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Natalie Portman Cast In Suspiria Remake From David Gordon Green? By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 6, 2008 1:40 pm EST Update: Bloody Disgusting is standing by their “100%” confirmation that Portman is starring, however Portman’s publicist says her involvement is nil. One of the hipper projects in Hollywood is shaping up to be the remake of Dario Argento’s psychedelic horror flick, Susipira, from director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, George Washington). Bloody Disgusting just confirmed minutes ago that Natalie Portman will headline the film, which means she’ll hop into ballet slippers and battle a coven of beautiful, gossipy (foreign?...

Peter Sollett To Direct Marvel’s Runaways? By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2010 11:22 am EST Over the past year, as we’ve reported on Floria Sigismondi’s film about the girl-group The Runaways, a great many comments have been irritated that the film in question wasn’t the planned project based on Marvel’s comic of the same name. Now The Runaways, the Marvel version, is finally moving forward. There’s a report that the studio is in negotiations with Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist director Peter Sollett to take the reins of the adaptation....

Rumor Mill: The Rock’s Commando Remake? Megan Fox: Vampire Slayer? Bond 23 In Afghanistan? By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2009 1:10 am EST First up, JoBlo caught wind of an article in the Australian magazine RCI that claims a remake of the 1980’s Arnold Schwarzenegger action classic Commando is being developed. Another site, Cinefools, has also heard rumblings of a Commando reboot, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson rumored to star. Hollywood is rebooting all the other Schwarzenegger action films (Predator, Total Recall....

Rupert Murdoch’s Blunder: Borat 2 Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2007 6:22 pm EST After Murdoch made the announcement, the internet was abuzz with the news. Cohen sources are claiming that no deal is on the table for a Borat 2. News Corp is now doing a huge back-step, claiming that Murdoch “was under the mistaken impression that we had signed a deal.” Looks like Murdoch should do his research before making announcements next time....

Scott Pilgrim Throws A Frisbee To Paul By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2009 10:32 am EST Simon Pegg and Nick Frost aren’t in Edgar Wright’s new film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but that isn’t going to stop Edgar from involving them in his behind the scenes video blogs. In the latest bonus episode, Wright throws a Frisbee, from Toronto to New Mexico, which through cinematic magic, is then caught by the stars on the set of Greg Mottola’s Paul....

State Of Play Screenwriter Hired For Big Screen 24 Movie By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2010 11:18 pm EST Ray’s filmography includes State of Play, Flightplan, Suspect Zero, Hart’s War, Volcano and Moon director Duncan Jones’ upcoming much-buzzed about project Source Code. He both wrote and directed Breach and Shattered Glass. But studio insiders cautioned Variety (who broke the story) that a 24 movie “is still very much in the preliminary stages,” and that there are “a number of factors influencing how quickly it moves ahead, including the fate of the TV show....

Super High Resolution Photo: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2010 12:30 pm EST Yesterday we posted the first official photos from Edgar Wright’s big screen adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Due to the demand, I’ve decided to release the super duper high resolution version of the photo, the 2336 pixels x 3504 pixels 5mb digital still.Download it now, perfect for your computer desktop background, after the jump....

Sweeney Todd Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2007 12:25 pm EST The trailer for Tim Burton’s big screen musical thriller adaptation Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street hits theaters this weekend (supposedly attached to The Heartbreak Kid), but why buy a ticket when you can see it online for free right now. I’ve never been a big fan of musicals, but I’ve been following Sweeney Todd with much interest....

By Hunter Stephenson/July 26, 2008 11:25 am EST Watch out Billy Zane! Fantasy Moguls reports that The Dark Knight is on track to gross $77 million this weekend—only a 50% drop from last weekend, the largest opening on record. If so, the film will have grossed $315 million by Monday, surpassing the total domestic grosses of both Iron Man and Lame Indiana Jones Sequel to become 2008’s toppity top movie in a mere 10 days....

