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Reminder: Dear Zachary Airs Tonight On MSNBC At 9 PM EST By David Chen/Dec. 7, 2008 9:33 am EST A few weeks ago on Slashfilm’s movie podcast, we discussed Kurt Kuenne’s powerful documentary, Dear Zachary. Without revealing any details about the plot, the film is a gut wrenching tale about love and loss, and I would highly recommend to anyone. If you didn’t see it on the festival circuit, here’s a quick reminder: MSNBC will air the movie tonight at 9 PM EST (it will also air at midnight EST and 3 AM EST)....

Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Planning “The Next District 9” From Uruguyan Hot Shot Federico Alvarez By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 28, 2009 11:10 am EST The hotly tipped future talent of the minute is Federico Alvarez, a 30 year old Uruguyan behind the YouTube smash sci-fi short called Panic Attack – which you can see below the break. So far, Alvarez seems to be following a very similar racing line to the one Neill Blomkamp has roared around over the last few years....

Speed Racer Character Movie Posters By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2008 3:10 pm EST Speed Racer hits theaters on May 9th 2008.

Star Trek: The Original Series Character Banner By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2009 4:45 pm EST Heyuguys have created this wonderful character banner which reimagines what JJ Abrams’ Star Trek might look like with the cast from the original series. Thanks to /Film reader James B for the tip. Star Trek: The Original Series Character Banner By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2009 4:45 pm EST Heyuguys have created this wonderful character banner which reimagines what JJ Abrams’ Star Trek might look like with the cast from the original series....

Sundance Photo/Trailer Preview: Boy, From The Director Of Eagle Vs. Shark By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2009 12:00 pm EST Taiki Waititi’s indie comedy Eagle vs. Shark (which featured a pre-Conchords Jemaine Clement) was one of my favorite films from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival (I was even quoted on the international DVD cover). Waititi returns to Sundance in 2010 with Boy, which will screen in competition as one of this year’s 14 films were selected from 1,022 international narrative feature submissions....

Video: Jason Segel Fights Lou Ferrigno In I Love You, Man By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 3:32 pm EST Hollywood.tv captured footage of a fight between Jason Segel and former Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno on the set of I Love You, Man. During the scene, Segel decides he can take Ferrigno and insults him right to his face. But You don’t want to see the former Hulk when he’s angry! Pretty funny, check out the clip below....

Will James McAvoy Be Bond’s Creator, Ian Fleming? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 29, 2009 1:53 pm EST There have been a handful of television biopics of James Bond author Ian Fleming, the most famous of which actually starred Sean Connery’s son Jason Connery as Fleming. Surprisingly, however, there’s never been a big-screen version of his life. Development of the first one has been underway for some time, and now if reports are correct a very appropriate lead actor is attached to bring Bond’s creator back to life....

500 Days Of Summer Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2009 3:22 pm EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/500daysteaser.flv 470 200] The movie’s tagline is “Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t.” The official plot synopsis follows: “This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be — it’s thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn’t quite go where we think it will....

Another New Cloverfield Television Advertisement By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2007 2:44 pm EST A new Cloverfield television advertisement has shown up online at Movieweb. A different one from the bootleg we posted a couple days back. There are some cool new shots that make this worth watching. Check it out below. And if you haven’t yet, definitely check out the five minute video clip we previously posted. Cloverfield hits theaters on 1-18-08....

Big Directors Small Films: Christopher Nolan’s Doodlebug By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 11, 2008 2:48 pm EST This is the first edition of a new regular feature on /Film. In Big Directors Small Films, we will take a look at the short films of Hollywood’s working filmmakers. This week we take a look at The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s surreal 1997 short film Doodlebug. “A man waits patiently in his apartment to squash a bug, but he could be hurting himself more than he realizes....

Bourne Helmer Paul Greengrass To Direct James Cameron’s Fantastic Voyage 3D By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2010 10:50 pm EST In December 2009, it was reported that James Cameron was developing/producing “a Shane Salerno-scripted (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem) sci-fi action script for Fox, described as an ’event’ film set in the future.” Soon after we learned that the film was actually a 3D remake of Fantastic Voyage. So who will direct this 3D remake of the sci-fi classic?...

