Sam Raimi Talks Spider-Man 4 And Evil Dead Remake By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 12:19 am EST Sam Raimi is at SXSW showing off an early cut of his new horror film Drag Me To Hell. While doing press, Raimi gave updates on Spider-Man 4 and the future of the Evil Dead franchise.Spider-Man 4: Raimi tells MTV that while there has been talk of a fifth film, he is currently only developing “just that one film”, Spider-Man 4....
Sicko To Be Projected On Buildings Across The Country By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2007 3:53 pm EST In the wake of the internet leak, The Weinstein Co are doing all they can to promote Sicko. It makes me wonder if they hired new people since the Grindhouse disaster. The latest idea involves the movie trailer for Michael Moore’s latest to be projected on buildings across the country on Monday June 25th, beginning at sundown through 1:00am....
Silent Bob Speaks Less At Comic Con By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 12:10 am EST They have added a screening of the Reaper pilot to Kevin Smith’s panel on Friday night at the San Diego Comic Con. Reaper is a new ABC television dramedy about a twenty-something slacker works as a bounty hunter for the devil. Smith also hopes to bring some of the cast members in to field some questions from the fans....
Star Tours 2 Trailer By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 13, 2009 6:13 am EST If there’s one medium guaranteed to lop the arms and legs off of footage from a 3D simulator ride, it’s YouTube. Having said that, we couldn’t all be at D23 for the big unveiling of their new Disney themepark attractions, so lets be thankful that we’re getting to see the Star Tours II trailer online at all, and better still, when it isn’t bootlegged handicam footage but an official upload....
Telluride Video Blog: Waking Sleeping Beauty And The Road By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2009 8:26 am EST It has been a lot busier here at Telluride this year than I’ve expected, which has prevented me from finding enough time to write about some of the film’s I’ve screened. I’ve been trying to keep the video blog reactions coming, as they are much easier to record in the 20-30 minute gap between films....
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Will Be Filmed As Two Movies, Shot Back-To-Back By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 5:02 pm EST As if we didn’t see this one coming, Nikki Finke has confirmed with her high up sources that Summit Entertainment will film the two-film adaptation of Breaking Dawn, the last film in the Twilight series, back-to-back beginning in Mid-October 2010. It is a smart move for Summit to act quick on the remaining chapters of the Twilight series as the stars are getting older and who knows how long this insane fan craziness will last, really....
Three New Tropic Thunder Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2008 10:59 am EST Paramount has released three new photos from the upcoming Ben Stiller Summer comedy Tropic Thunder. Not much is new, however there is an image that hints at an epic battle between Jack Black and a water buffalo. Check out the photos below. As always, click to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr....
Valkyrie On December 26th 2008 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2008 1:38 am EST When Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie was moved back to 2009, everyone interpreted the move to mean the film was not good enough for Academy Award consideration. Well MGM has announced that they are moving the Tom Cruise Hitler Assassination thriller up to December 26th, a prime date at the close of Awards season. But the studio claims they made the move not because of award consideration, but instead because they believe the film will play better to audiences in the holiday release, instead of in mid February....
VOTD: Zapping By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2009 1:11 am EST Zapping is a computer animated short film by Aritz Aizpurua and the guys at Ikso Studio. The short tells the story of a creature who just wants to watch a little television, but can’t seem to get control over the remote. Watch the video after the jump, in the new and improved, extra-wide layout. via: laughingsquid VOTD: Zapping By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2009 1:11 am EST...
Worst Idea Ever: Steve Oedekerk To Write Stretch Armstrong Movie By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2009 12:54 am EST Universal Pictures has made a series of deals with Hasbro to adapt board games and toys into big screen movies. Last year the studio signed Ridley Scott to develop a movie based on Monopoly, and just last week they announced that Platinum Dunes was developing a movie based around the Ouija board and Etan Cohen was writing a screenplay for Candyland with Enchanted director Kevin Lima to direct....
Akiva Goldsman Wants To Direct Mark Helprin’s Winter’s Tale, Talks Lobo And Swamp Thing By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2009 6:41 am EST Hollywood loves Akiva Goldsman. No surprise. He’s a geek at heart, and these days geeks make money. He’s able to marry that sensibility with an approach that brings in adult audiences (The Da Vinci Code) and even wins awards (A Beautiful Mind). And yet a lot of us have a real mistrust of the writer, not even thanks to his credit on the execrable Batman and Robin, but for being the driving force behind turds like I Am Legend and I, Robot....
