Indiana Jones 1930's Serial by RogerRmjet The Pitch: What if Raiders of the Lost Ark was a 1930's serial? Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. via: The Force
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS Continuing its semi-return from the Fox cancellation grave yard, Futurama finally releases its second direct-to-DVD…
Read MoreWelcome to another edition of Movie Playlist, where we talk to the writers, directors, and stars about their favorite films. I've always found the celebrity playlists on iTunes to be interesting. Most everyone in the film business moved to Hollywood after discovering their love of films. And I've always love talking to people about their…
Read MoreSuperBad: The Action Movie Trailer by RM18CPR The Pitch: What if SuperBad was an action movie? RM18CPR remixed a SuperBad movie trailer as if the R-Rated comedy were an epic-level action film. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/300lightsabers.flv 470 350] 300 With Lightsabers by inlineskater666 The Pitch: What if George Lucas made 300? This fan made video mash-up proves that anything is better with lightsabers. Thanks to /Film reader Oscar for sending this in. One more from YouTube below. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature…
Read MoreRequiem For A Day Off by Shakes McFadden The Pitch: Shakes McFadden has created a new Ferris Bueller’s Day Off trailer using the music from Requiem for a Dream, proving once again that any movie can be 100 times more epic when you add Clint Mansell’s lux aeterna to the soundtrack. Note: the full orchestral…
Read MoreJudd F***king Apatow Accepts Award by THR The Pitch: Judd Apatow accepts the Visionary Award at The Hollywood Reporter's Key Art Awards. Instead of reading an acceptance speech, Apatow reads a private email on the stage. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations.…
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The Boston Herald has a first look at Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Ashecliffe. The big screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel Shutter Island, which tells the story of a U.S. Marshal (DiCaprio) who travels to Shutter Island, a small island in Massachusetts’ Outer Harbor, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/starwarssnowboarding.flv 470 262] Star Wars Snowboarding by Mike Benson The Pitch: Star Wars themed snowboarding at Mountain High. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. BE KIND REWIND As disappointed as I was personally by Be Kind Rewind, the latest film from director Michel Gondry (of Eternal…
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Sam Raimi has signed on to develop and direct a big screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s The Given Day for Columbia Pictures. Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, Dennis Lehane’s long awaited eighth novel tells the story of two families – one black and one white – swept up in…
Read MoreHow They Get There by Spike Jonze The Pitch: 1997 short film directed by Spike Jonze, with Mark Gonzales as male lead. A guy and a girl play copycat with each other from opposite sides of the street, that is, until a slightly abrupt & uncopyable event occurs. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of…
Read MoreFilm Junkie by Tribeca Film Festival The Pitch: Are You A Film Junkie? These series of Film Junkie spots were created for the Tribeca Film Festical by Scott Vincent. More after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader Kinomozg for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/hulkkimmel.flv 400 300] Hulk Smashes Jimmy Kimmel by SCAD The Pitch: In case you missed it .... Academy Award nominated Edward Norton made a special appearance during last night's “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” primetime special! In an exclusive comedic appearance, see how Norton reacts when parking lot security guard Guillermo tries to steal his…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/pencilface.flv 470 262] Pencil Face by SCAD The Pitch: Created by the students of Savannah College of Art and Design, this Harold and the Purple Crayon-inspired short film has a Donnie Darkoish tone. Check out a behind the scenes video on the making of this short film here. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/invasionbattleforearthtrailer.flv 460 320] Invasion: The Battle for Earth by Dr. E. Bola The Pitch: Invasion: The Battle for Earth is an epic six-part alien invasion mash up. Watch the trailer for the series above, or the first five episodes can be viewed after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader MIGUEL F for recommending the series.…
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Here is a rundown of all the essential information that you should know about the Spielberg/DreamWorks situation, and the current developments by Steven to raise a billion dollars for independence: In 1994, Steven Spielberg founded DreamWorks with Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (forming the SKG present on the bottom of the DreamWorks logo) and a…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry's. THE SIGNAL Good horror films are a rarity nowadays, so whenever a notable entry in the genre comes out I like to…
Read MoreThe Pitch: Bumblebee takes the floor! Thanks to /Film reader James J for submitting this video. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.
Read MoreThe Democratic Party's Presidential Race in Eight Minutes by Slate The Pitch: I know this isn't a political site, but I found the Slate's eight minute round up of the democratic party's presidential race better edited than most political documentaries. It's also a good primer for anyone who hasn't been paying attention. Watch More Cool…
Read MoreSteven Seagal is CockPuncher from The Onion Movie The Pitch: Steven Seagal plays in this summers hardest ballbusting flick.. a real wonk in the nut sack! Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail…
Read MoreJim Henson Predicts The Future The Pitch: In this 1982 interview, Jim Henson talks about how High Definition Video is the Future of both Filmmaking and Cable Television, and how we'll eventually have widescreen televisions in our homes. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific…
Read More8 Television Commercials by Matthijs van Heijningen The Pitch: Matthijs van Heijningen will make his directorial debut on the Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead. Watch 8 popular television commercials directed by Heijningen after the jump: [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/heijningen.flv 400 300] [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/heijningen1.flv 400 300] [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/heijningen2.flv 400 300] [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/heijningen3.flv 400 300] Four More Videos After the Jump! [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/heijningen5.flv…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry's. THE DIRTY HARRY ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITION BOX SET Prepare yourselves Clint Eastwood fans, because the Dirty Harry series is getting an upgrade.…
Read More"Piracy PSA" with Christopher Mintz-Plasse by FunnyorDie The Pitch: Another PSA from Judd Apatow with Superbad's Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Made for the "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit for Autism Education. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be…
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Some slightly good news for Back to the Future fans. I just got off the phone with Universal and have confirmed that the Clock Tower used in the trilogy is still standing, after a huge fire broke out on the Universal Studios Backlot earlier today. The Courthouse square set surrounding the only slightly damaged Clock…
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Haha. Two Slashfilm readers have already informed me that they wouldn't be commenting on this poster before it was even posted. Wow. Mirroring his brilliant take on comedy, auteur/brand Tyler Perry has put a modern spin on the Rorschach Test with this new teaser for September's The Family That Preys. The film stars Kathy Bates…
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The Internet: "I just knew after Wanted made a killing, pun intended, that Hollwood would greenlight more comic book movies about assassins. I just knew it, so I'm blogging about it. 'Cause I'm psychic." Anyhow, Matthew Fox (Lost, Racer X) is in deep talks to star as the title hit man in Billy Smoke, one…
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We all know that Eddie Murphy will end up on screen again---whether as a jivin' animal, an obese person near a pool, in a third sequel to June '09's awful-sounding NowhereLand, or (hail mary) Inglorious Bastards. But the man who made Buckwheat even bunnier just announced to Extra (classy) that he's throwing in the towel…
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Thar she blows. Not Tera Patrick, the NY Post's equally shameless Page Six, which reports that the porn starlet is in talks with Quentin Tarantino for his remake of Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Back in January, you may remember that the Post's Liz Smith reliably dished that Britney Spears, Eva Mendes and Kim Kardashian were…
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This week I got the chance to see The Tumbler and Bat-Pod up close and personal at The Dark Knight press day in Hollywood. But before you get too jealous, you to can check out Batman’s ride. Rejects passes along that both the Bat-Pod and the Tumbler will be traveling to the following cities across…
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It's official, Rotten Tomatoes has declared WALL-E to be the best-reviewed movie of the year so far. It beats out Iron Man (93%, 209 reviews), the previous best film of 2008. WALL-E currently has a 96% fresh rating with 149 reviews. To update our previous story, the film also added another 4,000 votes on Internet…
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Over at his official site, director Dario Argento has posted nine first-look stills and the poster for his '09 American release, Giallo, starring Adrien Brody. First impressions: Look at that poster! It's schlock-tastic, like something you'd find in the storage room of a bodega; In odd contrast, Brody looks like late period Al Pacino in…
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ChopShop is selling a couple of cool t-shirts which feature silhouettes of famous geek creations. The first features 55 different vehicles from geek related film, television, children books, and video games. There is even a few motorcycles, vans and flying vehicles to round the crowd out. Printed in sand color ink on charcoal Alstyle men’s…
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This is a minor update, sure, but we still consider Warner Bros.' decision to swipe the throwback horror anthology, Trick 'R Treat, off their release slate to be a quizzical and 'tarded ball drop. The Internet was going nuts for the film after it scored stellar reviews from a sneak at The Alamo. Its Halloween…
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According to Mark Wahlberg, Darren Aronofsky's The Fighter will begin filming this October. Awesome. You may remember that the film, a biopic on badass pugilist "Irish" Micky Ward, gained considerable traction in the press last year when Wahlberg and others compared it to a "new Raging Bull." Brad Pitt later signed on to co-star as…
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I came across this quote from George Lucas in The New York Times: "I mean, why do we have to make another Indiana Jones? There was no point to it, other than, gee, this might be fun." I'm not even going to comment on the quote, because it already says everything I would like to…
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Gary Oldman not only confirmed that he is in Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming performance capture adaptation of A Christmas Carol, but revealed that he is playing three characters in the film. “I play [the ghost of] Marley, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim,” Oldman told /Film at the Dark Knight junket. “I saw the designs, and the…
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Christian Bale took to the defensive, insisting that he accepted the role as John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins because it reinvents the series. “What I saw with Terminator was what I saw with Batman Begins,” Bale told /Film at The Dark Knight junket. But accepting another franchise role was not an easy…
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Sony has released the teaser trailer for the latest James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace. The teaser will be attached to Hancock, which hits theaters later this week. Filled with flashes of Paul Greengrass/Bourne-style action sequences, fast cars, and hot women, what more could you ask for? It looks totally bad ass. Tell me what…
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Update: The deal is now gone! Amazon.com is WAS offering The Ultimate DVD Collection of Planet of the Apes for only $58.99! This is 67% off the suggested retail price of $179.98. The 14-disc set includes: the entire run of movies, TV series, animated series, and the 2001 Tim Burton remake. A nd not only…
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Seibertron have gotten their hands on what some are claiming to be a camera phone photo of the poster for the upcoming Transformers sequel. But is this the real teaser poster for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? I’m guessing its a fake, but we’ll probably find out shortly. Im not sure we've ever seen the…
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At the conclusion of the film’s opening weekend, over 5,300 IMDb users have rated Pixar’s WALL-E, resulting in a 9.3 average user rating. This currently places the film at #9 on IMDb’s top 250 movies of all time, behind only Godfather 1 and 2, Shawshank Redemption, Good Bad and Ugly, Pulp Fiction, Schindlers List, One…
