The new 1970's-style basketball comedy Semi-Pro (New Line) appears to be the equivalent of a slam-dunk at America's box offices this weekend. The past few years have featured other Will Ferrell vehicles set in variety of sports, including Kicking & Screaming ($20.1M opening) about soccer, Talladega Nights ($47M opening) set in the high-stakes world of…
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So Warner Bros is absorbing New Line, but what does it all mean? Is New Line completely dead? No, Warner Bros plans to maintain New Line as a "separate development, production, marketing, distribution and business affairs operations.: However, it will "closely integrate and coordinate those functions with Warner Bros. to maximize film performance and operating…
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Update: WB/New Line - What Does it Mean? You've heard the rumors, and it now looks to be true. This afternoon Time Warner has announced that New Line Cinema will become part of Warner Bros. This is the expected result of the companies string of recent box office failures, topped with the mega failure of…
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/Film reader Corsin sent me a link to this cool New York Times article where they have graphed out the ebb and flow of Box Office Receipts 1986 to 2007 after adjusted for inflation. I've taken a snapshot of the 2007 portion of the graph, which you can see above. Click to enlarge. It's cool…
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Sony may not have a serious Oscar contender at tomorrow night's 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre, but they still have a big winner this weekend. Vantage Point, either an homage or a knock-off of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, received a nice 22% Saturday bounce from its opening day, adding another $9.76M. The Oscar…
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Critics have been generally unkind to Vantage Point, the Pete Travis-directed film, with many, describing it as an Akira Kurosawa Rashomon ripoff, but that hasn't kept moviegoers away. With an all-star cast, including Oscar winners William Hurt and Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox from TV's Lost, and former Academy Award nominees Dennis Quaid and Sigourney Weaver,…
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An odd mix of films arrive in theatres for Oscar weekend. The big title is clearly Vantage Point (Sony), opening on 3,000+ screens, but also New Line delivers Michael Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, starring Jack Black and Mos Def, at 800 or so locations, Lionsgate dumps an alleged comedy called Witless Protection on about 1,300…
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Doug Liman's Jumper (Fox) received a nice 27% Saturday surge, adding just over $11M for a new 3-day cume of $26.37M. With a projected $8M or so on Sunday and another $4.19M on President's Day, the tepidly-reviewed Hayden Christensen sci-fi action movie will finish with a 5-day of $38.63M, more than enough to win the…
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Jumper has leapt to an excellent $8.21M on Friday, and it should bound to a solid $34.47M for the Valentine's Day through President's Day 5-day box office frame. After finishing in a virtual dead heat with Disney's Step Up to the Streets on Thursday, Doug Liman's sci-fi adventure pic overwhelmed the competition on Friday. Meanwhile,…
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Step Up 2 the Streets (Disney) appears to have edged Fox's big budget Jumper on Thursday, although technically, it's a bit too close ro call the race definitively. The urban dance sequel has averaged an estimated $2,500 per location on its opening day for what looks to be a $6.175M total. The big budget sci…
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The 3-day estimate for Fool's Gold (Warner Bros) I released Friday night (see below) was dead-on, but I underestimated the Saturday surge for Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (Universal). The Matthew McConaughey/Kate Hudson romatic comedy received a 23% Saturday bump for an estimated day 2 take of $9.4M. Gold will finish the weekend with $22.42M, making…
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A new batch of movie trailers for film playing at the 2008 South By Southwest film festival have hit the interwebs. Check out the trailers for Beautiful Losers, FrontRunners, Nerdcore Rising, Mister Foe, Yeast, The Ostrich Testimonies, Present Company, and Dreams With Sharp Teeth after the jump. Also we have included a round up of…
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5 years ago, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson teamed up for the romantic comedy How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days with a $7.96M Friday and a $23.7M opening weekend. Their new movie together, Fool's Gold (Warner Bros), is enjoying virtually the same success. The tepidly-reviewed date flick has opened with an estimated $7.81M…
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Matt Dentler just announced the line-up for the 2008 SXSW Film Festival. This will be my first year going to Austin to cover the festival There's a lot of great premiere titles like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Scorsese's Shine A Light, Stop-Loss and Harold and Kumar 2, some great films from Sundance that I missed (Goliath,…
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Horror director Eli Roth is following in Edgar Wright's footsteps and programing a two week film festival (called "The Greats of Roth") at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles from February 17th to March 1st. Check out the festival's line-up after the jump, with commentary provided by Eli Roth himself. february 17, 18, 19…
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The following review contains spoilers and touches on topics and themes from the film, There Will Be Blood, which may prove unsettling for some readers. This review is long as hell because TWBB is long as hell, but it is also one of the best films ever made and the best film this decade. The…
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/Film Reader Cinemalad sent us a report from just outside the set of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in Pasadena. /Film was actually the site that broke the news that Spielberg had decided to shoot some additional photography in Pasadena. We posted that report questioning if this was just a simple…
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Will Ferrell's R-rated ABA romp, Semi-Pro, opens today and is expected to do boffo business. Buzz is good, but not spectacular. Nobody's calling the film a comedy classic, and it arguably could have been. Great source material. The actor took a time-out from picking his 'fro to chat with AICN twice about his upcoming mega-budget…
Read More No casting news as of yet for King Hippo, but semi-retired boxer Mike Tyson, better known these days for his tribal facial tattoo and a taste for human ear, says that his friend Jamie Foxx will take on his life story in a theatrical biopic... "I have a movie on the verge of happening, probably…
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Defamer got a tip that Sacha Baron Cohen was filming some footage in Los Angeles for his Borat follow-up, Bruno: "I saw Sacha Baron Cohen doing filming as Bruno (gay Austrian) at On Your Marks Studio in Sherman Oaks on Feb. 21st. He was dressed in tight leather black pants with a bedazzeled g-string showing.…
Read More The horror genre's nasty feud with Oscar nominees continues, as Juno star Ellen Page has pulled out out of the dark place that is director Sam Raimi's upcoming horror-thriller Drag Me to Hell. Bloody Disgusting reports that the sweet tart wasn't happy over the latest draft of the script, which was written by Raimi and…
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With old and new media covering the presidential campaign something thick, let us all ignore it and pay attention to the fictional propaganda of one Harvery Dent, Gotham City District Attorney. A new viral campaign for this summer's The Dark Knight has started up at the character's official website, IBelieveInHarveyDent.com. When you submit your email…
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McG protege and music video helmer Anna Mastro has signed on to direct Bumped, a modern-day version of The Breakfast Club, from a script by Lizzy Weiss. The plot is described as: "A comedy-drama revolving around five twentysomethings -- including a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt -- who normally wouldn't be friends but…
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At last year's Comic-Con, Crank writer/directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor brought a group of us into a room and showed us the trailer for Pathology. Mark and Brian, who wrote but didn't direct Pathology, came up to me after and wanted to know what I thought. Brian insisted that he didn't want to hear…
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LucasArts' Lego Indiana Jones: The Video Game is scheduled to hit store shelves in June. The game recreates moments from the first three Indiana Jones films with a bit of humor, in the same style of the LEGO Star Wars game series. To get excited we have found three minutes of game footage for you…
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TeamBulletTime saw Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, and decided to create a sweded version of the Back to the Future trilogy. I thought it was cute enough to post. Check it out below.
