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Woody Harrelson To Star In Roland Emmerich’s 2012 By Hunter Stephenson/July 14, 2008 1:40 pm EST Dear Roland Emmerich, you cannot out-destroy our planet better than Michael Bay. We’d rather you burn the $200 million budget for 2012 in a pit on the beach and film Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover dancing around it. MTV confirms that Woody has signed to star in Emmerich’s Mayan Doomsday Bonanza, 2012, and, yes, he’ll play the token “told you so” paranoiac…...

You Knew This Was Coming: Universal Plans A Barbie Movie By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2009 12:43 pm EST I’m so glad that on the same day we get to report that the likely to be extra-silly Masters of the Universe movie may be a go at Columbia, I also get to cover Universal’s plans for a film based on the Barbie toy line. But, really, how is there not already a Barbie movie?...

/Film Comic Con Coverage Begins Tonight! By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2008 7:00 am EST Yes, we’re in San Diego for the 2008 Comic Con International. Preview night kicks off tonight, and so does our live coverage. We’ll be covering all the cool movie and television related panels, as well as bringing updates from the show floor. So check back starting tonight! /Film Comic Con Coverage Begins Tonight! By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2008 7:00 am EST...

Assessing The Themes Of The Dark Knight By David Chen/July 20, 2008 9:01 am EST Please note: The following is not a review. I will not be discussing Heath Ledger’s tremendous performance, nor Nolan’s directorial choices, nor my problems with the film (yes, I did have some). It’s an attempt at coming to grips with some of the themes in the movie, a cathartic but not exhaustive brain dump. So here we go…...

Christian Bale As John Connor In McG’s Terminator 4? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 21, 2007 2:23 pm EST Last week we told you that McG has supposedly signed on to direct Terminator 4. Today Ain’tItCool is reporting a rumor that Christian Bale has been cast as John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. What are the chances of this being true? I’ve been a long supporter of McG. With a good producer to wrangle him in, he can make a fun movie, I’m sure of that....

Cloverfield Monster In Slow-Mo By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2007 5:23 am EST The Cloverfield monster only shows up for a few frames in the new movie trailer. Check out the video below for a slowed down look. To me it looks like a cross between a T-Rex and Godzilla. But I predict that you won’t see much more of the big monster in the actual film. It would be in JJ Abrams best interests to keep the monster hidden because whatever it may look like, however cool, it will never meet the fans expectations....

Coens True To True Grit By Brendon Connelly/March 23, 2009 9:38 am EST Variety are reporting that the Coen Brothers’ adaptation of True Grit is set to be their next movie. Why The Yiddish Policemen’s Union won’t be next out of the traps, as we had previously believed it would be. I suspect it’s simply that the script isn’t in shape yet. For all we know, Joel and Ethan might have hit one of their legendary skid-patches of writers block with that one....

Cool Stuff: Eco-Friendly Batmobile T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2009 6:00 am EST Batman cares about the environment. After the Tumbler was destroyed, Alfred talked Bruce into investing in a new environmentally friendly Batmobile. But when Batman found out that he has to clean the car himself, he wasn’t too pleased. Rubyred’s new Bat-Tuk-Tuk t-shirt is available in a range of colors and styles and printed on 100% cotton American Apparel tees for $26....

Emily The Strange - The First Movie Adapted From A Sticker? By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2008 2:17 am EST Emily the Strange was created by Santa Cruz skateboarder Rob Reger in the early 1990’s to help promote his company Cosmic Debris Etc. Inc. Before becoming a cult counterculture icon, Emily began on a sticker that was passed out for free at concerts, record stores and skate shops to help promote Cosmic Debris....

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2009 7:10 am EST And honestly, I’d be perfectly happy if the Ramones stayed off the biopic bus. They’re goofy enough when playing themselves (see Rock’n’Roll High School) and I can’t imagine the level of caricature that might be witnessed should we find Nic Cage in a shaggy bowl cut impersonating Joey Ramone. The band earned a lot of cred and dignity through sheer force of will and staying power, and I’d rather just stick with the good but not great documentary End of the Century....

