Some people argue that any movie would be better with lightsabers. Someone replace a pool stick in this scene from The Color of Money with the infamous Jedi weapon. The same thing was done using clips from The Last Samurai. Looks like someone wants to see Tom Cruise in a Star Wars movie. Thanks to…
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This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. 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…
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Remember the Robocop Rap video we posted in December? Turns out that The Anomalies (Mouthmaster Murf and Dj Mayhem) created another rap video earlier in the year based on the 1987 sci-fi horror thriller Predator. You might have seen it, but we totally missed the video the first time around. The video is six and…
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It's not unusual for last minute selections to be added to the Sundance Film Festival line-up in the weeks leading up to the Park City Festival. Last year it was Hamlet 2, and this year it is screenwriter turned director James C. Strouse's second feature film The Winning Season (note: this news has been rumored…
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Warner Bros reaches $1.74 billion domestic surpassing Sony’s record set in 2006!; MARLEY & ME headed for $51.8M 4-Day with BEN BUTTON at $39.1M & BEDTIME STORIES at $38.6M!; REV ROAD with Best PTA of 2008! Dog lovers everywhere united to make Fox’s Marley & Me the #1 Christmas weekend movie with an expected $51.18M…
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Steven Spielberg's first completed 35mm short film is Amblin'. Shot in 1968 with a $15,000 budget, the 26-minute short film resulted in Sid Sheinberg signing Spielberg to a long-term deal at Universal under the Television division. Steven became the youngest director at the time to ever be signed to such a deal by a big…
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A month ago, Jeffrey Tambor revealed that the Arrested Development film was a go. But despite Tambor's positivity, many still had doubts about whether or not series creator could get the cast back together for one final cinematic hurrah. It now appears that those doubts were somewhat unfounded: In a recent interview with Fancast (via…
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Those who listen to our movie podcast know that I'm a fan of Baz Luhrmann and of Australia (go here to hear our review with the Scene Unseen podcast). I was disappointed and disheartened by that film's poor box office performance; according to BOMojo, its production budget was $130 million, but it's only taken in…
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MARLEY & ME off 3% Friday for $14M, but still headed for $54M; BEN BUTTON & BEDTIME STORIES close for #2 Friday with about just over $10M with both targeting $40M by Monday; VALKYRIE seizes another $8M; REV ROAD, GRAN TORINO and WRESTLER are likely 4-day PTA leaders! The big box office guns of 2008…
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If the 1964 Goodtimes Entertainment Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer were made in 1985, it might look a little something like this. 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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MARLEY & ME surprises with All-Time Christmas Day opening best $13.9M and $53.8M is possible for 4 days!; BENJAMIN BUTTON strong #2 with about $11.1M & targets $45.3M by Monday!; BEDTIME STORIES with $9.75M start; Cruise’s VALKERIE manages $7.35M! Christmas Day moviegoers have opted for a lovable lab and the Oscar bona fides of David…
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If Christopher Nolan doesn't decide to make a sequel to The Dark Knight, what will Batman's future hold? Possibly a career doing voice overs for television commercials? Attack of the Show was able to get their hands on footage of the Batman trying just that. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is…
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In the movie business, there are no real holidays, and tonight, while the studio executives are nestled all snug in their beds, visions of big Christmas Day box office receipts dance in their heads. Five major wide releases arrive in shiny new packages for the holiday, plus there are three strong holdovers from Friday. In…
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Inspired by Transformers, this High Definition short film not only gives us a real glimpse into the real world of home computers, but also attempts to settle the ultimate debate: what is better - Mac or PC. Ignore the questionable acting, the visual effects by digital compositor Nick Greenlee make this worth watching. Utilizing everything…
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…
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Would Bruce Willis have become the leading action hero in the Die Hard films if the name on his headshot read "Walter Willis"? This advertisement for Aviva, formerly known as Norwich Union, transplants a modern day Bruce Willis into Die Hard with a Vengeance, DirectTV style. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/aviva.flv 460 344] Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video…
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Two ferns and two of the greatest men of their generation, Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Between Two Ferns' Zach Galifianakis, sit in the dark and cut a slab of funny magic. Excerpt: ZG: You are in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Hamm: Yes. [nods] ZG: Why? Hamm: That's a good question. Sure, you…
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The final studio estimates are in, and, as I first wrote Friday night, Jim Carrey’s Yes Man (Warner Bros) is the weekend winner, although the performance of the film was softer-than-expected. When the movie started with a soft $6.7M on Friday, it was hard to tell if it was because snowstorms in several regions of…
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Post contains spoilers Want to be seen as an even more exceptional Samaritan than Will Smith's pained character in Seven Pounds? Look up the start times for the film at your local cineplex, show up at one or more screenings anytime before the final credits and angrily yell "...of s***!" while shaking your fist and…
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Bad weather with several major storms, including one in the Northeast, are making this a challenging weekend to project. I have revised my the 3-day estimates I released last night to allow for films to enjoy slightly stronger Saturdays, but the general story is the same. Jim Carrey and Yes Man (Warner Bros) at #1,…
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Jim Carrey and his high-concept comedy Yes Man (Warner Bros) will win the pre-Christmas weekend out-performing Will Smith’s more challenging Seven Pounds (Sony), although both films seem to be under-performing industry expectations.. Audiences are saying “Yes” to a breezy, cheerful, undemanding movie experience, although it is not a particularly emphatic “Yes.” In my Final Weekend…
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The weekend box office battle boils down to Jim Carrey vs. Will Smith. This is a match-up between the former “World’s Biggest Box Office Star” and the reigning champ, and I am giving a slight advantage to the challenger. Either Yes Man (Warner Bros) or Seven Pounds (Sony) could score the weekend-before-Christmas win, but I…
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According to Nikki Finke, Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet director Baz Luhrmann (we'll pretend Australia never happened) has signed on to helm a big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never read F. Scott's 1922 novel or seen any of the many movie adaptations (one…
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Denis Leary is funny and deprecating while he reviews every movie listed on his IMDb filmography including Operation Dumbo Drop, Who's The Man (or why he gets through the airport faster), Demolition Man (or why Wesley Snipes is insane), and The Ref (or how Ted Demme said "Fuck You" to Disney). Thanks to /Film reader…
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So I was at the Burlington Mall this past weekend when I slowly started to hear the distinctive sounds of ABBA echoing throughout the hallways. As I got closer to the source of the music, I was surprised to discover four women dressed in Mamma Mia! T-shirts, walking around handing out "$3 off!" coupons for…
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As you probably know, Bruce Springsteen wrote a beautiful original song for The Wrestler, which plays during the film's ending credits. The song, self titled "The Wrestler", is now available for download for 99 cents on Apple iTunes. Thanks to Tim at FilmTalk for the tip. I've included an excerpt from my Toronto interview with…
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In his recent visit to Iraq, United States President George Bush was attacked by Star Wars Tie Fighters. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a 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…
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The Internet Movie Database have announced the top 25 most searched movies of 2008, and the results aren't as predictable as you would think. Yes, The Dark Knight, Twilight, and Harry Potter hold the top three spots (in that order) But what is the fourth most searched for film of 2008? Disney's Tron sequel TR2N.…
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Clint Eastwood is back, and he's crankier than ever in The Growler. I'm still waiting to the inevitable Dark Knight/Gran Torino movie trailer mashup. Thanks to /Film reader Rory M 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…
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Matthew Belinkie edited 40 inspirational speeches into this 2 minute video. Can you spot all 40 movies? Transcript: Shame on you. This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst. And I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out,…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still has failed to stop Fox’s 2008 losing streak managing just $31M in its opening 3 days according to studio estimates. As I wrote Friday night, this has been a disastrous year for Fox, and now, it will be virtually impossible for the studio to reach $1 billion in domestic…
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Despite being shut out in all of major categories in this week’s Golden Globe Awards nominations, Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino (Warner Bros) has opened with very strong numbers at 6 locations this weekend. The HFPA snubbed Clint for his performance as Walt Kowalski, the gruff, bigoted Korean War veteran, and they ignored him in the…
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Composer turned filmmaker Kurt Kuenne's short film Validation is "a fable about the magic of free parking." Bones star TJ Thyne stars as Hugh Newman. Some of you might recognize Kurt as the director of one of this year's best films -- a heart wrenching documentary called Dear Zachary (if you haven't seen it, don't…
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The world is not “standing still” for Fox’s remake of the 1951 Robert Wise-directed sci-fi classic opening in theaters this weekend. The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves, Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men), has gotten off to a decent start, but it is hardly the blockbuster…
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With Fox still smarting from the underwhelming start for Baz Luhrmann’s Australia (just over $32M so far), they unleash The Day the Earth Stood Still on Friday. This is a big budget remake of the 1951 classic from 4-time Oscar winner Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, West Side Story). Michael Rennie played the virtually…
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With Aronofsky developing a new Robocop film, Command Sheep decided to record a ten minute rap homage to the original film. I would elaborate, but that pretty much says it all. 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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/Film friend Dan Trachtenberg sent over this really great Corolla commercial called "Ninja Kittens". Directed by Garth Davis, who was also responsible for the parkour-inspired XBox cops and robbers "Jump In" commercial. And before anyone asks, the song is "The Crash Theme" by Bot'Ox. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a…
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The Amazon MP3 Daily Deal is literally one of the first sites I stop at everyday. Amazon has been completely destroying iTunes when it comes to value recently. Their mp3s are encoded at a higher quality than iTunes' and come without restrictive DRM technology, meaning you can play them on any type of device. And…
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Pixar's cute little robot WALL-E made an appearance in Homer's post-apocalyptic nightmare on this week's episode of The Simpsons. I too, have never dreamed that the future can be scary. Thanks to /Film reader Harry F for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing…
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…
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SpookyDan has recreated Stephenie Meyers' Twilight using puppets. The resulting adaptation is so very perfect. via: DailyWhat
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This week's Saturday Night Live Digital Short featured the first single from The Lonely Island guy's (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) debut album Incredibad, which will be in stores February 10th 2009. The video features guest appearances by Molly Sims, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Justin Timberlake. Our international friends can check out the…
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Nikki Finke over at DeadlineHollywoodDaily is reporting that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has been removed from the Twilight franchise. Finke's contacts report that Hardwicke was "difficult" and "irrational" during the making of the film. One contact also explains that "Summit didn't like her. They're saying the [director of photography] Elliot Davis is the one responsible…
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Variety reported this past week on some important goings-on in the world of 3D at the 3D Entertainment Summit in Century City. Apparently, 3D is the future of cinema (not surprising, given the summit's title), but there were also some interesting statistics revealed: Despite the growth in the number of 3D screens in America, they…
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In a previous edition of Big Directors Small Films, we took a look at Paul Thomas Anderson's first film, a 1988 short fictional documentary that inspired Boogie Nights titled The Dirk Diggler Story. From there, Paul went on to attend New York University, but quit after only two days of classes. He became a production…
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What happens when a Larry The Cable Guy-caliber trailer park hillbilly buys into James Bond's super secret poker game? I missed this one last week. /Film reader Sam K sends over Saturday Night Live's "Live Another Death" James Bond Spoof featuring Bill Hader as 007.
