It's the weekend and a slow news day, so I thought I'd give you a brief tour of one of the theaters at the Telluride Film Festival. The Chuck Jones theater is dedicated to the famous artist responsible for the classic Looney Toons shorts. The whole place is themed around Chuck and the characters he…
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Last night the Telluride Film Festival held a tribute for director David Fincher. After an introduction by festival sponsor documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, and a package of clips spanning Fincher's career from Music videos, commercials, to Se7en, The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room and Zodiac, Variety's Todd McCarthy took the stage to do a 1:1…
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For all the people who have emailed, commented, and called... yes, we made it to our hotel okay. I probably should have posted an update. I figured that everyone would have realized this occurred when they saw that I had uploaded the videos in the late hours of the morning. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tell8.flv 300 226] The hotel…
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[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tell2.flv 300 226] How much would you pay for a movie ticket? $10? $15? $20? I remember when a ticket to a matinee showing was under $4. The first stop on my 28 day journey is the Telluride Film Festival. The festival pass costs $680 for the full four days. If you see 4 movies…
Read More Click to play play_blip_movie_1116816(); Wright / Reitman Unplugged The Pitch: Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz) and Jason Reitman (Juno) interview each other during Just Comedy 2008. 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…
Read More [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/peterstarttrip.flv 300 226] /Film editor Peter Sciretta is about to embark on a 28 day trip that will span three film festivals - Telluride, Toronto, and Fantastic Fest. This is the first of a series of video and photo blogs that will be filed over the course of the trip. Don't worry, /Film news coverage…
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Volkswagen has been a strong supporter of independent film through their sponsorship of film festivals and indie cinemas. The car company has produced a series of fun "See Film Differently" videos which feature film fanatics sharing their vastly different interpretations of classic movies. Toy Story is a Meditation on the Trials of Puberty and Sexuality…
Read More This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. HEROES (SEASON 2) There's no question about it, Volume 2 of Heroes offered a major decline in quality compared to the show's kickass first…
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Delorean Time Machine in Kanye West's Good Morning The Pitch: The Back to the Future Delorean time machine makes a cameo appearance in the new Kanye West music video Good Morning. In the video, a little bear version of Kanye is having a very bad morning, which includes his car, the delorean, crapping out on…
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Chuck Palahniuk's official website has word that the Fight Club/Choke author's last book Rant, might have been optioned for a big screen movie adaptation. We're not sure what studio made the purchase, and we really don't have any more information. I've been calling sources for the last few days and have come up short. But…
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While Peter is on the record questioning Anna Faris's cute-ranking, I have continuously defended her on the site as one of the funniest chicks working in Hollywood. My first ever item for Slashfilm was shot down, even. It was to be an essay on Faris's stoned character in Smiley Face, with a paragraph dedicated to…
Read More The Line is a new online skit-series following the painful trials of two geeks, played by Joe Lo Truglio (The State) and Bill Hader (SNL), as they camp out awaiting the release of a fictional sci-fi blockbuster sequel. These morsels of comedy were practically tailor made for Slashfilm. In this installment, Paul Scheer from MTV's…
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Before he was the director of the second biggest film in box office history, and even before he garnered acclaim by telling a story of memory loss in reverse, Christopher Nolan broke onto the scene with Following. The multi-layered black and white crime noir thriller tells the story of Bill (Jeremy Theobald), an unemployed aspiring…
Read More Japanese Harry Potter TV Show The Pitch: What would Harry Potter look like if it was a weekly Japanese television show? Check out the video above created by konoko3939. The music and style is from a famous Japanese TV show called "Magic Sentai Majiranger". Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a…
Read More Summer of Tears in Teen Wolf The Pitch: The Summer of Tears sketch comedy troupe invade the classic 1980's Michael J Fox high school sports werewolf comedy Teen Wolf. 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…
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As expected, The Dark Knight was dethroned at the Box Office this weekend, after five weeks on top. Tropic Thunder won the weekend with an estimated $26 million ($37 million 5-day total). But here is where the unexpected thing happened - The Dark Knight beat Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which was projected to take…
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Has Darth Vader's Galactic Empire invaded San Francisco, or is it just Imperial Fleet Week in the Bay Area? Great work by MHorn! Let's hope that George Lucas doesn't get any ideas to shoot the Star Wars Universe Cloverfield-style.
Read More Welcome 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 More Star Wars Tie Fighter Attack Office Reenactment The Pitch: A bunch of Vimeo employees reenact the famous scene from Star Wars: A New Hope in their office. 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?…
Read More The Thing Tribute with GI Joe Figures The Pitch: Simon Gesrel and Xavier Ehretsmann created this homage to John Carpenter's The Thing using G.I. Joe action figures. 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?…
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The Toronto International Film Festival has released their list of the 2008 festival's slate of twenty special presentation films. You can check out the highlights below and the rest after the jump. We'll be at the festival next month, so keep it tuned for our coverage. The Brothers Bloom Rian Johnson, USA World PremiereThe brothers…
Read More Boba Fett Does the Mandalorian Dance The Pitch: Partick Boivin created this stop motion animated short with everyone's favorite bounty hunter showing off his dance moves. Thanks to /Film reader Jack Q for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have…
Read More This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. SOUTH PARK (SEASON 11) South Park has become almost run-of-the-mill in its episodic delivery of insanity these past few years, losing a little bit…
Read More Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman Go Shopping The Pitch: Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman go shopping at Borders and offer some music, movies and book recommendations. 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…
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After 24 days at the top, The Dark Knight has been dethroned at the #1 ranked movie on the Internet Movie Database's top 250 films of all time list. The Christopher Nolan Batman sequel is now placed #3 on the list. Interesting to note: The Shawshank Redemption comes out the victor in this contest of…
Read More Wonka: Recut Trailer The Pitch: Dogfoodfilms recut Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory as a dark, hallucinogenic thriller slash morality tale. Thanks to /Film's own David Chen for passing this along. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should…
Read More Unofficial Quantum of Solace Theme Song The Pitch: James Bond super-fan Joe Cornish has recorded a (totally unofficial) Quantum Of Solace theme song. 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.
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Pineapple Express premiered nationwide on Wednesday with $12.1 million, but dropped 50% on Thursday for an estimated $6.35 million. The Dark Knight has beaten Mamma Mia, Space Chimps, Step Brothers, X-Files 2, The Mummy 3, Swing Vote... but will the cape crusader be able to take down the Judd Apatow stoner comedy? Steve Mason is…
Read More Michael Bay's Nightmare on Elm Street The Pitch: Michael Bay's production company, Platinum Dunes, is remaking Nightmare on Elm Street, which got someone thinking... what would a Nightmare on Elm Street movie look like with Michael Bay at the helm? Thanks to /Film's Adam Quigley for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of…
Read More This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. THE COUNTERFEITERS Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this movie tells the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in…
Read More Paris Hilton for Presiden by Funny or Die The Pitch: Paris Hilton is not from the olden days, but she is running for president. Written by Adam McKay, Produced by Chris Henchy, Directed by Jake Szymanski Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations.…
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The Dark Knight has just crossed the $400 million mark in a record setting amount of time - just 18 days of release. To give you an idea of just how big that is, let me share with you the previous record holder - Shrek 2, which crossed the same $400 mark in 43 days!…
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor will end the weekend well behind industry expectations with $42.5 million. This means once again, The Dark Knight is #1 at the box office with $44.8M, pushing the film's domestic total to $395.88 million. The Dark Knight currently stands as the #8 biggest grossing film of all time…
Read More Star Wars - A New Halo by: Kung Fu Grip The Pitch: What would happen if in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, the incompetent Stormtroopers were replaced by Spartans from Halo? Gruesome deaths that's what! Thanks to /Film reader Benny for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day…
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The only good thing about those annoying Dark Knight sequel rumors is that it forces the actors on the receiving end to comment about the possibility in the inevitable denial. Our friends at Comic Book Cynic send over word that Johnny Depp has publicly denied rumors that he would be playing The Riddler, while appearing…
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The Dark Knight surpassed the $500 million mark early Sunday morning, which is a new record, as no film has ever accomplished this particular feat in just 45 days. It probably helps that only one other film has even accomplished that feat. Titanic hit $500 million in 91 days. Industry Analysts still predict a $520-$535…
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Disaster Movie has been voted the worst movie of all time by the users of the Internet Movie Database. The film is currently getting a 1.3 out of 10 rating with 4,066 votes. Earlier this year, Paris Hilton's The Hottie and the Nottie hit the dreaded #1 spot after only one week of release (the…
Read More Sunday has been dark and dreary at the 35th Telluride Film Festival. The rain stops for a few minutes, and only a few minutes. For the most part, festival-goers can be seen hiding under umbrellas or the make-shift tents set up outside the festival venues. It's one of those days where you can see everyone…
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Questionable Internet/playground slang alert: A Bollywood family film entitled Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors is the target of a Warner Bros. lawsuit. The point of contention lies in the title's similarity to the studio's multi-billion Harry Potter franchise. Sillier still, Hari Puttar is described online as a blatant Home Alone knockoff. So the robber…
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When we last talked to Chuck Palahniuk at Sundance, he told us that a big screen adaptation of Lullaby was set up with a Swedish director he met named Rolf Johansson, who had one more year to get the film into production. Now according to our friends at Film School Rejects who recently spoke to…
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When a orphan named Jamal Malik, from the slums of Mumbai, makes it to the final question on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, his credibility is put into question. Did he cheat? The police arrest and torture the 18-year-old, hoping to uncover some kind of illegal motivation, but instead they…
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With Wanted being a huge success this summer, it's no surprise that Mark Millar is already talking plans for more sequels to the film. What's interesting is that Millar has pretty much given up the comic book continuity of the series. In an interview with Newsarama, Millar discusses his complete disinterest in a comic follow-up…
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The Alamo Drafthouse has yet another cool limited edition poster print. Pearl Jam poster artist Brad Klausen has created a 24x36 9-color glow in the dark poster for Tron. Click on the image below to see the poster in high resolution. The Drafthouse is holding a special screening to celebrate the grand opening on Arcade…
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Flash of Genius is one of the surprise films that is being shown at this year's Telluride Film Festival. Based on a true story, Flash of Genius follows Doctor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a Detroit-based inventor and engineer professor, who decided to take on the automotive industry, and more specifically Ford Motor Company, who he…
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WARNING: This post (and potentially its title) contain MAJOR spoilers for David Fincher's film, "Zodiac." Hot off the heels of Peter's experience with a David Fincher tribute and his disappointing viewing of 20 minutes from Benjamin Button comes word that the storyline from Fincher's last opus, Zodiac, may finally be reaching a resolution. According to…
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Writer/director Lance Daly described his film Kisses as a story about "how to escape if you can't escape". More specifically, it's about two kids who run away from home and spend a "night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin." Sprinkled with realistic improvisational moments, Kisses is Lost in Translation but with…
