Kurt Russell’s Favorite Muscle Cars By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2007 6:19 am EST Grindhouse star Kurt Russell kills women with his 1970 Black Dodge Challenger in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. So we asked the Escape From New York star what his favorite muscle cars were. “Back when it was happening and I was a kid it was the GTO. That was the street car that you wanted. If you could afford that, that was the car that you had....
McG Talks Terminator Salvation’s Visual Look And Story By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2008 4:59 pm EST McG checks in from the set of Terminator Salvation with a new blog posting. The highlights include an explanation of the visual style of the new film and the work they have been doing with the story. Here are a few excerpts: “We have set out to achieve a completely new visual style that hasn’t been seen before....
MGM On The Verge Of Bankruptcy? Where Does This Leave Bond And The Hobbit? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 25, 2009 12:26 am EST There’s a complicated story brewing with MGM, which for the last thirty years has frequently been in dire financial straits. The severely abridged form is that MGM and its library have been bought and sold multiple times since the ’80s, and that the company is currently operating with a debt load and interest payment schedule that have analysts and lenders highly concerned about the company’s solvency....
Natalie Portman’s 24/7 Live Broadcast By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2007 10:00 am EST I’ve blogged about Justin.tv before. It was a concept that Hollywood made up years ago with Edtv and The Truman Show. Justin wears a video camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and broadcasts the video live on the internet. So far he’s been live for over 51 days (minus a day they allowed a guest blogger to take the helm)....
New Red Band Zack And Miri Trailer At Comic Con? By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2008 6:25 pm EST You might not have to wait until Pineapple Express to see a new trailer for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Smith has posted on his website that “the marketing folks are working hard to have a Red Band trailer for Comic Con”. Either way, Smith is expected to show some footage in San Diego at his Question and Answer session on Friday night....
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Sneak Preview By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2009 11:03 pm EST Jake Gyllenhaal was on hand at the Spike TV 2009 Video Game Awards to present a “first look” sneak preview of Disney’s upcoming big screen adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Watch the 1-minute teaser trailer after the jump. Release Date: May 28, 2010 Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina Director: Mike Newell Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer Based on the video game series “Prince of Persia” created by: Jordan Mechner Screen Story by: Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin Screenplay by: Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard (writing credits not final) From the team that brought the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia....
Rambo 5 To Film In Bulgaria? By Hunter Stephenson/March 19, 2008 8:42 pm EST John Rambo, stayin’ alive? Today on Screen Daily it was reported that Rambo 5 is scheduled to film in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. Nu Boyana Studios, a substantive production house for Southeastern Europe, is building 10 new sound stages in the area, and apparently the next installment in the Sylvester Stallone war-vet franchise is booked first in line....
Rumor: Matt Damon Is Green Arrow? By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2007 6:08 pm EST And now time for our rumor of the day. We previously told you about David Goyer’s superhero prison break project Super Max. The screenplay isn’t even finished and already rumors have begun on the super hero casting. A scooper over at comicbookmovie.com claims that Matt Damon is in negotiations to play Green Arrow: I met Matt Damon yesterday in the city during his break from the 3rd installment of The Bourne Identity series and I asked him if he was doing any comic book movies....
Shoot ‘Em Up Sequel Gets A Greenlight? Nope By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2007 5:59 pm EST Update: This story has now been confirmed as False.Shoot ‘Em Up was one of the many of a few great Hollywood films that somehow failed to find an audience this year (Grindhouse, anyone?). A couple months ago we told you that writer/director Michael Davis had already completed a screenplay which could function as a sequel or a completely unrelated action film....
Star Trek Sequel May Contain Pointed Modern Commentary By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2009 10:15 pm EST OK, so JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and a talented cast (to whom, if things are really fair, a lot of the credit must be given) successfully rebooted Star Trek. Obviously there will be another film, and if nearly thirty years of films in the franchise have taught us anything, it is that making a crappy Trek film is all too easy....
The Tonight Show Saga Ends As Conan Reaches $45m Exit Deal By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2010 10:22 am EST We don’t usually report of stuff like late night TV talk shows, but they’re usually not as entertaining as the past two weeks have been. We’ve known that this week would likely be Conan O’Brien’s last as host of The Tonight Show, and today details of his exit package from NBC were released....
Tomb Raider Reboot To Be A Realistic Lara Croft Origin Story By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2009 1:35 am EST
Tommy Lee Jones Won’t Direct The Lincoln Lawyer By Russ Fischer/Nov. 24, 2009 9:36 am EST Back in October, we told you that Tommy Lee Jones was coming on board a film called The Lincoln Lawyer. Plan was for him to direct from John Romano’s script, and also co-star alongside Matthew McConaughey. While the film is still going, sadly Jones is no longer part of the project. He’ll find a different directing gig for his feature follow-up to The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada....
Toy Story 3 Footage Revealed In Venice By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2009 8:35 am EST Pixar was honored with the Golden Lion in a presentation at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. At the presentation, they revealed the first never-before-seen footage from Toy Story 3 and Princess and the Frog. Descriptions of the clips can be found after the jump thanks to /Film reader Ripido. The scene from the beginning of Toy Story 3 in particular sounds very cinematic....
Transformers: The Ride By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 25, 2008 3:02 pm EST “Mortimer, it sucks being homeless, how will we ever get back on top?” “Well, Randolph, you can start by giving me some of the blanket.” “Mortimer! I’ve got it! Transformers…The Movie…The Ride!” “Randolph, we’re back!…No, wait, that’s already been announced.” IESB reports with much enthusiasm that Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are planning to bring the Autobots and Decepticons where only Jaws, King Kong, Indiana Jones and millions of pissed off, sunburnt families have gone before!...
By Hunter Stephenson/April 7, 2008 11:33 am EST Boo! in a duel sense. Bloody Disgusting reported over the weekend that Legendary Pictures has screened their nicely buzzed Halloween-themed anthology flick, Trick ‘R Treat, in hopes of picking up a new distributor. According to STYD, Warner Bros. (Where the Wild Things Are, ahem) has categorically removed the film from its 2008 schedule for theatrical and home entertainment releases after pushing the film off its original October ‘07 release date....
VOTD: The Muppets Interupt Jason Segel’s Appearance On Jimmy Fallon By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2009 12:00 am EST As you probably know by now, Jason Segel is writing the next Muppet Movie. His appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week to promote I Love You Man, was interrupted by The Muppets. Watch the video embedded after the jump. VOTD: The Muppets Interupt Jason Segel’s Appearance On Jimmy Fallon...
WarGames 2 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 1, 2008 5:19 pm EST And you thought The Lost Boys direct-to-dvd sequel looked bad… take a look at MGM’s direct to dvd sequel to one of my all-time favorite movies – the classic 1983 sci-fi hacker film WarGames. And sadly, NO, this is NOT an April Fools Day joke… WarGames: The Dead Code stars Matt Lanter as a computer geek named Will Farmer who engages a government super-computer named R....
Zack And Miri NSFW Red Band Movie Trailer And Banned Poster By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2008 9:10 pm EST Update: The movie poster above was not approved by the MPAA, and will be used to promote the film in Canada. [via: EW] The official red band movie trailer for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno has been released online. If there was any more that required a red band movie trailer, it is Zack and Miri....
24 Season 7 Finale - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2009 12:01 am EST Jack Bauer’s Seventh Day has come to an end. What did you think of the finale and the entire seventh season of the series? Shocking or Ridiculous twists? Unnecessary characters? Stupid subplot? Is it getting old or is Jack just getting warmed up? What did you love and what did you hate? Leave your thoughts in the talkback below!...
