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Full Trailer For Timur Bekmambetov-Produced Black Lightning By Russ Fischer/Oct. 19, 2009 6:39 am EST And with this, Timur Bekmambetov takes the next step towards becoming the Russian Luc Besson. The director is producing Black Lightning, a film that he’s described as “the Russian response to Transformers and Batman.” Which, watching this full trailer for a film about a kid who becomes a superhero after buying a flying car, I suppose I can see....

Halcyon Likes Lionsgate Bid For Terminator Franchise Rights By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 13, 2010 1:00 pm EST Reports on Deadline Hollywood Daily are liquid, to say the least. One minute they might say one thing, the next… the complete opposite. As a result, I feel a little on-edge when I report on one of their stories but find curious inconsistencies popping up. The current headline is SOURCES: Halcyon Chooses Lionsgate As Stalking Horse Bidder In Bankruptcy Sale Of Rights To ‘The Terminator’ Franchise....

Harry Potter Sets A Release Date For Deathly Hallows By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2008 1:08 am EST We finally have an official release date: Warner Bros will release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I on November 19th 2010. That means there will be exactly two years without a Harry Potter movie. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theaters later this year on November 21st. The second part of Deathly Hallows is currently marked as May 2011 TBA, but I’m guessing that the franchise finale will probably claim the first week of May, which is one of the most coveted spots on the Summer calendar....

I Love You Phillip Morris Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2008 8:38 pm EST TrailersLand has posted an extended French promotional trailer for the upcoming Jim Carrey / Ewan McGregor comedy I Love You Phillip Morris. It was just announced that the film will premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. As far as I know, the movie doesn’t yet have a U.S. distributor. The movie is adapted from Steve McVicker’s 2003 novel, and based on a true story....

Indiana Jones 4 Photos From Cine Live By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2008 4:14 am EST I know I’m probably going to get complaints that we’re publishing yet another Indiana Jones 4 Photo post, but every Indy photo post thus far has been very highly read. /Film reader Zoe G sent me these photos from the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull cover story from Cine Live Magazine. The story features new photos of Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf (each new photo of Shia worries me more than the last)....

James Cameron’s AVATAR In IMAX 3D By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2008 12:55 pm EST Is it wrong for me to assume from that statement that the movie will somehow be full screen on the IMAX screen in the IMAX 3D release? Full press release after the jump. “The larger field of view and powerful surround sound of an IMAX(R) theatre will completely immerse the audience in a way that cannot be experienced anywhere else....

Juno’s Opening Credit Sequence By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 27, 2007 9:02 pm EST I just saw the film on the big screen tonight for the third time, and boy does this film play incredibly well in front of an audience. The almost packed theater in a suburb outside-Boston, laughed at every joke, and even clapped for the film when the credits hit. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/junointro.flv 470 250] Director Jason Reitman talks about the opening credit sequence in a blog post from August:...

Mary Lynn Rajskub Gets More Sunshine By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2007 1:32 am EST Mary Lynn Rajskub, who plays the very awkward Chloe on the hit tv show 24, has joined the cast of Sunshine Cleaning. Pop Quiz: Strangely, this is the second film Rajskub has done in the last two years that had “sunshine” in its title. Do you know what the other movie was? Answer and more information after the jump....

Movie Trailer: Madonna’s Directorial Debut Filth And Wisdom By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2008 2:37 am EST IFC Films has released the trailer for Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth And Wisdom. The official plot synopsis describes the film as “a hilariously sexy tale of three roommates who must delve into mischievous and naughty behavior in pursuit of bigger and brighter futures.” “A Ukrainian immigrant, A.K. (Eugene Hutz), finances his dreams of ’trans-continental superstardom’ with his band, Gogol Bordello, by turning tricks as a role-playing cross dresser....

New Photo: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows; Naked Harry Appears In The Film? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2009 9:43 am EST Just as there’s talk of the last Twilight novel being adapted into two films, here we’ve got the first official photo from the first of two films that will adapt the final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There was that photo of Harry walking around in a misty forest that showed up many months ago, but this is the first official look at the heroic trio of Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson)....

