Julianne Moore has won been nominated for four Academy Awards (taking home noms for both supporting and best actress statues in a single year). It sometimes takes high emotion to win critical acclaim. Harry Hanraha noticed that Moore cries in more than half of the movies she appears in, and decided to edit a montage…
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It's been a big Toronto Film Festival for Harvey Weinstein, as The Weinstein Company picked up films like Dirty Girl, Sarah's Key and the surprise hit of the fest, Submarine. But there's another Harvey-related buy that might not make him as happy: IFC has picked up Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project, a documentary about the…
Read MoreThe United Kingdom’s Ministry of Technology built seven mobile cinemas in the late 1960’s. DangerousGround has discovered a short film on the restoration of the last one known to exist. It is outfitted with Epson EH-TW3500 LCD projector, Pioneer BDP-320 Blu-ray player, Onkyo TX-NR807 receiver and complete with Dolby 7:1 surround sound. It has 22…
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I doubt I need to tell you much about Industrial Light & Magic, at least with respect to the basics. The venerable effects company has been around for thirty-five years now, after being started by George Lucas to create effects for Star Wars. The company quickly became the premiere effects company in the world, and…
Read MoreMagnolia Pictures have announced they will allow filmgoers to choose how much they want to pay for an advance look at Freakonomics: The Movie. These pay-what-you-want screenings offer fans a chance to see the film on Wednesday, September 22nd, over a week before its official opening, at Landmark Theatres in New York, Los Angeles, San…
Read MoreI havent seen a lot of films since getting to Telluride, but I've been seeing some of the important ones -- which has really paid off. We arrived in Colorado on Thursday night. Friday was the premiere of Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, Saturday afternoon was the surprise premiere of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours,…
Read MoreMedia Solutions has created a compilation video combining a collection of dance clips from almost 40 movies "from dance movies to comedies, from Fred Astaire to Micheal Jackson." Hit the jump to watch it now.
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There's not too much more to this than what's in the headline; after a great deal of back and forth about possibly moving the San Diego Comic Con to another city, such as Anaheim, the con has decided to stay put. The organization had previously been contracted to do business in San Diego through 2012,…
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At the end of June I reported on Tales From the Gangster Squad, a period piece picture being developed by Warner Bros. as "an action movie conceived as an ensemble piece for a group of top-level actors." The film would be based on a 2008 set of articles from the LA Times, and has reportedly…
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Ciaran Hinds and Italian actress-singer Violante Placido are in talks to join the cast of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Hinds has appeared in Munich, There Will Be Blood, Road to Perdition, Race to Witch Mountain and plays Aberforth Dumbledore in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films. Placido is best known to…
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Spoiler Warning: The Social Network is not a movie that can be spoiled by mere plot details, as most of those plot details are revealed within the first 20 minutes. Regardless, if you're hoping to go into the film fresh, you should obviously avoid this review. There's a hopeful, almost celebratory moment in The Social…
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Deadline has learned that Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, Love Actually, Nanny McPhee) has joined Men in Black III, the 3D sequel to Barry Sonenfeld's two action/comedy/alien movies. She joins the previously announced cast which includes Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Jemaine Clement and Josh Brolin. No word on what role Thompson…
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Update [From the editor]: Production Weekly is reporting that the film's title is "Moonrise Kingdom". Nothing more is known at this time. The original update by Russ can be found after the jump. Briefly: We don't have too much information right now, but there are two reports about Wes Anderson's next film, which Production Weekly…
Read MoreProduction Weekly is reporting that Golden Globe-winning actress Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada, The Wolfman) has signed on to join Brick director Rian Johnson's sci-fi thriller Looper. Blunt will likely play the female lead, a woman/mother named Sara who finds Joe (Joseph Gordon Levitt) hiding-out on her farm. Looper is set in the near…
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There's a batch of Breaking Dawn casting to communicate tonight. One chunk is new info, while the other is from a day back. (We don't bend over backward to get every bit of Twilight news, as you might understand.) The production now has its Denali Clan in full, with a handful of actors joining the…
Read MoreOkay, so it's obvious by now that I'm both obsessed and in love with The Social Network. I'm trying not to bombard the site with posts about the film, but I'm finding a lot of cool and interesting coverage/interviews around the web that I'd love to share. And yes, I really do hope that people…
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Ryan Gosling is back in a big way. He got great notes for his work in Blue Valentine; he's shooting Drive right now, under the direction of Nicolas Winding Refn; and he's got a Steve Carell comedy to shoot soon and the Andrew Jarecki film All Good Things finally about to release. And now George…
Read MoreLast week, Entertainment Tonight aired an on-the-set report for Scream 4 featuring some footage and interviews with cast members. /Film reader Jedz has alerted me that ET Canada has now begun airing their own coverage of the set visit, which includes a bunch of new on the set footage and an exclusive interview with star…
Read MoreScreen Gems has released a second movie trailer for Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque (if you missed the first movie trailer, you can watch that at the link). I'm not a big fan of musicals, and when I have liked a film musical, it has usually been of the more cinematic variety. Burlesque is obviously…
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One of the more promising films scheduled for Fantastic Fest this year was Troll Hunter, which is a Cloverfield-style mock doc that takes for granted that trolls aren't just fairy tales; they're actually alive and well in the northern lands of Norway. Now there's an English-subbed trailer for the film, and you might find the…
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Alex Kurtzman has worked as a writer and producer on numerous projects that Steven Spielberg has helped develop (the Transformers films, Eagle Eye, Cowboys & Aliens), but with Welcome to People, Spielberg will be producing Kurtzman's first directorial effort. The film also marks Kurtzman's first attempt to make a name for himself outside of the…
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Call this a perfect match: Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco) is finally making another film, called Damsels in Distress, and indie darling Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, House of the Devil) says she's got a role. We've known about the film for a while, as earlier this year Variety said the film would shoot…
Read MoreLast we heard, Marvel Studios big screen adaptation of Brian K Vaughan's Runaways was gearing up to begin production in March 2011 in Los Angeles (being produced under the fake production title "Small Faces", a reference to the 1960's-1970's English rock n roll band which had a song titled Runaways). We heard that Randi Hiller…
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Sorry, Haunted Mansion, but movies based on single theme park rides are so 2003. We need to move forward and go bigger. Next up: movies about entire theme parks! That's the suggestion of Magic Kingdom, which Disney is developing in a low-level capacity based on a pitch and script by Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore. Variety…
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MYST, the top selling computer adventure game franchise of all-time, wouldn't seem to be a likely candidate for a film adaptation. As popular as it is, the format of the games—a non-linear narrative requiring you to explore and progress through mysterious environments by pointing-and-clicking—doesn't conveniently lend itself to the film medium. But has that ever…
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Sam Raimi has dealt with ghouls, ghosts, demons and other such undead variants, but now he's angling to bring extraterrestrials to the big screen, and he's deep into negotiations with Warner Bros. to help him. The film is tentatively titled EDF, which stands for "Earth Defense Force", and deals, appropriately, with "Earth's response to an…
Read MoreWalt Disney Animation Studios has given us an exclusive first look at a new international movie poster for their upcoming computer animated film Tangled. Check out the full one-sheet, after the jump. The new International Poster: The French Movie Poster (via: IMPA): The American Teaser Poster: Previously: Directed by Byron Howard & Nathan Greno (the…
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In the wake of overwhelming critical success with Black Swan, I'm surprised that we haven't heard more rumors about Darren Aronofsky being linked to long-standing geek projects. There's the talk, possibly founded, that he's had discussions about Superman, but little else. Until now. A new report says that "Aronofsky is also being targeted to direct…
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Last time we heard about Snow White it was because Natalie Portman was rumored for the starring role in Brothers Grimm: Snow White, a re-telling of the tale to be produced by Brett Ratner. In true Hollywood form, however, there is more than one Snow White re-do being shopped around town. There are three, in…
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We missed a big piece of casting news about a week ago, which was that Rachel Weisz had signed on for Fernando Meirelles' film 360. The picture is scripted by the ubiquitous-of-late Peter Morgan, based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler. (The gent who wrote Traumnovelle, which was last adapted to film as Eyes Wide…
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Briefly: A minor update here on the schedule to release post-converted 3D versions of the Star Wars films, starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace. THR is reporting that February 2012 is the basic timeframe. Previously we'd only heard 'early 2012,' with the other five remasters to follow on roughly an annual schedule, assuming each…
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James Franco could turn out his highest-profile directorial effort with an adaptation of Stephen Elliott's memoir The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism and Murder, which he would also write and produce. Franco could star in the film, as well. Variety says the actor has optioned the book, but doesn't detail any timeframe. If…
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This was probably an easy call for the David Fincher camp. As the director is pulling in the actors for his version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, one man who got the call is Christopher Plummer. The surprise is that he's playing Henrik Vanger, i.e. the character who sets the plot in motion…
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Funnyman Jack Black is continuing his expansion into every available medium. He's already conquered the movie scene--and with starring roles in films by Stephen Chow and Richard Linklater, that doesn't look to be changing anytime soon--and has built a significant following with his band Tenacious D, who have recently written a song for the new…
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I have been waiting for almost a year to write the following sentence: Stephen Tobolowsky has just signed a book deal for a non-fiction book based on The Tobolowsky Files, to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2012. Needless to say, I am ecstatic that Stephen's wonderful stories now have the potential to reach…
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We've assumed that Christopher Nolan is pretty much a lock to direct the third Batman movie -- the entire industry has assumed so, based on comments made by Nolan and Warner Bros. -- even if there has been no official statement to that effect. Now there's the closest thing we've had to an official announcement,…
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Andrew Niccol's upcoming film, which is now temporarily untitled, sounds interesting. It's a Logan's Run-like story about a future society in which time is strictly rationed, and those who want to live beyond a certain point have to pay for their time...or steal it. The film was called I'm.mortal until recently, but that title has…
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Robert Zemeckis has been very active over the past ten years, working to push forward the art of 3D and motion capture with The Polar Express, Beowulf and A Christmas Carol. But when his 3D company, ImageMovers Digital, was abandoned by Disney early this year, there was great supposition about what the filmmaker's next move…
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We got our first look at Skyline at Comic Con, along with a great deal of exposure to the PR line that the movie is a homemade affair. Directors Greg and Colin Strause did pay for the movie themselves and shoot a great deal of it in their own condo in Los Angeles, but they…
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Trent Reznor's score for The Social Network (which he co-wrote with collaborator Atticus Ross) is a surprisingly perfect fit for a film about Harvard nerds who create the world's largest online social network. With a deft combination of melancholy and grittiness, Reznor brings out the excitement of the times while infusing the proceedings with a…
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We've covered I Am Number Four quite a bit, in part because it was originally rumored as a directorial gig for Michael Bay. Then DJ Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) signed on, as did Sharlto Copley from District 9. Copely had to drop out and was replaced by Timothy Olyphant, and Alex Pettyfer took the title…
Read MoreOne step forward. After Angelina Jolie passed twice on the role, Alfonso Cuarón decided to offer the lead role in his space-set thriller Gravity to Natalie Portman. Now the actress is reportedly in active negotiations to take the role of a woman who is trying to negotiate her way back to safety after she's stranded…
Read MoreSome people are claiming the Aaron Sorkin-penned David Fincher-directed movie The Social Network is a bit over-dramatized compared to the real version of events. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has decided to finally tell his side of the story, and has written, directed, and stars in his own version of the story (okay, not really, but…
Read MoreNO PHOTO Here's your idle question of the day: are these pics of a sub from the set of Captain America: The First Avenger depicting a bit of tech that will be in use by the good guys, or is it a deadly device created by Hydra? Based on the design, I'd guess the latter.…
Read MoreToday's t-shirt of the day on TeeFury is a Super Mario Brothers/Star Wars mash-up created by MankindRam titled "Super Fettio Bros". Here is the explanation from the artist: What if two of every kid's heroes were actually the same guy? Well this design came from a love of old school Nintendo Games and I mean…
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An Education director Lone Scherfig just finished shooting her romantic drama One Day, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. The film is based on the novel of the same name by David Nicholls (who also wrote the screenplay) in which a pair of lovers reunites every year for two decades. But they see each other…
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One of the more unusual projects in the long list of potential films for Steve Carell is a dramatic feature based on the documentary Of All the Things, which chronicles an unlikely tour of the Philippines undertaken by songwriter Dennis Lambert. We heard about this project in May when Warner Bros. started negotiating a deal…
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If the Star Wars blu-rays didn't seem like exciting enough news for you, this might be the report you've been waiting for. We've heard for some time that George Lucas was prepping 3D versions of his signature franchise, with one of the primary holdups on the release schedule being the number of 3D screens in…
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David Fincher's The Social Network may be my favorite film of the year, but the score that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross wrote for the film is also phenomenal. I had the chance to speak with Reznor yesterday for an exclusive, 50-minute interview, in which we discussed his creative process at length and previewed several…
Read MoreJonathan Levine has signed on to direct Richard Aleas' hardboiled crime novel Little Girl Lost for Universal Pictures. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World screenwriter Michael Bacall will pen the screenplay adaptation You might remember that Levine is the director of one of our favorite films of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival -- The Wackness. The…
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We're not trying to overwhelm you with bits and bites about the production of the fourth Mission: Impossible film; it just happens today that there have been a couple new pieces of info that were spaced just far enough apart. In addition to the report of the film shooting soon in Dubai, we know now…
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The cast of Sherlock Holmes 2 is starting to come together, and since the first film began production two years ago, the biggest question mark in franchise lineup has been the actor who will play Professor Moriarty, the arch-nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. Brad Pitt was once rumored in the role, after reports surfaced claiming that…
Read MoreMagnolia Pictures has released the first three minutes of the documentary adaptation of the bestselling nonfiction book series Freakonomics online. Even though the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April to mixed reviews (60% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes), I'm still interested to see this film based purely on the filmmakers involved. The documentary…
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Briefly: A few weeks of the shooting schedule for the fourth Mission: Impossible film will take place in Dubai, the emirate's media office said today. "The latest installment of the globally renowned action thriller 'Mission: Impossible,' starring Tom Cruise, will be filmed in Dubai within the coming few weeks," the office announced. Note that the…
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In June of this year we got word that the long-rumored TV-to-film version of The Equalizer was actually moving forward with Russell Crowe attached to the role originated by the late Edward Woodward. At the time there was no script, and there is still no script, but that could change soon. Paul Haggis, who just…
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With the rumor that Darren Aronofsky is one of the key names on the Superman director shortlist being explored by Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan, this additional rumor was probably inevitable. So roll this around in your head for a minute: Natalie Portman as Lois Lane. It's a great rumor, if only that it would…
Read MoreAnyone who reads /Film knows that I love long form interviews with great filmmakers. David Fincher doesn't do a lot of long form interviews, which is a shame. The filmmaker recently sat down with Todd McCarthy at the New York Film Festival for a 50 minute Question and Answer session which he talks about everything…
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Terrible news today, as the LA Times reports that Sally Menke, the editor who cut all of Quentin Tarantino's films, was found dead this morning. She had disappeared while hiking yesterday, and an extensive search of Griffith Park was undertaken by police after friends reported her missing. Her body was found at the bottom of…
Read MoreBack to the Future-themed Halloween costumes have been done many times before. I've seen many many Marty McFlys, a bunch of Doc Browns, a couple Biffs and Griffs, and even one guy dressed as a DeLorean time machine. But this must be the first time I've seen anyone dress as the Flux Capacitor, the device…
Read MoreSesame Street recently featured a segment featuring Jonah Hill and Elmo talking about mustaches. Mustaches? Jonah Hill? Elmo? All in one video clip? Hit the jump to watch it now.