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This is just a classy T-shirt. It's befitting that the landmark Mann's Chinese Theatre aka Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood gets a stylish apparel shout-out from the long reputable California streetwear company Stussy. Part of the company's newly unveiled Spring 2008 men's line, the shirt goes for $24 and comes in blue, pink or black…
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The new movie trailer for Iron Man which premiered at WonderCon, aired during LOST tonight. The trailer begins much like the previous teaser, with Tony Stark demonstrating the Jericho, when he is captured. After building the Mach 1 suit in a cage, Stark escapes. This is where the real new footage begins, and not to…
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Paramount has released the movie trailer for the upcoming Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru. This looks about as funny as the upcoming Adam Sandler comedy, Don't Mess With the Zohan. And both of the aforementioned movies make the upcoming Will Ferell/John C Reilly comedy Step Brothers look like a masterpiece. Jessica Alba fills her…
Read More The rumors are true. Seth Rogen was able to convince Huey Lewis to record a title theme song for the upcoming Judd Apatow stoner comedy Pineapple Express. "It is called Pineapple Express, cleverly," director David Gordon Green told movieweb. "Our only input was, we told him we wanted it to sound like his 80s work…
Read More Live Action Television Show! According to the Liverpool Daily Post Jim Marquand has been asked by George Lucas to direct episodes of the upcoming Star Wars live action television series. Jim's father Richard Marquand directed Return of the Jedi. Set between the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars…
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At Sundance, a bunch of the movie journalists covering the festival and myself were extremely shocked and disappointed to learn that one of our favorite films of the festival, Jonathan Levine's The Wackness, had been sold to Sony Pictures Classics. We really love this film and want to see it succeed, but Sony Pictures Classics…
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Our friends at badtaste have sent us some new character design artwork of The Hulk from The Incredible Hulk. I want to be excited for this movie, but I'm getting tired of seeing these conceptual promotional images. I don't understand why Universal won't just show us some footage. Sure, rumor has it that the first…
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Disney/Pixar have released the final theatrical one-sheet for WALL-E. Much better than the all white profile one sheet. I love the blues, which make the poster look more like the original teaser poster. I also love the tagline "From the humans who brought you Finding Nemo". I don't know about you guys, but I'm really…
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MNPCTech's Bill Owen decided to create a laptop case modification based on Pixar's upcoming movie WALL-E. Brad Galvin did the airbrush work. Check out some more photos after the jump. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us…
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Do we really need more coke overdoses in Hollywood? According to Page Six, Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in a live-action remake of the quite awesome documentary Cocaine Cowboys. DiCaprio would star as Mickey Munday, a hick-type airplane pilot with an attitude and an insatiable appetite for the drug trade.…
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I know I'm probably going to get slammed for saying this, but, I'm getting sick of Will Ferrell comedies. Don't get me wrong, I have been a huge fan of Ferrell since before he had this huge mega-following (did anyone even see him in Dick?). And I'm not saying that Will Ferrell isn't funny, because…
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The new trailer for Peter Segal's big screen adaptation of Get Smart is now online. Warner Bros premiered the trailer at WonderCon in San Frnacisco this past weekend, and the crowd seemed to love it. A few of the people I talked to had next to no interest in the film until they saw this…
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A couple weeks ago we posted details on the DVD release of Jason Reitman's Juno, complete with cover art. One of my friends just sent me the super-cool artwork from the cover of the Blu-ray disc special edition version (seen above). It's definitely much cooler than the standard dvd release artwork. It kind of reminds…
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Update: I just got off the phone with Paramount, and have confirmed that the shoot in Pasadena is actually just an establishing shot. The studio claims that no lead actors will be featured during the additional photography on Friday, and that this shot was planned for during production, but they decided to wait until editing…
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Dimension Films just sent over the movie poster for Superhero Movie. I don't know why I actually ever had hope for this project. I think my love for superhero movies got the best of me... As always, click to enlarge. Discuss: Is there any hope left for Superhero Movie?
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The new issue of Empire Magazine (the one with Robert Downey Jr. on the cover) offers some interesting new photos from Universal's The Incredible Hulk sequel/reboot, and 20th Century Fox's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The first from The Incredible Hulk shows Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, oabout to hulk out. The second photo gives us a…
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Earlier this month you got a look at the first photo from Richard Kelly's The Box. We followed that up last week with a behind the scenes video segment courtesy of NASA television. And now USA Today gives us our first look at the cast. The new production photo features stars James Marsden and Cameron…
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Spike Jonzes' big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are was originally set to hit theaters later this year, but was mysteriously pushed back to a TBA 2009 release. Leaked test footage surfaced showing a Sesame Street-style costumed monster with a computer generated talking face. It was later learned that the studio was extremely…
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I'm ashamed to admit that just recently became aware of the poster artwork of Tyler Stout, although I've seen his work in passing. He's done work for a lot of bands, a lot of special screenings at the Alamo Draft House in Austin Texas, the Netflix Rolling Road Show, and some film festivals. Most recently…
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Warner Bros tried hard to push a movie based on the Justice League of America into production before the writers strike. But they couldn't get all their ducks in a row, and the project was put on an indefinite hold. The names of most of the young cast had been leaked onto the interwebs, with…
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If you didn't catch last Saturday's Film Independent Spirit Awards, then you missed Rainn Wilson's hilarious audition videos for the Best Feature nominees. Don't worry, /Film has your back. Check them out below. Juno: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_Juno2.flv 360 240] Paranoid Park: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_Skate2.flv 360 240] I'm Not There: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_ImNotThere2.flv 360 240] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_DivingBellButterfly2.flv…
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I was basking in extreme disbelief of the stubbornness and ignorance of the response of some people to my latest rant. I basically attempted to prove that Michael Bay, by literal definition, is not a "hack", yet people refuse to believe Merriam-Webster over the nonexistent facts which most people call opinion. Responses like "Michael Bay…
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While waiting for a screening of footage from Journey from the Center of the Earth 3D at WonderCon, I was in a discussion with a couple people about Transformers. Someone called Michael Bay a hack and I had an adverse reaction. I snapped, and for almost no reason. I'm not a huge fan of Michael…
Read More Rumor has it that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will make it's worldwide premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 15th - 25th 2008. Fox News reports that Spielberg's representatives are currently in negotiations with officials of the festival to have Indiana Jones 4 open the festival, with…
Read More Last month we posted a video of a 12-year-old named "Sexman", who recorded a hilarious review of Sylvester Stallone's Rambo. Th commenters on /Film demanded more, and Sexman has returned! This time Sexman takes on Doug Lineman's Jumper, calling it "terrible as hell", "terribly written" and saying that Hayden Christensen is the "shittiest actor I've…
Read More Following her Oscar win, nude photos of former stripper turned Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody have surfaced online. We don't pot nudity on /Film, but at the same time we're not against promoting such a subject (especially since we think Diablo Cody is really cute). So shoot on over to Egotastic for the goodies.…
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TotalFilm has an an article/interview with WALL-E director Andrew Stanton which features a bunch of new concept art, as well as the cute photo of WALL-E and the rubix cube seen above. Click on all the images after the jump to enlarge. The only interesting tidbit from the article comes when Stanton talks about how…
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I've been looking for a cool executive desk for a while, but often I find them too high class or professional for my tastes. But I think I've finally found something cool enough for the /Film Offices - The Han Solo in Carbonite Executive Desk. Too bad it's not on sale. Tom Spina Designs created…
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Warner Bros has announced that McG's Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will hit theaters on May 22nd 2009. This means that Terminator 4, which begins production in New Mexico for two months on May 5th, will go head to head with Fox's Ben Stiller family comedy sequel Night at the Museum II: Escape From the…
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Update: Paramount has confirmed this poster as a FAKE. Paul at the movie chronicles sent us a photo of a new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull found out in the wild. I much prefer the teaser poster. Shia LaBeouf looks rather strange, and I'm still not on board with the greaser…
Read More In Kevin Smith's new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Elizabeth Banks has sex with Seth Rogen (or so we assume from the title. Sarah Silverman's music video "I'm F*cking Matt Damon" resulted in Jimmy Kimmel's response "I'm F*cking Ben Affleck". Kevin Smith has figured out a genius way to capitalize on this recent…
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Jason Statham will return as Frank Martin, for the third installment of the Transporter series. Variety reports that Francois Berleand (The Transporter) and Robert Knepper (Prison Break) have also been cast. Transporter 3 will shoot for 16 weeks in Russia and France. Now for the bad news... Louis Leterrier, who helmed the first two films…
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Imagine this. It's Sunday night and you're sitting in a movie theater watching The Signal, an independent horror movie about a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers. And then suddenly, two men sitting in separate areas of the theater are randomly attacked and stabbed by an unknown…
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Nielsen is reporting that the 80th annual Academy Awards telecast was the least watched in history (or at least since 1974 when they started tracking the event). This was pretty much expected, as most of the films and contendors were art-house level favorites, and not mainstream efforts like Titanic or Lord of the Rings. Public…
Read More The 2008 Academy Awards was a damn long show (but aren't they always?) Mahalo Daily edited the three hour show telecast down to just 60 seconds. But how did they forget Marketa Irglova's wonderful speech? Check out the video below.
