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Leonardo DiCaprio And The Screenwriters Of Rounders To Enter The World Of Online Casinos By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2009 6:04 pm EST Paramount Pictures has bought a yet-to-be titled pitch from Rounders screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star, and produce with Appian Way. So what is the project about? We don’t know much other than that it takes place in the world of Costa Rica-based online casinos....

LOL: The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret With David Cross, Spike Jonze, And Will Arnett By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 4, 2009 5:00 pm EST Just when you thought there was nothing more outta-left-field this week than a Mickey Rourke rap anthem: here is the first clip from David Cross’s new TV pilot, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. Back in June, we first reported on Cross’s hopeful series about corporate hell co-starring Spike Jonze and Will Arnett, but we had since chalked it off to wet dream delirium....

LOL: The Morgan Freeman Chain Of Command By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2009 8:26 pm EST Morgan Freeman makes a great authority figure. His warm but rumbling voice, piercing eyes and increasingly snowy hair lend him all the essential qualities of command. No surprise that he is so often cast as a military officer, the president of various nations, and even God. (Where does he go after that? Galactus, maybe?) What we really need is a diagram that clearly illustrates the many roles Freeman has played, and how they relate to one another in terms of authoritative presence....

Michael Caine’s High Praise For Heath Ledger’s The Joker By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2007 10:29 am EST I’m getting more and more excited for The Dark Knight everyday, and with Oscar winner Michael Caine making such huge claims, Heath Ledger may have huge expectations to fill. “I tell you the big surprise in the new ‘Batman’ — Heath Ledger as the Joker,” Caine told reporters in New York Tuesday. “He’s fantastic....

More Lost Boys 2 Photos By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2008 5:14 pm EST CoreyFeldman.net offers up two new photos from Warner Home Video’s Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. Click on the image above to enlarge slightly. I’m still hoping Warner gives this direct-to-dvd sequel a theatrical run. It can’t be THAT bad, can it? More Lost Boys 2 Photos By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2008 5:14 pm EST CoreyFeldman.net offers up two new photos from Warner Home Video’s Lost Boys 2: The Tribe....

Sigourney Weaver Talks Ghostbusters 3; Will Oscar Be A New Ghostbuster? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2008 1:36 am EST Sigourney Weaver tells MTV that she is “supposed to get in touch with Bill [Murray] next week” to talk about the new Ghostbusters movie which is being developed. But as of now, she has no idea if her character “Dana Barrett” will return for another, suggesting that her character’s baby Oscar should be one of the Ghostbusters....

Sony Developing Venom Spin-Off Movie By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2008 9:37 pm EST Sony is considering making a Spider-Man spin-off movie based on the popular villain Venom. The company had previously commissioned Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) to pen a take, but is now considering going in a completely different direction according to The Hollywood Reporter. They are seeking new writers for an entirely new draft, and are also supposedly looking at replacing Topher Grace, who played the role in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3....

Spielberg To Shoot Lincoln After TinTin By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2008 5:19 pm EST Someone took a look at Steven Spielberg’s day planner and spilled the details about the legendary director’s upcoming film schedule. Apparently Spielberg is eyeing a September 2008 start for Tintin, the big screen performance-capture adaptation of the popular Belgian comic-strip hero (and his faithful dog Snowy). After which he will immediately begin work on the long-gestating Abraham Lincoln biopic Lincoln in early 2009....

The Incredible Hulk: New Television Spot By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 1:35 pm EST Universal has released a new television spot for The Incredible Hulk, which features a little bit of new footage. Watch it now below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/hulktv4.flv 380 284] The Incredible Hulk hits theaters on June 13th. source: YouTube The Incredible Hulk: New Television Spot By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 1:35 pm EST Universal has released a new television spot for The Incredible Hulk, which features a little bit of new footage....

The Invasion Movie Trailer Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2007 4:10 pm EST We were really excited to see The Invasion, the latest Invasion of the Bodysnatches remake, which was supposedly (depending on what sources you read) so troubled that Joel Silver brought The Wachowski Brothers (of Matrix fame) in to re-write and re-shoot a big chunk of the film. But the first trailer for the movie has us more than worried....