Barack Obama: The Next President Of The United States By David Chen/Nov. 4, 2008 9:58 pm EST We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming simply to announce the following: Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States of America. Congratulations to President-elect Obama! Barack Obama: The Next President Of The United States By David Chen/Nov. 4, 2008 9:58 pm EST We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming simply to announce the following: Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States of America....
Box Office Tracking: Vantage Point Headed For $14M-$17M; U2-3D Could Crack Top 5! By Steve Mason/Feb. 21, 2008 9:11 am EST Peter Berg’s excellent Saudi-set The Kingdom opened on September 28, and it registered a disappointing $17.1M opening. The tracking for Vantage Point is very similar to the tracking for that Jamie Foxx vehicle. UN-AIDED AWARENESS The Kingdom â€" 4% Vantage Point â€" 2% TOTAL AWARE The Kingdom â€" 70%...
Christmas Eve Box Office Up 25% From 2006 By Steve Mason/Dec. 24, 2007 11:55 pm EST It is, however, a good sign that last year’s top 12 films on Christmas Eve grossed a cumulative total of $21.34M compared to this year’s $26.5M haul for the top 12. Also, 3 films with $5M+ bodes well for Chrisrmas Day. EARLY CHRISTMAS EVE ESTIMATES NEW National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Disney) – $8,420,034, $2,197 PTA [$54,680,784 cume]...
Christopher McQuarrie To Write Wolverine Sequel By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2009 12:28 pm EST Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to pen the screenplay for a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This comes as no surprise, especially considering the film grossed over $158 million worldwide on opening weekend.Hugh Jackman has said that a sequel will loosely follow the early 1980s Chris Claremont/Frank Miller comic book miniseries, where Logan journeys to Japan and attempts to cool his killer instincts, and trains to live life under the samurai’s code of honor and respect....
Columbia Pictures To Become The Masters Of The Universe? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2009 11:25 am EST Apparently Columbia Pictures / Escape Artists are in negotiations to pick up rights to the Mattel property. Stevenson and Marks are both no longer involved with the project, which will be developed from the ground up. Marks script, which was described as “Lord of the Rings meets The Matrix meets Batman Begins”, was enough to get us excited about the project – we even listed off five reasons the movie could actually be cool....
Cowboys For Christ Shooting Now By Brendon Connelly/July 4, 2009 10:42 am EST ShockTillYouDrop have been informed that Robin Hardy’s long awaited Cowboys For Christ is finally in production. Some shooting has already taken place in the US and the filmmakers are reportedly in the midst of the Scottish shoot right now. Hardy’s 1973 directorial debut The Wicker Man is truly one of the most jubilantly beloved films in the pantheon of British genre pictures....
Dylan Baker Back For Spider-Man 4 As Curt Connors… And Also The Lizard? By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 22, 2009 10:37 am EST The Trick’r Treat special screenings continue, as do the Q&As with director Michael Dougherty. At last night’s presentation at the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, the director was joined by Dylan Baker. Amidst the slew of reportedly dull and dumb questions, two things of note became clear. One: somebody in the audience was thinking that Baker looks like William H....
Ewan McGregor Praises Polanski’s Direction; Meanwhile Polanski May Return Willingly To US By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2009 1:54 pm EST We don’t know a lot about Roman Polanski’s currently unfinished film The Ghost. And though current comments from Ewan McGregor, who stars in the film, don’t do a lot to illuminate the project, they do add some context to the current conversation about Polanski in general. As Polanski faces a denial of bail in Switzerland (and some medical situation that saw him removed from jail for a short time) I enjoy the contrast between positive statements about Polanski the artist and the harsh reality of Polanski the fugitive....
Fantastic Fest Review: Survival Of The Dead By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2009 1:30 pm EST When George Romero walked on stage at the Paramount theatre for the introduction to his latest zombie film Survival of the Dead, over 1,000 Fantastic Festers gave the filmmaker not just one, but two standing ovations. If there is any crowd thankful of Romero’s contributions to cinema, it has to be the film fanatics at the Alamo Drafthouse-run genre festival....
