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Doc Brown Divides By Zero The Pitch: "What if Doc Brown had been worse at math?" Thanks to /film reader Jan B for the tip. 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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High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney) is likely to win a second consecutive weekend, but there is a great deal of mystery about how this Kenny Ortega-directed sensation will play out. There were lots of questions going into opening weekend. The thinking was that teens would show up in big numbers Friday night and…
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The release dates are changing like autumn leaves as studios juggle titles to both maximize box office performance and position projects for awards season. A pair of decidedly serious motion pictures with real Oscar pedigrees have both landed on Friday, January 16, the start of the long Martin Luther King Day Weekend. Paramount staked its…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. Please don't take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they're meant not to be reviews but rather previews that…
Read MoreChoque directed by Nacho Vigalondo The Pitch: "The follies of youth are lost on the old." Written, directed and starring Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) as a man driven over the edge at an arcade. I saw this film as part of a short film retrospective at Fantastic Fest 2008. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of…
Read MoreAlmost Transformers The Pitch: Merrick and Rosso bring us "Almost Transformers - Whitegoods in Disguise". Thanks to /Film's own David Chen for the tip. 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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High School Musical 3 (Disney) has been a very tough movie to predict and project. My original prediction for the movie on October 22 was $35M-$38M. Everyone told me I was way too low. I went online with my Friday number on Friday night at 9:30 p.m., and it was almost dead-right (I announced $16.5M…
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In this week's Big Directors Small Films, we take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson's first film, a 1988 short fictional documentary titled The Dirk Diggler Story. You might recognize the name in the title as the character that Mark Wahlberg played nine years later in Boogie Nights. The Dirk Diggler Story was very much…
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“Go Wildcats!” That’s the cheer at Disney as the High School Musical franchise has effortlessly leapt to the big screen, like a perfectly choreographed Kenny Ortega dance move, with a spectacular $16.5M Friday. High School Musical 3 (Disney) is headed for a $55M 3-day weekend. Some had this picture sailing a bit higher, but, make…
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If you make the trip to the movie theater this weekend, chances are you're there seeing SAW V, Clint Eastwood's Changeling, High School Musical 3 (although I doubt the demographic that reads /Film would be caught dead watching that film) or Pride and Glory. We want to know what you thought! Post your comments below.…
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The parents of American tweens will not be the least surprised about the certain blockbuster status of High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney). The original High School Musical debuted on the Disney Channel in 2006 with 7.7M viewers, and its soundtrack became the #1 selling US album of 2006. Then came its even bigger…
Read MoreDon LaFontaine Tribute Trailer Mash-Up The Pitch: Last month, voiceover master Don LaFontaine passed away at age 68. TrailerMash has put together an extensive tribute video which mashes up many of the trailers that LaFontaine has worked on over the years. The result is a very fitting tribute for the man who was known as…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. Please don't take the commentary on the movies/TV shows too seriously, as they're meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the…
Read MoreRendezvous With Rama Short Film The Pitch: Last week it was revealed that David Fincher won't be directing a big screen adaptation of Rendezvous With Rama after all. We used an image for our blog about the news which we just assumed was included in one of the many editions of the book. Apparently not.…
Read MoreIf All Movies Had Cell Phones The Pitch: College Humor shows us how all our favorite movies would be much shorter with the invention of cell phones. 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 MoreMark Wahlberg vs. Andy Samberg The Pitch: On the last Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg did a sketch called Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals, which was essentially a two minute imitation of Wahlberg. We featured the video in a previous VOTD. This past week Wahlberg appeared on Jimmy Kimmel. The above video shows Mark's reaction…
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In this week's edition of Big Directors Small Films, we take a look at one of Martin Scorsese's first films, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This. You can definitely see the early genius of his visual styling and editing choices. Scorsese shot the film on 16mm film in 1963,…
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If you went to the movies this weekend, chances are you either saw: Max Payne, Oliver Stone's W. or Sex Drive We would like to know what movie you chose, and what you thought. Did Stone's W. lack focus or was it the Nixon for this decade? Was Max Payne all style and no substance…
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Max Payne (Fox) has successfully made the, often-times treacherous jump, from video game to the big screen grabbing an estimated $6.75M on its opening day. That will mean a likely $18.5M opening weekend, which is decent news for Mark Wahlberg and Fox. I received advance word from a couple of reputable critics that Max Payne…
Read MoreNote from /Film Editor Peter Sciretta: Exciting news. Box office expert Steve Mason has returned to /Film after a six month absence. Mase will be checking in a few times a week with Box Office projects and results. Below is his first column back. Movies based on video games do not always work, and I…
Read MoreRight in time for the release of Sex Drive, we've posted this installment of VBS's Drunk History starring Clark Duke as Benjamin Franklin's "dickhead trust fund son." As narrated by a hirsute and barfing drunk, we discover that it was a young William Franklin, not Ben (as played by Jack Black), who originally flew a…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. MONGOL: THE RISE OF GENGHIS KHAN Planned to be the first in a trilogy about Genghis Khan's life (with Mongol focusing on his younger…
Read MoreDon't Go See Nicolas Cage Movies PSA The Pitch: Adam Slutsky's parody of the celebrity filled Don't Vote PSA we ran a couple weeks ago. 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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This is the first edition of a new regular feature on /Film. In Big Directors Small Films, we will take a look at the short films of Hollywood's working filmmakers. This week we take a look at The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan's surreal 1997 short film Doodlebug. "A man waits patiently in his apartment…
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Padme The Pitch: I know we've seen enough Juno parodies, but Padme won the best fan-created Star Wars short film of 2008, an award selected by George lucas himself. "A timeless space drama and a snarky indie comedy have sex in a chair and give this video up for adoption." Watch the video after the…
Read MoreParis Hilton Gets Presidential with Martin Sheen The Pitch: A couple months back Paris Hilton responded to John McCain by announcing that she was running for President of the United States. But to run for the fake Presidency she must first meet and get advice from someone who knows a little something about fake presidents…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. 30 ROCK (SEASON 2) I plan on one day marrying Tina Fey. I don't care that she's already married, or that she's twice as…
Read MoreToy Story / Dark Knight Mash-Up The Pitch: al28283 recut the trailer for The Dark Knight using clips from Pixar's Toy Story / Toy Story 2. 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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Earlier tonight we reported that Jesse Eisenberg is in talks to star in Ruben Fleischer's Zombieland. But you might be wondering, who exactly is Ruben Fleischer? Answer: Rleischer He has directed a few music videos for bands ranging from Piebald to M.I.A., in addition tosome commercial work (including this Up Late With The King commercial…
Read MoreMark Wahlberg Talks To Animals The Pitch: In this clip from Saturday Night Live, Mark Wahlberg (imitation by Andy Samberg) talks with Animals. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.
Read MoreDon't Vote - 5 Friends Uncensored The Pitch: A boat load of celebrities explain how important it is to register to vote. Jonah Hill takes the cake with his adlib of "I don't care, I have so much money!" And you have to love Sarah Silverman's quip about herpes and "pooping". Thanks to /Film reader…
Read MoreWarner Bros Responds to Angry Harry Potter Fans The Pitch: A faux Warner Bros spokesman responds to the Harry Potter fans who are angry about the studios decision to delay Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Warning, video contains spoilers. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film…
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Disney is releasing WALL-E on Blu-ray and DVD on November 18th. There are options for both two and three disc editions. You can pre-order any of the releases on Amazon. Check out the official press release after the jump. BURBANK, California, November, 2008—The year’s most acclaimed and original film, an intergalactic story of the lovable…
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The Weintein Co has released the first trailer for Stephen Daldry's adaptation of The Reader. The romantic drama is set in a post-World War II Germany, and tells the story of "a man whose life has been shaped by an illicit affair with a passionate, elusive older woman during his youth." The film stars Kate…
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Entertainment Weekly has an interesting story anylizing why Terrence Howard might have not been cast in Iron Man 2. While insiders cite Howard's "difficult behavior" on the set of Iron Man, it might also have a bit to do with money. Apparently, Howard was the first actor signed on for Iron Man, which somehow made…
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Check out this Adult-sized AT-ST walker Halloween costume. [gizmodo] FirstShowing has the poster for the Will Smith drama Seven Pounds. Pascal Laugier (Martyrs) is in final negotiations to write and direct Dimension's re-imagining of Hellraiser. [THR] Stan Lee reads The Raven. [QuickStop] Details magazine and Larry Meistrich are teaming to will produce a film from…
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One of my favorite piece's from August's Crazy4Cult pop cult movie artshow was Sean Clarity's Goonies-inspired Data painting "Buffer Overflow". I actually loved the art so much that it has since taken the place of WALL-E as my desktop wallpaper. Gallery 1988 is releasing limited edition 15" x 20" print of Clarity's "Buffer Overflow" for…
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As you know, every holiday Google features a themed logo design. This year for Halloween, everyone's favorite minimalistic search engine has a logo designed by legendary horror director Wes Craven.
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Just yesterday it was announced that Samuel L Jackson had been cast as Sho'nuff in a remake of The Last Dragon. Now, The Playlist has learned that Jackson will reteam with Quentin Tarantino in his WWII film Inglourious Basterds. Jackson, who was featured in Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2, Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction, will…
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Last night we told you how you could see Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire for free. But Amazon's Goldbox Deal of the Day is prompting me to do a Geek Deal double post. The nine disc DVD box set of The Adams Family - The Complete Series is available for $26.99, for the rest of the…
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Warner Bros has hired J. Michael Straczynski to write a remake of Forbidden Planet. The original saw a group of Earth scientists who are sent some 17 light years away to investigate what happened to a colony of settlers on Altair-4. They find a man with a secret and his daughter who somehow survived a…
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For almost a decade, Toy Story 2 has sat as the best reviewed film of all time on Rotten Tomatoes. But no longer, James Marsh's documentary Man on Wire has surpassed the Pixar sequel to claim the title of the best reviewed movie of all time. I have yet to see this movie, but I…
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The Los Angeles Times has posted the final part of their interview with Christopher Nolan, who took the time to speak out about the crossover potentials of the Nolanverse and the DC Comics universe: "I don’t think our Batman, our Gotham, lends itself to that kind of cross-fertilization. It goes back to one of the…
Read MoreIf Hollywood Directors Made Campaign Ads: Part 2 The Pitch: Last week in VOTD, we featured a video titled If Hollywood Directors Made Campaign Ads, which shows what political campaign attack ads would look like if they were directed by the likes of John Woo, Kevin Smith, and Wes Anderson. The Landline and Chris Mann…
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Sony is in final talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to write Spider-Man 4. It's unclear if Lindsay is doing an entirely new take on the material, or if he's rewriting James Vanderbilt's recent draft. THR claims that director Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are all expected the return for…
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United Artists has released the last and final movie trailer for Bryan Singer's Valkyrie. Gone is the overly stylish split screen editing, Added, the SAW theme leads to the climax. It's amazing how well that theme fits other movies, even though its the key theme song of a five film franchise. I don't know about…
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Fox Searchlight has mastered the art of releasing small art house films. They understand that it is important to build good word of mouth as they slowly expand into more and more markets. And one of the ways they do this (aside from having great films) is by holding nationwide free screenings. They did it…
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Earlier this week The Weinstein Co announced that they would be moving their Star Wars geek road trip comedy Fanboys back once again to February 6th 2009. Set in 1998 the film, starring Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, and Kristen Bell is a heart-warming comedy that follows a group of young, passionate…
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Wonder Women of America By Ruth Wiggins & Russell Waterman Amos 2008 $29.99/ £14.95 As many readers know from Slashfilm’s coverage and personal experience, the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego consistently sets records and milestones for attendance, media exposure, and the mainstream acceptance and co-opting of genre and geek culture. The new 192-page photo…
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Finally, Fox Searchlight has premiered the full trailer for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. I've said this before, this is one of my favorite movies of the year. You'll leave the theater with a smile on your face and tears in your eyes. But its a hard sell. The plot synopsis sounds more corny than anything…
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Sony has released the first teaser trailer for Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code follow-up, Angels & Demons. Like any good teaser should, it sucks you, hits you with a twist, and leaves you wanting more. Leave your thoughts in the comments below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/AngelsAndDemonsteaser.flv 470 200] The Da Vinci Code made over $750 million worldwide, despite…
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In a May edition of Cool Stuff, we featured the Monroeville Zombie Hockey Jerseys that Jeff Anderson and Seth Rogen wear in Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno (seen below). I love the design so much, but don't wear hockey jerseys or white shirts for that matter (preemptive stain protection). Jay and Silent…
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Thor Freudenthal (Hotel For Dogs) will direct a big screen adaptation of Dave Roman's graphic novel Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery for Paramount. The 136-page, black-and white trade paperback collects all of the Agnes Quill stories, which is illustrated by Jason Ho, Jen Wang, Jeff Zornow, and Eisner-nominee Raina Telgemeier. The official plot synopsis…
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Earlier this week, we told you that Disney would be pushing WALL-E for a Best Picture nomination. I just happened along the first advertisement over on the Hollywood trade-paper websites.
