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Dark Knight Viral: Citizens For Batman Chicago Report By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2008 11:43 pm EST Citizens For Batman arranged meet-ups tonight in Chicago and New York. /Film reader Mike Wolf sends in this report from tonight’s Dark Knight viral event in Chicago. Photos thanks to PizzaPaul on CFB.org. —– I just got back from the Citizens for Batman rally in Chicago and it was very anti-climatic. Rather than having a real rally where someone was preaching support for batman or getting people to chant for the dark knight, swag (which was cool) was given out and then they delivered pizza....

EXCLUSIVE: 20 Minute Sneak Preview Of Hairspray By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2007 4:42 pm EST The screening room in the Dolby Labs is a wooden modernized art deco design, with a small stage, curtain, and stadium seating. While I sat in my seat waiting for the presentation I looked around wondering where the speakers were. I didn’t see a single speaker, ANYWHERE. And you would expect a place like Dolby would have a jacked up sound system....

Frank Miller Wants To Direct Hard Boiled By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2008 1:34 pm EST Frank Miller says he’s not only working on a big screen adaptation of his 1990 three-issue mini-series Hard Boiled, but he also wants to direct it himself. “We’re talking about [it]. I’ve got a really unusual way I want to do it,” Miller told MTV at the New York Comic-Con. “I’m in love with directing. I’ve found a way to expand my career....

Jeff Garlin To Voice The Only Animated Speaking Character In WALL-E By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2007 4:41 am EST Jeff Garlin claims that he is the “only animated character that speaks” in the upcoming Pixar film WALL-E. Until now we’ve known that much of the film featured nonspeaking computer animated robots, which communicate with R2D2-like sound effects. We know that some of the story takes place aboard the luxurious star-liners here humans have been forced to re-colonize....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 22, 2008 2:50 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Teri Polo is set to star in Joe Dante’s supernatural feature The Hole. [Bloody Disgusting] NBC’s Chuck will feature Twin Galaxies, the arcade from King of Kong. [/gamer] Smallville co-creator Alfred Gough says the writers and producers were refused permission to feature Batman and Wonder Woman in the hit TV series....

Rambo Not Screened For Press; Destined To Suck By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2008 5:53 pm EST Bad news Rambo fans. Lionsgate has decided not to screen Rambo for press, aside from the few who attended the press junket in Los Angeles earlier this week. And even those journalists were subject to extensive Non Disclosure agreements which won’t allow them to say a word. National press not doing interviews in Hollywoodland won’t screen the film at all (Adam from Hollywood Chicago and two other outlets have also confirmed this)....

Robert Rodriguez Talks Predators By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2009 6:43 pm EST No writer or director have been hired for the project, but the plan is for Rodriguez to produce the film at the Austin-based Troublemaker Studios so that Rodriguez “can feel free to walk to the PREDATORS soundstage, pick up a camera and co-shoot the coolest scenes.” I really wonder what kind of a director is going to be comfortable with that kind of producer collaboration....

The NeverEnding Story Van By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 12:09 pm EST Growing up a kid of the 1980’s, I loved The NeverEnding Story. I mean, who didn’t? But as much as I liked Wolfgang Petersen’s fantasy adventure film, I would not, I repeat, would not turn my van into a homage to the movie. But apparently, I’m not this guy. Bought in the Summer of 1979 for $7900, and originally themed “Stairway to Heaven”, the owner decided to customize the van around The NeverEnding Story in 1989....

The People Vs. George Lucas Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2009 5:44 pm EST I have never met anyone who loves George Lucas, but over my lifetime I’ve met countless Star Wars fanatics that blame him for ruining everything. It’s kinda weird, that there is a hatred towards someone who created a universe that is loved by so many. It’s kinda crazy if you really think about it. What happened?...