New Ratatouille Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2007 6:01 am EST Disney has released a bunch of new character stills from Pixar’s presentation of Ratatouille. Check them out below: Official synopsis: Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird (“The Incredibles”) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (“Cars,” “Finding Nemo”) take you into an entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale....

No Hotel Chevalier Short? Bad Darjeeling Limited Reviews? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2007 12:46 pm EST The short takes place in one room of a French hotel (Hotel Chevalier) and serves as “a short epilogue of one heartbreaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in ‘The Darjeeling Limited.” Hotel Chevalier screened Out of competition in the upcoming Venice Film Festival, and is also scheduled to make an appearance at the New York Film Festival....

Over 30 New Watchmen Photos By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2009 11:56 pm EST Warner Bros has released the final batch of Watchmen production photos, including a few comic to film comparison shots like the one above of Veidt’s Antarctic retreat. More after the jump. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the Doomsday Clock–which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union–moves closer to midnight....

Pineapple Express Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2008 3:43 pm EST A Red Band (read: uncensored or R-rated) trailer for the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced comedy Pineapple Express has hit the interwebs. I can’t imagine any of this drug humor could be shown in a green band version. Watch the new trailer below and tell me what you think. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the superstar team behind SuperBad, The Pineapple Express is about a stoner (Rogen) process server named Dale Denton and his dealer (James Franco) Saul are who forced to go on the run from the police and gang leader (Gary Cole), after Dale witnesses a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez) commit a murder....

Rob Zombie To Direct Halloween Sequel H2 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2008 11:31 pm EST Dimension Films has signed Rob Zombie to direct a sequel to his 2007 remake/prequel/reboot of Halloween. The studio is rushing H2 into production for a March start and a hopeful October 2009 release. The film will be a direct sequel to the Zombie’s 2007 film, and will not be a remake of 1981’s Halloween II....

Rumor: Rachel McAdams As Black Cat In Spider-Man 4 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2009 4:31 pm EST Mania is reporting a rumor that Rachel McAdams has met with the producers of Spider-Man 4 to play the role of Black Cat. The female cat burglar has long been rumored to be part of the next installment of Sam Raimi’s big screen Spider-Man series, although there has never been any confirmation of such....

SXSW Reviews: Disturbia, The Lookout, Diggers, The King Of Kong, Them And More By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2007 5:45 am EST All The Boys Love Mandy Lane “…a valiant low-budget effort and one that definitely deserves to be seen on the big screen whenever the Weinsteins release, likely Fall. It’s certainly better than the vast majority of the genre sequels/remakes that studios pump out by the dozen now. Flawed, a little slow to start, but it’s an interesting original story, so it’s fresh almost by default....

Sydney Pollack Says Movies Are Like Fast Food By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2007 2:44 pm EST Oscar winner Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) tells Helen De Winter in her upcoming book that movies are like Fast Food now-a-days: “Beginnings and endings are not interesting, audiences want the high point, which means you’ve got to get to it and get to it now – get the gun out fast, the clothes off quick,” Pollack says....

Thank You For The Birthday Wishes By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2008 12:21 pm EST I want to briefly thank everyone who has sent “Happy Birthday” wishes over e-mail, facebook, myspace, twitter, comments, etc. A big thank you to everyone! And before everyone asks, the cake is not mine, but instead a Flickr find. Thank You For The Birthday Wishes By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2008 12:21 pm EST I want to briefly thank everyone who has sent “Happy Birthday” wishes over e-mail, facebook, myspace, twitter, comments, etc....

The Losers Director Sylvain White Talks About His Potential Ronin Adaptation By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2009 6:56 am EST In the early ’80s, Frank Miller prefaced his groundbreaking work on The Dark Knight Returns with a limited series called Ronin, which saw a feudal Japanese samurai and his demon antagonist brought forward to a ravaged, lawless modern New York. The story has been potential fodder for a film adaptation a couple times over the past decade, most notably when Darren Aronofsky and New Line nearly teamed up to make a feature....