Read More [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tell11.flv 300 226] I just got out of the David Fincher tribute (which I will write about at length later) but for now I want to share my first impressions on the 20 minutes of footage from Fincher's new film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was screened at the event. First off, I…
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WEEKEND UPDATE: Okay. So, I just witnessed a press copy of Disaster Movie. Let's up the ante. If you really, really want bad things to happen to Disaster Movie, and the movie's directors/hacks, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer Water, paste the following in the comments: Necronomicon Xmortis Juno. Thanks. If their film suffers a horrible…
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James C Strouse has yet to hit the mainstream, but I'm sure that audiences will someday find his relate-able indie dramas. After writing the 2005 Casey Affleck indie Lonesome Jim (netflix it), he went on to direct John Cusack in Grace is Gone. The big sale and hit of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, was…
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Even Bruce Wayne is beginning to think Max Payne will be a sizable hit and worth seeing. A new theatrical trailer for Fox's video game adaptation contains even more shots of the hypnotic angels-of-death that continue to puzzle the games' followers. We learn herein that the winged beings are referred to as "valkyries," and reward…
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On the newly posted After Dark show, a /Film fan wrote in detesting MGM's planned Poltergeist remake. Not only did this topic snowball into the most tasteless Heather O'Rourke/pizza joke imaginable, we also contemplated whether the project qualifies as the first remake of a Steven Spielberg movie. And if so, is Jaws within reach? The…
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Lionsgate has released the final poster for SAW V. The tagline promises "You won't believe how it ends". One thing that has been consistent throughout all of the SAW films - they have always ended with a twist, even when it is barely logical. In the fifth installment of the SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly…
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Arguably the most beloved, foul-mouthed, politically incorrect sports comedy of all time, 1977's Slap Shot will see a second direct-to-DVD sequel released later this year. Starring Leslie Nielsen, this one focuses on a "junior league" hockey team, alongside the three actors known as the Hanson Brothers (above), who have milked their pseudo-fame in all three…
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Numerous sources are reporting that Sam Taylor-Wood, a visual artist whose 2008 short film Love You More was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or, is slated to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic based on the life of John Lennon. The project is now moving forward, and according to Screen Daily, the film will cover…
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Fox Searchlight has sent us three new photos from Danny Boyle's (28 Days Later, Trainspotting) latest film - Slumdog Millionaire. The film tells the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is…
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As part of Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse is doing a series of Oz-sploitation screenings featuring "the best of the down-under's offerings of madness and mayhem!" Yes, that means Rolling Roadshow screenings of Mad Max and The Road Warrior in Republic Square Park! /Film favorite Tyler Stout has created this awesome limited edition numbered poster…
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There are worse directors in the world than Brett Ratner. For example, despite trouncing the great character work found in the first two X-Men films and dishonoring their memory, X3 was at least competently directed with action scenes that made some sort of visual sense. But here at /Film, Ratner is someone that we love…
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Film Junk is reporting some fairly surprising news--The Dark Knight is not doing so well in Japan. And by not so well, I mean that it's only pulled in $8.7 million after being in theaters for three weeks. Of course, part of the problem is that it's competing against Hayao Miyazaki's latest opus, Ponyo on…
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Earlier this month we reported that Relativity had scooped up the gestating Voltron movie from 20th Century Fox (nice move) with plans to make it with a “more moderate budget, utilizing the type of cost-effective technology employed in films including 300.” Latino Review (huge Voltron fans) report tonight that Max Makowski, a general unknown, is…
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The balloon of blind faith gifted the Coen Brothers after No Country For Old Men (and many other great films) by critics and bloggers is beginning to sputter across the Netz. The bros' new CIA kneeslapper Burn After Reading starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt is receiving decidely mixed early word-of-mouth and reviews from the…
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Another morning on Slashfilm, another Kid Icarus in Hollywood. Previously, Robert Downey Jr. used the web to hawk an Iron loogie at The Dark Knight and DC Comics, and now Mark Wahlberg---who enjoys lighting cigarettes in the rain---says he'd pummel The Caped Crusader. Put down the Pop Tarts and take a deep breath, fanboys. “I’m…
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34-year-old Philadelphia artist Dave Perillo draws inspiration for his work from many of the following sources: 1950’s Sci-Fi Movies, Charles Schultz, Jim Flora, Ray Harryhausen, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Henson, Hanna Barbera, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock & Character Advertising Icons. You can see more of Perillo's artwork on Montygog's Art-O-Rama. Thanks to /Film reader kinomozg…
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Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the two madmen behind Crank, appeared on The Movie Blog Uncut and talked briefly about their upcoming adaptation of Jonah Hex. For those of you who don't remember, a few months ago, a photo of Thomas Jane made up to look like Jonah Hex leaked onto the internet. At first…
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20th Century Fox has announced they are pushing the release of Baz Luhrmann's Australia from November 14th, back to November 26th. The shift was made as a butterfly effect of Warner Bros' decision to movie Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince from November 21st back to Summer 2009. As you may remember, this prompted…
Read More The Dark Knight: Sweded By Kids The Pitch: A group of children recreated The Dark Knight movie trailer. 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.
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/Film reader Ricky C snapped some photos of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen shoot in Long Beach today: Hey guys! I got some really great pictures from the Transformers 2 set in Long Beach. I tried to get more pictures of that grey car but it sped away before i could snap some good…
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When I first screened Alan Ball's directorial debut at the Tonroto International Film Festival last year, it was titled Nothing is Private. In my review, I wondered why Ball had decided to change the title from that of the book it was based on - Towelhead. The obvious answer is political correctness. And a few…
Read More Sometimes while I blog about the latest news, I think to myself about how much the last year has affected the story I'm working on. With some actors and directors, it doesn't make much of a difference. For example, George Clooney's Michael Clayton was days away from screening at the Toronto Film Festival, yet it…
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The following image gives us the first close-up of the Sleestak named Enik from next summer's $100 million incarnation of Land of the Lost starring Will Ferrell and Danny McBride. The Sleestaks are a horned reptilian-insectoid species that inhabit the alternate world stumbled upon by Ferrell's paleontologist and friends. In the original source material, Enik…
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Lionsgate has released a new production photo from Crank 2: High Voltage. Click on the image below to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: In this high-octane sequel, hitman Chev Chelios’ (Statham) launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE…
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Common sense would have you believe that Sony wouldn't auction off a walk-on role in a movie which hasn't even been given a greenlight... or would they? /Film reader Chuck W sends along word that the studio is doing exactly that. Sony is auctioning off a visit to the set of Spider-Man 4 (Location of…
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced the specs for the DVD/Blu-ray release of The Incredible Hulk. Both the Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray releases include over two hours of bonus extras, including an exclusive, never-before-seen alternate opening and a digital copy of the film that is iPod, PC or MAC compatible. Gotta love it…
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Paramount has released Rain of Madness, the entire 30-minute documentary about the movie within the movie (" I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude! "), for free on iTunes. "German born documentarian, Jan Jürgen blows the lid off Hollywood, exposing the frenzy, the insanity and the madness surrounding the filming of "…
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Okay, let's make this quick because I'm logging off, going outside and sitting quietly under a tree for the rest of eternity. Writer Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War, Studio 60) has joined Facebook. More importantly, he's created a Facebook group whereit's announced he's penning Facebook: The Movie (our title) for mega-producer Scott Rudin (NCFOM, TWBB)...…
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ComingSoon is reporting that 20th Century Fox will released the first trailer for the big screen adaptation of Dragonball attached to Max Payne, on October 17th. Meanwhile, rumors that Fox isn't happy with the final film have been debunked on a variety of different websites. In fact, SuperheroFlix's sources claim that "everyone involved seems to…
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In a recent interview with CreationTV (video after the jump), Zachary Quinto made a possibly revealing statement about his role in JJ Abrams' Star Trek. When asked "How did it inform your character, knowing what he would become?" Quinto responded that while Leonard Nimoy's performance affected him to a degree, "Although, When you see this…
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Lordsinuhe spotted Optimus Prime was spotted in Long Beach California, where Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is currently shooting at the Queensway Bridge. The streets have been transformed into a fictional Asian location, and the sequence is surely a continuation of the opening sequence which was shot at the Steel Factory in Bethlehem, PA. Photos…
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Buried at the end of The Hollywood Reporter's article on the marketing of The Dark Knight is a small update on the status of a third Batman film: Both Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures want to greenlight a third film, but are waiting for Christopher Nolan to come to them with a "story and a…
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Warner Bros is launching a Hulu competitor on TheWB.com, which will include ad supported seasons of popular WB shows like Friends, The OC, Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Smallville. According to TechCrunch, the site will offer a bunch of features not offered by Hulu or other television…
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UPDATE 2: TWC is getting back to us. Now they say tomorrow. UPDATE: A reader from Outlander.solsector.net says, "There’s been no confirmation about the DVD date and nearest myself and one of the producers can tell there really isn’t a date set for the DVD much less a theatrical release. Plus, The Weinstein Company is…
Read More In the year 2029, the asteroid Apophis (270 meters in length) is scheduled to pass by Earth, significantly within the moon's orbit. While the vast majority of us have probably already either taken the attitude of a) Resigning ourselves to an asteroidal death, or b) Completely disregarding the possibility that anything catyclismic could ever originate…
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Marvel is teaming with Madhouse, the respected Japanese animation studio responsible for Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Ninja Scroll, to reenvision its comic book characters, their origins, and new characters for anime series. Iron Man and Wolverine have been tapped, but others characters were not specified. In a report by the NY Times, Marvel's International…
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Update: Despite the reports from the film industry trade papers, Steven Spielberg is still scheduled to helm the first Tintin movie. Both Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg's camps insist that the rumor is inaccurate. The rumor started when a spokesman for Herge Studios' claimed that Peter Jackson would be directing the first Tintin movie instead…
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This new Dexter advertisement is kinda/sorta a parody of WiReD Magazine. via: Techcrunch
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HBO has killed the planned television adaptation of Garth Ennis' popular Vertigo comic series Preacher. Mark Steven Johnson broke the news to ComicsContinuum, claiming that the project got to the budgeting stage before it was axed. "The new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial. Which, of…
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The New York Times has an extensive analysis of 20th Century Fox's lawsuit with Warner Bros over the rights to Watchmen. Here is an excerpt which I think explains the situation better than anyone else:"On its face, turnaround is a contractual mechanism that allows a studio to release its interest in a dormant film project,…