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There's a chance that many of our readers weren't able to see Back to the Future upon the film's original release in 1985, in which case you'll be happy to know that the AMC theater chain will be showing a digitally remastered presentation of the film in late October, to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary.…
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Maggie Grace, of Lost and Taken, is the latest addition to the ever-expanding cast of Breaking Dawn, aka the final two films in the Twilight series. Grace will play Irina, "a member of the Denali coven, considered cousins to the Cullen clan as the only other "vegetarian" vampire group. When Irina blames the Cullens for…
Read MoreFantastic Fest has announced the list of award winners for the 2010 festival. Jang Cheol-so's Bedevilled won the audience award, Miguel Ángel Vivas' Kidnapped won Best Horror Film, and Sound of Noise won Best Picture in the Fantastic Features category. Read the full list of winners after the jump. FANTASTIC FEST 2010 ANNOUNCES THE FANTASTIC…
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There's a great deal of Tron Legacy information hitting the web this week, because over the weekend Disney showed a chunk of the film to some editors at a press day in Los Angeles. Most of the film's creative talent was on hand, too. So now we've got some new comments from director Joseph Kosinski,…
Read MoreWarner Bros has released a new movie trailer for the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature adaptation Yogi Bear on IGN.The first teaser trailer went online in July -- if you missed it, click here (or maybe don't). Hit the jump to watch the new trailer now. The film stars Rachel (Anna Faris), as a nature documentary…
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Many of you might be wondering what Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski has planned next. He is wrapping up production on the computer animated film Rango, and it doesn't look like the Bioshock movie adaptation is going to happen. Word has it that Verbinski might again reteam with Johnny Depp on a…
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Greg Berlanti is the co-writer/producer on The Green Lantern and The Flash, the latter of which he's also a potential director. He recently directed his second film, Life as We Know It, and has been making the press rounds to promote it. Naturally, everyone is more interested to learn about his work on Green Lantern…
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Who will direct Superman? That's one of the big, burning questions at Warner Bros. right now as Christopher Nolan works to oversee the development of a new film. There's a shortlist of sorts floating around that includes names such as Tony Scott, Matt Reeves, Duncan Jones, Zack Snyder and Jonathan Liebesman. Some of those directors…
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After seeing Iron Man 2, I was struck with the unfortunate realization that the odds of an Avengers movie being a serious disappointment were far greater than it being an actually good movie. It was hard enough for Marvel to balance Tony Stark as the central character in his own sequel; how could they possibly…
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If the Joel and Ethan Coen version of True Grit wasn't among my most anticipated films of 2010, it would be now. The teaser trailer for the film has just been released, and it impresses with a collection of stunning images, some deliberate references to the 1969 John Wayne version, and a lovely hymn used…
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Yes, you read that headline correctly. The most recent director for Kane & Lynch, Patrick Alessandrin (District 13: Ultimatum) has walked. This is only the latest directorial change for the video game adaptation that is to star Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx. Previous possible directors included Wayne Kramer and F. Gary Gray, and those men…
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It's getting ugly in Middle-Earth. Despite the fact that the future status of The Hobbit has not yet been determined as MGM struggles back to solvency, work on the film has moved forward. But an actors' organization in New Zealand is pressuring Peter Jackson and the production to draw up a new contract "providing minimum…
Read MoreDid you know that Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar, Fast and the Furious) is starring in an action remake of Orson Welles 1941 classic Citizen Kane titled Citizen Jane? Me neither. The first mention of the project was in a press release issued earlier this month for Rodriguez's appearance at Fantastic Fest, a boxing fight with Alamo…
Read MoreWe don't usually post many video clips from upcoming films on the site, we would rather let the trailers and tv spots do the convincing and not spoil the movie. But I feel like a lot of people are still not interested in seeing The Social Network despite both great glowing reviews all-around and David…
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Daniel Radcliffe's first film gig after the Harry Potter series wrapped is a starring role in Woman in Black, an adaptation of a Susan Hill story that is being produced by the relaunched Hammer Films. The first shot of Radcliffe in costume is now floating around, and you can see it in full after the…
Read MoreAs you know, Blockbuster has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Consumerist has posted a graph which they have titled "Everything You Really Need To Know About Blockbuster's Bankruptcy". An extreme oversimplification, but amusing none the less.
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I'm still more interested in the music for Tron Legacy than any other single aspect of the film. Written and performed by French electronic duo Daft Punk, the score will now release on November 22, almost a month before the film's debut on December 17. The bits we've heard from the score sound perfect for…
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A few weeks ago it was reported that Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro spends time each week at DreamWorks Animation developing upcoming projects, acting as a creative consultant on several specific projects. This entails helping out on design or story, and other things he's executive producing and developing, none of those projects…
Read MoreThe Walking Dead fan Daniel Kanemoto decided to create an animated title sequence for the upcoming AMC-produced Frank Darabont adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s zombie comic book series. The fan made title sequence uses artwork "ripped from the pages of the comic, originally illustrated by Charlie Adlard and Tony Moore.” Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof even commented…
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You may not know Armie Hammer's name or face, but you will soon. Hammer, who's primarily been acting on TV until this point, will be appearing as the Winklevoss twins in David Fincher's upcoming film The Social Network. In the film (and in real life), Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss -- both Harvard students and future…
Read MoreIt's only day two of Fantastic Fest, and I'm already falling behind (which might have more to do with being at the tail end of a 30 day film festival trip than anything else). On Friday, I inadvertently decided to sleep in as a result of the Mother's Day midnight screening the night before, which…
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Like J.J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro is all about creative fertilization. He's quite selective about the films he plans to direct, but if he sees potential in a project that a budding filmmaker is trying to get off the ground, he will do all he can to make that project a reality. This was true…
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If nothing else, the Sherlock Holmes films are becoming a haven for fun casting inspirations. Case in point: Stephen Fry has been cast to play Mycroft Holmes, the older and equally brilliant brother of Sherlock, in Sherlock Holmes 2. Fry revealed to the BBC: I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film…
Read MoreFantastic Fest 2010 began with a bang. Matt Reeves' Let Me In served as the opening night film at the Paramount theatre in downtown Austin. You can watch my previously recorded review/reaction to the film here. In his opening night introduction, Fantastic Fest founder Tim League ripped off a velcro-suit to reveal a "not-so-modest Viking…
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Mark Ruffalo signing on to play the Hulk for Marvel's upcoming The Avengers was a good move. Given that Edward Norton wasn't coming back, I don't think the studio could have gone with a more interesting choice than Ruffalo. He's a great, nuanced actor who will hopefully have the room to make his own mark…
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Though he's been announced as attached to a few projects over the past couple years, Lawrence Kasdan hasn't written or directed a produced film since Dreamcatcher in 2003. (He has done script work, like the polish on the script for the action version of Paradise Lost that Alex Proyas just signed to direct.) But now…
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Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody, the duo behind the camera on Juno (OK, two of many people behind the camera on Juno) are coming together once again to make a film called Young Adult, based on Cody's screenplay. The film is about a woman who returns to her high school town, where she tries to…
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Briefly: The cast of Super 8 has been revealed quickly over the past week, as the film just started shooting. AJ Michalka (The Lovely Bones) said today that she is among the cast. Also cast are Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning along with Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich, Gabriel Basso, Joel Courtney, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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Tom Cruise already has his team of new and returning operatives set for the next as-of-yet-untitled Mission: Impossible movie—Jeremy Renner is his right-hand man, Paula Patton is a young female operate (can we expect a romantic entanglement of some kind? Probably), and Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg are returning to their former roles—but what good…
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Briefly: It's almost difficult to believe that Emma Watson's only live-action film role has been Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. (She did voice a character in one animated film, The Tales of Desperaux, which is the break the Potter-only streak.) Now, with the Potter series all but wrapped and the core cast starting…
Read MoreIt's no secret: we're seriously anticipating AMC's new show The Walking Dead, based on Robert Kirkman's comic series of the same name. Frank Darabont directed the pilot and is exec producer of the series, and the first trailer for the series looks fantastic. Now there's a sizzle reel for the show which has interview clips,…
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IFC has already decided to stand behind Tom Six's sequel to his well-publicized horror manifesto The Human Centipede (First Sequence), and today released a teaser for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). That title refers to the fact that, in this film, there are many more people joined end to end to create a much…
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Last night there was word that Sony may just be interested in Emma Stone for a lead female role in Spider-Man. (Mary Jane Watson we'd presume, and she'd be perfect for it.) Now there's also a report that Stone is circling the female lead role in Sony's 21 Jump Street, which directors Phil Lord and…
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Has it been three/four years already? That must mean it's time for another Christopher Guest mockumentary. That's still a call for celebration, no? Though the filmmaker's last effort, For Your Consideration, may not have been too warmly received, one misstep can't sour the name of a man who has proven himself so reliable in the…
Read MoreWest Virginia-based artist Glen Brogan recently created an an awesome Back to the Future: Part II graphic for the UK-based Front Magazine. You can see the full image after the jump. I wish this image was available as a print, but I've been, so far, unsuccessful in getting a response from Glen on Facebook about…
Read MoreNO PHOTO Joe Johnston is directing Captain America: The First Avenger right now in Manchester, and to say that the Manchester locations are not closed sets would be something of an understatement. Two days ago we saw a video walkthrough of the dressed streets, and there has been a steady stream of photos showing a…
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Even if you've never played any of the video games from the Raving Rabbids series, there's a good chance that you've caught some of the wacky antics that can be expected from them during a commercial break or two. The series is a spin-off of the Rayman line of games, and is based around a…
Read MoreOneCoolThingADay has found a pretty cool short film titled Your Lucky Day directed by newcomerDan Brown (not the author) and featuring Rider Strong (Boy Meets World, Cabin Fever). The fifteen minute short tells the story of an elderly man who discovers he's won $156 million in the lottery. A megaball drawing sends a convenience store…
Read MoreAmazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day is The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray on sale for $36.99, 56% off the retail price of $85. The deal is only good until the end of the day, so act fast! The set includes: Remastered feature with Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Commentary by…
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Usually when the central protagonist is absent from the latest entry in a franchise, that's a sign that it's on its last legs, and the studio is making a last-ditch attempt to milk it of all its remaining worth. One might've thought that was the case with Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, but lo and…
Read MoreDarren Lynn Bousman's Mother's Day premiered in the midnight movie slot at Fantastic Fest. Bousman is a music video turned feature director who broke into the movie business on the Saw series sequels, and most recently helmed the low budget adaptation of the musical Repo! The Genetic Opera (which was dumped at the box office…
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Drips and drabs of information about Christopher Nolan's Superman film have been leaking out for months now. While the David Goyer-scripted film has always sounded intriguing, today we got an even better idea of what direction Nolan is going in when news broke of the five directors that were on Nolan's short list to potentially…
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Sony has been remarkably good so far about keeping details of the upcoming Spider-Man reboot totally quiet. We know that Andrew Garfield is set as Peter Parker. (After seeing him in The Social Network, you'll probably really understand why.) But that's just about all we know. Who is the villain? What character will be the…
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James Gandolfini is about to start work on Violet & Daisy but is lining up work to take on after that film wraps. One possibility is Great Hope Springs, the matrimonial drama that will re-team director Mike Nichols and Meryl Streep. Jeff Bridges was one possible candidate for the same role over the summer, but…
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Angelina Jolie is prepping her directorial debut, a romance set during the early '90s Bosnian War. Jolie also wrote the script, and is now finalizing the cast for the picture, which begins shooting shortly. In the female lead, as a Bosnian woman who falls for a Serbian man on the eve of the war, Jolie…
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We once wondered if Emily the Strange would be the first movie adapted from a sticker. (Because Mr. Yuk: The Movie! remains stuck in development hell.) Now the answer appears to be 'yes,' as Universal has taken the rights to the character, and young Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass, Let Me In) is attached to play the…
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How did a third Bill and Ted movie become the '80s sequel that keeps coming up? Is there that much nostalgia for the middlebrow comedies of twenty years ago? Evidently so, as Keanu Reeves said during the Toronto Film Festival, "I’d love to play the role, I’d love to work with Alex [Winter] and [writers]…
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To the surprise of no one who has been paying attention to the current state of the DVD rental business, Blockbuster today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Saddled with a rather large debt, the one-time titan of the rental industry will seek to reorganize and carry on. The LA Times reports that this filing…
Read MoreIn late 2009, screenwriter Derek Haas (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma, The A-Team) created a website called Popcorn Fiction, which he described as "a place where new popular short fiction could flourish, and Hollywood could have a new resource for cultivating great ideas." Haas commissioned some very talented screenwriters to pen stories for the site, including…
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Or so a headline trumpets in The Hollywood Reporter. Veronica Mars is the TV-to-film project that has been the subject of nearly as much speculation as Arrested Development, but every time creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell talk about a possible film, it always comes down to one thing: Warner Bros. holds the rights…
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Tom Hooper's film The King's Speech won the People's Choice Award (aka top prize) at the Toronto Film Festival, and wowed audiences just a week prior at Telluride. Now there's a trailer for the picture, which suggests that the film is every bit the crowd-pleaser it is said to be. I can't wait to see…
Read MoreMany of you probably noticed that Iron Man 2 was missing a sequence that was prominent in the trailers: a moment on an aircraft where Pepper kisses Iron Man's helmet before throwing it off board and Tony dives to retrieve it as he makes his entrance into Stark Expo. Director Jon Favreau has said that…
Read MoreOne of the infographics making its way across the interwebs this week is "The Economics of Star Wars". If you haven't yet seen it elsewhere, hit the jump. Via: Personal Loans
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The second season of Community premieres tonight—Thursday, September 23rd 8/7c, to be exact—but first it will be testing its luck with a Twitter experiment that it's calling a "Twittersode". Using faux Twitter feeds for the show's characters, a scene will be acted out consisting of 80 tweets in all. Learn more after the break. Variety…
Read MoreEnglish writer and director Mike Le Han's latest project is a short period film titled Mrs. Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room, which he hopes to submit for the Bafta and Oscar in 2011. Shot earlier this year, the dark fantasy short is about "a little girl who meets Mrs Peppercorn a shop owner set in a…
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UPDATE: Without any explanation, Deadline's story no longer mentions Matt Dillon, but does say the other male role is not yet cast. More info as we get it. Original article follows. Over the past year we've known that Roman Polanski was prepping an adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning play God of Carnage. And once free…
Read MoreEntertainment Tonight has run another of the show's patented breathless behind the scenes first looks, this time for Scream 4. The clip is online and shows that, yep, it's a Scream movie. The footage primarily shows a lot of running around a large suburban house, with the masked Ghostface chasing potential victims. It's for franchise…
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Earlier this week the rather promising story cropped up that J.J. Abrams and collaborators Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec were pitching networks on a new show with comedy elements that would star Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn from Lost? Well, NBC has gone for the show. There's no season order yet (way too early for…
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Not long ago, Rob Zombie said that he'd soon be announcing his next directorial project. And now the info is out. It isn't the remake of The Blob, nor Tyrannosaurus Rex. No, it's a film called The Lords of Salem, about what unfolds when an group of witches plague modern-day Salem. Deadline says that Zombie…
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The final chapter of the Harry Potter saga is upon us, and Warner Bros. has already unveiled a trailer chock full of quick-cut epic imagery to promote the dual-movie event. Now, the studio has released another trailer for Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—this time providing a much better look at the…
