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Cloverfield Manga Suddenly Appears Online By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 16, 2008 1:09 am EST Tonight, the rabbit hole that is Cloverfield’s viral marketing just got exponentially deeper and more bizarre. A digital manga comic book has turned up online, and while the Japanese panels have yet to be fully translated, the Bad Robot logo (J.J. Abrams production company) and a 2008 copyright for Paramount Pictures appear on the last page. To access the comic, go here and click the small comic panel in the center with a face and the word “Kishin....

Criterion Collection Goes Blu-Ray By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2008 7:48 pm EST If you’re a real film geek than you have a section of your DVD shelf dedicated to Criterion Collection DVD releases. Good news for the High Definition fans, Criterion Collection has announced that they are going Blu! Check out the e-mail that was sent to Crietrion newsletter subscribers: Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first....

First Look: Dennis Quaid As Bill Clinton In Peter Morgan’s The Special Relationship By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2010 12:23 pm EST Playwright/screenwriter Peter Morgan and actor Michael Sheen have teamed for two films featuring former British Prime Minister Tony Blair: The Deal and The Queen. Their third project together is The Special Relationship, which chronicles the working relationship between Blair and Bill Clinton in the late ’90s. The photo above is the first look at Dennis Quaid in costume as Clinton....

First Look: Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs The World By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2009 11:54 am EST We’ve seen a lot of candid cast photos for Edgar Wright’s upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, but until now we haven’t seen any actual stills from the film. Edgar Wright just blogged what appears to be the first official still blown up and framed. But the wily director didn’t just throw the shot out to the world; he took the photo at an extreme angle that seeks to obscure it somewhat....

Funny People Viral: Raaaaaaaandy Documentary Part 1 By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2009 12:19 am EST More viral videos for Judd Apatow’s Funny People have begun to hit the web. Part one of a documentary series profiling Randy (a character played by Aziz Ansari), a rising stand-up comic who is “featured in the new film Funny People”, is now online at FunnyOrDie. The first half features clips from Randy’s stand-up act edited together with a couple on camera interviews....

James Wong To Direct Dragon Ball Z Movie By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2007 10:57 am EST Created by Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Z tells the story of an alien sent to destroy earth, who has a change of heart and decides to join the humans in their battles. I’m not quite sure the series could ever be done in live action and not look stupid. But who knows, Hollywood executives thought the same thing about Batman before Tim Burton came around (A guy in a bat costume running around?...

Paramount Wants Michael Bay To Film Transformers 3 In 3D By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2010 10:08 pm EST Paramount might force Michael Bay into filming Transformers 3 in 3D following the success of James Cameron’s Avatar. Bay has been vocally against the growing popularity of 3D, at last year’s theatrical exhibitors ShoWest convention making the very unpopular statement that “I think it might be a gimmick.” He added that he didn’t know for sure, and that he was “looking forward to [James] Cameron’s picture....

Point Break 2 Gets A Greenlight By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2007 11:44 pm EST Point Break is one of those movies that everyone secretly loves, but won’t admit. I mean, how can you go wrong with an undercover surfer cop who joins a group that robs banks wearing masks of former presidents? Well good news, they are making a sequel. Patriot Games scribe Peter Iliff has signed on to write and direct Point Break 2....

Quentin Tarantino In Preproduction On Inglorious Bastards By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2008 2:09 am EST When Quentin Tarantino announced at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival that he was finally going to make his big war epic Inglorious Bastards, I commented that Tarantino sometimes comes off like a compulsive liar. Because, lets face it, how many projects has this guy promised over the years that have not and probably will never come to fruition (The Vega Brothers, The Psychic Remake, the Kill Bill Prequel/sequel… etc)....

Reader Feedback: A /Film Message Board? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2007 1:11 pm EST /Film’s redesign is almost complete, and we’ve been considering adding a fully featured message board to the site. But the question is: Would you guys use it? I’m throwing this question out to you, the readers. As a blog, we will always allow for comments, but a message board allows discussion outside of the current headlines. Just a suggestion, now let us hear your thoughts… Please comment below or e-mail me directly....