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Funny Or Die presents "Prop 8 - The Musical" written by five time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman ("Hairspray," "South Park-Bigger, Longer & Uncut") and directed by Adam Shankman ("Bedtime Stories," "Hairspray"). The all-star ensemble cast includes: Jordan Ballard, Margaret Cho, Barrett Foa, J.B. Ghuman, John Hill, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashad Naylor, Nicole Parker, John…
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I forgot to post a Big Directors Small Films column over the weekend due to the Thanksgiving distraction, so here is the make-up edition. Brandon and the Frog found George Lucas' University of Southern California thesis film. 1:42:08: A Man and His Car is short film about a race car driver testing his car. Filmed…
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 MoreThe American Akira The Pitch: Harry Partridge has come across the initial animatics for Hollywood's upcoming American remake of Akira. Thanks to /film reader Christopher M 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…
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We've written a few times about the soundtrack to Danny Boyle's latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, while simultaneously referencing the fact that the soundtrack to Boyle's Sunshine has been stuck in legal hell for quite some time now. In 2007, producer Andrew Macdonald said explicitly that there were "no plans to release" the soundtrack. This was…
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It's a geek argument that has been going on for decades - Star Wars vs. Star Trek -- Who would win? Geeks have even written essays about the topic. Wikipedia even has a page comparing the two. Finally, this YouTube video gives us an answer. We get to see the real battle between Darth Vader…
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The Weinstein Co has finally set a release date for Quentin Tarantino's next film. Inglourious Basterds will hit theaters on August 21st 2009 -- that's right, the film got a late Summer slot! I never imagined Basterds as a Summer movie. For some reason it seems like the type of movie which should be released…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam count down their top 10 movies of 2008 and review David Fincher's beautiful film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. There will be NO /Filmcast next week, but keep your eye out soon for a special After Dark episode where we chat about the endings…
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Is Bollywood remaking Back to the Future? RealBollywoodNews is reporting that Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai have been cast in Action Replay (yeah, horrible title...), a film which will be unofficially based on the popular 1985 Robert Zemeckis film Back to the Future. BTTF.com was able to contact Future producer/screenwriter Bob Gale who denied any…
Read MorePrint Mafia has released four art prints in their epic Cinema Series. Prints include Robert De Niro from Raging Bull, Sylvester Stallone from Rocky, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, and Steve McQueen in Bullitt. Bigger photos after the jump. Each print is done on 100lb. Cougar Heavy Stock 13 x 20 paperstock, signed and…
Read MoreIn an attempt to say "Nothing to see here, Lawsuit... what lawsuit? Everything is fine. Look See... Fine!", Warner Bros has released yet another Watchmen featurette on MySpace. Director Zack Snyder gives an overview of the film and the characters of the world. So watch the video below, and take a look at the film…
Read MoreSome television show creators (or what they call show runners) have provided commentary on various episodes on DVD. Others like Battlestar Galactica's Ronald Moore, have gone a step further and released a weekly audio commentary in podcast form (just as Kevin Smith has provided a commentary that fans were able to listen to while his…
Read MoreAmazon is selling the first three seasons of How I Met Your Mother for $15 each with a $10 discount when you buy all three together, which is over 62% off the $120 suggested retail price. They are also selling the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Monster Squad for the incredibly low price of $4.99,…
Read MoreIn my weekly Blu-or-Not column, I made mention of the alternative ending which was included on the Eagle Eye DVD/Blu-ray. If you didn't think the movie was already insanely convoluted and ridiculous, the ending is sure to push you over the edge. I can't believe that they were actually ever considering showing this on the…
Read MoreThe Times UK published an article titled "Can Fantasy Epics Survive The Credit Crunch Chronicles" which uses Disney's bail out of The Chronicles of Narnia to conclude that "Warner Bros was worried about the prospects for the last three [Harry Potter] films in the series, since J K Rowling is no longer driving anticipation for…
Read MoreA promotional movie trailer for Crank 2: High Voltage has hit the web at IntralinkFilm. The trailer is packed to the brim with swears, nudity and all sorts of cool NSFW stuff. Jason Statham is back as Chev Chelios, in the direct sequel to the insane, unstoppable, 2006 action film Crank. In the sequel, Chelios…
Read MoreThanks to Interview Magazine for finding this incredibly odd yet fascinating interview between director Steven Spielberg and artist Andy Warhol. . And yes, that is Bianca Jagger, former 1970's fashion icon and ex-wife of Mick, watching off to the side. Enjoy.
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For this NYE edition of the Movie Playlist, we chatted with Mr. Neil Hamburger, the Hollywood legend and stand-up comedian. It did not go so well. Earlier this year when I caught Mr. Hamburger's live show, America's economic recession was clearly taking a toll. He grotesquely referred to an audience member as a "f***ing pig…
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When Hollywood makes too many sequels in a horror series, you eventually get the over the top installment like Jason X, where Jason goes to space. Thankfully the Jaws series never got that far, and only produced three really bad sequels (some might argue that Jaws 2 really wasn't THAT bad, and compared to Jaws…
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While everyone on Twitter was bitching and complaining about the Fox/Warner Bros Watchmen legal mess, someone asked out loud if Fox was ever going to create a twitter account. Quick Rant: I never really understood the concept of movie studios with twitter accounts. I mean, I understand its another way for them to pimp their…
Read MoreNetflix has announced a change in their shipping process: "We have 55 shipping centers throughout the U.S., including Anchorage, Alaska and Honolulu, Hawaii. Previously, if the movie you wanted was not in stock locally, we sent it from another shipping center. Since this DVD was shipped from farther away, it took longer to arrive and…
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Showtime has released the debut episode of The United States of Tara on Sho.com. Click the link and enter the password "tara" and you'll be able to watch the entire 30 minute pilot episode of the Diablo Cody-scripted Steven Spielberg-produced television series. f you watch the episode, please leave your thoughts in the comments below!…
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Who would have thought that a movie trailer for 20th Century Fox's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li wouldn't look that bad. I dare to say that all the intense action in this Japanese trailer actually makes me want to see the film, just a little. Then again, I've always had a theory that anything…
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Yesterday, the first photos from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were released online thanks to Empire Magazine. Now Dreamworks has released a second batch of photos in the latest edition of USA Today. Here are a few tidbits we learned from the article: The film's plot involves the Decepticons are out to capture Sam due…
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Hot Toys will be released a 14 inch highly poseable Predator collectible figure in the second quarter of 2009. The figure is 1/6 scale (14 inches/ 35 cm tall) based on the Predator from the first Predator movie. The figure has over 24 points of articulations, features highly detailed armory and figure body with newly…
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It is easy to get lost looking at the 118 feature-length films in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival catalog. I know I usually become fixated on the U.S. Dramatic Competition, Premieres and American Spectrum selections, and I have often been criticized for my lack of international film coverage. So as Sundance nears on the horizon,…
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Adam Salky's feature directorial debut Dare premieres at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (photos seen below). The movie is based on Salky's 2005 short film which was met with acclaim at film festivals. The feature length version which premieres at Sundance stars Emmy Rossum in a story about "three very different teenagers discover that, even…
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The new issue of Empire Magazine also has a new photo from Pixar's Up. The photo shows 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen and the chubby eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer neighbor Russell. Aside from the mysterious far away locale visible in the background, not much is new. Head on over the Empire for the full resolution photo. Up hits…
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Amazon is selling Seasons 1-11 of The Simpsons for $15 each on DVD. Free shipping on orders over $25. So if you wanted, you could buy the entire 11-season run released thus far for only $165 shipped, something like 65% off the suggested retail price of $450. They also have Heroes Seasons 1 and 2…
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In what has become a weekly occurrence, ABC has released a new television promo for the fifth season premiere of LOST. Only 24 more days to go until the January 25th airing. Thanks to SL-Lost for the tip. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/lostseason5-24daysleft.flv 460 344]
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The new issue of Empire Magazine will have a preview of 2009's Must See Movies, including a first look at Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Head on over to Empireonline.com to see the photos in larger resolution. If you look closely, you'll notice some of the strange Autobot/Decepticon hieroglyphics on the pole and…
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It has happened to all of us. You're watching a movie at your local multiplex when a couple of people near you start talking, texting, or even begin yelling at the screen. We read quite a few movie-going horror stories in our Question of the Week. You know that feeling -- The feeling that something…
Read MoreMichael and Mark Polish (Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork, The Astronaut Farmer) return with a new film titled Manure, which is set to premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Téa Leoni, Billy Bob Thornton, Kyle MacLachlan star in a comic tale centered on manure salesmen in the early 1960s. The plot synopsis follows: "When a…
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Amazon has some interesting after Christmas sales. First up is their sale of up to 50% off a selection of Blu-ray movies. Deals include: $37.49 - Band of Brothers $24.99 - Mad Men Season One $34.99 Each - The Sopranos Season 6 Part 1 and Part 2 $49.99 - LOST Season 4 40% Off the…
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/Film reader Jason B sends over word that both Brad Pitt and director David Fincher appeared on Charlie Rose for a fascinating 56 minute interview about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. You can watch the full episode below.
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As January nears, we begin to focus on the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. A new trailer has hit the web for Ross Katz's Taking Chance. Katz, who started in Hollywood as a grip on Reservoir Dogs, served as producer on films like In The Bedroom and Lost in Translation, both of which earned him Academy…
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A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a webmaster for a fellow movie website who was voicing his distaste for lists that featured "Top 2008" movies drastically different from what other critics picked. To him, these types of lists smacked of opportunism and a crass desire to be different for the sake of being…
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The /Film team would like to wish all of you Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and a belated Winter Solstice. Images courtesy of theCrowe65 and Jackolyn
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United States District Court judge Gary A. Feess has a horrible Christmas present for Watchmen fans. The judge concluded on Wednesday that 20th Century Fox "should prevail on crucial issues" in their lawsuit with Warner Bros over the rights to the comic book movie adaptation. According to the New York Times, Feess says that "Fox…
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It seems that Warner Brothers has given up fighting Chinese censors for a theatrical release of The Dark Knight. Instead, WB is going to skip the film's release altogether. In a statement on Tuesday, the studio disclosed the following: "Based on a number of pre-release conditions that are being attached to 'The Dark Knight' as…
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Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert on Frank Miller's The Spirit: "The Spirit is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material." Read the full review on RogerEbert.com.