Read MoreSteven Spielberg's Five Friends The Pitch: What if I told you that Steven Spielberg just directed a project featuring Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, Tobey Maguire, Scarlett Johannson, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Ryan Reynolds, Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf (of course), Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dog, Zach Braff, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason…
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Columbia Pictures' is remaking Berry Gordy's 1985 cult classic martial arts film The Last Dragon.
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Music video turned feature film director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) will write and helm Age of Rage for Fox Searchlight. THR compares the dystopian project to Children of Men and Lord of the Flies, but since no plot synopsis is provided, its hard to really form any sort of opinion about it. So…
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I'm not sure if anyone watched them, but Pixar aired the first of their series of Cars animated shorts aptly titled Cars Toons this week on Toon Disney (I'm not even sure if I have that channel?). Each of the three shorts that have been produced thus far feature Mater the rusty old tow truck,…
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THR got their hands on a two and a half minute trailer for the new season of 24. No, this is not a trailer for the November 23rd television movie. This is a trailer that will air at the conclusion of that TV movie, a sneak peek at next year's series which features Jack Bauer…
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Mark Millar is known for telling stories, on and off the page. For the last year he's been going around saying he is working with an unnamed big director on a pitch for Superman. While I'm not against the idea of a Millar-penned Superman movie, I just don't believe it. But Millar keeps on talking…
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United Artists has provided /Film with four new production photos from Bryan Singer's Valkyrie. Apparently, a new trailer will premiere tomorrow night around 8:00pm PT, so check back then. As always, click on the stills to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move…
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20th Century Fox has released a five minute trailer for The Day The Earth Stood Still on Yahoo. As expected, much of the extended trailer was featured in the television presentation last month. From what I gather, I think I'm the only one who thinks this looks bad. But even I'll admit, Gort looks cool.…
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Good news for comic book fans. It looks like Preacher might finally make its way to the big screen. Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to adapt the series into a feature film, with American Beauty/Road to Perdition director Sam Mendes attached to helm the project. Preacher has a long history of false starts,…
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/Film reader Christopher M send over two new photos from the set of Matthew Vaughn's Kick Ass. The photos feature our best glimpse yet at Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski aka the title character Kick-Ass, and our first real look at Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist.
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Mike Nichols (Closer, Charlie Wilson's War) will direct a remake of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low. Based loosely on Evan Hunter's King's Ransom, the original 1963 detective thriller that tells the story of an executive named Kingo Gondo, who learns that his son has been kidnapped. He is prepared to pay the ransom amount until…
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Nearly two weeks have passed since it was reported that Don Cheadle would replace Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, fans are still angry. Petitions have been launched, and even the website HowardNOTCheadle.com. Of course, Paramount and Marvel aren't going to to care even if the petition gets hundreds of thousands of signatures (Stop Uwe…
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/Film reader Phillip L sent over a photo of his Jokerlantern. ComingSoon has a new poster for The International. Neil Gaiman is producing a live-action adaptation of his new New York Times best-seller The Graveyard Book. [MTV] Netflix will offer HD streaming to XBox Live members first. [/Gamer] Adrien Brody will become The Courier for…
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Quint over at AICN has a fascinating interview with Iron Man director Jon Favreau. I want to point out two key segments, one where he talks about IMAX, and the other when he talks about James Cameron's Avatar. First up, IMAX. Favreau has said that after seeing The Dark Knight, he's interesting in possibly shooting…
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Universal has acquired the rights to adapt Viper Comics' noir anti-superhero action-adventure series Villains for the big screen. Wonder Woman scribes Matt Jennison and Brent Strickland have been hired to pen the adaptation. Villains is 4 issue mini-series written by Adam Cogan, drawn by Ryan Cody, with colors by Russ Lowery. The story follows Nick…
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Do you live in Los Angeles? Are you looking for something fun to do on Halloween night? Edgar Wright is hosting a special Halloween night at the New Beverly Cinema: A double bill of Shaun of the Dead and Wright's personal Halloween choice film - Riki Oh: The Story of Riki. Wright will also be…
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Monday night Disney held a test screening for Pixar's upcoming film Up in Portland, OR. They screened a rough-cut of the film which included a mix of storyboards, rough and finished animation. The music was temp, but all the voiceover was complete. This seems to be a regular tradition for the animation powerhouse as the…
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Earlier today, MTV released four new photos from Drag Me to Hell, Sam Raimi's return to the horror film genre. For one reason or another, we've barely covered this film on /Film, so with Halloween on the horizon, I thought now might be as good of time as any other. Co-written by Raimi with his…
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Marvel Entertainment has just announced that Robert Downey Jr and Don Cheadle have signed on for both Iron Man 2 and The Avengers. Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau will also executive produce The Avengers. As previously reported, Cheadle will be replacing Terrence Howard as Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes. The announcement also comes with the…
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I've always said that digital movie theaters will lead to a social cinema revolution where the audience decides the movies. But apparently it is already happening in Brazil. MovieMobz has been doing for a few months now. BBC describes the company as "Part social network, part digital content aggregator," but basically the concept is this:…
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Last year we brought you 30 years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards. But what about the invited to the annual ILM Halloween party? The 2008 card above was designed by Harrison Parker. You can find out more about the creation of the card on StarWars.com. Check out some of the cards from ILM's past Halloween parties…
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Moviehole is reporting that Universal Pictures has decided to abandon the direct-to-DVD American Pie movies because they are planning to make a fourth theatrical film which will bring back some of the leads from the previous films. It is unknown who will return, although if I had to guess, I'd say that it might be…
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This week Disney will launch a campaign to get WALL-E nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, an award never won by an animated film. Only one animated film has ever had the honor to be nominated in the Best Picture category, Disney's 1991 film Beauty and the Beast. The Academy launched a Best Animated feature…
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What happened to the Farrelly Brothers? I use to be such a huge fan of the brother-directing team behind Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary and Kingpin, but they haven't turned out a really good film in at least 8 years (Osmosis Jones, Shallow Hal, Stuck on You, Fever Pitch, The Heartbreak Kid). Some…
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/Film reader Derek M sends along word that Best Buy has Code 3 Collectibles' limited-edition serial-numbered Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 3D poster sculpture in their online outlet store for only $9.99, 87% off the MSRP $79.99. "This 8"w x 10.5"h x 3.5"d sculpture replicates the official movie poster in every detail and is…
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Apparently we're all about the slightly deceptive headlines tonight. Joseph Kosinski is the fx-heavy commercial director who is now helming TR2N for Disney (or TRON 2 for those who refuse to use Disney's stupid title). We've featured some of Kosinski's work in a past Commercial Directors Spotlight, which if you haven't already, you should check…
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Sony has provided USA Today with the first four official photos from Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code follow-up Angels & Demons. The photo above shows Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks, left), Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), Chartrand (Thure Lindhart) and Carlo Ventrasca (Ewan McGregor) examining the clues. The first photo shows Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, and…
Read MoreFox Searchlight has released a new poster for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which you can see on the right. Anne Thompson found a teaser trailer that was released for the recent London Film Festival, which you can watch above. Last week we ranted about the MPAA's decision to give the film an R-Rating, and a…
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Magnolia/Magnet has released another trailer for Nacho Vigalondo's time travel thriller Timecrimes (you can check out the previous trailer here). I have yet to see the film but I've heard nothing but great things about it. United Artists is already hard at work developing a English-language remake with Children of Men scribe Timothy J. Sexton…
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Not much is known about Judd Apatow's next film Funny People, that is until now. /Film brings you an exclusive look at the cast and characters of Apatow's new film. Some photos courtesy of liezl was here. Adam Sandler plays a 42-year old comic named George Simmons. He's had a good run, and even had…
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You've seen the latest extended Watchmen movie trailer which premiered during the Spike TV Scream 2008 Awards, right? Did you see lower Manhattan? For those of you who don't know, Doctor Manhattan can alter his body's size, and unlike The Incredible Hulk, he doesn't have magical stretchy pants which grow and shrink with this power…
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The LA Times was able to corner director Christopher Nolan at the SCREAM 2008 Awards, and ask the man behind The Dark Knight about the possibility of a potential third film. Here is what Nolan said: "Well ... let me think how to put this. There are two things to be said. One is the…
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jCauty&SON are holding a Splatter exhibition at The Aquarium in London. The multi-media art show focuses on "the plausible impossibility of death in the mind of cartoon characters". jCauty&SON is also selling a bunch of limited edition prints from the exhibit. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or…
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Lakeshore Entertainment held a test screening of Game last week in Southern California. Game is the latest film from Neveldine/Taylor, the mad men behind Crank. It stars Gerard Butler, as a prisoner who is implanted with nano-technology which allows a video gamer to control him in a first-person shooter-like game called Slayers. A bunch of…
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The latest episode of South Park, titled Pandemic, had a sequence spoofing Cloverfield. You can watch the entire episode at South Park Studios, or just watch the Cloverfield clip below, thanks to our friends at Cloverfield Clues.
