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Funny Interviews: Jason Reitman Answers Questions NOT On His Pie Chart And Jason Schwartzman As Wes Anderson In Stop-Motion By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 29, 2009 9:11 pm EST The is first from our friends at FilmSchoolRejects, who talked to director Jason Reitman, not about his new movie Up in the Air, but instead quizzed the filmmaker on the pie chart he keeps of all the questions asked while on his press tour....

Geek Deal: Northern Exposure: Complete Series Collection For $76 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2010 1:21 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Gore Verbinski Ditches Pirates 4, Directing BioShock Movie Next By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 10:48 pm EST Gore Verbinski is one of those directors who fills his plate with so many projects, that you’re not quite sure which ones, if any of them, will actually go into production. I think right now Verbinski is attached to produce an American remake of The Host , direct a segment of Heavy Metal , a live-action adaptation of the board game Clue , a film about a married guy who spends too much time with an MMORPG , a cowboy drama titled Big Hole, a big screen adaptation of BioShock, and Pirates of the Caribbean 4....

Green Lantern And Sucker Punch Will Be 3D By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2010 11:58 am EST Warner Bros is going 3D crazy. Post Avatar, the movie studio has announced post production 3D conversions of the last two Harry Potter films and Clash of the Titans. Rumors have been circulating that the studio was also considering 3D for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Green Lantern. A few weeks back, director Martin Campbell was asked about the possibility, to which he replied that the studio “haven’t really talked about it....

By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 11, 2008 1:59 pm EST The following script review of Mike Judge’s Extract contains moderate spoilers.Mike Judge remains one of the most important and original voices working in American Comedy today, and with Extract the writer-director may do for the bland absurdity of successful white guys in mid-life crisis, stagnant marriages, and bullshit factory jobs what he did for cubicle-drones in Office Space and untended ’90s adolescence in Beavis and Butt-head....

Indiana Jones And Recreated Warehouse Of The Found Ark By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 28, 2007 2:20 pm EST A couple months ago it was rumored that the found ark of the covenant had something to do with the fourth Indiana Jones film. Then a poster released at Comic-Con 2007 showed Indy’s hat and Whip on top of a crate with the words “Property of Dr. Jones” and a number. And the numbers supposedly coincided with some lucasfilm library photos of the crate containing the Lost Ark....

Interview: Hot Rod’s Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, And Akiva Schaffer By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2007 7:05 am EST You can listen to the full roundtable interview below. After the jump we have included a time-coded chapter listing, so that you can skip to the good parts. I highly recommend the story of The Whoopee Boys poster/screening, which begins around 23 minutes in. Your browser does not support the audio element....

Jay Roach Won’t Meet The Little Fockers By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 1:37 am EST Little Fockers, the third film in the Meet The Parents trilogy is finally entering the casting stages — Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and Owen Wilson are in talks with Universal to return.Meet the Parents and Meet The Fockers director Jay Roach will not helm the third film as he’s too busy prepping Dinner For Schmucks, but is expected to produce....

Jilted Spider-Director Sam Raimi Heading To World Of Warcraft Next? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 12, 2010 8:41 am EST I’m not too enthusiastic about a Spider-Man reboot, but that’s probably not fair. Maybe somebody else can come along and make a film as good as, if not even better than, Spider-Man 2. Maybe. For me, though, immediate focus is shifting from the Spider-Man franchise to whatever else Sam Raimi decides to do next....

Judd Apatow Producing Kimberly Peirce And John Carney By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2009 4:23 am EST ComingSoon has learned that Judd Apatow is developing a romantic sex comedy project with Kimberly Peirce, the indie film director responsible for Boys Don’t Cry and Stop-Loss. Apatow also revealed that he’s developing a comedy project with John Carney, the director of the 2007 Sundance micro-budget musical Once. While no further details have been revealed about the Carney/Apatow team-up, details of Peirce’s next project can be found of the filmmaker’s official website:...

Lauren Ambrose Replaces Michelle Williams In Where The Wild Things Are By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 26, 2007 3:47 am EST Lauren Ambrose has signed on to voice one of the title roles in Spike Jonze’s big screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s fantasy book Where the Wild Things Are. Ambrose is replacing Michelle Williams in the role of KW, one of the giant creatures in the land of the Wild Things....

LOL: Darth Vader Spotted On Google Maps Street View By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2008 12:18 am EST /Film reader Ike S. discovered Darth Vader and one of his loyal Stormtroopers on Google Maps Street View. But Darth Vader must be a clone, because the Galactic warlord can also be seen down the street in front of the famous Mann Chinese Theater. LOL: Darth Vader Spotted On Google Maps Street View...

Lost Boys 2: Four New Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2008 2:18 am EST Warner Direct has released four new photos for The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. One shots of Tad Hilgenbrink, Angus Sutherland, Autumn Reeser and Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog. The Tribe will hit DVD store shelves on July 29th 2008. Enjoy! source: facebook Lost Boys 2: Four New Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2008 2:18 am EST...

By Devindra Hardawar/Sept. 11, 2009 8:59 pm EST While speaking at a Seattle music and arts festival, Lost exec-producers Carlton Cuse, Eddy Kitsis, and Adam Horowitz dropped several morsels of goodness for fans. First off, they reiterated that we shouldn’t expect every single mystery to be solved come the series finale at the end of season six. (And honestly, at this point, how could we expect them to?) Also of note was a dose of reality announced by Mr....

Mark Wahlberg Is Max Payne By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2007 1:37 am EST Mark Wahlberg has been cast as Max Payne in a big screen adaptation of the popular Rockstar video game series. The Omen director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix) will helm the adaptation (screenplay by newcomer Beau Thorne) which will begin filming early next year. Wahlberg is currently filming Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, and is also scheduled to Darren Aronofsky’s The Fighter in late 2008....

Michael Winterbottom Defends The Killer Inside Me By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2010 1:10 pm EST Every film festival should have at least one controversial film. The outcry so far this year is coming in response to Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of the Jim Thompson novel The Killer Inside Me, starring Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson. Comments so far peg the film as incredibly violent, perhaps on par with previous festival firebrands Irreversible and Antichrist....

Ninja Assassin Attacks Car With Ninja Stars By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2008 2:33 am EST German newspaper BILD has run a set photo from James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, which shows the front end of a car with who knows how many Ninja stars sticking through the hood. One can only imagine what kind of sequence The Wachowski Brothers have come up with that has resulted in this kind of car damage....

Peter Jackson Talks Tintin 2; Script Is Still A Year Away By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2009 11:30 am EST The slowly-gestating Tintin saga may be one of the more interesting mainstream film collaborations in years — Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg working together is fairly remarkable — but it’s taking a long time to really develop. Peter Jackson has recently been talking about his half of the project, the second film that will theoretically happen after Spielberg’s first is released....

Sony Plans To Release Aardman Animation’s Pirates! And Arthur Christmas By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2009 1:19 pm EST Don’t count Aardman Animations out just yet. The Academy Award-winning British animation studio is probably best known for their stop-animation and claymation productions, particularly those featuring Wallace & Gromit. The studio most recently produced a series of features, including their first computer animated film, for DreamWorks Animation, but “creative differences” lead to a seperation....

Sundance Blog: Park City Arrival; Tickets Are Still Avaialble?! By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2009 8:51 pm EST It’s January, time again for the Sundance Film Festival. Today I made the journey from /Film’s homebase of San Francisco California to Park City Utah. The festival doesn’t officially begin for another two days and as Frosty from Collider says “we’re way too early for the party”. But I like to get situated and comfortable before the madness begins....