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Move over Bride Wars, you have competition. The film is Engagement Games (previously titled Wedding Games), and it's a comedy about "three sisters who get engaged at once and will stop at nothing to get their mother’s wedding ring." But wait, there's more! "The dad settles the dispute with a game of 'Family Olympics.'" Why…
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Korean director Kim Ji-woon may be poised to reach a more mainstream audience than ever before. You can get his tremendously fun The Good, the Bad and the Weird on DVD now, and Magnolia/Magnet just picked up his new thriller I Saw the Devil for North American release in the wake of a successful showing…
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Difficult to believe that, just as Joe Wright's film Hanna, about a teenage girl trained as an assassin, is readying to hit theaters, post-production will be under way on Violet & Daisy, about two teenage girls trained as assassins. And now, confirming a report from a few days ago, we know that Alexis Bledel will…
Read MoreDisney have finally revealed the official logo for Pixar's Brave (formerly titled The Bear and The Bow). Hit the jump to see the logo in higher resolution. Click on the logo below to enlarge: Brave (formerly titled The Bear and the Bow) is Pixar's first fairy tale, from acclaimed filmmaker/writer Brenda Chapman (The Prince of…
Read MoreWarner Bros/New Line has released a press release announcing the start of principal photography on Final Destination 5, which includes the first official plot synopsis: In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man's premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But…
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We just saw the nifty, Saul Bass-ish poster for the Fantastic Fest presentation of Red White & Blue, which is one of the four festival films that IFC Midnight is bringing to VOD this week alongside their FF showings. Now there's a trailer for the film, and seeing the footage on display here makes the…
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Several months back, somebody asked Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige if Iron Man 2 side character and The Avengers team member Black Widow (played by Scarlett Johansson) would be getting her own solo outing, to which he replied that it was "definitely possible". While more revelatory than a flat "no", that response doesn't mean much…
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There aren't enough Guy Pearce movies. You can see him right now in a small but powerful part in the Australian crime picture Animal Kingdom, and he'll soon show up in the remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. And now he's been cast, along with four other actors, in a comedy called Mis-Fits.…
Read MoreNO PHOTO Just Jared has published photos of Brad Bird (Iron Giant, Ratatoullie, The Incredibles) and Tom Cruise doing location scouting for the fourth Mission: Impossible film, which plans to shoot under the working title Aries starting on December 6 and going through early March 2011. The film is set to co-star Jeremy Renner as…
Read MoreFilmmaker Matt Reeves is now on Twitter, you can follow him @mattreevesLA. And as always, you can follow us on Twitter at @slashfilm. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Reeves co-wrote a script that eventually became Under Siege 2: Dark Territory and made his feature directorial debut with The Pallbearer. The film screened…
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The body-switching comedy is a minor sub-genre that will never die. Every five years or so we're bound to get a new story in which two people switch bodies so that hilarity may ensue. They may be a pair that are young and old, male and female, or hot and... not hot. In the case…
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Whether or not you've ever been on a set, there's always one universal rule: no photos or videos. And that goes doubly for a film with as much anticipation and buzz at Marvel Studio's Captain America: The First Avenger starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and directed by Joe Johnston. Well, rules are meant to be…
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Briefly: Jim Carrey is starring in an adaptation of the childrens book Mr. Popper's Penguins, which is set to shoot in New York. (Based on some photos I saw yesterday, the film may be shooting now, or very soon.) And now Carla Gugino has taken up a role in the picture. Variety summarizes the film's…
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The only film more secretive than J.J. Abrams' Super 8 may be the so-called Cobalt Neural 9, which we've been more expansively calling the 'Wachowski Siblings Gay Iraq War Romance.' We've known only the barest details about the film, but a big new report has come to light, claiming to offer a lot more details.…
Read MoreAs you know by now, Telltale Games is developing a series of new episodic video games based off the Back to the Future franchise. Christopher Lloyd has reprised his role as Doc Brown in the games, providing his likeness and recording a bunch of new dialogue. After the jump you can see some images of…
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Did we really need another film rendition of Hamlet? Probably not, but I'd be lying if I said Emile Hirch and Catherine Hardwicke's "suspense thriller" take on the material didn't intrigue me at least a little, if only to see how it'd turn out. Alas, looks like we'll never know. For reasons that haven't yet…
Read MoreOne of my favorite pop culture artists in a cartoonist named Dave Perillo. You've seen his work featured in many past editions of Cool Stuff and all those Crazy4Cult art show pieces. I just love his retro style, and have at least ten of his prints hanging on the walls of /Film HQ (well, actually,…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg has dismissed the upcoming David Fincher film The Social Network as a work of fiction, and has even said that he has no interest or plans to ever see it. However, the Facebook co-founder and CEO was supposedly spotted at a Washington-based screening of the film last night. We have found a couple…
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Well this would be an unexpected turn of events. Nothing is set in stone—meetings are currently taking place, and Summit is looking over their options—but David O. Russell is a leading contender to direct Under Cover, the high-concept Jim Carrey comedy we reported on last month. The film is about “a recently divorced father of…
Read MoreThis is not a Funny or Die or College Humor created parody/sketch. The college students in Lincoln, Nebraska decided to create a stage musical adaptation of Steven Spielberg's big screen adaptation of Jurassic Park. The 45-minute not quite ready for Broadway production can be watched online. Hit the jump. Part 1: Part 2: via: Reddit
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Most of DC Entertainment, the newly reorganized company that is comprised of a large multimedia division and the DC Comics publishing enterprise, is being moved from New York to Burbank, in the Los Angeles area. There's a lot of musing about what this really means for the future of DC Comics and the related properties…
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Clint Eastwood still hasn't got a final signed deal that will have Leonardo DiCaprio playing legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, but the film Hoover is still moving forward. There's a report now saying that Joaquin Phoenix is Eastwood's top choice for another role in the film: associate FBI director and reported Hoover paramour Clyde…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. COMMUNITY (SEASON 1) It's been asserted more than once that Community didn't start becoming good until well into its first season, and…
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Who wants to see Michelle Rodriguez beat up Tim League? Well, it's probably going to happen at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this week (which Tuesday announced that 13 Assassins would be its closing night film). Rodriguez vs. League is the main event of the annual Fantastic Debates party, where film journalists and filmmakers debate…
Read MoreWith the end of Howard Stern's five year contract approaching (December 2010), XM/Sirius Satellite Radio must decide if it is worth resigning the "shock jock" or risk loosing the 8-10 million subscribers (about half of the company's total revenue). Stern has hinted on air that he will likely explore alternative options, which probably won't include…
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Doesn't it feel like Buried should be out by now? The film premiered at Sundance in January and we've been featuring posters and trailers for the film seemingly every few weeks. Well, the time is finally here. The film, starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Rodrigo Cortés, opens in limited release this Friday, September 24…
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Louis CK's Hilarious was one of my favorite films at the Sundance film festival this year. I can't remember the last time I've been reduced, so thoroughly, to a useless pile of tear-filled laughter than when I watched this concert film. For months now, I've been wondering whatever became of Hilarious, but fortunately I've had…
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I'm at a loss to explain why the 'dark fantasy' genre has gained as much steam as it has, but adding blood and boobs to classic stores definitely floats a lot of folks' boats. (Yeah, I know, just answered my own question there.) So there's an edgy adult version of Snow White in development, called…
Read MoreGnomeo & Juliet isn't a bad concept. What if garden gnomes came to life when people aren't around kind of like the toys in Toy Story. The idea is to use this concept to introduce Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet to kids. The film appears to go wrong is in the execution. The computer animated…
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Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas is mere hours away and we've got a look at some of the awesome poster art from Mondo that will be on sale at the event. There are posters for Let Me In and Rubber both by /Film favorite Olly Moss, Roger Corman (co-winner of this year's Fantastic Fest Lifetime…
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One vaguely disappointing aspect of Christopher Nolan's film Inception was that, despite a lengthy video-game inspired training sequence in which Leonardo DiCaprio teaches Ellen Page how to physically manipulate a dream world, there isn't much of that large-scale manipulation in the scenes that follow. (There's a lot of flying about, yes, but not so much…
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Briefly: Last time we heard about Kevin Smith's 'religious horror' film Red State, the cast was being assembled and Kevin Pollack had been offered a role. Now things have moved right along, and the film is actually shooting. Cameras are starting to roll this week, and just in time for that milestone, Smith has added…
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Most excellent. While at the Toronto Film Festival promoting Henry's Crime, Keanu Reeves once again confirmed that a third Bill & Ted film might be in the works. "We're trying," he said. "Alex (Winter) and I are still friends and we're talking and we're talking to Chris (Matheson) and Ed (Soloman) and they're gonna try…
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After only one episode, HBO has seen to it that Prohibition era Atlantic City is going to see a second season. Boardwalk Empire, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Mark Wahlberg, Terence Winter and Tim Van Patten premiered Sunday night with 4.8 million viewers (and up to 7.1 million after two repeats). That was the network's…
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Earlier this year, Legendary Pictures announced that the company is in development on a new Godzilla film. The best part of that news release was that Legendary seems determined to not repeat the mistakes of the forgettable 1998 film directed by Roland Emmerich. The new film is still without a director, and we don't know…
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In addition to working on new Wallace & Gromit shorts, the great Aardman Animation studio has a couple other projects in the pipeline. One is a stop-motion film called Pirates!, of which we've heard little since the film was announced in April '09. Also announced in spring of last year was Arthur Christmas, a CGI…
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Robert Zemeckis has been hinting for years about the possibility of a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel. In April 2009 he said that he had a good idea for the second installment; on July 22nd he said he'd been discussing the film with Bob Hoskins; and later that month he revealed that the original screenwriters…
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Ryan Reynolds has a huge slate of projects lined up, which has led to obvious questions about whether any one or the other might have to give way due to scheduling issues. His two big comic book-derived films are Deadpool, long in development, still without a director, tangentially related to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and possibly…
Read MoreAMC has released and awesome new poster for its upcoming small screen adaptation of The Walking Dead, which premieres Halloween night, October 31 at 10pm. Executive produced and written by three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile), The Walking Dead tells the story of "the months and years that follow after a…
Read MoreWhen Gallery 1988 announced the line-up for Crazy4Cult 4, I was excited to pick up a print of Michael Steele's Back to the Future 2 tribute piece "Where we're going, we don't need roads." But when the show opened, it turned out that Steele's artwork was not made available as an print. And the original…
Read MoreSometime between the moment I stepped onto the airplane in Moscow Russia and arrived in Austin Texas, a new international trailer was released for David Fincher's The Social Network. You probably know by now that I loved the film and gave it a glowing review in my early reaction, and David Chen called it "a…
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If you are reading this site and haven't read Ender's Game, you should go out and do that right now. Seriously. I mean, it's a precursor to so many books, video games and movies that we cover it would be futile to try and list them all. Unfortunately, though, this seminal work has always had…
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Briefly: Sadly, The Tall Man is not the name of a sequel to Phantasm being directed by Martyrs director Pascal Laugier. It is the name of Laugier's next film, which already counted Jessical Biel as the lead. Now the film, a suspense thriller, also boasts Jodelle Ferland (Eclipse, Tideland) and a handful of other actors.…
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Since the day Iron Man 2 opened, fan speculation has run rampant over the cleverly integrated easter eggs that snuck their way into the film. Now, some of that speculation can be put to rest as director Jon Favreau provides confirmation on what's what in the scene featuring Tony Stark and Nick Fury discussing the…
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I'm not sure how seriously to take this notion right now, but there's yet another report that Drew Goddard's script based upon the forthcoming Daniel H. Wilson novel Robopocalypse could be a Steven Spielberg film after the director finishes War Horse. This isn't the first we've heard about Robopocalypse. DreamWorks bought the rights to the…
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Fitting for a film that finds Tim Burton returning to where his career first began, the Hot Topic-favorite director has a voice cast in place for Frankenweenie 3D that will reunite him with some familiar faces. To recap: the film is a stop-motion Disney animated feature, based on his '80s black-and-white short about a boy…
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With cameras beginning to roll on Super 8, the new film from J.J. Abrams, expect the trickle of news about the secretive production to widen at least to a free-flowing stream. We've just seen some spy pics of prepped exterior locations, and learned that Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning were among the more famous cast…
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There's a new trailer for the indie romantic drama Stuck Between Stations, which stars Josh Hartnett, Zoe Lister Jones and Sam Rosen. Brady Kiernan directed the film, which is named after the opening track on The Hold Steady's 2006 album 'Boys and Girls in America.' Check out the trailer after the jump. I've watched this…
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Two posters for Extraterrestrial, writer/director Nacho Vigalondo's follow up to the awesome 2007 film Timecrimes, are now online. The director announced that he would be making the film this summer and while very little is known about the Spanish language alien invasion flick, the posters do give us a little bit more information. Hit the…
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Unless there's a Spider-Man or Evil Dead musical to write about, Broadway really doesn't come up too much here at /Film. Well, another big time film is getting the song and dance treatment as Catch Me If You Can is now officially coming to Broadway on April 10, 2011 with previews starting March 7, 2011.…
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This is my favorite news so far today: Clint Mansell will provide the score for Source Code, the second film from director Duncan Jones. Mansell is the composer who has worked on all of Darren Aronofksy's films, and whose score for Jones' debut feature Moon was a tremendous contribution to that film's atmosphere. The news…
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UPDATE: We've got the full press release with the full, official list of extras and a hi-res version of the cover art after the jump. The cover of Monday's USA Today Life section has some exciting news. They announce that Scott Pilgrim vs. The World will hit DVD and Blu-ray on November 9 with "deleted…
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There's yet another addition to the ever-expanding cast of Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class, which is currently shooting in the UK. Alex Gonzalez has signed on as Riptide, a character who debuted during the mid-'80s as a henchman to the villain Mr Sinister in the comics. There was a point where Kevin Bacon was rumored…
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The top prize awarded at the Toronto International Film festival is an interesting one, because unlike many other festivals which use a jury to award the biggest prizes, TIFF's top honor is an audience award. This year, audiences in Toronto gave the People's Choice Award to The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George…
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Though it's probably not playing in a theater near you anymore, many of us can agree that Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is still near and dear to our hearts. The Blu-ray release can't come soon enough so we can pour over every frame and see all the wonderful things that director Edgar Wright placed…
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Bad news: according to Jeremy Renner, Paul Thomas Anderson's next movie, tentatively called The Master, has been delayed for the foreseeable future. The film, which would parallel the development of Scientology and follow, in particular, the rise of an L. Ron Hubbard-like figure, has run into problems that Anderson 'couldn't overcome.' The Playlist grabbed quotes…
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Briefly: I'm convinced that J.J. Abrams has a closet packed with Abrams clones, as that is the only possible explanation for the steady stream of news we've had lately about new projects from the guy. The latest is a report of an Abrams pitch for a new TV show that would reunite Lost's Terry O'Quinn…
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Anthony Peckham is one of the credited screenwriters on last year's Sherlock Holmes reinvention and now he's going to have his name on Paramount's reinvention of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character, too. Peckham has been hired to polish up the draft of the script that will put Star Trek's Chris Pine into Jack Ryan's shoes.…
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Since May, when the trailer for the J.J. Abrams directed, Steven Spielberg film Super 8 was released with Iron Man 2, the whole movie blogosphere has been clamoring for additional information. Last week, news broke that Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning had been cast in the film and today, spy photos have surfaced from Marland…
Read MoreDC Comics have teamed up with Hostess to produce a series of superhero-branded snake cakes: Green Lantern GLO Balls and The Flash Cakes. Photos after the jump. Would you eat Glo Balls or Flash Cakes? Photos by Rickey Purdin, found via ComicsAlliance.