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With the boffo box office and good worth of mouth for Wanted, we look toward the next violent and proud, R-rated comic book adaptation, Punisher: War Zone, opening this December. IGN received a new teaser poster for Lexi Alexander's Marvel/Lionsgate reboot starring Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle, and besides the Indiana Jones rip-off tagline (look…
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A few weeks ago we showed you a piece of concept art created by a couple fans to show what a SR-71 Blackbird might look like as Decipticon Jetfire in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Jolin and Jester are at it again, this time they have created concept art of Trailbreaker. His vehicle mode is…
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Last night was EPIC. I had one of those movie experiences that only happens once in a long long time, where you leave the theater completely blown away by what you just experienced. Folks, this isn’t hype - The Dark Knight is a movie will destroy your expectations. Not only did I get to see…
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Last night in L.A., select film sites including Slashfilm were shown The Dark Knight. The collective positive buzz seems to have only increased in the hours since, reaching frenzied levels that are arguably unprecedented (especially for Twitter). Over the weekend, Movie Hole spoke to Gary Oldman about Heath Ledger's role as The Joker, and what…
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The following review contains very minor spoilers. Not unlike applying an exact birth date to new slang, it’s difficult to gauge whether director Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch) has invented a new language for the modern action film with Wanted. We’ve reached a point where today’s actioners are required to wear moon shoes---films like Wanted and…
Read MoreBattle of the Batmans by Black20 The Pitch: Four Batmans wear the cape, but in Gotham City, there can only be one. Cut together using footage from all the contemporary Batman movies. Thanks to /Film reader Matthew S for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of…
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Universal Pictures Hong Kong features their "stunning series of summer attractions" in the washrooms of local AMC Theatres. Because there is nothing like taking a crap while watching the latest movie trailer for The Mummy 3. Thanks to /Film reader Adam H for sending this over. via: moviesonhk
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Universal has released a third and final movie trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Like the recent television spot, the new trailer starts off with the origin story from the first film, before showing off all the cool creatues and baddies in the new film. They have also released the animated…
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You can hate the SAW series all you want, but one thing you've got to admit is that the poster designs for the series have been some of the best one-sheets in recent years. Lionsgate has released the first teaser poster for SAW V on Shock. And while this isn’t the best poster in the…
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WOW. Fandango is reporting that dozens of showtimes for The Dark Knight are already sold out for the midnight screenings on Thursday night/Friday morning, July 17th. That’s right, even with a full three weeks before the film hits, screenings have begun to sell out. A few theaters have begun to add 3:00am showtimes on Friday…
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WALL-E isn’t just another animated family film, or even just another Pixar movie for that matter. Andrew Stanton has created a masterpiece on the same level as recent classics like There Will Be Blood, The Departed, Pan’s Labyrinth and Children of Men. It is a universal film with timeless appeal. I wouldn’t be surprised if…
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A couple weeks ago I got the chance to enter the Pixar Animation Studios campus in Emmeryville to interview Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton about his latest film WALL-E. When Stanton entered the room he told me that he reads /Film "all the time", how cool is that? A big portion of our conversation was…
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For many months, you've read about Wall-E, the latest attempt at cinematic greatness from Pixar, here on Slashfilm. Like a diamond-studded chariot, the big day has arrived. Is this Pixar's best film? Is it a masterpiece? Was the hype justified? Does it deserve a nom for Best Picture as many critics feel (97% positive on…
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Earlier today, Peter reported on the race to the screen between two new Greek mythology epics inspired by 300. The flip side of this news is that both director Zack Snyder and 300 producers, Mark Canton and Gianni Nunnari (who are also producing one the aforementioned epics) confirmed to Collider at the Saturn Awards that…
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Any would-be Sam Walton knows that Rambo remains America's chief export. He is the vein-y cornerstone staying strong against today's crashing waves of economic turmoil and disaster. VICE just released their Mexico Issue and contained therein are countless photos of Mexico City's beloved Rambo impersonator, Diego Alione. So successful was this Argentine at posing with…
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Yesterday producers Mark Canton, Gianni Nunnari and Bernie Goldmann revealed to Collider that they had landed director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell) to helm War of Gods, a new Greek mythology epic which will be filmed like 300. Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides. The…
Read MoreGotham Tonight #3 & #4 by GCN The Pitch: Gotham City News has two new episodes of Gotham Tonight. In the third episode, above, Mike Engel explores the sad increase in fear toxin related deaths, and the possible return of Johnathan "The Scarecrow" Craine. There is also an explanation behind the whysoserious security camera video…
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Disney has released the trailer for Bolt. Does anyone else find it ironic that an Elvis Presley song is used in the trailer for a movie in which Lilo & Stitch director Chris Sanders was removed as director? I talked about the controversy behind this project last week, if you haven't had a chance, check…
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A new movie trailer for Darren Lynn Bousman's Repo! The Genetic Opera has gone online as the Fantasia Film Festival begins next week. I hate to rehash the quotes used in the trailer, but the movie looks both stunning and original, and might very well become an instant cult classic. It looks like Rocky Horror…
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Harry Knowles got the chance to see some early footage from JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. The few short clips he saw were early edits without proper cg or color timing. The one bit I found particularly interesting is the first description of the bridge of the USS Enterprise: “For the first time in the history…
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One is the feted composer of films like True Romance and The Dark Knight, the other is the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan and a killer composer in his own right (Ghost Dog, Kill Bill). What do they both have in common? They both made appearances on the latest Slashfilm Muxtape! And in yet another…
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As expected, Warner Bros' The Dark Knight includes a dedication to the late Heath Ledger in the credits. The text will read: "In memory of our friends Heath Ledger & Conway Wickliffe" For those of you who don’t know, Wickliffe is the special-effects technician who was killed last September in a stunt-car accident on the…
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UPDATE: Check out this funnay footage shot on the set of Transformers 2. It shows a 'bot that looks a lot like Frenzy ruining a windshield. At this point, Bay's sequel needs a big can of spy spray. Here's the non-spoiler part of this post: Shia LaBeouf will ride a motorcycle in Transformers 2. Wow.…
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This edition of Cool Stuff was too cool to wait until tomorrow. Since the release of Back to the Future: Part II, fans have been trying to convince Nike to produce the futuristic sneakers worn by Marty McFly (played by Michael J Fox). An Internet petition was even started a while back on mcfly2015.com. Well…
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Universal has released a trailer for their pcoming computer animated film The Tale of Despereaux. I always find it fascinating when similar films are released close together: Armageddon and Deep Impact, Ants and A Bug’s Life, and now Ratatouille and The Tale of Despereaux - two computer animated films with European settings, about rodents who…
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What movie should you see this weekend? Wanted is surprisingly good, and will likely beat your expectations. I can honestly recommend it... but the clear winner is WALL-E. So far the little robot that could has a 98% tomatoemeter rating on Rotten Tomatoes with over 40 reviews. Actually, only one reviewer gave a negative critique.…
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According to local lore, the Port of Oakland cranes were the inspiration for the AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
Read MoreToday the angels looking down on Scranton, Pennsylvania are crooning "Beers in Heaven." Steve Carell has signed on to star as Dunder Mifflin's quasi-top dog, Michael Scott, on NBC's The Office for three more years. An understandably elated, Ricky Gervais, broke the news on his blog... "Steve Carell (now one of the most bankable film…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/wallbroll1.flv 460 268] The Making of WALL-E by Disney The Pitch: Last month we posted the b-roll footage from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to show you a bugs eye view of the behind the scenes production of a movie. Today I bring you the B-roll footage from the making of…
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Michael Bay revealed a couple new details in an interview with the New Jersey Times. The story picks up with Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) visiting Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) at a fictional East Coast school with an Ivy League feel. Apparently Banes didn’t have enough money to go to college and was left behind in…
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Kung Fu Panda was the first non-Pixar computer animated film that I really enjoyed. When I saw the film a few months back, I said to one of my friends “This is gonna be huge, lets hope they don’t f**k it up by making a sequel.” Well guess what... A story crew has already begun…
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Shock has a first look at the new Death Race movie poster which is now in theaters. Something about it just screams “shitty movie”. I’m surprised they didn’t try to play up the imagery of the custom killer cars instead of the generic floating heads. Jason Statham leads the cast of an action-thriller set in…
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First (potentially) the actors, and now it looks like Paramount has decided to sit out of this year’s San Diego Comic Con International. A Parmaount spokesman told Anne Thompson that "The timing was off this year." Most of Paramount’s upcoming geek slate isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until 2009. Paramount might still participate with some…
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34-year-old illustrator/designer Tom Whalen has been creating geekarific fan art for the last few years. His original Star Wars posters (seen above) are reminiscent of Eric Tan’s work (which we've featured recently on the site). Click on the image above for a better look. “I love those movies (the Star Wars trilogy) and had to…
Read MoreA trailer for Joss Whedon's 36-minute three-part SCi-Fi internet musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has hit the interwebs. Neil Patrick Harris stars as the title character, a low-rent supervillain who's trying to impress the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to (Felicia Day of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), defeat his nemesis,…
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I have just confirmed that the movie trailer for Scott Derrickson's The Day the Earth Stood Still remake will be attached to prints of Hancock, which hits theaters next week. The contemporary re-imagining of the 1951 science fiction classic stars Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval.…
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/Film reader DC claims to have more information on the upcoming WALL-E short film titled Burn-E which will be included on the DVD release. In the feature film there is a sequence where Eve and WALL-E fly around the Axiom Starliner, and enter through a door locking a poor welder bot on the outside of…
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Producer Frank Marshall revealed to IESB plans to begin shooting a fourth Jason Bourne movie next Summer, for release in 2010. Universal announced the project back in February, with director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon set to return. Marshall also confirmed that they will probably be creating an original story for the fourth film,…
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Last night, the Slashfilm staff got together via Second Life to brain storm strategy for something really trivial. Screenwriter, comedian and all around decent guy, Mike White, was kind enough to alert the online press that he had completed the script to School of Rock 2. Our dilemma: What could Slashfilm offer Jack Black and…
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We have gotten our hands on a new four minute WALL-E featurette showing every aspect of the making of the film. Watch it now below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/walle4minfeaturette.flv 440 250] WALL-E hits theaters on June 27th 2008.