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The following quote is attributed to Variety's Pam McClintock: "The worst thing that ever happened to indie film was that the studios decided it was a good business." And while I agree with that statement, I'm not sure I agree that Independent Movies are on the "endangered species list" as Variety editor Peter Bart writes…
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It's official. Slashfilm is in the midst of a 2008 Vin Diesel dunkirk. Not only did the muscled actor inexplicably drop the "Riddick is back, no matter what! Two films!" bomb yesterday, there's his new Fast and Furious trailer. And last night on a superb /Filmcast, we examined the actor's radioactive connection to Osama bin…
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The first official production photo from the new Jim Carrey comedy I Love You Phillip Morris has been revealed on JimCarreyOnline. Adapted from Steve McVicker's 2003 novel, and based on a true story. Carrey plays Russell, a criminal who falls in love with his cell mate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). After Morris' release from prison,…
Read More In the new issue of Star Trek Magazine, both William Shatner and director JJ Abrams once again insist that the Shat has no part in the upcoming Star Trek reboot. Here is a quote from Shatner, courtesy of Trekmovie: "I have no connection with the film whatsoever. It’s the strangest thing. Even my dear friend…
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Jim Hance created this wonderful parody of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting The Mona Lisa using Princess Leia from George Lucas' Star Wars. The paining recently sold on ETSY, and unfortunately Jim has promised to never duplicate the design or make prints. The Mona Leia is hand painted with acrylics on canvas board, and framed…
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Amazon has another hot Deal of the Day. Today they are offering Heroes Season One for $29.99, 50% off the MSRP of $59.98. Not a gold box sale, but also worth mentioning: Heroes Season 2 also not-so-coincidentally hits DVD store shelves today, and is available on Amazon for $24.99, 37% off the MSRP. So you…
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The September issue of the Brazilian movie magazine SET features four collectable Watchmen covers. Head on over to blogdosadovski for the high res cover scans. via: SHH
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Vin Diesel revealed to MTV that screenwriter David Twowy is writing the scripts for two Riddick sequels. And for Diesel, the question isn't if another Riddick movie will go into production it is if they will attempt to "shoot the two chapters at the same time" ala Lord of the Rings or The Matrix sequels.…
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Tonight on the /Filmcast, we are stoked to be joined by Paul Scheer from MTV's Human Giant, VH1's Best Week Ever and the 2009 summer comedy Year One. Tune in live, 10 p.m. EST!!! Welcome to another edition of the Slashfilm Playlist. This is where we ask writers, directors and stars we dig about their…
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The teaser trailer for Fast and Furious was attached to Death Race, and is now available online. We also have some new production photos above and after the jump. Original cast members Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster return, allowing Universal to use the tagline "New Model, Original Parts". I think the…
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Entertainment Weekly has discovered that Michelle Rodriguez will reprise her role as Ana Lucia in one episode of the upcoming season of Lost. The last time we saw the character, she was (spoiler warning) shot to death, which means one of three things: 1. Anna Lucia will return from the dead as a zombie on…
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The Dark Knight themed alarm clock lets you project the Bat-Signal onto your wall or ceiling. Product Specs: 12/24 Hour Mode Display Time Display Calendar (month,date, day) Alarm function with 8 different melodies and tones Adjustable Snooze Timer 24-Hour Countdown Timer AM/FM Radio Band Analog Tuning Telescopic Antenna 180-degree rotation arm for front or back…
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Thought it might be worth mentioning that /Film's third birthday took place over the weekend. As always, I want to thank you guys for your continued readership and support! Awesome unrelated Star Wars Cake photo courtesy of Great White Snark.
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/Gamer has video of The Joker's Fatality from the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe video game. You have to admit, it's pretty funny.
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I wonder what became of the Stormtrooper from A New Hope who was jedi-mindtricked into letting Obi-wan, Luke Skywalker, C3PO and R2D2 pass by. I'm sure the weak minded clone was probably put to death. via: superpunch
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Amazon is offering The O.C. - The Complete Series for 59% off as the Deal of the Day. The four season box set which normally retails for $179.98, can be purchased for only $72.99, a savings of $106.99. Okay, I'll admit - The O.C. isn't exactly geek material. And yes, the last two seasons were…
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen co-screenwriter Roberto Orci has been answering questions on the TFW2005 forums, here are some of the highlights: About Writing Shia's hand injury into the Script: "Luckily nothing has to be reshot. Yes, we were on set last week to write it into the movie, not because it's absolutely necessary, but…
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AICN has gotten word that Danny Elfman is scoring Universal's remake of The Wolfman. Elfman has always been hit or miss for me, and I'm not sure The Wolfman will play to his strengths. Discuss: What is your favorite Elman score? Mine is probably either Pee-Wee Herman's Big Adventure, Edward Scissorhands or Batman Returns.
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And The Dark Knight sequel gossip continues. Could Cher be in line to play Catwoman in the next Batman installment? The British newspaper The Telegraph is citing a "studio executive" source, claiming that Cher us "Nolan's first choice" for the role. "He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years,"…
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The opening credit sequence for Guy Ritchie's RockNRolla is now online. Check out the sequence for RockNRolla by clicking on the image above. You probably have never heard of Danny Yount, but you've definitely seen some of the animated title sequences he has created: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man, The Invasion, The Reaping, Six…
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There’s not much to say about the Longshots as a movie as a whole. It is that same “underdogs and group of misfits” facing insurmountable odds and rising to the challenge in a winning montage and overcoming adversity. Now that’s where the “Old Hat” writing ends and the mythology begins. Based on the true story…
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Michael Keaton will voice the role of Ken (as in Barbie's boyfriend Ken) in Toy Story 3. Jodi Benson (who voiced Barbie in the Toy Story series) revealed the news to IESB. This will be Keaton's second appearance in a Pixar film, after voicing Chick Hicks in Cars. What We Already Know about Toy Story…
Read More From the producers of Paris, je t'aime, comes New York, I Love You, another anthology of 12-short films, this time focusing on the stories of love in New York's five boroughs. Directed by Allen Hughes, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Fatih Akin, Scarlett Johansson, Ivan Attal, Natalie Portman, Shunji Iwai, Jiang Wen,…
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When I first discovered Twilight, I wrote a post called "Is Twilight the New Harry Potter?". I was bashed by all kinds of angry Twilight fans, Twilight Moms and even Twilight Dads for trying to compare the two series. But now that Twilight has moved into the release date that was once occupied by Harry…
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The /Filmcast Interviews are a series of interviews with movie stars, directors, and other key figures from the film industry. In this episode, David speaks with partner and animation director of Rough Draft Studios, Rich Moore, about the history of Futurama, the upcoming Bender's Game, and his next project, Sit Down, Shut Up, with Arrested…
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Entertainment Weekly should probably hire Kevin Smith to write movie reviews. Heck, they've sent Diablo Cody to do set reports!? It seems like Smith is seeing all the films early now-a-days. First The Dark Knight, then Watchmen, and now... Star Trek? Maybe so. The Clerks director was a guest on KROQ's Kevin and Bean show…
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Universal has released the official American trailer for Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon. We also have some production photos and an official plot synopsis below. Based on a play of the same name, the film tells the story of the series of infamous post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost (Michael Sheen) and former president…
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Fox Searchlight has released a couple clips from Clark Gregg's big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke. Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends…
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Jeff Robinov confirmed to the Wall Street Journal, that Warner Bros will reboot the Superman franchise. "Superman [Returns] didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," said Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned. Had Superman worked in 2006, we would have had…
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Cinemablend found this awesome fan created poster for JJ Abrams' Star Trek, which is actually ten times better than the recently released character one-sheets (for the record I want to say that I loved the first teaser poster which was released at Comic Con a couple years ago). The poster was created by UK artist…
Read More Since most of the major cast announcements have now been made, I thought we'd take a look at the cast of Matthew Vaughn's big screen adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass comic book. 18-year-old British actor Aaron Johnson has been cast as the title character, Dave Lizewski, a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who attempts to…
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If you've seen The Dark Knight, than no explanation is really needed. Someone created a t-shirt based on a line from the mob's introduction of The Joker. Available in sizes Small to XXXL for $22.94 on RedBubble.com. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should…
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Legendary Japanese Anime director Hayao Miyazaki's latest film is a huge box office success in Japan. Ponyo on the Cliff has surpassed 10 billion YEN (or about $93.2 million) in just 31 days of release. That means that over 8.43 million tickets have been purchased so far. The film which is tracking closely to Miyazaki's…
Read More Despite concerns of an economic slowdown, a new study shows that regular filmgoers have no plans to cut back on trips to the local multiplex. The NPD group found that about 80% of people who see films at least every three weeks plan on attending the cinema as often, if not more often, than they…
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Our friends at Screenrant point out that registration has already begun for the 2009 San Diego Comic Con International. Passes have always sold out a month or so before the show. And with attendance on the rise every year (this year was insane), you might want to reserve your pass early. I recommend grabbing the…
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Columbia Pictures and MGM have announced that they will be moving Quantum of Solace from November 7th, back one week to November 14th. According to a press release from the studio, "The strategic move places the highly-anticipated James Bond adventure one week closer to the prime movie-going holiday window and takes advantage of last week's…
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Yes, it seems the rumors are true. Dammit. Slashfilm would like to call a time-out and mourn the passing of Sho'Nuff, the nefarious "shogun of Harlem" in The Last Dragon, and one of the prettiest and meanest villains in all of cinema. Sho'Nuff was also known as actor Julius Carry. He was 56. RIP, Sho'Nuff.…
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UPDATE: Someone was using my name in the comments below last night and starting, yes, drama. We've deleted the comments in question. This has occurred more than once on Slashfilm recently. We're looking into it. For the record, yes, Slashfilm thinks this movie is a total pile. And I don't hate all of our readers,…
Read More The World Soundtrack Awards have announced the nominations for the 2008 Award show. Film Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat, "The Golden Compass" James Newton Howard, "Charlie Wilson's War," "Michael Clayton," "I Am Legend" Alberto Iglesias, "The Kite Runner" Dario Marianelli, "Atonement" John Powell, "The Bourne Ultimatum" Best Original Score of the Year "3:10 to…
Read More Remember when we posted concept photos which had been floating around DVD forums of an extremely cool Dark Knight gift set? The one where the film's DVD's were stored in the base of a Batpod model? Remember how we were bombarded with comments saying the photos were obviously fake? Well.. We were just contacted by…
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Unfortunately, Chucky and the Candyman will not be giving each other Colombian neckties or enjoying a round of Stella Artois. Both of these horror staples will soon be the recipients of separate theatrical remakes, and Candyman might even become a white dude. But first, news about the redheaded, plastic enfant terrible, who just turned the…
Read More We're in the midst of an industry preamble for a 3D revolution flush with cash, but there are countless doubters. Ebert's hating, and while I liked Beowulf and eagerly anticipate Avatar, it's easy to see 3D becoming the Reebok Pump of cinema (again?). Personally, I'm prone to believing the future holds a more participatory creative…
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I'm sure that the downfall of modern entertainment will someday be linked to the concept of direct-to-DVD movie sequels. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a shitty home video sequel of Wrong Turn, but when they start messing around with films that people actually care about (like Lost Boys or Wargames), that is when…