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"You brought them into this world... Now... They will take you out!" Tom Shankland's new horror film The Children is about "a relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents." Not many films do the whole "evil children" thing right, but this one looks…
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Today in Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day (only good until midnight on tonight) is The West Wing - The Complete Series Collection for $114.99, 62% off the $299.98 MSRP. I haven't seen the series just yet (although I sure I'll be picking up the set today). The show is highly acclaimed, winning 26…
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Ropes of Silicon has a 50 minute interview with W. screenwriter Stanley Weiser, but who cares about W. anymore? Weiser is the same guy who wrote Wall Street and penned a treatment for a Wall Street sequel before Oliver Stone and the film's producer parted ways. "To make a long story short, I wrote the…
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If you were looking forward to finally seeing Fanboys on the big screen in 2008, I have some bad news for you. The Weinstein Co has moved the film back to February 6th 2009 from it's scheduled release late next month. The film will now go head to head with Summit's sci-fi superhero film Push,…
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Someone has restored Griff Tannen’s BMW 633 Hovercar from Back to the Future: Part II. [BadandUgly] Dark Horse has released a new poster for My Name is Bruce. [IMPA] There are several rumors circulating the internet that a 200 foot-high ride will be featured inside the halls of Hogwarts at Universal Studio's Wizarding World of…
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Netflix has begun testing its Watch Instantly movie streaming service for the Mac. Microsoft's Silverlight will allow the rental company to safely DRM the 12,000+ movies and television shows now available on their instant streaming service. Netflix claims that Sliverlight provides "breakthrough navigation for fast-forward and rewind." Wow. No details on when this service will…
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Warner Bros will be brining Ninja Scroll to the big screen. The live-action big screen adaptation will be based on the popular 1993 Japanese Anime movie which spawned a popular animated series. Ninja Scrolls is considered one of the best Anime films ever produced. Yoshiaki Kawajiri's original action/thriller tells the story of a Journeyman ninja-for-hire…
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Warner Bros has released an international trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood-Prince. The trailer's voice-over claims that the film will come out "This Year" which leads me to believe that the trailer was created before the release date push to July 17th 2009. One thing is for sure, the marketing people at Warner…
Read MoreThe Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day is actually happening after all. In the past we've told you Troy Duffy's plans for the sequel but despite the fact that the filmmaker assured everyone that the film was actually happening, we were all a bit skeptical (as we should be, this thing has been in the…
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Christopher Lee (Count Dooku in Star Wars, Saruman in Lord of the Rings) has been cast in Tim Burton's 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Lee's role has not been disclosed, but I would guess that he is either The Caterpillar, King of Hearts, or The White Knight. Lee has worked with Burton several times:…
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In a recent post over at Whedonesque, Joss Whedon took a few moments from his surely busy day to update fans on the status of the upcoming Fox show, Dollhouse. We know that he decided to rework the pilot to better reflect the tone Fox was aiming for, and that he also shut down production…
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Last week Universal Studios announced that they would be building a 3D theme park ride based on Transformers. The official press release claimed that Universal was collaborating with director Michael Bay on the attraction, but apparently Bay has yet to approve the concept. Michael Bay writes on his official website: "They had me in a…
Read MoreSAW School Musical The Pitch: "What if the world of Saw and High School Musical came together and made a baby? It might resemble this, Saw School Musical." 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…
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In September, I had the opportunity to sit down with Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine and his directorial debut - Synecdoche, New York. Interviewing Charlie Kaufman is like playing a tennis match that you just can't win. I went into the interview with questions about symbolism and themes, but…
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Warner Bros has released the first trailer for Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. Earlier this week Warners released the first photo and poster for the film. The trailer shows us a racist grumpy old Eastwood, who tells to a bunch of local gang bangers "Get off my lawn" I kid you not. In the movie, Eastwood…
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Paramount is in talks with Chris Columbus (The Goonies, Home Alone) to direct the Jim Carrey comedy Ripley's Believe it or Not. The project has been plagued since the beginning, with cast changes and shooting schedule delays, and budgetary concerns. The studio ordered the the script be reworked after original director Tim Burton and Carrey's…
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Sometimes when I'm bored, I read the Fail blog. Looking at the latest and greatest Fail photos and videos is pointless fun. So when I came across this new Star Wars T-Shirt with a "AT-AT Fail!" design, I knew I had to buy it. And yes, the t-shirt if officially licensed by Lucasfilm, which is…
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Fox Searchlight has released the first full length trailer for the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious, which I think you'll agree - is a lot better than the teaser trailer that was released in September. The trailer does a great job at getting you interested in learning about the man behind the music. And I generally…
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John Singleton has exited 20th Century Fox's big screen adaptation of the A-Team. Apparently the project, which has gone through a number of rewrites, is still not ready for prime time. Fox believes they need more time to develop the script, but Singleton is moving on. We no final draft, no director, and no announced…
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Ian McDiarmid, probably best known as The Emperor in the Star Wars films, suffered a suspected heart attack while on stage in London. The actor continued the opening night performance until the play's final curtain call, refusing to go to the hospital until after the performance. McDiarmid is said to be fine. But of course…
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Lionsgate has released poster and trailer for My Bloody Valentine 3D. The poster is an obvious homage to the gimmicky 3D posters of years long past. And the film looks pretty crappy, even for a contemporary horror film. But I'm curious to see the movie just for the overly gimmicky cheesy 3D effects that the…
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If I were to create a list of five people that should be in Tim Burton's 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Crispin Glover would probably top the list. So it comes as no surprise that Burton has cast Glover to play the Knave of Hearts. In the original Lewis Carroll book Alice's Adventures in…
Read MoreRon Howard's Call To Action The Pitch: Ron Howard wants to talk about the election. So does Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler. 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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The very first Oscar precursor every year is the announcement of the Gotham Independent Film Awards. It’s not a strong precursor, but sometimes the oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers have some influence with Golden Globe and Oscar voters. Back in 2004, Gotham voters got behind Maria Full of Grace in a big way…
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After Terminator Salvation, McG will direct a big screen adaptation of the upcoming spy novel, Dead Spy Running for Warner Bros. Written by Daily Telegraph journalist Jon Stock, the novel tells the origin story of former MI5 agent Daniel Marchant. Patrick Janson-Smith has described the new series as "John le Carré meets Jason Bourne" and…
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Jared Hess broke onto the scene with a small indie comedy at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Napoleon Dynamite quickly took over the world, becoming one of the biggest cult blockbusters of all time. Jess followed the film up with Nacho Libre, which sounded like a sure thing - Jack Black as a masked Mexican…
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The teaser trailer for the Friday the 13th Remake/reboot is attached to SAW V. But you don't have to sit through a SAW marathon tonight (like me) to be able to see it. The trailer is now online for your viewing pleasure. Aside from the few seconds of Jason running at a woman with a…
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The /Filmcast Interview is a series of conversations with actors, directors, and other key figures from the entertainment industry. In this episode, David speaks with Tomas Alfredson, the director of Let the Right One In, about his film's success, its aesthetic, and its reception at international film festivals. Let the Right One In will be…
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Our friends at Go Ape Shirts have a new Star Trek themed t-shirt by Ralph Webb. "Bar Trekkin' is available in sizes Small to XXL for $18. It's probably the only piece of Star Trek fashion which won't have everyone making fun of you behind your back (because non-geeks can be cruel sometimes...) Cool Stuff…
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What if I told you that Steven Spielberg had dropped out of directing an important historical film, only to have Ben Stiller replace him in the director's chair? Yes, Ben Stiller the comedy actor. The film is The Trial of the Chicago 7, which tells the story of the riots at the 1968 Democratic convention.…
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Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men) will star in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's (21 Grams, Babel) Biutiful, which begins shooting in Barcelona next week. Inarritu wrote the script himself, his first stand alone effort after much-publicized break-up with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. According to Variety, Spanish-language film is about "a man embroiled in shady dealings who…
Read MoreIf Hollywood Directors Made Campaign Ads The Pitch: What if big hollywood directors were hired by John McCain to create campaign attack advertisements. This faux video shows three ads by three directors: John Woo, Kevin Smith, and Wes Anderson. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing…
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Samsung has announced that Netflix customers will now be able to instantly stream Watch Now movies on select Blu-ray disc players. The coolest thing about this announcement is that some customers can use their existing Samsung Blu-ray players. For no cost, both the BD-P2550 and BD-P2500 can be upgraded for the Netflix Watch Now functionality.…
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Somehow we missed this last week. Seth Green told Moviehole that he is going to direct a big screen adaptation of Freshmen, the comic book series he co-created with friend Hugh Sterbakov. Green says they're "writing the feature, and we're gonna make it when it's ready". They are currently looking for a studio to finance…
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Warner Bros has finally started marketing Clint Eastwood's new action drama Gran Torino. In the film, Eastwood plays a disgruntled racist Korean War vet named Walt Kowalski, who sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong immigrant teenage neighbor (played by newcomer Bee Vang), who, as part of a gang initiation, tried to steal…
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A trailer for the fifth season of LOST has been found online. The first half of the trailer is pretty much a recap of the fourth season. If it isn't completely obvious, don't watch the trailer or read the comments if you haven't seen the last season of the show. This is my favorite show…
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McG has posted a new blog on the Terminator Salvation website. Here are the major take-aways: Principal Photography has wrapped Christian Bale and Sam Worthington have been sown early cuts and "they seem pleased with where the film is headed." "Our focus is on story and character, but it's fun diving into the world of…
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The Weinstein Co has released one last final trailer for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and I think this might be the best one yet. I'll make this short and sweet - Zack and Miri is the funniest movie I've seen all year. It doesn't pretend to cure cancer, it's just an…
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A new video has begun to circulate the internet, claiming to be the teaser trailer for Warner Bros' big screen adaptation of The Flash. According to the guy who posted the trailer on YouTube "On Thursday October 16, 2008 there was a special advanced screening of The Watchmen in Portland, Oregon. This trailer ran before…
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Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is the type of film that will have everyone leaving the theater with both tears and a smile. It's a beautiful film about first love, fate and destiny, and growing up in the slums of India. When I saw the film at the Telluride Film Festival last month, Alex from FirstShowing…
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The official theatrical Watchmen teaser poster has premiered on Yahoo. If you remember correctly, Zack Snyder premiered a Comic Con exclusive teaser poster with art by Dave Gibbons in 2007, and there were also eight character posters at Comic Con 2008. The new poster shows the shot from the early few minutes of the movie…
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Just in time for Halloween, Transformers Live points us toward Lionel Lum's incredible Transformers Bumblebee costume. Created for the 2008 San Diego Comic Con International, the costume is made out of "foamboard, hobby foam, vinyl signage applique, and is held together with tons of hot glue and some duct tape here and there." Lionel says…
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We've featured Tom Whalen's artwork on /Film in the past. A /Film reader named Lee commissioned Tom to create this awesome Predator piece. Teri Polo is set to star in Joe Dante's supernatural feature The Hole. [Bloody Disgusting] NBC's Chuck will feature Twin Galaxies, the arcade from King of Kong. [/gamer] Smallville co-creator Alfred Gough…
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Last week I told you about the Christmas Story fan convention which is being held in Cleveland, in and around the original house which was used in the movie which has now been converted to a tourist attraction. This week I have something possibly even cooler. As many times as I've watched A Christmas Story…
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Dimension Films will release 18 direct-to-dvd movies, each with budges between $3 million to $6 million, in 2009. Variety reports that "the films, mostly sequels, prequels, remakes or spinoffs of TWC/Dimension titles, could debut in a particular ancillary arena -- DVD, VOD, TV or the Web -- depending on a closer look as they near…
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After two years, Roger Avery and Neil Gaiman (Beowulf) have officially stepped down as screenwriters of the big screen adaptation of Charles Burn's graphic novel Black Hole. Gaiman tells MTV that when David Fincher signed on to develop/direct the project, he "explained his process consisted of having over ten drafts, done over and over." The…