Read MoreGeorge Lucas testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to back the Universal Service Fund. Lucas called on lawmakers to create a free, "third Internet" that would be used only for educational use. Of course, Lucas’ appearance was mocked by several members of the committee. Pennsylvania Republican Mike Doyle: "The…
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The 34th Annual Saturn Awards took place last night. Here is a list of all the winners: Best Science Fiction Film: Cloverfield Best Fantasy Film: Enchanted Best Horror Film: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film: 300 Best Animated Film: Ratatouille Best International Film: Eastern Promises Best Actor: Will Smith (I…
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Richard Kelly’s new film The Box finished shooting four plus months ago, and the first test screening is supposedly later this week. So we can probably expect to see the movie in theaters in October, November or December, right? Wrong. According to Collider, Warner Bros is planning a 2009 release for the Donnie Darko director's…
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Empire has the movie trailer for Guy Ritchie’s new film RockNRolla. When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London’s criminal underworld wants in on the action. Everyone from a dangerous crime lord to a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and down-on-their-luck petty thieves…
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The Dark Knight viral continues with a newly vandalized edition of The Gotham Times (errr now, The Ha Ha Ha Times or The Gotham Mimes). Unlikely Hero on SHH took the time to decode the messages formed by all the circled letters: Page 1: Herrings are red Page 2: Corpses are blue Page 3: You’re…
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DreamWorks has acquired rights to The 39 Clues, Scholastic’s 10-book fantasy adventure series which will launch on September 9th 2008. Steven Spielberg is considering directing the project. Scholastic is hoping to replicate the success of the Harry Potter book series. Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Napoleon and Houdini are just some of the relatives of the most…
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Gadget4all is selling a Spider-Man inspired universal cell phone holder for your car. Available in the original red or venom black, the holder features a flexible arm, and holds phones from 45mm to 95mm in width. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be…
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The Dark Knight will screen for select press later this week (we'll be there), but a scooper over at AICN has already gotten a sneak peak. Tim Bisley compares the movie to The Godfather Part 2 and hints that Heath Ledger’s performance might be worthy of the best supporting Oscar. Here are a couple spoiler…
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HBO has announced that they will be running encore presentations of George Carlin’s comedy specials in memory of the groundbreaking comedian. /Film reader Oscar passes along word that 11of his comedy specials will be presented over two nights on HBO2: Wednesday, June 25th 8:00pm George Carlin at USC (1977) 9:00pm George Carlin Again! (1978) 11:00pm…
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Ripten has confirmed that Mortal Kombat vs. DC will feature fatalities after all... kinda. Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon says: "All of the MK characters and all of the DC villains will have fatalities. The DC heroes who don’t kill that often will have brutalities that will function just like fatalities but don’t actually kill…
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Lester "Beetlejuice" Green has supposedly been spotted on the Princeton set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Many people know the little man with the even smaller head as one of the members of the Wack Pack on the Howard Stern Show. And anyone who reads the site knows I'm a huge Stern fan from…
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Found in the subways of New York City, this Hancock advertisement has been remixed by Posterboy using clippings from Eddie Murphy’s face from Meet Dave. And this wouldn’t be a LOL posting if there werent some kind of stupid dick joke hidden in the website url. via: Flickr
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Paramount/DreamWorks just released a new theatrical trailer for Eagle Eye, which I’m guessing must be attached to prints of Wanted (which hits theaters this Friday). The new D.J. Caruso-directed fast-paced race-against-time-thriller which stars Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan as “two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who…
Read MoreOne thing that we haven’t talked much about on /Film is the looming SAG strike (the contract expires on June 30th). And truth is the strike might directly effect your fandom more immediately than the writers strike. Our friends at Collider point out that the strike could mean that any actor with a SAG card…
Read MoreWarner Bros has begun to ramp up the advertising for The Dark Knight. Check out five new television spots for the film below, followed by a five minute segment from the upcoming direct-to-DVD animated anthology Batman: Gotham Knight (think Animatrix, but with Batman) thanks to MTV. Enjoy. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdktv5.flv 470 210] [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdktv6.flv 470 204] [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdktv7.flv 470…
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A few years ago when Fox announced that they would be making a feature film out of it’s hit real time television serial 24, I was excited. But that was before this past season, where the show not only jumped the shark, but nuked the fridge. We had Jack Bauer running around with the fictional…
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The latest issue of WiReD Magazine has an article on The Dark Knight. The article mainly deals with the technical side of things such as CG and IMAX projection, but RopesofSilicon directed me to this one shiny quote: The director wasn't interested in plumbing the murky origins of the Joker himself - the Clown Prince…
Read MoreRemember that Wii Star Wars game we were excited about? The one where you can use your Wiimote like a lightsaber? Yeah, there is a trailer.
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It seems very clear to me that movie studios don't have any clue how to market any of Jonathan Levine's film s so far. I've been waiting to see All the Boys Love Mandy Lane for what seems like forever. It has suffered delay after delay. And the current plan is to release it in…
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Quentin Tarantino is on a hellfire mission, codename: Inglorious Bastards. This new BBC article implies that he's not backing down from his earlier claim that the film---now plural!---will be ready in time for next year's Cannes Film Festival. And yet, there's not even an official cast. It's now known that the legendary casting rumors over…
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Twitter has been flush with positive, early endorsements, Slashfilm's included, for Wanted, the R-rated bulletime fiesta opening this weekend based on Mark Millar's lauded comic book miniseries. A veddy confident Millar has announced via his message board that the studio is already putting its sequelitis into action, and then he aimed his gold-plated Uzi at…
Read MoreGotham Tonight Profiles Bruce Wayne by Gotham City News The Pitch: A new episode of Gotham City’s Gotham Tonight looks at the tragic, mysterious, and flamboyant life of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Born into enormous wealth, Bruce's life changed forever when he witnessed the shooting deaths of his parents in downtown Gotham. GCN's premier news…
Read MoreFilm1.nl has the first poster for the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves. Even though we’ve heard virtually nothing about this project since the first casting announcements, Fox is still planning on releasing the film on December 12th 2008. /Film reader Christopher M sent over this poster for Guy Ritchie’s…
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USA Today has a first look at Fast and Furious, the fourth film in The Fast and the Furious series. The new film brings back the three leads of the first film: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Michelle Rodriguez. And for some reason that fact excites me, just a little. The series gets a lot…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! NewFilmDimension has a photo of the real-life WALL-E walking (errr rolling) the red carpet at the film’s premiere. Is Hawkeye in The Incredible Hulk? Someone on YouTube thinks so. I don’t... Latino…
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On the /FilmCast tonight a discussion about the new Disaster Movie trailer turned into an examination of the spoof film. Neil from FilmSchoolRejects had to remind me that spoof movies were not always the bottom of the comedy genre. Mel Brooks and Monty Python created highbrow (or at least highbrow in comparison to contemporary spoof…
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History books say that Australia was founded by criminals, crabs and derelicts, so why shouldn't the land's cinema reflect such ribald and humble beginnings? The new documentary, Not Quite Hollywood, takes a look at '70s/'80s "Ozploitation" (what a sweet word) from the eyes of endless players (Jamie Lee Curtis, George Miller, George Lazenby) and admirers---yeah,…
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In our obituary post last night, I mentioned how my favorite big screen performance of Carlin's was in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl. Smith was a filmmaker who used Carlin in his films when available. Watching his few appearances, I'm shocked that his career in film never blew up. Smith takes a look back at the…
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We we launched the LOL feature, we never thought it would degrade into dick and fart jokes. But so far we’ve posted two defaced Happening billboards which were transformed into “The CRAPening” and “The Penis”. When I first saw this unfinished Hancock billboard before quickly telling myself it was an easy joke not worthy of…
Read MoreRob Zombie has released the first teaser poster for his next movie Tyrannosaurus Rex. We still have no idea what the film is about. A biker gang possibly? It is becoming less likely that a real live dinosaur is involved, although one is pictured in the smokey background of Alex Horley’s poster art. What do…
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The poster above showcasing actor Channing Tatum as Duke popped up at the Cinema EXPO in Amersterdam, according to Film1. This is the first time we've seen the full title, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, for the big budget nostalgia actioner opening Summer 2009. Did anyone see this clip of Joseph Gordon Levitt, who plays…
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German newspaper BILD has run a set photo from James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, which shows the front end of a car with who knows how many Ninja stars sticking through the hood. One can only imagine what kind of sequence The Wachowski Brothers have come up with that has resulted in this kind of car…
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Let's make this movie a hit. Master of boiling, paralyzed rage and sorrow, comedian Zach Galifianakis, stars as the lead character, George Washington Winsterhammerman, in the true-blue indie, Visioneers, from first time director Jared Drake and writer Brandon Drake. At this point, I'm supposed to shield the trailer from the words "quirky indie blah blah"…
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We missed this one on Friday... Universal has released a new trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on the Papa John’s Pizza website. When a movie trailer is released on a Pizza website, that should tell you a lot about the quality of the film. Too bad you don’t get a free…
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StarWarsCrawl.com allows you to create your own custom Star Wars opening crawl. It’s simple, fun, now go annoy your friends with your creations! 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 at orfilms@gmail.com.
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Sony has launched a filler page for the upcoming Green Hornet movie written by and starring Seth Rogen. The film isn’t due for another two years, but they already have a logo. Why the long lead? I’m guessing they launched the preliminary website in advance of Comic Con next month, where Seth Rogen is already…
Read MoreMan, this is really sad. A Slashfilm fave, legendary comedian and thinking man, George Carlin, died today (Sunday) from heart failure at a Santa Monica hospital. He was admitted on Sunday afternoon after experiencing chest pains. Sadder still, Carlin was to receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center this…
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The franchise that floated "torture porn" into news offices this decade like a message in a bottle now looks to join the endless straight-to-DVD knockoffs it spawned. We're speculating that Hostel 3 will bypass a theatrical release, but Bloody Disgusting has confirmed that early talks have started inside Lionsgate/Screen Gems to make a second sequel a reality. The series' creator/director/spokesperson, Eli Roth, will reportedly not serve as writer or director…
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Michel Gondry has decided to launch his own website on MichelGondry.com. The site is not yet live, but the main page features art from Gondry with promises of all sorts of cool stuff for sale, like a book by Gondry on the Be Kind Rewind exhibit, the Disastrology Calendar from sCience of Sleep, a new…
Read MoreIn this weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly, Office star Rainn Wilson (The Rocker) did a photoshoot as Xena: Warrior Princess, MacGyver, Pauile Walnuts from The Sopranos and Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Check out the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly for the full photos. EW.com has a video from the Xena…
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As you guys already know, Jetfire has been revealed to be a SR-71 Blackbird for the upcoming sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. A bunch of people over at the Don Murphy forums have created fan made concept art based soley on the alt mode. Jolin and Jester created the one above. And Ra88 created…
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When I first heard that Yahoo had talking posters from Frank Miller’s The Spirit, I thought to myself “Cool, this is the future of movie marketing”. I mean, eventually one-sheet displays will be replaced with flatscreen televisions which can easily switch in and out various movie posters. Say a screening of The Happening just gets…
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Hey Life: why? After millions of lunch room dream movie arguments in the '80s; after spiders launched webs inside their Planet Hollywoods, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are finally teaming up on screen! It's inglorious, bastards. The Times Online reports that they'll co-star in the highest profile Bollywood flick to date, Incredible Love, the story of an Indian stuntman who can't find true romance…
Read More/Film photo scooper Christopher M sent over some new photos from Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla. When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London’s criminal underworld wants in on the action. Everyone from a dangerous crime lord to a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and…
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Hot Toys' 1/6th-scaled Ion Man, Batman, Batpod and Tumbler were on display at the 2008 Tokyo Toy Show. No word on street dates or price, but boy are these sweet. I'm amazed at the incredible detail. Even the replaceable sculpts of Christian Bale and Robert Downey Jr are incredibly accurate. And if you aren’t impressed…
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Eight new photos from DJ Caruso’s Eagle Eye have hit the net. Click on the images above and below to enlarge. In the fast-paced race-against-time-thriller “Eagle Eye” Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move.…
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I hear that the teaser trailer for Bolt will probably be attached to Pixar’s WALL-E, which hits theaters next week. Disney has just released the first theatrical teaser poster (as opposed to the teaser poster which has been on display at Disneyland) for the movie, which makes this that much more likely. But before you…
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UPDATE: According to sources, this rumor is totally bunk. Thanks for the new pollution, Daily Mail. Anyhow, who should play Robin Hood for Scott? Bruce Wayne. John Connor. Bryan Adams' muse? According to the Daily Mail, director Ridley Scott is seeking out Christian Bale for the role of Robin Hood in Nottingham, which is scheduled…
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I opened my inbox to discover another new photo of Gerard Butler in Game, the new movie from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor - the madmen that brought us Crank. The story takes place “in the not too distant future.” Kabel (Gerard Butler), a death row inmate, has unwittingly become a pop culture hero. Every…
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When I sat down with WALL-E director Andrew Stanton earlier this week, one of the questions I asked was if they were planning to release a short film for the DVD release. For those of you who don’t know, Pixar released a computer animated short film called Mike’s Car with Monster’s Inc, Jack Jack Attack…
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Spider-Man producer Laura Ziskin told theater owners on Thursday that Spider-Man 4 is tentatively being scheduled for a May 2011 release. She also confirmed that screenwriter James Vanderbilt has yet to turn in a final screenplay, but she insisted that Sony Pictures is very hopeful that they will be on track for 2011. Director Sam…