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Kevin Smith is hard at work filming and editing his latest, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which stars Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, and Jason Mewes. Our friends at NewsAskew are reporting that the current hope is to have the official movie trailer attached to Pineapple Express, the Judd Apatow-produced Seth Rogen comedy…
Read More Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass will be returning for a fourth film in the Bourne series. The Bourne trilogy has made over $945 million worldwide at the box office (the last film, Ultimatum, responsible for $443 million of that total). The films are based on novels by Robert Ludlum, who passed away in 2001. Eric…
Read More Many people first discovered Jason Reitman in 2005 with his feature film debut Thank You For Smoking. And even more people discovered Jason with 2007's little film that did, Juno, which was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and won Best Screenplay. But I first discovered Reitman in 2000, with a little short film called…
Read More One of the true Oscar moments this year happened when host Jon Stewert ushered Best Song co-winner Marketa Irglova back onto the stage after she had been cut off by the music before the commercial break. And thank god she got her chance. Irglova's speech was moving and inspirational. If you missed it, watch the…
Read More Earlier this month Sarah Silverman recorded a music video announcing to the world that she's F**king Matt Damon. Damon has long been the punchline of a running joke in Silverman's boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel's sign-off ("Apologies to Matt Damon, we've run out of time!"). As a retaliation, Kimmel has recorded a music video himself, announcing that…
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At the Academy Awards Hollywood reccognized the best of the best of 2007. But what about the worst? The 2008 Razzie Awards were announced earlier this weekend while we were typing like madmen in Hall A at WonderCon. I Know Who Killed Me, which starred Lindsay Lohan sweeped with seven wins. Eddie Murphy took home…
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Here is a listing of the 2008 Academy Award winners, followed by some commentary. Tell me what you think of the winners and losers in the comments below. Best Picture No Country for Old Men Atonement Juno Michael Clayton There Will Be Blood Best Director Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old…
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In my days of movie reviewing, I've always found it quite easy to come up with content and material to describe how wonderful a movie is. This is one of those rare instances where I am at a loss. To get right to the point, In Bruges was such a shockingly decent movie that it…
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Last month I showed you Hasbro's Star Wars Mighty Muggs. LucasFilm is back, this time with the greatest adventurer of all time. Cue the John Williams Indiana Jones Raiders March Score... "Made From 100% Recycled Awesome", these very affordable vinyl figures (the Star Wars versions run from $10-$15) will probably hit stores in Summer 2008.…
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Saturday Night Live ran a parody of There Will Be Blood last night. Daniel Plainview hosts a Food TV program called "I Drink Your Milkshake". It looks like Milkshake has now gone mainstream. Anton from No Country for Old Men and our favorite pregnant 15-year old make appearances. Thanks to Derek for bringing us to…
Read More It appears that someone at WonderCon leaked footage from X-Files 2 on to YouTube. I know it sucks for con attendees, but the studios should just put all this footage officially online the Monday following the convention. The movie studios appear to be fine with thousands of people seeing this footage, so why not show…
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Wonder-Con premiered a new, exclusive trailer during the first panel of the day presented by Warner Brothers, 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich's (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, Stargate) latest magnum opus (okay, slight overstatement). Emmerich's films tend be big, loud, and, more often than not, ridiculous, contrived and, for those of willing to admit it…
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The X-Files are back, not on your television screen (thankfully), but in an all-new, apparently eagerly anticipated, big(ger) budgeted feature-length film. Creator/producer/writer Chris Carter is back, as are David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their roles as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, respectively. Also on hand was Frank Spotniz, series writer, producer,…
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Jon Favreau, looking a few pounds lighter, answered some questions and premiered some Iron Man footage at WonderCon in San Francisco. Favreau began with a bang, showing a bunch of new footage from the film. The sequence begins with Stark hard at work building the jet thruster boots that you see briefly in the SuperBowl…
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Wonder-Con premiered the newly minted trailer for Get Smart, the big screen adaptation of the 1960s television series created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry that starred Don Adams and Barbara Feldman. It looked good, better than good. Now this is how you make you a trailer: mixing verbal humor, physical comedy, and large-scale action,…
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It's no secret that the film I'm most anticipating in 2008 is Pixar's WALL-E. I fell in love with the movie when I saw the first teaser trailer and have been closely following the film ever since. Andrew Stanton, the Academy Award winning director of Finding Nemo, came across the bridge to San Francisco to…
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The director of fan relations of LucasFilm made a surprise appearance during the Warner Bros panel at WonderCon to present some footage from the upcoming Star Wars computer animated movie and television series. The Clone Wars will premiere on movie theater screens worldwide on August 15th, before continuing as a half hour computer animated series…
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Last night I was lucky enough to screen 20 or so minutes of the upcoming Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. Brendan Fraser was in attendance, speaking at snail speed as he was obviously ill. During Fraser's panel, the actor explained that when he received the draft of the script, it had been…
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Kotobukiya's Raiders of the Lost Ark ArtFX Statue is one of the coolest pieces of Indiana Jones merchandise that I've ever seen. A KOTOBUKIYA Japanese import, ARTFX Theatre is an innovative new concept which combines a movie's key elements into a hyper-detailed, three-dimensional collage. There will be four different Indy Theatres, with one based on…
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Wonder-Con premiered an extended scene from Wanted, the big screen adaptation of Mark Millar (Civil War, Wolverine: Enemy of the State, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Superman: Red Son) and J.G. Jones' (the forthcoming Final Crisis with Grant Morrison for DC, 52 covers) graphic novel about a shadowy organization that specializes in assassinations and a sub-average loser…
Read More /Film Reader Django sent us this hilarious video of his friend's three year old little daughter explaining Star Wars. Check it out. Hopefully she'll follow-up this up with a review of Empire Strikes Back. I can't wait. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/3yearoldstarwars.flv 320 240] Discuss: Should George Lucas hire this kid to write Episode VII? via: Fistofblog
Read More I've been told that a Cloverfield Sequel is pretty much dead for now (not to say it can't eventually happen), but JJ Abrams was recently asked about the possibility and here is what he said. "There is an idea that has come up that... we're exploring so we'll see if it's worth doing then hopefully…
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Director Nicholas Stoller, star and writer Jason Segel, producer Shauna Robertson, and stars Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Jack McBrayer and Mila Kunis were at WonderCon to promote Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Judd Apatow was expected to be there but couldn't make it because he's sick. The cast had great comic chemistry on stage, and had the…
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Paramount is passing out these very cool posters showing the evolution between the Mark 1, Mark 2 and Mark 3 Iron Man armors at WonderCon this weekend. Credit for the above photo goes to Vic from ScreenRant, who is typing like a madman on my left. I'm using his photo because I'm too lazy/tired to…
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Late breaking news from the floor of WonderCon in San Francisco. The convention program features an interesting tease that features the classic Ghostbusters logo and "something exciting is coming to the neighborhood!" "Look for the big announcement at Comic Con San Diego 2008". Could this be an announcement regarding the upcoming Ghostbusters video game? Probably…
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"Anton who?" When it comes to the showdown, Peter and I will both be there with news on which film wins Best Picture this Sunday evening. However, right now we are both in agreement that Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood is a better film than the Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men.…
Read More Actor Hugo Weaving (V For Vendetta, The Matrix) is set to star as Detective Aberline for director Joe Johnston in The Wolf Man. Weaving will join a cast that includes Anthony Hopkins (as the Wolf Man's father), Benicio del Toro (as the Wolf Man) and Emily Blunt (as the love interest). This is the first…
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Update: If anyone is interested, we're meeting at 8:00PM at Jillians at the Metreon right next to the convention center. Who's going to WonderCon this weekend in San Francisco? Alex from FirstShowing and I will have a bit of free time on Friday night, February 22nd, and we're considering catching some dinner and drinks with…
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I really didn't want to post the new Sex and the City movie trailer, but there seems to be nothing else going on the interwebs this morning. So for the 5 women who read /Film, enjoy... Discuss: Are there any guys out there who actually want to see this movie and are not being forced…
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No, we're not posting another WALL-E action figure or remote control robot. This WALL-E is actually a fan creation, a modified Nintendo GameCube! Bit-tech user thechoozen, based out of Germany, built this project in a few days. "First we build a movable platform out of a child toy and a rest of Plexiglas. Then we…
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Tony Stark, the "playboy" billionaire. ScreenRant has four new photos from Jon Favreau's Iron Man. Check them out below (and above). Earlier today, Marvel reported that a new Iron Man movie trailer would debut during LOST. Many fans watched tonight's episode, but were left disappointed when no trailer premiered. Some website's speculated that maybe Marvel…
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I've been excited about Carter Smith's big screen adaptation of Scott B. Smith's novel The Ruins since the project was first announced. The previous adaptation of a Smith novel, A Simple Plan directed by Sam Raimi, was an incredibly underrated character piece, and an even better thriller. The Ruins is more of a horror thriller…
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We here at Slashfilm have been pressing Warner Bros. to release The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe theatrically for some time. Tonight, the first image of a vampire from the film has surfaced at STYD, and I'm a little iffed. While the images of Corey Feldman's return as Edgar Frog show promise, as did the…
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Is this another scoop, and possibly large spoiler, for The Dark Knight originating from New York's Toy Fair? It's hard to say. A figurine for Deathstroke, a villainous mercenary, member of the Teen Titans (alongside Batgirl) and fan favorite, was recently spotted in a Mattel toy showcase for the Batman Begins sequel. Deathstroke's figure wasn't…
Read More Director Gore Verbinksi will follow up his billion-dollar Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy with an animated film with a budget estimated at $100 million to be written by John Logan (The Aviator, Sweeney Todd). The film is skedded for a 2010 release, and the title and plot details are unknown at this time. Verbinksi's last…
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An early review of Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski's Speed Racer has popped up over at AICN and the anonymous reviewer reports that the film might not be rated G after all. He's saying PG-13. "No, as it stands there is cursing in it, which shocked my roommate and I because we heard that they…
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Nightmare Before Christmas use to be one of my favorite films. Tim Burton's designs would make such great toys, but all the releases from the Nightmare series have disappointed me to the point of no purchase. I did buy up all of the small figures from Burton's short story book The Melancholy Death of Oyster…
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Update: Neil Gaiman said on his personal blog yesterday that he is still co-writing the Black Hole script with Roger Avary. Seems rather stoked on Fincher's involvement as well. Thanks to /Film reader 'Nancy.' "David Fincher tackling STDs, not like herpes, worse," is the imagined, beaded brow pitch to the studio. It worked. The director…
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Bloody Disgusting has a snapshot of the new poster for Carter Smith's adaptation of Scott Smith's bestselling novel The Ruins (you can watch the previously released movie trailer here). As always, we cleaned the snapshot photo up in photoshop for your viewing pleasure. I'm really digging the one-sheet. The Ruins follows two American couples, just…
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Did Michel Gondry steal the idea from Be Kind Rewind from an episode of Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show (starring Amanda Bynes) from eight years ago? Probably not, but watch this video that is circulating around the interwebs. Discuss: Did Michel Gondry steal the idea for Be Kind Rewind from Amanda Bynes?