Read More Jon Favreau told the Los Angeles Times that, while there has not been any formal announcement, he has already begun developing an Iron Man sequel. "We're working on it now, which hasn't been officially announced," he said. "It will be released in 2010." Here is a recap of what we already know: Tropic Thunder screenwriter…
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As reported by Jeff Wells awhile back, Religulous has started playing in two theaters (one in NYC and one in Claremont, CA) to fulfill Rule 12 of the Academy's eligibility rules for Best Documentary nominations. The theaters themselves are out of the way (apparently the one in New York is all the way up on…
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Warner Bros has released a new behind the scenes shot for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Director David Yates and crew watch Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore film a scene. Yesterday, Warner President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Horn offered a statement to the many upset fans explaining why the film had been…
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Ever wondered what the AT- AT would look like over the course of several million years of evolution? Me neither. However, James Lillis has done a detailed evolutionary biological projection just in case, and has released the results in t-shirt form. Available in 21 different colors for $25.94 on RedBubble.com. Cool Stuff is a daily…
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Check out some new international movie posters for Max Payne, Transporter 3 and Baz Luhrmann's Australia. via: postergeek, ros
Read More Have you ever heard the story of how a background extra exposed himself in the ending scene of Teen Wolf? The moment in question comes at the end of the film when everyone runs off the bleachers to celebrate the basketball win. While Michael J Fox is kissing his girlfriend, there is an actor in…
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I always love when fan art evolves from honoring a film to asking "What if?" Australian artist Josh McMahon has created some fun concept art for the possible future of Chistopher Nolan's Batman series. The art above shows what Kristen Bell might look like as Harley Quinn. Apparently, Bell was the fan favorite for the…
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Ben Affleck and Clifton Collins Jr (Traffic, Capote) have been cast in Mike Judge's next live action feature film Extract. Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig have already boarded the project, which has been described as “what it’s like to be the boss when everything seems to be shifting around you." Bateman stars as…
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BadandUgly has the first photos of Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart. Confused? I can see how that could happen as back in April we brought you the first photos of Hilary Swank as the famous female pilot. Well turns out that Adams plays the historic character in Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the…
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One of the most often asked fan questions about Fox's Watchmen lawsuit is: Why didn't the studio file the lawsuit before principal photography began and before millions and millions of dollars had been spent. Fans believed that Fox waited to "blindside" Warner Bros with this copyright suit after it was too late. Not so. According…
Read More Access Hollywood has another behind-the-scenes feature on Oliver Stone's W. They are on the set for a scene where George Bush practices an emergency water landing before the now infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech. I have yet to read the script, but I find it interesting that they would choose to include a little moment like…
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After we win the war against the machines, what are we going to do with all the endoskeleton remains? How about we make the skulls into a DVD player? A Japanese company made such a creation during the release of Terminator 3. Much like anything on the internet, the photos are circulating around the web…
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The Wolverine situation is something that movie journalists have been talking about since February. You probably didn't notice because most of us didn't write about it. And even now, I'm not exactly sure what I could or should say. So I'll just relay the RUMOR that Jeff Wells is reporting on Hollywood Elsewhere. The basic…
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After Knowing, Alex Proyas will begin adapting Robert Heinlein's novela The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. The Dark City director will write and helm the $40 - $50 million psychological thriller for Phoenix Pictures. Heinlein is probably best known to today's moviegoers as the author of Starship Troopers. Originally published in a 1942 edition of…
Read More Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro have announced that writing has begun on The Hobbit and the announced Hobbit sequel. Jackson partner Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have also been revealed as part of the writing team. Both Walsh and Boyens were part of the creative team behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Originally…
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Over the last week I've been bombarded by e-mails about the two new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie posters which have supposedly leaked onto the interwebs. The reason why we haven't posted these on the site, is because they are not real. I don't know where these posters originated from, but I can tell…
Read More Baracky Movie Trailer The Pitch: Barack Obama stars as Baracky, in this Rocky-like retelling of the 2008 US Presidential election race. 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.
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I have some bad news. Not only is MGM remaking Poltergeist, but they have hired Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, the team behind the modern horror classic (sarcasm) Boogeyman to write the screenplay. Tobe Hooper's 1982 film was co-written, produced and highly supervised by Steven Spielberg, and told the story of a family's haunted home…
Read More Access Hollywood has a four minute behind the scenes look at Oliver Stone's W. If you ever had a doubt that Josh Brolin wouldn't be able to do George W, watch Brolin's delivery of the speech early on in this clip. It's amazing. Definitely a lot better than the professional George W. Bush impersonator that…
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Tune in for Jake and Amir LIVE on the /Filmcast tonight, 10 p.m. EST! My introduction to CollegeHumor.com went a little something like this: I was drunk in my college newspaper's office, eating two-day-old Sbarro pizza and my desk line rang. "I'm calling again from CollegeHumor. When are you going to review the big foam…
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When Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas met with Kristen Bell last week, they talked about the possibility of doing a Veronica Mars movie. It's not a go, but Thomas told EW that he's had "a few conversations" with Mars executive producer Joel Silver. Thomas says that he's too busy right now, "But as soon as…
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Futuresource Consulting projecting that more than half of all DVD sales in the United States will be Blu-ray by the year 2012. I'm finding it harder and harder to believe that we'll have hoverboards and flying cars just three years later. via: Cinematech
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Caution: Spoilers everywhere. Whatever. Tropic Thunder didn't meet expectations. It's not an abortion in a beard like Clone Wars, but it wimped out. For some reason---probably due to the red band trailer and months of exposure to incredibly positive buzz---many hoped Ben Stiller would redeem himself and categorically skewer the Ben Stiller who will soon…
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Larry Charles' Religulous is scheduled to hit theaters in October. But did you know that the Bill Maher documentary is already playing in a couple theaters right now? In order to meet the Academy's rule #12 which states that a "a documentary feature must complete both a seven-day commercial run in a theater in Los…
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Lionsgate has sent us two high resolution versions of the new W. posters which have been seen around Denver. IGN also has a new billboard advertising the film (seen above). The caption reads "Anyone Can Grow Up To Be President". I'm really digging the outdoor advertising a lot more than the "What a Wonderful World"…
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Vin Diesel revealed to ComingSoon that he is directing a 20-minute prequel to the fourth Fast and the Furious movie. Diesel will also star in the prequel alongside Michelle Rodriguez and Sung Kang. No word on how this will connect, if at all, with the earlier films or where it will be released. Maybe it…
Read More Gallery 1988: LA will be holding Crazy 4 Cult 2 on Friday, August 22nd from 7-11pm. Basically, it's a pop culture-infused art show hosted by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. The first show featured anything from Jay and Silent Bob to oil paintings of the guys from Shaun of the Dead playing with toys. A…
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I haven't seen this officially reported anywhere, so I thought I'd pass along word that Jimmy Fallon has been cast in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! Fallon has been spotted by /Film sources on set of the roller derby dramedy playing "Hot Tub Johnny", a cheesy hungover announcer who makes nasty comments to all…
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Variety's Anne Thompson posted another update on the status of the next Superman film. Basically, no one knows. Warner Bros wants to make another movie, but weren't happy with the last film. Bryan Singer is still technically attached, and has promised to go "Wrath of Khan" with the sequel, but I don't think Warner wants…
Read More Downfall of Universal Studios The Pitch: Following the great backlot fire, Hitler reassesses the current situation at Universal Studios in this re-subtitled scene from Downfall. 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…
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Tom Cruise is teaming up with Sam Raimi to develop an adaptation of the Wildstorm comic book Sleeper. Cruise might star, while Raimi will produce with Josh Donen. Written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, the story follows a covert "sleeper" operative named Holden Carver (aka The Conductor), who is fused with an…
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The Batmobile from Batman Returns is being auctioned off at the 38th annual Kruse International Auction, which will be held on Labor Day weekend in Auburn, Indiana. The car is #3 of 5 Batmobiles actually used on screen during the film. "Other less valuable non-movie promotional Batmobiles have sold for as much as $550,000.00! This…
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Russell Crowe revealed to the Sydney Morning Herald, that he might be playing Bill Hicks in an upcoming biopic, which is progressing from "treatment to draft stage with Kiwi writer by Mark Staufer." Hicks was a successful stand-up/rant comedian in the late 1980's/early 1990's, once voted "Hot Standup Comic by Rolling Stone Magazine, and listed…
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Earlier this year, 20th Century Fox filed a copy infringement and breach of contract lawsuit against Warner Bros over the big screen rights of the upcoming comic book adaptation Watchmen. Fox alleged that it had the "exclusive copyright and contract rights" to "produce and develop the picture and to distribute the work throughout the world.”…
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On November 25th 2008, Criterion will finally be releasing a Director-Approved Double-Dic Special Edition of Wes Anderson's first feature film Bottle Rocket. If you haven't seen Bottle Rocket, than you are really missing out. It is Anderson before he too eccentric to tell a totally relatable story. And don't get me wrong, I love Anderson's…
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The first two episodes (or is it webisodes) of Rosario Dawson's new web series, Gemini Division, are now online. It's amazing what a talented/professional actress brings to the table. I have yet to really get involved with a web series the way I have television shows, partly because the quality of product is just so…
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A new television spot for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button aired during the Olympics on Sunday night. A crappy version has shown up online and is embedded below. I'm excited to see this movie, but I've been hearing all sorts of troubling things coming out of the post production of the project. Most movie…
Read More A Short Love Story In Stop Motion The Pitch: This is a segment of Carlos Lascano's beautiful Stop Motion and 2D animated film A Short Love Story In Stop Motion. Carlos shot the film with a Nikon D70s and Sony HVR V1, captured with a Blackmagic Intensity Card, and edited using Adobe Photoshop, After effects…
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A big screen adaptation of the video game Spy Hunter has been in the woks for almost five years now. Last year it was announced that Universal had hired hack director Paul W.S. Anderson (not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson) to helm the project, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson attached to star. Our…
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20th Century Fox has put the big screen adaptation of Voltron in turnaround, and the project is now being set-up at Relativity Media with, according to Variety, a "more moderate budget, utilizing the type of cost-effective technology employed in films including 300." Mark Gordon and Jordan Wynn will produce the project, which is expected to…
Read More One hundred years ago today, the first animated film of all time was released to the public. Fantasmagorie was created over the course of four months by French caricature artist Émile Cohl, who became known as "The Father of the Animated Cartoon". The short is made up of over 700 drawings, each of which was…
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Paramount has launched an official MySpace page for JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Right now the page is pretty standard, with wallpapers and a trailer, but I'm sure they'll be adding a few cool goodies over the next eight months.
