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Terminator Salvation Concept Art Reveals Post Apocalyptic San Francisco By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2009 4:51 pm EST Sarah Connor Society has gotten their hands on some new concept art from Terminator Salvation. The beautiful concept paintings by ILM artist Christian Alzmann and visual effects art director Warren Fu includes a big Hunter Killer aerial unit called a Transporter, a different variation of the big robot terminator we’ve seen in the trailers – The Harvester, the mototerminator, and a scale comparison of the robot’s arm up against a human....

The Karate Kid Remake Art And Title By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 18, 2009 9:21 am EST The saga of the ever-changing Karate Kid remake title continues. You might remember when we posted a couple set photos earlier in the week, we mentioned that the Will Smith-produced remake/re-imagining of The Karate Kid had been officially retitled The Kung-Fu Kid. A /Film commenter named videophonic forwarded us to some official art on Sony’s website which still features the old title....

The Latest Gimmick: Last Call, An Interactive Horror Movie, Will Phone You During The Film By Russ Fischer/March 11, 2010 10:56 am EST So much for those ‘please turn off your cell phone’ messages before movies. A new German horror film called Last Call is pushing a new ‘interactivity’ gimmick that will have one member of each theatrical audience receive a call from an onscreen character during the film. The ghost of William Castle approves....

Transformers 2 Remake Of Stan Bush’s “The Touch” By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2009 9:42 pm EST Stan Bush’s 1986 song “The Touch” was featured in the soundtrack for Transformers: The Movie, and later became a cult hit among Transformers fans and 80’s pop culture fanatics. The song was also later covered by Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights. Bush has recorded a new version of the song, retitled “The Touch: Sam’s Theme”, for the upcoming release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen....

Universal Goes After Comic Book Villains By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2008 9:42 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Villains is 4 issue mini-series written by Adam Cogan, drawn by Ryan Cody, with colors by Russ Lowery. The story follows Nick Corrigan, an aimless 20-something who discovers that his aging neighbor used to be the notorious supervillain known as “Hardliner”, now retired and living in hiding for the past few decades....

Up In The Air, Iron Man 2, Shutter Island And Last Airbender Promo Posters By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2009 2:22 pm EST Cinema Expo International 2009 is being held in Amsterdam this week and Film1 has snapped a bunch of photos of some of the promotional posters on display on the show floor. Let me give you full disclosure: these posters are usually just marketing mockups, and some of the time the eventual public teaser posters look completely different....

Variety’s 10 Screenwriters To Watch By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2007 5:23 pm EST Age: 34 Inspired by: The Coen brothers, Paul Schrader, Don DeLillo, Dr. Seuss Age: 30 Inspired by: “The J’s — Jim Brooks, John Hughes, Jay Roach; the movie and the music of ‘Once’; and my friends.” Kelly Fremon (Ticket to Ride, Intimate Strangers) Age: 27 Inspired by: John Hughes, Christopher Guest, Alexander Payne, Nick Hornby and David Sedaris....

VOTD: Get Unplugged! By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2009 12:00 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/meetupshort.flv 470 316] Get Unplugged! The Pitch: Rohitash Rao directed and animated this cute viral short film for the social networking website Meet-Up.com. 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. VOTD: Get Unplugged! By Peter Sciretta/Jan....

VOTD: Hellboy Public Service Announcement By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2008 10:46 pm EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/hellboypsa.flv 470 314] Hellboy Cat PSA The Pitch: Hellboy does a public service announcement with his cat. 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. VOTD: Hellboy Public Service Announcement By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2008 10:46 pm EST...

VOTD: Slaughter Shack By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2009 11:11 pm EST Here is a clip from a faux action film titled Slaughter Shack. Andy Samberg and Will Arnett go toe to toe in an epic duel to the death. Oh, and Bill Hader’s there too…apparently hunting vampires. VOTD: Slaughter Shack By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2009 11:11 pm EST Here is a clip from a faux action film titled Slaughter Shack. Andy Samberg and Will Arnett go toe to toe in an epic duel to the death....

Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant Added To Toronto Fest Lineup By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2009 12:02 pm EST Here’s the short form release from TIFF: So, the big additions are that we’ve got A Serious Man by the Coen Brothers, Capitalism: A Love Story by Michael Moore and, in the slightly surprising column, Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It. (Which was promoted around Comic Con by squads of rollergirls in costume as the film’s main roller derby team....

Will The Dark Knight Have A $130 Million Weekend? We’re Thinking Bigger, You? By Hunter Stephenson/July 11, 2008 6:11 pm EST A few days ago, an article on another website asked, “Is The Dark Knight playing fair? Shouldn’t it pipe down a bit and give Hellboy 2 and Hancock some breathing room? Is this movie a big bully?” Bonkers (and a little sad). At this point, it’s fair to say that Christopher Nolan’s sequel-of-sequels is more like a holiday than a film....

500 Days Of Summer Screenwriters Take Beginner’s Greek By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2009 10:16 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Collins’ novel, which was published last year, tells the story of an investment banker who meets his soul mate on a plane, loses her phone number, and later discovers that his best friend has married the woman. My first impression is that the premise sounds like a paint by numbers romantic comedy, but with Neustadter and Weber involved, I’m inclined to think there is a bit more to it....

A Better Look At Michael Myers’ New Mask In H2 By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2009 7:00 pm EST Dimension Films has released our first high resolution look at Michael Myers; new mask in Rob Zombie’s Halloween sequel H2. As you can see, the mask is ripped, revealing more of actor Tyler Mane’s face. I’m not sure I like it. One of the big reasons I think people found Myers scary is because they can’t see his face....

A Package From Indiana Jones? By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2008 2:36 pm EST I just received a package in the mail which contains a brown travel briefcase covered with location/travel patches from around the world, each one containing the Indiana Jones logo. Watch the video below as I open the mysterious briefcase to find out what is inside. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/indypackage.flv 400 300] Apparently Expedia will be announcing an Indiana Jones promotion which will involve a sweepstakes and the addition of Indiana Jones-themed travel packages....

Andy Serkis In Tintin By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2007 5:13 pm EST Peter Jackson regular Andy Serkis (you know, the guy behind the characters of Golumn and King Kong) has signed on to star in the upcoming Tintin trilogy. No word on what character (or characters) Serkis might play. The film will be shot using performance capture technology similar to that used on Beowulf. And the completed films will be presented in digital 3D....

Brad Bird To Make Live Action Film For Pixar By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2007 6:29 am EST On April Fools Day, we got suckered into reporting that Brad Bird would be directing a live action film for Pixar. As it turns out, the joke is becoming a reality. The Ratatouille director told The Daily Bulletin that a live-action film (possibly John Carter of Mars), is next: “The company [Pixar] is evolving into a place where all kinds of movies, not just animated ones, can come out,” said Bird, who reveled that his next Pixar film will be live action....

Bruce Greenwood Is Captain Christopher Pike In Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2007 2:22 am EST James T. Kirk is not the Captain of JJ Abrams’ Enterprise, and rumored cast member Josh Lucas has signed to Edgar Allen Poe inspired psychological thriller Tell-Tale. So who will play Captain Christopher Pike in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot/prequel? 51 year-old Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood. You might not recognize Greenwood by name, but he has appeared in over 40 films over the last 30 years, including roles in The Core, Hollywood Homicide, I Robot, Racing Stripes, Capote, Eight Below, Deja Vu, Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, and the upcoming National Treasure sequel, Book of Secrets....

Cool Stuff: XKCD’s Movie Narrative Charts By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2009 12:32 pm EST XKCD has produced a series of highly detailed charts showing the character interactions in the narratives of some of the most popular films of all time, including the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (original trilogy), Jurassic Park, 12 Angry Men, and the insanely complicated to follow indie sci-fi film Primer. Click on through to see the chart in high resolution....

Eastbound & Down Writer Developing Hench Comic Adaptation For Danny McBride By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2009 11:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the official synopsis from the publisher: Here is an excerpt from Adam Beechen’s interview with CBR explaining more about the book: The fine line between hero and villain is just another of longtime super-villain henchman Mike Fulton’s many scars. Now, faced with a terrible choice that could mean life and death for heroes, villains, his family, and himself, Mike ponders just how his normal life went so crazy....