Chris Sparling’s ATM Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2010 8:16 pm EST Screenwriter Chris Sparling made a name for himself with the one-man, one-location script Buried, which landed on the Black List, an industry insider list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year, and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Huge buzz (read my review) resulted in a bidding war which ended with Lionsgate spending millions to distribute the film....
Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino Details Finally Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2008 2:21 am EST When it was first announced, rumors began to circulate that Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino was a new Dirty Hairy film. That rumor turned out to be bunk, but we haven’t heard much about the project since. That is until now. Eastwood spoke briefly about the film while doing press for The Changeling. In Gran Torino, Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a racist Korean War veteran who reluctantly bonds with an immigrant Asian neighbor over a classic car – his 1972 Gran Torino....
Cloverfield Monster Spotted On 30 Rock? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2007 5:54 pm EST /Film Reader Gabriel P spotted the Cloverfield Monster while watching NBC’s 30 Rock. “The image I have attached is a screenshot of the latest episode of 30 Rock (207). I just might be a little paranoid, but my wife and I both first thought of Cloverfield when Kenneth showed a sketch of his dreams. Then again it could just be coincidence....
Cool Stuff: Batman “The Beginning” T-Shirt For Only $10; Threadless Sale! By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2008 3:42 am EST Not only does Threadless have this cool Batman-esque t-shirt for only $10, but their Summer Blockbuster one-week event means that almost every single shirt on the site is on sale, starting at $10!? The Beginning is designed by Alexandre Deviers, and comes available in sizes small to double XL. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....
Cool Stuff: Eric Tan And Tyler Stout’s Posters For The Warriors By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2009 1:08 pm EST The Alamo Drafthouse will be holding screenings of The Warriors, and Mondo Tees has commissioned a bunch of artists to create a series of posters to promote the screening. The first wave of posters were created by two of my favorite artists, Eric Tan and Tyler Stout. We’ve featured many of artist Eric Tan’s creations in past Cool Stuff columns: we’ve spotlighted his work for past Pixar productions, X-Men, LOST, among other things....
Cool Stuff: Google Maps Zombie Outbreak Simulator By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2009 4:30 pm EST Have you ever wondered how the zombie apocalypse might unfold? Binary Space has created a Zombie Outbreak Simulator which allows you to witness the viral spread of the great zombie outbreak in Google Maps as it sweeps across Washington DC, in an area close to the Catholic University of America, north of the Pentagon. Users can modify various settings in the “sandbox” such as zombie numbers, speed, infection times and so on, and then watch the results unfold....
Demetri Martin Discusses His Role In Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 12, 2009 10:23 am EST Demetri Martin’s Important Things debuted last night on Comedy Central and was, by most credible accounts, a really rather funny piece of work. Doing the publicity rounds to hawk the show, Martin gave several interviews and perhaps the most interesting of these was with After Elton’s Michael Jensen. The focus of their discussion was Martin’s lead role in Taking Woodstock, the upcoming Ang Lee movie about Elliot Tiber....
Description And Reactions To The New Inception Trailer By David Chen/Dec. 21, 2009 9:44 pm EST This evening, I attended a packed advanced screening of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. About 95% of the time at these screenings, they don’t show trailers before the film. Tonight, I was surprised to find a brand new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception attached. The trailer isn’t actually available for public viewing yet, but you can hit the jump for a brief description and some reactions....
First Hobbit Movie Looks To Be Delayed Until The End Of 2012 By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 22, 2010 4:11 pm EST In a fresh Variety story about the rebooted New Line, there’s one heck of a Hobbit bombshell. Let’s just go straight to it: [Warners top dog Alan] Horn won’t predict when the first of the two Hobbit films will be out, but says the most probable scenario would be a release in the fourth quarter of 2012....
Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings Featurette By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2009 11:07 pm EST /Gamer has a new featurette for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, the upcoming LucasArts video game for the Wii, PS2, DS and PSP. As expected, the actual in game footage doesn’t look all that great, and the main selling point seems to be using the Wiimote to put yourself in the game. I was so excited for this game when it was first announced, and some of the concept art I saw on the walls at LucasArts was better than the entire Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....