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It's Sunday afternoon, and there isn't much news to report, so I thought I'd pass along this cool Disney Operations Chart I found on Digg. The chart shows how the animation company was run under Walt Disney. Some will notice that the Management section has a "Morgue". But as Mr. Babyman points out, this is…
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Have any of our readers participated in a Saw blood drive? Do people discuss plot points before fainting? Any stories? The Lionsgate horror franchise and its filmmakers are once again sponsoring this worthy cause while promoting the October release of Saw V. These movies were never my thing, but their signature marketing style and imagery…
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UPDATE: Simon Pegg has dropped out of Inglorious Bastards due to "scheduling difficulties," per the brief explanation on his MySpace. OMG, Neal Schweiber is going to fight the Führer! Actor, Samm Levine, forever a babyface and best known for his role on Freaks and Geeks, is set to star as a Nazi-slaying U.S. soldier in…
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Summit Entertainment has announced that the anticipated big screen adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's teen vamp novel Twilight will be coming out a month earlier. The film has been moved from December 12th to November 21st, the now vacant release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This is a huge score for Twilight, as…
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Warner Bros has sent us five new high res photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which appeared in this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly. We have also included four more photos, standard resolution, thanks to our friends at Blogwarts. Check them out after the jump.
Read More Fox News has the trailer for David Zucker's new political comedy An American Carol. This looks like a higher budget version of Uwe Boll's Postal, which is sad since Zucker was once the mastermind behind Airplane! Tell me what you think in the comments below! An American Carol is a comic retelling of A Christmas…
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Iron Man will be released on DVD/Blu-ray next month, and one of the deleted scenes has been released via Access Hollywood. The three-and-a-half minute sequence shows what happens when Tony Stark wants to throw a last minute party at his house in Dubai. This sequence gives an answer to a plot hole some had, because…
Read More The cost of gas in Gotham City has reached an all time high. Batman has asked Lucious Fox to downsize the Batmobile so the fighting crime won't cost so much. This digital manipulation was created by GraphicMouse.
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At the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries panel at Comic Con, writer/director Kevin Smith was raving hard about the Watchmen footage which had premiered at the Con. After that I had a feeling that Zack Snyder, who was also on the panel, was going to show the film to Smith. And I was right. Kevin Smith has…
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FilmSchoolRejects found some new teaser posters for Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic W. The posters were found downtown in Denver, Colorado, right next to the convention center, where not-so-coincidentally, the Democratic National Convention will be held later this month. The tagline on the poster reads "A Life Misunderestimated". I know the teaser trailer was disappointing,…
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/Film reader Jerry K sent us photos from SIGGRAPH of miniatures on display from Henry Selick's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline. As always, click to enlarge.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin from Superbad) is in negotiations and Chloe Moretz (Dirty Sexy Money) has been cast in Mathew Vaughn's big screen adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book Kick-Ass. Based on the creator-owned comic from Marvel's Icon imprint, the story follows a a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who attempts to become a real-life superhero.…
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Slowly but surely, Punisher: War Zone is being lowered into a grave of WTF by Lionsgate. First, Lexi Alexander, director of the gorey Marvel actioner, was seemingly kicked off the project. We still don't know what happened exactly. Her candid, rah-rah website was suddenly wiped clean of all prior updates on the film, save for…
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Entertainment Weekly's 20 Fall Movies We Can't Wait to See offers us a few new looks at some of the films being released this fall. Above we have Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long and Seth Rogen in Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Below we have Brad Pitt in David Fincher's The Curious Case…
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Disney has decided to move Bolt up a week into the November 21st date that was left empty by Warner Bros' move of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to Summer 2009.
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Tarantino Archives is reporting that Mike Myers has been cast in a small role in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming war film Inglorious Bastards. Update: Variety later confirmed that Myers will British General Ed French, "a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders." It's interesting to note the comedic casting…
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Warner Bros has just announced that they are moving Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from November 21st 2008, back to July 17th 2009. The reasons given are that the summer season is a more ideal window for for a family tent pole release, and that the writers strike left a big gap in the…
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Former Tori Spelling deflowerer, turntable spinner and current Terminator TV star, Brian Austin Green, has thrown his hat (sideways baseball cap?) into the casting ring for Batman 3. B.A.G. was wowed by Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight and feels deep down he's the right thespian to play The Riddler in the next installment...…
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/Film readers Max B and David B have sent over this fan made poster for a possible sequel to The Dark Knight. Seems like the artist, like most everyone I have talked to, wants The Riddler to attack Gotham City in the next film. But yes, it is just a fan creation (If the question…
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Or the '80s. Music Television chatted with Paul Rudd---you get a free Rudd if you make a movie---about the possibilities for Adam McKay's Anchorman 2. Yeah, it's probably happening. It seems the filmmakers have considered strapping the 2004 film's mustachioed love of the absurd to a rocket... “Last I heard they were starting to write…
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I wonder how they celebrated? Smoking Aces director, Joe Carnahan, has hired Edgar Ramirez (right) for his Colombian nose candy kingpin, Pablo Escobar, in the true-crime epic Killing Pablo. Ramirez plays the revolutionary, Ciro Redondo, in both of Steven Soderbergh's Che biopics, and he previously starred in The Bourne Ultimatum and Vantage Point. Our friends…
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When Bryan Singer's Valkyrie was moved back to 2009, everyone interpreted the move to mean the film was not good enough for Academy Award consideration. Well MGM has announced that they are moving the Tom Cruise Hitler Assassination thriller up to December 26th, a prime date at the close of Awards season. But the studio…
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Junk Food has a new line of retro Star Trek t-shirts. My favorite is this Vulcan Death Grip tee which features Spock using the move on Captain Kirk. Accoridng to Wikipedia,the Vulcan Death Grip was mentioned in an episode titled "The Enterprise Incident” where Spock pretends to use it on Captain Kirk in order to…
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Today in Amazon's Gold Box is the James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set for $95.99, which is 67% off the MSRP of $289.98. The 42-disc set includes all 21 of the James Bond films, everything from Dr. No to Casino Royale. As you know, the gold box deal means it will only be available for 24…
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DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says that the computer animation studio is in talks for a Kung Fu Panda sequel, and plans to have at least one more Madagascar film, if not more. Katzenberg told reporters on Wednesday that they are currently having conversations about a possible Kung Fu Panda 2, and to expect an…
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Last week it was reported that Shia LaBeouf's hand injury would put the first unit of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen out of production for a month. Rejects passes along word that Shia might actually be returning to the set tomorrow, this according to Entertainment Tonight's sources. If true, this news must come as a…
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The /Filmcast hit the #3 spot of Apple iTunes' TV & Film Audio Podcasts today. Dane Cook, watch out -we're gonna take you down! And by we, I mean the guys who sit and talk about movies for 5 hours every Monday night - David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley. Congrads to the whole…
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Remember that teaser trailer that was attached to The Dark Knight? No, not Watchmen. Nope, not Terminator. I'm talking about the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Body of Lies follows a former journalist who is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader. You probably didn't get that much from…
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This not a good week for fast food (is it ever?). While Burger King is dealing with a prized employee bathing in the friggin' sink, Gotham's Clown Prince is peddling Happy Meals at McDonald's. We can foresee this rad fan-made image being a perennial poster favorite in spring break head shops and messy dorms. Good…
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For me, The Incredibles is the most worthy Pixar film deserving of the sequel treatment. But for one reason or another, Pixar would rather make Cars 2 (boo) and another Toy Story film (which to be fair, could be good... but seems unnecessary) . Instead, The Incredibles sequel (which is being referred to by writer…
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With the risk of sounding like a broken record, Slashfilm feels that Lost Boys: The Tribe was a lost cause. Even some of the people who worked and starred in the direct-to-DVD afterthought seem to agree. But it leaves open the question: do you reverse the damage done and attempt a real sequel---as rumored---or do…
Read More Last we head, a big screen adaptation of Justice League might not be as dead as we first believed. /Film reader Alex Litel stumbled across the website for Dr. D Studios, a Australian-based "digital media company" formed by Omnilab Media Group and filmmaker George Miller. The website not only lists Happy Feet 2 as being…
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Iron Man just bitch slapped The Dark Knight for having a BA in philosophy. To be more precise, a non-blackface Robert Downey Jr. candidly discussed his rabid thoughts about the biggest fanboy movie of all time to MovieHole. Nice. "The Dark Knight. "My whole thing is that that I saw The Dark Knight. I feel…
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Rumblings of a new Conan movie have been ongoing for two years now, and today Lionsgate announced a fresh pair of screenwriters for its $100 million, R-rated tent pole. Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain will rework the former script. The duo previously wrote Outlander, the vikings-versus-alien movie currently growing moss over at The Weinstein Co.…
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Minutes after the panel for Frank Miller's green screen opus,The Spirit, was over at Comic Con, the Internet exploded like a million snarky bottle rockets, sending up enlightened texts like, "The Spirit, LOL, looks like Sin Shitty," and the trusty "EPIC FAIL!" Yes, on that marvelous day, the vista view enjoyed from the confines of…
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An exhibition/auction is being held to support the non-profit organization, "Totoro No Furusato National Fund", which was established by Oscar winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.The benefit auction, which will be held at the Pixar Animation Studios campus in Emeryville, CA on September 6th 2008, will feature more than 200 pieces of original art from some really…
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Okay, the headline is just a little misleading. I just didn't want to lead with "ABC and Jennifer Lopez are in negotiations to create a television series based on the 2002 romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan", because, who is going to read a story about that? But yes, 80's teen film legend John Hughes did…
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Filmz.ru has found a batch of new photos from Bryan Singer's Valkyrie. Yes, the movie where Tom Cruise plays a Nazi Colonel who attempts to assassinate Hitler. Trust me, after the world sees Cruise's hillarious appearance in Topic Thunder, I'm convinced everyone might forget about all the weirdness. Valkyrie is scheduled to hit theaters on…
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Fox has partnered with Apple to release a series of iPods branded with the recent film X-Files: I Want to Believe. Wait, did anyone even pay to see this movie? The film is rated 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, which if you can't tell, is pretty bad. Which begs the question, who is going to spend…
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When it was announced that Brad Bird would be directing a live action adaptation of 1906, a co-production of Pixar and Warner Bros, many assumed that the Emeryville animation studio would be providing the visual effects. Well now Pixar co-founder and president Ed Catmull told attendees of the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference that Pixar will…
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The /Filmcast Interviews are a series of interviews with movie stars, directors, and other key figures from the film industry. In this episode, David speaks with actor Jay Baruchel about his career and about working with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black. Baruchel currently plays Kevin Sandusky in the film Tropic Thunder, which…
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As it turns out, a The Dark Knight video game probably isn't going to happen (a missed opportunity for sure or maybe not?). Either way, /Gamer has the details on another new Batman video game called Batman: Arkham Asylum which features a story was written by Paul Dini.