Thomas Haden Church Starring In New FearNet Web/On-Demand Series, Zombie Roadkill By Devindra Hardawar/Dec. 13, 2009 11:40 pm EST The series will be written by Henry Gayden and directed by David Green. FearNet is no stranger to short series, having released 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails and Dust to Dust. Their latest series is Fear Clinic with Robert Englund. [Source: Variety]

Toronto Film Festival 2007: Deals, Sales, Acquisitions By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2007 1:30 am EST A few films have sold at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. Here is a round-up of the deals so far. In Bloom to Magnolia Pictures [added 9/12] George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead to The Weinstein Company for $2 to $2.5 Million Alan Ball’s Nothing is Private to Warner Independent and Netflix’s Red Envelope Entertainment for more than $1 million each Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor to Overture Films Helen Hunt’s Then She Found Me to ThinkFilm for $2 million Boy A to The Weinstein Co Baltasar Kormakur’s Jar City to IFC If I’m missing anything, please post it in the comments....

VOTD: Avatar Wars - The Epic Battle Between CGI Characters Vs. Human Actors By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2009 12:00 am EST Who will be the action heroes of the future, CGI or human actors? You decide. Featuring an epic ensemble cast, Black20’s new trailer mash-up AVATAR Wars features the final showdown between the future CGI characters and the human acton heroes we’ve grown to love. Watch the trailer embedded after the jump....

VOTD: Iron Man Vs. Bruce Lee By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2009 11:58 pm EST French Canadian filmmaker Patrick Bolvin wondered what a fight between Bruce Lee and Iron Man might look like, so he created a 1-minute short film showing what might have happened if the two action heroes battled it out. The narrow depth of field cinematography is stunning, but the stop animated film is much shorter than I would’ve liked....

War Movie Trailer: Jason Statham Vs. Jet Li By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2007 12:03 am EST The trailer for Liongate’s action thriller War is now online. The film pits Jet Li vs. Jason Statham. After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal....

Worst Idea Ever: Poseidon Screenwriter To Write Oldboy Remake By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 10:22 pm EST Screenwriter Mark Protosevich is in talks to write the American remake of Oldboy for director Steven Speilberg. Star Will Smith recommended Protosevich for the project after working with him on I Am Legend. Yes, your worst fears have come true, the guy who wrote the 2006 adaptation of Poseidon might be writing the script for the English-language adaptation of Old Boy....

Zooey Deschanel Joins David Gordon Green’s Your Highness By Russ Fischer/July 10, 2009 8:30 am EST David Gordon Green , James Franco and Danny McBride are following their stoner action movie Pineapple Express with a stoner medieval comedy called Your Highness, and Zooey Deschanel has just joined the cast. Shooting starts this month in Northern Ireland, according to THR, with Natalie Portman also in the picture. Ben Best wrote the script, which features “an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) who must complete a quest to save his father’s kingdom....

Alice Eve In Captain America? By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2010 7:24 pm EST Marvel: is the top contender for the female lead role in Captain America out of your league? E! Online reports that 28-year old British actress Alice Eve has become Marvel’s current top choice to play Peggy Carter in Joe Johnston’s The First Avenger: Captain America. Here is a description of the character from the comics thanks to ComicVine:...

Ben Stiller Reveals Zoolander 2 Details By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2009 2:27 am EST Ben Stiller talked to Screenrush about the long-in-development sequel to Zoolander. While it doesn’t sound like it will be happening anytime soon (Stiller says he’s been “working on a script over the years and HOPEFULLY it will happen”) we at least have some details of what the sequel might involve. Stiller says that it would be set 10 years later with Derek Zoolander dealing with the fact that he is no longer a model, possibly spending his days running a modeling school and taking care of his now 10 or 11 years old son....

Casting Notes: Andy Serkis Replaces David Tennant In Burke & Hare, Plus News For Marcia Gay Harden And Eric Balfour By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2010 2:44 pm EST UPDATE: The Simon Pegg tweet from which the Andy Serkis info was ‘sourced’ has been deleted. Was this a case of announcing too soon and/or without authorization, or is something else in the works? Mark this one as ‘uncertain’ for now. Original article follows....

Casting Rumor: Ryan Gosling As The Green Lantern? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2008 12:35 am EST Our friends at Latino Review are reporting a rumor that Warner Bros wants Ryan Gosling to play Hal Jordan aka The Green Lantern in the upcoming DC comic book adaptation. The comic book book series never grabbed me, so I don’t know much about the Lantern. But one thing I am sure of is that Gosling is a great talent....