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What a strange day for Warner Bros. First, rumors explode today that they're giving the heave-ho to Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, and now word arrives that they've greenlit two ambitious live-action films based on the landmark Japanese manga and anime Akira, with Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way producing. Mere rumor is he may…
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Last week Paramount and Fox announced major post-writers strike schedule shuffles. I speculated that because of 'the rule of threes', that one more studio would announce a reshuffled calendar by Friday. And here we are on Wednesday, with a bunch of new dates from Disney. Let's take a look at the new Disney schedule: The…
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The Wall Street Journal has revealed the plot for Toy Story 3: "Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college." Lee Unkrich, who has been co-director on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo, stepped up to helm the third film in…
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This Week at NASA has some cool (possibly spoilerish) behind the scenes set footage from Richard Kelly's The Box. Kelly shot on location at Langley for the last week of filming. Watch the footage in the player below. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/theboxnasa.flv 456 344] "In the footage you will see brief glimpses of some of the (very large)…
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Sabotage!?! There's incredibly weird, and increasingly depressing, buzz coming off Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, and now Chud reports that execs at Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are considering reshooting the entire $75 million friggin' movie! This news, of course, comes on top of the rather cool test footage that leaked last weekend,…
Read More Director James Cameron shot AICN an email today to dismiss recent promotional-like artwork as fake and gives a very upbeat update on all things Avatar, his hotly anticipated 3D space adventure due December of next year. "We've wrapped principal, and most of the live action portion of the movie is already cut. It's starting to…
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I'm not usually one for comic book or movie busts. I think it just looks weird having a head and shoulders, but no arms. I'd much rather a whole statue. But Sideshow Collectibles has just announced the release of possibly the coolest bust I've ever seen. This is so cool that I almost want to…
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The Net knows no bounds. Dark Horizons has landed blurry images of actor Aaron Eckhart's Two Face figurine for this summer's The Dark Knight that were snapped inside the press-restricted section of the New York Toy Fair. These are the first shots of what the post-acid fashioned Harvey Dent villain will look like in Chris…
Read More "Michael Bay, go direct your 2012 movie over there." Update: Emmerich and Kloser's script was purchased by Sony Pictures, it was announced Thursday. The budget for 2012 is said to be near $200 million. Roland Emmerich, director of spectacle event films like Independence Day, Godzilla and the upcoming 10,000 B.C., is currently in search…
Read More In Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Budd has to clean up a particularly fouled strip club restroom, and right now I have to write a Black Eyed Peas casting post. Night capping the last few days of X-Men Origins: Wolverine news, BEP member will.i.am (the one who looks like Wyclef) will star as John Wraith aka…
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Fox Searchlight's Juno has now grossed over $143.1 million worldwide ($125M domestic), making the film the most successful independent movie since 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding (which grossed $241.4M domestically). Playing on 1,865 screens, the film continues to make over $6 million weekly. Variety also reports that "Juno also has the distinction of being…
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Eagle Eye was a hot property from day one, originating as an idea/story from legendary director Steven Spielberg. Directed by D.J. Caruso, re-teaming with Disturbia star Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), and set for a much coveted early August release date. But something has happened... Maybe the film is running behind schedule. Or quite possibly, maybe they…
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Production on the big screen adaptation of Watchmen has officially wrapped, and director Zack Snyder has posted a new still from the upcoming film. I've decided to put together a look at the evolution of one frame from the comic book, the the storyboard to the screen. Enjoy. Comic Book Storyboard  Movie  Watchmen hits theaters…
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Director Spike Jonze has finally responded to the Where the Wild Things Are video clip which has been circulating the internet since this weekend: "that was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben our vfx (visual effects) supervisor to see if our vfx plan for the faces…
Read More Removed at the Request of20th Century Fox Our friends at the Italian movie website BadTaste have gotten their hands on a scan of the first official artwork from James Cameron's upcoming sci-fi 3D epic Avatar. The artwork supposedly came direct from a 2009 Fox line-up. The official plot synopsis, translated from Italian, follows: "The story…
Read More If you're asking who Taylor Kitsch is and why he's got dibbs on playing Gambit, one of the most anticipated and liked X-Men ever, check out the following YouTube interview to get a nice idea of his mannerisms and his voice. My knee-jerk reaction was disappointment, but he seems like he could be a good…
Read More No, Jessica Alba isn't starring in a remake of Scream. The photo above is part of a pictorial Alba did for Latina magazine, where she recreated some famous horror scenes. The other horror films Alba attempts to recreate includes Psycho, The Birds, Rosemary's Baby, and even The Ring. Check out some of the other photos…
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I've been beginning to think that Universal's The Incredible Hulk sequel/reboot doesn't even exist. The film comes out in less than four months (June 13th 2008), yet, aside from two photos released for 2008 preview pieces and some leaked poster designs, no official pre-publicity has been released from Universal. SHH! has learned that the first…
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At Comic Con 2007, Lakeshore Entertainment premiered the movie trailer for their upcoming crime horror thriller Pathology. Written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the madmen behind Crank, and starring Milo Ventimiglia. Since the Con, the release date of Pathology has been pushed back a couple times. The most recent announced Valentine's date was replaced…
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Great news! The War is over. No... not that war... Not that we weren't expecting this to happen, but Toshiba has finally bowed out of HD DVD. This makes Blu Ray Disc the undisputed winner of the next generation dvd format war. Toshiba formally conceded defeat Tuesday morning, confirming that Toshiba will cease making and…
Read More 1. The following illustrations by artist Andrey Kuznetsov envision Hollywood blockbusters as Russian folk fairy tales. I was going to label them all, but thought, why not see how fast our readers can figure them out? To make things easier, we've numbered each illustration, so answer them in the comments accordingly. 2. 3. 4. 5.…
Read More What is Aladygma? Is it the code name for a yet-to-be-announced JJ Abrams-produced film project? Is it the code name for the expected Cloverfield sequel? Chances are it is none of the above. Everyone in Hollywood has no idea what I'm talking about when I bring up "Aladygma". And chances are it has absolutely nothing…
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According to AICN, Ryan Reynolds (Definitely, Maybe) will definitely be suiting up to play anti-hero Deadpool in 2009's first X-Men spinoff X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Reynolds has been attached to the role for some time, including the character's own flick. This news arrives after several bits of casting info for the film have popped up as…
Read More Variety is reporting that the filmmakers behind Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a new anti-Darwinism pro-Intelligent Design documentary starring Ben Stein, have stepped up their film's marketing to coincide with its timely April release (around the same time that Bill Maher's pro-agnostic doc Religulous opens internationally). Motive Entertainment, the marketing company that helped make The Passion…
Read More A ton of cool movie-related action figures were revealed at the 2008 Toy Fair in New York City this weekend. Check out some photos of the cooler toys after the jump thanks to Figures.com, ActionFigureInsider, and BloodyDisgusting. Conan The Barbarian Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A Christmas Story BeatleJuice Trick R Treat Exorcist Labyrinth…
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Word of mouth on Jumper isn't too positive, but the general consensus is that the premise still kinda rocks. Moreover, the image above is worth a hundred sci-fi strike-outs like Next, and hey, it's not a remake. But the film, which opened to $38 million over the long weekend, has long been keyed in as…
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Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads... Christopher Lloyd has stepped back in front of the cameras, reprising the now classic role of Doc Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy. But sadly this film shoot was not for a fourth Back to the Future film. This time the mad time-traveling scientist makes…
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With Hollywood running short on ideas, Paramount greenlit a computer animated movie based on the classic trippy 80's cartoon series The Smurfs (Truth is that the Smurfs are actually 50 years old, having first appeared in comic strips). The first images from this upcoming big screen computer animated adaptation appeared in the Happy Smurfday Euro…
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The official logo for Paramount's G.I. Joe live-action movie has been found at Toy Fair in New York City. You can take a look at the full banner at MTV or Hisstank. I spent a good half an hour cleaning up the image, so that it looks presentable online. I'm sure Paramount will issue an…
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A mysterious stranger shows up on the doorstep of a desperate married couple's (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) home with a mysterious box. If they press the button inside the box, they'll instantly get the money to save their ailing son, but in exchange, someone, somewhere in the world will die. But the temptation to…
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Ryan Reynolds's star has not blazed into the sky yet. Sure, he has made numerous attempts and coasted around orbit before burning out into a falling star back to earth, but his rise has not stuck. It's starring vehicles like Definitely Maybe that stunt his growth as an actor, he is unable to unleash his…
