High Resolution: Batman’s New Suit By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2007 1:42 pm EST A couple days ago, Entertainment Weekly ran a feature on Batman’s new suit from The Dark Knight. Warner Bros has provided us with a high resolution version of the photo for you to look over. Check it out after the jump. You can also left click to see the super high resolution version. High Resolution: Batman’s New Suit...
Howard Stern Show Cameos Harold And Kumar 2 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2007 5:45 am EST Howard Stern Show member Richard Christy is filming a cameo this month for the upcoming Harold and Kumar goes to White Castle sequel. Christy has played in many bands, including Iced Earth, Burning Inside, Death and Control Denied. He earned his position after winning the “Win John’s Job” contest in 2004, and has remained one of the funniest on-air personalities....
Joe Lo Truglio Joins Greg Mottola’s Sci-Fi Geek Comedy Paul By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2009 7:23 pm EST Greg Mottola says that a funny actor from his earlier film SuperBad has joined the already awesome cast of his sci-fi buddy comedy Paul, and I’m pretty sure I know who it is. So far the film’s official cast includes Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristen Wiig....
Len Wiseman To Direct Nocturne, Thriller Set After The End Of The World By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2009 9:55 pm EST Len Wiseman has signed on to direct Nocturne for 20th Century Fox. We don’t know much about this project other than the few little tidbits included in The Hollywood Reporter’s announcement piece, so lets look at what we know: Post Apocalyptic: The story is set after the end of the world, and follows a group of survivors....
More Cast Revealed For Shyamalan’s Devil… And Also The Film’s Premise, Maybe? By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 17, 2009 9:49 am EST On Friday, /Film’s Russ Fischer said of Devil, the upcoming Dowdle Bros. film from a story by M. Night Shyamalan and script by Brian Nelson, that “The film starts shooting in Toronto a week from Monday, and that’s all we’ve got. It’s tightly under wraps, and has been for a while....
Movie Music Update: Up In The Air Song Might Not Qualify For Oscar, Smith Wants Beverly Hills Cop Composer For Couple Of Dicks, And James Horner’s Avatar Score Is EPIC By David Chen/Oct. 9, 2009 6:16 am EST First up, a fascinating peak into the bowels of the Academy’s archaic and complex nomination rules: According to Steve Pond over at The Wrap, Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air features a song that plays over the end credits entitled “Up in the Air....
New Iron Man 2 Viral Website: AccuTech By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2010 4:16 pm EST We have been given an exclusive first look at a new viral website for Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment’s Iron Man 2. The website, located at starkexpo2010.com/accutech, is for AccuTech Research & Development, a subsidiary of Stark Industries. Accutech will premiere a breakthrough in anthropo-robotics — the new HazTech robotic exoskeleton, at Stark Expo 2010....
New Kick-Ass Poster: Red Mist Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2009 11:30 am EST AICN has a new character poster for Matthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation of Kick-Ass, featuring Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist. I’m really not digging the poster art. It looks like Lionsgate is trying way to hard to make it look cool, when it would be better if they could sell the film based on the insane violence....
Only Two Of The Top 30 Grossing Films Of This Decade Are Original By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2009 1:36 pm EST Which is the only original feature film to make it into the the top 20 grossing films of this decade (so far)? Answer after the jump. Finding Nemo, which lands at #15 with $864.6 million. If you take a look at the top 30 films from this decade, there is only one other original film property among the bunch, that being…...
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2009 6:00 am EST Lunchtime during the filming of the original Star Wars. [tdw] Mini-LOL: Heroin baggies, featuring a cartoon Robert Pattinson and the text “TWILIGHT”, were recently seized in West Hempstead, Long Island, but TMZ is reporting that the Twiligh-themed drugs have been gaining popularity all across the east coast.Uma Thurman has signed to star opposite Robert Pattinson in an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s short story Bel Ami....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2009 10:55 pm EST Nearly 20 bits that didn’t make the front page, available after the jump. A French poster for X-Men Origins: Wolverine has appeared online. [IMPA] Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have acquired screen rights to Doug Stanton’s upcoming book Horse Soldiers, which follows “a band of elite special forces and CIA operatives who secretly invaded Afghanistan post-9/11 on horseback and helped Afghan fighters capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and topple the Taliban....
Pixar And Prince Of Persia Lego Coming By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 15, 2009 1:38 pm EST The LEGO Group have announced a new licensing cross-over with Disney Consumer Products (didn’t they invent Robocop?). Set to launch in 2010 are three new lines of interlocking blocks based upon the Prince of Persia movie, Toy Story and Cars. Yep – even more merchandising gold will be reaped by the Cars behemoth. The first of the brick sets to launch will be the Toy Story and Toy Story 2 kits, out in January of next year....
Pixar’s Up Finally Gets First Negative Review By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2009 12:52 pm EST For the last couple years, Pixar has held the title of having the best reviewed mainstream movie release of the year. Ratatouille and WALL-E both ended with 96% with over 200 reviews (only 9 rotten). Two days before the nationwide release, Pixar’s Up is riding high with a perfect 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with over 40 reviews....
Rainn Wilson’s Audition Tapes: Juno, Paranoid Park, I’m Not There, Diving Bell And A Mighty Heart By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2008 10:36 pm EST If you didn’t catch last Saturday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, then you missed Rainn Wilson’s hilarious audition videos for the Best Feature nominees. Don’t worry, /Film has your back. Check them out below. Juno: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_Juno2.flv 360 240] Paranoid Park: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_Skate2.flv 360 240] I’m Not There: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_ImNotThere2.flv 360 240] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: [flv:http://media2....
Street Fighter Japanese Movie Trailer Actually Looks Kinda Sorta Good? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2008 1:20 pm EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/streetfighterjapanesetrailer.flv 460 219] Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li hits theaters on February 27th 2009. source: Official Website
Tarsem Singh’s War Of Gods Vs. Louis Leterrier’s Clash Of The Titans By Peter Sciretta/June 27, 2008 3:08 am EST Yesterday producers Mark Canton, Gianni Nunnari and Bernie Goldmann revealed to Collider that they had landed director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell) to helm War of Gods, a new Greek mythology epic which will be filmed like 300. Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides....
Tom Hanks Signs On To Angels & Demons For Record Payout? By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2007 12:35 am EST Sony’s Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons will be moving forward after all. Tom Hanks has officially signed on to reprise his role as Dr. Robert Langdon, according to CinemaBlend. Rights to Dan Brown’s book, released in 2000, were purchased by the studio in 2003. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman was hired to adapt the novel, following the success of The Da Vinci Code in early 2006....
VOTD: The Dark Knight Meets Superman By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2008 12:00 am EST The Dark Knight Meets Superman The Pitch: “Batman faces his toughest adversary yet: real super powers.” Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. VOTD: The Dark Knight Meets Superman By Peter Sciretta/Nov....
Warner Bros. Place Ads To Warn Bollywood Against Ripping-Off Benjamin Button By Brendon Connelly/April 7, 2009 1:02 pm EST According to a piece in the New York Times, Warner Bros. have gone so far as to place adverts in Indian newspapers and film trade publications warning against the plagiarism of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Of course, this isn’t some wild pre-preemptive measure, with Button randomly selected as an example....
2008 Razzie Award Winners By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2008 10:51 pm EST At the Academy Awards Hollywood reccognized the best of the best of 2007. But what about the worst? The 2008 Razzie Awards were announced earlier this weekend while we were typing like madmen in Hall A at WonderCon. I Know Who Killed Me, which starred Lindsay Lohan sweeped with seven wins. Eddie Murphy took home Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Actress for his performance in Norbit....
