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Third X-Files Film Planned, Rumors Of A Reboot By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 21, 2009 12:30 pm EST A third X-Files film is currently being prepared for shooting to take place by 2012. That’s a long while so these preparations are no doubt tentative, even vague. Follow a daisy chain from here to Bloody Disgusting, onwards to X-Files News and then to Dnevnik, and you’ll end up with a Croatian interview with Gillian Anderson from the Sarajevo Film Festival....

VOTD: Frank Miller’s Goofus And Gallant By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 9:20 pm EST What would it look like if Frank Miller directed a big screen adaptation of he Highlights magazine “classic” Goofus and Gallant? This new Funny or Die short is directed by Jake Szymanski and stars Josh Simpson. Watch the video after the jump. VOTD: Frank Miller’s Goofus And Gallant By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 9:20 pm EST...

What’s Up With Fox’s New Planet Of The Apes Movie? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 22, 2010 12:03 pm EST But two weeks ago, Devin at CHUD reported that the movie was essentially dead after Scott Frank walked away from it. Now there’s a contrary report which says that, while Frank has indeed left the project, it remains very much alive. CHUD was first to report details about the film, and then the fact that Frank had moved on....

Zack And Miri Make A Porno - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2008 12:00 am EST If you’re seeing a movie this weekend, then chances are you’re seeing Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I would really like to know what you thought. Was it Smith’s funniest movie to date? Did Craig Robinson steal the show? What did you think of the 12-frame, half-a-second shot that had the MPAA up in arms?...

Aaron Eckhart Confirms Two-Face Will Appear In The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2007 6:27 pm EST When Aaron Eckhart was cast in the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight as Gotham’s young District Attorney Harvey Dent, the internet began to wonder if he would transform into the villainous Two-Face. The screenwriters and cast had fueled the fire, and every week someone seemed to be reporting that may-be he would or may-be he wouldn’t....

Alice In Wonderland Banner #2 Of 3 Released By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2009 4:00 pm EST After premiering the first on Monday, Walt Disney Pictures has now released the second of three new theatrical banners for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Want to see more? Disney is asking fans to join The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MadHatterSubjects) to “help prepare his army!” Apparently The Mad Hatter is giving his army the first look at exclusive images, but “you have to follow his orders to receive them....

Andy Garcia’s Hemingway Film Moves Forward With Hopkins And Bening In Lead Roles By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2009 10:01 am EST I don’t think we ever reported on it at the time, but back in March Andy Garcia was talking up a film called Hemingway and Fuentes, about the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and his fishing partner and longtime friend Gregorio Fuentes. At the time, Anthony Hopkins was loosely attached to play Hemingway....

Andy Samberg’s Hot Rod Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2007 7:37 pm EST I refuse to watch Saturday Night Live. I’m one of the many that believe that SNL jumped the shark long ago. And the only reason to watch is Andy Samberg’s digital shorts (Chronicles of Narnia, Natalie Portman rap). But those always find there way online, so what’s the point? Andy Samberg’s first film hits theaters this summer....

Casting Notes: James Marsden Joins Russell Brand In I Hop; Naomi Watts Joins Daniel Craig In Dream House By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2010 10:04 am EST Want to see Russell Brand play the Easter Bunny? You won’t be able to see him do so, exactly, but you’ll hear his voice bringing the venerable Hallmark card company mainstay to life in I Hop. Described as “the world’s worst houseguest,” Brand’s bunny is accidentally injured by an unemployed slacker played by James Marsden, who then allows the holiday creature to crash at his house....

Charlie Rose Interviews JJ Abrams By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2009 10:30 pm EST Charlie Rose had a good 30-minute interview with Star Trek director JJ Abrams. Abrams talks about he got involved in Star Trek, the challenges he faced in creating a reboot, the influence of Richard Donner’s Superman, making a movie for non-Star Trek fans, how Sequels usually rip off “the wrong thing”, and redeveloping the iconic characters. Abrams also discusses how he became interested in film and filmmaking, meeting his idol Steven Spielberg, how technology has changed storytelling, how spectacle can only work to serve the humanity of the story, the importance of the mystery box, how the audience fills in the blanks, and his writing process....