Read MoreAnother week, another amazing Star Wars print by Mondo. Or should we say "prints?" This time, Mondo will be releasing a set of three 8-10 color, 12 x 36 screenprints featuring some of your favorite secondary bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back. Artist Ken Taylor has immortalized Bossk, IG-88 and Zuckuss in painstakingly beautiful…
Read MoreNO PHOTOS We still don't know anything about Terrence Malick's upcoming film The Tree of Life and yet the reclusive director, who has directed only four features in almost forty years, is already shooting his follow up. The untitled Terrence Malick romance, which stars Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Rachel Weisz,…
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In just a couple of weeks, we can all start arguing in earnest about the merits of Let Me In, the new version of Let the Right One In, directed by Matt Reeves. Word out of festivals so far has been mixed to good, with many saying the film stands on its own. Until then…
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The NYTimes has an interesting piece up today about whether Wikipedia should contain movie spoilers in its articles. The Times holds up two exemplars of the trend: the Wikipedia articles for Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap and the recently-released documentary Catfish. Is the online encyclopedia justified in including every single plot detail of every movie…
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Earlier this week a single line in a New York Times piece got my hopes up, by saying that Casey Affleck would soon work again with director Andrew Dominik. That would be a re-teaming of two of the primaries from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. (Affleck played Ford, Brad Pitt…
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James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment is developing a television series based on (or spinning off from) the film True Lies, and the show will now air on ABC. When we reported on the development earlier this past week, we knew very little -- only that Lightstorm and Cameron were producing with Rene Echevarria (The 4400, Castle)…
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The Darkest Hour is Summit's 3D alien attack thriller that started shooting in Moscow earlier this summer. The film's title came true in an unlikely manner, however, and production was shut down due to overwhelming smog from nearby forest fires. Now the production is back on track, so Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby can get…
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The facade of I'm Still Here's legitimacy keeps on crumbling. Following an admittance by director Casey Affleck that the "documentary" was staged and Joaquin Phoenix was acting for the whole thing, it has now been revealed that Phoenix's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman was a put-on, too. The Hollywood Reporter found out…
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The biggest surprise twist at the movies this weekend? Devil, directed by John Erick Dowdle (and "from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan") doesn't suck. In fact, it's actually a fun little horror thriller, if you're into that kind of thing. But what did you guys think? Has M. Night become a better producer than…
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Ben Affleck's The Town opens today and brings with it some high expectations. Affleck's first film, Gone Baby Gone, was widely regarded as an exceptionally strong directorial debut. For his sophomore effort, he returns to Boston with a bigger budget and an even more impressive roster of stars (not to mention a great trailer). Does…
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Almost a year ago there was word that Mark Wahlberg would be producing and perhaps starring in an English-language remake of Reykjavik-Rotterdam, the Icelandic film about "a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route [who] is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems." We've heard almost…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
Read MoreNew York Magazine has an awesome seven page cover story on David Fincher's The Social Network. If you're not yet excited for the movie you should check it out. If you're already excited for the film, the article is a must read. Here are a couple excerpts: The result may be what Fincher kiddingly calls…
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We'll go with 'reportedly' here because the production of J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's film Super 8 remains quite secret. But Vulture's source says the first two name actors cast in the film are Elle Fanning and Kyle 'Friday Night Lights' Chandler. (Guess he's glad he didn't take that job on the show Terra Nova?)…
Read MoreLet's skip the formalities, shall we? Sarah Silverman is co-starring in Sarah Polley's film Take This Waltz, and for the first time in her career, she will be appearing naked. As in: full-frontal nudity. The context of this scene is unknown, but her first line in the film is, "I look in the mirror, and…
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Kevin Flynn, The Man himself, can now grace your desktop, wall or where ever you'd like him to go. The third in a series of TRON: Legacy banners appeared online today and features Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn (not to be confused with his dual role as Clu 2.0, the evil/younger CGI version of Flynn…
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Avatar might be the only movie in the history of this site where nearly every bonus feature on its Special Edition release has been deserving of its own separate article, but I suppose that's just the sort of movie that Avatar is. The two big items so far have been the 16 minutes of new…
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Just about every development on Tomas Alfredson's film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy seems to be a good one. The cast is a knockout (Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Ciaran Hinds) and now there's another good name on board, as Mark Strong has signed to appear. We don't know his…
Read MoreScreen Gems has released a movie trailer for their new horror/thriller The Roommate. The film stars Minka Kelly as a college student named Sara who finds her safety jeopardized after she's assigned to a dorm room with a new roommate, Rebecca (played by Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester). The film co-stars Alyson Michalka (Easy A, Bandslam),…
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We've seen a few splashes of concept art for Panzer 88, the film to be directed by Peter Briggs with Gary Kurtz producing and effects by WETA. It's great-looking stuff, showing the intersection of detailed WWII recreation and what appears to be some supernatural element. Now Peter Briggs is allowing more concept art out into…
Read MoreUniversal has released a movie trailer for Ron Howard's new comedy The Dilemma, which stars Vince Vaughn as a guy who discovers that the wife (Winona Ryder) of his best friend (Kevin James) is cheating on him (with a guy played by Channing Tatum) and is unsure how he should break the news. And, to…
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Briefly: There's a new Pinocchio film brewing (not the stop-motion one that Guillermo del Toro has talked up) and Bryan Fuller of Pushing Daisies has been hired to write the film for Warner Bros. Variety doesn't have too much more detail, but says that the film was inspired by the success of Tim Burton's Alice…
Read MoreComedian and actor Steve Martin joined Twitter this week and already has almost 100,000 followers. You can follow him now @SteveMartinToGo. And remember, you can always follow /Film for the latest news updates and more @slashfilm.
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Early this year /Film broke news of a potential collaboration between director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) and Ben Stiller on The Voices, the 2009 Black List film about a man who takes advice from his cat and dog on how to cover up a murder. Looks like about half that…
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Fans of the 1982 Ridley Scott classic Blade Runner have some money to spend. The Astor Theater in Australia, which recently put out some awesome posters for Die Hard and Predator, is screening the film from September 30-October 3 and their partner site Tommy Good had artists Tim Doyle and Godmachine create really sick poster…
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In case you haven't heard, actor Stephen Tobolowsky and I do a podcast for /Film called The Tobolowsky Files, which has been the subject of some humbling praise recently. While we're currently on hiatus until October, that didn't stop the folks at The New York Times from taking note of Stephen's amazing storytelling (which has…
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We've waited a very long time for Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails to score a major motion picture. (He oversaw the soundtracks and contributed music to films like Natural Born Killers and Lost Highway, but those weren't full scores.) That Reznor would score David Fincher's The Social Network seems somehow perfectly fitting. A film…
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"Dad, you were like a father to me." Did you watch the first trailer for Due Date, the new Todd Phillips movie starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, and think: "I really need to know more story?" Then trailer number two, which is right after the break, is made especially for you. This is…
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Here's something refreshing from Mark Millar: he's talking about a movie that he's actually making, rather than one that might get made. In this case, he's talking up Miracle Park, the low-budget film that Millar is actually directing right this very minute. It's a superhero thriller that he calls "Trainspotting meets X-Men." Millar told Empire…
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There wasn't a whole lot of enthusiasm when another action-movie rendition of The Nutcracker was announced last year, and I'm not convinced that this trailer for The Nutcracker in 3D is going to change any minds. The film is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which later…
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The performance of Machete has had a good effect on Danny Trejo. He's getting cast more often than ever right now. His latest resume addition should be Tarantula, an 'indie biker thriller' in which he'll co-star with Erin Cummings. (And in this case, it's the movie that is indie, not the bikers. Maybe an important…
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Here's some news that could be eerily on point: Peter Morgan, the guy who wrote The Queen, is now going to write about the band Queen. (That's not the on-point part, but it is a good factor.) More specifically, he's writing an as yet unnamed biopic of Queen singer Freddie Mercury. Even better: to play…
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Chances are, if you were born in the last 30 years, you've either heard of or read one of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books. The series, which features horror stories for kids, contains over 150 books which have sold over 300 million copies worldwide. The only bigger young adult publishing franchise is Harry Potter. Columbia Pictures…
Read MoreThreadless has revealed some new movie parody t-shirt designs earlier in the week. The designs include a Star Trek-inspired zip-up hoodie titled "Traditional Greeting" designed by Paulo Bruno, available for $40, and a Robocop-inspired design titled "Robocup" by Jakub Gruber, available for $18. See the full designs after the jump.