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Found on Flickr, this life size Indiana Jones LEGO statue is on display at Toy Fair 08, which is happening right now in New York City. We've found a few more photos of the creation over at Gizmodo, check them out after the jump. Â Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any…
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I was just about to go drown myself in Pabst and orange juice when a tipster sent me an email with the words "Hunter, What Do You Think?" and a link to the following vid. I can't believe what I just watched. It appears to be a clip from Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things…
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Ever since I saw the first teaser trailer for the new Pixar film, I've been anxiously awaiting the day when Disney releases a WALL-E that can run around my apartment and scare my cat. Last week we showed you the first released photos of WALL-E action figures from the UK ToyFair. The action figures shown…
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If true, this is a bad move. PR Insider reports that Sylvester Stallone is in negotiations with Sony Pictures to revise his character Cliffhanger, er, Gabe Walker, in a sequel to 1993's Cliffhanger, which grossed $84 million domestically and $200 million plus worldwide. The sequel will be entitled The Dam, which automatically makes me think…
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In going along with Peter's "rant" about what constitutes a spoiler on the Internets, I'm not sure if the following quote from director Carter Smith about The Ruins is one or not. If you've read the book by Scott Smith, it's definitely not, and the info should please you. But if you haven't, you'll know…
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"Saw films are below par." Brooklynite actor Michael Pitt has come a long way from starring on Dawson's Creek, and in the current issue of Giant magazine he delivers, in context, some particularly vapid-funny-traditionally-hipster quotes about the Saw franchise, U.S. soldiers and people who won't/don't "get" the March remake of Funny Games. On his film…
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Yesterday, we posted the first photos of the Cloverfield Monster Toy, which is being produced by Hasbro. We received a few angry comments, yelling at us for "Spoiling" Cloverfield for them. The whole concept of Spoilers has been something that has been on my mind for a few months now. Originally a Spoiler meant something…
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"Yeah, like, why do so many of Slash Film's readers wanna collect my bones and stuff?" Comparable to blurting out a hat trick of her favorite indie bands outside a Cat Power concert, Ellen Page (Juno :) just booked her third film in a month's time, following Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell and Drew…
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These photos of a promo statue for The Incredible Hulk popped up over at Cinematical and were apparently snapped at a toy fair. In what's probably a clear indicator of the Hulk's size in this June's reboot starring Edward Norton, note the lady and decked-out Humvee to the statue's right (as well as a new…
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While we were stuck in Park City enjoying Sundance, I posted a new photo of WALL-E that premiered in Entertainment Weekly. Disney/Pixar has now sent us a super high resolution version of the image (which looks a hell of a lot better than my camera phone snapshot). Click on the image above to enlarge. WALL-E…
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Screenwriter Kurt Sutter has removed his screenwriting credit from Marvel and Lionsgate's superhero reboot, Punisher: War Zone, due in September, and he's explained his decision quite frankly on his personal blog, while alluding to dissonance with the flick's creative direction as well. He says that he didn't "deserve" credit for the screenplay, as little of…
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The first poster for Mike Myers's The Love Guru has arrived to tickle your funny bone like a jumbo-sized mustache. Except, if you're like me, you already find yourself thinking about this June release, the schtick involved and the oncoming marketing blitz and your mind turns into an incurable rash. Myers stars as Pitka, an…
Read More I'm not sure how much play this post will get in the comments, but to me this is a very cool and very important project. Director John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Coming to America) is set to helm a feature biopic on the life of EC Comics publisher and personality Bill Gaines, nicely…
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I'm not a pro wrestling bash-er. I use to be a fan back in that big boom. I actually believe there is untapped talent in the organization, and am shocked that World Wrestling Entertainment has been unable to produce one single watchable movie. That said, I think Vince McMahon should give up on his movie…
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Someone in the CHUD message boards compared the American and International version of the movie trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Agent of Chaos discovered that a bunch of russian soldiers with guns had been removed from the American version. Check out the photo above. I'm pretty sure that this…
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A while back we told you about Warner Bros plans for a anime-style six-part anthology that bridges the gaps between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Batman: Gotham Knight is directed by Bruce W. Timm, co-creator and producer of Batman: The Animated Series. The film's six segments are written by Josh Olson, David Goyer, Brian…
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With the release of the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie trailer, I thought a look back at the original films is in order. So below you will find the trailers that made up the original Indiana Jones trilogy. Step into the Delorean, and take a trip back in time with…
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Hasbro has finally revealed photos of the Cloverfield Monster action figure. The Cloverfield Monster Toy Features: * 70 points of articulation and incredible life-like detail * Authentic sound * 14" tall * 10 parasites * Two interchangeable heads * Statue of Liberty head accessory * Special Cloverfield collector's edition packaging The Cloverfield monster is…
Read More All of the rumors, concerns and speculation regarding how Heath Ledger's unfortunate passing would be addressed in director Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, in which Ledger had a major role, can now cease. AICN is reporting that three actors will pay tribute by filling in the remainder of Ledger's performance (to me, this…
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So, there's a new documentary in the works set for a 2009 release entitled The People vs. George Lucas and the filmmakers are currently looking for Star Wars fans to submit interviews confessing their feelings on the man and his ever expanding universe. And judging by the rather ballsy title, it will focus on burn…
Read More If you are one Hagy Belzberg, the architect, Harvard alum and home owner of this environmentally friendly 5,800 square foot Skyline Residence located atop the Hollywood Hills, or his fortunate house-sitter, /Film would like to make a movie party with you. With majestic views of Tinseltown and downtown L.A. and a 65-foot infinity pool, the…
Read More An international movie trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening hit the web earlier this month, but was quickly removed by Fox. I think it might have had something to do with the unrated nature of the previous trailer (which can still be found on YouTube). I loved the "mass suicide" sequence shown in that…
Read More Transformers director Michael Bay is featured in a new advertising campaign for Verizon FiOS TV and FiOS Internet services. And this commercial is just as awesome as Michael Bay himself. Bay blows stuff up throughout, and there is even a cameo from Bumblebee. Watch the AWESOME commercial below.
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Okay, so you've just watched the new teaser trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... But did you know that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was not the last time we saw Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones... Let's take a look back at a piece of history filed directly next…
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Guy convinces wife to have sex with him for 101 straight days. Guy says it was his wife's idea (mkay). Guy writes book about the experience(s). Guy's book is optioned by Hollywood before it's released. Twentieth Century Fox now owns the movie rights to Just Do It: How One Couple Screwed Their Life and Love…
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LA artist AUGOR has taken over the Paramount Vantage There Will Be Blood billboard on Melrose and Mansfield in Los Angeles. I love how Daniel Day-Lewis is now sitting on a skull. Paramount should hire this guy to create artwork for future films. Click on the photo below to see the billboard up close. via:…
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Yesterday, Paramount/Dreamworks made the decision to rearrange a lot of their 2008/2009 release calendar. And today 20th Century Fox has joined the schedule reshuffle game. If the "theory of three's" is true, another major studio will also announce a reshuffle by weeks end. Here are some of the Fox changes: The Eddie Murphy family comedy…
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Paramount/Dreamworks have just released the official teaser movie trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/indy4trailer.flv 470 200] My first impression is that it feels like Temple of Doom and not a next generation action movie (ala Michael Bay). Even with the super unrealistic jump from the car crash explosion in…
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Earlier we told you how Paramount/Dreamworks had pushed JJ Abrams' Star Trek back to May 2009 as part of a major studio schedule reshuffle. Lets take a look at some of the other films in this huge reshuffle: Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio will now hit theaters on October…
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The users of the Internet Movie Database have voted Paris Hilton's latest movie "effort" The Hottie and the Nottie as the WORST movie of ALL TIME. With 2,190 votes, Hilton's latest film has overtook the 2004 ultra low budget indie horror film Zombie Nation, as well as other infamous cinematic crap such as Who's Your…
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The ambiguity of this news is just so ninja. Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski and their director protege James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) will likely soon begin filming a movie called Ninja Assassin with Korean pop star Rain (né Jung Ji-hoon) in the lead. Rain will be seen in the duo's hyperactive Speed Racer and he…
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After a misfire earlier this week, Fox has decided to reveal the first photo of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which will hit theaters on May 1st 2009 (a week prior to Star Trek). source: USAToday
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The Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie trailer will be online Thursday Morning. Keep checking back!