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 22, 2009 3:40 pm EST If there’s a writer who is perfect to make more out of a music and Midwest memoir than the original text offers, it might be Craig Finn, singer and lyricist for The Hold Steady. Finn and longtime The Late Show with David Letterman writer Tom Ruprecht have picked up the rights to Fargo Rock City, the coming of age chronicle by music-geek author Chuck Klosterman....

Conan Casting: Ron Perlman Replaces Mickey Rourke As Conan’s Dad, GI Joe’s Breaker Joins Cast By Devindra Hardawar/March 14, 2010 9:49 pm EST Our hopes of seeing Mickey Rourke as papa to Jason Momoa’s Conan were shattered when Rourke left the project for Tarsem’s War of the Gods — but now it appears that there’s another badass on the horizon for Marcus Nispel’s Conan remake. Vulture is reporting that Ron Perlman — of Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy fame — is in negotiations to play Conan’s father Corin....

Cool Stuff: Watchmen Cast And Crew Army Patch By Peter Sciretta/April 1, 2008 5:48 am EST The faux army patch pictured above was passed out to the cast and crew of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, following the conclusion of an epic paintball battle on the New York Backlot, which involved smoke bombs, paint grenades, and “automatic rifles that rattled windows and left fluorescent dotted lines of fire along walls.” According to a report on Watchmencomicmovie, the paintball fame left the New York Backlot set completely covered in paint and basically destroyed....

Dexter Season 4 Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2009 1:35 pm EST Showtime has apparently released a new teaser poster advertisement promoting the fourth season of Dexter. Check out the full poster after the jump. The poster plays off of the obvious new addition to Dexter and Rita’s family, with a clever bib tagline “MY DAD IS KILLER”. That’s probably just tomato sauce, right? Production began earlier this month with John Lithgow and Courtney Ford joining the cast....

Dinner For Schmucks Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2010 2:50 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released the first movie trailer for the Steve Carell/Paul Rudd comedy Dinner for Schmucks. The film, helmed by Jay Roach (the director of the Austin Powers and Meet the Parents films), tells the story of a rising executive who “succeeds” in finding the perfect guest, an IRS employee, for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called “dinner for idiots,” which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon....

Fantastic Fest Movie Review: Zombieland By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2009 3:00 pm EST Zombieland is unlike any one film you’ve ever seen before. Sure, it’s about a group of people trying to survive after the zombie apocalypse, but it isn’t exactly a horror movie. You will laugh your ass off, but the movie is very different than the comedy-focused horror film Shaun of the Dead. The trailers and commercials are very action-centric, but the core of the film is a buddy relationship road trip adventure....

First Photo: Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are [Updated/High Res] By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2007 2:22 am EST The first photo from Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story Where the Wild Things Are, has been revealed at the New York City Licensing Show. We have now updated the photo with a much better looking high resolution photo thanks to MTV. Click on the photo to enlarge....

First Spider-Man 3 Reviews Hit The Internet By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2007 7:02 pm EST AICN has the first two reviews for Spider-Man 3. As far as I know, there hasn’t been a public screening of the film yet. I have reason to believe that the scoopers must be somehow connected to the upcoming Tokyo premiere (something is mentioned of the China censorship board). The first review is mostly spoiler free, but does reveal that two major characters will die, and five major action scenes occur before the nearly two and a half hour film is done rolling....

Francis Lawrence To Shrink Down For In The Small By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 24, 2009 4:30 pm EST Here’s another comics property that Francis Lawrence is said to be developing into a feature film, alongside the future-fied Sgt. Rock. If it comes to fruition, In the Small will be an adaptation of the Michael Hague graphic novel about an odd phenomenon called"the blue flash", a kind of explosive cataclysm that shrinks any humans, and only humans, caught in its blast to 1/12 scale, as per a 6" GI Joe....