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Well, that was fun while it lasted. After months of speculation, actor/director Casey Affleck has finally come out and confirmed what many have suspected for a long time: the Joaquin Phoenix documentary, I'm Still Here, is fake, and not much more than one long, elaborate performance. The NYTimes has the story, and gives a few…
Read MoreTale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. A studio re-releases a hugely successful property back into theaters to milk the audience for every extra dollar they can. Recent examples include 20th Century Fox with Avatar and Star Wars, Paramount with Grease and now Disney is doing it with the 1991 classic Beauty…
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Keeping up with the output of Japanese director Takashi Miike can be a difficult task. He's slowed down somewhat in recent years, with only two films this year and two in 2009. But he's still one of the most prodigious filmmakers alive, with a habit of burning like a wildfire through one feature project after…
Read MoreNO PHOTOS Production on Paul W.S. Anderson's 3D The Three Musketeers is in full swing and more photos from the set have appeared online. Last week, the first batch of images surfaced and this second wave features Orlando Bloom in a stunning pompadour as the Duke of Buckingham, Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as Cardinal Richelieu…
Read MoreMicrosoft reported today that the new Halo game Halo: Reach generated more than $200 million worth of sales in the U.S. and Europe on its launch day. $200 million is a lot of cash, bigger than the opening of any Hollywood film in the history of cinema... right? It seems like every year a big…
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The director of Dark City is ready to take a trip to the darkest city: Hell. Alex Proyas, who also directed I, Robot and Knowing, has signed on to direct Paradise Lost, a film based on the epic 17th century poem by John Milton. It'll be produced by Legendary Pictures who has a production and…
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In the off again, on again relationship between Hollywood and Voltron, it seems the film might actually be on again. A pair of awesome concept images have just surfaced attached to an upcoming pitch by Atlas Entertainment. Screenwriters Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (Conan, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune) are reportedly part of the deal and if…
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J.J. Abrams just keeps coming out with awesome stuff. He's executive producing Undercovers, which premieres September 22 on NBC, Super 8 is in currently in the works, there's that Jonathan Nolan show he'll a part of and, of course, we all are waiting for more news on Star Trek 2. But, in the meantime, it…
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I'm not sure how Jeremy Renner is going to be able to shoot all the films that are on his plate (Mission:Impossible reportedly shoots from Dec 6 to March 7) but he's still set to star in Better Living Through Chemistry, and Jennifer Garner will now play the lead female role opposite Renner. THR summarizes…
Read MoreDanny Boyle's new film 127 Hours premiered at the Telluride Film Festival to rave reviews (including my own). Last week we published an interview with Aron Ralston, the man who survived 127 hours after a boulder trapped him in an isolated canyon and inspired the film. Today we bring you an interview with filmmaker Danny…
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If director Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel wasn't ridiculous enough for you, he's now made a deal with Paramount to bring Spike TV's documentary series Deadliest Warrior to the big screen. For those unfamiliar with Deadliest Warrior, the show analyzes warriors throughout history and their weaponry/armor, and depicts anachronistic dramatizations of two…
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Update: I've spoken with a rep at Overture, who denies that there is any story here. Not a huge piece of info here, but there's a report from The Playlist that Steven Soderbergh's film Haywire (formerly Knockout) is leaving LionsGate for Overture. Ryan Kavanaugh produced the film and now owns Overture, which he picked up…
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The Social Network is a marvel of meticulous construction. At no point during the film's 2+ hour runtime did I feel as though it was anything less than a masterwork of two creative artists - director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin - at the top of their respective games. There has been a lot…
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Things are starting to look up at The Toronto International Film Festival. Before today, you could count the amount of films that had been picked up by studios on your hand. One of the lucky ones was Super, James Gunn's dark comedy about a misfit superhero. The film performed so well with audiences at its…
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Paramount Pictures have finally released the first movie trailer for David O Russell's The Fighter. For those who haven't been following the project, here is a recap: Darren Aronofsky was originally scheduled to direct, but switched over to The Wrestler. The film tells the story of Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), a real life boxer-turned-trainer who…
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One would think after Universal dropped the definite article from the title of The Fast and The Furious movies, that would be the end. But then Fast and Furious, the fourth film in the series, went on to gross $155 million including an insane $70 million opening weekend and everyone knew the fifth one was…
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The mob movie takes a comedic, family turn with Down Terrace, a film from director Ben Wheatley starring real life father and son pair Bob and Robin Hill. Currently sporting a gleaming 87% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this British crime dramedy has been playing the festival circuit for the past year and will finally…
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As far as confirmed characters in The Avengers go, the only member of the team whose costume has yet to be revealed is Hawkeye, the orphan who goes on to become a master archer. We've seen Captain America's costume in action, and we've gotten an early look at Thor's, but what sort of outfit will…
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The deals just keep coming out of the Toronto Film Festival. Earlier this week James Gunn's Super was purchased by IFC, Sarah's Key starring Kristin Scott Thomas was picked up by The Weinstein Company (who also grabbed Dirty Girl with Milla Jovovich), Kevin Spacey's Casino Jack was picked up by ATO Pictures and Sony Pictures…
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We haven't heard anything serious about The Change-Up since March. It is a body-switching comedy to be directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) with Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman as the guys who switch meat suits to comedic effect. Now there's a leading lady: the increasingly in-demand Olivia Wilde. Deadline says that Wilde will be…
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That loud 'thwack!' you just heard was the sound of thousands of fight enthusiasts face-palming in unison. As part of Sony's continuing program to make money off the same audience that turned Paul Blart: Mall Cop into a big hit, the studio is developing a new, as yet untitled comedy that will see Kevin James…
Read MoreColumbia Pictures have just launched an interactive trailer for David Fincher's The Social Network, which is said to include around 40 factoids (with links to articles, soundbites, video). Much like the movie, the information comes at you fast and furious. It's almost impossible to click, read, listen and watch all of the bonus content in…
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In the last couple of months, Ryan Reynolds has been attached to a huge series of films as both actor and producer. The effect of all that is two-fold: his management and reps are obviously determined to make him huge, for one. And, more important to some fans, we've wondered if all the other work…
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Disney's next animated film is Tangled, which retells the classic Rapunzel story with a distinctly Pirates of the Caribbean, 'maybe boys will see this' vibe. We've seen a couple of teasers, some clips and plenty of art from the film. Now there's a full trailer, which gives a much better idea of what the film…
Read MoreWe missed this a few weeks back, but I thought it might still be worth posting. The guys at Cracked have an old school Clerks-esque discussion about why they think Back to the Future is secretly horrifying. While I don't agree with many of their nitpicks, it is still an interesting watch. Hit the jump…
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Briefly: M Night Shyamalan and Media Rights Capital are moving full speed ahead with the 'Night Chronicles' series, audience laughter at trailers for Devil be damned. (And, honestly, I half expect the people that see Devil to come away liking it. But we'll find out soon enough.) A while back, Buried screenwriter Chris Sparling was…
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I'm half amazed that cameras even managed to roll on The Tourist, much less that there is now a trailer. The film, which was finally directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp plus co-stars Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell and Timothy Dalton, took so long to come together, with so many…
Read MoreAfter screening an early cut of The Social Network, I had the opportunity to ask director David Fincher a few questions about the film. While I did meet the filmmaker in person, we conducted the mini Q&A over e-mail as Fincher was already in Sweden in preproduction on his next film, a big screen adaptation…
Read MoreYesterday, I attended the premiere of Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony at the Toronto International Film Festival. The 27-year old USC film school graduate and son of television actor Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) is probably best known as the director of the popular Clark and Michael web series which starred Michael Cera…
Read MoreChris Wahl has created a Calvin and Hobbs/Star Wars mash-up t-shirt titled "Chewie and Han". Available in a variety of colors for $21.73 on Red Bubble. See the full design after the jump. via: shirtoid
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Briefly: Quite a cast that Nicolas Winding Refn has assembled for Drive: Ryan Gosling is the disaffected stuntman by day, getaway driver by night, and Carey Mulligan is the woman whose boyfriend (Oscar Isaac) initially gets Gosling's character into the underworld. Then add Albert Brooks as the antagonist, with Christina Hendricks and Bryan Cranston on…
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I've got a feeling that this is a little like Aliens vs Predator: whichever wins, we lose. A couple days ago there was word that Andy Fickman (The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain) would direct Anna Faris in TMI. That's the Kirsten Smith and Marc Klein script originally said to be about two “just…
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In preparation for the film's imminent opening, Sony and Screen Gems have put the first ten minutes of Will Gluck's high school comedy Easy A online. The movie stars Emma Stone as Olive, a girl who sorta accidentally gets a reputation, and features Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm…
Read MoreJohn Carpenter is a celebrated filmmaker who frequently has worked in the sci-fi and horror genres. He is one of the brand name filmmakers from the 1970's-80's. His filmography includes Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, many of which have…
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Fair warning: this teaser trailer for Roland Joffe's Spanish Civil War tale There Be Dragons has actually been online since the summer, but we'd completely missed its existence until the recent launch of a new website to promote the film. Joffe's film sounds superficially like it falls right into the middle of a classic conceit:…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. GLEE (SEASON 1) A year—that's all it took for my opinion on Glee to change from "yay" to "bleh". Last time I…
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Briefly: Terry Jones -- the Monty Python member who directed The Life of Brian, not the nutter who wanted to burn the Qu'ran in Florida -- is preparing to make his return to the director's chair with Absolutely Anything. The film will star John Oliver, recently known as the Senior British Correspondent (among other titles)…
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Oliver Hirschbiegel, director of Downfall, hit a little career snag with The Invasion, but started to rebound with Five Minutes of Heaven, and may still be prepping to shoot The Angel Face, about a German mafia hitman. And now he'll reportedly also direct The Dark Side of the Moon, based not on the Pink Floyd…
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Yes, you read that right. You are reading a post about a trailer for a book. But not just any book. This is a goosebump-inducing trailer for Del Ray Books The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back by J.W. Rinzler. He's the guy behind the amazing books The Complete Making of Indiana Jones:…
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Fans who can't make it to Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas from September 23-30 will be able to catch four of the movies playing there from the comfort of their own couch. IFC Midnight, a new genre label of IFC Films, will simultaneously premiere four films at the genre film festival and also on demand…
Read MoreWe'll probably be talking a lot about At the Mountains of Madness over the next year, as Guillermo del Toro prepares the project and, if things go well, the cameras roll. We've already heard a bit about the film from producer James Cameron's perspective, but now Guillermo del Toro has explained some of his approach…
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Call this as you'd like -- either it is a weird confluence of events, or a sign that the pieces are really coming together at MGM. We just reported on the story that Sam Mendes had taken himself off the director shortlist for The Hunger Games so that he might be free to shoot the…
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...aaand we're back with another maybe-accurate report on plans for The Hobbit, courtesy of Sir Ian McKellen. This latest 'news' comes via statements the actor made to The Bolton News, to which he said he is definitely returning as Gandalf, and that "the aim is to start filming in January." Last time we heard anything…
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In less than two weeks, you're effing out. Eastbound & Down, the hilarious HBO comedy series starring Danny McBride as cocky former professional baseball Kenny Powers returns on September 26 at 10:30 p.m. to the delight of fans who have been waiting 18 months since the end of season one. The second season sees a…
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We've seen a poster and a trailer for Tekken, but does anybody want to see Tekken itself? Anchor Bay Films seems to think so, and that's why they're granting the film a wide theatrical release in 2011. Screwy business decision, or calculated risk? Check the box office breakdown after the break. Coming Soon reports the…
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Oren Moverman's Rampart is one of the films I'm most excited about that hasn't been shot yet. Why? Because Moverman wrote and directed a fantastic picture in The Messenger, and then you team him up with James Ellroy and Ellroy's long-standing interest in the Los Angeles Police Department. Mix in Moverman's leads from The Messenger,…
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Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) is looking like the man who'll get the job directing The Hunger Games, a film based on the first of three novels by Suzanne Collins. The story is a sort of Running Man +/- Battle Royale, and has been the impetus for a rat race between directors as diverse as Ross,…
Read MoreKevin Pollak must have made an impression with his work in Cop Out—the most recent (and least satisfying) of Kevin Smith's films—because now he's been offered a part in Red State, Smith's tale about a group of kids who encounter "a crazed preacher (based on Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church) who gives…
Read MoreRichard Ayoade's Submarine is the kind of film I hope to discover at film festivals and share with friends. Based on the Curtis Brown Prize-winning novel by Joe Dunthorne, this dark indie comedy is about a 15-year-old boy who "must fight save his mother from the advances of a mystic and simultaneously lure his eczema-strafed…
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The books of Elmore Leonard have been source material for a wide variety of films good and bad, from Out of Sight, Rum Punch (aka Jackie Brown) and Get Shorty, to losers like Be Cool, Killshot and The Big Bounce. Now one more is being added to the pile, as Walter Matthau's son Charles Matthau…
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The Steven Spielberg-produced show Terra Nova is going through a few changes. It looks to be adding a notable actor, Stephen Lang, at the same time as it loses a key behind the scenes player in executive producer David Fury. Deadline has the lowdown on both the coming and going, saying first that Stephen Lang…
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In smaller groups, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, and director Martin Scorsese have together made some of the best crime films of all time such as Goodfellas, The Godfather Part II, Heat, Raging Bull, Mean Streets and Casino. Well, if the rumors are true, these four Oscar winners might soon be teaming up…
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Jackass 3D hits theaters on October 15 and promotion is kicking into high gear. Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and the gang can be seen in the new Weezer video and Sunday night before the MTV Video Music Awards, they premiered a brand new clip from the movie. Check it out after the jump. That…
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Anyone clamoring for a sequel the 2003 comedy Johnny English is in luck. Not only is Johnny English Reborn now shooting in the United Kingdom, but it will now co-star Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Dominic West (The Wire), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day) and Daniel Kaluuya alongside Rowan Atkinson as the title character. It'll be…
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Since he emerged as a possible new leading man in Anton Corbijn's 2007 Ian Curtis biopic Control, Sam Riley has taken his time fulfilling that early promise. He's finally about to hit screens with a couple of new roles in Brighton Rock and 13, and he's now shooting the decades-in-development adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel…
Read MoreDC Comics' Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo have created a tribute to Calvin and Hobbes starring Superman/Batman super villains Lex Luthor and the Joker, included in the 75th issue of Superman/Batman. Check out the whole strip after the jump. Click on the below image to view the whole comic strip in higher resolution on imgur…
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I'm again breaking the general (if rather loose) /Film mandate against posting clips to present to you the first clip from Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours, which in the past two weeks has been taking the festival circuit by storm. And by ambulance: at screenings during both the Telluride and TIFF festivals, audience members…
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When it was announced a few month back that Josh Brolin was circling an upcoming Jason Reitman film, it was assumed that he was referring to Young Adult, the Diablo Cody-scripted, Charlize Theron-starring film that tells the story of "a divorced writer who returns to her hometown and forces herself into the life of her…