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Bad news for Star Trek fans. Paramount has announced that they have decided to push back the release of JJ Abrams' Star Trek prequel/reboot from December 25th 2008 to May 8th 2009. The studio claims that the move is part of a major reshuffle in the Paramount/DreamWorks schedule, and studio insiders say they are more…
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The MTV Blog has gotten its paws on this exclusive figurine pic of the character Wer-Wolf from May's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The character is "a half-human/half-wolf hybrid that operates 24/7, regardless of full moon." This thing reminds me of some beastly creation from Rod Serling's Night Gallery, and I'm not sure I've…
Read More While watching There Will Be Blood, I found that I was drawing thematic, musical and enigmatic comparisons to Jim Jarmusch's American study Dead Man. It would make for an interesting essay. Jarmusch's films are always unpredictable meditations and the director's next movie, The Limits of Control, due in 2009, doesn't look to break the mold.…
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Fox Searchlight just sent us the theatrical one-sheet for the Keanu Reeves crime-thriller Street Kings (formerly titled The Night Watchman). Earlier in the week we posted the movie trailer, which can be viewed here. Check out the full poster after the jump. Click on the image to enlarge. Street Kings stars Keanu Reeves as Tom…
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We're back with another batch of movie trailers for some of the smaller independent films playing at the 2008 South By Southwest Film Festival: Barry Jenkins' meet-cute drama Medicine For Melancholy, Jennifer Phang's cosmic family saga Half-Life, Kevin Ely & Beau Leland's rock opera Rainbow Around the Sun, Harmony Korine's celeb-impersonator fantasy Mister Lonely, Marco…
Read More AICN received a tip today claiming that Al Pacino has already been cast as one of the villains in the next James Bond opus, Quantum of Solace. Now this info is not confirmed and is strictly rumor, but if true, Pacino certainly gives the new school Bond an old school kick. Here's what the tipster…
Read More Martin Scorsese recorded a Wireless Courtesy Message for AT&T. Scorsese's "Be Sensible" spot will start playing before films in movie theaters nationwide this Friday (February 8), but you can watch it now below. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/scorseseatt.flv 320 240]
Read More James Cameron might not be directly involved in a fourth Terminator film, but his influence is already being felt. Australian actor Sam Worthington has been cast in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins after Cameron recommended the young star to director McG after working with him closely on Avatar. Worthington joins Christian Bale, who plays an…
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The Hollywood rumor-mill is starting to spin the idea of a Juno sequel. You might be scratching you head wondering: Why would they even consider making a Juno sequel anyway? Juno has taken in over $136 million at the box office. By the end of its theatrical run, Juno will likely have grossed more (domestically)…
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KTTV Fox 11 in LA caught a glimpse of the set of JJ Abrams' Star Trek as shooting took place close to downtown Los Angeles. The footage is pretty much spoiler free (there appears to be a downed ship in an Arctic location), but interesting none the less. Check it out after the jump. via:…
Read More Belgian Star Wars fan Benoît Lambert created this Darth Vader-shaped Hot Air balloon. "As soon as we got Lucasfilm's approval, we made contact with the world largest manufacturer of hot-air balloons, specialized in special shapes and based in the United Kingdom. A Darth Vader helmet replica was sent to their engineers to help them recreate…
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Last month Dark Horse Comics premiered the cover for the comic book adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by artist Steve Anderson. Both issues of the Dark Horse companion comic will have variant edition covers. One will be drawn by legendary poster artist Drew Struzan, and the other by Hugh…
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The Writers Strike is Officially Over, but no need to wait for Paramount/DreamWorks to hire a screenwriter to draft out a treatment for Transformers 2, because Michael Bay has already done the work himself. "I've been writing Transformers 2. We've got our characters all designed. I always write all my scripts, my movies anyway so…
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/Film Reader Andrea has sent us three new photos from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which appear to be published in an italian magazine. Is it just me or does that photo with Harrison Ford and the snake look a bit strange? via: repubblica
Read More This weekend they shot footage for Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler at an independent pro-wrestling show (Combat Zone Wrestling) show at the infamous ECW Arena in South Philadelphia. They filmed Mickey Rourke as down and out wrestling legend Randy "The Ram" Robinson enter the ring to Sweet Child of Mine by Guns 'N Roses (a song…
Read More Our strike-beat reporter, Hooper X, will be chiming in with his official report shortly, but the legendary Writers Guild of America Strike is now over. A vote was passed at 7 p.m. today to end it with a 92.5% endorsement. Here's the statement from WGA West president Patrick Verrone... "The strike is over," he said.…
Read More The hypnotic intro to M*A*S*H, alongside China Beach's, was forever instilled in my head as a kid, even though I habitually fell asleep beside my dad two minutes into the actual show. And of course, Robert Altman's 1970 film is one of his classics. Twenty six years later, a retired chemical engineer named Andreas Kyriacou…
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A Red Band (read: uncensored or R-rated) trailer for the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced comedy Pineapple Express has hit the interwebs. I can't imagine any of this drug humor could be shown in a green band version. Watch the new trailer below and tell me what you think. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the…
Read More Former Punisher Thomas Jane is set to headline Die Hard director John McTiernan's car-chase actioner Run. The film is budgeted at $35 million and will shoot in Argentina, where the plot takes place as well. Jane will play an Interpol agent who happens on a large conspiracy while pursuing a murder suspect. In the past,…
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Who's watching the Watchmen? Maybe no one... A couple days ago in my posting about Roy Scheider's death, I brought up the rule of threes, explaining how things in life usually happen in groups of three. Yesterday was the day of Hollywood lawsuits. It started with the Tolkien Estate suing New Line over Lord of…
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We at /Film haven't mentioned Alexandre Aja's 2009 remake of Piranha until now, but something about this project feels incredibly spot-on to me. As Mickey Knox would say with a deranged grin and a smack of his chewing gum: "It's fate." STYD has received word that the film will now be shown theatrically in 3D.…
Read More If Bijou Phillips could act, she'd be Marisa Tomei. When Julianne Moore does nudity, it's like she's making a fiery feminist statement with a dash of humor. When Tomei does it, like in the first minute(s) of Sidney Lumet's sharp Before the Devil Knows Your Dead or in Slums of Beverly Hills, it's like she's…
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I wonder if George Lucas has one of those Paint the Earth signs hanging on the walls of his mansions like in The Real World 3 (or was it 2?). USA Today has scored a somewhat muddy first look at what Anakin Skywalker aka Young Darth will look like in the upcoming Star Wars: The…
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In what will mark their second consecutive film examining the Jewish experience following 2009's A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen will write, direct and produce an adaptation of feted author Michael Chabon's 2007 bestseller The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Mega-producer Scott Rudin, who was behind the Coens's No Country for Old Men as well as…
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A few days ago Rob Zombie was said to be up for the skull-and-horn adorned director's chair on the 2009 Lionsgate tent-pole Conan. The plethora of dried blood and fur, swords, mating calls and battle cries that drenched my imagination when I heard this rumor was lovely. Zombie could do both the classic barbaric character…
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The word over at Superhero Hype is the Lionsgate has already negotiated with Frank Miller to direct two sequels to his Sin City-style green screen comic book caper The Spirit. If true, this would indicate tremendously sweet buzz on the project, as the main character, a detective who fakes his death to more vigilantly pursue…
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Residents of Middle-Earth should pop some Advil, as already-troubled New Line Cinema has been sued by the Tolkien estate, which seeks $150 million plus in damages in the mega-lawsuit. Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy did over $6 billion in world-wide receipts, but the estate claims that not a drop of gross profit…
Read More A bunch of websites are reporting that the live-action GI Joe movie starts shooting today, but that's actually not the case. The film begins shooting on Wednesday. And now IESB is reporting that unforeseen VISA problems will prevent David Murray from playing the villainous Destro. The studio found a quick last minute replacement (which is…
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The movie trailer for Fox Searchlight's Keanu Reeves crime-thriller Street Kings (formerly titled The Night Watchman) has hit the web. Street Kings stars Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer,…
Read More Last week a new Rob Zombie project popped up on the production boards as The Weinstein Co / Dimension Films set an August 28th 2009 date for "Rob Zombie's Tyrannosaurus Rex". But what is Tyrannosaurus Rex? Zombie wrote a blog entry on myspace which revealed very little. "My next live action feature is called TYRANNOSAURUS…
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Valentine's Day is coming a little earlier for Indy fans. Paramount Pictures and LucasFilm have announced that the much anticipated teaser trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be previewed exclusively on ABC's "Good Morning America" on February 14th between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. The footage will then be immediately…
Read More This WALL-E LEGO Mindstorms robot was the winning entry for the NXTLOG Back to School Building Challenge. The completed creation will scan a classroom floor for litter and rubbish, pick them up and put it in its belly and crush them. It uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect rubbish. The most impressive part: the winning…
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The first official photo from Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has been revealed on the film's official website (DoctorParnassus.com). Production on Imaginarium was stopped after the accidental death of the film's star Heath Ledger. Gilliam hopes and plans to finish the film without removing Ledger's footage. The launch of the official website and…