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/Film photo scooper Christopher M has sent over a new batch of photos from Pineapple Express. As always, click to enlarge. Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale…
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/Film is featured in PC Magazine’s The Best Web Sites for Movie Fans article, as the top movie blog. “Launched in August 2005, this popular film blog offers news, news, and more news for cinema-obsessed fans.” We are one of the fifteen sites listed. It is an honor to be listed in the same company…
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, buckle yourselves in as we journey into a teaser trailer description. Just minutes ago, AICN confirmed a spy's rundown of the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins teaser that will be attached to The Dark Knight next month. Slashfilm is divided in our anticipation for this one, but I'll admit that the primary focus on…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/bangcockclip1.flv 470 344] With this new NSFGrandma clip from the Bangkok Dangerous remake, Nic Cage has come down with a serious case of next levs. His amazing hat inexplicably disappears halfway through, cue amazing hairline. We can only hope that the entire movie is plagued with such conundrums/magic. Moreover, the Pang Twins (The Eye trilogy)…
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Our friends at Film School Rejects just received word personally from Tom Jane regarding the origins of the artwork above and his (non-)involvement in the DC Comics adaptation Jonah Hex... "Yeah, the pic is real all right – my pal [writer/producer] Akiva Goldsman told me about the project and I fell in love with the idea right away. Being…
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Does the MPAA have it in for Kevin Smith? It’s beginning to sound like it. First they made the filmmaker remove an unapproved red band teaser trailer (which featured no footage from the actual film) from the web, and not it looks like Smith is having issues getting Zack and Miri Make a Porno by…
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/Film photo scooper Christopher M sent us a bunch of photos from the set of Broken Lizard’s Slammin' Salmon. I’m not a big fan of the improvised comedy style, but i understand that a lot of /Film readers love Broken Lizard, so I’m posting the photos. The film tells the story of a former heavyweight…
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The new LEGO Star Wars set is a 3,803 piece 16” tall and 16½” wide $399 replica of the Death Star. Scheduled to ship on September 16th 2008, The Battle inside the Death Star is amazingly detailed and features an “incredible array of minifigure-scale scenes, moving parts, characters and accessories from Episodes IV and VI…
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Disney has released one final trailer for Pixar’s WALL-E. This trailer, titled “Cities”, is the all out, balls to the wall, action-packed version. If you think this movie is just about a small cute robot, think again! Well actually, it is about a small cute robot... “but he gets himself into some crazy situations.” Check…
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The curse of One-Eyed Willie... UPDATE: The reader consensus seems to be 1) no, it's not cool, this remake is utterly pointless and a disgrace, 2) where the hell will Snake "land the glider," 3) Brolin is too old (not really understanding this one), 4) FTW, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell should team up to make…
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Because everyone has been wondering, Nikki Finke explains why Hollywood probably won’t make Grand Theft Auto: The Movie. In its first week, Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 6 million copies worldwide and grossed over $500 million, more than most movies make theatrically. So it seems only logical that Hollywood would be interested in bringing…
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Shock got their mitts on the first one-sheet for director Alexandre Aja's latest horror film Mirrors. Though the poster's design and imagery are standard for the genre, at least it doesn't lack creepiness. We posted the teaser trailer and linked a superior video clip last week, and reader response was justifably mixed. And we should…
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Quentin Tarantino did a 40-minute interview with Enzo Castellari, the director of the original Inglorious Bastards (which Tarantino’s film is very loosely inspired by) for the three disc special edition dvd release. AICN has seen the interview and has a detailed rundown, which includes a few juicy tidbits about Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards. Two Films: Quentin…
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A couple new Transformers 2 updates. First up, Megan Fox tells MTV that Transformers sequel will be ten times bigger and talks about the rewrites created by the writers strike. “As big as the first movie was, this is 10 times as big, 10 times as many set pieces, explosions, and acrobatic stunts,” Fox told…
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A new website called Wordle lets you create fun little word clouds. I decided to create a word cloud using the names of some of the best directors of all time. Click the above image to enlarge. If any of you guys create any film/movie related word clouds, post the urls in the comments below!…
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Doc's De Lorean. KITT. Tony Stark's Audi R8. Eddie Murphy's Head. Dream Vehicles. In a Hail Mary for the ages, 20th Century Fox has that thing above cruising around the West Coast in hopes that it will make people pay to see Murphy in next month's mini-alien bonanza, Meet Dave. I saw the trailer for this $100 million movie a couple nights…
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When Nintendo was first announced the Wii, I thought to myself: I can’t wait until LucasFilm makes a lightsaber video game. In late 2006, Star Wars fanboys hacked the Wii remote to connect to a computer via bluetooth, giving the Wiimote all the classic Lighsaber sound effects. But the hacked Wiimote was essentially just one…
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Focus Features have released an international teaser trailer for The Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading on MSN. This is a perfect example of a fast cut, no nonsense teaser trailer which gets it right. And you have to love Brad Pitt’s “Appearances can be Deceptive” line. Classic. And why isn’t JK Simmons getting a topline…
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Earlier this week I got to fulfill my geek dreams, and drive through the Pixar gate in Emeryville to interview WALL-E/Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton on the Pixar campus. That interview will be posted in it’s entirety next week, but I wanted to share with you my discussion with Stanton over his upcoming adaptation of…
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Pixar has released a 30 second preview of Doug Sweetland’s computer animated short film Presto, which you will see in front of WALL-E. I’ve seen it and will tell you that it’s probably the best Pixar short since 2000’s For the Birds. Very reminiscent of the old Warner Bros cartoons. Official Plot Synopsis: Dignity. Poise.…
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Our contributing photo scooper Christopher M has found a new batch of stills from Anh Hung Tran’s I Come With The Rain. The film stars Josh Hartnett as an ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye who travels to Hong Kong in search of the missing son of a chinese billionaire. We have also included the…
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Electric Zombie is selling this cool Stay Tuff t-shirt, a call back to our favorite giant Marshmallow Man, as seen in Ghostbusters. Available in white, from Small to XXL for $20. Now if only they made the same design on black tees... Thanks to /Film reader Double J for sending over the tip. Cool Stuff…
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The Wackness is one of those movies which is almost impossible to market in a PG world. It’s about a teenager drug dealer’s last summer before he heads off to college. And while that’s the one sentence breakdown, I’m sure you can already tell, it’s much more than that. I’ve given this movie rave after…
Read MoreRemoved by Fox Filmz.ru has a first look at the first batch of photos from Mira Nair’s Amelia, the Amelia Earhart biopic which is currently in production. Hilary Swank stars as the legendary American pilot who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.…
Read MoreGreg Mottola’s Adventureland is scheduled to hit theaters later this Summer, but everyone is wondering what the SuperBad director might be doing next. Mottola revealed at a Tribeca Film Festival sponsored Apple Store event that he’s writing a script with Bill Hader (who played a cop in SuperBad and is the owner of the amusement…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! If you weren't yet convinced that The Scorpion King 2 direct-to-dvd movie is going to suck, check out the film’s cover art. Randy Couture? Are MMA fighters replacing the WWE wrestlers on…
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Joe Meno, editor of the BrickJournal magazine, created this cute LEGO version of Pixar’s Wall-E “A few months ago, I decided to build Wall-E, from the Disney movie that is just around the corner. Meant for a display in July, I finally was able to focus on the model and build it within three weeks…
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FilmSchoolRejects has gotten their hands on a concept photo of Thomas Jane as Jonah Hex in Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s announced adaptation of the DC comic book. And while both this photo and Jane's casting have not been officially (or even unofficially) confirmed, it seemed too juicy not to pass along. I wasn’t a…
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The American Film Institute has released a new set of top 10 lists for us to complain about. This time around they have broken down America’s 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres. Animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Pinocchio (1940) Bambi (1942) The Lion King (1994) Fantasia (1940) Toy Story (1995) Beauty…
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Spike Lee will co-write and direct an adaptation of Ronald Mallett’s memoir Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality. Spike Lee describes Time Traveler as a "fantastic story on many levels (and) also a father and son saga of loss and love." Kirkus Reviews called the book a “hokey but…
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/Film reader Daniel C passes along word that /Film is quoted on the Australian release of Taika Waititi’s Eagle vs. Shark, which was one of my favorite films of 2007. Unfortunately Miramax Films didn’t know how to market the film, and the movie went virtually unseen by mainstream audiences. It was also passed by indie…
Read MoreIt has been a few days since our last Transformers 2 update, so lets get to it. A description of a Transformers 2 video game leaked onto the web yesterday: The key line is "A new transformation system gives you more detailed control as you can switch between Robot, Weapon, and Vehicle modes" Recently screenwriter…
Read MoreParamount has purchased the rights to an article which ran in the New York Times on June 12th called Mystery on Fifth Avenue. JJ Abrams will produce a feature film based on the article which describes a 14th-floor apartment on upper Fifth Avenue which contains a Rube Goldberg maze of systems and contraptions conceived by…
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Universal has finally set a date for Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat. Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt will hit theaters on May 15th 2009, a date which has become synonymous with the beginning of…
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The movie poster for Coen Brothers’s Burn After Reading is one of my favorite posters released this year. The distinctive style is a call back to the one-sheets of legendary poster/title artist Saul Bass. I have included some of the great Bass posters which might have inspired this new design below. Click on the image…
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The Weinstein Co has released a new trailer for Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The story follows "two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous. In Barcelona, they're drawn into a…
Read MoreFED EX drops packages at the /Film offices everyday, but we rarely receive a package from Gotham City. See what was inside the package, as The Dark Knight viral campaign continues. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/batmanviralfedex.flv 460 338] You can read the letter that was included in the package below. The tinyurl leads to a password protected forum called…
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The passing of Stan Winston hit everyone off guard yesterday, including the many people who have worked with the legend over the years. McG has posted a statement on the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins website, declaring his intention to dedicate the fourth Terminator film to the memory of Stan. Here is an excerpt: "Stan…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/wallelotsofbots.flv 470 264] Disney has released a new featurette for WALL-E called “Lots of Bots” which takes a look at the featured robots in the upcoming Pixar movie. And whats not shown in the video above is that up to 50 animators at the peak of production were working on the colorful cast. For the…
Read MoreAdidas is releasing two pairs of limited edition Hellboy sneakers to coincide with the release of the Hellboy II: The Golden Army. "Adidas Originals created a jaw-dropping statement with the Stan Mid - Hellboy in cooperation with Dark Horse Comics & Mike Mignola. The black shoe has the image of Hellboy printed on its side…
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A sequel to the 2004 French parkour action film District B13 is set to begin production in July. Written by Luc Besson, and directed by Patrick Alessandrin (Mean Spirit, August 15th), the sequel will be titled Banlieue 14 (or District B14 in the states). No plot details have been released, we only know that an…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdkhero.flv 470 264] /Film Reader Dave sent over news that a new clip from The Dark Knight is now available on the Joker viral site WhySoSerious.com. The new clip gives us our first real glimpse/tease of Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face. Watch the clip below (or in High Definition on the WhySoSerious site) and tell me…
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Last year it was reported that Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman was in talks with New Line to develop and direct a big screen adaptation of the popular X-Box 360 video game Gears of War. A year later, and the project has now been officially announced. Speculation first began when Wiseman featured…
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The first photo of one of the cave crawlers from The Descent 2 has hit the webs. According to Fangoria, all the original cast of the first film have returned for the sequel (most of which appear in camcorder footage found deep inside the caves). The new film picks up where the first movie left…
Read MoreI have a bit of unfortunate news to report. Academy Award winning special effects and make-up artist Stan Winston died last night. Winston is best known for his work in the Terminator series (Winston designed the original Terminator Endoskeleton), Jurassic Park, Aliens, Predator, and Edward Scissorhands. A frequent collaborator of James Cameron, they co-founded Digital…
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/Film reader Christopher M sent over the first photo that I’ve ever seen of Gerard Butler in Game. Directed By Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the two mad men behind Crank, the story takes place “in the not too distant future.” Kabel (Gerard Butler), a death row inmate, has unwittingly become a pop culture hero.…
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When I posted the teaser trailer for Punisher: War Zone last Thursday, the 70+ comments from you guys were impressively heated and divisive. Until then, the R-rated Lionsgate/Marvel actioner from director Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, karate) had flown under the radar, with many pegging the movie as a star-less runt in Marvel's newly consolidated, unpredecented game plan. And many fans still do, even after the teaser, but Alexander appreciates the…
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Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star the big screen adaptation of the graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens. The project has been in development for the last ten years, even though the comic book was only released a couple years go (it was pitched for years before it was ever actually written). I haven’t…
Read MoreImages Removed at Warner Bros Request /Film reader Christopher M sent over four photos from James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, which is being produced by The Wachowski Brothers. You might also want to head over to IESB, because they have some details about the opening sequence of the film. The film stars stars Korean pop star…
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Suckadelic’s Hasbro Star Wars AT-AT was customized by professional Graffiti artists EASE and JK5. All tags are written in the Aurebesh language, a fictional letter system created for the in-world use for the 6 Star Wars films. The largest tag on the side of the vehicle spells the word REBEL. Click on the iamge above…
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J.K. Rowling has penned a brand new story featuring the characters in her fantasy best-selling Harry Potter book series. According to the Sunday Mirror, the story is being adapted into a mini-movie which will be shown at Universal Studio’s The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida. The report says that all of the…
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Warner Bros is offering a 7 minute sneak peak at Get Smart, exclusively on iTunes. Universal has also made 7 minutes of Wanted available online, which you can watch below.