Read MoreWhen Joaquin Phoenix last spoke with David Letterman, the bearded actor was awkwardly silent, slightly abrasive and stuck his gum underneath Dave's desk. Well, the actor turned rapper turned star of the documentary I'm Still Here will be making a triumphant return to The Late Show With David Letterman on September 22. He'll be there…
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Word on Monsters, the very low-budget film from director Gareth Edwards, has been generally very positive as the film plays festivals and starts to make its way out into the world of regular audiences. Now, in advance of the film's opening, Edwards already has a follow-up project in the works: a sci-fi epic set in…
Read MoreAdd yet another gorgeous young victim to Ghostface's murder list. Aimee Teegarden, also known as Julie Taylor on Friday Night Lights, has been cast in Wes Craven's upcoming Scream 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The horror sequel written by Kevin Williamson is scheduled for release April 15, 2011. Teegarden will appear along with returning…
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For years, various participants in the James Cameron film True Lies -- primarily Tom Arnold -- have talked up the possibility of a sequel. So far it's been nothing more than talk, though James Cameron himself has dropped hints about the possibility of a second film that continues the story of a family man (Arnold…
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When is a motion comic not a motion comic? When it is an 'illustrated film.' I'll leave it to you, our readers, to ponder the difference between those terms while you think about the upcoming illustrated film version of the comic Hack/Slash. A film based on the comic has been slowly working through development for…
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If you read that Saoirse Ronan is going to star in a film about a teenage killer, you might immediately flash back to news about Hanna, the film directed by Joe Wright in which Ronan plays a 14-year old trained by her father to be a killing machine. That film is dated for 2011, and…
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So Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman are moving forward with their ambitious plan to make several films and a TV series in order to adapt Stephen King's series of Dark Tower novels. It could be some months before we get any really substantial news on the project with respect to casting and so forth. In…
Read MoreBefore my film festival trip began, I was lucky enough to be invited to a sneak preview of David Fincher's latest film The Social Network. I've been embargoed not to talk about the screening... until now. The cut we saw was not the final version, as a few sequences still required color correction and the…
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In the past couple years, Christian Slater has been seen much more on TV than in films, and quite a few of the films he has made, well, have been...underexposed. (Show of hands: who saw Lies & Illusions? That's what I thought.) But perhaps Playback will fare better than most. Or maybe not: Slater will…
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To call Guillermo del Toro "prolific" becomes more of an understatement each and every day. He's got Julia's Eyes at the Toronto Film Festival and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark coming out early next year. Then he's attached to co-write/produce The Haunted Mansion and direct At the Mountains of Madness with James Cameron producing.…
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Co-writer Damon Lindelof and producer Bryan Burk have already weighed in on the Star Trek sequel, and now co-writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, as well as expected director (at the very least producer) J.J. Abrams, are sharing what they have to say about it. Should we be expecting Khan or Klingons in the sequel?…
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For the past few months, word has been kicking around Louisiana that William Friedkin would be shooting a new film with Matthew McConaughey called Killer Joe. And now the news is official; Friedkin has lined up McConaughey and Emile Hirsch for the film, which will shoot late this fall. THR says that a November 8…
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Briefly: With studio box office estimates putting the weekend haul for Resident Evil: Afterlife at $27.7m domestic and a total of $73m worldwide, it's no surprise that there's already a promise of a fifth film in the series. "This new Resident Evil is the first one to ever open at number one worldwide. It’s the…
Read MoreIn June, we posted a short teaser trailer for HBO's upcoming fantasy series Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice. The teaser trailer didn't reveal much, just a few glimpses of what we can expect. HBO has released a second teaser trailer which shows…
Read MoreClint Eastwood's new film Hereafter is one of the most talked about films going into this year's festival. When the schedule for the festival was announced, it featured one sole performance, and no press screenings. Industry bloggers threw a fuss and Warner Bros responded that they planned to have a press screening sometime on the…
Read MoreSuper, which played like gangbusters at its Midnight Madness premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival (though Peter wasn't quite so enthusiastic about it), has found a home at IFC Films. The film is the first to walk away with a major studio deal since the festival kicked off, and it will likely be one…
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With the choice of lead role for Alfonso Cuarón's 'Castaway in space' film Gravity hinging to a great degree on a bankability index, it's something of a surprise that Sandra Bullock's name didn't come up as a serious first-pick choice until now. With Warner Bros. reportedly nervous about the idea of an $80m sci-fi film…
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Mickey Rourke is no stranger to playing a bad ass killer. In fact, it's kind of his bread and butter. So it makes sense that the Oscar nominee been cast as Richard "The Ice Man" Kuklinski in The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, an adaptation of a book by Philip Carlo. Hit…
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Now that Toy Story 3 has broken all kinds of box office records, it's time to conquer the home market. While the November 2 release date and extra features had already been announced, today we can finally see what Pixar has in store for collectors. The packaging for The Ultimate Toy Box Collection (not to…
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We should soon start hearing about Mitch Glazer's film Passion Play, which screened for the first time last night right before James Gunn's Super. Passion Play stars Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox and Bill Murray, and sounds like a messed-up carny-flavored romance. In the meantime, in the absence of a trailer, there's a clip online, and…
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In an interesting and slightly surprising move, the Venice Film Festival jury headed by Quentin Tarantino has awarded the Golden Lion to Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere. (Trailer here.) The film got mixed to positive notes out of the fest, but Tarantino said today, "This was a film that enchanted us from our first screening...Yet from…
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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Meet Sherlock and Watson. Noomi Rapace, who played the now iconic character Lisbeth Salander in the original film version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, just signed to play the female lead in Sherlock Holmes 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Swedish star will appear…
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Reviews have been pouring out of Telluride and Toronto for Never Let Me Go, the Mark Romanek-directed adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel. (Peter's review is here, and a two-part interview with Romanek is here and here.) The consensus isn't uniform, but those who like the movie seem to really like it, which is always a…
Read MoreOverture Films/Hammer Films have finally premiered Matt Reeves' big screen adaptation Let Me In, a remake of the critically acclaimed book/2008 Swedish film Let The Right On In. Many of you might be curious how this film ended turning out. I know a lot of people were angry this was even being made in the…
Read MoreI was one of the many who really loved James Gunn's Slither, and have been highly looking forward to his follow-up. Super premiered on Friday night as part of the Midnight Madness line-up of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Rainn Wilson as a man who decides to become a super hero after…
Read MoreDeadline is reporting that Disney has hired William Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, to adapt the graphic novel Oblivion for Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski. In addition to The Departed, Monahan has writer credits on Kingdom of Heaven, Body of Lies, Edge of Darkness and the upcoming London Boulevard, which he will make…
Read MoreToday at the Toronto International Film Festival I saw the big screen adaptation of It's Kind of a Funny Story, the next movie from Half Nelson writer/directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck. I recorded a video blog reaction with my thoughts on the film with Steve from Collider. Watch it now after the jump. Here…
Read More/Film is proud to announce that we're adding another blogger to our ranks: Germain Lussier. A New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Cinema Studies program graduate, Germain has written for the Times Herald-Record, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Premiere Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Collider. He is also a regular film contributor on…
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For the past decade, film screenings at the Alamo Drafthouses in Austin, Texas have gained legendary status in geek culture. Stars show up to premiere films there, incredible posters are designed for many of the screenings, cult classics are paired around specific foods or themed events, not to mention it's the birthplace of the Rolling…
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There's a new character banner for Tron Legacy showing some in-detail art of Olivia Wilde as Quorra, the 'woman' who helps Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) find his way through the film's computerized world. Not that there's been any lack of Tron marketing materials, but at this point, why not throw one more your way? (Completists…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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Is this a Clint Eastwood movie or one by M. Night Shyamalan? OK, I'm kidding, and now that I've completely stacked the deck against Hereafter by even mentioning that name I guess I should backtrack. Clint Eastwood has called Hereafter his 'chick flick.' It features Matt Damon as a retired/reluctant psychic who brings together a…
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The Toronto Film Festival is just getting underway, and already one film has been picked up for Us distribution. Sarah's Key, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, was picked up by The Weinstein Commpany today as the first official buy of the fest. More info on the film after the break, along with good breaks for Barney's…
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Douglas Trumbull, the special effects supervisor for Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey, is making a film about the making of 2001. Called Beyond the Infinite: The Making of a Masterpiece, Trumbull's film draws on his own experience, a decade of interviews conducted by David Larson, and a wealth of original production materials and…
Read MoreDarren Aronofsky gives an insightful interview to our friends at MakingOf about how he got into filmmaking, created his first film, submitted movies to film festivals before the wonders of the internet, and the importance of originality and creating a story that comes from within. Watch the video embedded after the jump.
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This past summer, Warner Bros. hired on the screenwriters of The Green Lantern (Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim) to pen drafts for The Flash and a Green Lantern sequel. This says a lot about how satisfied the studio must be with their work, since Green Lantern hasn't even hit theaters yet. So where…
Read MoreToronto-based artist Ken Turner has created a six minute stop-motion animated film titled "Tim" about a boy named Timothy Gray, who "wants to be just like Tim Burton when he grows up." The film is kind of a tribute to Burton and the power of movies. I love the character and production design, but wish…
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In some rural communities, arguments are brewing. Energy companies are renting and buying space to erect 40-story windmills to generate electricity. It seems like an easy financial windfall for some -- get paid for doing nothing. But there are concerns: how do the machines affect wildlife, and the quality of human life? And is the…
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Briefly: The cast of My Week With Marilyn continues to grow, if slowly. The film recreates events that took place when an assistant to Laurence Olivier spent time with Marilyn Monroe while his boss and the actress were making The Prince and the Showgirl. It has Michelle Williams as Monroe and Kenneth Branagh is set…
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OK, it's not film news, but this is definitely entertainment. Julie Taymor and her producers have been working for over a year to mount a Spider-Man musical on Broadway. Subtitled Turn Off the Dark, the show features music by Bono and The Edge of U2, and stars Reeve Carney (Peter Parker), Jennifer Damiano (Mary Jane…
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Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel defined the televised movie review, so in the wake of the demise of the last version of At the Movies, it is wonderful and appropriate that Ebert is bringing At the Movies back to television. Even better, Roger Ebert Presents: At the Movies will go back to the show's original…
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I never had the stomach to check out Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, but from some of the reviews I read/watched, it sounds like I didn't miss too much. There was one element of the film I was always curious about, though: the performance of Chris Klein as detective Charlie Nash. Evidently, it was…
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The past decade has not been kind to John McTiernan. After a career making a name for himself with movies like Predator, Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October, his only two efforts of the last ten years—Rollerball and Basic—have been critically reviled, and they didn't perform so hot at the box office, either.…
Read MoreAfter the Telluride Film Festival premiere of his latest film, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview director Mark Romanek for a long-form interview. It was a collaboration between Alex from FirstShowing and myself, which explains how we were able to get so much time with the filmmaker. Mark Romanek is one of…
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Just in case you haven't yet gotten your fill of trailers, clips and posters for Let Me In, Cloverfield director Matt Reeves' adaptation/remake of Let the Right One In, Overture has released more of each to make sure that you do. Check them all out after the break. First up is another international trailer, courtesy…
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A teaser trailer showed brief snippets of some of the traps that have been given the 3D treatment in this seventh and final entry into the Saw series, and now Lionsgate has provided a better look. Check out the full trailer for Saw 3D after the break. Yahoo! Movies has the trailer, which you can…
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Funny or Die Presents director Matt Piedmont will soon be directing Will Ferrell in the Spanish-language comedy Casa de mi padre. That's odd enough, and now Ferrell has two great co-stars: Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who are making quite the career of working in films together. (They've acted opposite one another in Y…
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Here's something a little different from Screen Gems, which is far better known for mid-budget genre fare like Resident Evil and Priest than a movie about a country singer trying to get her career back on track. But looking at this trailer for Country Strong, you might make the argument that this movie is courting…
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So what's this new David Cronenberg film The Dangerous Method all about? We know it is based on Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure, and that it concerns the early friendship and working relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), and the young woman (Keira Knightley) that came between them. For…
Read MoreIt is the opening day at the Toronto International Film Festival and this morning we screened, back to back, two movies directed by Affleck brothers: Ben Affleck's The Town and Casey Affleck's I'm Still Here. Hit the jump to read my mini review for The Town or watch some video reactions I recorded after the…
Read MoreIt is the opening day at the Toronto International Film Festival and this morning we screened, back to back, two movies directed by Affleck brothers: Ben Affleck's The Town and Casey Affleck's I'm Still Here. Hit the jump to read my mini review for I'm Still Here or watch some video reactions I recorded after…
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One of the surprise hits of Comic Con was the eight minutes of footage shown from Jackass 3D. I didn't get to see the clips, but heard nothing but raves -- reportedly, the stuff is pretty out there, humor-wise, and exactly what you'd want from a 3D Jackass film. Now you can see some new…
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This is the sort of demented horror brilliance that could only hail from Europe. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a Finnish film from director Jalmari Helander, presents its own warped take on the jolly Christmas saint. In this version, Santa Claus isn't so nice. Hell, he's downright nasty—and he means business. Twitch Film—always reliable when…
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Briefly: This one is pretty insubstantial, so I'm not going to ask too much of you. We know that Marvel is interested in making a film starring Doctor Strange, aka the 'sorcerer supreme' of the Marvel superhero universe. And we know that it'll be one of the first Disney / Marvel films. But we don't…
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Changes are afoot for By Virtue Fall, the movie written by Sheldon Turner which will also mark his directorial debut. The film is about "a man who is framed by his mentor and winds up in prison. Once released, he’s fixated on getting revenge on his former partner, who has flourished in his new life…
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J.J. Abrams is one busy dude. One would think he'd be spending his time prepping his upcoming monster movie/Spielberg tribute Super 8—and he is—but it's hard to imagine how he has time to do that when all he seems to be doing is helping get other people's ideas off the ground. The Ausiello Files is…
Read MoreThe world seems to have gotten tired of M Night Shyamalan's films and the filmmaker does not understand why. College Humor has created a faux movie trailer for a Charlie Kaufman-esque film starring M Night as himself, trying to figure out the big twist t the end of his career. What could it be? Watch…
Read MoreAmazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day today is How I Met Your Mother: Seasons 1-4 for $59.49, 63% off the $160 list price and Daria: The Complete Animated Series for $26.99, 63% off the $73 msrp. Act fast as the prices will disappear at midnight tonight.