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Puma has released a limited-edition series of sneakers entitled, Japanese Monster Pack, as an unofficial tribute to Japanese monster movies like Godzilla that were released by Toho back in the day. Each signature shoe lists the "Skills" and "Attributes" of the monster on the inner tongues, while the outer materials are textured after the respective…
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Disney will not be financing the next Chronicles of Narnia film adaptation. This shouldn't be a huge shock to most of you, as the writing has been in the sand for a while now. The shocking news is that Walden Media still plans to make The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader…
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9 is a computer animated film produced by Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch), directed by former WETA Digital artist Shane Acker, and featuring the music of Danny Elfman. Based on Acker's Academy Award-nominated 2005 film festival short (watch it on YouTube), 9 is a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of…
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Universal Pictures has released the trailer for State of Play, the new dramatic crime thriller starring Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe. Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, the film tells the story of " a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a…
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The George Lucas-produced 1986 cult classic Howard The Duck is now available for free streaming on Hulu. According to IMDb, Lucas spent $2 million on Howard's duck suit, and eight different actors worked inside the costume. Lucas had just spent $50 million building Skywalker Ranch and was counting on this film to get him back…
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In the next few weeks, quite a few bloggers will debate whether Liam Neeson gives Jason Bourne and James Bond a sharp chop to the throat in the fluid, under-the-radar actioner Taken. Today, FirstShowing.net swept away its weekly confetti and threw a fresh parade for the film in hopes of getting 20th Century Fox’s attention.…
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Bruce Boxleitner has signed on to return in TRON 2.0, according to ComingSoon. Boxleitner played Alan Bradley, aka TRON, in the original 1982 Disney film Tron, and will reprise his role in the sequel. Previously announced, Jeff Bridges will reprise the role of Kevin Flynn, Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett have also joined the cast.…
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Last week it was announced that Stephen Chow would no longer be directing The Green Hornet, but that he was still attached to play the Hornet's sidekick Kato. However, that might not actually be the case at all. Chow tells The Associated Press that he might not play Kato in the film due to possible…
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Dreamworks Animation has released the second full movie trailer for their computer animated sci-fi comedy Monsters vs. Aliens. This trailer is a little bit sillier than the last one, focusing more on the wacky monster characters who, turn out to be our only hope against an alien invasion. Leave your comments below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/monstersvsaliens2.flv 470 196]…
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The Los Angeles Times has a first look behind the scenes photo of James Cameron directing Sam Worthington in his big budget sci-fi 3D film Avatar. Look at the incredible performance capture and 3D rig, both of which were probably created for this film, just off camera. And if you look where Cameron is pointing,…
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Last month, I had another chance to sit down and talk with Darren Aronofsky, the director of Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and The Fountain, about his new film The Wrestler. We're going to call this part five because it continues the series of interviews regarding The Wrestler that began at the Toronto International Film…
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On the old Batman television show, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson would be in the library in stately Wayne Manor when the unmarked red phone would ring looking for Batman's help. Bruce would tilt the head back of a bust of William Shakespeare to find a hidden remote control which he would use to open…
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Most people I talk to agree that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button theatrical character posters are ugly and boring. I wonder why Paramount Pictures/David Fincher chose not to use the piece of promotional art which can be seen below (found in the studio's Oscar advertising campaign) as part of the film's theatrical marketing... /Film…
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Star Trek director JJ Abrams has posted a production update on the film's official Facebook page: "We're just making final tweaks to the movie -- we should be totally locked next week. Then we're going to flash-freeze it so it's totally fresh for you in May. I can't wait for you to see the movie.…
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Two new photos from Terminator Salvation have been released online. The first one is our first real look at one of the new Terminators in the film - the Hydrobot (pictured below in concept art which hit the web last month). John Connor (Christian Bale) appears to be inspecting the head of an incapacitated version…
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I can't remember the last live-action movie that John Travolta starred in that I actually enjoyed, or even wanted to see. His latest film, From Paris With Love is co-written and produced by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element), and directed by District B13 helmer Pierre Morel, tells the story of a young embassy worker and…
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Universal has premiered a movie poster for their big screen take of Land of the Lost and the sequel Fast and Furious. Click on the images above to see the large versions on Cinematical and MTV. The Land of the Lost poster looks silly and CG'd, which goes right alongside my expectations of the film.…
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WormyTV spent a year and a half creating this fan made movie trailer for a live-action Thundercats movie using clips from various movies. Starring Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Vin Diesel. The San Francisco-based graphic artist added all the effects frame by frame in Photoshop. The footage was edited in Adobe Premiere. Pretty incredible and…
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Mark Borlase created a 5 foot by 10 foot Star Wars Hoth diorama using LEGO. The display took over 4 years and $3000 to create, and consists of over 55,000 pieces, 50 real LED lights and a remote controled mechanism which deploys troops from the AT-ATs. All the lights are controlled by 1-9v train regulator…
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If you've been reading /Film for a while, then you know that I'm a sucker for coming of age films and quirky indie relationship dramedies (how 2004 of me, I know...), . Drake Doremus' Spooner, which premieres at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival, falls into category two. Matthew Lillard plays a used car salesman named…
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Entertainment Weekly has a new video clip from the February 13th premiere of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. In the clip, we see "the first time we see Echo (Eliza Dushku) wake up after having her memories wiped in the special memory-flushing chair" which "leads into a discussion between lab tech Topher (Fran Kranz) and Echo's handler…
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The International Watch List is just like The Black List but instead of unproduced screenplays, over fifty US film executives and their assistants vote on their favorite foreign-released films released in 2008. Thanks to QuietEarth, we have the full list below. I haven't seen all of the selections (or the majority for that matter), but…
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Last month, I had another chance to sit down and talk with Darren Aronofsky, the director of Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and The Fountain, about his new film The Wrestler. Part of the interview was a small two-person roundtable, so some of the answers might repeat some of the material we covered in Toronto…
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I was going through my normal Sunday early-morning ritual of cruising through deal sites, when I happened upon this slice of deal goodness (via Slickdeals) and my head almost exploded: The Wire: The Complete Series DVD set is now on sale for $90 at Amazon! This is a ridiculously cheap price (the seasons used to…
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X2 and Superman Returns screenwriter Michael Dougherty is developing a werewolf dramedy for the Fox network. According to THR, "Bitches" is described as a "quirky fairy tale" about a quartet of female friends in New York City who just happen to also be werewolves. the project has received a penalty commitment from the network, and…
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Would you like to attend a party at Transformers director Michael Bay's Miami Beach home? What about hang out with Bay and his "AWESOME" celebrity guests on a private rooftop lounge? Well, Bay and real estate developer and hospitality entrepreneur Michael Capponi have joined forces to present the 2nd annual Toast to United Way, an…
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The Jason Reitman-produced Diablo Cody-scripted horror comedy Jennifer's Body has been given a release date by Fox Atomic. The Megan Fox thriller will hit theaters on September 18th 2009, the same weekend as the Matt Damon/Melanie Lynskey crime thriller The Informant and the Sony Pictures animated adaptation of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The…
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/Film reader Koorck sends over the below new television advertisement for Frank Miller's The Spirit, which includes a quote calling it "one of the best films of the year!" But wait? The early reviews pegged Frank Miller's comic book movie adaptation as somewhere between the worst movie of all time, or one of the worst…
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/Film reader Christopher M sent over some new photos from the Paris set of Inglourious Basterds. Above is director Quentin Tarantino talking to one of the cast members. Below is German singer/actress Jana Pallaske and Daniel Brühl, who plays Frederick Zoller. And further below are photos of faux movie posters and billboard advertisements for actress…
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Since summer/fall, rumors have persisted that Arnold Schwarzeneggar will appear in Terminator Salvation in some form. Fan site The Arnold Fans (via moviehole) recently spoke with the governor himself about these possibilities. When asked about whether or not he would appear in T4, the site had this to say: Governor Arnold, perhaps under restraints by…
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The next battlefront in the war against guns won't be in the nation's law books, nor will it be done through community gatherings. It will be at your local Woolworths. According to the Metro (via The Daily What), Woolworths retail stores in the UK have decided to stop selling lightsabers because they resemble guns. Last…
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The /Film Question of the Week is a weekly question to the community that emerges from the /Filmcast: After Dark. Feel free to post your responses in the comments below. The best answers are read on the air during the show. This week during the show, we talked about some of our favorite movies that…
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According to an announcement on 2000 AD's message boards (via AICN), DNA films, along with Rebellion and and 2000 AD, have greenlit a new Judge Dredd film. According to the Rebellion's CEO and Creative Director, "We can’t give away too many details at this point, but we’re looking forward to working with DNA Films to…
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M Night Shyamalan has found himself under attack for the casting choices in the upcoming big screen live action adaptation of Avatar, titled The Last Airbender (almost 500 angry comments on our previous news story). I have a big of good news for Avatar fans: The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has confirmed that seven-time Academy Award-nominated composer…
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Cool Stuff is a daily weekday feature on /Film. For the most part, we stick to the one a day rule, but every once in a while something comes along that forces us to break that rule. In most cases, I would just hold the item until the next day, or in this case, because…
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USA Today has a first look at the cast of Peter Billingsley's directorial debut, Couples Retreat. Based on an idea by Vince Vaughn, and scripted by Jon Favreau, the PG-13 (ick!) comedy stars Favs, Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Kali Hawk, and Malin Akerman. Jean Reno and John Michael Higgins co-star…
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Last month we told you that David Fincher had signed on to direct Keanu Reeves in a movie about a Chef. We since discovered that The Untitled Chef Project is a screenplay by Steven Knight, the screenwriter behind Dirty Pretty Things, Amazing Grace, Eastern Promises, and Martin Scorsese's upcoming Dennis Lehane adaptation Shutter Island. The…
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In October, we told you that Babylon 5 creator an Changeling scribe J. Michael Straczynski was hired by Warner Bros to pen a remake of Forbidden Planet. Now IESB claims that James Cameron is once again eyeing the project. He was at one time attached to it post-Titanic, but nothing came of it. If true,…
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When it was first announced, Disney said that Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland would be filmed using a hybrid of live-action and performance-capture/computer animation. Well it appears that Burton is also employing stop animation as well. Alan Rickman, who plays the Caterpillar in the film, explains to MoviesOnline that his face is transplanted…
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Uwe Boll is back to ruin yet another video game property on the big screen. Black20 imagines what it would look like if Uwe Boll directed a Contra movie. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature…
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Remember last May when a rumor began to circulate that Frank Miller would direct Buck Rogers, only to be denied days later? Well turns out it was true after all. Odd Lot Entertainment, the production company behind The Spirit, wants to reteam with Frank Miller to helm the sci-fi adventure flick. Odd Lot is in…
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/Film reader Dave T passed along this new promo for Season 5 of Lost which began airing on ABC tonight. "Forget Christmas, is it January 21st yet?" Indeed.