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A while back, Yahoo posted a boat load of concept art from Jon Favreau's Iron Man. Hidden in the piles of artwork is Phil Saunders concept art of War Machine. Forgive me if you've already seen this, but my initial google search shows that not many people noticed. "These three images I did at the…
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An extended movie trailer for Zack Snyder's Watchmen premiered during the Spike TV 2008 Scream Awards tonight. Check out the trailer below. For those of you who might complain about the lack of new footage, Watchmen Comic Movie has an extensive listing of the new shots. My two favorite shots are when Nite Owll II…
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The Watchmen footage is obviously the big deal, but I'm sure some of you are looking for the Friday the 13th and Twilight footage which premiered during Spike TV's SCREAM 2008 Award broadcast tonight. The Friday the 13th footage doesn't impress me too much. The sequence at the end with the mask, title card, and…
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/Gamer reports that Bioware and LucasArts will be releasing a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic epicly-sized Massively Multiplayer Online Game called Star Wars: The Old Republic. " The game will take place thousands of years prior to when Darth Vader ruled the empire and about 300 years after the original Knights of the…
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Dexter is probably my favorite show on television right now (that might change when Lost and Battlestar return next year. It seemed like almost nobody I know watched the first season when it originally aired on Showtime. Thankfully, word of mouth got around and the series gained a ton of traction on DVD. And now…
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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told MTV News that Dr. Strange is on the short list of comic properties that they will explore after The Avengers hits the big screen. "Very much so," Feige said. “I’d say in the next year, year and a half, as we start putting together our film slate for 2012…
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/Film reader David D sent over this new photo of Heath Ledger in his last movie, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. You can also watch the previously released teaser trailer/featurette here. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus…
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Sometimes it's the simple things that make us smile. I found this HAL 9000 refrigerator magnet which is being sold on eBay. Badge Bytch is selling it for £3.50, which translates to about $7 American, plus who knows how much shipping. And who wouldn't want to a Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer? Now if only it…
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Quantum of Solace director Marc Foster will not be returning for the 23rd film in the James Bond series, despite an offer to helm the next film. "They offered me the next one, but at this point the pressure is so intense — it's a year of not having a life," Foster tells FirstShowing. "And…
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In today's Gold Box Deal of the Day, Amazon is offering a bundle of SAW, SAW II, SAW III and SAW IV for $29.99, 57% off the $69.98 MSRP. They are also offering a special on Blu-ray movies: Buy two get one free, which means you can essentially walk away with three Blu-ray movies for…
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David Gordon Green (George Washington, Pineapple Express) has signed to direct an adaptation of 30 Days of Night author Steve Niles' Freaks of the Heartland. Newbie screenwriters Peter Sattler and Geoff Davey penned the script for the horror thriller. Released in 2004, the six-part comic book miniseries was illustrated by Greg Ruth. The official description…
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This Thursday - October 23rd, Lionsgate Films is holding SAWfest at 42 participating AMC movie theaters around the country. For only $15, moviegoers will be able to see all five SAW films on the big screen. The event will start at 4:00pm, with short intermissions between films, leading up to the midnight screening of SAW…
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Frank Miller has been talking with Deborah Del Prete, his Spirit producer, about some possible follow-up movie projects, one of which might be a remake of an old sci-fi property. "We're thinking about revitalizing an old sci-fi hero," Del Prete told Collider. Unfortunately not much more was revealed. Last May it was rumored before it…
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What if I told you that Mickey Rourke would be teaming up with Jason Statham for a crime thriller? Sounds like a great idea, right? What if I told you that the movie in question is the American remake of the award-winning French crime thriller 13 Tzameti? Sounds even better... Now yould your excitement be squashed…
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Koen Mortier (Ex-Drummer) will write and direct a big screen adaptation of Fight Club/Choke author Chuck Palahniuk's novel Haunted. This is the first property optioned by Brian Levy's new management and production company, New School Media. I'll let the official description from the book explain the plot: "Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made…
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Universal Studios Hollywood and Singapore will be launching a theme park attraction based on Michael Bay's Transformers. Planned for an early 2011 debut, the ride will use High Definition 3D footage, along with practical special effects and "stunning" robotics (ie expect animatronic giant robots) that according to a press release will "transform perceptions of theme…
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Lionsgate has released a new featurette for Frank Miller's big screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit. In "The Origin of The Spirit", Frank Miller explains where the character came from, the historical significance of Will Eisner and how he became involved with the film adaptation. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/spiritorigin.flv 470 196] You can watch the clip in…
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Dubai looks like a city from the future, or at least in a construction phase. I've always wondered why Hollywood hasn't tried to shoot movies there. I'm guessing it probably has something to do with the extreme desert heat or the Middle Eastern laws. I'm sure someone in the comments will know better. There was…
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SpikeTV won't air the Scream 2008 Awards until Tuesday night (at 9:00pm et/pt), but the award show has already been filmed. We have a listing of the complete winners for those who are interested. I've organized the results into Dark Knight Award winners and Non Dark Knight Award Winners... you'll see why. Dark Knight Award…
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Let the fanboy email inquiries cease: The latest "momma of all comedies" is plopped for a 2009 release. Over the weekend, IESB spoke to producer, David T. Friendly, who confirmed that the second sequel in the hit Martin Lawrence undercover fat-suit franchise, Big Momma's House 3, is currently in the scripting stage and on the…
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Belga.de has a first look at Til Schweiger in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. In the film Schweiger plays a bloodthirsty maniac named Hugo Stiglitz, an ex-German-soldier, who is recruited to join Lt Aldo Raine's (Brad Pitt) squad of Nazi-killing Jews. Hugo Stiglitz is also a name of a Mexican actor who was a big star…
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Benjamin Carre is a French professional illustrator who has done concept work for UBI Soft's Cold Fear and Infogames Alone in the Dark. His work is usually dark, and is often sci-fi in nature. I found these wonderful pieces of Star Wars fan art on some message boards. It is important to note that while…
Read MoreEvery once in a while, we like to put a spotlight on an insightful or funny quote (this sometimes happens on a slow news day like today). Kevin Smith was asked by Newsweek how he went about researching his new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Here is Smith's response: "I've been researching Zack…
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Paramount has made a surprise decision to move the Robert Downey Jr / Jamie Foxx film The Soloist back to March 13th 2009. The film was originally scheduled to hit theater in late November, just in time for Award consideration. Paramount was pressured by Viacom to cut costs for the fourth quarter of 2008, and…
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Seth Rogen tells Collider that despite internet rumors, he has not yet been contacted about being part of Ghostbusters 3. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky are currently working on the screenplay. The writing duo last worked on Year One, a film directed by Harold Ramis, an original Ghostbuster who also played Rogen's father in Knocked…
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Could Paris Hilton have a role in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes? UK Gossip magazines (we can't find the initial source) are reporting that Hilton spoke to the director when she visited his London pub The Punchbowl. Hilton was quoted as saying: "I had a few words with Guy. He could be offering me a role…
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Do we really need another Resident Evil sequel? Paul W.S. Anderson thinks so. Of course, he isn't known for his good ideas, or filmmaking skills, or... well, all he he's really known for is having made some really shitty genre films. The director tells the Sunday Sun that he's writing "an adaptation of the Long Good…
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BloodyDisgusting has the first two photo from Christian Alvarti's sci-fi thriller Pandorum, Dennis Quaid on the left, Ben Foster on the right. The trailer for Kyle Newman's Fanboys will be attached to Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno. [iesb] Last week Brett Ratner directed the new commercial spots for Guitar Hero: World Tour…
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Remember that Watchmen test screening I told you about last week? Well it happened, and buzz coming out of the screening has the Watchmen fan community throwing a hissy fit. Before you get nervous, know this - everyone says the film is awesome. However, the fans are upset over how Zack Snyder's ending varies from…
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Eisner Award winner Brian Azzarello's (100 Bullets) Joker graphic novel hits store shelves on October 29th November 4th. Our friends at IO9 are calling it "a look at what The Joker did next" following The Dark Knight, which might not be entirely accurate, but we like the sound of it anyway. This might not be…
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Hard to believe that a Kirk Cameron ichthys affair and Disaster Movie will ultimately out gross Sex Drive. After this weekend's $3 million take, the /Film championed comedy is destined to join the "funny is funny" cult ranks of PCU and Grandma's Boy. In a smart move, Summit Entertainment, soon to be fat off Twilight,…
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The first reviews for the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace have begun to hit the interwebs. Critics seem to agree that the film lacks the narrative of Casino Royale. It is shorter, darker, less dialogue, more high-temp confusing action sequences, and some dull expository scenes. Oh, and everyone agrees that Daniel Craig is…
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Disney has released a new clip from the new computer animated movie Bolt. The almost 4 minute clip is from the film's opening sequence. In the movie, Bolt is a dog who is the star of an action television series which is part Lassie, part Mission: Impossible, but with the high octane direction of someone…
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Last week it was reported that Don Cheadle had been signed to replace Terence Howard in Iron Man 2. Initial speculation was that Marvel had a falling out with the actor over salary requirements. When asked about the announcement on NPR, Howard explains his confusion over the entire situation. "Yeah, I found that out, too,"…
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A lot more people know Roger Ebert than probably have ever read one of his reviews. So it might come as a shock to most how extremely funny Ebert can be (take his book "Your Movie Sucks" for instance). A few weeks ago we focused on one of Ebert's Movie Answer Man column's where he…
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Empire Magazine brings us a first look at Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (yes, correct misspelling). In the film, Pitt plays Lt. Aldo Rain (aka Aldo The Apache), a leader of a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "the basterds" (hence the title). Accompanied by German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark…
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The first trailer for Summit's sci-fi thriller Push is now online. Footage for the film premiered at Comic Con in July, and was mocked by most everyone in attendance. The concept seemed kinda cool (if not a Heroes/X-Men rip-off) but the low budget effects left many people in laughter (ie "the big scream"). There are…
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Remember that really lame teaser trailer which features a dog running on a beach? Well, Fox has finally decided to release a full length trailer for David Frankel's adaptation of Marley & Me. John Grogan's New York Times bestselling book has been described as both hilarious and heartwarming, but this just looks like a paint…
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Just as Clerks pointed out that a bunch of hard working construction were behind the creation of the Deathstar, one must remember that hundreds of unknowing hardware and software developers were probably behind the creation of the computers which eventually destoryed most of humanity in judgement day. "Unwittingly or not, you're now a direct contributor…
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A couple weeks ago, Kirsten Dunst told MTV she's "in" for Spider-Man 4. That was only two split seconds before she denied her casting confirmation (“I’m not saying anything, I know there’s rumors…”). So which is it? Will Dunst be reprising her role as Mary Jane in the upcoming Spider-Man sequel double shoot? Director Sam…
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Today is the 18th Birthday of the Internet Movie Database. Some of you might be wondering how it is possible for IMDb to be 18 years old when the first web browser wasn't available until 1991. For that we go to IMDb founder and managing director Col Needham to explain: On this day in 1990…
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John N Hart Jr, Jeffrey Sine and Frederick Zollo have acquired the worldwide rights to produce a stage adaptation of John Carney's 2007 Irish musical Once. When I interviewed Carney in 2007, he talked briefly about the possibility of a Broadway musical adaptation. "Haven't thought of it at all. I don't think it would play…
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Aint It Cool News is kinda, sorta, may be, confirming the rumor that Brett Ratner will be directing Conan for Lionsgate. Written by Outlander scribes Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain, the $100 million R-rated tent pole is neither a remake or a sequel, as they are starting over from the original stories. Conan was created…
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In today's Gold Box Deal of the Day, Amazon is offering the Marvel Heroes Collection for $27.99, 60% off the $69.98 MSRP. The collection includes all the Fox-based Marvel films: X-Men, X2, X-Men 3: The Last Stand, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Daredevil, and Elektra. Not all the movies are quality…
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I know we're probably all working on Star Trek overload, so I'll keep this brief. Paramount Pictures has released another batch of photos in Entertainment Weekly. You can check out the previously released photos: Here and Here.