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! The latest issue of The Gotham Times features two big headlines Batman - Savior or Menace? and Landslide Win for Harvey Dent. IMPAwards has a third poster for Disaster Movie. This one…
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Toy Vault is producing plush replicas of the door knockers from Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (seen below). This guy has something in his ears. The door knockers are a dynamic duo literally living upon a set of doors. One has a knocker ring in his ears; the other in his mouth. Therefore can hardly speak and…
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Hancock will be hitting select theaters one night earlier than expected. Columbia Pictures has decided to hold nationwide screenings of the Will Smith drunken superhero action comedy on Tuesday July 1st, a day before the film’s announced release. Screenings will begin as early as 7:00pm on the first. Check your local listings for complete details.…
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I can't yet begin to tell you what II thought of Pixar's WALL-E. Unfortunately I am embargoed against telling you exactly how much I loved the film. Disney is ramping up their marketing, and has released a bunch of videos that are worth checking out. First up is a featurette called “Pixar Goes Space Age”…
Read MoreWe don't post a lot of TV news but we couldn't let this kidney stone of bananas pass us by. Aziz Ansari of the Human Giant clan (and fellow /Film reader) has joined NBC's spin-off to The Office. Ansari is the first cast member to be announced for the top-secret comedy series. At this point…
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Okay, you’ve heard the rumors of the behind-the-scenes battle between Marvel and star Edward Norton over The Incredible Hulk. I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking me to explain what exactly happened. Here is what I know/have heard or gathered: Edward Norton turned down the project when he was first approached but Marvel insisted…
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Were you one of the people who went to see M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening instead of The Incredible Hulk? I’d be interested to hear what you thought. Ebert may have given the movie three stars, but most American movie critics are throwing Rotten Tomatoes at the screen (only 20% fresh on the Tomatometer). But…
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Today, The Incredible Hulk opens in face of months of fanboy speculation (early consensus is quite positive), the looming memory of Ang Lee's Bruce Banner, M. Night's worst R-rated movie, and the celebration of Jason Voorhees. We want to hear what you thought of the big budget Marvel/Universal film all weekend long. Things to consider:…
Read MoreIt has been a few days since our last Transformers 2 Update. On Wednesday, filming continued at Laurel Hill Cemetery, where both Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and that Chevy Beat concept car (not pictured) were spotted in alt mode. [tflive] The crew has been busy shooting scenes at UPENN, which will double as Sam Witwicky’s (Shia…
Read MoreUniversal has released the first movie trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race remake starring Jason Statham. The prisoners who participate in death race have access to explosives and big guns which they incorporate into their cars in this anything goes race for freedom, but they don't try to use them to escape? Seems to…
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If you care to witness a superb '80s montage of hot girls working out in zany leotards in a movie co-starring Crispin Glover being whipped by a dominatirix, rent My Tutor (not the forthcoming remake). According to the trades, the cult classic/cheesy sex romp from 1983 is being reimagined by Mark A. Altman, the producer…
Read MoreWe can all rest easy. Turns out all of those Internet rumors were true: Hellboy 2 director Guillermo del Toro is not a fan of weepy rom-coms and will never ever direct a movie starring Meg Ryan or rabid Manhattan cougars. Page Six got the scoop of scoops by way of an interview in Complex…
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According to CHUD’s sources, screenwriting legend Lawrence Kasdan is writing the big screen live-action adaptation of Robotech. For those of you who don’t know, Kasdan is the guy who wrote Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark. What we do know for sure, Warner Bros and Maguire Entertainment are developing the project as…
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Kotobukiya makes some of the coolest statues. In past edition of Cool Stuff, we’ve featured Kotobukiya’s Dark Knight Batman Vinyl Statue, ArtFX Statue of Iron Man, and the Indiana Jones Raiders and Temple of Doom ArtFX Theatre Statues. The Japanese company has unveiled their latest creation, a Fire Art Statue of The Incredible Hulk. “Shredding…
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Vanity Fair has named /Film one of the “most influential or amusing blogs” on the internet. We have been included on VF's Blogopticon, a chart which includes the top 75 blogs on the interwebs. Vanity Fair says that /Film is “the place to go for Hollywood news if you’d rather not shell out $300 for…
Read MoreAs we've previously reported, Brett Ratner wants Robert Downey Jr. to portray American publisher Hugh Hefner in his biopic Playboy. EW has listed a few other projects that he's currently rumored for, most notably Warner Bros. and Guy Ritchie's upcoming big budget revamp of Sherlock Holmes. What else? "In recent weeks, the 43-year old actor…
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Opening with a scene/yelp recalling The Bride's headshot in Kill Bill, the teaser trailer for director Lexi Alexander's Punisher: War Zone plays it hard and fast underneath cyber-noirish lighting (Swordfish, much?) that is sure to turn some people off. However, besides an emasculated bit of firearm ballet atop a chandelier (re: marketing dept., ditch it!),…
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Even though Slashfilm didn't make it out to the set of the Friday the 13th reboot (what happened Platinum Dunes?!? Grrrr), we remain stoked on what we've seen and heard from our peers, including the one who watched his first F13th ever right before the visit. ;) In keeping with tomorrow's festive date, Bloody Disgusting…
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If this rumor(s) seems like it originated in the mind of Captain Obvious, we see your point, but it arrived just minutes ago via a very reputable source/friend site, Latino Review. It seems that Marvel has a shortlist of names for their 2011 tent pole, The First Avenger: Captain America, and at the top…
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Spike Lee’s big screen adaptation of James McBride’s Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four black American soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped in a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The film deals with the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre, but…
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Word has gotten around that the teaser trailer for Mirrors received a big laughing ovation at yesterday's press screening for The Happening. And while the teaser definitely clings to the exhausted tropes of countless sub-par Korean horror remaks starring various Buffies (the film is a loose remake of 2003's Into the Mirrors), I'm interested to…
Read MoreJudd Apatow’s untitled Stand-up comedy film now has a title - Funny People. Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill have also joined the already announced cast which includes Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Eric Bana. So what is it about? Well details are being kept under wraps, but we do know that i is…
Read MoreWould you pay $7 for a large popcorn? United States corn futures have risen for the seventh straight day, to a new all-time high (up 20% since June 3rd). The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday lowered its estimate for corn production due to heavy rain in the past month, which has slowed planting and crop…
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Update: Nikki Finke reports that Marvel has offered Fav a new deal to direct Iron Man 2, with a requisite "insider" telling her, "What, do people think Marvel is stupid?" Well insider, I guess it's good that Fav didn't have to utilize Twitter, Plurk and Facebook to get a new deal, if true. The NY…
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The American teaser trailer for David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has finally shown up online on Trailer Addict. The trailer received huge buzz when it premiered attached to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last month. Check it out, after the jump. The official plot synopsis: “I was born…
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Comic Book writer Warren Ellis is finally headed to the big screen. Summit Entertainment (Twilight) announced this morning, a big screen adaptation of Ellis’ Red, about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement when a high-tech assassin shows up to kill him. The comic, first published as a three-issue mini-series by…
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Marvel and DC heve struck a deal with French Connection to produce hipster t-shirts featuring their popular movie characters. The first batch of t-shirts featuring the Hulk is said to be in stories now, and the Batman series is expected to hit stores later this month. You can check out more of the Batman t-shirts…
Read MoreFinding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton let another Pixar secret slip while being interviewed by Suite101. “The day we start thinking about what the audience wants, we’re going to make bad choices. We’ve always holed ourselves up in a building for 4 years and ignored the rest of the world, because nobody are bigger…
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Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel have signed on to star in a big screen adaptation of Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse for Mandate Pictures. The idea for the film began as an internet trailer that went viral last Summer. Jason Stone directed the viral video, which was written by Rogen and his Superbad co-writer…
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Warner Bros has released a new trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The trailer has a darker underlying tone, as the Clone wars were no doubt darker times in the Star Wars Galaxy. And I love some of the imagery, like the wide shot of R2, C3PO and Anikan walking with the duel sunset…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Someone on Flickr snapped a photo of Hugh Jackman filming a World War II style scene for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Cinematical has the poster for Jeffrey Nachmanoff's Traitor, which stars Don Cheadle…
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There is white lightning shimmering on the Internet prairie today, as Turok, the Native American comic book hero/dinosaur hunter/video game is apparently headed to theaters in a live-action feature film. Actor Adam Beach (real name), best known for his roles in Flags of Our Fathers, Windtalkers and one of the Law & Orders, tells MTV…
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An advance look at a marketing teaser poster for McG's Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins was revealed at the New York Licensing Show. The tagline on the bottom reads "Becoming Self-Aware Memorial Day 2009". MTV says that the first official teaser poster will hit theaters on July 18th, to coincide with Warner Bros' release of…
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Did you know that you can now watch Finding Nemo online? Yes, the entire film! And I'm not talking about Bit Torrent, I'm talking about free and completely legal! Taking a cue from ABC.com, Disney has decided to begin streaming movies that air during the Saturday Night Wonderful World of Disney presentations. You will be…
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On Friday, we ran a transcript of an interview where director Louis Leterrier told G4 that in The Incredible Hulk "you might see Captain America Himself!" We saw the film earlier in the week, and were unable to see the Captain on screen. Leterrier later insisted to Collider that Captain America is still featured in…
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A teaser poster for MGM's RoboCop reboot made an appearance at the NY Licensing Show via AICN. While the above art is not a definitive measure of what to expect, it's our first look at how faithful the character design will remain to the original. Of course, the above RoboCop could stand atop a trusty…
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Somebody up there really likes us, because this glorious day brings not one, not eight, but two new posters for upcoming Robert De Niro flicks. First is Righteous Kill, the serial killer thriller starring Al Pacino and De Niro as no-nonsense cops who squat over crime scenes and directed by the guy who forever lives…
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Earlier today we brought you the international teaser trailer for Transporter 3, and now we have the first American trailer from another French film Babylon A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz's (Gothika) sci-fi action thriller stars Vin Diesel as Thoorop, a veteran-turned-mercenary who takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he…
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Rumor has it that the SAAB Aero-X concept car might appear in the film as the alt mode for Wheeljack. It's worth noting that SAAB is a subsidiary of General Motors who supplied most of the cars in the first film. Wheeljack is the scientist and warrior of the Autobots, always inventing new weapons and…
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UPDATE 06/11/08: Let's just say that if you want Fav aboard for Iron Man 2, umm, it's a good time to let Marvel know. And everything was going so well! Today, Peter reported on director Jon Favreau's moderately disconcerting statement to fans regarding Marvel Studios' proposed 2010 release date for Iron Man 2. In summary:…
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A couple months ago it was revealed that Paramount was working on a computer animated movie based on the popular classic trippy 80's cartoon series The Smurfs (Truth is that the Smurfs are actually 50 years old, having first appeared in comic strips). Well it turns out that producer Jordan Kerner (Charlotte's Web), who obtained…