By Brendon Connelly/April 4, 2009 2:53 pm EST The slim sliver of premise that Production Weekly could fit into their Tweet read like this: The Duplass Bros. ensemble comedy Table 19, has been setup @foxsearchlight – about the wedding guests who get stuck at the singles table. It’s entirely possible T.U.P.F.K.S.M will go before cameras next with Table 19 to follow, though from the vantage point that most of us have, where the view is somewhat limited, it looks equally possible that Table 19 has overtaken and will see production first....

Trainspotting’s John Hodge Rewriting Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur Project By Brendon Connelly/March 10, 2010 7:26 am EST The last time we talked about Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur movie, it was suggested that a new script was going to be called for, superceding the Warren Ellis draft and now, we’ve found out who the new writer will be. The lucky winner is John Hodge, probably most famous for having written Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave and Trainspotting....

Transformers 2 Action Scenes Shot In IMAX By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2008 11:29 pm EST We knew that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was going to be released in IMAX theaters, but Variety reports that Michael Bay is filming at least three action sequences from the upcoming sequel using IMAX cameras. This is a growing trend. Recently it was reported that Jon Favreau would like to film sequences of Iron Man 2 in IMAX (possibly even in 3D), while DJ Caruso expressed interest in using IMAX cameras during Y: The Last Man....

Video: National Treasure 2 Car Chase Scene By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2007 2:16 am EST Disney has uploaded a sneak preview of a car chase sequence from National Treasure: Book of Secrets to help promote the sequel, which hits theaters on December 21st 2007. It’s your basic car chase sequence, nothing remotely special. Check out the National Treasure 2 Car Chase after the jump. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/nationaltreasure2carchase.flv 470 194] Video: National Treasure 2 Car Chase Scene...

VOTD: Funny Or Die’s Trailer For Weird: The Al Yankovic Story By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2010 10:48 am EST Rock musician biopics are pretty foolish. OK, you love a singer or performer and want to see a dramatization of his life, great. No big deal. But after a while they all end up looking alike. I liked Walk the Line just as much as the next guy (OK, maybe less) but we can admit this: these movies are often like endless recombinations of the same elements....

VOTD: The Making Of WALL-E By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2008 11:37 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/wallbroll1.flv 460 268] The Making of WALL-E by Disney The Pitch: Last month we posted the b-roll footage from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to show you a bugs eye view of the behind the scenes production of a movie. Today I bring you the B-roll footage from the making of WALL-E. And while they are technically the same thing, the WALL-E footage is completely different because of the way the animation process works....

VOTD: The Wrestler [Grindhouse Version] By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2009 8:06 pm EST What if Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler was a 1970’s grindhouse horror film? /Film reader JKPyle has created a reedited movie trailerfor the critically acclaimed indie drama, which can be watched after the jump. VOTD: The Wrestler [Grindhouse Version] By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2009 8:06 pm EST What if Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler was a 1970’s grindhouse horror film?...

Avatar Becomes Second Highest Grossing Film Of All Time In Just 20 Days By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2010 11:30 pm EST Tonight, James Cameron’s Avatar will become the #2 highest grossing movie of all time, and in just 20 days of release. The sci-fi 3d film will have overtaken The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, which has a worldwide total of $1,119,110,941. Of course, Cameron has a ways to go, about $725 million, if he wants to sink the Titanic, the number one highest grossing film of all time and his last narrative feature film....

Avatar Day Footage - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2009 3:27 pm EST

Beastly Movie Teaser: Like Jean Cocteau Via The CW…or Worse? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2009 11:50 am EST The impending existence of the film Beastly, a modern and teen-centric version of Beauty and the Beast, had escaped me until now. But with the power of the teen dollar once again having been reasserted over the weekend, it’s time to get the promotions cranking for films that might siphon off a bit of that cashflow....

Best Idea Ever: Chuck Palahnuik Approached To Write DC Comic Book Miniseries By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2008 6:57 am EST Fight Club and Choke author Chuck Palahniuk tells MTV that DC Comics approached him about doing a comic book miniseries. Nothing has come of the talks, but Palahniuk says he would love to create a ghost/monster series like the Tales from the Crypt comics he read as a kid. I would love to see what Palahniuk could bring to the world of paneled storytelling....