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Kevin Smith is developing a $45-$50 million futuristic outer space comedy. The Weinstein Co have read part of Smith's completed first draft and are interested in making the movie. This is a big leap for Smith, who has been a $25-$30 million man on his last five films. "The moment someone steps out of the…
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So what's the latest on the fourth film in the Jason Bourne series? Last we heard, producer Frank Marshall was hoping to begin shooting next Summer for a 2010 release. Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon have already signed on, all they need now is a script. Today it was announced that Universal is serious about…
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You might remember that a few month ago, a review of Justin Marks' screenplay for the live action He-Man movie Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe was creating some big buzz on the interwebs. Phrases were being tossed around like "fanboy masterpiece" and the story was described as "Lord of the Rings meets The Matrix…
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Yesterday Paramount Pictures released six new photos from JJ Abrams' Star Trek (if you havent seen them yet, click here). Entertainment Weekly premiered their extensive cover story earlier. We have three more new photos (one from Yahoo, one from AICN, and one from /film reader Franco L). We've also decided to break down the EW…
Read MoreWe've tried to convince you that this weekend's Sex Drive conquers the odds for that ever commodified of genres, the teen sex comedy. And now Summit Entertainment has released the first R-rated 10 minutes online to convert the masses. This should give you a good idea of how the film balances funny rapid-fire sophomoric humor…
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Entertainment Weekly's Star Trek cover story is now online. There is a lot of new information, the centerpiece of which is the explaination of the plot: Star Trek’s time-travel plot is set in motion when a Federation starship, the USS Kelvin, is attacked by a vicious Romulan (Eric Bana) desperately seeking one of the film’s…
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Created by Hertfordshire, United Kingdom-based sculptors and CNC/rapid-prototyping masters Morpheus, this wooden WALL-E sculpture is a limited edition of one. Commissioned by Disney as a gift for Pixar/Disney chief creative officer John Lasseter. Look at the extreme detailing in the photo below. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations…
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I've always found the average user ratings on the Internet Movie Database to be the most reliable measure of entertainment, at least when it comes to my personal cinematic tastes. Is it always right? No, but I tend to agree with the average rankings on IMDb more than Rotten Tomatoes (which is sometimes too pretentious),…
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Bloody Disgusting has new photos from SAW V. FirstShowing has a new poster for Frank Miller's The Spirit. Amy Adams is in talks to star in Leap Year, a comedy about "an uptight woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on leap day, Feb. 29, following an Irish tradition in which women…
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Imagine a documentary about the Apple fanatics. Think Trekies meets Mac. Kobi Shely's MacHeads is that movie. The film takes a look at some of the fascinating characters that make up the Macintosh community. Check out the trailer below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/macheads.flv 450 268]
Read MoreFavreau gives Tony Hawk a Tour of Stan Winston Studios The Pitch: While filming an episode of Iconoclasts, Jon Favreau gave skateboard legend Tony Hawk a tour of Stan Winston Studios. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should…
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Rotten Tomatoes has a new trailer for Let The Right One In, the Swedish vampire coming of age film which is receiving a lot of buzz on the film festival circuit. The new trailer is red band, so you get an uncensored look at some of the bloodier moments in the film. the trailer is…
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A couple months ago it was announced that Tom Cruise would star in an adaptation of the Wildstorm comic book Sleeper for producer Sam Raimi. Well apparently the star is not yet formerly attached, but is still interested. Warner Bros has hired newbie scribe Brad Ingelsby (The Honeyfields) to pen a script. Ridley Scott and…
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Richard Donner confirms that a Goonies sequel is once again dead. The last script attempt involved a new group of kids, as the daughters and sons of the original Goonies gang, going off on a new adventure. Most of the original cast members have expressed interest during interviews, in returning for a second film, if…
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Paramount has begun to distribute the first production photos from JJ Abrams' Star Trek around the web. Above is a first look at the crew on the Bridge of the USS Enterprise from MTV. Lindelof says that Kirk's Black shirt is the Captain uniform, and that the red shirt crew member in the background is…
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In a phone interview with the LA Times about his upcoming appearance as the 2008 Scream Awards, Tim Burton talked about the motivation behind his upcoming live-action/performance-capture 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland: "It's a funny project. The story is obviously a classic with iconic images and ideas and thoughts. But with all the movie…
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Believe it or not, A Christmas Story was the first film I ever saw in a movie theater. Which is probably one of the reasons I feel more of an attachment to the film than most. I would be afraid to add all the hours of passive viewings over the years. When I was younger,…
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In terms of pouring a glass of water into an active volcano (frequented by aliens?), a $10 million final domestic gross for Religulous will be seen as a success. As other blogs have reported, outrage over the documentary was nil, which is unsurprising yet absurd given that the film shows Bill Maher and Larry Charles…
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Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon premiered at the London Film Festival to cold and mixed reviews. Lets take a look at the early buzz. Variety's Todd McCarthy: "Perhaps needlessly adopting a cinematic equivalent of the play's direct-to-audience address, Howard "interviews" several of the characters, witness-style, about the events, which only serves to make the film feel somewhat…
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The first preview for the Diablo Cody-scripted Steven Spielberg-produced Showtime series, United States of Tara. Toni Collette stars as Tara Gregor, a wife and mother of two teens, who just happens to suffer from multiple personality disorder. Basically the family must find a way to deal and live with her multiple personalities. I might have…
Read MoreNext week's issue of Entertainment Weekly has a big Star Trek feature, and Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine appear in costume as Spock and Kirk on the cover. EW also has photos from their visit to the set. I'm sure we'll see them online soon, as the issue hits newsstands on Friday. via: JustJared
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As you've probably heard, The Alamo Drafthouse is having a Horror movie series, and Mondotees has commisioned artists to create limited edition posters for some of the films in the series. Earlier this month we showcased some of the other posters in the series: The Shining, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Lost Boys.…
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The Jim Henson Co has begun to develop a puppet film noir detective comedy titled Happytime Murders. If we knew nothing else about this project, I would still spend $10 on a movie ticket. The story follows a puppet detective who is hired to solve a string of murders around a popular children's television show…
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It has been three months since Activision Blizzard bizarrely decided to drop the Ghostbusters video game from their line-up. /Gamer reports that the game has finally found a distributor - Atari. Dan Aykroyd made the claim on a Dallas radio show, but also admitted that the game is about "a year away" from being released…
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Collider is reporting that Warner Bros is doing a test screening of Watchmen at the Regal Lloyd Center 10 Theater in Portland Oregon this Thursday, October 16th at 7:00pm. Apparently this is a "blind screening" so they are recruiting people who don't know anything about the comic book world. So if you run into one…
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An early trailer for the dark dystopian fantasy film Franklyn has shown up online. The first feature film by writer/director Gerald McMorrow, Franklyn is a "split narrative set simultaneously in contemporary London and in a future metropolis ruled by religious fervor." Sounds pretty crazy right? Well it gets even weirder. "It's the story of four…
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Warner Bros has acquired the big screen rights to Headshot (Du plomb dans la tête which roughly translates to "Lead in the Head"), a three-book French graphic novel series by Alexis Nolent (aka Matz). The series tells the story of two killers, two cops, and a journalist. In a Bronx apartment, Jimmy and Louis, two…
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Last month we posted a trailer for the upcoming Will Smith drama Seven Pounds, only to have it quickly removed by Columbia Pictures hours later. The trailer is back, with a couple editing tweeks. We've also transfered the comments from the previous posting. Will Smith plays an IRS agent with a secret who will change…
Read MoreHayden Panettiere For John McCain The Pitch: Heroes star Hayden Panettiere shows her support for John McCain. “Hi, I’m Hayden Panettiere, and I’m hot enough that I know I have your attention for at least 30 seconds. There are three things I think all citizens should do: Smoke cigarettes, vote for John McCain, and don’t…
Read MoreJames Cameron was interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC's The Hour. Over the course of twelve minutes, Cameron talks about his pre-filmmaking past, why he doesn't have a star on the walk of fame, the computer animated character design in Terminator 2, the upcoming hybrid 3D sci-fi action film Avatar, Breaking into the editing room…
Read MoreEdgar Wright has seen one of next Summer's big blockbusters. I'm pretty sure the film in question is JJ Abrams' Star Trek. I mean, its not like one of his best friends and regular lead actor Simon Pegg has a part in the film or anything. Here is Edgar's blog on the subject: --- I…
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The Weinstein Co today sent out a press release announcing last week's start of production on Quentin Tarantino's upcoming WWII film Inglourious Basterds. You might notice that both words are misspelled, much like the early screenplay that got leaked onto the internet a few months back. That is the official title of the film, likely…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Splash Page has a preview of the all new Ghostbusters comic book mini-series. Entourage: Mark Wahlberg will not star alongside Vincent Chase and Edward Norton in Smoke Jumpers. [collider] Summit Entertainment has…
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A couple weeks ago, we posted the first trailer for Sunshine Cleaning, an wonderful indie dramedy which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film has been compared to Little Miss Sunshine, probably because it was produced by the same guys, features a couple of the same cast members, including Academy Award winner Alan…
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After 20 years, development has kinda/sorta begun on a Bull Durham sequel. Despite the fact that Tim Robins has insisted (as recently as last month) that he "doesn't like sequels" and "doesn't want to do sequels", Robins was actually the one who came up with the idea. Writer/director Ron Shelton explained at the 20th anniversary…
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The My Zombie Pinup Calendar is described as "Gil Elvgrin meets Night of the Living Dead", placing hot bloody undead woman in horror movie-like exteriors. "This 13 month calendar is stuffed with more dead sexy girls than you can fit in a shallow grave. We dug up the idea of the vintage 1950's pin-up and…
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We haven't updated Star Trek in a while, so lets get to it. During a recent online chat with The Guardian, director JJ Abrams was asked why he got involved in the film. And I think his answer says a lot about what we should expect from the final film: "It didn't feel like a…
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Fox has released the trailer for Gary Winick's Bride Wars. Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson star as two best friends who become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day. In the film, Hathaway's skin is dyed orange, Hudson's hair turns blue, and I quickly turn away from the ticket booth clutching…
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On Halloween, two gals named Mina Karimi and Kara Suhey will attempt to recreate the legendary hijacked parade from Ferris Bueller's Day Off down to the '80s minutiae and extras like geriatric Miss Chicago contestants and bearded bankers. Cameron and his Red Wings jersey are already a lock. Under the Tumblr and moniker, Project Bueller,…
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Sideshow Collectables has Bowen's new Stealth Iron Man polystone statue available for pre-order. Standing 14-inches, this intricately sculpted statue is cast in high-quality polystone, and is available for $179.99. The statue will ship in the 2nd quarter of 2009. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products…
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Yesterday we brought you the American trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme's JCVD. Damme wrote, directed and is starring in his latest project Full Love, along with his two children Kristopher and Bianca Van Varenberg. The movie is filming in Thailand with a $5 million budget. From what I understand, Van Damme is supposedly working for…
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Xinhua Media Entertainment has announced a $30 million live-action adaptation of Mulan, based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan (the same legend that was adapted into a 1998 Disney animated film). First written about in a 6th century poem, Hua Mulan was a woman who disguised herself as a man to take her elderly…
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It has always bothered me when a new actor is brought in to replace another actor who has already been established as a franchise character. I don't think I'm alone in this viewpoint. The first time I noticed this occurrence was when I was a child and Sarah Chalke replaced Alicia Goranson as Becky (otherwise…
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With the stock market back in the news headlines due, it is no surprise that 20th Century Fox is moving forward with development on the previously announced sequel to Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street. 21 scribe Allan Loeb has been hired to pen the screenplay. I've heard nothing but bad things about Stephen Schiff's…
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Michael Moore was spotted at an all-candidates debate in Ontario, Canada last week. After the debate Moore spent 90 minutes going door-to-door with NDP incumbent Tony Martin, in addition to interviewing five of the six candidates (Mike Taffarel of the Marxist-Leninist Party; Paul Bichler of the Liberal Party; incumbent Tony Martin of the socialist New…
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Yahoo! Movies has a look at the theatrical teaser poster for Pixar's Up. As unsure as I am about Pixar's next film (I want to love it, but nothing I've seen so far has me sold), there is no denying the fantastical color scheme used in the early marketing is beyond beautiful. I had previously…
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Focus Features has released 13 new production photos from Gus Van Sant's Milk. The film will premiere in San Francisco next week at the historic Castro Theatre. Check out 12 more photos after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: Gay Rights Activist. Friend. Lover. Unifier. Politician. Fighter. Icon. Inspiration. Hero. His life changed history, and his…
Read MoreThe poster for the Katherine Heigl/Gerard Butler romantic comedy The Ugly Truth is actually kinda funny. Also, am I the only one who wishes that the marketing department would create more minimalist clean and simple poster designs? via: cinematical
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David Fincher has been trying to get Rendezvous With Rama off the ground for some time now. Arthur C. Clarke's 1972 novel is set in the 22nd century, a group of human explorers, who intercept a thirty-mile-long cylindrical alien starship that passes through Earth's solar system, and attempt to unlock its mysteries. Last we heard…
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Last we heard, Joel Silver was waiting on Mel Gibson to approve Shane Black's treatment for Lethal Weapon 5. Now word comes from original series director Richard Donner (via: the Los Angeles Times) that Gibson turned down the idea and the project is dead. "Mel turned it down. I would like to think that Mel…
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What if movie posters were more honest? What if the theatrical one-sheet wasn't filled with floating heads of the main stars, but instead featured all the brand tie-ins and product placements up-front? The Antrepo Design team created a set of vancas posts which are just that. I somehow doubt Hollywood will pick up on this…
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/Film reader Nick O. forwarded me these clips from Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler. The first clip shows a scene between Mickey Rourke and Evan Rachel Wood, who play's Randy's estranged daughter. Rourke has been getting Best Actor Award Nomination buzz since the film premiered in Venice. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/wrestlercrying.flv 400 166] The second clip gives you a…
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David Creighton-Pester wondered if Superman eats microwave dinners. The result is a new t-shirt design titled "Microwaves Are Just Too Slow" which shows a pop-art-styled superman taking matters into his own hands. Available on Threadless for $18. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Two new french posters have been released for Steven Soderbergh's Che. [firstshowing] Adam Sandler has a quick video blog from day one of filming of the new Judd Apatow dramedy Funny People.…
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Ridley Scott is planning to return to the science fiction genre for the first time since Blade Runner and Alien. Fox 2000 has acquired the rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel The Forever War, which won both the 1975 Nebula Award and the 1976 Hugo Award. The book tells the story of an interstellar war between…
