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Video: Gotham City Hospital Explosion From The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2007 2:15 pm EST MyFoxChicago has video footage of The Dark Knight’s Gotham City Hospital being imploded. You can also see the explosion in the above animated gif image courtesy of batman-dark-knight.moviechronicles.com. Video: Gotham City Hospital Explosion From The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2007 2:15 pm EST MyFoxChicago has video footage of The Dark Knight’s Gotham City Hospital being imploded....

VOTD: 1937 Warner Bros Blooper Reel By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2009 12:00 am EST Almost every DVD features a blooper reel, containing all the outtakes from a particular film. Before DVD. Recently, Tropic Thunder released three full 10-minute mags of outtakes on DVD. But it wasn’t always this way. I remember that in the age of VHS, ABC would host television specials a couple times a year featuring all the Hollywood bloopers....

By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2008 12:00 am EST The Pitch: “What if Doc Brown had been worse at math?” Thanks to /film reader Jan B for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.

Woody Allen Casts Marion Cotillard In His Next Film By Russ Fischer/March 2, 2010 3:32 pm EST We still know very little about Woody Allen’s next film; he is one of the most protective filmmakers around when it comes to new projects. Typically Allen refuses to share any details about a work in progress, and he doesn’t actually give a new movie a title until it is finished. We’ve now got one more piece of Allen’s next puzzle, however: it will star the Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard....

Alan Arkin Cast In Get Smart By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 5:30 am EST Oscar winner Alan Arkin is reuniting with his Little Miss Sunshine co-star Steve Carell in the big-screen version of Get Smart. I’m glad to see that Arkin hasn’t sold out after getting that gold statuette. Arkin will play the chief of CONTROL, the rganization that fights the evil forces of KAOS. Anyone who has seen the tv show would agree that Arkin is a perfect fit for this role....

Around The Web: Whedon’s Office, Avatar Casting, Al Franken’s Announcement, The Signal Release Date, And More By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2007 5:30 am EST The latest Batman The Dark Knight casting rumor has Maggie Gyllenhaal to replace Katie Holmes as Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes. Not a bad idea. But I’m guessing that like most of the other Batman casting rumors, it’s not true. All Star directors helm The Office: Lost Co-creator JJ Abrams, Serenity/Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, and Groundhog Day director Harold Ramis have directed episodes of the Office....

By Hunter Stephenson/April 8, 2010 3:00 am EST In what is shaping up to be a top shelf action comedy, tonight brings news that Aziz Ansari is in negotiations to star in 30 Minutes or Less from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. The dapper comedian and co-star of Parks & Rec would play a junior high school teacher thrown into a ticking clock scenario when his pal—an aimless pizza delivery man—is ordered to rob a bank by two goons who strap a bomb to his chest....

Big Directors Small Films: Kurt Kuenne’s Validation By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2008 9:00 pm EST Composer turned filmmaker Kurt Kuenne’s short film Validation is “a fable about the magic of free parking.” Bones star TJ Thyne stars as Hugh Newman. Some of you might recognize Kurt as the director of one of this year’s best films — a heart wrenching documentary called Dear Zachary (if you haven’t seen it, don’t even read anything about it — just rent it — YOU NEED TO SEE IT)....

Cool Stuff: AXIOM T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 6:00 am EST I’ve always loved t-shirts which feature the logos of fictional companies and corporations from films. I’m also a big fan of Pixar’s WALL-E, so when I found out that Disney is selling t-shirts advertising the new Axiom executive starliner, I quickly placed an order. I understand that some of you might not share my excitement. I’m sure we’ll have something cooler tomorrow or the next day....

DJ Caruso Talks Y: The Last Man: Script Details And Casting Shia LaBeouf? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2007 1:37 pm EST When it was announced that D.J. Caruso had signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of Brian K Vaughn’s Y: The Last Man, we speculated that Shia LaBeouf might be playing the lead. Shia had made statements in the past expressing interest in the project. Not only that but DJ Caruso directed him in Disturbia and the upcoming Eagle Eye....