Cool Stuff: Chop Shop’s weBite 34 Vampire T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2009 5:00 am EST We’ve featured t-shirts from the Chop Shop in past editions of Cool Stuff. You might recognize their popular designs, because they usually feature the silhouettes of a mass of cool geek related people, creatures, or things. Their newest design, titled “weBite”, contains 34 famous vampires arranged in the shape of a bat. See how many you can pick out....

Donald Sutherland And Gillian Anderson Join William Hurt For TV Moby Dick By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2009 8:57 am EST It’s rare that I look at a TV project and wish that it were a $100m theatrical production instead of a much smaller television affair. I like seeing what creative teams can do with ingenuity rather than money, so almost never think something should be more expensive. But I do wish the $25m television version of Moby Dick, currently shooting, had more cash to work with....

End Of An Era: Miramax President Quits, Disney All But Shutters The Label By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2009 7:02 am EST OK, the real end of the era hit four years ago, when the Weinstein brothers left Miramax, the company they built into an indie juggernaut. The years since then have been an extended coda for Miramax as it soldiered on at Disney. We’ve known for some time that Miramax would be cutting back, and that move was seen as part of the death knell of the indie in general....

Hitman Director Xavier Gens To Direct The Fallout By Russ Fischer/Oct. 27, 2009 4:40 am EST I’m always ready to see a post-apocalyptic action thriller, even when it turns out to be something like Babylon A.D. Call me an eternal optimist. Even the lousy films often have a kernel of a good idea in them. Now a new film called The Fallout, set in post-apocalyptic New York, will shoot early next year....

Justin Theroux To Play Evil Wizard In David Gordon Green’s Your Highness By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 25, 2009 1:13 pm EST Wizard people, dear reader. The casting director on Your Highness must really hate shitty talent. Today brings confirmation that Justin Theroux, the guy burdened with writing Iron Man 2 and hiding scythe-like eyebrows, will play a badguy wizard in the R-rated stoner fantasia due 2010 from Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green....

LOL: More Leaked Audio - Christian Bale Vs. Craft Services By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2009 8:21 am EST Yesterday TMZ got their hands on audio tape of Christian Bale going off on a tirade against the director of photography of Terminator Salvation. Today, /Film reader Adam L has sent /Film an EXCLUSIVE – another leaked piece of audio tape from the Terminator 4 set featuring Bale going ballistic on the craft services guy....

Mark Romanek Casts Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan And Andrew Garfield In Never Let Me Go By Brendon Connelly/March 2, 2009 12:56 pm EST You already know that Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield are very talented and excited actors, but did you realize Keira Knightley was too? Me either. According to the casting news in Variety this morning, Mark Romanek seems to have cottoned on to something in her woody ways, however, and he’s set the wisp-waif to star in his upcoming sci-fi thriller Never Let Me Go....

New Hancock Movie Trailer From American Idol By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 11:32 pm EST Columbia Pictures premiered an exclusive new Hancock movie trailer on Wednesday night’s American Idol. The new Peter Berg film stars Will Smith as superhero who has fallen on hard times and has fallen out of favor with the public. He enters into a questionable relationship with the wife (Charlize Theron) of the public relations professional (Jason Bateman) who’s trying to repair his image....

New Screenwriter Hired For Bryan Singer’s X-Men Origins: First Class By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2009 2:18 pm EST First Class is based on a Marvel Comics limited series written by Jeff Parker. The OC creator Josh Schwartz wrote an earlier draft of the script. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner has said “the movie focuses on the first class at Xavier’s school of the gifted, so only those mutants will be featured in the first movie,” by which she evidently means that we’ll see the early days of the original X-Men team....

Nine New WALL-E Photos And Video Of Ultimate WALL-E By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2008 1:29 pm EST /Film Reader Enock C sent over these new photos from WALL-E yesterday. I’m not sure where they exactly originated from. They appear to be high resolution screen-captures. Disney’s programable toy robot Ultimate WALL-E was shown off at the Maker Faire this weekend. It will feature 10 motors for realistic movement, a “variety of sensors” to allow for voice activation, navigation, and detection of obstacles, among other capabilities....