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Actor James Franco, already being anointed the "new" Heath Ledger thanks to his pop-cult crossover in Pineapple Express, will likely draw comparisons to Dirk Diggler come this December. With a supporting role in Gus Van Sant's Oscar-buzzing Milk, Franco will join the magical club of major actors who have rocked fake dicks on screen. Here's…
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On last night's /filmcast, we asked you guys to name a third franchise film that was better than the original. One of the suggested contenders? Leprechaun 3. Well, wise guy, put on your disco slippers because Darren Lynn Bousman, the director of Saw 2, 3, 4 and Repo! The Genetic Opera, has issued a "call…
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For weeks, many of the IMAX screenings of The Dark Knight have been sold out. Ticket-buyers have left those screenings ranting and raving about the IMAX difference. So yesterday, 20th Century Fox and Paramount announced that they will also be releasing Night at the Museum 2 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on the big…
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Breaking, Halle Berry just fainted. According to a tipster at JoBlo, when Robert Englund appeared on Loveline four days ago he mentioned that Billy Bob Thornton is being considered for Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Did any of our readers tune in to hear what was specifically said (about…
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In the new issue of Zoetrope, Francis Ford Coppola's slept-on literary magazine, John Hughes has written an elegant and amusing foreword to his short story, "Vacation '58,' which became the classic road-trip comedy National Lampoon's Vacation. It's a whirlwind tale, with Hollywood quietly snapping up the rights, and Hughes, to his amazement, finding himself adapting…
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The Hollywood Reporter lists one of the reasons The Dark Knight won't top Titanic's $601 million box office record.
Read More Paramount has announced the specs for the October 14th release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I much prefer the Blu-ray cover, which uses the original theatrical one-sheet, over the DVD release, which uses the second released poster art. DVD Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull two-disc Special…
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We somehow missed this at Comic Con, but Eric Tan has created another wonderful retro-styled poster, this time for Pixar's upcoming film Up. I'm a huge fan of Tan's art, and in the past we've spotlighted his work for past Pixar productions, Indiana Jones, and X-Men. Like Tan's work form WALL-E, the new art seems…
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Amazon.com is offering all six released seasons of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm for only $95.49, that's 60% off the MSRP of $238.98. But with all of Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Days, this deal will expire at the end of today, so act now.
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20th Century Fox has hired Zak Penn to write and produce (along with John Davis) a big screen adaptation of the classic Greek tale of The Argonauts. In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of sailing heroes ,who accompanied by Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. The story has been…
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ABC is developing a small screen adaptation of John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick. You might remember that George Miller brought the book to the big screen in 1987, with Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. Warner Bros TV has been trying to bring the franchise to the small screen for almost two…
Read More Paramount has updated the official Star Trek website with high resolution versions of the new Star Trek character posters featuring John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Karl Urban as McCoy. I've stiched the images together for a super high resolution version of the four posters combined. Click on…
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Universal has announced that JJ Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) is developing an Earthquake disaster film with Omen screenwriter David Seltzer. As with any project Abrams is involved with, details are being kept under wraps. What we do know is that it isn't a remake of Universal's 1974 film Earthquake, and that it will focus more…
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Rotten Tomatoes got their hands on a behind the scenes featurette for Henry Selick's big screen 3D adaptation of Coraline. Based on Neil Gaiman's short children's novel of the same name, Coraline is a young bored girl who discovers that bricked-up wall behind a door in her house leads to another dimension, where she has…
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The dystopian future imagined by Trent Reznor is synergy-friendly. Some have argued that it's cliche. The savvy Nine Inch Nails frontman tells the LA Times that he recently met with HBO about adapting the themes of his Year One concept album (and cultish alternate reality game) into an ambitious sci-fi series... "I just pitched it…
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JustJared has the first photo of Jake Gyllenhaal's new look for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which is now scheduled to hit theaters on May 28th 2010. What do you guys think? A couple readers point out that Gyllenhaal's gear is more Warrior Within than The Sands of Time (as seen in the header…
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Someone created this desktop wallpaper for a faux James Bond movie starring Rick Astley. You can also check out the movie trailer right here. via: Reddit
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Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler makes it's premiere next month, and we have the first batch of official promotional production photos. Aronofsky's The Wrestler tells the story of a old professional wrestler (Mickey Rourke) barely making a living on the independent circuit, who is told by a doctor that he could die if he wrestles again.…
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When Morgan Freeman got into a car accident, the blogosphere was declaring The Dark Knight a cursed film. When Issac Hayes died immediately after Bernie Mac, some observed that Samuel L Jackson might be next due to the trio's connection through the upcoming movie Soul Men. I don't think anyone actually believes in these things,…
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Gallery 1988 has released another poster for the second annual pop-culture art show Crazy4Cult. This one is by Scott Campbell, who you might remember from the One To Grow On show (we featured his crazy E.T. themed art on Cool Stuff). He's also the guy responsible for that cool arcade drawing in The King of…
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I have a confession: I have yet to get addicted to HBO's The Wire. I just recently bought the first season box set after /Film's own Adam Quigley wouldn't stop raving about the show during last month's Comic Con. I've watched a couple episodes, and am still unsure - I like it but I don't…
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Peter Segal, director of Tommy Boy, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard and Get Smart, has signed on to helm a action comedy pitch titled Wardogs for MGM. The project was the subject of a bidding war, and MGM ended up spending $1 million for the rights. Not much is known about the plot of…
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Disney Animation Studios has released new concept artwork from Disney's return to 2D animation, The Princess and the Frog. More images after the jump. Written/directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, the animated musical is set in New Orleans. The movie follows Tiana, a young African-American girl who…
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Tropic Thunder might be the funniest movie of the Summer. And when anything is so extremely enjoyable, there must also be an evil entity trying to put a stop to the pleasure. And like any good story, the villain in this case isn't a cliche bad guy, attempting to rid the world of laughter. Not…
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Last we heard, Steven Spielberg decided to put The Trial of the Chicago 7 on hold in order to tackle Tintin and his upcoming Lincoln biopic. Everyone assumed that the project had fallen into development hell, never to be seen from again. Nope - apparently the project is still in the works, and currently Paul…
Read More /Film reader Landon V sent over this teaser trailer for Kevin James' new comedy Mall Cop. Judging by this viral teaser trailer, it looks like this movie is going to be pretty bad (not that we ever have high hopes for a Kevin James comedy). [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/mallcopviral.flv 400 230] The video begins as a person with…
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Isaac Hayes, the unmistakable musician and actor who won an Oscar in 1971 for his "Theme From Shaft" and starred as Chef on South Park, has died at age 65. He was found unresponsive by a family member, having apparently collapsed during a workout. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hame of Fame…
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If Warner Bros asked us for a pull quote for the DVD to Lost Boys: The Tribe, it would say, "Corey Feldman can't be felled, man. -/Film." The most prominent Corey, in this sequel and IRL, manages to endearingly synopsize and upstage this laughable production in a single scene. Feldman cracks open a raw egg…
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If you're looking for a safe bet, or if you simply loathe modern orange actors like Matthew McConaughey, Hulu.com is now streaming The Taking of Pelham One Two Three in its entirety. Judging from the above poster, the film looks like a pulpfest, and to a degree it is, but it's also an overlooked, hardboiled…
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Four new character posters from JJ Abrams' Star Trek have been revealed at VegasCon 08. TrekMovie was able to take a photo of the four posters, which like the Comic Con posters, combine to form the Star Trek delta emblem. Clockwise we have John Cho as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Chekov and…
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The /Filmcast Interviews are a series of interviews with movie stars, directors, and other key figures from the film industry. Last week after Stephen Tobolowsky reviewed The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with us on the /Filmcast, he spent an extra 40 minutes chatting with us about his past and present work, including the…
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Due to a number of reader requests and the unprecedented success of this viral marketing campaign (if true!), Slashfilm will finally address The Montauk Monster. When a foul, suspiciously beaked creature allegedly washed ashore a beach near Montauk, Long Island last month, the above photo captivated the world's cubicle inhabitants thanks to the diligently crazed,…
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Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who has starred in films and television shows such as Transformers, Soderbergh's Ocean's series, and The Bernie Mac Show has died. CNN reports that Bernie Mac had been hospitalized for more than a week due to a lung infection and that he died early Saturday morning from complications relating to…
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Remember when Michael Bay issued a statement claiming that Shia LaBeouf's hand injury would not delay the production of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? Well he was wrong. TFW2005 is reporting that the first unit production crew has been put on a four week hiatus. The second unit team will continue on without Shia. For…
Read More MSN has a new clip from Larry Charles' Religulous, Bill Maher's comic journey to understand organized religion. In the new clip, Maher argues with a Senator about the scientific stance on evolution. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/religulousclip3.flv 430 246]
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Sure, Darren Aronofsky's new film The Wrestler is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 5th, but I'm sadly not going to be there to see it. But I'm excited to report that the film will also be playing at the Toronto International Film Festival two days later. And yes, we will…
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The first cut of JJ Abrams' Star Trek has screened to studio boss Brad Grey and executives on the Paramount lot. One source tells TrekMovie that the cut was “very impressive”, while another said that the reaction in the screening room was “far beyond expectations”. We're still nine months away from release, and only a…
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Last week Imagi brought us a batch of concept art for their upcoming computer animated big screen adaptation of Gatchaman. These new photos give us a better look at some of the characters. I love the subdued lighting. I really think Imagi could be making something really incredible with this one. Click on the images…
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Happy-Go-Lucky seems like one of those wonderfull indie films which will bring a smile to your face. Mike Leigh's (Vera Drake / Secrets & Lies / Topsy-Turvy) latest film stars Sally Hawkins as Poppy, "an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters."…
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You can be the coolest one at this year's Halloween party by dressing up like Speed Racer's Racer X on Halloween? Yes, I was being sarcastic.
