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Photoshoping Na’vi: Over 150 Avatar Mash-Ups By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2010 10:00 am EST A couple weeks back we posted Alexander Bickov’s Shrek and Avatar mash-up Shrevatar. One /Film reader made me aware of a Flickr account titled Avatizer which collects photo na’vi mash-ups. They have everyone, from Tiger Woods to Pee Wee-Herman, all transformed into Na’vi. Photoshoping Na’vi: Over 150 Avatar Mash-Ups By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2010 10:00 am EST...

Quote: Lucas Admits Indiana Jones 4 Was Pointless?! By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2008 11:47 am EST I came across this quote from George Lucas in The New York Times: “I mean, why do we have to make another Indiana Jones? There was no point to it, other than, gee, this might be fun.” I’m not even going to comment on the quote, because it already says everything I would like to say about Lucas....

Rumor: Villain Confusion Stalls Spider-Man 4? Or Is The Production Just On Winter Break? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 17, 2009 12:05 pm EST Take this one with a big grain of salt for right now. (Really, just lean towards disbelief.) There’s a report, based on anonymous sources, that Spider-Man 4 — or Spider-M4n, as the studio is reportedly referring to the sequel — is in trouble. Villain indecision is supposedly leading to an unfinished script and an unhappy Sam Raimi....

Saw V Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/June 27, 2008 3:34 pm EST You can hate the SAW series all you want, but one thing you’ve got to admit is that the poster designs for the series have been some of the best one-sheets in recent years. Lionsgate has released the first teaser poster for SAW V on Shock. And while this isn’t the best poster in the series, it might be the sickest one yet....

Spike Jonze’s ‘Secret Robot Short’ Called I’m Here, Stars Andrew Garfield By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2009 10:56 am EST Spike Jonze is making a secret short film about robot love. Or: he’s making a short film about robot love, and it’s no longer quite as secret. I wrote about the project a few months ago, when all we had was a few small details and a suggestive photo. At the time the short was said to be premiering in November; obviously that didn’t happen....

Sydney White Poster And Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2007 1:20 pm EST Okay, so I’m not as anti-remake or sequels as most critics. I’m probably the only one who was looking forward to Disturbia, D.J. Caruso’s contemporary teen thriller remake of Hitchcock’s Rear Window starring Shia LaBeouf. The teen audience certainly showed up in numbers and the movie was pretty decent to boot. But ever since the idea was first announced, I have expressed my distain for this teen romantic comedy adaptation of Snow White....

The Incredibles 1.5 Comes To Comic Books By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2008 2:39 pm EST For me, The Incredibles is the most worthy Pixar film deserving of the sequel treatment. But for one reason or another, Pixar would rather make Cars 2 (boo) and another Toy Story film (which to be fair, could be good… but seems unnecessary) . Instead, The Incredibles sequel (which is being referred to by writer Mark Waid as “Incredibles 1....

The Time Traveler’s Wife Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2009 3:42 pm EST Robert Schwentke’s big screen adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife has been sitting on the shelf for over a year. To give you an idea of how long that has been, The Time Traveler’s Wife went into post production before the non-canceled television series Journeyman even premiered. I mention Journeyman because many people accused the show of borrowing conceptual elements from the Audrey Niffenegger novel....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Up In The Air, Precious, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, And More By Adam Quigley/March 9, 2010 9:41 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As a drama, Up in the Air offers the best of both cinematic worlds; it contains all the heart and intimacy of a thoughtful indie, and all the pure entertainment value of a mainstream crowd-pleaser....

Universal Studios’s 2009 All Access Park Pass By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2008 1:54 pm EST Universal Studios has announced that they will introduce a 2009 All Access Park Pass for $72, only $5 more than the price of a single-day admission. According to the press release, “The 2009 All Access Pass will offer unrestricted 365-day “no black-out date” park access, a dedicated VIP “hassle-free” express front gate entrance, Backlot Studio Tour priority boarding privileges for most of the year, plus an array of discounts on all food and merchandise purchases at the theme park and $12 off the purchase of guest tickets....

