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Casting Notes: Kristen Bell, Parker Posey And Mia Wasikowska Have New Gigs; Eliza Dushku Teases Videogame Adaptation By Russ Fischer/Oct. 9, 2009 5:18 am EST Just because Peter is back on the scene with Page 2 doesn’t mean I have to skip the occasional casting roundup. First up, Kristen Bell will appear opposite Christina Aguilera in the musical drama Burlesque, not to be confused with that Showgirls sequel we talked about the other day....

Could Greg Grunberg Return To Lost? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2009 9:00 am EST Greg Grunberg, who is probably best known for his role as Matt Parkman on Heroes, is the childhood best friend of JJ Abrams, and has been featured in almost every project he’s ever directed — be it a cameo or something larger. Grunberg’s cameo in the pilot episode of Lost is pretty unforgettable. I won’t give it away for those who still haven’t picked up the DVDs, but its safe to say that his character hasn’t appeared on the show for a while now....

Elaine’s Movie Review: There Will Be Blood By Elaine Mak/Jan. 16, 2008 3:44 pm EST Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a Hitchcockish film set during the early 20th century about Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a silver miner turned oil tycoon that uproots his son H.W (Dillon Freasier), and sets off for Little Boston, where he hears that oil practically seeps from the earth....

Free Movie: Zombie Girl: The Movie By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2009 11:17 pm EST Last year at Fantastic Fest, I caught the premiere of Zombie Girl: The Movie, a documentary about Emily Hagins, a 12-year-old girl from Austin Texas who spent two years directing a feature-length zombie movie. Encouraged by her mother Megan, who produced, created the special effects and held the boom mic, Emily filmed the movie on weekends and school holidays....

HBO Greenlights Fantasy Television Pilot For George R.R. Martin’s A Game Of Thrones By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2008 3:06 am EST HBO has given the greenlight to film a pilot based on George R.R. Martin’s bestselling fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice. The show will be titled A Game of Thrones, named after the first novel in the series. Martin has planned seven books in the series, and the plan is to turn each book into a full season of television....

IMAX Claims 98% Of Moviegoers Don’t Notice The Difference… Yeah, Right! By Peter Sciretta/May 22, 2009 12:07 pm EST Over the last couple weeks we’ve been reporting on the internet uproar over IMAX’s new digital theaters. To recap: IMAX has been retrofitting traditional movie theaters, moving the screen up a few rows, installing improved sound systems, but the result is nothing near that of a traditional 70mm IMAX theater. The screen size is tiny in comparison (see image above)....

James Cameron’s Avatar: Na’vi Concept Art Revealed? Nope! By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 21, 2008 3:09 pm EST Update: The artist now claims that these concept photos are his own personal designs and were not created for James Cameron’s Avatar. I’m Jonay Bacallado, the author of the images. They are part of my artwork, my personal artwork, and it has nothing to do with the actual concept art of the film. The interview will be removed from www....

Kevin Smith Wins Zack And Miri MPAA Appeal By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2008 2:55 pm EST Kevin Smith is victorious! The filmmaker, who had been given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA for his new film Zack and Miri Make a Porno, was forced to take the decision to the appeal process. The rating would have prohibited anyone younger than 17 years old from seeing the movie, even when accompanied by an adult....

Listen To Edgar Wright’s Radio Show By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2007 5:50 pm EST Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright was asked to guest host (or as Edgar says “guest present”) Jonesy’s Jukebox yesterday on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles. The two hour show is packed with great music and even better guests, like Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, Borat star Sasha Baron Cohen (as Borat) and Superbad’s Jonah Hill....

LOL: Tim Burton’s Secret Formula By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2010 9:00 am EST Filmmaker Tim Burton’s “secret formula” is becoming less and less secret with each and every movie he makes. College Humor snuck a camera into Burton’s office to see how Burton makes his magic, and develops his next big screen remake/adaptation. Watch the video, embedded after the jump. LOL: Tim Burton’s Secret Formula By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2010 9:00 am EST...