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Fanboys creator and co-screenwriter Ernie Cline has confirmed my report from last month that director Kyle Newman has been brought back to recut Fanboys. "I've just received word that the director Kyle Newman has just completed a new cut of the movie with the original plot intact, and that it's the version that will be…
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Summit Entertainment has provided USA Today with our first official look at Nicolas Cage in Alex Proyas' Knowing. Proyas gained critical acclaim for his 1998 sci-fi thriller Dark City (an essential of any true film geek), but I've been extremely unimpressed with his follow-up efforts (I, Robot and Garage Days). Knowing certainly sounds interesting, but…
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Since an Iron Man sequel was first announced, reports of a contract-less Jon Favreau keep popping up. Favs has been playing it cool, insisting that Marvel just has their hands full with Hulk. But now the director has finally voiced his concerns that the April 2010 release date might not be realistic. Favreau writes: "It's…
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Lionsgate released the first international (French) teaser trailer for Transporter 3. Jason Statham is back as Frank Martin, a professional "transporter" who has relocated to Paris to continue his low-key business of delivering packages without questions. Louis Leterrier opted to direct The Incredible Hulk instead of the third film, so French filmmaker and former graffiti…
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M Night Shyamalan has been doing limited press to promote his new film The Happening, and has been talking about his big screen adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon Anime-influenced animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. When the hostile Fire Nation threatens to enslave the Water, Earth, and Air Nations, a reluctant and irresponsible twelve-year-old named…
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Sony Pictures Classics has released a new trailer for one of my favorite films of the year - The Wackness. They're calling it the "official trailer", and I actually like it much more than the the previously released teasers. It plays equal attention the relationships between Peck, Thirlby, and Kingsley, the 1990's nostalgia, and the…
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Let's get this out of the way. Both sides of the ongoing press war between Spike "Not a Plantation 2008" Lee and Clint "Shut Your Face" Eastwood are pretty weak and entertaining. A poster for Lee's $45 million World War II film, Miracle at St. Anna, opening this September, has surfaced at Cinematical. The tagline,…
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"Listen, we're going to have this remake, okay? And it's going to be great, babe." With their stint at Crystal Lake going swimmingly, Platinum Dunes slithered out of the devil's bedroom to talk about their upcoming remake of Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby a.k.a Why Not? Michael Bay Made Transformers. Producer Brad Fuller more or less…
Read MoreThe only things we know about Cameron Crowe's latest project is that yet-to-be-titled contemporary-set "romantic comedy adventure" was written by Crowe, will star Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon, will begin shooting in January 2009, and will be released by Columbia Pictures, who won a bidding war over four rival movie studios. Oh, and we can…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Lionsgate has released a new Eva Mendes character poster for Frank Miller's The Spirit. [yahoo]Disney Movie Surfers has two new WALL-E related clips up. The second clip is the only one worth…
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Legendary horror filmmaker George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) insists that Zombies can't run. "The dead can't run. Their ankles would break. It doesn't make sense to me," Romero told NWA. "The dead move slowly. But they keep coming." Question of the Day: Should Zombies be able to run?
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Terrence Howard revealed to Military.com that Iron Man 2 is scheduled to begin filming in March 2009. Howard is signed on to reprise his role as Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, who will likely become War Machine. In the comic book series, Rhodes takes over the armor when Stark relapses into alcoholism after Obadiah Stane takes…
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With the success of American Idol, I knew it would be only a matter of time before Hollywood would auction off film roles in reality television shows. VH1 has greenlighted a new reality series called Scream Queens which will involve 10 unknown actresses competing for a "Major Role" in a upcoming horror film from Lionsgate…
Read MoreSome readers criticized the last LOL post (The CRAPening) for being down and dirty potty humor. Today's LOL is the definition of potty humor. Ben Procter, the lead robot illustrator on Michael Bay's Transformers created the Septicon Warrior as a joke while working on the original film. I love the human hand sticking out at…
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Lafraise is selling a McFly's Incredible Hoverboard t-shirt, an obvious reference to the prop and character from Back to the Future 2. Printed on American Apparel T-shirt and available from sizes Small to XXL for 22,00 Euros (or roughly $35 American). Why is it so expensive to buy cool t-shirts from Europe? Cool Stuff is…
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The bad buzz for Bryan Singer's Valkyrie has been building over the last few months. additional photography, added with a complete release date shift to February (after Awards Season), resulted in the release of negativity in Hollywood. It also doesn't help that Crusie's last film Lions For Lambs bombed. But so far everything I've seen…
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A new video clip from Pixar's WALL-E was shown during ABC's airing of Finding Nemo. The scene involves Eve placing our favorite little trash compacting robot in a shuttle back to earth. But things aren't as they first appear, and WALL-E ends up in explosive situation. Sigourney Weaver makes a cameo as the voice of…
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Three new international posters for M Night Shyamalan's The Happening have hit the web. Click the above image to enlarge. The first shows what's happening in Mexico City, the second in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and third in Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico via: movieland
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/hulkironman.flv 470 204] A new TV spot for The Incredible Hulk features Tony Stark/Robert Downey Jr. Yes, we all knew that he was set to appear in the film, but it's somewhat surprising to see Stark placed front and center here before we even gleam the movie's logo, the Hulk or star Edward Norton. With…
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Extreme! is selling a Puma parody t-shirt featuring everyone's favorite Lion King character. At the time of this posting, 12.10 Euros equates to about $19 American, and who knows how much shipping. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff?…
Read MoreDisney aired a new tv spot for Pixar's WALL-E during the Celtics vs. the Lakers NBA game on Thursday which features our favorite little robot playing with a basket ball. Check it out below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/wallenbatv.flv 470 206] WALL-E hits theaters on June 27th 2008. via: youtube
Read MoreRumor has it that Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to There Will Be Blood might be an adaption of Peter Bart's novella Power Play, which Paramount acquired in 1998 for producer Robert Evans to develop. Anderson's official fan site cigarettes and redvines has now even picked up the rumor, which I heard from a source last…
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Since Hasbro announced the new name for the Transformers sequel a couple days back, fans have been trying to connect the title, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen with the mythology presented in a 2002 comic book mini-series. Since the first rumblings I've just assumed that the character known as Fallen and the new film…
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Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I was just heading out to the pool to begin David Price's The Pixar Touch, when I saw that writer/director Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo) has confirmed via the Pixar Blog that he's currently writing John Carter of Mars. Go figure. This isn't surprising news, we've known since…
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Today is the 75th Birthday of the Drive-In Movie Theater. Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr. came up with the idea in 1932, conducting outdoor theater tests in his driveway with a screen attached to trees in his backyard and a 1928 Kodak projector on the hood of his car. He opened the first drive-in theater on…
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Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star as Nolan Bushnell in Atari, a biopic about "the founding father of electronic gaming", who was the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari. Screenwriters Brian Hecker (Tribeca short film Bart Got a Room) and Craig Sherman (Pop Warner's biopic) sold the pitch to Paramount on Friday, and…
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Lionsgate has finally released a movie trailer for Larry Charles' documentary Religulous, which follows Bill Maher as he travels around the globe interviewing people about God and religion. The official plot synopsis reads: "Known for his astute analytical skills, irreverent wit and commitment to never pulling a punch, Maher brings his characteristic honesty to an…
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The Incredible Hulk is filled with homages to the original comic and television series. For instance, Lou Ferrigno, who played the character in the television show, lends his voice to the big green comic book hero. And with Iron Man there was a cameo appearance by Samuel L Jackson as Nick Furry. And we know…
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Richard Kelly's Darko Entertainment will produce and finance a big screen adaptation of Tucker Max's bestseller I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. The book is composed of short stories narrated by the author in gonzo style. The New York Times coined a genre called "fratire" in reference to the book, a response to "chicklit",…
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As expected, DreamWorks Animation has released the teaser trailer for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and boy is is annoying. It starts with some crappy club music and the characters singing that "You Got To Move It, Movie It" song. As predicted, the penguins look like the only funny thing in the movie. I'm not even…
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Are UFC leg-tanglers brawlers the new rapper actors (or "raptors" as coined by Vulture)? Last night, Ultimate Fighting champ, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where it was announced that he's a contender for the role of B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's upcoming A-Team movie. You can watch the clip here to get…
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A couple days ago we featured a New York City subway billboard advertisement for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening which had been defaced by a group of street critics. It looks like the critics have struck again! I know it's basic toilet humor, and not even technically spelt right, but it made me laugh... via:…
Read MoreThe Alamo Drafthouse and Mondo Tees has returned again with another cool horror movie poster for their Rolling Roadshow screening of Dawn of the Dead. That's right, they're taking the movie, and screening it in the mall in Monroeville where the movie was filmed. How cool is that? I wish I could attend. The screening…
Read MoreYes, watching Zohan is like sucking on a blow dryer with a mouthful of expired tuna, but don't brush off Scary Madison just yet. That's the name of Adam Sandler's new horror label, an off-branch of his production company, Happy Madison, and the first SM film is a thriller entitled Shortcut. The reason why I'd…
Read MoreWant to find out more about the Transformers 2 scene Michael Bay is shooting at Bethlehem Steel? Or how about the shoot scheduled at the Smithsonian? We have all the details. As always, if you don't want anything spoiled, skip it! And while I'm 95% sure this information is legit, there is always the chance…
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Universal has begun airing two new television spots for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The first one acts kind of like a primer, explaining the origins of the character. The second tv spot is more traditional. Check them both out below. Â
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! /Film reader Bryan W sent me this fan created poster for Sylvester Stallone's E.A. Poe. Click to enlarge. Steve Carell tells MTV that he's ready to return for an Anchorman sequel. Nina…
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When all is said and done, will The Incredible Hulk take the spot on our Fave Movies of Summer '08 listicles previously reserved for Indy and Spielberg? For months, the redo's marketing, CGI, behind the scenes differences, and purpose have been scrutinized beneath formidable anticipation for The Dark Knight, Iron Man and Hellboy 2. Early…
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Don't count director Sam Raimi out just yet. The Spider-Man series director is waiting to read James Vanderbilt's (Zodiac) latest draft, which he says is due in a few months, before he decides if he will helm the project or not. "I'm excited to read it," Raimi told SciFi. "I'm hoping it's as great as…
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/Film reader Dave found a new IMAX featurette over on Comcast.net. It includes a bunch of never before seen footage, including: a Pre-Two-Face Harvey Dent flipping his coin, Batman talking to the Joker in the integration room, a cool little moment where Bruce Wayne enters all bruised and Alfred says "Know your limits Master Wayne"…
