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Will Golden Compass Sequels The Subtle Knife And The Amber Spyglass Be Greenlit? By Hunter Stephenson/March 8, 2008 4:17 pm EST The Golden Compass’s failure domestically and New Line’s decision pre-release to sell off the international rights are seen as primary factors in the studio recently being downsized and absorbed by Warner Bros. Forte doesn’t offer an outright opinion on the gross gap, but hints that she was displeased with the marketing in the U....

X-Men Origins: Wolverine What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2009 4:02 pm EST Did you see X-Men Origins: Wolverine this weekend? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! Feel free to discuss the plot/spoilers. X-Men Origins: Wolverine What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2009 4:02 pm EST Did you see X-Men Origins: Wolverine this weekend? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! Feel free to discuss the plot/spoilers....

Young Guns Scribe Writing Live-Action TMNT Movie? By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2009 6:00 pm EST Update [by Editor Peter Sciretta]: Variety has confirmed this earlier report. Fusco issued the following statement: “It is always exciting when you can come aboard a project that bridges the worlds of what you do with what you love.” No other new information has been revealed. A TMNT fan blog noticed the other day that the official TMNT site had released details of the Turtles’ panel at Comic Con, and the page (since deleted) had some new info....

30 Minutes Of Avatar Are Still Not Done, But Don’t Flip Out By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 20, 2009 3:30 pm EST According to Jon Landau, the film’s producer, the scenes need work ranging from sound mixing through colour timing along to visual effects. What isn’t clear is how many minutes of FX work need to be locked, and how much of that floating half hour is requiring the more final post production polish only....

Anne Hathaway To Edit, Romance Tobey Maguire In Tokyo Suckerpunch By Brendon Connelly/June 1, 2009 3:00 pm EST Tobey Maguire is producing and will star in an adaptation of Isaac Adamson’s novel Tokyo Suckerpunch. Gary Ross, who worked with Maguire on Seabiscuit and Pleasantville, is set to direct. According to screenwriter Ed Solomon, who was speaking to Sci-Fi Wire, Maguire’s love interest is going to be played by Anne Hathaway. Tobey’s character is a graphic novelist who gets caught up in noir-tinted misadventure in Japan, while unexpectedly romancing his editor and learning some tough life lessons....

Behind The Scenes Of Neil Marshall’s Centurion By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2009 12:36 am EST Our friends at Rotten Tomatoes went to the set of Neil Marshall’s epic action film Centurion and have posted a short behind the scenes video which intercuts filming with on set interviews. I’d recommend that anyone who wants to know more about the movie just watch the video because it explains everything in a minute and a half....

Brad Pitt Will Narrate Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time Doc By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2009 11:00 am EST The Playlist has been great about uncovering info about the two upcoming Terrence Malick films, The Tree of Life and Voyage of Time. The Tree of Life is the feature starring Sean Penn and Brad Pitt in a father/son tale about the loss of innocence. Voyage of Time is an IMAX documentary about, essentially, the birth and death of the universe....

Coen Brothers Cast Hailee Steinfeld As The Young Heroine Of True Grit By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2010 1:12 pm EST When Joel and Ethan Coen announced their new adaptation of the Charles Portis novel True Grit, much of the primary cast came together quickly. Josh Brolin, Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges were all announced in short order. The last piece of the puzzle has been the actress who will play Mattie Ross....

Cool Stuff: Avatar Concept Art Prints For Sale By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2009 10:00 am EST The Neytiri Sketch is available as a limited edition giclee on 17 inches by 22 inches paper in a 50 piece hand-numbered edition Each piece is individually hand signed by director/artist James Cameron and comes with Certificate of Authenticity for $250. Available framed for $405. “Neytiri and Thanator”: The fiercest rainforest predator appears before Neytiri in a design that depicts one of the turning points in the film’s third act battle....