Early Buzz: Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2009 10:44 pm EST The first reviews for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes have begun to hit the interwebs, so I thought we’d do a round up of the early buzz. So far the response is kinda mixed. Some critics loved the film, while others hated it. Although it should be noted that the film currently has an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes....

Exclusive Interview With Ren Klyce, Sound Designer Of Fight Club And Where The Wild Things Are By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 15, 2009 3:07 pm EST This week, the Fight Club starts again with the release on Blu-ray of a tenth anniversary edition of David Fincher’s fan favourite. Every frame of the film was scrutinised by the director, or so it says here, in order to ensure the transfer was reflective, finally, of the ideal realisation of the film....

Fraggle Rock Movie Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2008 2:09 am EST Cory Edwards is hard at work writing the screenplay for The Weinstein Co’s upcoming Fraggle Rock movie, and has completed almost 50-pages of his first draft based on an extensive 17-page studio approved outline. “[The outline] is the product of many meetings with the Henson and Weinstein folks, and has every little story beat we could think of,” writes Edwards on his blog....

Grindhouse Voted One Of The Best Films Of All Time By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2007 6:14 am EST Not only is Grindhouse one of the best reviewed wide releases of the year (the film has fallen to a more than respectable 81% on Rotten Tomatoes) but the IMDb users have voted the movie into the top 250 movies of all time. All 6,698 people who paid to see the exploitation double feature voted, giving the movie a weighed average of an 8....

New American Teen Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2008 2:13 am EST As you may know, American Teen is my favorite movie of the year so far. It’s the first documentary that has true mainstream appeal. And by that I mean beyond political bounds, and able to tap the minds of the post-MTV / American Idol generation. I was just able to catch the film for a second time at SXSW, and the audience ate up every minute, and even applauded during some key moments of the story....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2008 3:05 am EST Cinematical has a photo of the I Love You Philip Morris billboard at Cannes.Adam Brody talks to IGN about his preparation for the now defunct Justice League movie. National Lampoon’s Homo Erectus looks horrible. Check out the red band movie trailer on Trailer Addict, if you dare! IconFactory has released their Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Icon Set.Uwe Boll told RT what his five favorite films are â€" and, considering he’s the man who cast Tara Reid as a brilliant archaeologist and made such clunkers as BloodRayne and Dungeon Siege, his picks are kind of surprising....

Salt Movie Trailer: Angelina Jolie Goes On The Run By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2009 12:40 pm EST Update: An official domestic teaser trailer has been released online, and is now embedded after the jump. The original story follows. We’ve seen a few photos of Angelina Jolie in character for her lead role in Salt, the political action thriller that was rewritten for the actress when Tom Cruise bailed on the role....

Sam Rockwell And Jemaine Clement Sign On For Jared Hess’s Gentlemen Broncos By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 31, 2008 4:44 pm EST The actor with the best perma-squint in showbiz, Choke’s Sam Rockwell, has just signed on, alongside Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Clement and youngster Michael Angarano, to star in director Jared Hess’s comedy Gentlemen Broncos. Angarano will play a teen attending a writer’s convention (what fun those are) where he discovers that his idea has been stolen by a “legendary fantasy novelist” played by Clement....

SiCKO Sneak Preview Locations Announced By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2007 5:11 pm EST   Los Angeles Pacific ArcLight Cinemas, Hollywood, CA AMC Santa Monica 7, Santa Monica, CA Edwards University Town Center 6, Irvine, CA Pacific Galleria Stadium 16, Sherman Oaks, CA    Chicago AMC River East 21, Chicago, IL Landmark Century Centre, Chicago, IL    Philadelphia Ritz East, Philadelphia, PA Ritz Voorhees, Voorhees, NJ...

Simon Farnaby Talks The Elite Knights Of Your Highness By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 27, 2009 6:14 pm EST I had the distinct pleasure to take part in a round table discussion with Bunny & the Bull director Paul King and stars Edward Hogg and Simon Farnaby at this weekend’s cosplay-tastic MCM Expo, where they provided a brief welcome relief amongst the rampaging hordes of toons-made-flesh on a good time mission. Farnaby has recently completed filming on David Gordon Green’s Your Highness, in which he is playing one of a gang of “Elite Knights” who he says are the “baddies” of the picture....