VOTD: Heroes / Watchmen Mash-Up By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2008 1:16 am EST Watchmen / Heroes Mash-up by DrewbolX The Pitch: DrewbolX created this mash-up which uses footage from Heroes cut to the music and tonal moments of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen teaser. Wow, who knew Heroes could look so incredibly cool, which is probably a testament to the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. Thanks to /Film reader Gregory V for the tip....
Waitress Production Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 12, 2007 1:13 am EST Anyway, we’ve previously posted the theatrical trailer, and now comes a set of nine production photos. As always, left click for a better view. Keri Russell and Cheryl Hines talk to Adrienne Shelly before her big date. Keri Russell gives Nathan Fillion a lesson in baking pies. Jeremy Sisto gets Keri Russell from the bus stop. Cheryl Hines and Keri Russell gush over Adrienne Shelly’s big secret....
Watchmen Cast List By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2007 11:13 am EST Our friends at dTheatre have posted a complete list of the rumored (but not confirmed) cast for Zach Snyder’s big screen adaptation of Watchmen. Kate Winslet as Silk Spectre Patrick Wilson as Night Owl Jason Patric as Dr. Manhattan Jude Law as Ozymandias Thomas Jane as The Comedian Jeremy Irons as Moloch Virginia Madsen as Sally Jupiter Jonah Hill as Seymour Henry Gibson as Mr....
What The Disney/Marvel Deal Means: Will Pixar Develop Marvel Superhero Films? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2009 11:14 am EST As you’ve probably heard by now, The Walt Disney Company is in the process of acquiring Marvel for $4 billion. But what does this mean for the future of Marvel Comics and Marvel Films? Disney CEO Bob Iger responded to questions on a conference call this morning, and here is some of the information that you need to know....
Writers Strike Video: Who’s On The Line By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2007 10:27 pm EST WGA’s “speachless” viral advertisements went online this weekend, and while I respect the idea, the result was unwatchable. A video of Sean Penn talking with no sound in black and white doesn’t nail home the (or any) point. When I’ve posted about the writers strike in the past, sometimes commenters have chimed in saying that “writers get paid far too much money already, they don’t need residuals”....
Beavis And Butt-Head Return To Promote Extract By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2009 4:30 pm EST That being the case, this is a spoilery clip, but only if you haven’t been watching and reading the other clips and interviews that have shown up to promote the film. If you’ve caught all that then there will be no real surprises. You’ll be able to safely enjoy the amazement expressed by Beavis at the fact that a movie featuring a chick with big boobs, a dude getting paid to have sex and some other stuff costs just the same as every other movie....
Cool Stuff: Brad Klausen’s TRON Poster By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2008 6:24 pm EST The Alamo Drafthouse has yet another cool limited edition poster print. Pearl Jam poster artist Brad Klausen has created a 24x36 9-color glow in the dark poster for Tron. Click on the image below to see the poster in high resolution. The Drafthouse is holding a special screening to celebrate the grand opening on Arcade UFO in Austin....
Cool Stuff: The Alamo Drafthouse’s Godfather Posters By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 6:00 am EST To help promote The Alamo Drafthouse’s screening of The Godfather this month, the best theater ever has commissioned three poster prints for the film. Check them out after the jump. The dynamic duo of Billy Perkins and Jeff Kleinsmith have gone head to head with a Impressionistic vs. Realistic poster set. Billy’s measures 18×36, 4 color with a deep brown metallic copper background, is signed and numbered by the artist, and is printed by D and L out of Seattle....
Danny Boyle And Dev Patel To Appear On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2009 4:02 pm EST Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and star Dev Patel are in talks to appear on the real Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. This according to The Sun, if it happens, the two would play together on a celebrity edition where the winnings would be donated to an Indian children’s charity....
