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VOTD: Gotham Tonight Profiles Bruce Wayne By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2008 2:30 am EST Gotham Tonight Profiles Bruce Wayne by Gotham City NewsThe Pitch: A new episode of Gotham City’s Gotham Tonight looks at the tragic, mysterious, and flamboyant life of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Born into enormous wealth, Bruce’s life changed forever when he witnessed the shooting deaths of his parents in downtown Gotham. GCN’s premier news program looks at Bruce’s life then, and now....

VOTD: LOST The Future In 8:42 By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2008 12:00 am EST LOST The Future in 8:42 by Dan BerryThe Pitch: Spoiler Alert: If you havent watched Lost this season, don’t read of watch. /Film Reader Dan Berry pieced together a montage of all the LOST Flash-forwards in chronological order. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

VOTD: Two And A Half Watchmen By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2009 10:54 pm EST Last week, you saw what Watchmen might have looked like as a Saturday Morning Cartoon. And because you’re obviously not sick of the barrage of Watchmen coverage we’ve thrown at you thus far (we should be renamed to /watchmen at this point, don’tcha think?) we bring you another video parody. This time, the guys and gals at ElectricSpoofaloo imagine what Watchmen would be like if it were a sitcom....

Watchmen/Hellboy Producer Llyod Levin Tackles Terry Moore’s Echo By Russ Fischer/July 21, 2009 11:40 am EST I tuned out of Strangers in Paradise a long time ago, but Moore’s work definitely has qualities that differentiate it from everything else on the market. Besides his adherence to black and white work (when doing his own stories) Moore is known for creating strong, unique female characters. That makes Echo an interesting option for a film adaptation, as Julie Martin is a woman with a lot of normal problems that are made intense by her involvement with the military....

Why Is The Movie Codenamed Cloverfield? We Have The Answer By Peter Sciretta/July 9, 2007 7:11 pm EST Many people have asked me, why is the new J.J. Abrams produced monster movie code-named Cloverfield? Residents of Santa Monica and Los Angeles might have some ideas. We set out to find an answer, and this is what we came up with. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot is located on West Olympic Blvd....

27 New Photos From Trick ‘R Treat By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2007 1:24 pm EST Warner Bros has released a batch of new photos from the upcoming horror thriller Trick ‘R Treat. Check them out below, along with an updated plot synopsis. We’re looking forward to this one. Not only is it screenwriter Michael Dougherty (X2, Superman Returns) directorial debut, but it’s produced by Bryan Singer. As always, left click for high res and don’t drink and drive....

Abbie Cornish Cast In Dark Fields And The Madonna-Directed W.E. By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2010 9:24 am EST Abbie Cornish gave one of last year’s great performances in Bright Star, and was rather overlooked when awards time came around. She has, however, won a better sort of recognition for a good performance: more work. The actress will appear in Neil Burger’s Dark Fields, and in W.E., the sophomore directorial effort from Madonna....

August Rush Movie Poster And New Release Date By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2007 11:20 am EST Warner Bros has pushed August Rush back from October 19th to Wednesday, November 21st. The film will now go head to head with The Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, the Jon Heder comedy Mama’s Boy, and the Frank Darabont adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist. Seems to me that Warner has moved the film into a very unfavorable release date, which makes me wonder what the decision was made behind the scenes....

Bestselling Author Dennis Lehane Becomes A Screenwriter By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 12:14 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Published in Akashic Books anthology Boston Noir, which Lehane also edited, the story starts off with a great first sentence: Bob found the dog in the trash. Lehane has been sought to adapt his previous books for the screen, but this is the first adaptation that he was interested in penning himself....

Brian Austin Green To Be The Riddler In Batman 3?(????) By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 14, 2008 1:20 pm EST Former Tori Spelling deflowerer, turntable spinner and current Terminator TV star, Brian Austin Green, has thrown his hat (sideways baseball cap?) into the casting ring for Batman 3. B.A.G. was wowed by Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight and feels deep down he’s the right thespian to play The Riddler in the next installment…...