Cool Stuff: Back To The Future T-Shirt Featuring Peabody & Sherman By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2008 5:11 am EST Back in December, we featured the t-shirts of SplitReason in Cool Stuff. This week they’ve released a couple new tee’s, one of which is this cool retro Back to the Future design which incorporates the characters and stylings of Peabody & Sherman from the late-1950’s animated cartoon series Rock and his Friends (thanks to Alex for pointing this out, as I didn’t immediately catch the reference....

Cool Stuff: Blade Runner And Fifth Element Video Game Renderings By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2009 5:00 am EST Steven Chagnon, Alina Gal, and Ilya Nedyal collaborated to create screenshots for a Blade Runner video game using CryEngine 2 for a Movie-themed Game-Artist.net competition. After the jump I’ve included another notable submission is this Fifth Element rendering by Robert Dukes. I’ve actually made the above Blade Runner screenshot my desktop background.Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....

Dark Sky By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2008 1:41 am EST What is Dark Sky? /Film reader Dort Druben sent in the following report: —- So working at Culver Studios a few weeks ago I noticed a very ominous sign telling me subconsciously that if I entered through that doorway ninjas would descend upon me ripping my heart out of my chest before I could cross the threshold. Maybe that’s a bit extreme....

DVD Drought About To Dry Out Hollywood? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 29, 2009 11:53 am EST For me, the word Technicolor immediately brings to mind images of Robin Hood’s tights or Becky Sharp singing for her supper, but there’s more to that Trademark than just the three strip process. Indeed, Technicolor have been behind film presentation technology for a lot longer than you might think – with two strip colour being developed in the 19teens – and still are, in their capacity as one of the busiest manufacturers of DVDs....

Eli Roth Talks Stephen King’s Cell By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2007 9:10 am EST At the Grindhouse Junket we were able to grill Hostel 2 director Eli Roth about his big screen adaptation of Stephen Kin’s The Cell, which is currently in development. Question: What’s going on with Cell?Eli: Cell, the writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are writing it. They wrote 1408, Ed Wood, and The People vs. Larry Flint....

First Set Image For Universal’s Prequel To The Thing By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2010 10:44 am EST Briefly: Just the other day I ran some info about the prequel to The Thing, which stars Joel Edgerton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and is being directed by Matthijs van Heijningen. The film is shooting exteriors now in Toronto, and we’ve just been sent an image of the set for the Norwegian research camp where the action takes place....

Hostel: Part II Clips LEAKED Online By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 12:36 pm EST The three clips from Hostel: Part II that were shown at the New York Comic-con have appeared online. Check them out while you can, as they are likely to get pulled by days end. [youtube]sVyYdHzp19k[/youtube] Also be sure to check out the R-Rated poster that also made it’s debut at the con. I’m still not sure where this will/can be displayed....

Investors And Merchandisers Worried About Pixar’s Up? By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2009 6:40 pm EST One of the items making the rounds today is an article in the New York Times titled “Pixar’s Art Leaves Profit Watchers Edgy”. The article claims that Wall Street and toy retailers are not excited about Pixar’s new film Up, and some analysts have even downgraded Disney’s shares to sell last month citing a poor outlook for Up’s Box Office and merchandising prospects....

James Bond 22: Quantum Of Solace Teaser Poster By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 7, 2008 12:15 am EST Moviefone snagged the official teaser poster for Quantum of Solace, and I say mehhh. This poster takes advantage of the minimalism that’s so trendy right now, and so exquisitely exercised by Funny Games (this poster is mine, whether the remake sucks or not, do not care) and milks it until its literally dust. Playing it far too safe for a film that has more to prove, to me at least, than its predecessor, Casino Royale, I know what the defenders will say: Character is now iconic, yadda yadda, revenge, yadda, you must want a bikini yadda wadda....

Laurence Fishburne Joins Predators By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2009 8:52 pm EST

Mutt Williams And The Search For Elvis? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2008 1:08 pm EST Lucas sat down with the AP earlier this week and assured them if there were to be a fifth Indy film, stating that there is the possibility of such, it would star Harrison Ford. But he said that a Mutt Williams spin-off film is also possible, but it wouldn’t be an Indiana Jones film. “I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this,” Lucas said....