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New Photo: Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2009 9:09 pm EST USA Today has the first photo from Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes which features all three lead characters – Jude Law as Dr. John Watson, Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes and Rachel McAdams as “the deceptive” Irene Adler. I would point you toward USA Today’s article for more info on the film, but it’s mostly about Downey’s Oscar thoughts (which to me were not too interesting)....

Paramount To Skip Comic-Con?! By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2008 12:38 am EST First (potentially) the actors, and now it looks like Paramount has decided to sit out of this year’s San Diego Comic Con International. A Parmaount spokesman told Anne Thompson that “The timing was off this year.” Most of Paramount’s upcoming geek slate isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until 2009. Paramount might still participate with some viral marketing, and with a presence on the show floor, but most of their big titles will be M....

Producer Claims That He Created LOST 32 Years Ago By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2009 12:30 pm EST Anthony Spinner, a television producer whose credits include Baretta and Babes in Toyland, is suing ABC and Touchtone Television with the claim that he created the tv show Lost 32 years ago. Spinner says that he wrote a television pilot for the network in 1977 titled Lost, which contains many ideas and characters that Spinner claims were later used for the hit television series Lost....

Quantum Of Solace One Sheet Is A Sequel By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2008 1:04 am EST FirstShowing has the brand new poster (right) for the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Not only is it an image that we saw in the recent Bourne-like movie trailer, but it’s also a continuation/sequel of the original teaser poster (left). How cool is that? Quantum Of Solace One Sheet Is A Sequel...

Quoting Clerks In Candorville By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2007 2:40 pm EST Have you ever quoted a clever movie quote, and had someone mistakingly think YOU made it up? Then you’re faced with the option of telling them the truth or just going along with it, hoping they’ll never find out. Darrin Bell’s comic strip Candorville is having fun with this exact situation, using the Star Wars Death Star conversation from Kevin Smith’s Clerks as a starting point....

Robert Zemeckis Has A New Idea For Roger Rabbit 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2009 1:23 pm EST The sequel madness in Hollywood is starting to get out of control. Earlier this week it was revealed that Robert Rodriguez would be producing a Predator remake titled Predators, Ridley Scott was considering making a prequel to Alien, and that Mirage Studios are developing a live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Russell Brand is remaking Drop Dead Fred....

Slusho Unrelated To Cloverfield?! Possible JJ Abrams Side Project? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2007 2:33 pm EST All this Cloverfield viral marketing has got me wondering. I have now talked to four people who have seen an early cut of Cloverfield. I haven’t heard one negative so far, although everyone is very reluctant to share any details about the film. But I have been able to confirm something that I have believed all along -...

Steve Martin Replaces Dustin Hoffman In The Birdwatching Comedy The Big Year By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2010 7:57 pm EST The film is based on Mark Obmascik’s 2004 book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession which chronicles three top contenders in the 1998 American Big Year: one of the wackiest competitions in the US, where hundreds of bird watchers compete with the hopes of spotting the most species during the course of a year....

Terminator 5 Set In Modern Day London? By Brendon Connelly/June 6, 2009 6:00 am EST Knowing well the sources that Bleeding Cool have up their sleeve, I can promise you that their straight-outta-leftfield rumors will always have some kind of foundation. Very interesting, then, that today they’re dishing on a plan to set the fifth Terminator film in contemporary London. I suppose the ultimate accuracy of this story hinges, as much as anything else as there being another Terminator film....

Transformers 2: Fallen To Get His Revenge! Eyeing A Teaser Trailer? By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2008 12:18 pm EST I have a bit of good news for those of you who were angry that Michael Bay’s Transformers lacked a coherent story. The sequel will have an extensive narrative, all of which takes place off screen in a series of prequel comic books. Of course I’m kidding… or am I? SplashPage’s preview of IDW Publishing’s upcoming five-part Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen comic book miniseries Transformers: Destiny, provides final confirmation that the Fallen in the film’s title is actually the name of the main villain in the sequel (seen above)....

TV News: Witches Of Eastwick, Hawaii Five-O 2.0, And Seth Green And Breckin Meyer Join Heroes By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2008 2:01 am EST ABC is developing a small screen adaptation of John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick. You might remember that George Miller brought the book to the big screen in 1987, with Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. Warner Bros TV has been trying to bring the franchise to the small screen for almost two decades....

VOTD: Superbad: The Action Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2008 12:31 am EST SuperBad: The Action Movie Trailer by RM18CPRThe Pitch: What if SuperBad was an action movie? RM18CPR remixed a SuperBad movie trailer as if the R-Rated comedy were an epic-level action film. 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?...

VOTD: Wright / Reitman Unplugged By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2008 12:00 am EST Click to play Wright / Reitman Unplugged The Pitch: Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz) and Jason Reitman (Juno) interview each other during Just Comedy 2008. 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: Wright / Reitman Unplugged...

Yes Man Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2008 12:49 am EST Warner Bros has released the second full trailer for Jim Carrey’s new comedy Yes Man. This seems like a comedy that would have been made ten years ago, and that’s not a compliment. It’s all high concept and not many laughs. And it doesn’t help that Jim Carrey hasn’t made a truly funny film in the last decade....

Avatar DVD And Blu-Ray Plans Officially Announced By Brendon Connelly/March 16, 2010 4:54 am EST The first release comes this April. Just as Jim said, the US launch will be on April 22nd which is, appropriately enough, Earth Day. Meanwhile, the UK release is set for Monday April 26th. Not so far away, then. These first releases are now said to be completely without any kind of special features whatsoever in order to free up the data space on the disc....

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans Full Domestic Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2009 6:03 pm EST If you’re interested in either of the two insane pieces of cinema Werner Herzog completed this year, you’ve probably seen the crudely cut, sales-type trailer for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans that surfaced earlier this year. Now there’s a real, ‘meant for audiences’ trailer and, until the last few seconds when the iguanas and ‘dancing soul’ stuff hits, it almost looks…sane....

Blake Lively Cast As Green Lantern’s Leading Lady By Russ Fischer/Jan. 9, 2010 12:53 am EST The search for an actor to play Green Lantern famously came down to a few big names: Ryan Reynolds, who got the job, as well as Justin Timberlake and Bradley Cooper. Trades are now saying that the hunt for a leading lady has been down to a few names as well, which is exactly as you’d expect it to be....

Cool Stuff: Bronze Yoda Statue Scale Replica By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 13, 2008 6:00 am EST Gentle Giant is releasing a scale replica of the Bronze Yoda Statue that stands on top of the water fountain outside LucasFilm headquarters in San Francisco, CA (photo below). Unfortunately the 7.75 tall statue is a limited edition, and therefor extremely overpriced. The solid bronze cast of Yoda will soon be sold for $1,400 a pop....

Cool Stuff: Dexter Drink Coasters By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 18, 2009 6:00 am EST I don’t own a coffee table, nor do I care about my drinks leaving condensation on my glass work desk, so I really have no use for drink coasters. But my love for the Showtime series Dexter actually had me considering hitting the “Add To Cart” button. For those of you who don’t watch the series, let me give you a little background....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Mighty Muggs By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 21, 2008 9:00 am EST While on Holiday vacation back home in Boston I discovered this cool new line of Star Wars Urban vinyl collectible figures called Mighty Muggs. Usually the word vinyl means a toy is no longer a toy, and instead functions as art. This somehow raises the price value of a figure from the expect $10 or $20 to around $100 bucks....