Real Steel In November 2011 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2009 6:31 pm EST The second weekend of November is one of the bigger release dates at the box office. Waerner Bros has released three of the Harry Potter films (Goblet of Fire, Sorcerer’s Stone, and Chamber of Secrets) on that spot, earning anywhere from $88-$102 million. Recently, Summit Entertainment has staked claim on the weekend for the first two films in the Twilight series....

Saturday Box Office: Treasure Down, Headed For $50M; Charlie Beats Sweeney By Steve Mason/Dec. 23, 2007 9:33 am EST My sources are telling me that today (Sunday) will play more like a Saturday but to keep in mind that many moviegoers are wrapping up their Christmas shopping. Given that, I am penciling in a 5% Sunday drop, which would put Treasure right at $50M for the 3-day runup to the holiday....

Seven Video Clips From Adrienne Shelly’s Waitress By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2007 2:42 pm EST “Bad Baby Pie” [01:26] [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress-bad-baby-pie.flv 450 230] “That Was Earl Getting Me Drunk That One Night” [01:34] [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress-that-was-earl-getting-me-drunk-that-one-night.flv 450 230] “Five Minute Blind Date” [01:07] [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress-five-minute-blind-date.flv 450 230] “Yes´um You Better” [01:36] [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress-yesum-you-better.flv 450 230] “Jenna´s Pastry Heaven” [01:16] [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress-jennas-pastry-heaven.flv 450 230] “That´s a Bad Idea” [00:57] [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress-thats-a-bad-idea.flv 450 230] “Are You Happy to See Me?...

The First Avenger: Captain America Described As “Raiders Meets Rocketeer And Saving Private Ryan” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2009 9:00 pm EST Earlier today I posted about a comment that director Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) made during an interview with the Los Angeles Times, while on the England set of his latest film Clash of the Titans. There were also a few other interesting tidbits have emerged from the interview concerning Leterrier’s future with Marvel, The Incredible Hulk 2, The Avengers and his thoughts on the early designs for The First Avenger: Captain America....

Tony Scott Will Next Direct Potsdamer Platz, With Bardem, Statham And Rourke By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2010 1:55 pm EST Scott was reportedly after Gene Hackman to join the cast, but couldn’t land the actor, who now doesn’t seem to have much interest in features. Deadline says the picture will be retitled, but that’s not new info; Scott also said that last summer. Buddy Giovinazzo originally wrote the script, but by last year it had been rewritten by the Sexy Beast team of David Scinto and Louis Mellis....

VOTD: R2-D2 Subtitled By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2009 12:06 am EST MeanestBear went through the trouble of adding subtitles to Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace so that you can now understand what R2-D2 is saying. Watch the video after the jump. via: DailyWhat VOTD: R2-D2 Subtitled By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2009 12:06 am EST MeanestBear went through the trouble of adding subtitles to Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace so that you can now understand what R2-D2 is saying....

VOTD: Raiders Of The Toy Box By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2008 12:00 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/raidersofthetoybox.flv 460 260] Raiders of the Toy Box by Probot Productions The Pitch: The classic truck chase from Raiders of the Lost Ark recreated with action figures. 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....

Will Smith Gets Epic With “The Last Pharaoh” By Devindra Hardawar/Sept. 7, 2008 9:41 pm EST It seems that everybody is getting their turn at historical epics these days, and now Will Smith is going to have his chance with The Last Pharaoh. Working with a script by Braveheart screenwriter Randall Wallace, Smith is set to play the Nubian pharaoh Taharqa—who is most famous for defending ancient Egypt against invasions by the Assyrian king Esarhaddon....

10 Things I Hate About You TV Series? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2008 4:03 pm EST ABC Family has ordered a half-hour television pilot based on the 1999 teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, which starred Julie Stiles, Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Many teenagers don’t realize that the film was actually a modern day tetelling of William Shakespeare’s Taming Of The Shrew (hence the film’s title – 10 Things I hate About You)....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Offered Role In Predators? By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2009 5:52 pm EST But how could Arnold be involved if the film is a complete reboot? Well… apparently the movie might not be a complete reboot after all. One of the sources claims that Rodriguez has written Schwarzenegger’s character Major Alan “Dutch” Schaefer into the story in a way that the movie would reboot the franchise, but still function as a quasi-sequel....