Video: Live From Hall H By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2008 11:35 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/comicconhallh.flv 400 300] [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/comicconcurrtain.flv 400 300]

VOTD: Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT! Gets A Sequel: THIS IS MORE OF IT! By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2009 1:00 am EST Kenny Ortega leaves NOTHING on the editing room floor in this sequel to his smash hit Michael Jackson rehearsal concert film THIS IS IT! Armed with hours upon hours of more never before scene footage – THIS IS MORE OF IT is the film fans have been waiting for!...

/Film Announcements: DISQUS Comments, Mobile Site, IE Problem Fixed By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2009 10:25 pm EST Hey everyone. I thought I’d take this time to address a couple of changes that have recently taken place on the site. Some of you may have noticed by now that we now have a brand new comment system powered by DISQUS. We’ve enjoyed our relationship with Intense Debate, but we are always looking towards the best user experience for /Film readers and commenters....

Awwww HELL Naw: McG Trying To Get Will Smith To Play Captain Nemo By David Chen/Jan. 14, 2009 8:16 am EST The other day, we reported on McG’s new directing gig helming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo. On the /Filmcast the other night, we expressed hope that Hollywood would man up and cast an ethnically correct (i.e. Indian) version of Captain Nemo, undoubtedly one of the most psychologically fascinating characters in literature....

Battleship And Stretch Armstrong Move To 2012 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2010 10:07 pm EST Earlier tonight, news broke that Twilight star Taylor Lautner had signed on to play the title character in the upcoming 3-D superhero adventure Stretch Armstrong. What we didn’t know at the time is that the announcement coincides with a release date shift for Hasbro’s big screen adaptations. The “epic action-adventure” film Battleship will now hit theaters on Memorial Day weekend — May 25th 2012, while Stretch Armstrong has also been moved back to a To be announced 2012 release as well....

Box Office: Sluggish Day The Earth Stood Still Stalls At $31M; Unlikely To Reach $80M Domestic By Steve Mason/Dec. 14, 2008 6:00 pm EST The horrible reviews (22% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and very weak Cinema Score exit surveys will add up to awful word-of-mouth, and Earth Stood Still will not have legs. Next weekend’s trio of wide releases, Seven Pounds (Sony), Yes Man (Warner Bros) and The Tale of Despereaux (Universal) will swamp Keanu’s Klaatu and his attacking alien race, and Fox’s would-be blockbuster could drop as 62%+ next weekend for something in the $11M range....

Brad Bird On The Incredibles 2: “I Have Pieces Of Things That I Would Love To See In A Sequel” By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2007 2:59 pm EST As people continue to pester The Incredibles director Brad Bird about a possible sequel, the answers remain, for the most part, the same. Here is what Brad told AP while promoting his new film Ratatouille: I love the world. I love the characters, and if I could come with a story that was as good or better than the original, I’d go there in a second....

Breckin Meyer Writing Superguys: “Ocean’s Eleven Set At Comic-Con” By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2009 11:58 pm EST Road Trip star Breckin Meyer hopes to make the transition to screenwriting, and is now working on a screenplay titled Superguys, based on a story by Harry Elfont & Deb Kaplan (the team that brought us Can’t Hardly Wait and A Very Brady Sequel). According to Production Weekly, the concept is described as “Ocean’s 11 with idiots set at Comic-Con”....

Bryce Dallas Howard Wants To Star In An Adaptation Of The Luna Brother’s The Sword By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2009 3:51 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In a recent chat with G4, Bryce Dallas Howard geeks out about her love (and cyber stalking) of the Luna Brothers, and says that she would love to star in a big screen adaptation of one of their comic book creations, of which The Sword seemed particularly of interest....

Cocktail: The Musical Coming To Broadway. Let’s Take A Look At The Possible Jams. By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 26, 2009 11:00 am EST “When he pours, he reigns.” In another sign that New York City is losing its edge, prominent stage producer, Marty Richards (Chicago), is bringing the straight-laced yet tutti-frutti Tom Cruise vehicle, Cocktail, to Broadway. Attempting to hold back a smirk Richards is teaming up with the film’s screenwriter Heywood Gould—who actually adapted the flick from his book Cocktail, see below—to create a musical based on the story of a young man thriving in the world of “flair bartending” who vacates NYC for a gig (and two romantic female flings) in Jamaica....