Is The New Toy Story 3 Character Named Lotso? By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2009 9:51 pm EST A couple weeks ago we told you about the new character from Toy Story 3 that was hidden in a shot of Pixar’s Up. It was the cute cuddly teddy bear under the bed of a child who is watching Carl’s house fly by her apartment window. We now have some new details....
LOL: Jeff Goldblum Denies, Then Confirms His Death By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2009 9:15 am EST If you were intently watching news, Twitter and Facebook feeds last week as Michael Jackson was passing, you probably also saw an equally tragic piece of ’news’ pass by: reports said that Jeff Goldblum had fallen to his death while filming a movie in New Zealand. Never mind that cursory searches suggested that he was at work in New York; the reports said New Zealand police confirmed the story as true!...
Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich - Jonah Hex Gets His Man With The Eagle-Topped Cane By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 12, 2009 9:49 am EST Variety have reported the casting of John Malkovich in Jimmy Hayward’s Jonah Hex. I’ve believed this was inevitable for some time now, and if you keep reading, I’ll show you why. Malkovich will be playing Quentin Turnbull, probably the key recurring villain from the comics. According to the series’ storyline, Turbnull’s son Jeb was Jonah Hex’s best friend in the Confederate army but after Jeb was killed by Union soldiers who framed Hex as a turncoat, Turnbull senior swore vengeance and they became bitter enemies....
Michel Gondry Teases Top Secret Project With Bjork By Devindra Hardawar/Feb. 3, 2010 11:54 pm EST Michel Gondry and Bjork aren’t exactly strangers. The two have worked together for several of Bjork’s music videos, and Gondry initially wanted her to star in The Science of Sleep. but she refused to return to acting after her miserable experience with Lars von Trier in Dancer in the Dark. Now it seems that the two are working on some sort of secret project — but don’t hold your breath for a film....
Movie Review: Chalk By Elaine Mak/Oct. 8, 2007 8:36 pm EST Chalk, written and directed by former teacher Mike Akel, and presented by Morgan Spurlock, is a mockumentary film about teachers at the typical public high school, Harrison High. The film is raw, realistic, and funny in a really dark and depressing way. The characters remind me of many of my own teachers growing up, and the situations in the film feel all too familiar, only this time, I get to live them through the teacher’s eyes – a very different perspective....
Nicolas Cage Ditches The Untouchables Prequel By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2007 10:34 am EST A couple weeks back we reported that Nicolas Cage had signed on to star in The Untouchables prequel. His name was listed on a marketing concept advertisement aimed for Cannes buyers, and MTV confirmed the fact with his publicists (or at least someone official). Well now Variety is reporting that Cage will not be in the film afterall....
Online Distribution Of Red Band Trailers Draws Controversy By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2010 2:57 pm EST Is the red-band trailer the new Joe Camel? The cartoon character allegedly used for years as a means to lure kids to cigarettes was retired in 1997 after a suit was brought against R.J. Reynolds claiming that sales of Camels to underage kids had skyrocketed since the US introduction of the ad character in 1988....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2009 5:00 am EST Seth Rogen says that he will be doing performance capture for the computer animated alien Paul in Greg Mottola’s Paul. [collider] Christopher Nolan and crew were spotted filming Inception this part Friday at the Farnborough Airport in the UK. [nolanfans]IGN has posted a couple new photos from Jennifer’s Body. Movie studios are trying to harness the “Twitter Effect.” [reuters] David Permut and Steve Lee Jones will produce a big screen adaptation of Paco Ahlgren’s sci-fi adventure novel Discipline....
Quentin Tarantino Calls Inglourious Basterds A “Masterpiece.” Writing Epic Review Of Superman Returns? By Hunter Stephenson/May 3, 2009 1:41 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dear readers, yes, we had to. While browsing the NYT today, we came across a new interview with Quentin Tarantino in T Mag. Awesome. But then the horrific photo above came crashing atop our Sunday hangover like a white squall....
Release Date Changes: Narnia: Dawn Treader, Monsters Vs. Aliens, The Wolfman By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 19, 2007 11:57 am EST There have been a bunch of new release date changes announced in the last 24 hours, let’s take a look. DreamWorks has announced that they are moving Monsters vs. Aliens 3D from May 15th 2009 to March 27th 2009. The monster film was originally scheduled to go head to head with James Cameron’s Avatar in what was being called the first head to head 3D battle....