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Stephen Chow will no longer be directing Columbia Pictures' big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet after all. Apparently he has stepped down due to "creative differences". It's likely that Chow butted heads with the studio or producers/screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Chow is still attached to play the Hornet's sidekick Kato. The studio…
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Darren Aronofsky appeared on the Howard Stern show today, and was again downplaying the upcoming Robocop reboot/remake, which he is attached to develop and direct for MGM. When asked if he was directing the next Robocop movie, Aronofsky replied "Oh, I don't know. We'll See. We're working on a screenplay. So we're developing it but…
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"Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in. Not by the hair of your chiny-chin-chin? Well then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." This Jack Nicholson / The Shining graffiti is one of the coolest pieces of film related street art I've ever seen. via: abduzeedo
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The first movie reviews of Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit have begun to hit the interwebs, and it doesn't look good. Variety: "Frank Miller's solo writing-directing debut plunges into a watery grave early on and spends roughly the next 100 minutes gasping for air. Pushing well past the point of self-parody" ...…
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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, died today of leukemia at her home in Bel-Air at the age of 76. She went peacefully and was surrounded by her son Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr and family friends. Majel Barrett has appeared in every incarnation of the popular science fiction series and is…
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I'm usually pretty professional in my business replies but when Fox Searchlight asked me if I would like to host an exclusive video clip of the director of my favorite movie of the year interviewing the director of my second favorite movie of the year, I replied "Oh Hell yes". Below is part 3 of…
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The Noble Collection is selling an officially licensed full size Joker's bank heist mask. The mask is a 1:1 14 inch replica, cast in cold-cast porcelain and hand painted for display. I bought the Blu-Ray giftset at Best Buy, which included a small scaled replica of the Joker mask and it looks pretty damn cool.…
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Remember the moment from the movie trailer for JJ Abrams' Star Trek when young James T Kirk grabbed onto the ledge after jumping out of car as it plunged off the cliff? Well the geniuses over at Popular Science have figured out if Kirk's jump would be possible in real life. The car is traveling…
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So with a sequel to The Dark Knight taking a backseat until Christopher Nolan can come up with the inspiration, what can we expect from Warner Bros next? Will Superman return? Warner Bros President Alan Horn tells Collider that while they are "very anxious to bring Superman back" it will probably happen in "the next…
Read MoreCritically acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu's second collaboration with Guillermo Arriaga, 21 Grams, is now available for free on Hulu. The film tells three stories starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Danny Huston, and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Not nearly as great as his debut feature Amores Perros, 21 Grams is still worth checking…
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Hairspray helmer Adam Shankman is in talks to direct The 8th Voyage of Sinbad for Columbia Pictures. The film is being pitched as a big budget tentpole retelling of the classic myth, which tells the fantastic adventures of Sinbad during his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia. The 8th Voyage…
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Mark Hamill has signed on to voice The Joker in Eidos and Warner Bros' video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films, provided the voice to the sadistic clown in the 1990's Batman and Superman animated television shows, and more recently in Justice League. Fanboy favorite Kevin Conroy…
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Well it looks like Terrance Howard isn't that only Iron Man actor getting the shaft in the Marvel Studios sequel. Latino Review reports a rumor that Gerard Sanders, who played Tony Stark's father Howard in a montage will not return for Iron Man 2. Instead, Howard Stark will be played by Tim Robbins. Apparently there…
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Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty, Pushing Daisies) has signed on to direct The How-To Guide for Saving the World for MGM. BenDavid Grabinski's action comedy screenplay appeared on the 2008 Black List, a list which ranks the hottest screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, compiled by a poll of 250 development executives and…
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The England-based newspaper The Sun is reporting that Eddie Murphy has been cast as The Riddler, and Shia LaBeouf has been cast as Robin in a sequel to The Dark Knight. Of course, this rumor is complete bullshit. It seems like the rumor mongers aren't even putting effort into these things anymore. The news story…
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It's beginning to look like Judd Apatow is trying to fill his new Adam Sandler dramedy Funny People with an all-star list of stand-up comedian cameos playing themselves. Dave Attell appeared on the Howard Stern Show today, and revealed that he filmed a scene for Funny People with Sarah Silverman and Norm MacDonald. Andy Dick…
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Filmz.ru has a new photo from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. It appears to show Mélanie Laurent as Shoshanna Dreyfus, a Jewish girl who is the only survivor of a bloody Nazi manhunt, and her projectionist friend/lover Marcel, played by Jacky Ido. Thanks to /Film reader Christopher M for the tip. I'm not exactly sure what…
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The first photo of Mickey Rourke in 13, the American remake of the award-winning French crime thriller 13 Tzameti. The film follows a naive young man who assumes a dead man's identity and "finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence," and a Russian-roulette-style competition where the losers truly lose everything. Writer/director Géla…
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Touchtone Pictures has just released the first two photos from the Kristen Bell / Josh Duhamel romantic comedy When in Rome. The film tells the story of an ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, who takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a “foolish” fountain of…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released the first official photo for U571/Terminator 3 helmer Jonathan Mostow's big screen adaptation the Robert Vanditti graphic novel Surrogates (the graphic novel is available on Amazon for around $14). The sci-fi thriller has an interesting concept, but I found myself unimpressed by an early sizzle reel that was shown at…
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The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia is a massive three book set, weighing in at nearly 11 pounds and over 1,200 pages in length. Scrupulously researched and written by leading authorities Stephen J. Sansweet, Pablo Hidalgo, Bob Vitas, and Daniel Wallace, each volume is filled with full color illustrations from over 30+ years of expanding Star…
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Universal and Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski have acquired the rights to a 2007 Wall Street Journal article about the real life effects of a virtual addiction. Eastern Promises scribe Steven Knight has been hired to pen a screenplay based on Alexandra Alter's article, which is titled "Is This Man Cheating on His…
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The King of Kong and Four Christmases director Seth Gordon has signed on to direct a Mr. Romance for New Regancy. My All American scribe Jeff Roda is writing the comedy script based on a GQ Magazine article by Joshuah Bearman. According to Variety, the film will follow "a cynical guy who is forced to…
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Are you a film addict? How many films have you seen? How many of the top 250 movies of all time have you seen? /Film reader Ben O sent me a link to the Film Addict website, which simplifies the process of finding out exactly how many of IMDb's Top 250 movies of all time…
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The Watchmen court trial has been pushed back two weeks to January 20th 2009, according to Variety. Los Angeles federal judge Gary Allen Feess also refused to make a pre-trial summary judgement, which was requested by both sides -- Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox. The judge declared that he could not make a summary…
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Charlie Rose's one-hour indepth interview with Frost/Nixon director Ron Howard and star Frank Langella is now online. The second part is available after the jump.
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Dreamworks has released the official movie trailer for Along Came Polly director John Hamburg's new comedy I Love You, Man, which stars Paul Rudd as a newly engaged guy sets out to find the perfect "Best Man" for his wedding. The film costars Jason Segel, Jaime Pressly, Andy Samberg, Jon Favreau, and Rashida Jones. I'm…
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These two fan-created "For Your Consideration" advertisements have been making their way around the Internet in support for Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight.
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One of the first things most people notice about Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler is the authenticity of the the situations and the performance of the main character Randy "The Ram" Robinson, played by Mickey Rourke. Having had a background of involvement in the behind the scenes during the second pro wrestling boom (Austin, The Rock..etc),…
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Last month I had the opportunity to sit down with Marisa Tomei and talk about her latest film, The Wrestler. Tomei's performance was awarded Best Actress by the San Francisco Critics Circle yesterday. The interview was conducted in a two person roundtable with Jeff Anderson. /Film: I had one question, and I'm hoping it's not…
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One of the 2009 films we're most anticipating is Observe and Report, due in April, from director Jody Hill (The Foot Fist Way). Yesterday, when Peter posted new stills from the R-rated comedy starring Seth Rogen as an obsessive mall cop, several commenters began negatively comparing O&R with January's stillborn Kevin James vehicle, Paul Blart:…
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Jonathan Crow at Yahoo Movies reports that this weekend, a small animated film named Delgo opened on 2,160 screens and made a paltry $511,920. According to Crow's break down, that's an average of about $237 per screen, or about two people in the theater per showing. By comparison, Doubt made $507,226 this weekend, but it…
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I'm sure the family of Charles Schultz would file a lawsuit if they saw Validus Apparel's Peanuts / Friday the 13th mash-up t-shirt -- Peanuts Massacre. Available on Validus Apparel for $15 while supplies last. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured…
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Paramount Pictures has released four new character posters for Stephen Sommer's big screen live-action G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The posters were on display at a licensing fair in June, but Filmz.ru is the first site to have official scans. The posters feature (clockwise) Ray Park as Snake Eyes, Marlon Wayans as Ripcord, Channing…
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Watchmen tickets are already on sale, but only in one theater -- the Palisades Center IMAX Theater in West Nyack, NY. But not anyone can preorder tickets. According to the Times Herald-Record, Patrons can use their bluetooth connected cellphones to download an exclusive 30-second clip from the film. After the clip, those connected patrons are…
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Dimension Films has signed Rob Zombie to direct a sequel to his 2007 remake/prequel/reboot of Halloween. The studio is rushing H2 into production for a March start and a hopeful October 2009 release. The film will be a direct sequel to the Zombie's 2007 film, and will not be a remake of 1981's Halloween II.…
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Turistas stars Olivia Wilde (House, The O.C.) and Beau Garrett (Rise of the Silver Surfer, Made of Honor) have been cast in Disney's Tron sequel TR2N, which is being directed by commercial turned film director Joseph Kosinski. I am worried about Disney's initial casting announcements. I'm pretty sure that the stars of Turistas are not…
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The San Francisco Critics Circle (which I'm sadly not a part of) has announced their 2008 Award Winners: Best Picture: Milk Best Director: Gus Van Sant, "Milk" Best Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk" Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon” Best Actor: TIE: Sean Penn, “Milk”/Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler” Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky” Best…
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Dark Horizons is reporting that a July 29th 2011 release date for Transformers 3 has been spotted on German release schedules. While I somehow doubt that a third Transformers film has been greenlit at this point (you never know, they did just greenlight Terminator 5 while in post production), the date is probably a tentative…
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ABC has released another sneak preview of "Because You Left", the first episode of Season Five of Lost. The clip features Jack and Ben talking about what might have become to the other passengers who stayed on the moving island, while they prepare to "go back". A couple weeks ago, ABC released a scene from…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Lists keep rolling in. First we had Roger Ebert, then Time Magazine, followed by bestselling horror author Stephen King and the American Film Institute. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has listed his top 29 films of 2008 on his official blog. Edgar notes that he still hasn't…
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Disney has posted a new video from Pixar's Up on the film's official website (HD FLV download here). You can watch it embedded below. Devin from Chud got the chance to see the first 45 minutes of the film at AICN's But-Numb-A-Thon and is already guaranteeing that the film will be "one of the best…