Jake Scott’s Sundance Guest Blog #4: The Dust Settles By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2010 3:00 pm EST Editor’s Note: Filmmaker Jake Scott has been blogging his Sundance experience on /Film. You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott yet, but you will. You definitely know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room during the school holidays). Chances are, you’ve probably never seen Jake’s directorial debut was a 1999 British historical action comedy titled Plunkett & Macleane....

Jeff Bridges Gets Digitally Scanned/Cloned For Tron Sequel By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2009 3:59 pm EST io9 has gotten word that Jeff Bridges has been sent up to Canada to get digitized so that the Disney can create a younger digital clone of the actor for Tron 2. According to the source, the high resolution scan picks up every little detail, and Disney will use the digital scans to make Bridges look younger in post, and even possibly implant the younger likeness on Bridges on a body double....

Joe Carnahan To Shoot Killing Pablo In High Definition By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2007 12:10 am EST Joe Carnahan plans to embrace the new high definition revolution, and hopes to shoot his upcoming Pablo Escobar biopic Killing Pablo on the new Red camera system. “I really want to do a great deal of KP on the Red or another digital format that gives me the same kind of freedom that that particular system grants....

LOL: Marketing For New Joshua Jackson Movie Uses Quotes From YouTube By Peter Sciretta/March 7, 2009 11:00 pm EST When movie studios have a bad movie on their hands, you see advertisements featuring quotes from critics that work for outlets you’ve never heard of (and sometimes don’t even sound credible). You get some guy, from some regional blog, somewhere, claiming that The Spirit was the best comic book movie ever created....

Madagascar: The Crate Escape Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2008 1:52 am EST A teaser trailer for Madagascar: The Crate Escape premiered on the DVD release of The Bee Movie. Ben Stiller gives us an introduction to what we should expect from the sequel to the 2005 hit computer animated film. So far I’m not impressed. I think a lot of people were very disappointed with the first film, and while the second film promises to deliver more penguin hilarity (something that was highly advertised but lacking from the first film), I’m not quite sure that it will....

My Blueberry Nights Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2007 10:51 pm EST The Cannes Film Festival is revving up, and promotion has begun on Wong Kar Wai’s debut English language film, My Blueberry Nights. Yesterday we posted a new set of production photos. Today we have the theatrical teaser trailer. Alas, no Natalie Portman or Rachel Weisz footage to be found. But it’s worth the peep none the less. There is a lot of buzz around this film at the festival leading up to it’s premiere....

New How To Train Your Dragon Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2009 10:48 am EST Dreamworks Animation has released a new concept image from Chris Sander’s How to Train Your Dragon. The concept art was created by art director Pierre-Olivier Vincent. You can get lithographs this Sat. & Sun. at booth number 4921 on the Comic-Con show floor. From the studio that brought you “Shrek,” “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda” comes “How To Train Your Dragon” — an adventure comedy set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell....

New Trailers: Sex And The City 2; The Back-Up Plan; Furry Vengeance By Russ Fischer/Dec. 22, 2009 6:26 pm EST The holiday trailer flood continues today with three new clips for one film that has a large, eager audience and two that, to be fair, probably don’t. Sex and the City 2 was inevitable, given the success of the first film, and this is the first footage from the second theatrical reunion of Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis and Cynthia Nixon....

New Wolverine Photo By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2008 10:36 pm EST

Rumor Killer: Jackie Earle Haley As The New Freddy Kruger By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2009 4:58 pm EST Yesterday it was revealed that Samuel Bayer, the music video and commercial director behind some of the seminal alternative rock music videos of the 1990’s, had signed on to helm a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street. Today LatinoReview is reporting a rumor that Jackie Earle Haley is one of Platinum Dunes choices to play Freddy Kruger in the reboot....