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We've already seen a couple trailers for the DreamWorks animated film Megamind, in which Will Ferrell voices a super-villain pitted against his super-heroic arch rival, voiced by Brad Pitt. Now there's a third trailer, which actually shows off some of the film's story, which is based on a sort of twist that the previous clips…
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Hopefully you've managed to see Hunger, the quite excellent film about IRA prisoner Bobby Sands and the hunger strike he mounted against his jailers. Hunger was directed by Steve McQueen and was the film that really made a broad audience acknowledge the capabilities of actor Michael Fassbender. And now the two are reuniting for Shame,…
Read MoreWe've presented the trailer for Scott Stewart and Paul Bettany's Priest, their follow-up to Legion, once before. But that was a not-quite-official trailer release that was soon pulled. Now Sony has really released the clip, and you can check it out to see just how WTF this particular genre exercise really looks. Think of a…
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Over the past week there have been rumblings that Apparition was shopping the Terrence Malick film The Tree of Life to new distributors. There was no word on who might bite, but for the past few days it has seemed like something was about to happen. And now Fox Searchlight has announced that it will…
Read MoreKevin Tong's "redrawn" poster for Duncan Jones' Moon will go on sale today (9/9/10) at a random time after 12 pm PST on Kevin Tong's online store. The poster is screen printed with three colors, one of which is a metallic blue, on 24 x 36 inch white 100 lb cover stock paper. They are…
Read MoreAfter the Telluride Film Festival premiere of his latest film, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview director Mark Romanek for a long-form interview. It was a collaboration between Alex from FirstShowing and myself, which explains how we were able to get so much time with the filmmaker. Mark Romanek is one of…
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Nicolas Chartier, the producer of The Hurt Locker who made waves last Oscar season when he was barred from the ceremony after sending a few emails urging people to vote for The Hurt Locker, is producing a new indie drama starring Keanu Reeves. The title is the not terribly convincing Generation Um. Mark L. Mann…
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There are great things going on down in Austin, TX at the Alamo Drafthouse. Founder Tim League has created one of the country's more popular film festivals in Fantastic Fest, which kicks off soon, and he's planning to expand the Drafthouse to other cities. But first he'll be bringing films to the entire country through…
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Drive is shaping up to be one of my most anticipated movies of the coming years, and most of that anticipation is based strictly on the casting. The actor line-up so far includes Ryan Gosling in the lead role, Carey Mulligan (An Education) as a potential love interest, Albert Brooks as the antagonist, and Breaking…
Read MoreFinally, someone has released a worthy Star Wars prequel. But it comes in the form of a Star Wars fan film, an animated short film titled The Solo Adventures which was created for the Star Wars Fan Film Movie Challenge. The film, directed by Daniel Smith and Jeff Scheetz, won Best Animated Film at Celebration…
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OK, well, I was weak and edited the full (if light) expletive out of the headline. The real name for the new comedy that will star Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari is Olympic-Sized A**hole. The two are working together in Ruben Fleischer's new film 30 Minutes or Less, and on the set of that film…
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In April of last year, Dead Snow director Tommy Wirkola dropped a weird bomb: his follow-up film would be Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, which catches up with Hansel and Gretel fifteen years after a witch tried to turn them into dinner. We haven't heard much about the film since screenwriter Dante Harper was hired…
Read MoreNO PHOTOS A great number of set photos have surfaced in recent weeks for Captain America: The First Avenger, but we haven't posted most of them. For the most part, we've avoided the pics because they're dull, empty set shots with no context and, more important, no Captain America. These shots are different. They don't…
Read MoreThe first reviews for The Town, the Ben Affleck-directed big screen adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel The Prince of Thieves, have hit the internet. I, like many others, was extremely impressed by Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, and it looks like he may have stepped up his game with his The Town. So…
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A movie version of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series has been in the works for a few years now, and for most of that time, it was expected that J.J. Abrams would be directing. Those plans fell through though, and the rights to the project were handed off to Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and…
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Can you picture Clint Eastwood wearing Superman's cape and tights? How about enjoying a martini, shaken-not-stirred, while wearing a tux and sporting a Walther PPK? The sight of those outfits on Eastwood might not have been too far removed from reality. According to a recent interview, Eastwood was once offered the roles of Superman AND…
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There's been a lot of back and forth over the possibility of a sequel to Anchorman, but a couple months back director Adam McKay dashed the hopes of fans when he said (via Twitter) that Paramount had passed on the project. That would seem to have been the last word on the subject. I still…
Read MoreNO PHOTOS X-Men: First Class is shooting now, and the first set photos have shown up online. They show January Jones in character as Emma Frost. The pics come courtesy of INF Daily, and what is distinctly interesting about the snaps is that they show Jones in character walking around what seems to be an…
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Wow, this is troubling. The above screencap is from a teaser trailer for an upcoming Uwe Boll film entitled Auschwitz. In it, Uwe Boll plays a German officer guarding an Auschwitz gas chamber. Hit the jump to see the entire teaser for the film, but please note that it is strictly NSFW. A site called…
Read MoreI always thought that Stay Puft Marshmallows were one of the greatest movie marketing tie-ins that never was.... until now. ThinkGeek is selling "Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows". This is a licensed and delicious Ghostbusters collectible. Unique, rubbery box can be reused, and each mallow has over 100mg of caffeine. Available for $19.99 on ThinkGeek.…
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Yesterday there was a rumor, sourced from the UK tabloid The Sun, that Martin Freeman was being courted to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and that he'd turned down the role because of his commitment to the BBC series Sherlock. I was dismissive of the report because The Sun doesn't exactly have a magnificent…
Read MoreYou might not recognize Fred Fox Jr's name, but he is the screenwriter credited for writing the now-infamous "Hollywood 3" episode of Happy Days which involved Henry Winkler as Fonzie waterskiing over a shark. The term "Jump The Shark", coined by Jon Hein (now of the Howard Stern Show), refers to the precise moment when…
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Briefly: There's not a lot to report here yet, but the website for Daft Punk's soundtrack to Tron Legacy has launched. (EDIT: I was sent some info suggesting that this may be yet another fake Daft Punk / Tron product, but Disney PR says it is real.) The primary benefit of this event is not…
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Pictured above: My reaction to Disney's "Double Rainbow" parody. The window of opportunity to take advantage of an Internet meme tends to be approximately a week or two, depending on the lasting value of the meme, and missing that window can mark the difference between a video/image that's lauded as comedic brilliance and one that's…
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Briefly: Forget about the idea of Robert Rodriguez directing Deadpool -- between Ryan Reynolds' schedule and the fact that Rodriguez has Spy Kids 4 on the docket, things aren't likely to line up for now. (And, after Machete, I'm glad.) So expect to hear a lot of casting news about Spy Kids: All the Time…
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Beloved B-movie actor/God Bruce Campbell is making a sequel to My Name is Bruce. To many that decision may seem odd, considering that not even diehard fans of 'The Chin' were terribly blown away by the first film, and Campbell has been scrupulous enough in his project undertakings that he passed on a sequel to…
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A few weeks ago, we got word that Red director Robert Schwentke was first in line to direct Ryan Reynolds in the supernatural action film R.I.P.D., based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name. Now there's confirmation that Schwentke will in fact direct. The question is: does this, along with the rest of…
Read MoreI must admit, I know almost nothing about We R Animals. Actually... a few minutes ago, I literally knew nothing about the project or it's existence. What a difference a few minutes makes... This could now be one of my most anticipated films in development. Seriously... Found via Twitch, We R Animals is the debut…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. MACGRUBER Not everyone is going to appreciate MacGruber's unabashed clever-stupid comedic sensibilities, and those that do will likely be accused of being…
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Since just after the release of Zombieland, we've known that a sequel is likely to be made. Director Ruben Fleischer is set to return, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wenick were put to work on a script for the follow-up. The original cast (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abagail Breslin) are expected…
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The cast is coming together for Journey 2: The Sequel You Might Not Be Keen to See. (OK, the actual subtitle to the Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel is The Mysterious Island.) Josh Hutcherson, returning from the first film, will be joined by Dwayne Johnson, and now Michael Caine will play the…
Read MoreSome of the items we feature in Cool Stuff are so expensive, we're not sure who can actually afford them. This is one of those items. Sideshow Collectibles has put up for preorder version 2.0 of their life-size Terminator T-800 Endoskeleton. From the sci-fi classic 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day', Sideshow Collectibles is proud to bring…
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Belive this one at your own risk: The Sun in the UK is reporting that, due to his commitment to the BBC series Sherlock, Martin Freeman has turned down an offer to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. The idea that Freeman might be offered the part isn't at all difficult to believe, and he's…
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We've already seen at least two trailers for the festival hit Monsters, directed by Gareth Edwards. Now there's a new green-band trailer, which can be seen after the break. This one (for now) is only available on Hulu, which means it is meant for, and only accessible by North American audiences. Sorry about that; when…
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We've half-joked about Peter Berg's film Battleship, which already boasts a cast including Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rhianna and Brooklyn Decker. That's an odd-sounding cast for a mega-budget film about a battle with aliens. Now a serious name has been added to lend some weight to the cast: Liam Neeson will anchor the picture as…
Read MoreInception has inspired a lot more than just infographics, people are having fun recreating scenes using LEGO. Above you can see a glimpse of -infomaniac-'s recreation of the scene where gravity alters a city street. After the jump you will see a photo of Alex Eylar's recreation of the zero-g/rotating hallway sequence. Get a better…
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I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck's controversial 'documentary' about his brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix has finally premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The early reviews are in, and I've compiled some excerpts for you after the jump. Variety: "Result is an utterly fascinating experiment that apparently blends real and faked material to examine notions of celebrity, mental…
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Dropping the allegorical pretense of Avatar for a film that more directly tackles those same issues of social injustice, director James Cameron will be returning to Brazil this year to make a 3D documentary about indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose the construction of a large dam that will put their land at risk…
Read MoreIn addition to the week long deal on the Die Hard Blu-ray collection for only $33, Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day today is for two television classics: Taxi: The Complete Series for $71.99 and Happy Days: Seasons 1-4 for $49.99, both are 60% off the msrp of $180 and $125.
Read MoreYou might not immediately recognize Aron Ralston's name but you've heard about his story. It was all over the news, turned into a New York Times bestselling book, and adapted for te big screen by filmmaker Danny Boyle. 127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award winning director of last year’s…
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Well, it's not quite a perfect first look, as these photos of Rooney Mara only show her partway through the transformation into the tatted and pierced Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Apparently snapped while the actress was doing motorcycle training for the role, these pics at least give you the basic…
Read MoreLast year it was announced that 20th Century Fox had hired Ridley Scott to direct a series of 3D prequels to the classic sci-fi film Alien. Apparently Scott is about the begin the casting process and has a meeting scheduled with Prince of Persia/Clash of the Titans star Gemma Arterton for the lead female role. In…
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In what could be a (smart) attempt to distance the film from the first failed Judge Dredd movie starring Sylvester Stallone, the upcoming adaptation of the British sci-fi comic series has shortened its title to simply Dredd. Meanwhile, there's also an official synopsis for the film, which you can check out after the break. IM…
Read MoreYum Yum London have released a new short film titled Animated Short No. 1. Yum Yum are Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer, "two designers / directors with a common passion for creating new and exciting things." The short is about the troubles of parallel parking.
Read MoreAfter Angelina Jolie exited Alfonso Cuarón's 3D sci-fi thriller Gravity, the search for a replacement began. Last week, Latino Review learned that the producers behind the project were "interest[ed] in meeting Rachel Weisz for the role." However, Deadline found out that Weisz was just one of the many names on the producer's list of actresses…
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With the lone exception of Speed, the critical appreciation for Jan de Bont's directorial efforts (Twister, The Haunting, Lara Craft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Speed 2: Cruise Control) has never come close to the success that he's found at the worldwide box office—but now he may be aiming to change that. With years…
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I feel for Terry Gilliam. He just can't seem to catch a break, no matter the project. And in the case of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, the film's history has been more storied than most. He's been trying to get the movie made for over ten years, and even got as far as…
Read MoreAnyone who grew up in the 1980's probably had a shelf of VHS tapes just like the ones featured on artist Hollis Brown Thornton's awesome line of gadget skins, VHS Heroes. South Carolina artist Hollis Brown Thornton deploys a “ruthless nostalgia attack” with his artwork VHS Heroes where he captures his (and all of Team…
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Amazon has a new Gold Box Deal of the week: the Die Hard Collection on Blu-ray for only $32.99, 59% off the suggested retail price of $80. The set includes all four of the Die Hard films, and will only be available until September 11th 2010. So act fast.
