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The /Filmcast Interview: Michael Stuhlbarg, Star Of A Serious Man By David Chen/Oct. 9, 2009 5:05 am EST The /Filmcast Interview is a series of conversations with actors, directors, and other key figures from the entertainment industry. In this episode, I spoke with actor Michael Stuhlbarg about his role in the new Coen Brothers’ film, A Serious Man. Peter reviewed the film at TIFF this year, calling it his favorite Coen Brothers film of the past decade....

The Nanny Diaries: Who Is Mrs. X? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2007 12:37 pm EST TWC head Harvey Weinstein is supposedly offering a $100,000 reward for the real life identity of the bitchy, self-absorbed shopaholic Upper East Side mom played by Laura Linney in The Nanny Diaries. The movie is based on a book, which much like The Devil Wears Prada, is based on real experiences. But the book’s authors won’t give any information about who the real Mrs....

Vincent Chase’s Medellin To Premiere At The 2007 Cannes Film Festival!? By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2007 3:40 pm EST I’ve just recently become addicted to HBO’s hit show Entourage. Word has begun to spread that HBO will be filming some scenes for a future episode of the series later this week on the Croisette. So why are the guys at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival? My best guess is that the fictional movie within the show, Medellin, a Pablo Escobar epic penned by Paul Haggis, has either gotten into the festival or is in the film market (a section of the festival devoted to the sales of indie films)....

VOTD: Ron Howard’s Call To Action By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2008 12:00 am EST Ron Howard’s Call To Action The Pitch: Ron Howard wants to talk about the election. So does Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler. 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: Ron Howard’s Call To Action...

By Peter Sciretta/April 1, 2010 11:30 pm EST I also included some of Schulson’s other shorts, including: Watch all of the shorts film now, embedded after the jump. Mano-a-Mano was reportedly shot for less than $500 in just four hours with a crew of only two people. Most of the budget went into renting a “nodal” camera head which was required to create the dynamic rotating opening shot effect. According to IMDB, the “nodal” camera head “allows the camera to be rolled on an axis while the center of the lens remains constant....

VOTD: The Future Of Toy Movies By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2009 7:30 pm EST Animator Dan Meth shows us the scary horrible future that awaits us as Hollywood scrapes the very bottom of the barrel for future movie franchises. Yes, I’m talking about toys and television sitcoms. Witness these uncanny mash-ups of your most beloved toys from your childhood. Imagine Play-Doh, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Smurfs portrayed in movies by Ron Howard, David Cronenberg, and Peter Jackson....

WALL-E - The Best Reviewed Movie Of 2008? By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2008 1:05 pm EST What movie should you see this weekend? Wanted is surprisingly good, and will likely beat your expectations. I can honestly recommend it… but the clear winner is WALL-E. So far the little robot that could has a 98% tomatoemeter rating on Rotten Tomatoes with over 40 reviews. Actually, only one reviewer gave a negative critique....

Warner Bros Acquires French Comic Book Series Headshot By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 15, 2008 12:53 am EST Warner Bros has acquired the big screen rights to Headshot (Du plomb dans la tête which roughly translates to “Lead in the Head”), a three-book French graphic novel series by Alexis Nolent (aka Matz). The series tells the story of two killers, two cops, and a journalist. In a Bronx apartment, Jimmy and Louis, two hired killers, slaughter a senator and the prostitute....

A Nightmare On Elm Street To Be Rebooted On April 16th 2010 By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2009 12:34 am EST Platinum Dunes is eyeing an April 27th, 2009 start for principal photography for their reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Warner Bros has set April 16th, 2010 for the film’s theatrical release. As we’ve previously reported, the film will be directed by music video turned film director Samuel Bayer and scripted by Arachnophobia screenwriter Wesley Strick....

Alice In Wonderland 3D Concept Art By Brendon Connelly/May 6, 2009 12:03 pm EST I really need to invest in a good scanner because I saw these pictures in Total Film before the weekend and have spent until now scouring the internet for them. What’s up, page pirates? Not got a subscription? The first image, as seen above, is a piece of concept art for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. As it is doubtful that the dimensionalisation was done by anybody working on the film and instead probably knocked out by a promotions or design company purists might want to just filter this down to clean 2D by looking at it through anaglyphic specs with one eye closed....