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Life has a very strange way of playing out. Most creative people will explain to you the law of threes. Stories, jokes, art, movies, everything happens in threes. And I've noticed the same thing in life. Things happen in threes. First there was Brad Renfro, than Heath Ledger, and now Roy Scheider is dead at…
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We've written about the Back to the Future and Silence of the Lambs minimates in past Cool Stuff columns. Diamond Select is working to transform other classic movies to little lego figure sized form. Up next is the classic spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars. Anyone that knows me, knows I'm not a fan of…
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In a report from Toy Fair Germany, an AICN scooper named Mark Single claims to have seen what he believes to be the first trailer for Universal's The Incredible Hulk prequel/reboot. Here is the description: "It was great to see the first footage of the INCREDIBLE HULK. I think the Ang Lee movie was terrible,…
Read More Sam Raimi doesn't get his dream job of directing the Lord of the Rings Hobbit prequels... What is the Spider-Man director to do? Anything he wants - he's Sam f'n Raimi. And what Raimi wants is the hottest actress in Hollywood right now in his next film. Ellen Page has been cast in Raimi's Drag…
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CHUD has a scan of a new toy advertisement featuring our first look at The Abomination from The Incredible Hulk reboot/sequel. Emil Blonsky, played in the film by Tim Roth, is transformed into The Abomination after nation after injecting himself with Banner's gamma formula out of spitefulness. We've also included a photo of The Abomination…
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"Man-Thing No. 2, got it." Some of you are no doubt slumming it in the gutter of your manse's bowling alley this weekend nursing a fifth of vodka and eternal questions, but right now the Monkees' "Now I'm a Believer" is ringing in my ears like percussive cheese because: Corey Haim is filming his scenes…
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WonderCon has announced their programing line-up, and this year it's packed with great panels. Here is a look at this year's movie and television related panels: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 3:30-4:30 History of Superhero Movies-Â Comic books started out modestly 75 years ago, printed on pulp paper and appealing to a very young audience. Today, comics…
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You have to give Paramount Vantage credit. They've decided to embrace the cult popularity of the "I Drink Your Milkshake" quote from Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood. Today I had to sign for a couriered letter. The return address said nothing more than the THERE WILL BE BLOOD logo. I open up the…
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Even since I first saw the very first teaser trailer for Pixar's WALL-E, I've been looking forward to getting a mini version of the little robot for my desk. Spotted at the UK ToyFair is the first WALL-E action figure. I'm not a huge fan of the toy company Pixar uses to produce their figures.…
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Pretty Persuasion director Marcos Siega returns to the big screen with a dark romantic comedy about an obsessively organized efficiency expert (played by Ryan Reynolds) whose life unravels in unexpected ways when fate forces him to explore the serendipitous and chaotic nature of love and forgiveness. The film also stars Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend, Sarah…
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I know we've seen similar conceptual marketing images in the past, but could this be the teaser poster for Universal's sequel/reboot of The Incredible Hulk? Thanks to /Film Reader Casty the Clown for sending this in. Source: BadTaste.it, Play.com
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I'm not sure where this new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull photo came from, appears to be an Italian magazine. I'm posting the full photo after the jump to avoid front page spoilerage (although if this type of scene will appear in the trailer or magazines than I don't really consider…
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Empire has an exclusive international movie trailer for Pixar's upcoming WALL-E. The new trailer clocks in at over two minutes and gives us our most indepth preview of the new Andrew Stanton film yet. I'm not sure I entirely digg the 1950's/1960's style animation voiceover, but I understand what they're going for. I can't wait…
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During the opening session at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, former Eidos Interactive president and current intellectual-property migration specialist Keith Boesky said, "People are making games based on Juno just to cater to the [casual] market." The world of video game blogs went crazy, reporting that Eidos Interactive was making a video game based…
Read More Vanity Fair decided to recreate some of the classic scenes from the films of Alfred Hitchcock using modern day actors and actresses. Imagine Charlize Theron in Dial M For Murder, Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. in To Catch a Thief, Seth Rogen in North by Northwest, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem in Rear Window,…
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Three new movie trailers for three more films which are set to premiere at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival have hit the interwebs: My Effortless Brilliance, a low-budget mumblecore Duplass Brothers-esque drama about two friends, One Minute to Nine, a haunting documentary about one family's history of domestic abuse, and Up With Me,…
Read More Men everywhere rejoice - Scarlett Johansson filmed a "steamy lesbian sex scene with Penelope Cruz" for Woody Allen's new star filled porno film Vicky Cristina does Barcelona. A source tells the NY Post that the scene is "extremely erotic" and that "people will be blown away and even shocked." Apparently, Penelope and Scarlett go at…
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A couple days ago we told you how Fox Searchlight had decided to rename The Night Watchman into Street Kings, possibly due to the upcoming Watchmen comic book to movie adaptation. A few days later these production stills mysteriously showed up in our e-mail box. Here is your first look at Street Kings, which stars …
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007.com has converted the Quantum of Solace Teaser Poster into desktop wallpaper. Bond fanatics, commence skinning of computer desktop... now.
Read More UK-based company Synthetic Dimensions has gotten the rights to create a fully licensed lenticular 3D recreation of the original Star Wars Poster. I'm not exactly sure how they've done it, but they used the Synthetic Dimensions' proprietary Syndimation process to convert the original 2D painting used in 1977 to promote the Star Wars. This unique,…
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David Spade impersonates Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in this hilarious There Will Be Blood parody video titled "There Will Be Oscars" over at FunnyorDie.com. Spade's Plainview wants the Oscar gold. He's worked long and hard for this moment. This is probably the funniest thing Spade has done in years. Watch the video now below.…
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Moviefone snagged the official teaser poster for Quantum of Solace, and I say mehhh. This poster takes advantage of the minimalism that's so trendy right now, and so exquisitely exercised by Funny Games (this poster is mine, whether the remake sucks or not, do not care) and milks it until its literally dust. Playing it…
Read More An image for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has appeared online; actually, only half of the image, as the other half will apparently be conjoined on the film's official site this weekend. A source close to the film purportedly told Quick Stop that the massive influx of web traffic caused its site to…
Read More "The voice is mine." Oooh, K.I.T.T. voice draaama! Friend of the world's beaches and former Batman and Real Genius, Val Kilmer, has signed on to voice the smooth-computin' automobile in the latest TV-reboot of Knight Rider for NBC and Universal. Will Kilmer's K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Three Thousand) do a passable Elvis impersonation and fire a…
Read More Eric Bana says his villainy role as Nero in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek is nothing more than a "cameo." News to me. You? Here's another quote from the Aussie actor about his role: "It's just a great character, it's J.J. Abrams. It's a really well-written script, great part. Couldn't say no. I don't actually look…
Read More When the eldest Beastie Boy grows a serious gray beard, you know the film business is calling, and today brings news that Adam Yauch aka the rapper known as MCA has started an indie film distribution and international sales company called Oscilloscope Pictures. Anyone who's grabbed the nachos and grape soda and plopped down to…
Read More Lesson: be careful with the prescription pills. Ending weeks of speculation with official closure and a bit of universal health advice, actor Heath Ledger's death on January 22nd has been attributed to an "acute intoxication" of several prescription medications. A New York medical examiner said that toxicology reports show that a lethal combination of anxiety…
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A few movie trailers for films playing in the 2008 South by South West Film Festival have popped up online. Check out the trailers for Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet, Second Skin and New Orleans Mon Amour after the jump. Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet A feature length documentary which delves into the movement known…
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As much as people like to complain about AMC, but every year they run the Best Picture showcase. What is the AMC 2008 Best Picture Showcase? It is when they show all five films nominated for Best Picture in one day, one ticket, free large popcorn with unlimited refills for only $30. It's a deal…
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McG is hinting that No Country for Old Men star Josh Brolin might be cast as the new Terminator in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. This is addition to the already officially announced Christian Bale as John Connor would certainly raise the level of talent in front of the camera in the start of this…
Read More Jeremy Hooper sent me a link to this video footage from the Castro Street San Francisco set of Gus Van Sant's Milk, mostly all store fronts we've seen before. But about 2:25 in you get to hear some of Sean Penn's performance as Harvey Milk. Emile Hirsch also appears flaboyantly playing his character of Cleve…
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I love my cell phone wireless internet card. I don't know how I would have survived Sundance without one. It's an amazing thing to have the ability to be online anywhere. Right now I'm on the way to SFO to pick up a friend from the East Coast from the airport. And I'm blogging while…
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Official Pix has premiered a new publicity photo for Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. From the site: "The 11x14 inch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull image will be limited to just 50 hand numbered pieces making it an instant collectible! Each of these hand…