The Princess And The Frog Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2008 11:39 pm EST Disney Animation Studios has released new concept artwork from Disney’s return to 2D animation, The Princess and the Frog. More images after the jump. Written/directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, the animated musical is set in New Orleans. The movie follows Tiana, a young African-American girl who lives in the infamous French Quarter....

Thor Finds Its Warriors Three In Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Stuart Townsend By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 16, 2009 11:30 pm EST Following up on the recent news that Thor will start shooting in January, we’ve also caught wind of some casting additions. Tonight we’ve learned that Ray Stevenson (Rome, Punisher:Warzone), Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer, Mongol), and Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentleman) have joined the project as “The Warriors Three”, a group of Asgardian badasses who fight alongside Thor....

Thora Birch And Taylor Momsen Are Cavegirls By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 9, 2009 10:15 am EST Daniel Peacock’s TV career started out brilliantly, with appearances on The Young Ones and as part of The Comic Strip Presents comedy cadre. Later, he branched out into writing and directing and seemed to specialize in high-energy, ultra-low budget shows for teenagers. The most successful of these was Cavegirl, broadcast here on Children’s BBC in the early 2000s....

VOTD: Baracky Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2008 12:00 am EST Baracky Movie Trailer The Pitch: Barack Obama stars as Baracky, in this Rocky-like retelling of the 2008 US Presidential election race. 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: Baracky Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug....

VOTD: If All Movies Had Cell Phones By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2008 12:00 am EST If All Movies Had Cell Phones The Pitch: College Humor shows us how all our favorite movies would be much shorter with the invention of cell phones. 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....

VOTD: Windertech’s E10 By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2009 12:00 am EST Windertech has revolutionized the VHS tape rewinding industry once again, by introducing the E10 — the first VHS rewinder for the internet age. Written and directed by Colbert Report, Daily Show and sometime TV Funhouse writer Eric Drysdale, and featuring Eric, Andrea Rosen (The Ten, Stella), Jon Gemberling (Fat Man Stuck in Internet) and Aubrey Plaza (Mystery Team, Funny People, Scott Pilgrim, Parks and Rec, and every other comedy and comedy series to go into production in the next five years)....

Batman Sues Christopher Nolan By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2008 8:03 pm EST Yes, you read the headline correctly, Batman is suing The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan. Of course, I’m not taking about the fictional caped crusader – I’m talking about the real life little known city in southeast Turkey. The city named after the Bat? Raman Mountains, predates the comic book vigilante by almost a decade. Residents believe the success of the popular American film adaptations could be partly to blame for the city’s increasing suicide rates among women and unsolved murder rates....

Bored To Death Television Teaser With Schwartzman And Galifianakis By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2009 12:17 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. HBO has released the first teaser for Bored to Death, a series pilot starring Jason Schwartzman as an alcoholic writer who begins to moonlight as a private detective, just because he can. In mid-September last year Zach Galifianakis was added to the cast as Ray, a comic book writer and close friend of Schwartzman’s character....

Commercial Director Spotlight: Nicolai Fuglsig By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2009 12:14 am EST Today it was announced that commercial Nicolai Fuglsig would be directing a futuristic action adventure re-imagining of Robin Hood for Warner Bros (Read that story here). I thought now would be a good time to take a look at some of Fugisig’s commercial work. Fuglsig is a 36-year old Danish director, who started as a war photographer for Danish newspapers....

Cool Stuff: Print Mafia’s Cinema Series Of Art Prints By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2008 11:59 am EST Print Mafia has released four art prints in their epic Cinema Series. Prints include Robert De Niro from Raging Bull, Sylvester Stallone from Rocky, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, and Steve McQueen in Bullitt. Bigger photos after the jump. Each print is done on 100lb. Cougar Heavy Stock 13 x 20 paperstock, signed and numbered, limited to 80....