 a truce was arrived at between Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan, ending a bloody confrontation that had swept both nations after the fall of the Soviet Union.…
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We've briefly discussed the upcoming Summer 2007 3D showdown which will pit James Cameron's Avatar up against Jeffrey Katzenberg/DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens in the digital movie theater stage. There has been no mention of a simultaneous IMAX release from either side, until now. The president of IMAX appeared on this weekend's edition of Sunday Morning…
Read More There's a lot of second page news today so we're bringing back Page 2, our quick fix news rundown: Universal is planning a big screen adaptation of Second Sight, a 1999 BBC miniseries that starred Clive Owen as a detective struggling to solve a murder before he goes blind. Sounds like an interesting premise. Owen…
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Before you see Spider-Man 3 this Friday, catch up on the comic history behind the movie. HeroHunt has compiled a list of important comic book moments that helped to inspire the third Spidey film. Sure, the continuity in some (probably most) cases has changed, but don't let that stop you from knowing the geeky origins…
Read More A new LA Times article on Frank Miller has revealed a few interesting news tidbits: Miller has already interviewed actors for his big screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit. One of the actors is a "notable Sin City star." Any guesses on which star this could be? Filming will start this year. Miller had…
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A few months ago we posted an unreleased Captivity (poster) movie trailer and no one cared. Then that whole billboard controversy happened and all of a sudden Elisha Cuthbert's shameless SAW rip-off is the talk of the internet. Check out the new theatrical movie trailer (this one has all the marking sparkle that the uncut…
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Dreamworks has released 36 new photos from Shrek the Third (ie Shrek 3). Check them out after the jump. As always, click on the images to see the photos at a higher resolution. Synopsis: When Shrek married Fiona, the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King…
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Last we heard, Darren Aronofsky was planning a biblical follow-up to the 2006 financially-unsuccessful cult film The Fountain. We now know that the plot involves the extinction of mankind and more importantly Noah and his life-preserving Ark. "Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk. It's there in the…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The Tree (El Ãrbol) World Documentary Competition 2006, Argentina Dir: Gustavo Fontán Can memories of an entire lifetime be harnessed within one single object of affection? Can moments long ago experienced be recalled and relived with the help of a familiar companion? What happens…
Read More The following movie was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Between Heaven and Earth World Documentary Competition 2006, Netherlands Dir: Frank van den Engel, Masja Novikova In Uzbekistan, the circus is long-standing tradition, highly regarded as an important part of Uzbekistani society. Between Heaven and Earth takes a glimpse at the lives of two…
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Yahoo has released its list of the 20 Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2007. While there is much to consider when looking at said list (July and August movies might be further down the list due to marketing), it does provide a few shockers: Spider-Man 3 aside, Transformers is the most searched film for the…
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Jon Favreau has updated the Iron Man MySpace Group blog, clearing a few things up about the Iron Man suit that has been seen in the previously released photos. Let me confirm a few things: The movie will contain both the gray suit and the gold and red. The light you see in the photo…
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Rob Zombie has posted a new still of Tyler Mane (X-Men, Troy) as Michael Myers in Halloween (movie trailer). Looks pretty much like you would expect him to look. Click on the image to see Myers in full high resolution. Zombie's new film is a bit of a prequel and a remake at the same…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano em que Meus Pais SaÃram de Férias) World Narrative Competition 2006, Brazil Dir: Cao Hamburger The year was 1970. Man had recently landed on the moon and Pelé had scored his one thousandth goal. In…
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On April Fools Day, we got suckered into reporting that Brad Bird would be directing a live action film for Pixar. As it turns out, the joke is becoming a reality. The Ratatouille director told The Daily Bulletin that a live-action film (possibly John Carter of Mars), is next: "The company [Pixar] is evolving into…
Read More The following movie was seen at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: The Sugar Curtain (El Telón de Azúcar) World Documentary Competition 2006, Cuba, France, Spain Dir: Camila Guzmán Urzúa A daring look at the remnants of a failed dream, The Sugar Curtain takes a personal route and looks at director Camila Guzmán Urzúa's experience as…
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Crank writer/directors Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine revealed to John over at TMB, that there will be another Crank movie. The big catch: it will be a SEQUEL! "There will be a sequel to Crank yes. Prepare to Crank again. And you know the "is it a sequel or prequel" question... IT'S A SEQUEL. We're…
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We have our first look at Natalie Portman in My Blueberry Nights, thanks to NataliePortman.com. Gotta love Natalie Portman looking all trashy. The upcoming film directed by Wong Kar Wai (his first English language film) also stars Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, David Strathairn and Ed Harris. Nights is a road movie loosely based…
Read More We now live in a world where trailers and previews now have advertisements and marketing plans. Have we gone insane? As you probably already know, Disney/Pixar will present a 9-minute sneak preview of Ratatouille on Tuesday, May 1st. In an innovative cross-media promotion intended to make sure that audiences won't miss this special debut, Disney…
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Where were you when Superman died? At Wondercon 2007 DC Comics announced they would be making a few straight to DVD animated feature films, one of which includes an adaptation of the Superman: Doomsday series. The storyline was a major media event, and one of the best selling comic books of all time. In the…
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Warner Bros sent over some new Behind the Scenes photos from Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix. Check them out below. As always, you can click on the photos to see a higher resolution image. Â Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will hit theaters on July 13th 2007.
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Bomb It World Documentary Competition 2007, U.S.A. Dir: John Reiss Coming at you with lightning speed, Bomb It explodes onto the screen, heralding its arrival and offering a heaping dose of invigorating energy surrounding the world of graffiti, and how that world is split…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Vivere World Narrative Competition 2007, Germany Dir: Angelina Maccarone A time for celebration and unity, Christmas Eve evokes thoughts of family gatherings and spirited festivities. The characters in Vivere aren't fortunate enough to enjoy such pleasures, as they travel together on the night of…
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Stone Cold Steve Austin isn't going to make any crappy movie. The retired pro wrestler told /Film that he actually turned down The Marine, which was later made starring John Cena. We've been talking about doing movies forever, towards the end of my career. And the first one that I was going to was going…
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"Here's the thing about the future. Every time you look at it, it changes... And that changes everything else." I'm predisposed to enjoy stupid sci-fi movies, usually more based on the ideas then the resulting execution. Next is based on Philip K. Dick's The Golden Man. And as you know, this is not the first…
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The first four official production photos for the next Coen Brothers film have been released. When a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande, violence and mayhem ensue. No Country for Old Men stars Josh Brolin (Grindhouse, Goonies) Tommy Lee Jones…
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What happened to all the bad action movies from the late 1980's and early 1990's? You know, the ones with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal and Chuck Norris. The Condemned is the closest thing I've seen to those b-action classics in the last few years. And watching The Condemned I felt myself yearning for those…
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Sony Pictures have revealed a new movie poster for the upcoming R-Rated high school comedy Superbad. Don't let the some-what false advertising fool you, the movie is not directed by The 40-Year-Old-Virgin director Judd Apatow. It was however produced by the man who made that great film. We must remember that he also produced Celtic…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Times and Winds World Narrative Competition 2006, Turkey Reha Erdem An exquisitely paced film, Times and Winds focuses on the daily lives of three preteens stuck in a mountain village in Turkey. Reha Erdem, of A Run For Money (1999) and What is a…
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Marilyn Manson's newest album Eat Me, Drink Me is scheduled for release on June 5th. Titanic director James Cameron was hired to film the music video for Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides The Hand). And like everything Cameron does now-a-days, the video was shot in 3D. It is supposedly part of some larger project…
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USA Today has printed a photo of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., forging the Mark 1 Iron Man armor. You can see a photo of the finished Mark 1 armor at this link. Jon Favreau's big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic book series will hit theaters on May 2nd 2008.
