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Page 2: Blu-Ray, Pathology, Troll, Gotham Knight, Jason Reitman, Kevin Smith, WALL-E, Baghead, And More By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2008 2:08 pm EST There has been so much news in the last few days that we just haven’t been able to get to all of it. Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! Blockbuster had finally announced that they will be rolling out Blu-ray in its 4,000 stores in the US and Canada, after a successful trial run in 1,700 outlets....

Poll: What Was The Best Super Bowl Movie Advertisement? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2009 7:19 pm EST Hollywood premiered a batch of new movie-related television advertisments during the Super Bowl. If you missed any of them, or want to watch one of the commercials again, I have compiled a nice listing below. But what I’m really interested to find out which movie advertisement you thought was the best? Which got you the most excited?...

Rumor Mill: Has Terminator 4 Been Terminated? By Peter Sciretta/April 18, 2008 1:15 am EST Has Terminator 4 been Terminated? UGO’s Movie Blog claims that a crew member “was recently overheard discussing his newfound free schedule due to the production shutting down.” For now we’ll mark this rumor as unconfirmed and hope for clarification, confirmation, or denial from the Halcyon Company in the coming days. I was actually pretty excited for the fourth film in the franchise....

Screenwriters Return For Tron Legacy Sequel By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2010 5:23 pm EST I’ve been hearing for months now that Disney is over the roof happy with what they’ve been seeing from Joseph Kosinski’s Tron sequel Tron Legacy. As you know, they’ve announced a computer animated television series spin-off, rumors of possible Theme park attractions won’t stop, and now Disney has hired screenwriters to pen a third film. HeatVision reports that Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the Lost writers/co-executive producers who wrote Tron Legacy, have already been hired to write a sequel....

Six Watchmen Collectible Covers By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 3:24 pm EST Next week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly will feature six different collectible Watchmen covers. The full cover story is now online on EW.com. Six Watchmen Collectible Covers By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 3:24 pm EST Next week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly will feature six different collectible Watchmen covers. The full cover story is now online on EW.com.

Street Kings Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2008 3:33 pm EST Street Kings stars Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him....

Sundance: Adrift In Manhattan Movie Review By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2007 6:20 am EST Adrift in Manhattan is the latest multi-character interweaving drama from Alfredo de Villa. While taking photos in the park, Simon becomes infatuated with a sad woman sitting at a bench. Rose is an optometrist who has not gotten over the death of her son. When an elderly patient is told that he will lose his eyesight in two months, he is forced t reevaluate his career, hobbies (painting) and lifestyle....

The Estate Of Philip K. Dick Threatening Google With Legal Action By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 6, 2010 2:42 pm EST Google have decided to call their new cellphone the Nexus One which suggests it’s a full five… er… Nexuses not as good as those naughty Replicants that gave Rick Deckard such trouble in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, filmed as Blade Runner. This comparison has not been lost on the estate of author Philip K....

The Horsemen Movie Trailer By Devindra Hardawar/Feb. 18, 2009 11:50 pm EST I’m not sure why there’s been so little word about Jonas Akerlund’s The Horsemen. Judging from this trailer, it looks like a decent enough B-level thriller that could work well in theaters on a slow weekend. Oh yah, and it stars Dennis Quaid and Ziyi Zhang—not exactly unknowns. The plot lowdown: Aidan Breslin is a bitter detective emotionally distanced from his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife....

Titanic 3D Coming Spring 2012? Plans For A Possible Avatar Extended Cut Theatrical Rerelease? By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 6:20 pm EST You can read the whole interview with Cameron on USA Today. “If Star Wars gets converted into 3D I think George (Lucas) should do it. If Terminator gets converted into 3D, I should do it.” via: marketsaw

Vacation Rebooted: Rusty Griswold Will Return To Wally World Before It Closes FOREVER By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2010 11:28 pm EST You might recall that back in October we told you that New Line/Warner Bros had signed Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus director David Dobkin to produce and possibly direct a new film in the National Lampoon’s Vacation series which would follow Rusty Griswold, the son of Clark Griswold, who is now a father in his own right and takes his family on a, you guessed it, road trip vacation....