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I hate to even report this stuff, but the flurry of emails have already begun and the rumor is in flight. E! Online claims that despite what he has said in rumors, Christopher Nolan will "for sure be back" for the third film, and that Rachel Weisz is being considered for the role of Catwoman.…
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Update: Paramount has released a higher resolution version of the new crew banner advertising for JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Click on the image above to see the image in higher resolution. MTV has a short interview with Abrams, who talks about the film's humor, the Slusho reference, Leonard Nimoy's involvement and the difference between his…
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The music video for MIA's Paper Planes remix has been released. The song is featured prominently in the soundtrack for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Check out the video below. If you haven't yet, buy/download the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. I know its available now on iTunes. It's definitely one of the best of the year. MIA…
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20th Century Fox has finally released the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie trailer online. To me, it looks like it could be a good ol' fashion 80's style action movie, or it could be really bad. I'm also not quite sure if the additional mutants, including Gambit, are a sizable part of the story, or…
Read MoreAcademy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary pleaded Not Guilty at a Ventura California courthouse on Friday to manslaughter and other charges connected to a January 13th single car collision which resulted in the death of another passenger. 34-year-old Andreas Zini was visiting Avary as part of his Honeymoon when the accident occurred. Prosecutors have said that his…
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Today, Threadless unveiled two new t-shirts which might be of interest to /Film readers. First up is Joe Van Wetering's "Plot, it builds character." tee which is perfect for any aspiring screenwriter (or filmmaker for that matter). I just wish it were available in a different color other than white. I hate white t-shirts. And…
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Amazon's 24-hour-ONLY Gold Bx Deal of the Day is Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Collection on DVD for only $99.99, thats 70% off the $329.98 suggested retail price. The set contains all 214 episodes from the 10 seasons of the series on 54 discs, four of which house bonus features. Housed in a metal case,…
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Warner Bros has released the first two photos for Observe and Report, Jody Hill's follow-up to the cult comedy The Foot Fist Way. The dark comedy stars Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Pena and Ray Liotta. The full plot synopsis follows: "At the Forest Ridge Mall, head of security Ronnie Barnhardt patrols his jurisdiction with…
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Last night during the SpikeTV Video Game Awards, they premiered the trailers for upcoming movie video game adaptations Watchmen and Terminator Salvation. They also showed a first look at Dante's Inferno, the Electronic Arts video game which was subject to a bidding war last month which ended with Universal Pictures winning the right to develop…
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Stephen Norrington has signed on to pen a of the underground comic book turned goth-cult film franchise The Crow. Norrington started out as a model maker and creature effects crew member on such films as Aliens and The Witches. The feature film adaptation of Blade launched his directorial career and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen…
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Iranian media has condemned Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, claiming that it shows the West's ignorance and prejudice towards Iran. The scene in question is where Mickey Rourke, who plays Randy "The Ram" Robinson, has to fight Earnest "The Cat" Miller, who plays a character named The Ayatollah, who dresses in Middle Eastern garb and waves…
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It has already been reported that Terminator Salvation is the first film in a planned trilogy and that Halcyon has a thrill picture option on star Christian Bale to reprise the role of John Connor in the two sequels. Variety reports that development on a Terminator 5 has already begun with direct McG heavily involved…
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The Guardian counts down the eight most ridiculous film plots of 2008, and The Dark Knight places at #1 with this entry: "Wait, so the Joker really orchestrated that big truck chase just so that he could get caught and go to prison, then he could kidnap that guard and grab his phone to make…
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In the last couple months we've brought you on set paparazzi photos of the cast, but now Warner Bros has released the first two official photos from Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. The photo above features Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock, alongside Holmes' trusted colleague Dr. Watson, played by Jude Law. The photo below features a…
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MTV was able to catch up with director Kenneth Branagh over the weekend to talk about his upcoming big screen adaptation of Marvel's Thor. Branagh explained that he was attracted to the project for the opportunity "to work on a story about one of the immortals, Gods, extraordinary beings, inter-dimensional creatures" and that "it's a…
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Last week we told you that Chris Weitz was in talks to helm the Twilight sequel New Moon, and that the female director who launched the film series, Catherine Hardwicke had basically been let go by Summit Entertainment. Well Weitz has since officially signed on to the project, and now Twilight author Stephanie Meyer has…
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The American Film Institute has packed their Top 10 films of the year. Like any AFI list, the films are all over the map from indies to big Hollywood blockbusters, and I find myself a little bit angry after reading through the selections (although, not as much as I usually am). Why was Danny Boyle's…
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This weekend, 20th Century Fox released the trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine on prints of The Day The Earth Stood Still. As expected, the decision not to launch the trailer online has resulted in bootleg copies showing up on your favorite video sharing websites. So if you haven't yet seen it, you have the ability…
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Warner Bros has finally released full details and the first photos from Robert Rodriguez's next film, a kids adventure film called Shorts. The official plot synopsis follows: "Set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all the houses look the same and everyone works for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black’s Black…
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The Question of the Week is a (hopefully) weekly question for slashfilm.com readers that emerges from a discussion on the /Filmcast: After Dark. Feel free to post your answers to the question in the comments below. The best answers will be read on the air each week. On this week's After Dark episode, I discussed…
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The first in a series of 10 new Battlestar Galactica webisodes hit the web tonight, and if anything it's proven that January 16 (the beginning of the new BSG season) cannot get here soon enough. While only four minutes long, the familiar sights and sounds of Galactica are easily enough to get my fanboy juices…
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/Film reader Stephanie O just informed me that Los Angeles vandals are tagging Marley & Me bus shelter banners and highway billboards with the film/book's climactic spoiler. I'm not sure what to think of this. Obviously, /Film doesn't condone graffiti or breaking the law. I'm sure that I would have been outraged if vandals had…
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Stephen King has listed his top ten favorite films of 2008 in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. You can read the whole article on EW.com, or checkout the barebones list below: 1. The Dark Knight - "The best superhero movie ever." 2. Slumdog Millionaire 3. WALL-E - "It certainly deserves to be nominated." 4.…
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Paramount has released an Iron Man game for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch called Iron Man: Aerial Assault. I love iPhone games, so I thought some of you might be interested. Details below including the first screenshots. "The Iron Man game gives players the opportunity to play as Iron Man and engage in aerial…
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BetamaxXmas.com is sure to bring back memories for any child of the late 1970's early 1980's. The website is set up like an old school television room around Christmas time. The den of my childhood home had the same exact wood paneling. You can change the channel or find something else to watch using TV…
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Summit Entertainment has released the full length movie trailer for Alex Proyas' upcoming thriller Knowing. If you've seen the previous teaser, than you know that Nicolas Cage comes across a code that predicts every major disaster in the last 50 years, including the upcoming destruction of everything. This new trailer introduces a new (possibly) supernatural…
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Yesterday the Golden Globe nominations were announced, and already online gambling sites are taking bets on the winners. BetOnline already has odds up on every major category. Here are some of the highlights: Heath Ledger is a heavy favorite to win Best Supporting Actor with 5/4 odds. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has a…
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The Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences have announced that Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Oscars. As you may have noticed, the ceremony that is usually hosted by comedians, a tradition that has been going on since the early years of the award show. The last time a non comedian hosted the show…
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Tickets are now on sale for Harry Potter: The Exhibition, which will open at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on April 30th 2009. Hogwarts film sets. The exhibition will give visitors the opportunity to see "the craftsmanship of the authentic costumes and props from the films displayed in settings inspired by the…
Read MoreThe untitled Cameron Crowe tropical comedy starring Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon (read about the plot here) has finally been titled "Deep Tiki". Lets hope that is just a working production title, because it sounds like a bad direct to dvd comedy. But Witherspoon tells Collider that the production has been postponed from a January…
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Andrew Form has confirmed to ShockTillYouDrop that Michael Bay's genre production company Platinum Dunes' A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot has been officially greenlit by Warner Bros, and will likely start shooting in Spring 2009 in suburban Chicago. Cape Fear/Arachnophobia screenwriter Wesley Strick penned the script, which producer Bradley Fuller says that it will be…
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Warner Bros released the I Am Legend Ultimate Collector's Edition on DVD/Blu-ray this past week. I was one of those people who thought the movie was two thirds of a good film, so I picked this one up. The set comes with a bunch of interesting collectibles, including an Exclusive 44-Page Concept Sketch Book, 6…
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Burger King's new "Whopper Virgin" commercials are drawing controversy online. Did you know that the spots were directed by Dogtown and Z-Boys and Riding Giants director Stacy Peralta? Burger King commissioned Peralta to document a 20,000 mile international journey to find people who have never heard of the Whopper to perform "the world's purest taste…
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One of my favorite parts of Tropic Thunder was Tom Cruise as Hollywood Mogul Les Grossman. Cruise even earned a Golden Globe nomination for his comedic performance - who woulda thought? I would love to see a Tropic Thunder spin-off that takes place in the Hollywood world which would bring us more of Grossman's antics.…
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It looks like television mastermind Bryan Fuller is following through with his previously-rumored return to Heroes now that Pushing Daisies has been canceled. And judging from this awesome interview with Michael Ausiello, something tells me we can expect Heroes to get a lot better come the second half of season three. While he has to…
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A bit of disappointing news. Summit Entertainment has decided to delay the release of Brick director Rian Johnson's acclaimed con adventure film The Brothers Bloom from early January to May 15th 2009 in select markets, and May 29th wide. Moving the film to film to late May shows confidence in the film, but putting it…
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Filmz.ru has two new photos from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Brad 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 (Diane Kruger), the squad is on a mission to track…
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This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the 2009 Golden Globe Nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 and will air live on NBC at 8 PM EST. A few observations: Tom Cruise picked up what I think is…
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Dutch Southern's "It's What's On The Inside That Counts" t-shirt features twelve and a half of the most sweet souled freaks to ever grace the silver screen (including Sloth, Mel Gibson without a face, Swamp Thing, Quasimodo, Jerry, Aughra, Elephant Man, Edward Scissorhands, Thing, Rocky Dennis, Rell the Cyclops, and Darkman). Available in sizes small…
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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, will reprise her role as the voice of the Starship Enterprise computer in JJ Abrams' Star Trek. A classy move. Majel Barrett has appeared in every incarnation of the popular science fiction series and is sometimes referred to as "the First Lady of Star Trek".…
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These two Twilight E-Cards are brilliant. Source Someecards.com, Found via Vulture.