Read More Fox Searchlight has signed music video director Marc Webb to direct (500) Days of Summer, an anti-romantic comedy which focuses on a relationship between a woman who doesn't believe in love and the man who falls hopelessly in love with her. Scott Neustadter and Michael M. Weber wrote the script. Neustadter and Weber penned an…
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Blade series helmer David Goyer has signed on to direct the X-Men spinoff film Magneto, for 20th Century Fox. Goyer will develop the 2004 screenplay written by Sheldon Turner. The script included Professor X, a soldier in the Allied Forces who helps liberate Nazi concentration camps who meets Magneto after the war. They find a…
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Jack Valenti, an influential American lobbyist and a long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America, is dead. According to DHD, Valenti died after falling into a coma following a series of strokes. The former MPAA President checked out of Johns Hopkins University Medical Center earlier this week after being hospitalized since March after…
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I, like everyone who was a children of the 1980's, watched the MTV Movie Awards since the beginning. But somewhere around my late teenage years I stopped watching. Not because I had grown out of that demographic, or was uninterested, but instead because I realized the show was taped. With the internet boom, the award…
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Animation World Magazine has confirmed rumors that Academy Award winning director Gary Rydstrom is currently directing a feature length animated film at Pixar. Before being given the greenlight on his first feature, Gary pitched three ideas for a short film to Pixar, and Lifted was accepted. Rydstrom received his fourteenth Academy Award nomination for directing…
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Did You Know: Warner Bros spent over $5 million on just one of the scenes in I Am Legend. According to IGN, the scene was shot on location over the course of six nights in January, with the cooperation of 14 government agencies including The National Guard, the Coast Guard, and the Department of Defense,…
Read More Check out these new photos from Tim Story's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I'm not really that excited to see this one (the first one left such an awful taste in my mouth). And these 45+ photos don't really do much for me either. Check them out after the jump. Update: Fox sent…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Gardener of Eden World Narrative Competition 2007, U.S.A. Dir: Kevin Connolly Upon first hearing about Gardener of Eden, I was interested in seeing what such great young talents the likes of Lukas Haas and Giovanni Ribisi would bring forth to the table in this,…
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I'm not really a reality television guy. I despise American Idol. I like documentaries. I even liked the Real World way back before it became a complete farce. But I loved Project Greenlight, but all great shows get canceled. Thankfully the new Steven Spielberg reality is premiering on May 22nd. Fox has finally sent out…
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The box office success of Disturbia has made Shia LaBeouf a bankable A-list Hollywood movie star. JoBlo is now reporting that LaBeouf is hoping to be cast in the big screen adaptation of Y: The Last Man. I agree with Shia, Y: The Last Man is the best comic book series published today. Brian K.…
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Due to the mediocre American box office take, The Weinstein Co have decided to put the film's U.K. release temporarily on hold. According to FilmJunk, the Weinsteins and U.K. distributor Momentum Pictures have decided to regroup and figure out the best possible strategy for release. The film was scheduled to hit theaters on June 1st…
Read More SolaceinCinema has posted the International Movie Poster for Michael Bay's Tranformers. I love the quote on the top of the poster from Pia Magazine. I wonder if they have even seen the movie? I bet they haven't. The quote seems to have been taken from a summer movie preview or something. And this further goes…
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Eric Roberts has been cast in the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, according to the LA Daily News. Roberts will play Sal Maroni, a major mob competitor with Carmine Falcone, who was played by Tom Wilkinson in the first film. Both characters appeared in The Long Halloween, a 13-issue comic book limited series written…
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I always love a good quote from a great director. Today's quote comes from Brad Bird, the man responsible for The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, and Pixar's upcoming Ratatouille: "Wonder takes time. You don't rush wonder. You have to coax the audience toward you a little bit," Bird told The New York Times. Bird's next…
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Think you know what The Simpsons Movie is about? Think again. Simpsons Writer/Director/Producer James L Brooks claims that 70% of the theatrical trailer is not even in the finished film: "It started out as people wanting to know what it was about, and then we were having fun with it, putting out false story lines.…
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Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have revealed new details about the "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" special which will premiere on Adult Swim on June 17th at 10:00pm. The new 30-minute Seth Green-directed stop-motion animation special will spoof scenes from the Star Wars films. Before you get too excited, be warned that the…
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The following is an Open Letter to Robin Williams: Robin, I know we aren't friends. You don't even know me, although I know you. We even live down the street from one another. I've followed your career since Mork & Mindy (in reruns). I'm a big fan of your earlier work, and an even bigger…
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A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from the Superman's DC comic book universe, according to Reuters. The material, usually shown as having been created from the remains of Superman's native planet of Krypton, generally has detrimental effects on Superman. In the comic book and…
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And now time for our rumor of the day. We previously told you about David Goyer's superhero prison break project Super Max. The screenplay isn't even finished and already rumors have begun on the super hero casting. A scooper over at comicbookmovie.com claims that Matt Damon is in negotiations to play Green Arrow: I met…
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Earlier today THR reported that bootleg copies of Spider-Man 3 were already being sold on the streets of Beijing (for $1 each no less). Sony has quickly shot back denying the claims. Check out the official statement below: Statement from Sony Pictures Entertainment Regarding Reports of Spider-Man 3 Piracy Contrary to news reports about stolen…
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"The three main recurring characters get stuck in a rut and the same can be said of the film itself in Spider-Man 3." A bad review from Variety is never a good thing, especially when the film in question is the big summer tent-pole. Todd McCarthy's review takes aim at the film's script, saying it…
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Lionsgate is celebrating the 20th anniversary (God, are we that old?) of Dirty Dancing by rereleasing the film in over 300 movie theaters for a special two night engagement. I really wish they would do this sort of thing for other movies. Back To The Future, Goonies, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Ghostbusters are…
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Roger Ebert released a new statement today on the Chicago Sun-Times website. The statement included two new photos of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic, one of which can be seen above. The article is basically Ebert's coming out party. "We spend too much time hiding illness. There is an assumption that I must always…
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We knew this would happen when Sony decided to release the film early in the eastern countries. Spider-Man 3 has already been bootlegged, and is being sold on Beijing streets almost two weeks before it opens in the United States. The disc is being sold for $1, and features Spider-Man in his black suit. According…
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A couple weeks back we posted a Transformers television advertisement which showed Optimus Prime talking. The internet was mortified - Prime looked stupid. Transformers don't have mouths. It was a big blow to the fanboy community. DreamWorks sent their legal watchdogs to have the video removed from all corners of the known universe. You might…
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Warner has released the new domestic Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie trailer in full High Definition (we love HD). The new trailer clocks in at 2 minutes and 13 seconds, and features a few snippets not shown in the international movie trailer which was posted this weekend (although the two trailers…
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A couple days back the internet became abuzz with the rumor that Hulk would be gray in The Incredible Hulk, starring Edward Norton. The rumor was started when producer Avi Arad told the genre room at the Spider-Man 3 junket that the new big screen Hulk would have a "new direction, new size, new color,…
Read More The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Half Moon (Niwemang) World Narrative Competition 2006, Iran, Iraq, Austria, France Bahman Ghobadi Celebrated filmmaker, Bahman Ghobadi, returns with this meditative portrayal on life after the Saddam Hussein regime in Kurdistan, and how the characters in his film deal with the restraints still placed…
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FEARnet has posted two photos from the set of SAW IV. Unfortunately they don't show much of anything. But if you want to see what Darren Lynn Bousman looks like while he directs the action, click here. Also, below we have our first glimpse at the SAW IV plot synopsis: Jigsaw still haunts the living…
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28 Weeks Later has a new international poster. Fox Atomic decided to go the bloody route with this one-sheet. I'm guessing that MPAA has no jurisdiction over foreign film posters, because I don't think this would fly in the States. Click on the poster for a better view. Thanks to IMPAwards for the heads up.…