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Today in Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the day, the complete three season set of Veronica Mars is on sale for $61.49 (66% off the MSRP). Veronica Mars follows the fortunes of a 17-year-old trainee private investigator in Neptune, California. The city is full of powerfully rich residents many of whom believe they are above…
Read MoreSpider-Man 4 Trailer The Pitch: College Humor created a trailer for Spider-Man 4 by mashing clips from the Spider-Man trilogy with Seabiscuit. 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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When I first heard about JCVD, I imagined a b-list action comedy like My Name is Bruce. When I finally saw the film at Fantastic Fest in Austin, I was shocked to find that the film is actually a character drama about a down on his luck b-list action star who steps into a bad…
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It's been a while since we've gotten a concrete update on Darren Aronofsky's The Fighter, the real-life story of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's (to be played by Mark Wahlberg) unlikely road to the world lightweight title. His Rocky-like rise was guided by half-brother Dicky (Brad Pitt), a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being…
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Last week the first photos of Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes appeared online. Now Just Jared has new photos from Guy Ritchie's London set, giving us a first glimpse of Jude Law in costume as Dr. John H Watson, Holmes' friend / assistant / biographer. Law's look is pretty much what you would expect.…
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I'll admit, I don't follow the foreign genre scene as much as I should, but hey, that's why we have Devindra Hardawar. When I came across this photo for the french zombie film The Horde, I began to dig deeper. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher's The Horde could probably be described as Zack Snyder's Dawn…
Read MoreBack in June, we told you about Cameron Crowe's next movie, an untitled romantic adventure comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Ben Stiller. Not much was publicly known about the project back then, so I thought we'd do an update. Ben Stiller stars as a 37-year-old disgraced US weapons consultant named Brian Gilcrest, who is disliked…
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Amazon is giving away the Ultimate Matrix Collection on Blu-ray with purchase of the Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray player. The set which normally retails for $130 includes all three films, The Matrix Revisited, The Animatrix, plus brand-new supplemental materials, including two new audio commentaries on each film, "Enter the Matrix" video game footage, 106 deep-delving featurettes/documentaries…
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You might remember that in June we reported that director Louis Leterrier was making the claim that Captain America had a brief cameo/easter egg in The Incredible Hulk. "As a filmmaker and as a fan, I like to go see movies and watch them several times, ... and every time I see it, discover little…
Read MoreBest known for the visually impressive (but overlong) Cashback, British director Sean Ellis is now trying his hand at horror with The Broken. The cast includes Lena Heady (300, The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and the always great Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under, The Visitor). Don't ask me to decipher this plot though: On a busy…
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Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations The Plot for Captain America Has been revealed Guillermo del Toro explains who his Frankenstein adaptation will be different: It's not the traditional creation/origin story Rumor has it that Paul Andrew Williams might direct 28 Months Later The new Watchmen video journal shows The Making of Dr. Manhattan TR2N will be released in Digital…
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Defamer has the first photo of Ben Kingsley as Nizam in costume on the set of Mike Newell's big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In the film, Kingsley kills his brother, King Shahrman of Persia, and puts the blame of the murder on the King's son, Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal). Nizam…
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Just Jared has scored the first photos of Robert Downey Jr. in costume on the London set of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. Anthony Peckham’s script is based on a mixture of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tales and the Lionel Wigram comic book adaptation which presents a more active version of the famous detective. Jude…
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The stepson of Clark Gable and heir to a Hawaiian sugar empire, Bunker Spreckels inherited a multi-million dollar fortune in his mid 20s and, to the ire of his family, blew it on Hollywood nights, cars, art films, drugs, nunchucks and surfing the beaches of the world. Shortly after, he overdosed and joined the 27…
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I've always wondered what a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle might look like if they existed in the real world (yes, I think about a lot of weird things...). Thankfully, someone who is much more creative and crafty than myself also had the same thought, and decided to bring it to reality. AlexCF created a fine…
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There are some young individuals in this world whose talent seems so boundless and who show so much potential at the beginning of their careers that the mind staggers at the endless possibilities of the future. Juan Antonio Bayona is one of those people. I still remember the first time I watched Bayona's The Orphanage…
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Okay so Superman Returns didn't make Dark Knight money and Clark is rightfully pissed off. But that wasn't enough cause for Supes to tamper with The Dark Knight's Bat Symbol... I'm not sure the origin of this picture. We found it on Superpunch, who found it on Say it Backwards, who found it on a…
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Digital Cinema is the future. Lets face it, 35mm films are going the way of betamax, VHS, floppy discs and cassettes. Busted Tees' Analog Retirement t-shirt imagines the depressing party that would have happened in a world where all inanimate objects walked and talked. Available for $18.99. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com.…
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Scott Rudin has walked away from The Reader, and will no longer be involved in The Weinstein Co's December release. Here is the situation, as I understand it. A couple weeks ago, Nikki Finke made claims that Harvey Weinstein had harassed both Sydney Pollack while on his deathbed and the widow of the late Anthony…
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When it was first announced, rumors began to circulate that Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino was a new Dirty Hairy film. That rumor turned out to be bunk, but we haven't heard much about the project since. That is until now. Eastwood spoke briefly about the film while doing press for The Changeling. In Gran Torino,…
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A couple months ago Paul Thomas Anderson directed a stageplay in LA (which many described as a radioplay), which featured Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, and John C Reilly. There were only a few performances, so if you were there, you were there, but if you missed it - YOU MISSED IT. Well it appears that…
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Paramount has released a new trailer for Edward Zwick's Defiance, the upcoming Daniel Craig WWII film. The film ahs already been getting early award buzz, and the trailer looks powerful. The poster also premiered today on InContention. You can check that out below as well. As always, leave your comments and tell me what you…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/moneyshots2.flv 460 276] It seems like only a few days ago when Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen posted a video announcement about their upcoming Money Shots video diary series which chronicles the behind the scenes antics of Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Well two new videos have since been released on Quick Stop Entertainment,…
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Fox Searchlight has released five videos from The Wrestler press conference at the New York Film Festival. A lot of it was covered in our extensive three-part interview with Aronofksy last month (you can read there here, here, and here) but there are some juicy bits that make these worth watching. Plus, its fun to…
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Seth Rogen will produce I'm With Cancer, an autobiographical based on the experienced of Will Reiser, a producer on HBO's Da Ali G Show and VH1's Best Week Ever. Reiser's spec script tells the story of a 25-year-old who learns he has the disease. Rogen will not however play the lead, but will instead have…
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The final trailer for Twilight has leaked onto YouTube. I've pretty much given up all hope on this film, but I'm sure there are a few teenage girl readers who might be interested. As always, tell me what you think in the comments below! Official Plot Synopsis: TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story…
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ABC Family has ordered a half-hour television pilot based on the 1999 teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, which starred Julie Stiles, Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Many teenagers don't realize that the film was actually a modern day tetelling of William Shakespeare's Taming Of The Shrew (hence the film's title - 10…
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Last month we told you about the Netflix World Movie Watching Championships. The event began on October 2nd at 10:30am, and lasted until a new Guinness World Record, for most consecutive hours spent watching movies, was set five days later on October 7th. Movie lovers Suresh Joachim and Claudia Wavra emerged as the winners of…
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Disney has released the movie poster for the upcoming Adam Sandler family fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories. Degrassi High has an upcoming four episode story arc that would take the cast members to Hollywood where they will hang out with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes. [toronto star] The president of DC Comics tells Latino Review that…
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Jalopnik has a few new photos from the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The big news is that the photos reveal the license plates of the Chevrolet Beat, giving us the possible identity of this new alt mode Autobot... SKIDS The name Skids has been used for four characters…
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"Guess the only Iraq War film to hit it big" is a game show that never ends, and the current front runner is The Hurt Locker from director Kathryn Bigelow. Jeff Wells has a pretty cool leaked one-sheet for the wartime thriller, opening 2009, and he compares the movie---which has been widely praised at festivals…
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Despite having almost no violence in the film, Kevin Smith's Clerks was originally given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA based solely on its graphic dialogue. Much like on Zack and Miri, Miramax was able to appeal the ruling and were granted an R-Rating without any cuts. Wattsei decided to create a visual map of…
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MTV has the first trailer for David Goyer's upcoming supernatural thriller The Unborn. Looks a bit creepy but typical. Goyer may have been involved with crafting the stories for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but his directorial work (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible) has yet to impress me. Watch the trailer below and tell me…
Read MoreRichard Linklater's indie classic Slacker is now available for free steaming on Hulu. Aslo, Kevin Smith, who credits the film as his inspiration for making Clerks, contributed a new written introduction about the film for the hulu blog.
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Three things you should know about Sex Drive: 1) A whore nearly s***s on Clark Duke. 2) It's one of the funniest movies of 2008. 3) It doesn’t carry a Judd Apatow hall-pass. And if the word of mouth explodes on this flick, it might be hailed commercially as the new American Pie (whatever that…
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has decided to lift their long-running ban of movie trailers during the Academy Award telecast. But there is a catch: Each movie studio will be allowed to run just one spot (30 or 60 seconds), and that spot must be an Oscar exclusive. Sounds like a good…
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Jamie Foxx is in final talks to join Frank Darabont's Law Abiding Citizen, a psychological thriller about a criminal mastermind/victim of the legal system who controls a city from the confines of his prison cell. As a result of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter's murderers will be set free, and he…
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On last night's South Park, Stan went to see Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull only to find George Lucas and Steven Spielberg raping Indiana Jones (literally). Check it out after the jump.
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Jeffrey Wells is reporting that Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men) has signed on to star in the big screen adaptation of DC Comic's Jonah Hex. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the mad men behind Crank, Jonah Hex is a former alcoholic and confederate soldier turned supernatural loner and gunslinger. The comic…
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Yesterday we told you about Fantastic Fest's geektastic party at the Timberline Lodge, the original shooting location for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. In the post I mentioned that one of the things that a Limited Edition Silkscreened Event Poster was being included in the packages. And you know how much I love Alamo's tribute posters...…
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Our friends at Latino Review are reporting a rumor that Warner Bros wants Ryan Gosling to play Hal Jordan aka The Green Lantern in the upcoming DC comic book adaptation. The comic book book series never grabbed me, so I don't know much about the Lantern. But one thing I am sure of is that…
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For those of you buying Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on October 14th, watch out for these five retail exclusives. Circuit City will have 2 lithographs of concept art from the movie. Best Buy's Gift Set includes a replica crystal skull from Sideshow Collectibles and a $25 gift card to Sideshowcollectibles.com.…
Read MoreHere is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Drew Friedman painted the above artwork for a New York Observer article titled "Weirdest Presidential Race of the 21st Century". John McCain is pictured as Star Trek's Captain Kirk, and Barack Obama…
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Netflix has begun to alert subscribers that a price increase is required for those who wish to rent Blu-ray movies. The surcharge is a result of the additional cost of the next generation format, which sometimes is double that of DVD. The good news is that the surcharge is only $1, and allows you unlimited…
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Australian artist Ken Taylor created two posters for the Alamo Drafthouse's screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is part of the October horror film series. Rocky Horror has been playing weekly (every saturday at midnight) at the Alamo Village since 2004. The two poster set features Magenta and Riff Raff, and might be…
Read MoreI'm not sure about you, but I'm still so very confused about what exactly the Hobbit sequel is and is not. What is the purpose? What story will be told? Guillermo del Toro attempts to clarify matters by explaining to MTV that The Hobbit films aren't actually two films, but one movie told in two…
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Move over Middle East-based War films, it seems like a wave of economic crisis movies and television shows are on the way. Last week we wrote about an upcoming HBO series called Americatown, which follows groups of Americans who immigrate to other countries in a future where the United States has collapsed. Today it was…
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The reviews for Oliver Stone's W. have begun to show up online, and aside from Josh Brolin's "magnificent" performance, the buzz is pretty mild: Jeff Wells writes: "Josh Brolin's performance as George W. Bush being dead perfect but -- and this, I believe, is a crucial distinction -- appropriately hollow. Which means that on some…
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Fantastic Fest is holding a party at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon, the original filming location of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Check out the information below: In 1980, Stanley Kubrick came to the Timberline Lodge to film one of the all-time great horror classics, THE SHINING. In the film, Jack Nicholson slowly loses his grasp…
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How does a big screen adaptation of Tom Thumb sound to you? Yeah, not too exciting. What if I told you that Kevin Lima, the guy who directed Disney's Enchanted is attached? Still not sold? What if I told you that Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat has been hired to write the script? Sounding…
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Someone is selling a restored Ghostbuster's Ecto-1 which was used in Universal Studios Florida for over fifteen years.
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Yeah yeah, we all wanted another killer gaping orifice movie. Celebrated director David Cronenberg is in talks to helm The Matarese Circle, a global conspiracy thriller based on the 1979 book by the late author Robert Ludlum (the Bourne franchise). Denzel Washington is already attached to play one of the leads in the MGM production,…
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David Goyer, one of The Dark Knight screenwriters of , confirms what we already knew - All those Dark Knight sequel rumors: “It’s all B.S. ALL of it," Goyer told MTV. "Chris and I haven’t even talked about it. He quite understandably is taking a long, long vacation and wants to purge himself." So No,…
Read MoreSomeone retrofitted a 1981 DeLorean into a fully working electric car. But what's the point if you already have Mr. Fusion? [gizmodo] Cinematical has a look at the final Twilight poster. Is it just me, or do they all look the same? Roy Disney will be making an appearance this weekend at the Mill Valley…
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Over 25 participants took part in Zombie Apocafest 2008 at BrickCon 2008 in Seattle, WA. Below are some of the scenes from the great zombie apocalypse in LEGO land. You can check out all 63 photos on Flickr.com.