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Awake screenwriter Joby Harold has been hired to adapt Platinum Studios' five-part apocalyptic sci-fi comic book mini-series Atlantis Rising. Underworld and Live Free or Die Hard helmer Len Wiseman is set to direct. Transformers writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci originally brought the project to DreamWorks, and will produce the project. THR says that Dreamworks…
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When Darren Aronofsky was 13-years-old, he won a United Nations poetry competition at his Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn school for a poem about the end of the world as seen through the eyes of Noah. And so started Aronofsky's obsession with the biblical figure. In September we talked to Aronofsky about his idea for a film…
Read MoreAmazon has extended their Heroes and Battlestar Galactica sale until the end of the year. You can buy the first two seasons of Heroes on DVD for $49.99, 50% off the $100 MSRP or you can buy the first two seasons on Blu-ray for $90.99, 46% off the $170 MSRP. Amazon also has Seasons 1-3…
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In October, it was reported that Martin Scorsese had signed on to direct Robert De Niro in an adaptation of Charles Brandt's 2005 novel I Heard You Paint Houses. Adapted by Schindler's List scribe Steve Zaillian, the movie will tell the story of Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, a mob assassin who is believed to have…
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On July 2nd, 2008, I was lucky enough to visit the set of McG's Terminator Salvation. Is this James Cameron's Terminator? No. And it isn't trying to be. Terminator Salvation is very different animal, far different from the traditional Terminator chase story. In a sense it is a futuristic war film. When I think of…
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Summit Entertainment has sent us a new still from Alex Proyas' upcoming sci-fi thriller Knowing. A new movie trailer for the film will be in theaters this weekend, presumably attached to The Day The Earth Stood Still. Official Plot Synopsis: Academy Award® Winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in…
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If it wasn't already expected, Nikki Finke is reporting that The Dark Knight has broken the record for the most Blu-rays sold in just one day of release. The Dark Knight sold over 600,000 copies on Tuesday alone, while the previous record holder, Paramount's Iron Man, sold 400,000 Blu-ray copies in one week. And guess…
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Disney has sent us high resolution photos of Pixar's new 3D short film Tokyo Mater, which will be attached to Bolt beginning December 12th. Full press release and four more photos after the jump. DISNEY•PIXAR TO PREMIERE ITS FIRST Disney Digital 3-D™ SHORT FILM Oscar®-Winner John Lasseter Directs Animated Short Based on “Cars” Character BURBANK,…
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The Los Angeles Times has a new photo from McG's Terminator Salvation. Christian Bale plays John Conner in the future war between man and machines. The photo shows Conner walking into a factory where Terminators are produced on an assembly line. I was actually on set for some of the filming in the factory, but…
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Google recently released their 2008 Zeitgeist rankings, an amalgamation of billions of search queries that may or may not collectively define what captured the world's spirit this year. From their "Top of Mind" section, they have a listing of "Fond Farewells," those that passed away who were most searched for and many of whom are…
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Yesterday Hollywood was a buzz with news that the Los Angeles Film Critics had awarded WALL-E "Best Picture of the Year", a first for an animated film. Today the New York Film Critics Circle announced their yearly award winners, and the list is just as shocking - Josh Brolin (Milk) edged out Heath Ledger (The…
Read MoreAlthough the end of the year is coming, along with all of its attendant and obligatory "Top 10" lists, I thought this year I'd try something different . While 2008 was a year of great films, I wanted to pause and reflect on some of my favorite quotes of the year. Some pretty great actors…
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The annual Black List has been released. The list is compiled with a poll of 250 (up from last year's 150) development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, which were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2008 and will not be released…
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In the perfect world, I would have a screening room in my house complete with a High definition 1080p projector, comfortable leather stadium seating and a retro-styled Kettle Popcorn maker. But instead I live in a small San Francisco apartment (my experience is that SF apartments are rarely "large"). One day I will be in…
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Comedian and New York Times Bestselling author Artie Lange admitted on the Howard Stern Show yesterday that he auditioned for Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler. "I really took it seriously. I had what I thought was a great audition. It was for the fifth lead of the movie, a sleazy wrestling promoter in that world... he…
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AICN has the first official photo of Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist in Matthew Vaughn's big screen adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book series Kick-Ass. Head on over to AICN for the full photo, which accompanies a report chronicling their recent visit to the London movie set. Plot Synopsis (beware of possible comic book spoilers):…
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Entertainment Weekly reports that M. Night Shyamalan has found the cast for The Last Airbender, the live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon anime-inspired series Avatar. Karate star Noah Ringer (discovered in a Texas open casting call) will play Aang, the Avatar (the spirit of the planet manifested in human form), the last surviving Airbender and…
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We Own The Night director James Gray has signed on to direct Brad Pitt in the big screen adaptation of The Lost City of Z. David Grann's nonfiction book will be published by Doubleday on February 24th 2009 (available for preorder on Amazon for $18). The official plot synopsis follows: "A grand mystery reaching back…
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Boondock Saints director Troy Duffy held a live videocast answering fan and website questions yesterday about Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, which just wrapped production. We were asked to participate, but were too late to the game. Maybe we can get Troy on the /Filmcast Afterdark and get to the bottom of "Overnight". Thanks…
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Universal Pictures has decided to shuffle next year's movie slate. The Wolfman is being pushed back from April 3rd to November 6 2009, and Justin Lin's Fast and Furious will be moving from it's June 12th release to The Wolfman's former April date. They have also moved Ridley Scott's Nottingham back to a 2010 TBA…
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Amazon's 24 hour-only Gold Box Deal of the Day is the DVD Box Set of Band of Brothers for only $25.99, 68% off the $80 MSRP! Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S.…
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Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth has announced that he will be going Sci-Fi. Roth has a "terrific idea" for a "BIG Space movie" for Warner Bros starting next year. Roth pitched his original concept to Collider as "somewhere between the intelligence of 2001 and the mythology of Star Wars". The idea is not "so intellectual…
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The Japanese movie trailer for Fox's big screen live-action adaptation of Dragonball has hit the interwebs. Remember how cool that new Terminator Salvation trailer was? Well this is quite the opposite. Goofy looking characters, cliched action sequences and laughable dialogue. But honestly, what did you expect? Leave your most amusing thoughts in the comments below!…
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I've been following Natasha Arthy's Fighter ever since the initial trailers hit, and my anticipation for the film continues to grow as it slowly travels West-ward. The Danish film is about a teenage Turkish girl who finds herself outcast from both her family and society due to conflicting pressures. Ultimately, she finds solace in martial…
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Fox Searchlight has announced the initial listing of cities that Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler will begin to roll-out into starting on December 17th. The cities and dates are tenative, and are subject to change. Wednesday, December 17th Los Angeles New York Friday, December 26th Boston Chicago San Francisco Washington, D.C. Friday, January 9th Austin Dallas/Ft.…
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Earlier today a Japanese trailer leaked for Terminator Salvation. Well now Warner Bros has released the Official second domestic trailer for the film, and its an extremely different cut. We get a better look at the Moto-Terminator and the gigantic transformer-like Harvester. Even the detractors need to give McG some credit, this film is looking…
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named Pixar's WALL-E as the Best Picture of the Year. This is the first time in the 33-year history of the LAFCA that an animated film has won the top prize. Disney has been pushing the film for both Best Animated feature and Best Picture for the upcoming…
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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 Chen speaks with legendary producer Don Hahn (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Emperor's New Groove, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) about the animation industry, the making of Beauty and…
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No, John Lasseter's Cars is not being re-released in 3D on December 12th, but you will be able to go to your local multiplex and see Pixar's first short film in Digital Disney 3D. The Cars Toons short Tokyo Mater will be attached to Disney's Bolt as the film enters its fourth week of release. …
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Michael Bay has confirmed in a post on his message board that the trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will hit in February, either in movie theaters or attached to the Superbowl. Bay also says that theatrical teaser posters will hit shortly after the new year. The Bay-produced Friday the 13th remake hits theaters…
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The corpse of Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight-directing career isn't even cold yet, but Summit Entertainment is apparently wasting no time in finding a new director. The other day, we discussed how Hardwicke had been removed from the franchise. Now, Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily has a source that informs her the offer for the sequel…
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Warner Bros has finally the Watchmen footage that was previewed at Comic Con in July. Actually, it appears to be a slightly modified version of the original footage, but who cares about technicalities. To watch the clip, click on the following link to be transfered to the Apple iTunes download page (Some International readers will…
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For the first time in /Film history, we are featuring a t-shirt that we've already featured in as past version of cool stuff. Why would we be doing this, you ask? Because the shirt sold out within hours of our previous posting (not solely due to our coverage as the tee was the talk of…
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Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson will direct a big screen adaptation of Grant Morrison's comic book miniseries We3. Producer Don Murphy confirmed to ShockTillYouDrop that the film will be R-rated, live-action with the likely change of computer generated killer rabbits. Stevenson has also been rumored to be attached to Joel Silver's He-Man film, so…
Read MoreAmazon has a couple 24-hour only TV-on-DVD deals today: You can buy the first two seasons of Heroes on DVD for $46.99, 53% off the $100 MSRP or you can buy the first two seasons on Blu-ray for $77.99, 54% off the $170 MSRP. Amazon also has Seasons 1-3 of Battlestar Galactica plus the television…
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Fox Searchlight has released a video clip from one of our favorite films of the year, Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler. The short one minute clip shows a scene where Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) meets with his stripper friend Pam (Marisa Tomei), who looks so very different in real world conditions. Watch the clip…
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Actor turned filmmaker Ben Affleck is in talks to direct Arizona for Miramax. The fact-based drama is about the 1976 car bomb death of Don Bolles, a reporter who was investigating the Mob's infiltration of the Arizona state government. The incident sparked an investigation called The Arizona Project, headed up by the Investigative Reporters and…
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Dreamworks has launched their Best Supporting Actor campaign for Kirk Lazarus, the character that Robert Downey Jr plays in Tropic Thunder. Dreamworks is also pushing Downey Jr. for the same award in real life. I wonder if viral web marketing like this will confuse Academy members or if its a genius idea to get free…
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Yes, another Dark Knight news posting -- but this time it's not just another crazy third film rumor or "Christopher Nolan is still considering a Dark Knight sequel" update. In November, the Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Pictures music branch ruled that the score for The Dark Knight was disqualified due to a…
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When did actors and filmmakers start doing press tours for viral internet videos? When they are political of course. Prop 8: The Musical writer-director Marc Shaiman, and stars Jack Black and John C. Reilly, appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. You can watch the interview below.
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Over the weekend we posted Roger Ebert's Top 20 films of 2008. Well now Time Magazine has released their Top 10 listing of the Best Movies of 2008. The barebones list below, check out the full thing on Time.com. 1. WALL-E 2. Synecdoche, New York 3. My Winnipeg 4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2…
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After the sad news of Michael Crichton's death last month, some people were left wondering about the fate of the mostly-amazingly-successful Jurassic Park film franchise. Rumors of a fourth film have been kicking around for quite some time, but now it looks like they have finally been put to bed. According to Comingsoon, producers Frank…
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I recently had the opportunity to speak with legendary Disney producer Don Hahn while he was promoting his new fabulous book, The Alchemy of Animation. Don Hahn has produced a few small, low-budget animated Disney movies during his career (not sure if you've ever heard of them, but they include films such as The Lion…
Read MoreThe Dark Knight hits stores on Tuesday. Some stores are holding midnight launches Tonight. There are so many different options, giftsets, exclusives, that I thought I'd simplify everything in one easy to digest post. First up, lets explain the four different editions: 1. Single-Disc Edition DVD which comes in either Widescreen or Full Screen $14.99…
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Warner Bros has released the 9th video journal for Zack Snyder's Watchmen. This one focuses on the amazingly detailed prop design for the film. You can watch the video embedded below or in High Definition on WarnerBros.com. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/watchmenjournal9.flv 470 264] Watchmen is scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on March 6th, 2009.