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Last month we reported that Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet would reunite in Revolutionary Road. But what first seemed like a coincidence (Winslet's husband Sam Mendes is directing which explains her casting) now seems to be a big marketing gimmick as Titanic co-star Kathy Bates is also set to board the project. Based…
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You really know it's a slow news day when you see us posting videos of someone flushing cakes down a toilet. And I kid you not, we have not one but two videos of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead star Nick Frost flushing his birthday cakes down a hotel toilet while on the…
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As you probably know, Back to the Future is (sadly) OUT, and The Simpsons are now IN at Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando. The new Simpsons ride is due in both theme parks next spring. This really amusing quote comes from series creator Matt Groening. "The ride is designed to duplicate the 'Simpsons' home-viewing experience,…
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RADAR online is reporting that Spider-Man 3 is the most expensive movie of all time. The site/magazine claims that Sony has spent over $350 million on the film so far. You add Press and Advertising and that figure goes up to half a billion. But is it true? The original number coming from the studio…
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MovieTickets.com report tickets to Spider-Man 3 are selling at three times the rate of Spider-Man 2. Fandango.com is also reporting that tickets to the new movie are selling four times faster than Spidey 2. Original estimates had the third film in line to make $101 million for it's opening weekend (May 4-6), but now the…
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Last week we relayed a quote from Fanboys star Chris Marquette, who claimed that the film had been delayed due to sound effects rights and a cameo from Clerks director Kevin Smith. "Kevin Smith had seen it, and [he] came in and was like, 'Oh, man. I love it.' So they let him write and…
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I'm not exactly sure where this Ratatouille photo came from, but we found it in our e-mail box, direct from one of our scoopers. Click on the image above to see a super high resolution version. You really come to appreciate Pixar's work when you look at it under a magnified glass. It's amazing all…
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Crank and Transporter star Jason Statham has officially signed on to star in a remake of Roger Corman's cult classic film Death Race 2000 for Universal. The new film, titled Death Race 3000 will go into production in August or September 2007. The original 1975 film starred David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone in a brutal…
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Crispin Glover has signed on to play the lead role in The I Scream Man, an independent horror film which follows a vengeful ice cream vendor, driven by brutal memories from his twisted past, who wreaks bloody havoc on the small town of Hooper, California. While the official announcement was made tonight, Glover has been…
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WiReD has 20 photos from The Making of Star Wars by J. W. Rinzler, which comes out on April 24 in both a hardcover ($75) and trade paperback. Peter Jackson wrote the foreword. I might have to pick this one up. Am I the only one who wishes they kept track of the total amount…
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Update: It appears that Ain't It Cool News was tricked. The photo they posted earlier tonight, seen above, turns out to be fake. Theresa from HeathLedgerCentral sent us the following photo from Ledger's last movie Candy. The Joker still above appears to be a doctored version of the production photo below. The original story follows:…
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Rumor has it that Jessica Biel (Blade: Trinity) has signed on to play Betty Ross in the new re-imagining of The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton. We are unable to confirm this news bit which has begun to spread across the internet. The Spider-Man 3 junket happened this weekend in Los Angeles, and one can…
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Michael Moore's new movie Sicko is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Information on the film has begun to leak out. Last week we reported that sick 9/11 responders were taken to Cuba for respiratory treatment they couldn't get in the United States. We now believe Mike intends to like antidepressant drugs with…
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Check out this new photo from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Hermione and Ron seem pretty miffed, and Harry doesn't seem to care. Potter's on a mission. Click on the photo above to see Hermione's anger in super high resolution. And if you haven't already, check out the new international movie trailer.
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I have to admit, I love watching 24. Sure, this season may have Jumped the Shark. For once the series is filled with some ridiculously bad writing and horrible acting (that happens when you kill all the talented actors off a series), but I still refuse to stop watching until Jack saves the day. We've…
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Our friends at FilmIck pointed us to this new movie trailer for The Simpsons Movie. Sure, it's an international Taiwanese trailer, but don't let that stop you because the whole thing is in English. Just ignore those pesky subtitles on the bottom of the screen because this new advertisement features a bunch of new footage.…
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We told you it was coming. The new International movie trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now online. You can watch the trailer at AOL's UK site in windows media format or in embedded flash format after the jump. [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/pottertrailer.flv 440 330] In the fifth film/book, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)…
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Did you know that former Friends star David Schwimmer directed a feature film? But not just any movie, a film featuring Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg. In Run, Fat Boy, Run, Penn plays Dennis, a chunky, clueless guy leaves his fiancée on their wedding day only to discover, some 10 years later, that she is…
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A couple days ago we posted the production photos and movie trailer for Fox Searchlight's Once. We now have a look at the film's theatrical poster, as seen right. Click on the photo to see an enlarged version. We've been excited to see this flick ever since we missed it at this year's Sundance Film…
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Sometimes I really don't understand the internet. One of the big stories going around the web this week was Sam Raimi confirming a Spider-Man 4, 5 and 6. I really don't understand how this is news considering Sony optioned six films way back when (when exactly I'm not sure, but I've found articles stating this…
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A new episode of the Ratatouille Video Podcast is now online. We found the video on the Pixar Planet forums [via: JV Pixar News]. The new episode titled The Technical Ingredients takes a look at some of the technical innovation involved in creating Pixar's new film. They explore wet cloth dynamics, water movement dynamics, and…
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You can watch the Japanese version of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie trailer now. I always thought Japan had far better technology than the states, but apparently not. This trailer appears to be filmed with a video camera from a television airing. I must warn you, the quality is pretty…
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The following film was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Santiago World Documentary Competition 2007, Brazil Dir: JoÃ¥o Moriera Salles Director of several award winning documentary series such as Blues (1989) and America (1990) in his home country of Brazil, JoÃ¥o Salles is best known for his in depth studies on contemporary Latin American…
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Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose has signed on to voice Maddy in Disney's The Frog Princess. Rose will become Disney's first black princess in the first hand-drawn film Disney has committed to since the Pixar purchase. The film promises to return to the Broadway-style musical in the likes of the successful Disney animated films such…
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With 3D becoming the emerging format in the Hollywood scene, I always believed it was only a matter of time before we would see two films go head to head in the third dimension. And it looks like Memorial Day 2009 will be that day, pitting James Cameron's AVATAR up against DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens.…
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IMAX has released the new poster for the IMAX 3D release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The new poster, seen above, reads "Experience The Movie's Explosive Finale In IMAX 3D." The one-sheet features Ron, Ginny, Cho, Harry, Luna, Neville, and Hermione. Yesterday it was announced that the last 20 minutes of…
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We just got word that the international movie trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will hit the web this weekend. The new trailer will go live on the AOL U.K. website on Sunday at 8:00pm eastern time. According to HPANA, the international trailer will also be released on Japanese television on…
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Warner Bros sent over 20 new production photos from No Reservations (Movie Trailer), the by the book dramatic crisis romantic comedy, complete with the overtly cute little kid (who you might reccognize as Abigail Breslin from Little Miss Sunshine). We're not really too interested in this one, but since we have the photos, I may…
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Earlier this week we discovered that Edward Norton had been cast as Bruce Banner in the 2008 remake/re-do-over The Incredible Hulk. When our friends at FirstShowing asked producer Avi Arad is Hulk would look the same as Ang Lee's 2003 film, he responded: "None, no. It's a new Hulk, new direction, new size, new color,…
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Last night I was lucky enough to be invited to a very special presentation of Adam Shankman's Hairspray at Dolby Laboratories. I must admit, I'm not a fan of musicals, or at least I haven't been in the past. Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge! was my first positive experience in the genre. And Dreamgirls became one…