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JK Simmons, probably best known for playing J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man films, told IESB that the last time he talked to Tobey Maguire, the Spider-Man star was still open to the possibility of returning for a fourth film. "I spoke to Tobey in, I guess it was February... sort of awards season time,"…
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Deep Discount is running their biannual DVD and Blu-ray sale. With the coupon code DDAF you can get 20% off the already lower than low prices (with the exception of pre-orders). Also, posters, Fun Stuff and Storage Units are included in the sale. To give you an example of the kind of deals you can…
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Lionsgate has launched a new website on disbeliefnet.com, to help promote the upcoming release of Larry Charles' documentary Religulous, Bill Maher's comedic examination of the world's religions. And unlike most studio launched websites, this site actually filled to the brim with a lot of hilarious content (I'm actually pretty sure it would take you hours…
Read More"Do we not have a bell?" Too bad John McCain's not a grizzled, old indie director. Zing. Wild and crazy guys, Werner Herzog (above) and Abel Ferrara (right), are exchanging heated words and grumpy disses in regard to Herzog's 2009 remake of Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, with Nic Cage starring in the role once inhabited by…
Read MoreDirector Jon Favreau has been leaving more hints that the Iron Man sequel will not follow the highly acclaimed Demon in a Bottle storyline, which involves Tony Stark battling alcoholism. "The comic book fans might see 'Demon in a Bottle' as a fresh story line but I haven't seen 'Hancock' yet. From what I've seen…
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Warner Premiere has released a new batch of photos, giving us a good look of the vampires in Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. Four more after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: The sequel is set in the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this…
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It has been confirmed, the seqel to Transformers will be titled... Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen If you were trying to avoid spoiler, better not look at the title. I've seen a couple people complaining about it on other sites, but I actually quite like it. It's very old school in a Revenge of…
Read MoreDreamWorks has acquired Roundtable, a new action comedy spec script from comic book and LOST scribe Brian K Vaughn. The story for Roundtable revolves around "Merlin assembling a bunch of modern-day knights to battle a resurrected ancient evil, only to discover that today's knights are all washed-up athletes, cowardly scientists or Academy Award-winning actors." Apparently…
Read MoreUniversal sent us a new batch of production photos from Wanted. Check out 22 more photos after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: Based upon Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov-creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series-Wanted tells the tale of…
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Paramount is not only interested in another Star Trek sequel, but they are apparently trying to sign the contracts to bring the writers back for a follow-up "I can give you a spoiler about the Studio's state of mind (not about the movie itself). The spoiler is that they already want to lock us down…
Read MoreLast week Kate Hudson was spotted with Blue hair, and now a orange Anne Hathaway has been caught on camera, what the hell is going on in Gary Winick's Bride Wars? The film tells the story of two best friends who become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day. Looks like…
Read MoreLast week a /Film reader named Bruno V submitted a very cool fan-made insert-style poster of The Dark Knight. Bruno has returned with another fan rendering of a poster for Paramount's live-action G.I. Joe Movie. I'm surprised at what he was able to create with the limited images available. Cool Stuff is a daily feature…
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Commercial filmmaker and visual artist Matthijs van Heijningen will make his directorial debut on the Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead. Joby Harold (Awake) wrote the screenplay based on an original idea by Snyder. The story follows a father on a mission to save his daughter in a quarantined and zombie-infested Las Vegas. Snyder has…
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Producer Donald De Line talked to Collider about Zack Snyder's animated children's film Guardians of Ga'Hoole, an adaptation of the 14 book bestselling kids series by author Kathryn Lasky and illustrator Richard Cowdry (the film is based on the first three books in the series). De Line described the tone of the film as more…
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No NPH? No rental. Perhaps the makers of Starship Troopers 3: Marauder should have thrown a good portion of that $20 million budget (yes, it's direct-to-DVD) at Neil Patrick Harris, the token star of Paul Verhoeven's campy, nihilistic 1997 original. The Japanese trailer has arrived and while it looks much better than anything I may…
Read MoreLionsgate's Cannes Film Festival Teaser poster for Oliver Stone's W. gives you a very good idea of what you can expect from the upcoming George W. Bush biopic. This won't be a dramatic retelling of W's life! But can Human beings and fish really coexist peacefully? Official Plot Synopsis: Whether you love him or hate…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Three new Romance-themed Russian WALL-E posters have been released. [filmz] Universal Studios has confirmed that the King Kong ride which was lost in the recent fire, will be replaced with "a…
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The Steven Spielberg-produced, Diablo Cody-written pilot The United States of Tara has just been picked up by Showtime. Toni Collette is set as Tara Gregor, a wife and mother of two teens, who just happens to suffer from multiple personality disorder. Basically the family must find a way to deal and live with her multiple…
Read MoreThough it recently showed at Cannes and received a fan-site response equal to, "if you want to watch a movie about vikings and a human alien versus an alien creature, go for it," Outlander still remains tucked in at the Weinstein Co. and is without a release domestically. Meanwhile, an international release for the James…
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Superbad scribes Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are writing an episode of The Simpsons. "We called The Simpsons and asked if we could write an episode. Evan actually met James L Brooks at a party and James said he really liked Superbad so we thought there's our in. Maybe we could ask to write a…
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Well, it looks like Guy Ritchie (right) and Joel Silver's Sgt. Rock will have to wait. Ritchie will direct Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros., an adaptation of producer Lionel Wigram's upcoming comic book. Neil Marshall was previously attached to helm, and WB has said that the film will have the same realism and seriousness as…
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For a couple weeks now it was rumored that 20th Century Fox had made the decision to not screen M Night Shyamalan's The Happening to press after a bad review leaked onto the internet last month. And as you probably know, when studios decide not to screen a movie for the press, it's usually for…
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The PG-13 Effect: Brett Ratner's officially "blowing 'em where the pampers is." The Miami-born maverick tells MTV that his Beverly Hills Kindergarten Cop 4 will be out to impress kids who can't get into PG-13 movies. Is there another franchise that has ever consisted of three R-rated films (two of which are really good) and…
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I've always wanted to buy one of those Star Wars Force FX lightsabers, but I've never been able to settle on a make or model. The Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber Construction Set lets you build your own lightsaber (Over 700 possible configurations), and even change the color of the blade to whatever color you…
Read MoreIs it just me or does the new Get Smart trailer actually make you NOT want to see the movie?
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When Quentin Tarantino announced at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival that he was finally going to make his big war epic Inglorious Bastards, I commented that Tarantino sometimes comes off like a compulsive liar. Because, lets face it, how many projects has this guy promised over the years that have not and probably will never…
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The Urban Dictionary has added an entry for "Nuke the Fridge", a contemporary replacement for the slang term "Jumped the Shark". Jump the Shark is a reference to a scene in an episode of Happy Days when Fonzie literally jumps over a shark while water skiing. The scene was considered so preposterous, and is considered…
Read MoreHollywood loves sequels, and the readers of movie blogs love to hear the early talk of them (even if it never develops into anything). So lets take a look at the recent sequel gossip going around the interwebs. Seth Rogen and James Franco are already talking about the possibility of the first comedy sequel produced…
Read More USA Today has nine new photos from DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which is probably eight too many for my tastes. Here's the deal: the characters still look incredibly boxy despite the lush and realistic looking backgrounds. Joining the Penguins as the sole entertainment in this sequel is Scha Baron Cohen as King Julien…
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Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Sony is moving forward with Seth Rogen's The Green Hornet. Rogen is cureently working on the script with his Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg. The story follows Britt Reid, a bored playboy who spends his nights fighting crime with his sidekick, Kato (Rogen has said that he wants Stephen Chow for…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/wallemeetthebots.flv 470 262] Disney has released a strange new trailer for Pixar's WALL-E. "Meet The Bots" introduces us to the many bots we'll meet in Andrew Stanton's film. The strange part is that it begins as a promotional video from the Buy N Large Corporation. For a few seconds we get to see what live-action…
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Universal has finally released another trailer for Wanted, Timur Bekmambetov's big screen adaptation of Mark Millar's graphic novel series. My excitement level for this movie sky rocketed after a behind the scenes featurette and Russian trailer that hit the net last month. This new full length American trailer, not so much. I am convinced that…
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20th Century Fox has released the teaser trailer for the big screen adaptation of Marley & Me. I've never read John Grogan's New York Times bestselling book, but I've heard from friends that it is both hilarious and heartwarming. And it seems to me that anyone who has ever had a pet would be able…
Read MoreUpdated 06/04/08: All signs point to Ridley Scott directing the first major Hollywood adaptation of Aldous Huxley's 1932 classic Brave New World, possibly with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead. Scott has been in discussions with the Huxley estate for sometime, as has DiCaprio. This article from the Sunday Times back in March took a look…
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M. Night Shyamalan kept referring to himself as an outsider during a recent interview with the New York Times. Seems like the New Yorkers have a different name for him. The New York City street critics have begun to deface posters for The Happening. The above subway advertisement was found at the 6th. Ave. 14th…
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McG has posted yet another blog post on the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins Blog. While he doesn't come out and completely debunk the rumor that has most of the internet up in arms, the director assures us that "there are only three people who know the ending." He gives us some insight into the…
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"I have arrived to destroy your Internetz!" We've held off on posting about the gargantuan Terminator 4 spoiler that hit AICN yesterday because it just seemed so 'tarded. Then again, this is a PG-13 Terminator with a subtitle that belongs on a Madonna biography, so anything can happen. ;) Well, CHUD has connected the dots…
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IESB speculates that director Peter Segal, currently attached to helm a Shazam feature for Warner Bros., might also be the man who brings the studio's planned tentpole, Jonny Quest, to the world as well for Summer '09. Apparently the script by Dan Mazeau is quite strong and in better shooting condition than Billy Batson and…
Read MoreA man (on right) says he was nearly arrested at London's Heathrow Airport because he was wearing a T-shirt featuring Optimus Prime from the Transformers movie holding a robot gun. After airport security reportedly deemed the shirt too "offensive" and said he could not board the plane, he promptly changed into a festive party boat.…
Read MoreCHUD is reporting that Eric Bana has been approached to play Clarke, Leslie Mann's boyfriend, in Judd Apatow's untitled third film which stars Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler as stand-up comedians. At first glance Bana seems like a really odd choice for an Apatow comedy, better known for his roles in action and dramatic films.…
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Not only does Threadless have this cool Batman-esque t-shirt for only $10, but their Summer Blockbuster one-week event means that almost every single shirt on the site is on sale, starting at $10!? The Beginning is designed by Alexandre Deviers, and comes available in sizes small to double XL. Cool Stuff is a daily feature…
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El Mayimbe has a gotten his hands on a copy of Justin Marks' He-Man screenplay, currently titled Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe. Okay, may-be the title needs a little work, but Mayimbe insists that the screenplay a "fanboy masterpiece!" Here are five things from the script that has gotten us excited to see this…