VOTD: The Fast And Bi-Curious By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 1:25 am EST Coming this summer from the makers of Fast & Furious comes a more testosterone filled car film starring Seth Rogen and Andy Samberg. Check out the trailer for The Fast and Bi-Curious after the jump. VOTD: The Fast And Bi-Curious By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 1:25 am EST Coming this summer from the makers of Fast & Furious comes a more testosterone filled car film starring Seth Rogen and Andy Samberg....

Zack Snyder Launches Watchmen Contest By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2008 11:36 am EST Watchmen director Zack Snyder has launched a new contest on YouTube where fans of the comic book and upcoming film adaptation can create Veidt ads which might be used to fill the many monitors screens in the movie. How cool is that? Fans actually might get to create something that will show up on screen during the actual film!...

80 Photos From M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2008 9:26 pm EST Cinemaencena.com has 80 new photos from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, most of which are pretty uninteresting. I’ve included seven of the behind the scenes production photos after the jump. 80 Photos From M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2008 9:26 pm EST Cinemaencena.com has 80 new photos from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, most of which are pretty uninteresting....

Billy Ray Taking Turn At Gears Of War Screenplay By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 23, 2009 2:59 pm EST Earlier today, Russ told you that Billy Ray will be writing a ripped-from-the-headlines movie about Captain Richard Phillips vs. Somali Pirates. That’s not Ray’s only new writing gig, however, as he’s also taking a crack at the Gears of War movie. Last we heard, director Len Wiseman was collaborating with Wanted scribe Chris Morgan on the project, superceding an ill-liked Stuart Beattie draft....

Bryan Singer: “I Just Signed A Deal To Do An X-Men First Class Origins Picture” By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2009 9:41 pm EST Flickchart mentioned Singer’s statement on Twitter, and it only took a few moments of combing through Ustream’s archive of the live blue carpet video feed to find the brief interview with Singer. What he says, exactly, when asked about his next project is: Here’s the video: Lauren Shuler Donner has said “the movie focuses on the first class at Xavier’s school of the gifted, so only those mutants will be featured in the first movie,” by which she evidently means that we’ll see the early days of the original X-Men team....

Cool Stuff: Free Juno T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2007 5:01 pm EST I really hope that people find this movie and it becomes a cult hit and I really digg this t-shirt (aside from the white color, is it that much more expensive to make swag on black tees?). But on the other hand, I really hope that the film isn’t turned into a line of t-shirts like Napoleon Dynamite....

Cool Stuff: Indiana Jones Mini-Bust And Statue By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 4, 2008 7:21 pm EST Gentle Giant announced at Comic Con this past summer that they had acquired the license for Indiana Jones. Releasing in July will be the first in the line of Indiana Jones mini busts, the first of which features Indiana Jones in his trademarked leather jacket, fedora and whip from Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is not the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indy, it’s Indy in his prime....

Cool Stuff: One Ring To Rule Them All T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2008 9:47 am EST Busted Tees has beaten Kevin Smith to the punch, and has produced a t-shirt based on the fast food version of the infamous Lord of the Rings line which was featured in Clerks 2. Reminds me of the “Ringers” marketing that Burger King includes on their french fry packaging (seen below).  Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....

Early Buzz: Pixar’s Up By Peter Sciretta/April 12, 2009 1:18 pm EST Pixar’s new film Up has begun to screen for press, here is some of the few bits of early buzz to leak onto the web and twitter. Big shocker… people loved it: Movie Matters : “Up is at times quite breathtaking.” trevorhale: UP wasn’t the best Pixar movie, but I still enjoyed the hell out of it. marcusleshock: Looks like PIxar has done it again....