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/moneyshots1.flv 460 276] Kevin Smith has released the first episode of his behind the scenes web series "Money Shots" which documents the making of Zack and Miri Make a Porno. The first episode which premiered on Quick Stop Entertainment, is more of an introduction/preview, than anything else. But you get an idea of some of…
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Rumors continue to circulate that Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live to combat Tina Fey's gosh darn perfect impression of her. No official confirmation as of yet. The Chicago Sun-Times parlays that in lieu of a rerun this Saturday, Palin may pop up on the first Weekend Update prime time special, airing this…
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Way back in March, I posted the trailer for Special, a U.S. indie about a heavily-medicated man convinced he has superpowers, as played by Michael Rapaport. The film caught my interest not only due to Dick Ritchie, but also its gritty exploration of a would-be superhero whose body and mind suffer the consequences. Ever since…
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According to The Daily Mail (read: grain of salt), Johnny Depp will be paid £32,000,000 (about $56 million) for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 4. This would make Depp the highest paid actor (up-front) in film history. Tom Hanks supposedly made an estimated $50 million for the Da Vinci Code follow-up Angels & Demons.…
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Back in August it was reported that Shane Black had handed in a detailed treatment to Joel Silver for a Lethal Weapon 5, which he hopes to direct. When Black signed on to helm Cold Warrior for Universal, we assumed that the project fell into development hell. Not so, turned out that the sequel was…
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Today's deal of the day on Amazon.com's Gold Box is the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection, on sale for $50.99 (58% off the $119.98 msrp). The collection features 15 films on 15 discs, each supplemented with numerous documentaries, commentaries, and other bonus materials. Packaged in a beautiful, conversation-starting velvet box, the individual discs inside come four…
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Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter have joined the cast of Tim Burton's 3D hybrid adaptation Alice in Wonderland. Carter is no surprise, as I believe she was already spotted on the UK set. Plus lets not forget that Helena is engaged to the director, and has been given roles, errr, I mean cast in…
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It should be a surprise that Warner Bros is developing a Get Smart sequel, the film was pretty much set-up for franchise opportunities. The original film made over $226 million worldwide, which warrants sequel consideration. Steve Carell will return as Maxwell Smart. No word on if Anne Hathaway will return as Agent 99, although I…
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/Film reader Christopher M sent over some new photos from the Toronto set of Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass. Above we get a much better look at the title character's costume. And no, that isn't Aaron Johnson, who plays Dave Lizewski in the film adaptation. It's one of Aaron's stunt doubles. And the photos below show Aaron…
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I spotter some bus advertising for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno which makes use of the stick figures from the theatrical poster. The reason why I bring this up is because I believe it is a mistake. Case in point, while I snapped a photo of a bus with the advertisement, a…
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Last week we broke the news that the original screenwriters of Eagle Eye were working on a big screen sequel to Blade Runner. We attempted to contact screenwriter Travis Wright for a few days before we ran the story, but were not met with a response (as it turns out he was in France location…
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AICN got a chance to chat briefly with TR2N director Joseph Kosinski over the weekend, who revealed that not only was the Comic Con test footage filmed in steroscopic 3D, but the final film will also be filmed and released using the latest in 3D technology. If there is one movie I want to see…
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HBO's hit series Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season, which will begin production in early 2009 for a Summer debut. I haven't had the chance to catch up on this season of the show yet. Has Entourage lost it's spark or is it better than ever?
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Fox Searchlight has decided to move Danny Boyle's film festival sensation Slumdog Millionaire up another week. The film will now open on Wednesday, November 12th 2008, instead of the announced November 19th release date. The film was originally set to bow on November 28th. No official reason was given, but I'm going to assume that…
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It is the 6th of the month which means that another Watchmen video journal has hit the web, this time on SciFi.com. The latest journal "Blue Monday" is on the behind the scenes magic employed to bring Dr. Manhattan to life. From the intricate series of blue light emitting lights which are spread around actor…
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A bunch of new Kick-Ass set videos have popped up on YouTube, giving us our first real look at the characters dressed in superhero gear. The scene involved Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) and the Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) riding along in Mist's custom red sports car through Downtown Toronto (near the Toronto Eaton Centre) at…
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The Character Design Blog has new photos of early concept art on Dreamworks Animation's How To Train Your Dragon. Based on the 2003 children's novel by British author Cressida Cowell, the story follows the adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the teenage son of a Viking chieftain, who must capture a dragon for a rite…
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Busted Tees is selling a t-shirt design titled "Goodbye Elliot". What if E.T.'s secret plan was to steal Elliot's bicycle and throw him off as they flew into the moon lit sky? I'm pretty sure the throught never entered Spielberg's mind, but that won't stop us from wondering What if. Goodbye Elliot is available for…
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When we spoke to director Danny Boyle last month in Toronto, he seemed optimistic about the possibility of another sequel to 28 Days Later. But at the same time I got the feeling that not much had progressed since I last talked to him during the press tour for Sunshine. It was last year in…
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A teaser trailer for Disney's TRON sequel TR2N was the huge shocker at Comic Con this year. Recently The Guardian was ask Jeff Bridges about Tron 2 while doing press for How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, and here is what the actor said: "[TRON 2 is] another unique, wild experience that was too…
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Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland) is in final talks to join Ruben Fleischer's Zombieland, a horror comedy from Columbia Pictures. Eisenberg would play Flagstaff a "terrified shut-in whose cowardice makes him an expert at surviving the zombies but who is forced out of his shell to join the band of survivors, which…
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AwardsDaily has a first look at Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in The Reader. 44% of critics actually liked Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua? [RT] Brandon Routh, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan and Carrie-Anne Moss will join Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen in Unthinkable, a suspense thriller about members of an FBI anti-terrorism team who are…
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Nick and Norah' Infinite Playlist star Kat Dennings is in talks to join Peter Stebbings' Defendor. Woody Harrelson plays a regular guy who believes he has a secret superhero identity. Dennings will play a teenage girl who he befriends. Sandra Oh will play his psychiatrist. I imagine that the film will be something like K-Pax…
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I'm not sure Guillermo del Toro will ever get to make his big screen adaptation of Frankenstein. After the director tackles The Hobbit films, he will return to a dining room filled with overflowing plates of projects he has already committed to. And the fact of the matter is that this horror remake is probably…
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The full plot synopsis for Marvel's The First Avenger: Captain America has been included in the latest issue of Production Weekly: "Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army.…
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Empire Magazine has just published their 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, the result of "the biggest movie poll of all time. The films were chosen by readers, a panel of Hollywood insiders (including Quentin Tarantino, Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh, Guillermo Del Toro, Pedro Almodovar and Cameron Crowe), and I was somehow included in their…
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Has Christopher Nolan signed on to direct a sequel to The Dark Knight? A story has been going around the interwebs this weekend, that originated from the latest issue of Production Weekly, which has Nolan listed as director, with a pre-production start date of February 2009. Before you get too excited, I'm not sure any…
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We've known that George Lucas---who apparently chews on fanboy disappointment like Popeye does spinach---is considering another Indiana Jones sequel, even though a proposed Mutt Williams torch-passing seems more and more unlikely (and hokey). Harrison Ford expressed interest over the summer in making an Indiana Jones 5, and preferably sooner than later. The actor's stance hasn't…
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Sequels/Remakes/Adaptations Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct Marvel's Thor Pixar promises not to tinker with the 3d rereleases of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Even though McG claimed he did, James Cameron says that he's never blessed Terminator: Salvation after all Original Let The Right One In director slams the idea of an…
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Iron Man director Jon Favreau announced on Thursday's Howard Stern Show that the Blu-ray edition of Iron Man has already outsold every other blu-ray disc release to date. That's a pretty impressive accomplishment for only two days on store shelves. Of course, no official numbers have been released to back up Favreau's claim, but we'll…
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What happened to Sunshine Cleaning? The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but was met with some disappointment when attendees realized that it wasn't the next Little Miss Sunshine. A fair comparison considering much of the pre-festival buzz came from the fact that it was produced by the same guys, has "Sunshine" in…
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One can only imagine what it feels like to be among the few to experience footage from James Cameron's Avatar. Moreover, how would one convey the privy mind explosion to the 99.9% of Joe Six-Packs out there? IESB spoke with 20th Century Fox co-chairman, Tom Rothman, about the 2009 film (we need a new word)…
Read MoreLast night, I was listening to Tom Scharpling's "The Best Show," and the topic was haunted movies. Mid-conversation he brings up his disgust with the new ad for DirecTV featuring a living Craig T. Nelson and a nicely preserved Heather O'Rourke milking Poltgergeist in time for Halloween. Though I had seen this ad days just…
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We've featured some of Glennz t-shirt designs in past editions of cool stuff (for example, the Ghostbusting mini-vac). Glennz latest design, titled Self Maintenance, features a figure who looks like Darth Vader, cleaning his shiny helmet. Available for $15.95. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products…
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Last week we told you about George Romero's new zombie movie (working title "Something of the Dead") which is currently shooting in Canada. We only had a few details: The film is set on an island three weeks after the zombie outbreaks, and that underwater zombies will be featured. The official announcement in Variety gives…
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Amazon is having a sale on DVD box sets. They are offering 55 box sets, each at about 50% off the MSRP. Here are some highlights: Alien Quadrilogy - $30.99 The Coen Brothers Collection - $25.99 X-Men Trilogy - $18.49 Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection - $34.99 Planet of the Apes Legacy Collection -…
Read MoreRodrigo Garcia is going to direct an ensemble drama titled Mother and Child. Why should you care? Here are a few reasons: The movie is being produced by "The Three Amigos", Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men), Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) and Alejandro Gonzalez (Babel) The film is based on an original screenplay by Garcia,…
Read MoreMedellin Reviewed on Ebert & Roeper The Pitch: From the season premiere of Entourage, the fictional film within the show is reviewed on Ebert & Roeper (which makes it technically the last reviewed film in the shows history). Watch Ari Gold's response at this link. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is…
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Dana Jan has been blogging his construction of a 800-piece Japanese 1/72 scale model of the Millennium Falcon. Thanks to /Film reader Dan L for the tip. [12-parsecs] Jon Favreau says that a Swingers 2 might happen eventually: "Maybe a Swingers sequel in another 10 years. Like the Sunshine Boys." [LATimes] While shooting a scene…
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The Icelandic film site, Topp5.is claims to have scored an exclusive look at the teaser poster for Ron Howard's Angels & Demons. I have been unable to confirm it's authenticity, and I am skeptical due to the lack of official studio logos on the bottom, and the logo has the words Angels and Demons side…
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The Motley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, is one of those long-fabled projects, complete with dream casting (Chris Walken as Ozzie!) befitting Inglorious Bastards circa 1999, that may never see the darkness of a theater. Borat and Religulous director, Larry Charles, has been attached to helm for some time and tells Coming Soon that his NC-17…
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For a comic book film based on a Marvel character, official updates on the status of Punisher: War Zone remain few and far between. Back in August, rumors circulated that the December release from Lionsgate would be re-cut for a PG-13 rating. No word from the studio was released to confirm or deny this. Today,…
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Hey readers, a "major adult studio" is in need of a Sarah Palin lookalike in the L.A. area to star in a new skin flick. A title and plot for the flick were not revealed. Maybe you can suggest some below? The pay is not bad---$2,000-$3,000 for 10 days of work---and apparently no knowledge is…
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UPDATE: I would like to thank the NAVY SEALS for reading my post. We were so close to posting two Steven Seagal items in a single month. It would have made for a Slashfilm record and depressing office party. The contemplative martial artist marinated with MTV on the status of Under Siege 3, the (only?)…
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We just got sent a trailer for Norway's first zombie film, Dead Snow (aka Død Snø). A group of eight friends drives to a cabin in northern Norway where German troops where slaughtered by angry locals living there in 1945. Now the undead zombie Nazi soldiers feast on whoever comes there way. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/deadsnow.flv 470 264]
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For the ten remaining people who still think Kevin James is funny, we bring you the trailer for his new comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Basically, it's a comic version of Die Hard in a Mall (Kevin Smith should sue) meets the silliness of the Home Alone sequels. James plays a disrespected segway-riding mall security…
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I've been complaining about Netflix's Watch Instantly feature's lack of Mac compatibility for a while now. Even earlier this week when the company announced they had signed a deal to stream thousands of Starz movies on-demand, I was left angry that I wouldn't be able to use the service, even though I'm paying for a…
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We've featured Jester and Jolin's incredible fan-created Transformers concept art in the past (The Dark Knight Tumbler, Trailblazer and Jetfire). Recently the duo created concept art based on the Armadillo, the space drilling vehicle from Michael Bay's Armageddon. The new autobot apparently even has a myspace page.