Collin Chou Out Of Ninja Assassin By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2008 10:00 am EST Collider is reporting that Collin Chou, one of the two reported leads of The Wachowski Brothers-produced, James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) directed Ninja Assassin, has dropped out of the project for unknown reasons. The film was scheduled to start production in just a few weeks in Berlin. I wonder if that time table might have been pushed back as it sounds like the cast is not completely finalized....

Comic-Con: Human Target And V Pilots Reviewed By Devindra Hardawar/July 23, 2009 12:25 am EST Even though Comic-Con doesn’t really start until Thursday, the Slashfilm gang arrived on Wednesday to take in the preview night. Adam and I took the opportunity to check out the pilot premieres for the new V series, as well as Human Target. They also premiered the pilot for Vampire Diaries, but we took the hint from the majority of the audience and bolted before that started....

Cool Stuff: Lord Of The Rings Origami By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2007 5:29 pm EST Because you’ve always wanted to know how to fold a piece of paper into characters from Lord of the Rings… Origami artist Eric Joisel has been working with paper since 1983, and has been a “professional folder” (who knew there was such a thing?) for fifteen years. Check out the photos here. Now if only he would publish a how-to guide....

Cool Stuff: Star Trek Home Theater By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2007 6:30 pm EST Someone thought it would be a good idea to model their home theater after the Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The result is super geeky, but actually rather cool. Named the best theme theater installation at CEDIA 2007, this Palm Beach County, FL home features motion-activated air-lock doors with series sound effects, and a “Red Alert” button on the Crestron TPMC-10 controller to turn all of the LEDs bright red and flashing....

Crank 2 Photo: High Voltage By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2008 2:55 pm EST Lionsgate has released a new production photo from Crank 2: High Voltage. Click on the image below to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: In this high-octane sequel, hitman Chev Chelios’ (Statham) launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE is written and directed by Neveldine/Taylor, the duo behind the 2006 hit film CRANK, and the upcoming GAME starring Gerard Butler....

District 9 Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 11:29 pm EST Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the first teaser trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, which you might see before X-Men Origins: Wolverine. As you probably know, Blomkamp is the South African born commercial director who was hired to direct a big screen adaptation of Halo before “financial problems” forced the project back into development heck. District 9 is super secret sci-fi project produced by Peter Jackson, based on Blomkamp’s short film Alive in Joburg....

Eli Roth Turned Down The Hulk, Die Hard 4, And Halo?! By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 8:10 am EST Did You Know: Eli Roth claims he turned down The Hulk, Halo, and Live Free or Die Hard to instead make Hostel: Part II? “It’s interesting, because I’ve had opportunities to do franchise movies. Once your movie opens at #1, you’re offered everything. There were movies like Halo, and they’re remaking The Hulk again, and Die Hard 4, and I just thought I’d rather write and direct and do my own thing,” Roth revealed to VH1....

Grindhouse Split Canceled By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2007 10:34 am EST After Grindhouse’s big screen bomb, Harvey Weinstein was thinking of splitting the double feature in two. According to JoBlo, The Weinstein Co tested the concept this weekend at a few select movie theaters and were not impressed with the results. I seriously wonder however if the movie studio actually attempted to promote the movies as individual films in these small test markets....

Is Captain America Delayed? Marvel Says No. By Russ Fischer/Feb. 26, 2010 3:07 pm EST Earlier today a rumor cropped up that Marvel was delaying production on The First Avenger: Captain America due to trouble with director Joe Johnston. As the rumor went, he’d either been fired or had walked. I didn’t run the story at the time because the rumor seemed seriously thin and driven in part by negative reaction to The Wolfman....

Jamie Foxx Joins Frank Darabont’s Law Abiding Citizen By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2008 3:12 am EST Jamie Foxx is in final talks to join Frank Darabont’s Law Abiding Citizen, a psychological thriller about a criminal mastermind/victim of the legal system who controls a city from the confines of his prison cell. As a result of a plea bargain, one of his wife and daughter’s murderers will be set free, and he is now out to unleash revenge on the killers....