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Warner Bros has hired music video turned feature film director Sanaa Hamri to helm a sequel to the big screen adaptation of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The original 2005 film starred America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) and Blake Lively, all of wholm are in talks to return. The…
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You know, the first time I saw this Spider-Man 3 Movie Trailer I somehow completely missed the abundance of product placement. But on second viewing, It's actually quite appalling. To see what I'm talking about, check out the video for yourself, after the jump. [youtube]ijLMgJ_SvYY[/youtube] And before you post a comment informing me that the…
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While the first reactions were over-the-top positive, the new batch of Spider-Man 3 reviews have been very mixed. Is Spider-Man 3 not everything it promised to be? A scooper at The Movie Blog had a lot to complain about: "The Peter/MJ relationship has nothing to it now they're together, The plot is ok but mostly…
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Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst have always said they would only return for a Spider-Man 4 if director Sam Raimi also returned. Until now Sam has been very uncommitted when asked if he wanted to make another in the series. And with The Hobbit rumors starting to escalate, I thought the band breaking up for…
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The big screen adaptation of Get Smart starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, hasn't even finished shooting, yet Warner Bros has already greenlit a sequel. Actually, they gave the greenlight before the movie was even cast. And get this, the sequel is also in production now. You read that right, in production NOW. The Direct-to-DVD…
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Update: Warner Bros has released the first official photo of Heath Ledger as The Joker at this link. Scroll down, it's near the bottom. Speculation has been running wild on what Heath Ledger will look like as The Joker, in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. picktaker1975 caught the actor on set, and…
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Deja Vu hits DVD store shelves on April 24th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 26th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found…
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Was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows LEAKED onto the Internet? I have found a 281 page e-book which claims to be the beginning of J.K. Rowling's final book in the Harry Potter saga has shown up on an internet website ebookscottage.com. I have read most of the Potter books but am unable to confirm…
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We reported back in October of 2006 that Warner Bros was considering a possible IMAX 3D up-conversion for Harry Potter. Well it looks like we were partially right. Select scenes from the upcoming film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be digitally converted into the IMAX 3D release. Some people had a…
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Universal has announced the title for the third film in The Mummy series. The Mummy 3: Curse Of The Dragon will hit theaters on July 11th 2008. Previously Reported: Rob Cohen (xXx) is directing, and Brendan Fraser returns as Rick O'Connell. Rachel Weisz has decided to sit this one out. The film will take place…
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Like or hate the series, but you must admit, the creative team behind Hostel 2 have produced some of the best theatrical movie posters of the last year. The new poster is kind of reminiscent of the American Haunting poster, but much cooler if you ask me. Heather Matarazzo, who plays Lorna in the new…
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I've been waiting to see Fanboys for quite some time now (although, not nearly as long as I've been awaiting Patrick Read Johnson's 5-25-77). SciFi has found out why we've been waiting so long. As it turns out, the film was delayed to add a cameo with Clerks filmmaker Kevin Smith and to obtain rights…
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Last week AICN reported that Laurence Fishburne would voice Galactus in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. They were WRONG! Fishburne will instead voice the Silver Surfer, who is played by Doug Jones. The Surfer, who first appeared in 1966, was a young astronomer named Norrin Radd of the planet Zenn-La. Radd agreed to…
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Oh no, the press have found a photo of Virginia Tech Mass Murderer Cho Seung-Hui mimicking a movie. No disrespect to the families involved in the horrible tragedy that occurred earlier this week, but please don't let this be Columbine all over again. For those of you who don't remember, this is what happened. People…
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Lost star Matthew Fox is in final negotiations to play Racer X in the Wachowski Brothers' upcoming live-action adaptation of Speed Racer. Emile Hirsch is Speed Racer, an eighteen-year-old who aspires to become a race car driver, but his father, automotive engineer "Pops" (John Goodman) disapproves. Speed with the help of the amazing Mach 5…
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Until Death hits DVD store shelves on April 24th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 25th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found…
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I love Mandy Moore, but what has happened to her film career as of late? She had a great run of teen films. She even elevated to some really interesting issue based comedies (Saved! and American Dreamz). Her latest effort, Because I Said So, was unwatchable. It was marketed towards the teen/college crowd, but in…
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We haven't seen it, so we can't recommend it. But it looks interesting. David Arquette's psychedelic B-horror movie The Tripper, which involves a fanatical killer wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, hits theaters this Friday (4/20, coincidence? We think not). David is doing a small grassroots distribution of only 50 screens, so it's probably not playing…
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Yes, it is a slow news day. Our friends at FilmIck discovered that the Spider-Man bus posters essentially form a sequence. And we didn't even notice. As you can see on the right, the posters depict Spider-Man being taken over by the evil black symbiote. Click on the photo for a high resolution view. Spider-Man…
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Movie tickets have already gone on sale for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which is set to debut worldwide on May 25th. One big problem: The film is not finished. That's right, tickets are being sold for an uncompleted film, this according to Nikki Finke. "It's a race to the wire for…
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40 Year Old Virgin is the best comedy film of the last five years (on second thought, Borat might also have a chance at the thrown, but for the sake of argument let's say it's Virgin). Judd Apatow knows how to do comedy, and underrated comedy geniuses Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd have returned for…
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Fox has hired Mr. & Mrs. Smith screenwriter Simon Kinberg to do a complete overhaul of The Hardy Men. Kinberg has also written: xXx 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the upcoming Hayden Christensen/Samuel L. Jackson sci-fi thriller Jumper. As we previously reported, Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise star as once wunderkind youth sleuths, have…
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For months now we've waited for some small peek at the Fantastic Four mega-villain. It seems like only a few weeks ago when Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer director Tim Story told us that Galactus' design was not yet complete. There continues to be much speculation about Galactus. Major speculation. We haven't finished…
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Not only do we completely not care about Kate Beckinsale potential casting in the remake of Barbarella, but we're completely uninterested in the whole project. But as it turns out, this is the slowest news day in a while, so we need to report something. The chick flick turned bad genre movie actress is rumored…
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MXC Season Two hit DVD store shelves on April 17th, and we have a copy for four lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 24th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be…
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Frank Darabont has written (and directed) some of the best movies of all time: The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. He's currently in post production on his latest Stephen King adaptation The Mist. The writer has started to speak out about the disasterious experience that was Indiana Jones 4. His comments are sure to…
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Neil Burger (The Illusionist) won't be directing the third installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series after all. That turned out to be just a rumor. AICN breaks the big news: Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough) has been hired to helm the project. Apted's filmography also includes: Amazing Grace, Enough, Enigma, Extreme Measures,…
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As Spider-Man 3's release looms, Sony has started to release a ton of new video clips. Here is a round-up: Earlier today we posted a new German Television Advertisement focuses completely on Venom. It includes a bunch of new Venom Footage. Very cool. FirstShowing has a Taiwan TV spot which they have dubbed "The BEST…
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Sony has released a new German television spot for Spider-Man 3 which focuses almost entirely on Venom. The new spot features a bunch of new footage of the symbiote-created being. Actually, you would think the whole movie was about Venom from this advertisement. Check it out after the jump. [quicktime width="320" height="230"]http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/spiderman3venomgerman.mov[/quicktime] via: CS
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It's a lesson that everyone learns when they enter the job world. They usually learn the lesson at their first retail job, like I did. Everyone is replaceable. Someone else is very capable of doing your job. People refuse to believe this is still true when you get up to the top. But look at…
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Following the Tokyo premiere, Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire was asked what he thought of the third film: "I don't know, I kind of liked it," the star replied. Kind of?? [Not so nice comment about Tobey removed]. Spider-Man 3 hits theaters in the States on May 4th.