Read MoreEarlier this year, we asked you if you would spend $35 on a movie ticket. We told you that Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinema would be opening a bunch of 40-seat-maximum premium movie theaters with a high-end atmosphere, with food or alcohol purchases not included in the $35 ticket price (They say to expect to…
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There is nothing I love more than early concept art. To be able to see what a film could have been, or maybe was originally intended to become (for example, Ralph McQuarrie's art of Luke Starkiller, complete with the crazy air respirator mask). Lou Romano, a member of the art department at Pixar Studios, has…
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In a new interview with The Times UK, director Oliver Stone ponders the domestic box office prospects for his W. biopic, opening in limited release the 17th of this month. The Lionsgate film had a budget of $30 million---financed by Chinese investors---and arguably there is no precedent for how well it might do. High profile…
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Sideshow Collectables is selling a limited edition replica of the Cylon Raider Artisan ship. These replicas are screen-accurate, scale recreation of the Cylon Raider tactical fighter. Each Battlestar Galactica Artisan Raider is handmade by the special-effects professionals at The FX Company. This elite ship model comes complete with seven-layer prismatic paint and lighting effects. By…
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Thank God Anthony Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter, because Jessica Alba isn't that scary. [defamer] You can see 15 minutes of Twilight early, but you'll need a passport, a private jet, and the blessing of the Pope. [cinemablend] Pamela Anderson finally shows her kids Borat, and is forced to explain the infamous sex tape. [boxofficepsychics] The…
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Columbia Pictures has signed Jonathan Liebesman to direct Battle: Los Angeles. For those who don't know, the spec screenplay by Chris Bertolini tells the story of a Marine platoon battle against an alien invasion in downtown Los Angeles. Sounds cool right? Yeah... but the more and more I hear about the project, the less and…
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When we look back at history, Scooby Doo and Alvin and the Chipmunks will be blamed for creating a whole new genre of horrible family films. Warner Bros is developing a live-action/animated hybrid big screen adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear. Surf's Up co-writer/director Ash Brannon has signed on to direct the project,…
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Martin Scorsese has added yet another movie project to his ever growing plate. The latest is an adaptation of Charles Brandt's 2005 novel I heard You Paint Houses. Schindler's List scribe Steve Zaillian has been hired to pen the adaptation and Robert De Niro is signed on to play Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, a mob…
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IESB uncovered new details about Zack Snyder's 300 sequel/prequel. Apparently the film will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea. You remember, the battle that Dilios (the narrator) is at during the film's final monologue. So the film is kinda, sorta, a prequel and a sequel, because it takes place…
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Twenty-five minutes of Watchmen was screened for select press in Los Angeles today. I couldn't make the trip (I'm taking a break from traveling for a while), but our friends at FirstShowing were in attendance. Here are some of the news highlights: The current running time is 2 hours and 43 minutes, and Zack Snyder…
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A couple weeks ago, I saw and fell in love with the swedish vampire film Let The Right One In, freaked out, and posted a raving mini-review along with the international trailer. Magnet has now released the American trailer, which you can watch below. LEt me stress again that while this film is technically a…
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We knew it was in the works, but DreamWorks Animation has officially announced that a 3D sequel to Kung Fu Panda will hit digital theaters and IMAX theatres on June 3rd 2011. The sequel will follow Po, "the world's biggest kung fu fan, as he continues his journey as the chosen one who fulfills an…
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Marvel has unveiled the variant cover of The Amazing Spider-Man 573 which features Marvel Universe Presidential candidate Stephen Colbert. Cinematical has a poster premiere for Disney's Bolt (seen right). Joel Silver says that Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is the first film in "a franchise of Sherlock Holmes stories." [reuters] Chris O'Donnell and Jack McBrayer will…
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It sounds like Jon Favreau has thought a lot about why some superhero movies just didn't work while others are super successful. Here is a quote from the Iron Man director from a recent LATimes chat: "Either the director was unfamiliar [with the] source material or the director chose to depart from it for personal…
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TMZ is reporting that Shia LaBeouf has once again injured himself. Stitches were required below his eyebrow, after he sustained a cut from a prop on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The actor supposedly went right back to work. No word on if the stitches were covered up with make-up or if…
Read MoreThis Dragonball movie trailer was shot on the showfloor at the Brand Licensing Europe Expo in London. Normally we wouldn't run such crappy footage, but there are still a lot of rabid Dragonball fans out there that are not yet convinced that Fox ruined their precious big screen adaptation. For those of you who don't…
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With Mickey Rourke driving for an Oscar with The Wrestler, his titillating '80s filmography is now on the remake menu. Unlike The Pope of Greenwich Village and 9 1/2 Weeks, 1987's Angel Heart was a middling effort best known for giving Bill Cosby a heart murmur. Producer Mike De Luca (Ghost Rider, Blade II) and…
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In the Season 20 premiere of The Simpsons, Boba Fett encases the famous animated family in carbonite during the opening title sequence. You can watch the entire episode for free on Hulu (embedded below).
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Last week we featured Dutch Southern's Hope for a Better Tomorrow T-Shirt in Cool Stuff. But Blair Sayer's Tarantino Babies t-shirt is just as cool. Featuring a design which is inspired by the idea "What if Quentin Tarantino directed Muppet Babies". Screen printed on an American Apparel olive t-shirt for just $18 on DutchSouthern.com. Cool…
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Iron Man hit DVD store shelves this week, but Paramount is offering eight different exclusives depending on what retail store you make your purchase. I know that Adam Quigley kinda covered this in This Week in DVD, but I thought this might be big enough to deserve its own posting. Target's Iron Man Mark III…
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Red Tails is one of those projects that I've never been interested in. George Lucas has been developing the film since 1989, and was originally going to direct the movie himself. He infamously put the project aside to helm the Star Wars prequels. It has now been officially announced that Anthony Hemingway (The Wire, CSI:…
Read MoreNetflix has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Starz Entertainment to make movies from Starz available to be streamed instantly online through Netflix. The movies will be included with the standard Netflix membership. According to the press release, the deal adds "significantly to a growing library of over 12,000 choices of movies…
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Amazon is having a Halloween Sale, offering DVDs as low as $4.99 and up to 48% off on Blu-Ray discs. They are also offering buy one get one free on select horror DVDs, a list which includes: Halloween, Phantasm, Children of the Corn, The Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead II, The Wicker…
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Now that Smallville is clearly coming to an end (I, like many others, gave up on the show a couple years ago, well after I should have), the CW is trying to plan for the future. Smallville executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson are teaming with McG to produce a pilot for The Graysons,…
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Jack Black has signed on to star in what is being described as a comic take on The Bourne Identity scripted by Kung Fu Panda scribes Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Black will play an American who washes up on the shores of Cuba with no memory of who he is or how he got…
Read MoreBrett Ratner took yet another paycheck and has filmed a series of advertisements for Guitar Hero World Tour. The first of the advertisements which premiered earlier in the week, features Kobe Bryant rocking the mic, Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps "dancing while ripping it up on the exhilarating new guitars, and Tony Hawk sliding in…
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Okay, so the headline of this post is a bit gimmicky. No, Peter Berg is not going to direct a Catwoman film with Christina Aguilera as the star. But the Hancock director did film Aguilera's latest music video "Keeps Gettin' Better", where the singer appears in the Catwoman cowl as she travels though time.. Yes,…
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As you probably know, before directing Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze was a music video director. In 1994 and 1995, Jonze directed some of the most memorable music videos of all time. It has been six years since Jonze last collaborated with Weezer on Island in the Sun,…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/fincherfate.flv 470 234] Have you sen David Fincher's latest? No, not Benjamin Button... I'm talking about the Nike commercial he directed. "Fate" tells the life-long journey of pro football players LaDainian Tomlinson and Troy Polamalu as their destinies collide in an NFL football game. Based on a concept by Wieden & Kennedy, the portland-based advertising…
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Fox has given the new JJ Abrams show Fringe a full order of 22-episodes, which is no surprise considering the ratings. This is the first new series on the big four networks to get a full season commitment. I haven't had a chance to watch the show since getting back from my 28 day trip,…
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Essential Pictures is developing a potential franchise of films based on Outlander, a series of six fantasy novels by Diana Gabaldon. Not to be confused with the potentially bad ass Alien / Viking movie of the same name, which seems to have gotten the shaft from The Weinstein Co. Braveheart scribe Randall Wallace penned the…
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In this epic-long episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam are joined by Dan Trachtenberg from the Totally Rad Show and together they question if Ben Stiller is ready to take on a courtroom drama, debate the effectiveness of the MPAA's ratings board, and delve into a review of Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right…
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The cover of Empire Magazine's Star Trek issue is a callback to the classic Kirk and Spock photo from years past. The magazine also offers a few new photos (click to see the full size versions over on Empire). The first photo below shows Kirk (Chris Pine) and Sulu (John Cho), both in armored EVA…
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Today a long-time dream comes true: The /Filmcast is now a Featured Podcast on iTunes! Essentially, this means that iTunes' editors have deemed us interesting/worthy enough to be displayed in the "Featured" list of the TV & Film Podcasts section. A huge thanks go out to all of our listeners, to all of the people…
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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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United States readers can now watch John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror classic The Thing, for free on Hulu.com. Other recent Hulu additions include: Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct, Sam Raimi's For Love of the Game, and Troma's The Toxic Avenger.
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I fell asleep in the movie theater while watching the first Underworld film. It was a point in my life when I was working an overnight shift. Friday and Saturdays were my nights off, and I often attempted to get back to a normal sleeping schedule for the weekend, which rarely worked. I have a…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam are joined by Devin Faraci from Chud.com to console each other after facing an emotional onslaught in Dear Zachary, lament the loss of Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, debate Zach Snyder's changes to the Watchmen film ending, and try to pretend the last eight…
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When it was revealed that Kenneth Branagh was in talks to direct a big screen adaptation of Thor, many people wondered what a Branagh superhero movie would be like. Now we have some idea. IESB is reporting that Marvel actually offered the lead role to Daniel Craig, but the Quantum of Solace star confirmed that…
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Join us tonight at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST at Slashfilm's Live page, where we'll run down the week's worth of entertainment news and review Oliver Stone's W. with Devin Faraci from CHUD. We'll also be discussing Dear Zachary, one of the most critically acclaimed documentaries of the year. As always, you can…
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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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The /Filmcast Interview is a series of conversations with actors, directors, and other key figures from the entertainment industry. In this episode, David speaks with Sex Drive actor Clark Duke about R-rated comedies, Directors' Cuts of films, and "Unrated Edition" DVDs. Sex Drive will be in theaters on October 17, 2008. Have any questions, comments,…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, David, Devindra, and Adam rejoice in Ridley Scott's return to sci-fi, debate the potential Jonah Hex and Green Lantern casting choices, wonder about Seth Rogen's career trajectory, and turn an about-face on Scott in their review of Body of Lies. Kevin Buist joins us from the FilmCouch podcast and…
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The /Filmcast will broadcast live tonight at Slashfilm's live page starting at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST. We'll be going over the week's news and diving into the financial catastrophe that was Body of Lies with Kevin Buist from the Filmcouch podcast. If you're around, stop by and join 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 are joined by the Onion AV Club's Amelie Gillette and together they tear apart the notion of a Blade Runner sequel, try to figure out if they trust James Cameron more than McG, and spend some time discussing the finer points of religion while reviewing…
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Tune in tonight to Slashfilm's live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us run down the week's worth of film news and review Bill Maher's Religulous. We'll be joined by Amelie Gillette, the hilarious author of The Hater column over at the esteemed Onion AV Club. As always direct your…
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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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