Bill Condon Creating Tilda, An HBO Series About A Hollywood Movie Blogger By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 4, 2010 11:31 pm EST Too bad Russ has already filled the week’s /Film: The Movie quota, because this post is writhing on the floor for our fave bad joke. Director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey) is developing and writing a proposed half-hour series for HBO set in the hectic and catty world of Hollywood movie blogging....

Borat Supports “Barak Obamas To Be Premier” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2007 5:25 pm EST Sacha Baron Cohen is back in character as Borat, doing a press tour to promote his new travel book Borat: Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. When reporters asked who he supports in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Borat answered: “I cannot believe that it possible a woman can become Premier of US and A – in Kazakhstan, we say that to give a woman power, is like to give a monkey a gun – very dangerous....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Mighty Muggs Wave 3 & 4 By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2008 10:38 am EST Back in January I introduced you to waves 1 & 2 of the Star Wars Mighty Muggs, Hasbro’s cute low-cost urban vinyl collectible figure line. I was able to find the first and second series online for around $12.99 per figure. Hasbro has since released photos of wave 3 and wave 4 of the collectible figures, which will hit store shelves later this year....

Cool Stuff: Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2009 5:00 am EST Warner Bros Home Video has officially announced the expected double dip, Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut, which hits store shelves on November 3rd 2009.. More cover art and details after the jump. DVD Details:Disc 1: • Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut Film • Audio Commentary with Zack Snyder and Dave Gibbons Disc 2: Over 3 Hours of Special Features • The Phenomenon: The Comic that Changed Comics • Real Super Heroes, Real Vigilantes • Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World • Watchmen: Video Journals • My Chemical Romance Desolation Row • Under The Hood • Story Within A Story: The Books of Watchmen Disc 3: Digital Copy of the Theatrical Version Disc 4 and 5: Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comics Blu-Ray Details: Disc 1: • Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut Film • Audio Commentary with Zack Snyder and Dave Gibbons Disc 2: Over 3 Hours of Special Features • The Phenomenon: The Comic that Changed Comics • Real Super Heroes, Real Vigilantes...

First Look: Kristin Kreuk In Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li By Peter Sciretta/May 22, 2008 9:17 pm EST Capcom Japan just released the first photo of Smallville star Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (seen above). My immediate reaction is that she isn’t wearing the traditional blue outfit or the “ox horns” hairstyle as seen in the video game. And I’m not complaining, it’s probably for the better....

First Two Photos From Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones By David Chen/April 19, 2009 6:30 pm EST Empire has debuted a photo of actress Saoirse Ronan in the role of Susie Salmon for Peter Jackson’s upcoming film, The Lovely Bones. Based on the best-selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones tells the story of Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed, all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body....

JK Rowling To Pen Eighth Harry Potter Book? By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2007 6:19 pm EST Harry Potter author JK Rowling has always said that the seventh Harry Potter Book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows) would be the last in the series. Apparently that might not be the last in the series after all. Okay, this story isn’t as juicy as it sounds. “I might do an eighth book for charity, a kind of encyclopedia of the world so I could use all the extra material that’s not in the books,” Rowling told the press....

Jonathan Levine To Direct The Sitter - Adventures In Babysitting Meets Superbad By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2009 10:55 pm EST

Judd Apatow’s Funny People Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 13, 2008 12:52 pm EST Universal Pictures has released the first teaser poster for Judd Apatow’s upcoming dramedy Funny People (read all the juicy details about the film’s plot here). The film is still shooting, and yes, it is unusual for a teaser poster to be released this early during production. The reason is that Apatow and Universal are holding a contest for one person to win a walk-on role in the film....

Kung Fu Panda Sequel To Be Released On DVD In November!? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2008 10:13 pm EST Paramount Home Entertainment have announced that a companion film/sequel to Kung Fu Panda will be released on DVD/Blu-ray on November 9th, bundled with the original film as part of a “Pandamonium Double Pack”. The companion film is titled Secrets of the Furious Five. While the slug-line “The Kung Fu Panda story continues” leads you to believe that the film is a sequel, THR reports that the film will delve into the back stories of the characters from the original film, and that Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman reprise their respective voice roles as Po and Master Shifu....