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After Grindhouse's big screen bomb, Harvey Weinstein was thinking of splitting the double feature in two. According to JoBlo, The Weinstein Co tested the concept this weekend at a few select movie theaters and were not impressed with the results. I seriously wonder however if the movie studio actually attempted to promote the movies as…
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Update: Warner Bros has released the first official photo of Heath Ledger as The Joker at this link. Scroll down, it's near the bottom. don't know why we assumed that Christopher Nolan was going to give us the same-old same-old Joker we've all become accustomed to. I mean, Heath Ledger wasn't exactly the fans perfect…
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Off The Black hit DVD store shelves on April 17th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 23rd we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be…
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Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi is "planning a return to the horror genre". Although the site doesn't give any indication where the confirmation came from, or what exactly was said. This much is certain: Sony is going to try their best to sign Raimi on for Spider-Man 4. If Sam turns…
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Chow Yun-fat has dropped out of John Woo's 4-hour $75 million adaptation of The Battle of Red Cliff (titled Red Cliff) three days into shooting, according to Variety. The producers don't know what to do, and are doing the best they can to reschedule the production around the scenes and shots that don't involve the…
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The final running time for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End comes in at whopping 170 minutes, according to FilmJerk. That's almost three hours long. A whole thirty minutes longer than The Curse of the Black Pearl, and twenty minutes longer than Dead Man's Chest. CHUD claims that an 2005 early draft of…
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I've said this before (even recently), but Fox Searchlight knows what's going to be the next big indie hit out of the Sundance Film Festival. Last year they bought Little Miss Sunshine. Two years earlier, the studio picked up Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite. This year the studio went crazy and made four purchases: The…
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Earlier this year New Line chairman Robert Shaye announced plans to adapt The Hobbit into a feature film without The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Rumors started to circulate claiming that Shaye was interested in signing Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi to helm the film. Raimi hasn't commented about the rumor, until now.…
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I've always said that anything in Asian script (Japanese/Chinese) automatically looks ten times cooler. Our friends at FilmIck have posted a photo of a Japanese Chinese Spider-Man 3 billboard, seen above, which is somewhat similar to the recent bus billboards in the states. Click on the image for a better look. Spider-Man 3 hits theaters…
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Two new photos from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have appeared on HPANA.. The first image, seen above, shows the Weasley family, Ginny (Bonnie Wright), Ron (Rupert Grint), Fred (James Phelps) and George (Oliver Phelps), in what appears to be Dumbledore's office. The second photo, seen below, shows Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton),…
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I love peeking behind the scenes at the ridiculous budgets of big Hollywood films, don't you? The LA Times ran a revealing report showing the entire budget for Sahara. There is a lot of interesting stuff in this report, the most noteworthy is that the studio included local bribes. Yes, BRIBES. The budget breakdown includes…
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Scream star David Arquette told our friends at FirstShowing that he plans to direct a Braveheart-like epic he's written as his next project. "I'm writing something right now with a friend of mine, and I plan on directing that. It's more of a Braveheart type of world, where there's still violence, but it's a great…
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Last night the first two reviews of Spider-Man 3 were leaked onto the internet. Now, the first REAL movie critics have seen the movie and have started talking. Tokyo film journalists were shown the movie a day before the movie makes it's Tokyo premiere. Sophia Hardach at Reuters gives us the first two quotes from…
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Smokin Aces hits DVD store shelves today (April 17th), and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 22nd we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found…
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Lawrence Kasdan has been hired to write a remake of the 1981 cult classic Clash of the Titans for Warner Bros. Kasden was a legendary screenwriter whose credits included Return of the Jedi, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Big Chill. The once great screenwriter has had a run of…
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Fight Club star Edward Norton has been cast as nuclear physicist Dr. Robert Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk remake/do-over. Rumblings of Norton's casting first appeared on the IMDb message baords five days ago, but no one believed it. And why should they have? It didn't seem legit at all. The concept of Edward Norton…
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We just posted a story about Julie Taymor's upcoming Spider-Man muscial in New York City. We had some fun when we found videos of the Universal Studios Hollywood production of Spider-Man Rocks on YouTube. But now we've found something even better thanks to our friends at FilmIck. The Snow Patrol's new music video for the…
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AICN has the first two reviews for Spider-Man 3. As far as I know, there hasn't been a public screening of the film yet. I have reason to believe that the scoopers must be somehow connected to the upcoming Tokyo premiere (something is mentioned of the China censorship board). The first review is mostly spoiler…
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Academy Award nominated director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, Across the Universe) will be directing a Spider-Man Musical. That's right, a musical. According to SHH, the New York City theater production will feature the music and lyrics of Bono and Edge from U2. Tell me the date, and I'll be there. Taymor received the 1998 Tony…
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Two new clips have landed from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The first clip shows Captain Jack talking to a couple ladies before entering into a short featurette with a bunch of clips, mos tof which we've already seen in the theatrical trailer. But there are some goodies, like Yun-Fat Chow's character…
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For months, everyone has been excitedly anticipating Transformers. It's amazing how many people have suddenly started to change their mind with the posting of one clip, Optimus Prime talking. Sure it looks funny, weird, odd, and out of place. Suddenly everyone But I think people are forgetting what this movie is all about - explosions.…
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Freedom Writers hits DVD store shelves on April 17th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 18th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found…
Read More Part of my job involves criticizing movies and movie stars. I sometimes wonder if they people I criticize read the stuff I write, and if so, how they react. But the object of this exercise is not to piss someone off, but instead to offer a strong opinion. But sometimes, offering a strong opinion can…
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Check out the first photo from the small screen Terminator pilot, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The photo above shows Lena Headey (300) as Sarah Connor and Thomas Dekker (Heroes) as John Conner. The television show takes place after the events of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and years before Terminator 3. The adapted series is written…
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I've always thought that the world of Harry Potter could make an incredible theme park. Well it looks like Universal had the same idea. Universal Studios Florida are finalizing terms to bring a "Harry Potter World" to its Orlando resort, according to Nikki Finke. I'm pretty sure that the Potter world would be part of…
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Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen hit DVD store shelves on April 10th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 18th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the…
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Michael Bay (Transformers) will re-team with producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys, The Rock, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon) to direct the big screen adaptation of the popular video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, according to IESB. Could this mean that we will finally get a half-way descent video game movie adaptation? I think so.…
Read More I heard a few reports from ShoWest that when the Transformers robots talked, it looked rather strange. The new television ad below features a short clip of Optimus Prime speaking. And get this - he has a mouth. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this. It looks really odd and out of place.…
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Directed by Todd Robinson, grandson of the main character of this true-story film, Lonely Hearts is an interesting story that explores the psychology of two lovers and notorious killers, and the detectives that seek to catch them. Lonely Hearts takes place in the 1940s, where detective Elmer C. Robinson (John Travolta) is investigating a string…
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A couple weeks back it was highly rumored that Shia LaBeouf was in negotiations to be cast as Harrison Ford's son in Indiana Jones. George Lucas denied it. Shia told us that he hasn't even heard from the Indiana Jones people. It turns out - He lied. "I was hoping the rumors were true, so…
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Jurassic Park III director Joe Johnston won't be returning for the fourth film after all. Representatives for the director were adamant to MTV.com that Johnston is "definitely not directing [Jurassic Park IV]." But lets not forget that Steven Spielberg told Sky News last year that he would helm the film if Johnston didn't. So will…
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UPDATE: Laurence Fishburne to Voice The Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four 2 AICN reports that Laurence Fishburne will voice Galactus in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Fishburne's powerful booming voice makes a perfect fit, atleast in theory. In the new film, the Fantastic Four will square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and…
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A couple days ago we showed you the extended train fight sequence from Spider-Man 2.1, which hits store shelves next week. Now we have yet another look at more cut footage. Below you can watch a short clip of Daily Bugle editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson having fun in Spider-Man's suit. Pretty funny stuff. You can…
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Black Snake Moan star Christina Ricci has signed on to play Trixie in The Wachowski Brother's big screen live-action adaptation of Speed Racer. In the cartoon, Trixie (voiced by Michi Shimura) was Speed Racer's chaste girlfriend. She had an "M" for Michi on her blouse and flew around in a helicopter during each race, advising…
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Shia LaBeouf plays Kale, a teenager who punches his teacher and is sentenced to house arrest. Trapped in his home without X-Box Live or iTunes (yay, product placement), Kale must find entertainment in the outside world. Using binoculars, Kale spies on the neighbors around him, finding a new hot girl next door and a potential…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 2: Earth, Volume 2 hit DVD store shelves on April 10th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 18th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer.…