Danny Trejo Says Machete Movie Still Happening, Possible Trilogy By Hunter Stephenson/March 31, 2008 2:54 pm EST Update (04/01/08): JoBlo reports via a reader who attended the same event as Bloody Disgusting that Danny Trejo said that Robert Rodriguez may “start up again” on Machete as early as this month. More on this as/if it develops… Gore hounds and knife show infomerical zombies, rejoice! In yet more machete-related news, Blood Disgusting ran into fanboy favorite Danny Trejo over the weekend and he gave the requisite Machete update....
Exclusive: 3 New Photos From Alex Proyas’ Knowing By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2009 11:34 am EST Summit Entertainment has sent us three new exclusive photos from Alex Proyas’ Knowing. Summit will be showing two big action scenes from the film at a panel at the New York Comic Con this weekend (February 7th from 4-5pm). And I’ve been told that one of them will be the full plane crash sequence. Check out two more photos after the jump....
Gears Of War Movie Falls Back Into Development Heck By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2010 12:24 am EST In March 2007, New Line Cinema announced they would be making a big screen adaptation of Microsoft’s popular video game Gears of War. Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl screenwriter Stuart Beattie was hired to pen a script after turning in a 21-page treatment. A few months later Live Free or Die Hard helmer Len Wiseman came aboard the project to direct....
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Grindhouse To Get NC-17 Without HUGE Cuts By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2007 2:59 pm EST PageSix is reporting that Grindhouse is headed for an NC-17 Rating. “Some of it is so graphic and outrageous for a major Hollywood studio, there’s no question it’s headed for an NC-17 without big cuts,” says Page Six. The Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature will need an R-Rating to be released in mainstream multiplexes. Some of the more outrageous scenes are described below:...
Guy Ritchie Leaving Lobo, Aiming For Sherlock Holmes 2 By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 26, 2010 10:17 pm EST Lobo fans hoping for Guy Ritchie to bring his talents to the comic series’ live action adaptation best look elsewhere. Coming off the incredibly successful Sherlock Holmes, it appears that Ritchie is now looking towards the next entry in the detective franchise instead. LAT’s Hero Complex blog had a chat with producer Joel Silver who mentioned that the studio really wants a Holmes sequel....
Jessica Alba’s The Eye Teaser Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 12, 2007 1:01 pm EST Lionsgate has released a new teaser movie trailer for The Eye starring Jessica Alba as an accomplished concert violinist who has been blind since a childhood tragedy. Sydney Wells undergoes a double corneal transplant, and her sight is restored. But unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Her family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, but Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see....
June Tracking Numbers Are Shocking By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2007 2:42 pm EST Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere has published the late June industry tracking numbers. To make things easier, we have filed the numbers in this neat little table below: Film General Awareness Definite Interest First Choice Definately Not Interested 1408 56% 30% 9% 12% A Mighty Heart 44% 22% 6% Evan Almighty 89% 40% 15% Live Free or Die Hard...
Lars Von Trier And Martin Scorsese To Remake Taxi Driver, De Niro Again To Star…?!?! By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 15, 2010 9:50 am EST This is easily my favourite film news story of the year so far. According to reports coming out of the Berlin Film Festival, Lars von Trier and Martin Scorsese are to team up for a remake of Taxi Driver and that Robert De Niro will star, presumably still in the role of Travis Bickle....
Matt Lucas Cast As Tweedledee And Tweedledum In Tim Burton’s Alice By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2008 2:09 pm EST /Film reader Christopher Edwards sends along word that Shaun of the Dead and Little Britain actor Matt Lucas is playing both Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Tim Burton’s 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Lucas revealed the news on BBC’s Friday Night with Johnathan Ross. I saw the concept art for the characters last week at the Disney Showcase, and they are completely stylized like upward pointing missiles (imagine the Disney animated version above without the round belly)....
Michael Jackson’s This Is It Enters The Top-25 Advance Ticket Sellers Of All-Time By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2009 1:00 pm EST Three weeks prior to its October 28th release, Michael Jackson’s This Is It is now one of the MovieTickets.com Top-25 Advance Ticket Sellers of All-Time, bumping The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring from the Number 25 slot. At the same point in the sales cycle, Michael Jackson’s This Is It is on the heels of Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds, the highest grossing concert film of all-time....
