This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam rage against Cowboys and Aliens, discuss the point (or lack thereof) of The Killing, and take another look at Guillermo Del Toro's first American film. Special guest Matt Singer joins us from IFC. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Our…
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This week, Dave, Adam, and Devindra share their thoughts on Jon Favreau's Cowboys and Aliens. Later, Dave and Devindra discuss highlights, lowlights and WTF's of San Diego Comic-Con 2011, as well as Dave's visit to Weta, where Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are making The Adventures of Tintin. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com,…
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By now we've all seen trailers and footage from Jon Favreau's upcoming genre-mixer Cowboys & Aliens in which Daniel Craig's character uses a weapon around his wrist to shoot down a spaceship. It's a scene from early in the movie that gives the audience an idea of what to expect without giving away too much.…
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On his latest film Cowboys and Aliens, director Jon Favreau has decided to take the EPK interviews into his own hands and record conversations with the cast and crew. I love that Favreau is doing this, my only complaint is that I wish he would release the interview in long form, not broken up into…
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I have to confess I've been only mildly curious about Cowboys & Aliens, Jon Favreau's adaptation of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's sci-fi Western comic. Though I like the concept in theory, and though I'm a fan of Favreau as well as stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde, something about the earlier trailers haven't quite…
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Thursday night during American Idol, Universal Pictures and director Jon Favreau premiered the theatrical trailer for the upcoming Summer blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, the big budget, western sci-fi hybrid is scheduled for release on July 29. Up until now we've seen a teaser trailer, a Super Bowl…
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Just a few hours before kickoff, director Jon Favreau has gone ahead and posted the Super Bowl commercial for Cowboys and Aliens which will air at the end of the first quarter. The film, directed by Favreau, stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde and will be released July 29. Check out the commercial,…
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It's that time of year again: The NFL Playoffs. And for movie fans that means one thing: Super Bowl Commercials. We recently speculated that X-Men: First Class could show some footage during the big game, which takes place on February 6, but we now have our first confirmation: Cowboys and Aliens. On Twitter late Tuesday…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the pleasures of surrendering your intellectual property to Amazon, offer their thoughts on the trailers for Source Code, Green Lantern, and Cowboys and Aliens, and announce the winners of the Scott Pilgrim contest(!). Special guest Dave Gonzales joins us from Latino Review. You can always…
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Audiences love the summer because it's the home of the blockbuster but, in terms of memorable films, the summer of 2010 was a major disappointment. Outside of Toy Story 3 and Inception, the rest of the top 10 films at the box office were a mixed bag of mediocre sequels and remakes. Thankfully, next summer…
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Since it was first announced, I've been wondering what the tone will be for Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens. Even coming out of the footage screened at Comic-Con, I wasn't exactly sure. Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci recently gave an interview with SciFiMedia Zone about the film and actually address the tone of the…
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Jon Favreau has always had great respect for his audience, and that fact has never been more clear than at Comic-Con. They've only been shooting Cowboys and Aliens for four weeks, but Favreau worked hard to finish cutting together some footage in hopes of giving fans a taste of its tone and style. Learn about…
Read MoreAbigail Spencer is joining the cast of Jon Favreau's big screen adaptation of the comic book Cowboys and Aliens. Spencer started her career on the soap All My Children, went on to become the star of Lifetime Television's Angela's Eyes, but is probably best known as Don Draper's mistress Miss Farrell on the AMC series…
Read MoreBack in the old days, people would sneak onto the side of a movie set and snap unwanted photos, and send them to a movie news website for us and other to post. Now it seems like all the set photos are coming from the filmmakers themselves. This morning we have new set photos from…
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Hope Davis (About Schmidt), James Rebhorn (Independence Day, The Game) and Olga Fonda (Love Hurts) has been cast in Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. No word on what roles they will play. Golden Globe nominated actor Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers, Windtalkers) has joined the cast of Jon Favreau's big screen…
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Jon Favreau has revealed the first set photo from his upcoming big screen adaptation of Cowboys and Aliens on Twitter. The photo was taken during camera tests, and gives us a little glimpse into the costumes from the movie. Check it out now, after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig)…
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Dreamworks has revealed the official plot synopsis for Jon Favreau's upcoming big screen adaptation of Cowboys and Aliens. Since the film is based on the comic book series written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, we had some idea, but now the full plot details have been revealed. Official Plot Synopsis: 1873. Arizona Territory.…
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Sam Rockwell will be re-teaming with Iron Man 2/Made director Jon Favreau, joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens. Written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, the story takes place in the Old West, where “settlers and Native Americans wage a bloody battle for control of the land. But when the Earth is threatened…
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Update: I have been contacted by Zooey Deschanel's publicist who claims "Zooey is not connected to the project". You can read the original story below. Ada Lovelace, a nineteenth-century writer and daughter of Lord Byron, was a wildly interesting woman. She worked on Charles Babbage's early Analytical Engine, and she is considered a forerunner in…
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He's had experience with aliens, and he's turned up in the Old West before, but never at the same time. It could be time to pull one ridiculous fanboy daydream into reality, as it seems like Harrison Ford might well be joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens. In case you haven't been keeping up,…
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Hot on the heels of the news that Olivia Wilde (House) is joining the cast of Jon Favreau's Cowboys and Aliens, we finally have a release date for the film from Universal. The studio announced on Friday that they're carving out a prime summer spot for the film, which stars Daniel Craig, on July 29,…
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It seems like we've been writing about Jon Favreau's Cowboys and Aliens forever, but now the project finally seems to be moving forward. We previously reported that Robert Downey Jr. is out (most likely because of Sherlock Holmes 2), and that Daniel Craig is replacing him as the lead gunslinger. Today we learned that Olivia…
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He may have been instrumental in getting director Jon Favreau hired on the project, but Robert Downey, Jr., long attached to the high-concept tentpole Cowboys & Aliens, will no longer star in the film. The issue at hand is one of workload. Between the Iron Man and potential Sherlock Holmes franchises, Downey has a considerable…
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We've known for a while that Jon Favreau would likely follow Iron Man 2 with Cowboys and Aliens, which has been in development at DreamWorks for quite some time. Robert Downey, Jr. will star in the film, which jumps off from the idea that warring cowboys and natives might put aside their differences when beset…
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