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Geek Deal: The Wire: The Complete Series For $82 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2009 1:28 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Has Cloverfield Gone Viral? By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2007 2:11 pm EST Cloverfield is becoming the new iPhone of the movie blog world. So please stick with us as I don’t expect the Cloverfield coverage to stop anytime soon. Has Cloverfield gone viral? It appears that a viral blog has been set up to help draw people to viral website which has Cloverfield undertones. EthanHaasWasWrong.blogspot.com links to a flash website at EthanHassWasRight....

Jason Segel Performs “Dracula’s Lament” On The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 16, 2009 6:00 pm EST Last night was the one thousandth episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, but evidently interns backstage failed to inform the ever-emo Dracula of the celebration. And not helping to curb his Transylmania-prolonged depression was the fact that Ferguson’s Wavy the Alligator attempted to chomp his hand-puppet thunder as the ep’s defacto host....

Johnny Depp Quits Acting? Production Halted On Sweeney Todd? By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2007 11:04 pm EST Production on Tim Burton’s big screen adaptation of Sweeney Todd has been halted, Johnny Depp has apparently quit acting, and everyone at Pinewood Studios might get fired this weekend if he doesn’t return, according to a British newspaper. Depp has reportedly quit acting until his four-year-old daughter Lily-Rose recovers from an undisclosed illness. Lily-Rose was admitted to an English hospital at the end of February....

Jurassic Park 4 To Feature Dinosaurs With Guns? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2007 12:36 am EST BloodyDisgusting reports that Universal Pictures has begun casting for Jurassic Park IV. Apparently the new film involves dinosaurs which have been outfitted with weapons by the US government (presumably for battle purposes). If this is true, than Universal should shut down production right now. It’s one thing to expect such stupidity from the recent batch of direct-to-dvd sequels, but a big budget Spielberg produced sequel?...

Mark Millar Plans For New Superman Trilogy; $70 Million Budget For Kick-Ass By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2008 9:53 am EST In an interview with G4, comic book writer Mark Millar (Wanted) revealed his plans for a new trilogy of Superman films, which he would like to be shot back-to-back. “A director approached me about three months ago,” Millar said. “and he said ’look, [Bryan Singer’s] The Man Of Steel might not be happening....

Michael Jackson Jokes Trimmed (Temporarily?) From Bruno By Russ Fischer/June 26, 2009 9:50 am EST Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno had its LA premiere last night, and the show went on with a small part of the film exised, according to the Risky Biz Blog. A Michael Jackson-related scene was cut for the screening, showing Universal’s sensitivity to the news of Jackson’s passing. The scene doesn’t actually feature Michael Jackson, but his sister LaToya....

Monsters Vs. Aliens Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2008 10:30 am EST Update: A revised trailer is now officially back online. Dreamworks Animation has released the official trailer for Monsters vs. Aliens I had an opportunity to see ten minutes of this film in 3D before Comic-Con, and while I’m not entirely sold on the characters, I will tell you that the 3D in this film is the best I’ve ever seen in a computer animated feature....

Movie Review: SuperBad By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 17, 2007 11:47 am EST I’ve seen SuperBad twice now and I still have not heard all of the jokes. Because SuperBad is one of those movies that you need to see in a packed movie theater. But that also means that you’ll miss some of the jokes. Not because people are talking or texting, that wasn’t going on when I saw the film. But because people were laughing so hard that you would miss the quick follow-up joke comebacks....

Neil LaBute Talks To Famous Directors To Promote Sony’s Latest PS3 Game By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2010 12:04 pm EST Just about the last person I’d expect to see making a short film to promote a video game is Neil LaBute, the theater director who has made films like In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors and the remake of The Wicker Man. But the team behind Sony’s game Heavy Rain hired LaBute to make a film that explores one of the themes of the game, which is ‘how far would you go to save someone you love?...

New Photos: The Lovely Bones And Up In The Air By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2009 3:12 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released a batch of new images previewing their fall film line-up: Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones and Jason Reitman’s adaptation of Up in the Air. Yes, you have seen some of these photos previously, be it in an MTV Fall preview, Empire Magazine, but some of these are brand spanking new....

One More Reason To See Watchmen: New Star Trek Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2009 1:03 am EST If you didn’t need more of a reason to see Watchmen on March 6th, you have one more. Paramount Pictures announced today that a third Star Trek movie trailer will hit theaters on March 6th. We put two and two together and got four, which can only mean that the Trek trailer will be playing in front of select prints of the Zack Snyder comic book adaptation....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2008 3:49 pm EST DVD producer Paul Prischman has brain cancer and they are trying to raise funds by having a very special screening of Blade Runner: The Final Cut in stunning 4K digital projection on the Warner Bros lot hosted by Sir Ridley Scott, and with cast and crew scheduled to also appear. Tickets are only $50, and it goes for a really good cause....

Paul Giamatti Wears England’s Crown In Ironclad By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2009 11:52 am EST Months ago, there was word that a film called Ironclad was brewing, which would be an “ultra-violent medieval action thriller” about a Templar Knight who, with a small entourage, successfully withstood a siege by King John of England, younger brother of Richard the Lionheart. Reports had suggested that Paul Giamatti might play King John; now we know they were right, and we’ve got other cast details as well....

Sony Developing Popeye Computer Animated 3D Movie By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2010 2:50 am EST Sony has announced that they will be bringing a computer animated adaptation of Popeye to the big screen in 3D. The film will be released under the Sony Pictures Animation label, with Sony Pictures ImageWorks handling the computer animation. The real-look Popeye image above is probably far too scary for the animated film adaptation, but I’d much rather see a film featuring the character design of Rick Baker....

The X Files 2 Title Announced: What Do You Think? By Hunter Stephenson/April 16, 2008 10:57 am EST The X Files: I Want to Believe A friend of mine just said, “It sounds like a direct-to-DVD sequel for Angels In the Outfield.” Not sure what I think, but the title will do a swell job of making the film stand out in the marketplace. Worth a double take and gets the mind spinning....

Third Alice In Wonderland Banner Released By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2009 5:00 pm EST After premiering the first and second banners last week, Walt Disney Pictures has now released the third and final of three new theatrical banners for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Want to see more? Check out a high resolution digital copy of all three banners after the jump. Banner #3: Banner #2: Banner #1: Of course, these images already leaked and were posted on /Film over the weekend, found in a scan of an AMC Theaters promotional magazine....

Walk Hard Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2007 4:32 pm EST I first saw the trailer for Walk Hard at Comic-Con 2007, and was not impressed. Now you can check out the same trailer and decide for yourself. The movie written by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and director Jake Kasdan (Orange County) is a comic take on musical biographies as Ray, Walk the Line, and Selena. The trailer will be attached to SuperBad....

Watch Steve Wiebe Become The King Of Kong Live By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2009 9:36 am EST We wrote a while back that former King Kong champion Steve Wiebe was going to try to reclaim his title at the E3 video game convention in June. As you know, Wiebe was the first person on record to break a million points in Donkey Kong, a high score that he ultimately lost to his nemesis Billy Mitchell as documented in the great film The King Of Kong: A Fist Full Of Quarters....

Watchmen SET Magazine Covers By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2008 11:28 pm EST The September issue of the Brazilian movie magazine SET features four collectable Watchmen covers. Head on over to blogdosadovski for the high res cover scans. via: SHH Watchmen SET Magazine Covers By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2008 11:28 pm EST The September issue of the Brazilian movie magazine SET features four collectable Watchmen covers. Head on over to blogdosadovski for the high res cover scans....