Read MoreBefore Darren Aronofsky left the stage at the 37th Telluride Film Festival in the introduction of his new film, Black Swan, he apologized to the crowd: "I'm really sorry. I want to apologize for what's about to happen... I didn't know what I was doing..." With that he walked off stage and the lights went…
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There hasn't been much movement on a Halo movie of late—not since G.I. Joe screenwriter Stuart Beattie was revealed to have written a spec script for the film a couple of years back. Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) was supposed to helm the project at one point, but those plans fell through due to its…
Read MoreThis year at Comic-Con, a man wearing a Harry Potter t-shirt stabbed another Comic-Con atendee in the eye before one of the highly anticipated Saturday afternoon panels in Hall. I was there during the incident and was seated only a dozen rows away. I'm a survivor. MightyFine decided to print a t-shirt for fellow survivors…
Read MoreOver the weekend at Telluride, I had the opportunity to meet Andrew Garfield, one of the stars of Never Let Me Go (which I loved), The Social Network (which I probably will love), and will be playing the new Peter Parker in the Spider-Man reboot. Garfield seems like a really nice guy, down to earth,…
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We've known for years that Ridley Scott has wanted to return "to where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created" for his Alien prequels, and bit by bit, he's been expanding on what such an origin story would entail. In an interview with The Independent, Scott spent a great deal…
Read MoreTwo years ago, Danny Boyle came to Telluride to give the surprise premiere of Slumdog Millionaire, a movie which was almost doomed to be a direct-to-dvd but was saved by Fox Searchlight at the last minute. The film played to a standing ovation, and as you know, went on to critical acclaim and Academy Award…
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A lot of you probably might not recognize Mark Romanek's name, but you've almost certainly seen his work. He was probably one of the best music video directors to come out of the 1990's. His videos have included Nine Inch Nails' "Closer", "Scream" - Michael Jackson's grammy award winning collaboration with sister Janet Jackson (at…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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The first image from Source Code, the new film from Moon director Duncan Jones, has appeared online. It's not a staggeringly exciting photo, but it does show Jake Gyllenhaal in character and dual-wielding a gun and cell phone. What's really going on there? No idea. We know the actor plays a soldier who is brought…
Read MoreEvery September, a small rustic mountain ski town in Colorado becomes host to one of the most elite film festivals in North America -- The Telluride Film Festival. My friend Alex Billington of FirstShowing has a theory that most of the good film festivals are hard to get to. Alex's theory is that to see…
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I wasn't too broken up about what happened to Newt, Pixar's now defunct tale about two newts who can't stand each other and then (presumably) fall in love. The premise just sounded too bluntly familiar, and not up to caliber we've come to expect from the studio that brought us Wall-E and Up. When they…
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There's a new Judge Dredd film getting underway, and it's possible that this one will be a lot better, or at least far more faithful to the source comic series, than the '90s film starring Sylvester Stallone as the helmeted, law-giving Dredd. Karl Urban plays Dredd this time out, and now Olivia Thirlby has signed…
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Briefly: Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson is putting together a stellar cast for his adaptation of the John Le Carré novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He's got Gary Oldman in the lead as cold war agent George Smiley, working to uncover a mole in the upper realms of the UK secret service.…
Read MoreMagnolia Pictures/Magnet have released the new movie poster for Gareth Edwards’ new low budget monster movie Monsters. Check it out now after the jump, along with the production notes for the film. Since screening the film at Cannes, we've been hyping the movie (read my mini review here). We called it Lost in Translation in…
Read MoreThe first reviews of Sofia Coppola's new film Somewhere are starting to come in from Venice, and they're quite good. Praise for Stephen Dorff's performance is universal so far, as is an appreciation for the quiet tone of Coppola's storytelling. Let's kick things off with a blockquote from Variety's review, which seems to sum things…
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Two bits of non-movie Harry Potter news here. Recently there had been word that the massive Leavesden Studios in England, wherein much of the Harry Potter film series was filmed, would be turned into a Potter-themed museum and attraction. Now Rupert Grint has confirmed that report, albeit without providing too many details of how the…
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Director Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cite Soleil) suffered a career setback earlier this year when Universal canceled Cartel, the film he was planning to shoot first with Sean Penn, then with Josh Brolin. But he's picking up steam now with Man on a Ledge, which has had Sam Worthington attached to star for some time.…
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Public perception of the M. Night Shyamalan-produced Devil has been pretty low so far. If you've been at a theater that ran the trailer this summer, there's a good chance you heard laughter (or joined in) when the film's trailer culminates with Shyamalan's name. That leaves me wondering how the series of which it is…
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We've been getting a lot of casting info about Final Destination 5, which James Cameron protege Steven Quale is soon directing. Emma Bell from Frozen and The Walking Dead is signing on as the female lead. She'll join P.J. Byrne, Tony Todd, David Koechner, Meghan Ory, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Arlen Escarpeta and Miles Fisher…
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Briefly: Not anything wildly new here, but there's something seemingly appropriate and neat about the Tron logo rendered in Japanese katakana as part of this poster for Tron Legacy. And the design of this poster is kind of wonderfully old-school -- it looks like it could easily be a poster for a film made twenty…
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Add another title to the ever-growing list of meta-films, this one being possibly the most ridiculous of all. It's odd enough that the fake trailer for Machete was made into a movie, but that project had Robert Rodriguez (and a budget) backing it, not to mention it was originally envisioned as a feature-length film prior…
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Why should Robert De Niro be this lucky? He's signed on to be in Manual of Love 3, the third chapter in an Italian romantic drama/comedy series. That's odd enough, but he'll be playing an American professor who is the love interest of Monica Bellucci. If there's a stranger pairing I'm not sure I can…
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If the casting of Tom Hardy in the lead role of Mad Max: Fury Road didn't convince you that this is already a film worthy of your hard-earned cash, maybe this news will. The movie hasn't started shooting yet—it won't until next year—but we now have some numbers to give a sense of the amount…
Read MoreIn May, we posted a faux music video of Arnold Schwarzenegger performing "The Mountains of Mars" from "Total Recall: The Musical". Jon and Al Kaplan have returned with a follow-up, Arnold Schwarzenegger laments his inability to kill in the aria "To Kill Someone Again" from Terminator 2: The Opera. Watch the video now embedded after…
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Early this year, Joe Carnahan revealed one project he wants to make as his follow-up to The A-Team: a film called The Grey. It soon became a Carnahan / Bradley Cooper film, and we even went with the obvious headline 'Bradley Cooper and Joe Carnahan Reteam on The Grey.' Now it's time to rework that…
Read MoreThis report is kind of thin right now, but Collider says that it has sources saying there are conflicting desires for the leading man of Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novel At the Mountains of Madness. The site's report has it that Universal wants James McAvoy (who headed up the studio's film…
Read MoreOne of the many things that makes the Telluride Film Festival more interesting than most other film festivals is that it doesn't announce the line-up until 24 hours before the film festival begins. And even then the festival usually packs a few unannounced surprise premieres. This year's line-up is kind of a let down. A…
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We don't post a lot of clips these days. Mostly because I (and Peter, I believe) try to avoid watching them, so as not to spoil films any more than necessary before we see them. So why am I posting this clip from Let Me In? Because it's part of what we were shown at…
Read MoreNO PHOTOS The first set spy photo has emerged to show Ian McShane in character as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and to complement that shot there's a first-look shot from another ocean-going adventure. Our second groups of set pics show Rhianna in costume for Peter Berg's Battleship. Larger images and…
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Public Enemies screenwriter Ronan Bennett is taking on a potentially loaded project. He'll adapt Dean King's book Skeletons on the Zahara, which tells the story of twelve American sailors who into submit themselves into slavery in Africa after being shipwrecked, hoping that as slaves they'll be given enough sustenance to survive. The story is based…
Read MoreBill Amend's Foxtrot comic strip over the weekend was Inception-inspired, and features references to a bunch of awesome geek film properties. Check it out now on Foxtrot.com. Thanks to Alex Billington for the heads up on this one.
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Cinema has entered a new dawn. It arrived a while ago, actually, and you may not have even noticed. I'm not referring to the recent surfeit of remakes, sequels and adaptations, or the rebirth and subsequent profusion of superhero movies, or even the resurgence of 3D. No, I'm talking about the evolution of a burgeoning…
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The last time we had a check-in on Selma, the civil rights picture director Lee Daniels spent much of 2010 preparing to make, financing was an issue. The director had a script and a cast (Hugh Jackman, Liam Neeson, David Oyelowo, Robert De Niro, Cedric the Entertainer) but money was a problem. Then he was…
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Anthony Mackie is in talks to join Man on a Ledge, the cop thriller that already has Sam Worthington on board. The story kicks off with "a female psychologist and a former NYPD officer who threatens to jump to his death," which sounds pretty eh. But the potential suicide is a smokescreen to obscure a…
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Steve Carell only has one season left as Michael Scott on The Office, and the showrunners are looking for an actor to take over as the show's branch manager. Paul Lieberstein, who plays Toby on the show in addition to being a writer, producer and occasional director, already has someone in mind: Harvey Keitel. Read…
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While the prognosis for the Robocop remake is still uncertain, this should put to bed rumors that director Darren Aronofsky had qualms about going ahead with the film because MGM wanted it to be in 3D. Read what he had to say in response to those claims after the break. In an interview with MTV,…
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Here is a small update to a story that broke last week: Fox has handed in a series commitment to the Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci-produced small screen adaptation of the graphic novel, Locke & Key by Stephen King's son, Joe Hill. Steven Spielberg is involved (via: DreamWorks Television), and Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah…
Read MoreEver since the first test footage from Tron Legacy premiered at Comic-Con three years ago, Disney fans have been talking up the idea of the Mouse House introducing a new Tron ride at the Disneyland/Disney World theme parks. I've told you previously that Disney Imagineers were visiting the set just days before I stepped foot…
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When Lionsgate released the first teaser trailer for the Ryan Reynolds one-man thriller Buried in April, some people complained that it didn't show much. But others argued that it was the perfect tease, a great example of a good teaser trailer. During Comic-Con, Lionsgate released a full length trailer for the film which didn't show…
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What's the saying? It ain't over 'till it's over? Sounds like Disney's sale of Miramax to Ron Tutor and a group of investors is far from over. The sale was announced before all the money was firmly in place, and now two of Tutor's partners have reportedly backed out of the deal. Where does that…
Read MoreToday's TeeFury T-shirt of the Day is a cool Tron parody design titled "End of Line" created by London-based artist Matt Dearden. "All traffic offenders will be subject to immediate de-resolution!" As with any of Teefuy's designs, the t-shirt will only be available today, and today only (Thursday, September 2nd 2010). The good news is…
Read MoreIt's almost like someone knew that info would emerge yesterday that Angelina Jolie had declined (again) to star in Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, putting the project in jeopardy. Because in a script review written just prior to that revelation, the idea of Scarlett Johansson or Blake Lively playing the central role is discussed, and roundly dismissed.…
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We know you have a lot of questions about Marvel's upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger. Top of the list probably isn't 'how does this film tie into the other Marvel films?' and yet that's the question that is being answered for now. Director Joe Johnston is talking about the tie-in moments, and the answer…
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A couple weeks back, there was some really early word that Barry Levinson would be making a film with sci-fi overtones. Called Isopod, the movie was reportedly a thriller that would shoot in the Carolinas. Now there's a lot more detail, starting off with a title change: Isopod is now called The Bay. Screen Daily…
Read MoreWarner Bros has released a new international movie trailer for Hangover director Todd Phillips' next comedy Due Date. The film stars Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr in a buddy-comedy story which has been described as kinda Hangover meets Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The screenplay by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland (with rewrites by…
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I can't tell you how sad I am to see this news. If there is one comic book property I always hoped would remain in development hell, it is Sandman, the series that Neil Gaiman wrote from 1988 to 1996. The series blended horror, fantasy and history with a rotating cast of characters that are…
Read MoreZack Snyder's production company Cruel and Unusual Films has released a new photo from the filmmaker's next film Sucker Punch. The production photo features a dragon dogfighting with a military airplane. Check it out in higher resolution, after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: “Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the…
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Briefly: Last week three actresses were testing for one of the plum female roles in the new Mission: Impossible film, to be directed by Brad Bird with Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner starring. Lauren German (Hostel: Part II), Paula Patton (Precious) and Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) were all in the running, but now Paula Patton has…
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If you've been following along with the news about Alfonso Cuarón's gestating space thriller Gravity, you might be a bit confused by this headline. Angelina Jolie had been courted to star in the film, but passed on it way back in February. That has led to months of screen tests and discussions with other actresses.…
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Briefly: Here's your first look at David Tennant (Doctor Who) in makeup and costume for his role as the new Peter Vincent in the remake of Fright Night. The character was originated by Roddy McDowell, at which point Vincent was a washed-up former actor turned TV horror host. Tennant's version, as you can see, is…
Read MoreEarlier this year, we posted a couple awesome infographic created by Chilean-based graphic designer Juan Pablo Bravo showing "100 pixar characters" and "250 characters from Walt Disney Animated Films" with their estimated sizes. Today Bravo has posted another follow-up, featuring 600 different Hanna-Barbara characters, from 1957's Ruff and Reddy to 1998's The Powerpuff Girls. Excluded…
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First we heard of the Diablo Cody-produced Breathers: A Zombie's Lament, the book that the script was being adapted from hadn't even been released yet. Now it has, and people seem to be digging it. Meanwhile, on the film front, the script is ready to go, and directors are taking a look. The leads of…
Read MoreIn the latest episode of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Sean Penn sits down with Zach's twin brother, Seth Galifianakis. Watch it now embedded after the jump.
Read MoreMr. Plinkett from Red Letter Media (AKA the guy who put together the epic, 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace, the 90-minute review of Attack of the Clones , and the 25-minute dissection of Baby's Day Out). His latest hilarious yet-informative video is a 67-minute review of JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot. And after tearing…
Read MoreA Russian movie trailer has been released online for 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.…
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It has been a while since we've gotten a solid update on the big screen adaptation of the beloved Vertigo comic book series Preacher. A couple years back, Columbia Pictures picked up the rights and hired American Beauty/Road to Perdition director Sam Mendes to helm the project, but the filmmaker dropped out to pursue Bond.…
Read MoreFor those of you who will be in Austin Texas in late-September for Fantastic Fest, I thought I'd let you know that they have released an iPhone app for the 2010 Festival. Created by Slated as part of the IFP Festival Genius line (the guys who acquired B-Side Entertainment), this app allows you to discover…
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Production Weekly is now reporting that Marvel Studios will begin production on the big screen adaptation to Brian K Vaughan's Runaways in March 2011, with production scheduled until the end of Summer 2011. The film will be shot in Los Angeles and is being produced under the fake production title "Small Faces", a reference to…
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Update: we've updated the post with more reviews. Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller Black Swan premiers tonight at the Venice Film Festival. The first press screening just got out and I can't express how jealous I am of everyone who has seen it. The initial buzz is now online, and is available below. Hit the jump…
Read MoreWith the surge in reality television programing over the last decade, I'm surprised we have yet to see anything like EDtv of to a very extreme extent, The Truman Show. Sure, we've been let inside the family lives of celebrities, have gone to a deserted island with a strangers trying to survive, and have numerous…
Read MoreVanity Fair has an article on Jackass 3D titled "The 3-D Stooges", asserting that Johnny Knoxville, Steve O., and Bam Margera are a modern day version of The Three Stooges. They even did a photoshop to illustrate the point. Read the full article on VanityFair.com. View more from the photoshoot in one of those annoying…
Read MoreTeefury's T-shirt of the day is a design titled Plastic Heroes created by Nova Scotia-based artist PowerPig. The design should bring back memories for anyone who played with action figures growing up in the 1980's. A note from the artist: Today's toys are super detailed and super articulated, and that's cool. Still, they'll never come…
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OK, first up, right now, if you're interested at all in Goodfellas and haven't read the massive, magnificent GQ article that is built out of quotes from nearly everyone involved in the making of the film, go read it. Waste no time. That's not even an idle connection, like, "oh, here's a good place to…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss the relevance of the short list of directors to take on Superman, share thoughts on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Legend of the Guardians, and try to unravel the truth behind Catfish. Special guest Katey Rich joins us from Cinemablend. You can always e-mail…
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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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Wild Target is Jonathan Lynn's remake of a 1993 French hitman comedy called Cible émouvante. Yep, another assassin movie. But this one is meant to be funny, and it certainly has a strong cast: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Martin Freeman, Rupert Everett, Eileen Atkins and more. It's been a while since Lynn really…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, Russ Fischer, and Adam Quigley discuss the merits of the newest movie from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan, praise the surprisingly good Easy A, debate just exactly how brilliantly Animal Kingdom was, and spend some time in The Town. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call…
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When we first saw a trailer for Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey as disgraced 'super lobbyist' Jack Abramoff, the film was called Bagman and the trailer was miserable. Tonally the clip was all over the place, the voice over was laughable, and it committed a serious sin by trying to pretend that Rolling Stones songs…
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Media Rights Capital is turning into a film funding juggernaut, and one of the moves the company is making is to enable name-brand directors to make new movies under their own auspices. Just earlier today we talked about the M. Night Shyamalan-produced series The Night Chronicles, which MRC has been funding. Now David Fincher is…
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In this bonus episode, Dave Chen delves deep into the mysteries of the new Joaquin Phoenix/Casey Affleck documentary, I'm Still Here. Is it a truthful documentary about the tragic fall of a once-great actor? Or a cynical and reckless put-on? Does the answer even matter? Special guest Matt Singer from IFC News joins in on…
Read MoreI started out my 30-day film festival trip with some awesome movie selections -- Over the last week, I've screened some of the best movies of the year. Sooner or later I expected to come across some average to subpar films. It was bound to happen. That time is now. At film festivals, I try…
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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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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss whether or not 3D really is the future, praise the quiet certitude of The American, reflect on the sprawling nature of the Red Riding trilogy, and try to figure out why people in theaters are boo-ing at the mention of M. Night Shyamalan. Special guest…
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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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