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Movie studio logic has always baffled me. Because Grindhouse failed at the box office, everyone is blaming the film's three plus hour running time. Now supposedly Warner Bros has ordered director David Yates to cut the running time of Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix, so that audiences won't be frightened away. Has the…
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Surprise, Surprise - Spider-Man 3 is tracking "Through the Roof". More people are interested in the third installment of the series than either of the two previous films, which are each on the list of top 10 highest grossing films of all time (domestically). Spider-Man made over $821 million worldwide ($403 domestically), but was only…
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3D movies seem to be all the rage now-a-days. Rumor has it that Toy Story 3 might be in 3-D. That's right, a Pixar movie in Disney Digital 3D. Pixar previously ran a 3D test on the original Toy Story, but were unhappy with the results they saw on the big IMAX screen. "The problem…
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You know it's a slow news day when we're posting photos of stop signs. May-be we just don't care about a Barbarella remake written by the Casino Royale guys. Or may-be this street sign is really that cool. You decide. Colin Loretz has posted this photo of a Las Vegas street sign. Who knew that…
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We kinda missed this yesterday, but Dreamworks released a new photo from Transformers. The new photo shows a close-up of Bumblebee. So far he appears to have the most personality of the bunch, and rightfully so - he's the robot/human connection. Click on the photo above for a larger view. In the movie, Bumblebee ends…
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Andy Griffith (old Joe) tells Keri Russell her horoscope for the day. Fox Searchlight seems to have the Sundance purchase down. Last year they bought Little Miss Sunshine. Two years earlier, the studio picked up Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite. This year the studio went crazy and made four purchases: The Savages, Joshua, Once and…
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Payback: The Director's Cut hit DVD store shelves on April 10th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 17th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can…
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Rachel Weisz will not be returning for The Mummy 3. TMZ reports that Weisz has four other projects coming "together imminently." She also is trying to balance her new family life, as she has a 9 month year old son with The Fountain director Darren Aronofsky. The project will move on without Weisz. Universal will…
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When The Weinstein Co and Lionsgate Films picked up Teeth at the Sundance Film Festival, everyone wondered if the film would be release unrated. The dark comedy follows a girl who has teeth in her vagina, and uses her extra set to take revenge against guys that have done her wrong. Harvey Weinstein said he…
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I'm not quite sure where this image came from, one of our scoopers sent us it through gmail. Can anyone confirm if this is legit? If so it is our first look at the Iron Man armor from Jon Favreau's upcoming big screen adaption of the Marvel comic book series. Before you jump to conclusions,…
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As you know, Warner Bros is developing a movie based on the popular DC Comic Book super team, The Justice League of America. People have speculated wether Christian Bale and Brandon Routh would reprise their roles as Superman and Batman in the upcoming film. But what about Halle Berry? What about Catwoman? Thankfully Halle has…
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I for one actually enjoyed the first film, probably more for it's unintentional laughs and action than it's formulaic plot and porno-level acting. But how The Fast and the Furious series made it past 2 Fast 2 Furious is beyond our comprehension. The only reasoning we can come up with is there must be some…
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There were 5 movies we really loved at this year's Sundance. One of them was screenwriter John August's directorial debut The Nines. GreeneStreet quickly scooped up the international rights, but we worried that the film might not get distribution in the U.S. because of its unique unconventional narrative. Well good news, Newmarket and Sony have…
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Apparently the new Live Free or Die Hard movie trailer is testing better than any other action movie in Fox history, according to Nikki Finke. Sure, the trailer packs more action than any movie trailer in recent memory, but what about the Independence Day Superbowl teaser (remember: "Enjoy The Superbowl. It May Be Your Last")?…
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A couple days back we told you about David Goyer's unconventional Green Arrow movie titled Super Max. We were intrigued by the concept of a superhero movie which takes place mainly in the confines of a super maxim security prison, where a hero must come face to face with the people he jailed. Sure it's…
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I don't understand Michel Gondry's fascination with creating little videos for YouTube. That's not to say I don't enjoy them. Last year the music video turned Eternal Sunshine for a Spotless Mind director posted a video where he solved a Rubiks Cude with his feet (you can see that incredible video at the bottom of…
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Life of the Party hit DVD store shelves yesterday (April 10th), and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 17th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can…
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USA Today has released the first production photo, seen above, from the upcoming Get Smart movie starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway. Am I the only one excited about this one? Anyone? Hello? UPDATE: Warner Bros has sent us a HUGE version of the above photo, click here to view it. Director Peter Segal says…
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Justin Louis and Lyriq Bent have been cast in SAW IV. Director Darren Lynn Bousman confirmed the casting to BD and JoBlo: "I am so stoked - one reason I love this franchise is most everyone has come back on the crew. Same Costume team - same props team - same production designer - DP…
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JoBlo has the official movie poster for the Adam Sandler/Kevin James comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Movie Trailer). Doesn't it look cheap? Fan-made even? The Spider-Man 3 Poster we just uploaded looks way more glossy than this one, and the Spidey poster may very well be fan created. I liked the promotional…
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We received a new Spider-Man 3 poster in our e-mail box, although we're unsure if this is official or fan made. Either way, it's pretty cool.
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Okay so we don't usually post about family movies (outside of the computer generated flicks), but with the future of Veronica Mars in limbo, suddenly the Nancy Drew movie has caught our interest. And plus the sequel is already announced, so we can't miss this one or we won't know what's going on. Check out…
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson has been hired to helm The Day the Earth Stood Still remake at Fox. Our friends at FirstShowing report that Derrickson is currently prepping one of the longest shoots in Canadian history. The Vancouver shoot will run all the way to November. All of this according to…
Read More Things we want: A Darth Vader lightsaber umbrella. Only if it only wasn't $100. It would also be cooler if the umbrella part somehow fit inside the lightsaber until you hit the release. When will Disney finally release Song of the South on DVD New Disney theme parks are always fun. The mouse house is…
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I always search for honest comments from people I respect within the industry. Grindhouse's failure has resulted in a few of my favorite filmmakers to speak out. First was Kevin Smith, who was outraged. Now comes Smokin' Aces director Joe Carnahan, who writes the following in his blog: What is wrong with American moviegoers? Is…
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Not only is Grindhouse one of the best reviewed wide releases of the year (the film has fallen to a more than respectable 81% on Rotten Tomatoes) but the IMDb users have voted the movie into the top 250 movies of all time. All 6,698 people who paid to see the exploitation double feature voted,…
Read More Forget about Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man 2.1 hits DVD shelves next week. The extended cut of the best superhero film ever made features a whole eight minutes of new footage. Check out the clip below, an extended cut of the train fight sequence. It definitely packs a few extra punches. [youtube]LJ1hUJP-1EE[/youtube]
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Our friends at FilmIck have read Grant Morrison's screenplay for the big screen adaptation of his comic book miniseries We3, and says "It's even better than the source material." Brendon claims that it is "the single best unproduced script" he's ever read. Jeeez, that's a huge claim. Published in 2004 by Vertigo, described as "Western…
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Bobby hits DVD store shelves today (April 10th), and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 15th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after…
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Sony's Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons will be moving forward after all. Tom Hanks has officially signed on to reprise his role as Dr. Robert Langdon, according to CinemaBlend. Rights to Dan Brown's book, released in 2000, were purchased by the studio in 2003. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman was hired to adapt the novel,…
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Warner Bros has released a new photo depicting Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Click on the photo for a bigger view. Order hits theaters on July 13th 2007.
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So Grindhouse bombed at the box office, making only half of the targeted $25 million opening Easter weekend. The Weinstein Co head Harvey Weinstein told Nikki Finke that he is "very disappointed" with the results, and he is considering splitting the double feature into two separate films. "First of all, I'm incredibly disappointed. We tried…
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When Aaron Eckhart was cast in the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, everyone wondered if his character, Gotham's District Attorney Harvey Dent would show his other face. Eckhart added fuel to the fire by referring to his character's villainous future identity, Two-Face, in public interviews. Well now screenwriter David Goyer says that might not…
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Elizabethtown actor Orlando Bloom was spotted discussing roles in the upcoming Superman Returns sequel (tentative title, Superman: The Man of Steel) with director Bryan Singer and producers Mindy and Jon Peters. Bloom's ex-girlfriend Kate Bosworth played Lois Lane in the first film. So speculation has already begun over Bloom playing the Man of Steel. But…
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Last we heard, a remake of The Birds was in "active development" over at Michael Bay's production company. Well today we have a slight update we discovered in the cliff-notes of a Variety article. Universal is aiming to begin shooting the remake by the end of the year. I wonder if the new version will…
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Film Threat's Mark Bell counts down the top reasons why Grindhouse bombed: It was named "Grindhouse" It opened on Easter Weekend It was a double-feature The films were grindhouse films The geeks have not inherited the Earth yet Critics liked the movie Check out Mark's full list at FilmThreat.com.