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Empire Film Group has acquired the motion picture production and distribution rights to Henson, an original screenplay by Robert D. Slane that tells the story of the life and achievements of Muppets/Sesame Street creator Jim Henson. Empire plans to hire a major director, such as Penny Marshall, and name talent for this $30 million production…
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Tonight Gus Van Sant shot with hundreds of extras in front of the newly-renovated Castro movie theater (looking more beautiful than it did in the 1970's) for the new Sean Penn movie Milk. Click on the photo to enlarge. There will be a bring-your-own-Candle-light March on Friday Night, February 8th, but only those who have…
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A bunch of middle school kids interview Juno director Jason Reitman at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. One of the brats asks Reitman where he finds time to call his father (Ivan Reitman) when he needs to know where to put the camera. Another one of the kids follows up with a question asking…
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One of my favorite films of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival is Morgan Spurlock's follow-up to his hit 2004 documentary Super Size Me. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden is a documentary on the epic action movie scale. A search for the most wanted man on the planet becomes a nice primer about…
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ActionFigureInsider uncovered a promotional flyer from a Japanese company which is producing a variety of trinkets for the Indiana Jones series (including miniature versions of the holy grail and the lost ark). Among the group of items is what appears to be the first look at the Crystal Skull. You can check out the photo…
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You might be wondering, what is Taken? I'm not talking about the Steven Spielberg produced alien abduction miniseries from a few years ago. I'm talking about the new french triller from District B13 director Pierre Morel, based on a script co-written by Robert Mark Kamen (The Transporter) and Luc Besson (The Professional). Liam Neeson stars…
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After months and months of people not in the know asking me "Is Keanu Reeves in Watchmen?", Fox Searchlight Pictures has finally realized their upcoming film The Night Watchman posed a marketing challenge which was sure to create confusion in consumers, especially with buzz growing for the Warner Bros/Zack Snyder adaptation of Alan Moore's epic…
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Empire has the Red Band trailer (read: unrated) for the new Judd Apatow comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's not really too different from the theatrical trailer, but includes Kristen Bell in a bikini in a sex scene, which makes it completely worth checking out. I'm still not completely sold on this one, but the last…
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I know, everyone loves to unload the hate on M. Night Shyamalan. I agree, his recent batch of releases have been subpar, but we must keep reminding ourselves that this guy made two or three really solid movies. I believe he has more in him, he just needs a good producer to help edit his…
Read More The March 2008 cover of Vanity Fair features an Hollywood Issue spread of the rising women stars of 2007: Emmy winner America Ferrera , Oscar nominee Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, Amy Adams, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Alice Braga, Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Banks and Ginnifer Goodwin. Ellen Page looks rather strange in a dress.
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Our friends at Sideshow Collectables have unveiled their upcoming exclusive limited edition Predator Diorama. This wall-mountable diorama "captures the fierce Yautjas creature, poised for the attack, adorned with an arsenal of hi-tech weapons." The Diorama can also be displayed on your desktop using the Predator logo base. The diorama is cast in high-quality, heavy-weight polystone,…
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Last week after Mark Romanek quit the $85 million remake of The Wolf Man, names began to drop over possible replacements. Brett Ratner? Ick! John Landis? How strange! Cloverfield's Matt Reeves? Really?? And now comes word that Joe Johnston has come aboard the project to save the day. And while some are giving Johnston a…
Read More Earlier tonight we posted the awesome new Iron Man television advertisement which aired during the Super Bowl. Still want more Iron Man? Good, because after the jump, I have for you, 13 new production photos from the film. As always, click on the images to enlarge. Iron Man hits theaters on May 2nd 2008.
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I posted a short video clip of WALL-E's encounters with a BuyNLarge Vaccume earlier today, without the knowledge that this short would be the focal point of Disney/Pixar's WALL-E Super Bowl advertisement. I am reposting, because the Super Bowl spot saw the addition of Woody and Buzz Lightyear (from Pixar's Toy Story) sitting on a…
Read More Oh yes, my first Quentin Tarantino post here on the great Slash. Warning: I am not going to get to the point. There are some directors I still cannot wait to interview. Not Tarantino. Like Michael Jordan, a living Bobby Fisher, Gregory Isaacs, J.D. Salinger, the Rza, or my favorite ex gal, I'd rather just…
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The new Iron Man television spot which premiered during the Super Bowl has everyone talking. It certainly got me pumped to see the film, although, a lot of people seem to be questioning the overtly CG animated sequence towards the end (yes, it did look somewhat like a video game cut scene). But I'm pretty…
Read More You can watch the new Leatherheads television spot which premieres during tonight's Super Bowl, below. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/leatherheadssuperbowl.flv 460 218] Official Plot Synopsis: Oscar® winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in Leatherheads, a quick-witted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football…
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A random news symbiote has infested the Nets today and, as Ned Ryerson would squeal, "it's a doozy." IESB reports that Marvel Studios is prepping a Venom spin-off and has already met with "several A-list writers." Before you fire off the sirens to alert the strikers, you may recall that a bit ago Marvel cut…
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I've always wondered why LucasFilm have never released a display quality lightsaber which you could use as a lamp. All of the Master Replicas Force FX blades use internal batteries so that you can swordplay with your friends. Thats fun but I've always wanted a lightsaber that I could mount to a wall as a…
Read More /Film Reader Casty The Clown sent me this funny video clip of WALL-E meeting a vacuum (which appears to have been made by the Buy N Large Corporation). [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/wallevaccume.flv 470 260] Now isn't he just the cutest robot ever?
Read More Check out the Super Bowl spots for Universal's Wanted and Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian below. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/narniapcsuperbowl.flv 470 188] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/wantedsuperbowl.flv 470 254] The Wanted advertisement is also available in High Definition on Yahoo! Movies.
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Exceeding all expectations and boldly showing up Hollywood on how to craft a stunning, historical battleground epic with tasteful violence and, sure, sweeping romance, Mongol was one of my top 10 films of 2007. And while it's valid to make the argument for those films notoriously left out of the category, Mongol deserves to win…
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The following review contains very minor spoilers and was written with consideration for those who have not seen it. I'm disappointed with how Rambo seems to be doing this weekend at the domestic box office, and I am disappointed that I haven't reviewed the film until now. That said, at least I am reviewing it,…
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MTV has posted yet another new photo from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Harrison Ford is seen standing on top of the wooden cases in what appears to be that big warehouse from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Read More Just wanted to give a quick update. The reason for the infrequent updates this past week have been because of this "bug" I caught at Sundance. Today, my fever got to a high of 102.7. This is definitely the worst sick experience of my entire life. It appears to be coming down, so hopefully everything…
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Say what?! Days after producer Harvey Weinstein started revving the hype machine for another Rambo sequel, director-star Sylvester Stallone is quoted as saying he's forever done with the character. The following quote is attributed to Stallone by the Guardian UK newspaper, apparently while the actor was at a press conference... "This is the last Rambo…
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Word around Hollywood is this: a showbiz exec was boozing it up inside a karaoke lounge on the strip, caught James Gandolfini crooning "Let's Get It On" and the wet thought hit him: Tony Soprano as R&B legend Marvin Gaye. Brilliant! Hey, it arguably worked for I'm Not There and Palindromes, but the reality is…
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Marvel.com has released a screenshot from the Iron Man advertisement which will premiere during the Super Bowl this Sunday. Click on the image above to enlarge. Other movie related Super Bowl spots include Hancock, Don't Mess With the Zohan, Semi-Pro (in collaboration with Budweiser), Drillbit Taylor, Wall-E and/or The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Universal…
Read More Didya hear? Sarah Silverman is F--king Matt Damon. Damon has long been the punchline of a running joke in Silverman's boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel's sign-off ("Apologies to Matt Damon, we've run out of time!"). To celebrate their 5th anniversary, Silverman performs a song abiout her torrid affair with The Bourne Identity star.
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Ioncinema has the first photo from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York. Click on the image to enlarge. Many of you will recognize Kaufman's name from his unique screenwriting credits: Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Adaptation., Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. The movie stars…
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Yesterday, Disney registered the domain named for NationalTreasure3DVD.com and NationalTreasure4DVD.com, spawning rumors that Walt Disney Pictures is planning back to back sequels. National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets was released 6 weeks ago, and has already earned over $365 million worldwide, already beating the overall take of the original 2004 film. So a sequel seems…
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ABC Family has hired 7th Heaven creator Brenda Hampton to create what appears at first glance to be a rip-off of the popular indie dramedy Juno. TV Guide offers a detailed synopsis for this yet-to-be-titled upcoming series about a "Fifteen-year-old" who gets pregnant and "struggles to deal with her feelings for Ricky", the "father". The…
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