LOL: WALL-E Has A Problem By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2008 1:04 am EST Francesco Marciuliano’s latest web comic is about WALL-E’s problem with collecting crap. LOL: WALL-E Has A Problem By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2008 1:04 am EST Francesco Marciuliano’s latest web comic is about WALL-E’s problem with collecting crap.

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro And Eric Roth Want To Make A Film Within A Film By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2008 10:56 pm EST In October, it was reported that Martin Scorsese had signed on to direct Robert De Niro in an adaptation of Charles Brandt’s 2005 novel I Heard You Paint Houses. Adapted by Schindler’s List scribe Steve Zaillian, the movie will tell the story of Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran, a mob assassin who is believed to have carried out more than 25 mob murders, and claimed to have killed Jimmy Hoffa....

McG To Get Medieval On Your Bottom By Brendon Connelly/March 2, 2009 3:42 pm EST The ever-wonderful Production Weekly have Tweeted up their latest uncovering. It’s short enough to quote in its entirety, so here goes: McG is attached to direct Medieval, a spec script by Mike Finch & Alex Litvak, described as The Dirty Dozen set in medieval times. As far as I know, Finch and Litvak previously worked together when Litvak was a producer moving Finch’s Adrenaline through development....

Must Watch: Michel Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 8, 2007 3:41 pm EST We promised you yesterday, and now here it is. The official version of Michel Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) Be Kind Rewind movie trailer is now online for your viewing pleasure. Check it out after the jump, followed by seven new production photos Be Kind Rewind follows Jerry (Jack Black), a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant he suspects of causing his headaches....

New Movie Trailer For Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With The Zohan. Still Not Funny. By Hunter Stephenson/March 27, 2008 1:06 pm EST Right around when Adam Sandler’s hair goes from ‘fro to flaming in the latest trailer for his summer hairdresser bomb-edy You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, I started to cringe as if locked inside a salon/prison. When the sight of Sandler quietly handling guns makes you wax nostalgic for his flop Bulletproof for its entire duration, something is wrong....

New RocknRolla Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2008 3:43 pm EST /Film photo scooper Christopher M sent over some new photos from Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla. When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London’s criminal underworld wants in on the action. Everyone from a dangerous crime lord to a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and down-on-their-luck petty thieves conspire, collude and collide with one another in an effort to get rich quick....

Push Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2008 12:02 pm EST The first trailer for Summit’s sci-fi thriller Push is now online. Footage for the film premiered at Comic Con in July, and was mocked by most everyone in attendance. The concept seemed kinda cool (if not a Heroes/X-Men rip-off) but the low budget effects left many people in laughter (ie “the big scream”). There are special people in this world that have been born with psychic powers....

Richard Linklater’s ‘Spiritual Sequel’ To Dazed And Confused On Hold By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2009 9:00 am EST A couple months ago, Chud reported that Richard Linklater briefly talked up a ‘spiritual sequel’ to Dazed and Confused while at an appearance in Austin, TX. Not long after news trickled out that the film’s script was written and Linklater wanted to shoot it this summer, but that he was having trouble securing financing for the project....

School Of Rock 2: America Rocks By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2008 3:40 am EST Remember that pointless School of Rock sequel we warned you about a couple weeks ago? Well it’s happening. Paramount Pictures has signed Jack Black to reprise his role as Dewey Finn in School of Rock 2: America Rocks. According to Variety, Mike White’s script follows Finn leading a group of summer school students on a cross-country field trip that “delves into the history of rock ’n’ roll and explores the roots of blues, rap, country and other genres....

Seth Rogen Updates On Michel Gondry’s Style For The Green Hornet By Hunter Stephenson/March 24, 2009 1:11 pm EST While doing press for next month’s shock-and-awesome Jody Hill comedy, Observe & Report, Seth Rogen put up a new quote regarding his superhero caper, The Green Hornet. He told Collider that filming is set for late June, and vaguely elaborated on director Michel Gondry’s vision for the 2010 could-be blockbuster… “Me and Evan [Goldberg] have actually approached him with ideas like maybe we could do something like this…you could do some of your weird people made out of string and shit like that....