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Thinkway Toys manufactures this really cool interactive motion activated Pixar Aniamtion Studios desk accessory toy. Luxo Jr comes to life and hops around just like in the opening animation on Pixar's movies. It has motion activated or remote control settings, in addition to the button on the accessory itself. Check out the video below of…
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EA is planning on releasing a video game adaptation of The Godfather 2 early next year. Full details on /gamer.
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At Comic Con, /Film's Adam Quigley got the chance to sit down one on one with Corey Feldman and talk about the release of The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. /Film: So, what was it like for you to go back to this world a few years later? Corey Feldman: Well, it was fun and…
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Paramount has just announced the details for the September 30th DVD/Blu-ray release of Iron Man. The film will be released in a single disc, 2-Disc Ultimate Edition and Blu-Ray Ultimate Edition. Since no one reading this cares about the stupid standard one disc release, let me tell you about the Ultimate Edition and Blu-Ray Disc…
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It looks like we'll have to wait a few more years for 3D converted release of the Star Wars films. George Lucas told AP that LucasFilm is working on the technology to make it happen. "We're trying to do that," Lucas said. "We worked on some, with a company that was developing the technology a…
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These early pre-Heath Ledger Joker conceptual designs can be found in The Art of The Dark Knight. I was shocked to discover that the Joker design they eventually settled on, actually seems a lot tamer than some of the early concepts. I recommend picking up the book, as it also features the entire shooting script.
Read More Lets take a look at five of the many technological innovations that James Cameron employed in his upcoming sci-fi epic 3D film Avatar. Performance Capture Workflow: A lot of the film was captured using a performance capture technique similar to that of which Robert Zemeckis filmed Beowulf. So Cameron developed a virtual camera which will…
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Brad Pitt has officially signed on to star as Aldo Raine in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film Inglorious Bastards. The story follows a group of of Jewish-American soldiers, lead by Pitt's character - a Tennessee hillbilly, whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis. Pitt will join Eli Roth as Sgt. Donnie…
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Seth Rogen just got a free pass. I mean, a 9.5, CHUD? Really? FirstShowing declares Pineapple Express "breaks new ground" and implies it's the "best stoner comedy ever made." I'm not really sure what movies one must zoom past to make the best stoner comedy of all time. Is The Big Lebowski king? Garnering this…
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Back in May, George Lucas excitedly told Fox News that he had an idea to make a new Indiana Jones movie without Harrison Ford. "I haven't even told Steven or Harrison this," Lucas said. "But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like…
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Dimension Films has released new production photos for John Hillcoat's upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road in USA Today. Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit McPhee star in the the story of a man (Mortensen) and his…
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Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to Robert Whiting's Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan. Frank Baldwin, the screnwriter of Phillip Noyce's upcoming film The Art of Making Money, will make his feature film debut. Published in September 2000, Tokyo Underworld is an "unorthodox chronicle of the…
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At Comic Con, Judd Apatow joked about a possible Pineapple Express / Superbad crossover movie, where the paths of all the characters would cross. Everyone thought it was just a joke. Besides, Seth Rogen has expressed his disinterest in doing another Superbad, even though the movie studio has been clamoring for a college tale. This…
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Bob Dullam built a full size working replica of The Tumbler from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The whole thing was built from scratch without blueprints, using only photo references found online. The total cost is an estimated $50,000-$70,000. He did the project for fun, and does not plan to sell. "You wouldn't want…
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For those of you that missed the live show and didn't hear the recently-released podcast episode with Stephen Tobolowsky (possibly our best show yet, according to film critic Peter Sciretta!), we thought we'd release this edited, 5-minute snippet for the benefit of those that don't have time to listen to the whole /Filmcast: In preparation…
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Looks like The Joker is running free in upstate New York. /Film reader Rob H came across this vandalized real estate billboard on Route 9 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Next thing you know, watch dog groups are going to be calling for a ban of the film, claiming it is a bad influence on the…
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It looks like we might be in the full swing of the line-up reveal of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. Yesterday it was revealed that friend and horror director Eli Roth was in talks to play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. And tonight is was released in the trades that The Office star B.J. Novak is in talks…
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Ding, ding. via Hollywood Elsewhere Discuss: What do you think of the poster? Why didn't Lionsgate use a poster like this in the U.S.? Also, anyone notice that grandparents really love Space Chimps?
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UPDATE: The same industry website has clarified the original story, saying... **We are now hearing that Shane Black may have only handed in a detailed treatment to Joel Silver and that they are taking two old scripts and mashing them together to make LETHAL WEAPON 5… Also hearing that Silver is after Columbus Short for a role** Right…
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PineappleGate 2008 Update: The NY Daily News confronted James Franco about the growing t-shirt controversy and he continues to deny it, reiterating that David Gordon Green "came up with his own design" and calling PineappleGate "ridiculous." At this time, no one involved with the film has contacted WOWCH for free popcorn. For the sake of…
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Tropic Thunder isn't the only movie that is playing the movie-with-a-movie trailer game. The online marketing for How to Lose Friends and Alienate People has begun, and it somehow involves a new meta-movie trailer involving Megan Fox in an NC-17 Mother Teresa biopic. But of course, Fox isn't Fox, but instead the actress in the…
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Warner Bros has released a new Watchmen video journal on Yahoo. Director Zack Snyder takes us through the making of the Owlship. I also recommend you head on over to AICN and check out some of designer Alex McDowell's production photos, one of which can be seen above. We got a chance to get up…
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/Film reader Phil C sent in this recommendation for Brian De Palma's 1974 cult film Phantom of the Paradise. The film was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Music. Apparently a 2010 remake of the film is in development (or was in development?). I personally haven't seen it, but It…
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Star is reporting that Shia LaBeouf called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen producers yesterday, to inform them that he may need to amputate one of his injured fingers. Shia injured his hand in a West Hollywood car accident on July 27th. I'm hearing that LaBeouf's injury has caused a lot of havoc on the production.…
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Update: Bloody Disgusting is standing by their "100%" confirmation that Portman is starring, however Portman's publicist says her involvement is nil. One of the hipper projects in Hollywood is shaping up to be the remake of Dario Argento's psychedelic horror flick, Susipira, from director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, George Washington). Bloody Disgusting just confirmed…
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If a trailer begins with New Order's "Blue Monday" and a soundbite from Ronald Regan praising religion followed by shots of cocaine and humping, it's a safe bet that author Bret Easton Ellis was involved. The Informers is the latest adaptation in Ellis's bibliography (American Psycho, Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction) and he…
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Give or take, I am asked eight times a week by random pedestrians, "What is the best comic book adaptation that is not based on a comic book at all," and my hands begin to tremble every time. This causes the surface of my coffee to break into concentric circles like a mud puddle on…
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a children's storybook that was mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. JK Rowling decided to write the book within the book, and auctioned seven limited edition handwritten and illustrated copies to charity. One of the copies, the moonstone edition, sold to Amazon for $3.98 million. On July…
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Oh no, it looks like Uwe Boll's adaptation of Far Cry is finally being released in September. DVDForum has some production photos. Check them out if you dare.
Read More You'll never guess who Quentin Tarantino has lined up to star in his epic World War II film Inglorious Bastards... Horror director Eli Roth Roth will play the role of Sgt. Donnie Donowitz., a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter. Most of you probably remember that Roth also had a small part in Tarantino's last film Death…
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Music video and commercial director Sam Bayer has signed on to direct the action film noir thriller Fiasco Heights for Universal, with Michael Bay producing. According to THR, Kyle Ward's script tells the story of of a gunman who returns to a crime-ridden city "and teams with a degenerate gambler/private eye on the run from…
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Set for release in Japan this October, the anime anthology film, Genius Party Beyond, from Studio 4°C features five stunning short films from the following directors: Wanwa the Puppy by Shinya Ohira (Kill Bill: Vol. 1) Gala by Mahiro Maeda (The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance) Moondrive by Koji Morimoto (The Animatrix) Tojin Kit by Tatsuyuki…
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/Film was invited to the Dreamworks Animation campus to preview some footage from Monsters vs. Aliens, and take a tour of the company's new 3D process (which is actually pretty incredible... more on that later). It all began when Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg saw a screening of Robert Zemeckis' Polar Express in IMAX 3D."I…
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Kevin Smith is victorious! The filmmaker, who had been given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA for his new film Zack and Miri Make a Porno, was forced to take the decision to the appeal process. The rating would have prohibited anyone younger than 17 years old from seeing the movie, even when accompanied by…
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BadTaste has posted a new image from Pixar's Up, which was released in an Italian Film Magazine. The image is from a sequence shown at Comic Con, which involved the 78-year-old lead Carl Fredricksen and a 9-year-old wilderness explorer stowaway named Russell, who are dragging Carl's floating house through the jungle ala a baloon in…
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It is going to be quite fun watching film critics in the MSM tackle Religulous, the anti-religions (re: not anti-organized religions) documentary from director Larry Charles (Borat) and Bill Maher. Reviewing this film practically demands that one states his/her personal beliefs---sort of like with Iraq War docs, but, you know, bigger---and judging from two of…
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Javier Bardem, undoubtedly stirred by Vinny Chase's stunning portrayal of Pablo Escobar, has decided not to star as the Colombian kingpin in Joe Carnahan's Killing Pablo opposite Christian Bale. Coming Soon reports that Bardem shot down questions about his involvement at a recent press junket, calling the rumors a "mistake." His attachment to the film…
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/Film reader Tony P sends along word that Mike O'Hearn, otherwise known as "Titan" on NBC's American Gladiators, was on the Todd n' Tyler radio show (in Omaha) this morning making some pretty big claims about his upcoming Hollywood plans. He claims that he has a meeting at 11:00am this morning to be the lead…
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Death Race and Crank star Jason Statham wants to be in a big screen reboot of the popular Marvel character Daredevil. But Statham doesn't want to play the baddie Bullseye, he wants to take over as the blind man behind the red mask - Daredevil, who was played by Ben Affleck in Mark Steven Johnson's…
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The Los Angeles Times caught up with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who admitted that he is puzzled and still not yet sold on Terminator Salvation after he was given a private screening of the comic con sizzle reel by the producers: "I've seen very little footage so I don't really have a feel for it.…
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There have been many rumors over the years, and supposedly a script that fell into development hell, but as Hollywood continues to search for my recycled ideas, The Goonies never say die. Moviehole is reporting that Warner Bros is planning a big screen theatrical tent-pole movie release. There are supposedly writers aboard the project, however…
Read More What if Boba Fett was a "Toaster"? He would look something like the above animated concept photo by crucial taunt, an entry in Fark's latest Star Wars photoshop contest. via: SuperPunch
Read More Politics at Comic Con The Pitch: Barely Political went to Comic Con to find out how the upcoming election is effecting geeks in costumes. 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…
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Get ready! AICN has the official teaser poster for Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic W.