Read MoreUniversal has released a batch of new photos for Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race. Check them out after the jump. As always, click to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: Jason Statham leads the cast of an action-thriller set in the post-industrial wasteland of tomorrow, with the world's most brutal sporting event as its backdrop. A penitentiary…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! This Kill Bill Billboard installation might be the coolest I've ever seen. [bloggingwv] Check out this link to see a new Dark Knight trailer which has never been seen before! Warner Home…
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Disney has announced that Alfred Molina and Ben Kingsley have been cast in the big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, joining Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace). Disney's live-action adaptation of the popular action adventure video game series, follows an adventurous prince Dastan (Gyllenhaal) who must join forces…
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20th Century Fox has released a new Russian movie trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe. I don't understand a word they are saying but this is still the best trailer I've seen for this film thus far. I'm sure an American version will also be released in the next week and a half…
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Amanda Lucas, the 27-year-old daughter of George Lucas, made her mixed martial arts debut in Auckland New Zealand on Saturday night under the stage name Amanda "Powerhouse" Lucas. The billionaire filmmaker's daughter took on Australian kickboxer Nicole Kavanagh in a 73kg MMA contest at the Auckland Boxing Association Stadium. Apparently Amanda, who appeared in minor…
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Okay may-be not. But Mike Myers and Dana Carvey reunited as Wayne and Garth for the first time in probably 15 years. The duo appeared in a new Wayne's World segment on the MTV Movie Awards last night. They counted down the top 10 porno names based on hit movies in 2008. Watch the clip…
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During The Incredible Hulk panel at the New York Comic Con, director Louis Leterrier asked the original tv hulk Lou Ferrigno to give an on-stage "audition" for a chance to provide the big green guy's voice in the new movie. It seemed like one of those staged bits just to get Ferrigno to yell out…
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Transformers 2 screenwriter Roberto Orci has made an interesting comment on Don Murphy's message board: "I'd love and think we could almost barely manage ten on each side, with some front and center and others as more supporting." Translation: There will be almost 20 Transforming Robots in disguise in the upcoming Michael Bay sequel! Despite…
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I'm sorry we didn't hear about this one sooner. /Film reader Jake G sent this one over: Amazon.com has Samsung BD-P1400 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player for sale for only $269.98, which is more than $130 bucks off the retail price. At the exact moment of this posting, 86% of the inventory is claimed, you only…
Read MoreDisney has provided /Film with Eight Exclusive images from Pixar's WALL-E. You might recognize some of these images, as a couple leaked onto the interwebs last month in a low res. As always, click to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?…
Read MoreDanny Glover, Thandie Newton and Oliver Platt are in discussions to join Roland Emmerich's epic disaster project 2012. An academic researcher (John Cusack) opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans. December 21st 2012 is the last day of…
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The tech production team crew t-shirt for Pixar's Toy Story 3 featured a parody of the logo for Jurassic Park. Looks like the guys at Emeryville used the local fav's Ape Do Good Printing for the job. I love how they replaced the scary T-Rex with the less-than-scary toy Rex from Toy Story. The back…
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M. Night Shyamalan tells the New York Times that he remembers the exact moment when his relationship with Hollywood began to go bad: A conference call with Disney executives discussing how to market Unbreakable. Night wanted to sell the film as a comic-book movie ("the tale of an unlikely superhero") but Disney executives insisted on…
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Warner Direct has released four new photos for The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. One shots of Tad Hilgenbrink, Angus Sutherland, Autumn Reeser and Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog. The Tribe will hit DVD store shelves on July 29th 2008. Enjoy! source: facebook
Read MoreWarner Bros has decided to replace Charlotte Gainsbourg with Bryce Dallas Howard in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The official reason for the change is a schedule conflict. If the actors strike were to happen the restart of Terminator 4 shooting would conflict with a French comedy Gainsbourg is attached to. Howard is now in…
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DreamWorks has released a first look at Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. in The Soloist from today's edition of USA Today. Written by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) and directed by Joe Wright (Atonement), The Soloist tells the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (played by Foxx), a musical prodigy who developed schizophrenia during his second…
Read MoreTropic Thunder Viral Video by MTV Movie Awards The Pitch: I know we don't give the MTV Movie Awards much credit, but each year they usually have a couple pre-taped segments which are pretty funny. This year the segment everyone is talking about involved Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr planning a vial…
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Here is a listing of the winners from tonight's 2008 MTV Movie Awards. I would comment but I'm not sure anyone really takes this award show seriously. I mean, "Best Movie of the Summer So Far"? Seriously! Best Movie: Transformers Best Male Performance: Will Smith in I Am Legend Breakthrough Performance: Zac Efron in Hairspray…
Read MoreWe reported earlier today about the fire at Universal Studios which has destoryed the famous clock tower set from Back to the Future (last we heard, the Clock Tower itself was said to be okay), the King Kong exhibit and thousands of videos and reels in a vault. We now have more photos thanks to…
Read MorePhotos removed at request from Warner Bros Yesterday we received two new photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I've now updated the story with four more official images which appear to be released by Warner Bros. Official Plot Synopsis: Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts…
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NSFW, Sundays, or her muddah! Dolemite né Rudy Ray Moore has returned at the tender age of 71 from "Motherland Africa" where he apparently learned how to conduct and fire laser beams like Raiden from Mortal Kombat. Dive right into the trailer for The Dolemite Explosion, a poppin' Jacuzzi of nonsense that will wash away…
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On June 5th, reshoots are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles on Where the Wild Things Are, director Spike Jonze's borderline infamous adaptation of the classic, visceral and delightfully weird children's book by Maurice Sendak. Jonze's mission? Stop the nation's emo kids (and parents) from crying and having vewey scary nightmares. According to Bloody Disgusting,…
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We've kept quiet about Twilight for a couple weeks, but this demands a posting. MTV has premiered the first completed scene from the finished film. This scene is everything I feared/expected this movie would be. There is not a moment where the vampires don't look like they are being swung around the set on wires.…
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The Pixar Projection website has confirmed what I have been told by my own internal sources, WALL-E will be the first Pixar film to not offer a look at the Emeryville-based animation company's next film Up. Instead the trailer for Disney's Bolt will be attached. We also found out exact running times. The Pixar short…
Read MoreSpooky Update 2: Several readers have pointed out that /Film posted a "Save the Clock Tower" item just days ago. I'm not saying that one of you should start a Wikipedia entry elaborating on the "/Film effect," but... Faux Update: A DeLorean was not seen exiting the premises mid-flight as the blaze began. Developing: Early…
Read MoreThe following review comes from our east coast correspondent Zach Lawrence: Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Jungle of the Swinging Shia, The Chronicles of Narnia; the last few weeks, my girlfriend has been a hardcore trooper. So what does a man do? He owes. He owes her one, and my fellow fan boys and…
Read MoreUntil today not much has been revealed about Judd Apatow's directorial follow-up to 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up. We knew that it would be more of a relationship drama compared to his previous films ("It's a comedy, but it has more drama in it," Apatow said in March. "A hilarious drama is what I'm going…
Read More/Film reader Bruno V created this fan-made insert-style poster of The Dark Knight. We usually don't post fan created poster artwork, but I thought this one was worth sharing. Click the image below to enlarge. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured…
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There are no words. I have tried all day to write up some kind of decent review for this flick and I have nothing. If any one of you knows my style at all, I am very forgiving and can usually find something positive to say about any movie. I'm a movie buff and fan,…
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Tune in tonight to Slashfilm's live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us broadcast the /Filmcast live! Tonight we'll be discussing the week's worth of film news and reviewing Wanted and Wall-E. I can't say or know what our guest lineup will be, but I assure you that it promises…
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The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Adam, and Devindra get disappointed in the new Futurama movie, discuss whether the new Get Smart measures up, and mourn the passing of one of the greatest comedic geniuses of our time. Christina Warren joins us from TUAW and Download Squad, and Sean Dwyer joins us from Film…
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Tune in tonight to Slashfilm's live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us broadcast the /Filmcast live! Tonight we'll be discussing the week's worth of film news and reviewing Get Smart with special guests Christina Warren and Sean Dwyer from Film Junk. If you have any questions/comments that you'd like…
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The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient…
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In this jam packed edition of the /Filmcast, Dave, Adam, and Devindra ponder what could have been after reading Darabont's alleged Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull script, debate whether this Hulk is an improvement on the last one, question whether Shyamalan has still got it, and mourn the loss of a…
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Tune in tonight to Slashfilm's live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us broadcast the /Filmcast live! Tonight will be a special crossover episode with The Drill Down podcast, as we'll be joined by special guests Muhammad Saleem and Andy Sorcini. There will be tons to talk about, as we…
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Movie Surfers has a short look at Disney's upcoming computer animated film Bolt. Miley Cyrus gives us a sneak preview at her character and in production footage from the upcoming film. Rumor has it that the first trailer for Bolt will be attached to Pixar’s WALL-E, which hits theaters on June 27th. For super-dog Bolt…
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The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it's the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient…
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Some new Dark Knight marketing has appeared on Comcast OnDemand: An 8-minute episode of Gotham Tonight, hosted by Mike Engel (played by Anthony Michael Hall) and an alternative Dark Knight movie trailer (which incorporates most of the new footage that was in the new IMAX featurette released last month). Engel plays a part in the…
Read MoreDance Off with the Star Wars Stars by MookieMovies The Pitch: Chewbacca and a Jawa dance to Footloose, Princess Leia and Queen Amidala are Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Darth Vader is a Thriller in Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars, part of the 2008 Star Wars Weekends Hyperspace Hoopla show at…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, David, Devindra, and Adam debate how good the Religulous trailer really is, remember the good old days when Eddie Murphy used to say "Fuck," try to ignore the hype/hate behind the Valkyrie trailer, and geek out about Kung Fu Panda. Special guest bloggers Mike Sonders joins us from Great…
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Tune in tonight to Slashfilm's Live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us broadcast the /Filmcast live. With Peter gone for a press screening, we'll be joined by special guest bloggers Mike Sonders from GreatWhiteSnark and Angie J. Han from Bitch Happy to discuss the past week in movie news…
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The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it's the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, Adam, and Peter, debate the merits of Sex and the City, lament the Universal fire, pore over the Lost finale, and discuss the nihilistic themes of Rambo. Special guest Myles McNutt joins us from Cultural Learnings and Alex Billington joins us from Firstshowing. Have any questions/comments/suggestions? Feel…
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Thanks to everyone for tuning in to last week's live broadcast of the /Filmcast, and for subscribing to us in iTunes! You helped the debut episode of the /Filmcast make it into iTunes' "Top Podcasts" and "New and Notable" sections. Tonight we'll be discussing the Lost finale (possibly with spoilers, so try and be caught…
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