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ABC has announced that they will be bringing the hit Vertigo comic book series Fables to the small screen. Created and written by Bill Willingham in 2002, the series has won fourteen Eisner Awards. Based in a world where fairy tale characters have been forced out of their homes by a mysterious enemy known as…
Read MoreAmazon has Lost Seasons 1 - 3 on DVD for only $58.99, 67% off the $179.97 MSRP in today's 24-hour only Gold Box Deal of the Day. The fourth season, which comes out this Tuesday is also available for preorder for $36.99, 38% off the $60 MSRP. You have one month to catch up on…
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Christopher Nolan has wanted to shoot a film with IMAX for quite some time. In 2006, he shot some of The Prestige using IMAX cameras in an attempt to better learn the technology (the footage was just test footage). And as we all know, he shot the action scenes in The Dark Knight using IMAX…
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Last night ABC Family aired five sneak preview videos for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during their Harry Potter weekend. You can watch the videos after the jump. The Story Love is in the Air Meet Professor Slughorn The Story of Tom Riddle Comedy
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I just got off the phone with Academy Award winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Interview coming soon) and during my conversation about his latest film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I had the opportunity to ask him about the long in development Forrest Gump sequel Gump & Co. Roth admitted that he hasn't been asked…
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I have fond memories of Sin City. A wildly stylish, over-the-top thrill ride, Sin City prooved that some graphic novels are so tailored to fit the big screen that they can make for great film adaptations, losing almost nothing in the process. Talks of a sequel started up soon after the $40-million-budgeted film made almost…
Read MoreRoger Ebert has released his Best of the Year column, listing off his top 20 films of 2008. Unfortunately Ebert took the cowards way out and didn't list the movies in any specific order. You can check out the bare-bones list below, or head on over to RogerEbert.com to read his full column. Ballast The…
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I was at the downtown San Francisco Best Buy yesterday when I noticed this signage when I walked in the door. Apparently some of the Best Buy stores are doing Midnight launches on Monday night for The Dark Knight DVD/Blu-ray. Apparently some Circuit City, Blockbuster Videos and Virgin Megastores will also be open at midnight…
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At Comic Con, filmmaker Francis Lawrence revealed that he was working to develop an I Am Legend prequel. Then came rumors that the prequel was actually a sequel, and somehow Will Smith would still be involved. It really didn't make much sense. Thankfully our friends at Collider got the chance to clear up the rumors…
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The Question of the Week is a (hopefully) weekly question for slashfilm.com readers that emerges from a discussion on the /Filmcast: After Dark. Feel free to post your answers to the question in the comments below. The best answers will be read on the air each week. And this week, for our inaugural question, the…
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Earlier this week, it was reported that Fox has a a scriptment for Speed 3, which involves the return of Officer Jack Traven, the lead character played by Keanu Reeves in the original film. Many people just assumed that Keanu would want to return to the down and out action film franchise. But Reeves didn't…
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In 2007, I told you about Disney's plan to tant the memory of the now classic 1980's teen adventure comedy Adventures in Babysitting by casting Raven Symone (That's So Raven, The Cosby Show) in the part played by Elisabeth Shue in the original film. Nearly 20 months went by, which gave us a bit of…
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When I discovered the vice-like grip that Twilight has on the popular imagination of this nation's tween and middle-aged female demographic, I was content to just ignore it. After all, there are so many movies that come out which cater to my demographic that a bunch of people going insane over what I thought was…
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Hot Toys has announced their 12 Inch Hellboy collectible figure. The figure perfectly captures the likeness of actor Ron Pearlman as Hellboy. Hot Toys developed muscle figure body with over 28 points of articulation featuring caved occult symbol on Hellboy’s right shoulder. Bendable tail with wire inside. “Right arm doom” with bendable fingers. More after…
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Sigourney Weaver tells MTV that she is "supposed to get in touch with Bill [Murray] next week" to talk about the new Ghostbusters movie which is being developed. But as of now, she has no idea if her character "Dana Barrett" will return for another, suggesting that her character's baby Oscar should be one of…
Read MoreAmazon's 24-hour only Gold Box Deal of the Day is The X-Files: The Complete Collector's Edition for only $123.99, 62% off the $329.98 MSRP. The set includes all nine seasons and the Fight the Future feature film on 61 DVDs. Deal Gone Amazon also has a killer deal on the Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray player. Normally…
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Underworld and Live Free or Die Hard helmer Len Wiseman has signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of Platinum Studios' five-part apocalyptic sci-fi comic book mini-series Atlantis Rising. The book's official plot description follows: "After more than a thousand years of peaceful coexistence, Atlantis and the surface world are on the brink of…
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MTV had the opportunity to talk with J. Michael Straczynski about his upcoming adaptation of Max Brooks' World War Z. Straczynski says that it will be the first large scale zombie film. "Most zombie movies to this point have been small, focusing on a few people in a house. And this has got real scare.…
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Fanboys director Kyle Newman has signed on to helm a big screen adaptation of the cult comic book series Emo Boy. Published by Slave Labor Graphics, and created by by Steve Emond. The first two graphic novels were released in 2006 and 2007, and are currently available on Amazon for $11.16 each. The book description…
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Warner Bros has officially announced their plans to rerelease The Dark Knight in movie theaters starting on January 23rd, 2009. No details are given to the exact amount of screens, but the rerelease guarantees the film will finally cross the $1 billion mark. The film has grossed over $996 million worldwide and $530 million domestically.…
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Did you enjoy Hancock? Too bad, Will Smith says a sequel is "definitely" happening, telling JoBlo that there are a lot of unexplored characters in the Hancock universe that would be ripe for a sequel. I'm actually one of the few who liked Hancock, or at least the first half of it. But I have…
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TrailersLand has posted an extended French promotional trailer for the upcoming Jim Carrey / Ewan McGregor comedy I Love You Phillip Morris. It was just announced that the film will premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. As far as I know, the movie doesn't yet have a U.S. distributor. The movie is adapted from…
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UGO got a chance to grill Bryan Singer about his involvement with a new Superman film. Unfourtunately, his answer is somewhat cryptic. UGO: Are you officially involved in this talk of the new film? BS: I am not officially involved in the talk, no. UGO: But when talk happens they’ll call you. BS: Well it’s,…
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New Line Cinema has premiered the new movie trailer and theatrical poster for their re-imagining of Friday the 13th on Yahoo. I love how it starts off with the voice over of Jason's mother. Director Marcus Nispel was the man who did the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, which I actually enjoyed. If anything, this…
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Darren Aronofsky tells MTV that he would like to revisit The Fountain at some point. "It wouldn’t be a ‘director’s cut,’” he said — more like an alternate story told with the addition of unused footage from the first go-round. This would be a complicated project on a couple of levels, though, and it’s at…
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This post contains the final announced films of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival line-up. In this posting you can read about the films selected in the Midnight, Frontier and Spectrum categories, complete with photos. Enjoy. PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT Park City at Midnight offers eight films that are likely to amuse, surprise, or shock the…
Read MoreThe Sundance Institute has just announced the second half of next year's programing for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Yesterday I took an in-depth look at the out of competition films, but there are just so many cool films in the batch today that I've decided not to hand pick through them all. I'm posting…
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Fox Searchlight has released an updated release schedule for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. This is one of our favorite films of the year. I can't recommend it enough. Check out the dates and cities below and mark your calendar! NOW PLAYING Baltimore Boston Chicago Dallas/Ft. Worth Denver Los Angeles Minneapolis New York Phoenix Philadelphia San…
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Entertainment Tonight will premiere a new trailer for Terminator Salvation next Tuesday December 9th. But right now you can watch a preview of some of that footage below. I have to admit, the shot of the giant Terminator at the end of the video (screenshot above) is pretty damn awesome. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/terminatorsalvationetpreview.flv 460 258] Discuss: Leave…
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Of all the amateur photographers out there, who among us hasn't dreamed of seeing our photos plastered onscreen during the runtime of a multi-million dollar studio tentpole release/major comic book franchise film? I know this fantasy is what keeps me snapping away at random friends, family, and strangers with my Nikon D50 everyday... Anyway, it…
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The CG Society challenged its members to create computer models of Steampunk versions of classic Star Wars characters, creatures and vehicles. Looking at all this cool art makes you wonder why George Lucas spent millions on The Clone Wars animated series and not something more artistic like this. Check out more designs over on the…
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Jay Baruchel (Fanboys, Tropic Thunder) is in talks to play the lead role in Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Inspired by the classic Mickey Mouse animated sequence from Disney's 1940 classic Fantasia, the film tells the story of a powerful sorcerer, played by Nicolas Cage, who seeks out an apprentice in modern day New York City.…
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The other day when I posted Charlie Rose's interview with the cast and crew of Milk, I commented on how much I loved long form interviews. /Film reader Falcon D sent over a few clips of animation director turned Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief creative officer John Lasseter on the show over the years. Anyone…
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Parkour seems to be the new hot buzz word in Hollywood. It's kinda like how all the story pitches last year tried to compare themselves to Children of Men ("It's Die Hard meets Children of Men"). Founded in France, the fast paced movement became the main focal point of the Luc Besson-produced 2004 action film…
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Alex Cox's Repo Man sequel Repo Chick is finally going into production next month (January 2009). Production Weekly reports that David Lynch is producing the project. The original 1984 film told the story of Otto, a newly hired repossession man who goes in search for a mysterious Malibu carrying a high value package which was…
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Strike Entertainment is in talks to acquire rights to remake John Carpenter's 1988 cult film They Live. Based on Ray Nelson's 1963 short story "Eight O’Clock in the Morning", They Live was part sci-fi thriller and part black comedy. Pro wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper played a down-on-his-luck construction worker who discovered a pair of special…
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/Gamer is reporting that Atari will finally release the Ghostbusters video game in June 2009. Check out the game's trailer below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/ghostbustersvideogametrailer.flv 460 258] Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, PlayStation 2 and DS.
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This is a tough time for Battlestar Galactica fans. Not only do we have to wait until January to satisfy our BSG addiction (an artificial delay so that Sci-Fi could string along viewership into 2009), it will also be a bittersweet return since the remaining 10 episodes will be the last we see of the…
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Ain't It Cool News has premiered an incredibly cool poster for Alex Proyas' Knowing. The poster makes the concept of a code of mass destruction actually look pretty cool. In the film, Nicolas Cage stars as Ted Myles, a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future–and sets out to prevent them from coming…
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/Film reader Aaron K sent me this new cast promo photo for the Fifth Season of LOST.
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The Sundance Institute has announced the first half of the line-up for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Included in the first press release are the films in competition in the Drama and Documentary segments. 3,661 feature-length films were submitted this year, which is 37 more films than last year. For the 2009 Sundance Film Festival,…
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DC Comics has supplied us with an exclusive look at the new issue of Mad Magazine, issue #497, which will hit stores on December 16th. Mad mascot Alfred E. Neuman is in costume as The Joker with the tag-line "Why So Stupid?" This is Mad's annual "tribute to the year's biggest idiots".
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Pulling into the suburbanish neighborhood of Marsh Oaks in Wilmington, North Carolina, one would not expect this quiet enclave to be ground zero for an American Comedy Valhalla, but surprise, surprise. On the sunny backyard patio of an upscale home, a camera is rolling as Pineapple Express director, David Gordon Green, casually pitches one-liners to…
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Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons has released a wonderful table top book collecting the art behind the making of what many consider to be the greatest graphic novel of all time - The Watchmen. Don't get me wrong, this is not an art of the making of the movie - this is a unprecedented behind the…
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/Film reader Christopher M sent over five new production photos from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kreuk. It could just be the many hours I've wasted on Smallville talking, but does this film look like a bad WB/CW television show or what? Release: February 27 2009 Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak Screenplay by: Justin…
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Entertainment Weekly has a bit of bad news on the Veronica Mars movie front. Series creator Rob Thomas tells Michael Ausiello that he "hasn't gotten far" on the movie outline. "I thought I had the idea broken, but I've hit a wall in the final act that I haven't quite figured out. And with Cupid…
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It was no surprise that The Dark Knight tops Yahoo's top 10 downloaded movie trailers of the year: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3. Twilight 4. The Incredible Hulk 5. Iron Man 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7. Wanted 8. Hancock 9. Sex and…
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Twilight star Kristen Stewart has signed on to play famous rock'n'roller Joan Jett in The Runaways. Music video director Floria Sigismondi wrote and will helm the project. Sigismondi's videos have included Marilyn Manson's Tourniquet, Christina Aguilera's Fighter and The White Stripes' Blue Orchid. The film is a biopic of the first successful all-girl hard rock…
Read MoreAmazon has a 50% off sale on Movies and TV which is good until December 18th. Here are some of the highlights: Blu-Ray Deals (50%+ Off): Rambo 1-3 Boxset - $24.99 Weeds Season 1 and 2 - $13.99 each Mad Men Season One - $24.99 Stargate (Extended Cut) - $9.99 Reservoir Dogs (15th Anniversary) -…
Read MoreJames Cameron gave a keynote presentation at the 3D Entertainment Summit today, and took aim at Tim Burton, who is filming Disney's upcoming 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland using 2D cameras. Burton plans to convert the footage to 3D in post production, a decision that has angered and baffled the 3D community. "It doesn't…
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Last we heard (in October), Watchmen had a running time of 2 hours and 43 minutes. Well apparently is has gotten shorter. Sci-Fi reports that the current running time is two hours and 35 minutes, and the studio has yet to approve that cut. But fans shouldn't worry as I wouldn't expect the film to…
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Who isn't already excited for the fifth season of Lost? ABC has released a two minute sneak peak at the season premiere "Because You Left", which airs on Wednesday, January 21st 2009. Thanks to /Film reader Kyle for the tip. Discuss: Who are the lawyers working for? Another question! Damn you JJ Abrams!!!!
