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Cool Stuff: The Best Soundtracks Of 2007 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2007 4:47 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. All I Want Is You, Barry Louis Polisar Rollercoaster (instrumental), Kimya Dawson A Well Respected Man, The Kinks Dearest, Buddy Holly Up The Spout, Mateo Messina Tire Swing, Kimya Dawson Piazza, New York Catcher, Belle & Sebastian Loose Lips, Kimya Dawson Superstar, Sonic Youth Sleep (instrumental), Kimya Dawson...

By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2009 12:41 am EST Lionsgate Pictures made news by being the first movie studio to premiere new content (a Crank 2 poster) on Twitter. And now it appears that the studio is basing part of their internet advertising campaign around the micro-blogging site. While browsing the web, I cam across the above Crank 2 google ad for Crank: High Voltage, which features a rotating feed from the official Lionsgate movies twitter account....

By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 9, 2008 10:31 pm EST With Matthew Vaughn off directing Kick-Ass and his once-proposed $300 million Thor epic but a memory, DJ Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) is now expressing interest in bringing Marvel’s Son of Odin to the big screen. In an interview with IESB he said… He added that he’s even had talks with Marvel about the film, but it all comes down to the screenplay. Last year, screenwriter Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, longtime Thor fan/collector) described his script to the Daily Herald as…...

Filming Notice: The Dark Knight In Hong Kong By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2007 12:30 am EST Warner Bros sent out notices yesterday to residences in Hong Kong involving upcoming aerial filming for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. One of our Hong Kong-based scoopers (Potter) sent us a scanned copy of this letter. Warner Bros is warning people of some aerial filming that will help “introduce Hong Kong in the film”....

First Look: Michael Moore’s Sicko Production Photos And Poster Art By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2007 5:08 pm EST The Weinstein Co has finally released some art and photos for Michael Moore’s new controversial documentary Sicko. I contemplated not including the word controversial in my last sentence, because when exactly does Moore make a non controversial film? Anyway, the news stories have already begun, and the film will debut at the Cannes Film Festival in just a couple weeks, before hitting a theater near you on June 29th....

First Look: The Smurf Movie By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2008 7:55 pm EST With Hollywood running short on ideas, Paramount greenlit a computer animated movie based on the classic trippy 80’s cartoon series The Smurfs (Truth is that the Smurfs are actually 50 years old, having first appeared in comic strips). The first images from this upcoming big screen computer animated adaptation appeared in the Happy Smurfday Euro Tour, planned to coincide with the Smurf’s 50th birthday....

First Photo And Video Footage From Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2009 10:23 am EST Walt Disney Pictures has released the first official photo and footage of Jim Carrey as Ebeneezer Scrooge in Robert Zemeckis’ performance capture 3D adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Click on the image above to enlarge. Early footage from the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. You can see some of that footage embedded after the jump....

Gavin Hood To Direct Wolverine By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2007 10:38 am EST Wolverine will mix action with the origin story from Frank Miller’s Weapon X book series, which told the story of how Logan escaped kidnappers and an experimental facility to become an indestructible mutant with retractable adamantium claws. Jackman is being paid $20 million to produce and star in the film. He worked with Benioff on the script, aiming for a smaller-scale character piece....

Help Choose The Poster For 500 Days Of Summer By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2009 11:59 pm EST Vote Now – Which Poster Do You Like Best?

Isaac Hayes Dead At 65 By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 10, 2008 4:04 pm EST Isaac Hayes, the unmistakable musician and actor who won an Oscar in 1971 for his “Theme From Shaft” and starred as Chef on South Park, has died at age 65. He was found unresponsive by a family member, having apparently collapsed during a workout. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hame of Fame in 2002....

James Bond 22 Begins Filming This Week By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2007 1:06 am EST The 22nd James Bond film and Casino Royale sequel will begin principal photography in the U.K. on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008. Director Marc Foster explains how this film (rumored to be titled 007) will be more of a journey into 007’s inner-being: “When Bond began in the Connery days, travel was a luxury not everyone could afford....