Read More CNN and the AP are reporting that Morgan Freeman was in a car accident in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi on Sunday night. Freeman was airlifted to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is in serious condition. Reports from the scene of the accident indicate that Freeman was talking as he was removed from the scene;…
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20th Century Fox is releasing a 40th anniversary Planet of the Apes set on Blu-ray. The set titled, Planet of the Apes: 40-Year Evolution will be available on November 4th 2008 for a suggested retail price of $158.98. The massive box set will include all five Planet Of The Apes films: The 1968 original Planet…
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Someone supposedly took this photo while a Portland movie theater was in the middle of changing the marque from Hancock to The Dark Knight. Photoshopped or not, our inner voices still laughed like Beavis and Butthead when we saw it. Of course, on the outside, I gave it a rude look of disgust. Thanks to…
Read More Production Weekly's current issue has updated Warner Bros' adaptation of DC Comic's The Green Lantern as being in active development: STATUS - DevelopmentPRODUCER: Donald De Line - Andrew Haas WRITER: Greg Berlanti - Marc Guggenheim - Michael J GreenDC COMICS 1700 Broadway New York, NY 10019 WARNER BROS. PICTURES 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, CA 91522-0001…
Read More Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at Comic Con The Pitch: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog roamed the Comic Con show floor for Late Night With Conan O'Brien making fun of the geeks in attendance. Triumph also appeared at the TV Funhouse panel and roasted the crowd. Check out that video after the jump. Thanks to…
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Peach Arch has released the trailer for Rowan Woods' ensemble indie drama Winged Creatures. The film has a fantastic cast which includes Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale, Jackie Earle Haley, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning, and Josh Hutcherson, but the story seems a big forced and reeks of Oscar bait. It also has a kinda…
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Not that anyone really cares, but the Teen Choice Awards apparently took place tonight. I mean how can you take any award show seriously that has a category like "Choice Bromantic Comedy" and where Step Up 2: The Streets can win Best Dramatic Film of the year?! The show will air on Monday at 8:00pm…
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Walt Disney Pictures has acquired the film rights to Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman's graphic novel, Monster Attack Network. The official plot synopsis of the comic book follows: "MARVEL! At the Pacific island of Lapuatu, perfect in every way…except for the giant monsters. THRILL! As Nate Klinger and his daring team of first-responders at the…
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In all the years that I've attempted to write or talk about film in a serious manner, at no point did I ever conceive that I'd one day be writing a post with a title beginning, "In Defense of The Mummy..." Yet here we are today: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor sits at…
Read More Did you know that the republican presidential candidate actually had an uncredited cameo role in the R-rated comedy Wedding Crashers. I'm guessing that like myself, many of you probably never even noticed. Watch the clip after the jump. Does this give John McCain more street cred? Probably not... Some might also remember that McCain had…
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Since The Dark Knight is headed to become the second biggest grossing film of all time (domestically), rumors have already begun as to what villains will be featured in the enevitable sequel. The latest from the rumor mill has Johnny Depp as The Riddler, Angelina Jolie as The Catwoman, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The…
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Gallery 1988: LA will be holding Crazy 4 Cult 2 on Friday, August 22nd from 7-11pm. Basically, it's a pop culture-infused art show hosted by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. The first show featured anything from Jay and Silent Bob to oil paintings of the guys from Shuan of the Dead playing with toys. Andrew…
Read More [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/lemmy.flv 460 346] On any given Saturday, you can flick on the TV and witness bloated, aged rock stars spinning self-mythologizing yarns. Bad designer sunglasses, ridiculous hair extensions, and orange skin are a must, and toss on a runny dollop of eyeliner to impress today's Guitar Heroes. Thankfully, next year sees the release of a…
Read More As you probably already know, Superbad director Greg Mottola is in post production on a film based on his own experiences at the Long Island amusement park. Adventureland is a period comedy film set in the 1980's which follows a college graduate, played by Jesse Eisenberg, who was prepared to spend his summer in Europe…
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/Film reader Jacob sent over this footage from The Wachowski Brothers' Ninja Assassin.
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Warner Bros has released a new image from Terminator Salvation of Christian Bale as John Connor going head to head with Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright. At Comic Con they showed footage from this scene, where Wright was clearly held back by something as Connor screamed at him “You killed my father. You killed my…
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For those who don't know, The Asylum is a direct-to-dvd production company responsible for producing cheap knock-offs of the latest big budget Hollywood movies (termed "Knockbusters). For example their films have included: Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train, I Am Omega, Da Vinci Treasure, Temple of the Skulls, HG Wells' War of the Worlds, AVH: Alien…
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We've been writing about artist Tyler Stout since we first discovered his "Remember the Alamo" poster at the Alamo Drafthouse. The Austin based artist frequently provides kick ass posters for the Alamo's special events, most of which we have featured on /Film. Stout has finally hit the big time, his poster for Hellride was actually…
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Back in May I had the opportunity to sit down with Nanette Burstein, the Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker behind On The Ropes and The Kid Stays in the Picture. Her latest film American Teen follows five high school students through their senior year. I hate to oversell the movie, but it's literally one of…
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Inspired by stream graphs and the works of Edward Tufte, Xach.com has developed a new way to display Box Office information graphically. Each graph shows the trends in the top 25 movies at the box office each weekend throughout a year of time. The color is based on the movie's debut week. The idea is…
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I think almost everyone has been subjected to Arnold Shapiro's documentary Scared Straight! in High School. But for those who haven't, the film follows a group of delinquent teens who are brought into a maximum security prison to help them change their ways. Supposedly, many of the teens in the original program were, in fact,…
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Sideshow Collectables is taking pre-orders for a life-size bust of General Grievous. Mounted on a Star Wars inspired display base which includes a 'General Grievous' nameplate, this Life-size Bust is both hand crafted and hand painted. Available for preorder for $499.99, estimated to ship in the fourth quarter of 2008. Cool Stuff is a daily…
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Francesco Marciuliano's latest web comic is about WALL-E's problem with collecting crap.
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DBthemovie has four new high resolution photos from the live action big screen adaptation of Dragonball. Three more after the jump.
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Photo credit: Matt Dentler WETA Workshop has signed on to create practical and creature effects for director Kristoffer Aaron Morgan’s independent horror film, The Home. Written by friend of /Film, Eric Vespe, better known to the masses as Quint from Ain't It Cool News, and produced by Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity), the film is currently…
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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, Hunter, and Adam discuss the pernicious consequences of remakes, despair over the fate of their favorite actors from The Wire, and dissect as many plotholes from Death Race as they possibly can. Special guest Paul Scheer joins us from Human Giant! Have any questions, comments, concerns, feedback,…
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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 Paul Scheer from MTV's Human Giant! (Check out Paul's IMDB page and Wikipedia page for a list of his other accolades.) Paul will be joining us to help us review Paul W.…
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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 discuss whether Paz makes a good replacement for Javier Bardem, wonder about an Anchorman sequel in space, and review Tropic Thunder. Special guests Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld join us from Collegehumor and Jakeandamir.com. Have any questions, comments, or suggestions? Want to advertise or sponsor…
Read More This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. DEXTER (SEASON 2) Finally. It's here. No more plugging my ears and screaming "La la la la la! I can't hear you!" when people…
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[THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS FOR TROPIC THUNDER. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED] One of my favorite films this summer is Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder. While it didn’t do as well at the box office as I might’ve hoped, I think the film is hilarious and pitch-perfect in the way it ridicules Hollywood excess. Furthermore, this movie…
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The /Filmcast will be broadcast tomorrow night on Tuesday at 10 PM PST / 7 PM PST on Slashfilm's live page. We'll finally be doing a proper review of Tropic Thunder with Collegehumor stars Jake and Amir (Check out their short vids by going to their website). Also note we will try to broadcast on…
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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, Peter, and Hunter Stephenson weigh in on the Tropic Thunder controversy, defend Shia Lebeouf, and re-enact a scene from one of Hollywood's hottest scripts. Special guest Dan Trachtenberg joins us from the Totally Rad Show. Have any questions, comments, or suggestions? Want to sponsor or advertise…
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Tune in tonight at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to Slashfilm's live page, when we will review Pineapple Express and run down the week's film news with Danny Trachtenberg from The Totally Rad Show! Also, at long last, we will be joined by the great HUNTER STEPHENSON, who will be discussing with us…
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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, and Adam debate the merits of 2D animation, weigh in on a Monsters Inc. sequel, and spend more time than humanly thought possible destroying The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Legendary actor Stephen Tobolowsky (from Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party) joins us to re-enact The Matrix Reloaded…
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Tonight on the /Filmcast, we're honored to be joined by the incomparable actor Stephen Tobolowsky. I think the first time I remember seeing him in a movie was as the unflappable Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day although most recently, I thought his performance as Sammy Jankis in Memento was particularly moving (Many readers will probably…
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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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