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Gamebox 1.0 will hit DVD store shelves on April 10th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 15th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be…
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According to TV.com, Alex Rider: Stormbreaker star Alex Pettyfer is up for a role in The Mummy 3. Pettyfer would play Alex O'Connell, the son of Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz) in the first two films. Alex was played by Freddie Boath in The Mummy Returns. Jet Li is also cast in…
Read More Clerks director Kevin Smith had a lot to say about America's decision to see Wild Hogs over Zodiac on his new podcast (SModcast) a couple weeks back. Now the director is outraged over this weekend's box office results. "What's Costner's line in J.F.K. again? 'God, I'm ashamed to be an American today...'" wrote Smith. "Perhaps…
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David Goyer has sold Warner Bros on making a movie based on the Green Arrow DC comics character. The catch: he's stuck in prison. Goyer's (Batman Begins, Blade, Dark City) Super Max would follow a wrongly convicted Green Arrow as he is incarcerated in a super maxim security prison for out-of-control heroes and super villains.…
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The Aura will hit DVD store shelves on April 10th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 15th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be…
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Early estimates put the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature Grindhouse at around $14 million for it's opening weekend, far below the $20-$25 million predictions. Last year it was one of the most hyped movies on the internet. It's a great movie. A cinematic experience. The best reviewed wide release of 2007 thus far. So why…
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Disney has released a bunch of new character stills from Pixar's presentation of Ratatouille. Check them out below: Official synopsis: Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird ("The Incredibles") and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios ("Cars," "Finding Nemo") take you into an entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and…
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Kevin Smith has finally spilled some details about his next project, a very different kind of horror movie. "To me there's all kinds of horror, and killing someone's not the absolute worst thing you could do to another human being. The death in a horror movie has always been the money shot in a very…
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Ever since the success of Pulp Fiction, director Quentin Tarantino has openly discussed his idea a sequel and prequel to Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The Vega Brothers would have united the characters played by Michael Madsen and John Travolta in both films (while the characters were never linked as brothers in the story, they…
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Twin Peaks: Season 2 hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 12th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can…
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The teaser trailer for Rob Zombie's re-imagining of the horror classic Halloween is now online. Check it out at Yahoo! Movies. The teaser gives us a good indication of what the film will be like. I like how it's more about the early years and psychological origin of the character. It doesn't look like the…
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Jurassic Park actress Laura Dern believes a new film may be in the works for a 2008 release. "I'm told its happening and I'm told they're calling me. I'm told that Ellie Sattler is involved in it," Dern told Collider. "I think within the year. I think they want to release it in 2008." When…
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Grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez has small screen plans for Sin City. According to CS, the director would like to continue Frank Miller's graphic novel adaptations as a television series. I guess the completely digitial production process could be streamlined for small screen production. But fear not, Rodriguez plans to film Sin City 2 first. Robert…
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Yahoo has posted a behind the scenes featurette from Pixar's upcoming Ratatouille. The new clip seems to be more about The Incredibles director Brad Bird, than the film itself. But it's worth a watch none the less. Bird explains the premise behind the film and we see some clips from the movie and the animation…
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Movie critics love Grindhouse, the new double feature from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. At the time of this posting, the sum total of 84 reviews have given the film an 84% rating on the popular film site Rotten Tomatoes (85% from the cream of the crop). This makes Grindhouse the best reviewed American wide…
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Gilmore Girls star Scott Patterson has been cast in SAW 4, according to a scooper at BD. We have no idea what role Patterson will play. What we do know:Â Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw 4 will hit theaters on October 26th 2007.
Read More Imagine this: A bunch of parents bring their children to see The Last Mimzy. When the lights go down, the theater full of youngsters watch in shock as a chained naked woman gave birth to a dead baby on screen. This happened at the Island 16 multi-plex in Moltsville. As it turns out, The Hills…
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A stuttering teenager falls in love with the star of the debate team, and is asked to join her competitive world. We saw Rocket Science at this years Sundance Film Festival and loved it. In our review, we wrote: "Jeffrey Blitz has created the next Sundance classic. See this movie, see this movie, SEE THIS…
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Lost star Naveen Andrews wants desperately to work with Martin Scorsese. "I'd love to work with him. I think he's the best director in America today," Andrews told /Film. "My girlfriend [Barbara Hershey] has worked with him twice. She did Boxcar Bertha with him and she did Last Temptation of Christ, which has to be…
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On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars and directors of Grindhouse. We sat down with Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn) to talk about his horror/zombie feature Planet Terror. [audio:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/interviews/robertrodriguezgrindhousejunket.mp3] Highlights: * The idea of making Grindhouse * Using the Film Damage as a Dramatic Device…
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Jump In! hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for two lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 11th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be found…
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On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars of Grindhouse. We will be posting the interviews leading up until the film's release on April 6th 2007. We sat down with Naveen Andrews (Lost, The English Patient) to talk about his role as Abby in Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror and…
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In February we reported that Richard Kelly was waiting for more money to finish the Southland Tales visual effects. Well the money has come and the film will be finished in time for a fall release date (hopefully). Kelly writes on his MySpace Blog: So we have finally gotten the greenlight from Sony for the…
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When we sat down with Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright this week, he revealed that the Shaun of the Dead trio will be making one last film in what they call the Three Flavor Trilogy: Yeah, we do have an idea. Simon and Nick are writing something and we've just formulated an idea for the…
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On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars and directors of Grindhouse. We will be posting the interviews leading up until the film's release on April 6th 2007. We sat down with Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn) to talk…
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George Lucas says Harrison Ford will play his age in the upcoming Indiana Jones 4: "He's not running in any of the movies," Lucas told USA Today. "He's either on a horse or driving a car or a motorcycle. And he'll play his age in this movie with what's appropriate. The chases are more suspenseful…
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Just thought I would point out that Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan are on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone wearing nothing but bullets. Now that's hot. The issue is on newsstands until April 19th 2007. Grindhouse hits theaters this Friday.