Jenkins And Whitford Log On To Drew Goddard’s Cabin In The Woods By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 21, 2009 9:09 am EST Drew Goodard’s Cabin in the Woods is finally showing signs of progress to the outside world, with the casting announcement of two supporting roles. Richard Jenkins (above left) has signed, and Bradley Whitford (above right) is close to signing, for two associated roles as “white-collar co-workers with a mysterious connection to the cabin”....

Kevin McKidd Talks Call Of Duty And Rome Movies By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 19, 2009 9:34 am EST Kevin McKidd deserves to be a bigger star than he is. The Rome and Journeyman star has been on Grey’s Anatomy for the past year or so, but even that’s not enough to get me watching Grey’s again. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players will know him as the voice of Captain “Soap” MacTavish, and it’s that hook into the franchise that makes us pause a bit when he starts talking about a Call of Duty film....

By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2010 4:00 am EST The Universal Studios backlots were set ablaze in June 2008, destroying sets and one of the park’s signature attractions — King Kong. The ride has been part of the park’s tram tour for over 20 years. But when the fire destroyed the attraction many speculated that Universal would replace it with a ride based on a more recent movie property. Last year we got word that Universal would be teaming with Peter Jackson ro rebuild King Kong....

By Hunter Stephenson/March 8, 2008 7:17 pm EST “Takes all kinds, guys.” The premiere for Horton Hears a Who! was held today at Mann Village Theater in Los Angeles. In attendance were stars (and Horton voices) Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, non-star Victoria Beckham, lots and lots of children and…a totally uninvited group of pro-lifers, who were apparently uber-inspired by the film’s upbeat mantra of “After all, a person is a person no matter how small....

Michelle Rodriguez Returns For Fast And The Furious 4 By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2008 10:39 am EST I’m about to make an admission that might make you question my overall taste in movies… I didn’t hate the first Fast and the Furious movie. I actually thought it was a bunch of fun, in a don’t take it serious, laugh at the cheesiness type of way. That said, the other two films sucked worse than a Martin Lawrence movie....

My Name Is Bruce Sequel Announced: Bruce Vs. Frankenstein By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2010 10:00 pm EST Bruce Campbell, in a letter to Quint, has announced that he will be re-teaming with Dark Horse Studios on a sequel to the low budget horror comedy My Name is Bruce. According to Campbell, the sequel will be titled Bruce Vs. Frankenstein, will begin principal photography this fall in Oregon. The sequel was originally said to be titled “My Name is Still Bruce”....

New Moon Screenplay Discovered In The Trash By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2009 12:21 pm EST A St. Louis beauty salon owner found the screenplay for the Twilight sequel New Moon in the trash (I know what you’re thinking… but the joke is just wayyyy TOO EASY). Casey Ray discovered two screenplays, one for New Moon and the other for a movie titled Memoirs. She considered selling the screenplays to the tabloids but eventually decided to return the screenplays to the movie studio....

Ramon Rodriguez Getting Bigger Role In Next Transformers? By Brendon Connelly/June 30, 2009 7:47 am EST Rodriguez said: For 90 minutes, he had me jumping, running, diving over the furniture in his office — that was the audition. I was drenched in sweat. He told me, ‘OK, hide behind the desk!’ ‘Now, run over here!’ And man, I was looking in his eyes, and he was enjoying it. He’s got a passion for action....

Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer Movie Trailer By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 13, 2010 3:00 pm EST Boy-oh-boy is the trailer for Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer melodramatic. This is some seriously loud filmmaking. It’s embedded beyond the break, but I suspect you can already feel it rumbling from up here. The film is an adaptation of Robert Harris’ thriller novel about a British Prime Minister based quite closely upon Tony Blair, and the nastiness that surrounds him....