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Exclusive Video From The UK Transformers 2 Press Conference By Brendon Connelly/June 23, 2009 11:00 pm EST This video is probably going to have to stand as my final piece of coverage on the Transformers film, though I will tell you that I really didn’t like the film at all. John Turturro did make me laugh but… actually, he made me laugh more during the press conference than the movie. I found the film to be not only incredibly hollow and badly conceived but also quite dreadfully put together....

Funny Games With The All The Boys Love Mandy Lane Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2008 12:26 pm EST It seems very clear to me that movie studios don’t have any clue how to market any of Jonathan Levine’s film s so far. I’ve been waiting to see All the Boys Love Mandy Lane for what seems like forever. It has suffered delay after delay. And the current plan is to release it in August....

Geek Deal: Seinfeld The Complete Series On DVD For $99 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2009 12:01 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Gong Li Cast In Indiana Jones And The City Of Gods? By Peter Sciretta/March 18, 2007 10:08 am EST The latest rumor has Gong Li considering an offer to star in Indiana Jones and the City of Gods. Ironically enough, the new Indiana Jones title, according to our friends at FilmIck, was also attached to an older script with a much different plot. I must admit, it’s very cool sounding title....

Iron Man 2 Begins Filming In March 2009 By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2008 1:18 am EST Terrence Howard revealed to Military.com that Iron Man 2 is scheduled to begin filming in March 2009. Howard is signed on to reprise his role as Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes, who will likely become War Machine. In the comic book series, Rhodes takes over the armor when Stark relapses into alcoholism after Obadiah Stane takes control of Stark Industries....

Jerry Seinfeld’s Fully Animated Bee Movie Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2007 11:36 pm EST We have yet to see any serious animated footage from Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie. The two previous teaser trailers involved the comedy actors in Bee suits (if you haven’t seen them, check them out – the Steven Spielberg cameo is not to be missed). The first theatrical trailer has been released, and finally we get our first real look at the film itself....

New Hostel: Part II Movie Poster: The Best Of Both Worlds? By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2007 5:08 am EST The teaser poster for Hostel: Part II was removed from many theaters after filmgoers complained about the torn flesh image. When it was first revealed, we knew immediately that the theatrical poster, which pictured a topless Bijou Philips holding a decapitated head, was too racy to be hung in even the most independent theaters....

New Photos: Frank Miller’s The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2008 8:51 pm EST /Film reader Christopher M sent over these new photos from Frank Miller’s The Spirit, which hits theaters on December 25th 2008. I’ll admit, some of these photos look really bad ass, but I’m still not convinced due to the horrible showing Lionsgate had at Comic Con. More after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK MILLER (creator of 300 and SIN CITY)....

On The Lot: Eli Roth And Mark Waters To Be Guest Judges? By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2007 3:23 pm EST I think I’m one of the only people still watching Fox’s filmmaking reality show On The Lot. And I’m not quite sure why I’m still watching, they’ve done everything they can to make it an unenjoyable experience. And last week the Marty Martin, the most gifted filmmaker of the bunch was voted off because the public thought he was arrogant....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 12, 2009 2:26 pm EST Tweet of the weekend: ThatKevinSmith : A H’wood tour bus stops in front of my house every hour, and I overhear a small portion of my life story being told to unimpressed tourists Borat director Larry Charles is in final talks to helm Columbia Pictures comedy Winter’s Discontent, about “a sexually frustrated widower who moves into a retirement community with his best buddy — looking to get laid....

Playboy Publish Inglourious Basterds Comic Strip By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 13, 2009 4:00 am EST If you’re at work, you might want to think twice before clicking over but Playboy magazine are publishing a comic strip adaptation of a scene from Inglourious Basterds and it’s also available on their website. Perhaps more safe would be checking out two preview pages at The Huffington Post, where I first caught wind of this amusing PR trick....

PVC-1 Movie Trailer: 85 Minute Movie, One Camera Shot By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2007 4:59 pm EST I’m a sucker for long tracking shots. Orsen Wells, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scrosese, Brian DePalma, Paul Thomas Anderson, and most recently Alfanso Cuaron had a few all-in-one tracking shots in last year’s Children of Men. One of the big buzz talking points at the Toronto Film Festival was a five minute sequence from Joe Wright’s Atonement....

Race To Witch Mountain: “Transformers Meets The Rock Meets 2001 Meets Starman” By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2008 2:41 am EST I decided to skip Disney’s Race to Witch Mountain panel and not only missed out on a surprise 3-minute long Tron 2 trailer, but apparently a good flick. Our good friend Mike from Great White Snark sat through the Witch Mountain presentation and was raving about how great it was. Wait, what?...

Rick Moranis Says No To Ghostbusters Video Game!? By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2008 1:07 am EST All of the original Ghostbusters cast members are lending their voice talents to the upcoming video game release, with the exception of one. Can you guess who the one holdout is? Bill Murray? Guess again. Dan Aykroyd? The dude just appeared in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, so clearly he’ll do anything… The answer is… Rick Moranis?...

Robert Luketic In The Frame For Barbarella Remake By Brendon Connelly/June 2, 2009 6:55 am EST Less than a month after Robert Rodriguez announced his relationship with space siren Barbarella was over, EW are reporting that she’s already found her new man. According to them, Legally Blonde and 21 director Robert Luketic is the lucky fella up for the job. The original big screen Barbarella was Jane Fonda, who Luketic directed in the execrable Monster in Law....

Star Wars Goes Horror With Deathtroopers By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 27, 2009 11:05 pm EST I’ve never even considered the idea of a horror story set in the Star Wars universe, never-mind think that someone would actually create one. No, I’m not talking about an independently made fan film, LucasFilm and Del Rey Books will be publishing a Star Wars horror novel on October 27th 2009 titled DeathTroopers. No Windows No Doors and Chasing the Dead author Joe Schreiber will be taking this first step into uncharted territory by penning the first horror novel in the Star Wars expanded universe....

The Brothers Bloom Moved To Summer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2008 3:13 pm EST A bit of disappointing news. Summit Entertainment has decided to delay the release of Brick director Rian Johnson’s acclaimed con adventure film The Brothers Bloom from early January to May 15th 2009 in select markets, and May 29th wide. Moving the film to film to late May shows confidence in the film, but putting it out on May 29th up against Up, which looks to be Pixar’s most adult film to date, might not be the best idea in the world....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Blind Side, The Men Who Stare At Goats, Brothers, And More By Adam Quigley/March 23, 2010 9:29 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Available on Blu-ray? Yes.Notable Extras: DVD – Two featurettes (“From Script to Screen”, “Still Life (Puppet Animation)”), and A Beginner’s Guide to Whack-Bat. Blu-ray – Includes everything on the DVD, as well as 4 documentary featurettes (“The Look Of Fantastic Mr....

This Week In DVD: New Futurama Movie, 10,000 BC, In Bruges, Spiderwick Chronicles, And More By Adam Quigley/June 24, 2008 11:38 am EST Blu-ray? No.Notable Extras: Audio commentary from the cast and crew, ‘Futurama: The Lost Adventure’ (featuring the cut-scene footage from the Futurama video game), a joke interview with comedian David Cross, deleted scenes, a featurette detailing the history of the game Death Ball, and footage of voice recording outtakes....

Box Office Tracking: Iron Man $60M+ Opening Weekend, Speed Racer On A Slow Track By Steve Mason/April 23, 2008 12:50 am EST Summer blockbuster season is just a week away, and I have been working my regular industry contacts to get an early feel for the first 2 weekends of May. The news is very good for Iron Man (Paramount), but Speed Racer (Warner Bros) is a huge question mark....