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AICN has posted a leaked photo from the WETA workshop showing some preproduction material for James Cameron's AVATAR. click on the photo for a better view. The poster looks a little fake to me, but the scooper claims that it was "dimensional and would shift as you moved around it, but wasn't lenticular." Interesting. Cameron's…
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Have you ever seen Quentin Tarantino's first film? No, not Reservoir Dogs. I'm talking about My Best Friend's Birthday. Never heard of it? Well now you can watch it. Part 1: [youtube]AfjYVBay54M[/youtube] Part 2: [youtube]GRCbNoGJBxo[/youtube] The history of the film (with help from Wikipedia): My Best Friend's Birthday is an unfinished black and white independent…
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Attack of the Gryphon hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 11th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can…
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Grindhouse will be hitting theaters early with late night screenings in 13 markets. Check out the press release below. NEW YORK, NEW YORK (April 4, 2007) – Dimension Films will sneak GRINDHOUSE, from acclaimed filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, into theatres with exclusive late night engagements in 13 cities tomorrow, April 5, 2007. Two…
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Porky's and A Christmas Story director Bob Clark and son Ariel were killed in an early morning car accident along a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades. LAPD investigators said Clark was driving a 1997 Infiniti Q-30 sedan southbound on PCH at about 2:20am when the 24 year old driver of a GMC…
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Update: Apparently the poster is just a creation of NataliePortman.com, and is not real. One day after the screenplay mysteriously found its way onto the internet, out friends at FilmIck have a first look at the movie poster for Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. I love the film's tagline "She Almost Definitely Changed The World".…
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On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars of Grindhouse. We will be posting the interviews leading up until the film's release on April 6th 2007. We sat down with Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Rent, 25th Hour) to talk about her role as Abernathy in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.…
Read More The full length theatrical trailer for Live Free or Die Hard is now online. Am I the only one who still prefers the original (now international) title, Die Hard 4.0? Live Free or Die Hard takes place 18 years after the first film. John McClane (Bruce Willis) who must come out of retirement to battle…
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Robert Rodriguez has told the stars of Sin City 2 to not to discuss Angelina Jolie's possible involvement. Jolie has been linked to the project for over a year now. Many people believe the project was delayed due to Jolie's pregnancy. "The film's been kind of postponed because Robert has been interested in Angelina Jolie…
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We previously reported that The Wachowski Brothers were brought in to work on some reshoot material for the upcoming BodysnatchesThe Invasion remake . Well apparently there is MUCH much more to this story. Our friends over at Collider claim that the Brothers were brought in to rewrite over 70% of the movie. Here is what…
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While interviewing screenwriter turned director Mike White (Chuck & Buck, School of Rock, Nacho Libre) about his new movie Year of the Dog, we were able to briefly talk about his upcoming collaboration with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright: "I'm writing a script with him [Edgar] now. It's like a…
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Mind of Mencia Season 2 hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 10th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release…
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Even though we might not always agree, we've always loved reading Roger Ebert's reviews. As you know Roger underwent surgery for to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland last June, and has been absent ever since. Sure, he came back and wrote a couple small reviews, and made some bad oscar predictions (but…
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Wes Anderson's next movie, The Darjeeling Limited is being screened for test audiences right now (a review on AICN has mysteriously disappeared). The film's screenplay has been leaked onto the internet. We haven't read it, but we're hoping it's better than The Life Aquatic (we enjoyed his last movie but it paled in comparison to…
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A couple weeks ago I was browsing through a book store with a friend when we came across Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box. The name and cover was enough to catch my eye. But not enough to get me to buy it. The independent book store had a small printed author biography that revealed Hill as…
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Grindhouse hits theaters on Friday, but we're already talking about the eventual DVD release. Why? Because we know it's going to be packed with special features. And how do we know? Robert and Quentin told us it would be. The DVD release will feature the international extended cuts of each film. Tarantino told us that…
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On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars of Grindhouse. We will be posting the interviews leading up until the film's release on April 6th 2007. We sat down with Kurt Russell (The Thing, Tombstone, Esacpe from New York) to talk about his role as Stunt Man Mike in…
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Grindhouse star Rosario Dawson has a list of directors she hopes to work with. Kevin Smith: "I'm a rabid ridiculous huge fan of his and love him to pieces and would love to work with him again on anything. So I'll put that out there and hopefully it will get back to him." Rob Zombie:…
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Last week X-Files star David Duchovny told IESB that an X-Files sequel was in the works. We'll do another movie or two, we'll continue to do movies if the next one does well. We didn't believe David, because he said the same thing two years ago and it never evolved into anything. But now his…
Read More As you probably know, Jessica Alba is currently filming an American remake of the popular Pang Brothers Hong Kong horror film The Eye. Production photos of Alba in action have started to appear online. You can check out more photos on BeyondHollywood. The original 2002 film followed a blind girl who gets a cornea transplant…
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When we sat down with Hostel director and Grindhouse star Eli Roth last week, he mentioned that Quentin forced him to insult Kurt Russell in front of his face during one take. Russell threw a bowl of Nachos at Roth, who apologized endlessly proclaiming his fanboy respect/love for the Escape from New York star. "There's…
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Godzilla Raids Again and Mothera vs. Godzilla hit DVD store shelves today (April 3rd), and we have a copy of both films for two lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 9th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers.…
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Today is obviously photo day on /Film. Yahoo! Movies has three new exclusive photos from the movie Transformers. An no, it's not the boring photos of Shia LaBeouf and Bernie Mac look up to the sky. They have real photos of the Transformers in action, like the one seen above of Bonecrusher and Optimus Prime…
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Homer Simpson takes a relaxing ride aboard a wrecking ball. 20th Century Fox sent us five new stills from The Simpsons Movie. Check them out below, and as always left click for higher resolution versions. A couple of the new photos show what the movie will look like in super widescreen. A simple household task…
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20th Century Fox has sent us some new photos from Live Free or Die Hard. The fourth film in the Die Hard series follows police detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) and Matt Foster (Justin Long) vs. an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States. Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead…
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Grindhouse star Kurt Russell kills women with his 1970 Black Dodge Challenger in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. So we asked the Escape From New York star what his favorite muscle cars were. "Back when it was happening and I was a kid it was the GTO. That was the street car that you wanted. If…
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Naveen Andrews had never seen a exploitation film when he auditioned for Robert Rodriguez at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel in 2005. After he won a role in Planet Terror, he was given a Grindhouse 101 crash course at Quentin Tarantino's home theater. But the truth is, he hated what he saw. "They were…
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On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars of Grindhouse. We will be posting the interviews leading up until the film's release on April 6th 2007. We sat down with Rose McGowan (Scream, Jawbreaker) to talk about her role as the gun legged stripper in Robert Rodriguez' Planet Terror.…
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Our friends at FilmIck have found some single bill posters for Grindhouse's Planet Terror and Death Proof. The posters, which can be seen above, were created for the separate foreign release of the movies. Left click on the images for a higher resolution version. I find it very strange that the poster for Planet Terror…
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As you probably know, the Rosario Dawson created comic book O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce is coming to the big screen. We talked briefly with Rosario about the current status of project, and she says they are close to hiring a writer director. It is going really well. It's been really fascinating reading scripts from the…
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Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) was a popular kid in high school. Surrounded by friends and the star player of a hockey team in his small Midwestern town. But a traumatic car accident left Pratt with a type of brain damage that makes the littlest everyday situations challenging (opening a can of soup for instance). Based…
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The Good Shepherd hits DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 9th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be…
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Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, Dead Man Walking) and John Goodman (The Big Lebowski, The Flintstones) are in negotiations to co-star in The Wachowski Brothers' big screen adaptation of Speed Racer. They would play the parents of Emile Hirsch, an eighteen-year-old who aspires to become a race car driver, but his father, automotive engineer "Pops"…
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A recent article in the Telegraph (UK) states that Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner is directing the upcoming Wolverine spin-off movie starring Hugh Jackman. Was this a mess-up by a reputable newspaper or credible information that accidently slipped into the article? I'm guessing it's just an error since Ratner is…
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Last July we told you about Disney's plans to ruin the 1980's teen adventure comedy Adventures in Babysitting with a remake starring Raven Symone (That's So Raven, The Cosby Show). We hoped the idea would die or fall into development hell. We prayed day and night, but it looks like the movie is going forward.…
Read More I look forward to this day for the biggest announcements and craziest happenings of the year. Let's take a look around the web: /Film: Transformers suffers major setbacks after the Hollywood Hills Fire of 2007 destorys the studio's main editing facility. Michael Bay will replace the lost footage with computer graphics. FilmIck reports that Disney…
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A couple weeks back it was announced that Rose McGowan would star in a biopic of B-movie actress Susan Cabot. We spoke to McGowan about that film, and she revealed a lot about the woman, the story, and what we can expect from Black Oasis: It's great, I'm really excited. I'm attached to Black Oasis,…
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3 Needles will hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for two lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 9th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be…
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We just received a phone call from our source inside of Dreamworks. You know that big fire in Hollywood? The blaze burned out of control the last couple days and has caused a lot of damage in the Hollywood hills. Apparently one of the few buildings that was destroyed was an editing facility. One of…
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We've told you about Once. We posted the movie poster a couple days ago, and the production photos and indie trailer the week before that. Fox Searchlight has finally released the official movie trailer, complete with critic quo-tables. It's funny how the finished studio edit looks so much more professional than the independent cut. A…
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