Read MoreUpdate: Apparently Dark Horizon's scooper was inaccurate. George Miller is still officially attached to a Justice League movie (which doesn't necessarily mean that Warner Bros is going to make one any time soon) and did not appear on a Sydney morning show earlier this week. While making an appearance on a Sydney morning show, director…
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It's impossible to pay attention to all the movie awards announcements each year, because there are just so many of them. But the Independent Spirit Awards is one of the second tier (read: non-Academy/Globe) Awards shows that I actually respect and pa attention to. Today the 2009 Indie Spirit nominations were announced. Frozen River and…
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Mark Romanek has signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go. According to Production Weekly, Beach author and 28 Days Later/Sunshine screenwriter Alex Garland penned the adaptation. Romanek is probably best known for his music video work. He directed the video for Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream"…
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For the Alamo Drafthouse's upcoming Kid's Club screenings of Labyrinth and TMNT, they commissioned a couple artists to create posters. First up is this Labyrinth scratch board-style print by Todd Slater. This poster measures approx 23x36, is printed on Black paper stock, and is signed and numbered by the artist. Available on Mondotees.com for $30.…
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Fans of HBO's historical epic series Rome may soon have a reason to give their DVDs a rest. It seems that creator Bruno Heller is interested in revisiting the series as a theatrical film. Heller, who is currently helming The Mentalist on CBS, told THR earlier today that he'd love to wrap up the storyline…
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I thought that the chance for a Zoolander sequel died when the film failed to gross $46 million domestically. Sure, there is more to the story, the film was released just weeks after 9/11/2001. But that still doesn't excuse the film's low bottom line -- $45 million isn't a great take for a $30 million-budgeted…
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SpoilerTV has five new photos from 20th Century Fox's X-Men spin-off film Wolverine. I'm not sure where these originated. As always, click to enlarge. Wolverine hits theaters on May 1st 2009. Four more photos after the jump. Director: Gavin Hood Screenplay by: David Benioff Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, will.i.am, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Taylor…
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Shia LaBeouf has signed on to star in Paramount's big screen adaptation of John Grisham's legal thriller The Associate. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, GI Joe) is producing. So what's it about? Here is the official plot description: "It’s a deadly game of blackmail. And they’re making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding…
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In 2007, Dennis Hopper told The Guardian that he was set to reprise his role as Howard Payne in a third Speed film. Some people assumed it had to be a remake considering (spoiler warning) Hopper's character died at the end of the first film. Well apparently now. A scooper on AICN has confirmed that…
Read MoreThe New York Post's Page Six today has an item on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher that claims that his "imperious ways"are getting on the nerves of Paramount employees: We are working our asses off trying to get Oscar nominations, and he is so abusive that it's crushing," said an insider…
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How much work goes into a standard Wikipedia entry? The world may never know. But one thing's for sure: Wikipedian's have a thorough grasp of the finer details. The Talk page for the Wikipedia's entry on Wall-E pulls back the curtain on their editorial process, and man is it ugly. In particular, this section (via…
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So what's going on with the proposed Planet of the Apes sequel/prequel? 20th Century Fox has hired writer/director Scott Frank (The Lookout) to develop a new film based on the Planet of the Apes film property. At first it was rumored that the film would be a remake of Conquest of the Apes or a…
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Back in October, Empire Magazine released their list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. /Film commenters were in disagreement over many of the rankings. I just noticed that Empire has released their list of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. I'm not going to reprint the entire list, but here are…
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Universal is releasing a Special Limited Edition Collectors Set for Wanted. The 2-disc Special Edition DVD, Blu-ray Hi-Def and collector’s sets are packed with over an hour of exciting bonus features, including: Extended Scene – Be the first to view this killer extended scene from Wanted. Cast and Characters – Go behind the scenes with…
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If you've been reading /Film for a while, than you know that I love long form interviews. Unfortunately, the surge of online press has changed the entire press tour landscape. Its all roundtables or short 10-15 minute one-on-ones. I'm so happy that there are still shows out there like NPR's Fresh Air and David Poland's…
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I totally missed this item in the latest issue of Production Weekly, but Alex from FirstShowing sent me a link to this story on Cinemablend about a project called Falcon's Tale that Martin Scorsese is supposedly attached to direct. What is this movie? A quick internet search turns up NOTHING. But I decided to dig…
Read MoreA bunch of more Geek Deals leading into Cyber Monday. Today's Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day is the HBO miniseries John Adams for $23.99, 60% off the $60 MSRP and/or Rome - The Complete First Two Seasons for $44.99, 62% Off the $120 MSRP. Amazon has launched their Cyber Monday Sale a bit…
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[The following contains minor spoilers for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.] The premise of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button holds a great deal of promise: If you were forced to live life backwards, starting with old age and ending with infancy, how would you do it differently? If you experienced the tragic death…
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As I sat down to write my review of Bryan Singer's Valkyrie, I was struck by how many questions this film is expected to answer upon its release. Can Singer still deliver a big-budget success, after the lackluster performance of Superman Returns? Can Tom Cruise bounce back from his self-inflicted public image problems? Can an…
Read MoreWes Anderson recently directed Brad Pitt in a 30-second television advertisement for Japanese cellphone company Softbank Mobile's winter 2008 collection. Inspired by Jacques Tati's 1953 French film "Les Vacances de Monseieur Hulot", the commercial was shot in a seaside town in France in September. Pitt has done a bunch of advertising work in Japan, and…
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We've been trying to post more and more television commercials directed by feature film directors. /Film reader Carlos M sends word that the new Dior advertisement is directed by Sofia Coppola. The commercial is for Miss Dior Cherie fragrance, and features Maryna Linchuk having fun around the streets of Paris. It's so very "Lost in…
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A couple hours ago I posted a story about Mark Romanek's return to feature film with an adaptation of Never Let Me Go. Some of you might be wondering what the music video turned feature film director (One Hour Photo) has been up to. /Film reader Craig A sent me a link to Romanek's latest…
Read MoreEach week in Blu-or-Not I take a look at the recent Blu-ray releases. This isn't a review column. If you're looking for movie reviews, look out for Adam's This Week in DVD on Tuesdays. Blu-or-Not takes a look at the extra value content -- the Blu-ray difference (and yes, this does include Picture and Sound).…
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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 lament the removal of Stephen Chow from The Green Hornet, discuss whether or not a Schwarzenneger cameo would be a good idea for Terminator Salvation, and evaluate the early movie careers of Seth Gordon and Frank Miller. Special guests Erik Davis and William Goss join…
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IMPA has the new poster for Summit Entertainment's sci-fi thriller Push. The concept is pretty cool, but the footage that premiered at Comic Con was unimpressive (to be nice). The theatrical poster hints at some of the film's many possibilities. Push hits theaters on February 6th 2009. Official Plot Synopsis: A riveting action-thriller, Push burrows…
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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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Remember the Crazy4Cult pop culture art show we wrote about back in August? Well Gallery 1988 has released some new limited edition prints from Alex Pardee's Cult Series. Pictured above (click to enlarge), The Cult Series features Baseball Furie #1, Edward Scissorhands, Ash, Sloth, Johnny Eck, and Cop #4. Each character is printed on 8x10…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra and Adam discuss their apprehensiveness about a Crow remake, ponder the cheesiness of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer, and debate the choice of Chris Weitz to take over New Moon. Special guests Neha Tiwari and Laremy Legel (from the Film.com podcast) join us. Devin Faraci from CHUD…
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Amazon's 24-Hour-ONLY Gold Box Deal of the Day is Arrested Development - The Complete Series on DVD for $28.99, 74% off the $110 retail price. The set includes Seasons 1, 2 and 3 on eight discs. Previous (Still Valid) Geek Deals Amazon has extended their Heroes and Battlestar Galactica sale until the end of the…
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I'm the type of guy who owns 3,000 DVDs, so when the two High Definition formats were announced, I used the HD wars as an excuse not to take the leap into a new format. But truth is, I don't want to start over. And besides that, I'm pretty convinced that the future of movies…
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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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You can now watch Go for free on Hulu. Before Doug Liman launched the Bourne Franchise, he directed two wonderful indie films -- Swingers and Go. Swingers launched the career of Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, but Go went virtually under the radar, despite being a really cool film. The film suffered from a marketing…
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A few weeks back, Amazon was offering the Buffy the Vampire complete series collectors set for $70, and I picked it up despite not being a Buffy fan. I have since found the time to only watch 3 episodes. I like what I've seen so far, and people tell me it only gets way better.…
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In this week's special episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam spend over 3 hours discussing one of the greatest cultural works of our time, The Wire. Special guests and TV critics Alan Sepinwall and Myles McNutt join us from their respective and wonderful blogs. The first hour is a general discussion about The…
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Tune in live tonight to Slashfilm's live page starting at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST to hear the /Filmcast crew do an in-depth discussion of every season of The Wire (the entire series comes out on DVD tomorrow!). We'll also be announcing the winner of the /Film Question of the Week contest during…
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A few weeks ago on Slashfilm's movie podcast, we discussed Kurt Kuenne's powerful documentary, Dear Zachary. Without revealing any details about the plot, the film is a gut wrenching tale about love and loss, and I would highly recommend to anyone. If you didn't see it on the festival circuit, here's a quick reminder: MSNBC…
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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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US Readers can now watch Guy Ritchie's debut film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels for FREE on Hulu. Enjoy. Here is a bit of trivia from IMDb: Lock Stock is the film debut of both Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones (who was famously released from prison on the first day of filming). Ray Winstone…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Peter, Devindra, and Adam weigh in on the Planet of the Apes prequel, discuss their lack of enthusiasm for Milk, and praise the latent talent of Keanu Reeves. Chris and Jimmy from the enormously popular Scene Unseen podcast join us to deliver their movie review stylings for Australia.…
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Join us at Slashfilm's live page tonight at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST as we discuss some recent theatrical releases and chat about the week's film news. What's more, Chris and Jimmy from the monstrously popular Scene Unseen podcast will be joining us at around 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to…
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