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Anthony Hopkins Cast In Exorcism Film The Rite By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2010 8:51 am EST Anthony Hopkins is the first to board a film called The Rite, a supernatural thriller from New Line. The studio has had the property for a while, and casting Hopkins suggests that it is really moving forward. Mikael Hafstrom directs from Michael Petroni’s script. But what is the film about? Read on…THR offers that Hopkins will play “a priest who is an expert in exorcisms and whose methods are not necessarily traditional....

Box Office: He’s Just Not That Into Headed For $29M Weekend By Steve Mason/Feb. 6, 2009 11:45 pm EST The new movie developed by New Line and now released by Warner Bros is based on the book of the same name co-written by former Sex & the City scribes Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo. The line itself has come to be a reassuring fallback for women in the dating scene (and I’m guessing single guys have adopted the mentality as well in the rough-and-tumble world of dating)....

BREAKING: Hollywood Is On Fire! By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2007 1:56 pm EST Update: Variety reports the the staff at Universal and Warner are keeping a close eye on the fire, but have not evacuated as the firre is headed east and away from both studio lots. Defamer also has some great photos that show some of the Hollywood landmarks.

Brian K. Vaughan Leaves Lost By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2009 12:34 pm EST Comic book scribe turned screenwriter Brian K. Vaughan has certainly made his mark on the hit show Lost. But everything good must eventually come to an end. Lost producer Damon Lindelof has confirmed on the DocArzt & Friends Lost Podcast that Vaughan will not be returning for the sixth and final season of the series, and “has left for greener pastures....

Cars 2 Concept Art By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 25, 2010 6:38 am EST From The Disney Annual Report via Pixar Planet

Cool Stuff: Justin Reed’s Movie Art By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2009 6:00 am EST Justin Reed is a 30-year old Vermont artist who has created a number of awesome movie-inspired artwork over the past few years. He has a BFA in Illustration from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and has had art exhibition in galleries in and out of the country (every place from Canada to Los Angeles). I’ve included nine of my favorite pieces that Reed has created after the jump....

Crispin Glover In Burton’s Alice In Wonderland By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2008 3:41 am EST If I were to create a list of five people that should be in Tim Burton’s 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Crispin Glover would probably top the list. So it comes as no surprise that Burton has cast Glover to play the Knave of Hearts. In the original Lewis Carroll book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts is put on trial for robbery after he supposedly stole the Queen of Harts’ tarts “and took them quite away”....

Cronenberg Does The Talking Cure Next; Casts Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender And Christoph Waltz By Russ Fischer/Dec. 23, 2009 6:00 am EST Stories like this make me want to bellow like the Kool-Aid Man. At the beginning of November there was a tiny mention in an otherwise unrelated Variety article that suggested David Cronenberg was still developing The Talking Cure, a film based on Christopher Hampton’s 2002 play about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung....

Director Threatens To Remove Name From Across The Universe By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2007 10:42 pm EST As you probably know, Across the Universe is one of the under-the-radar films we’ve been really looking forward to. Universe is a love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, described as a “romantic musical” told through numerous Beatles songs performed by the characters. You can watch the theatrical trailer at this link....

Do You Have The Crazy? Two Men Stabbed While Watching The Signal By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2008 5:30 pm EST Imagine this. It’s Sunday night and you’re sitting in a movie theater watching The Signal, an independent horror movie about a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers. And then suddenly, two men sitting in separate areas of the theater are randomly attacked and stabbed by an unknown man who was watching the movie....

Hellboy 2 Movie Poster From Comic-Con By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2007 10:48 am EST One of the few posters we missed at Comic-Con 2007 is this exclusive Hellboy 2 teaser poster illustrated by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. I definitely would have picked this one up if I had seen it on the show-floor. The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures....

High Res: The Expendables Promo Poster And Outdoor Art By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2009 4:49 pm EST The billboards for Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables may or may not be on display at the Cannes Film Festival, but the promo artwork appears to be official. Lionsgate has sent us over high resolution copies of the promo poster and billboard advertising for the film. I’ve included the full poster after the jump. As always, click on the images to enlarge....

New Tropic Thunder Photos By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2008 5:47 pm EST Last week Paramount premiered the first photo from the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder which featured Robert Downey Jr dressed as a black man. The movie studio has released two new photos and a official plot synopsis at Showest. As always, click on the photos to enlarge. “When a group of actors shooting a war movie includes Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr....

Peter Hedges To Adapt His Novel The Heights Into A Movie By Brendon Connelly/April 6, 2010 5:43 am EST One of my favourite screenwriters at work today is Peter Hedges. He’s a master of light-touch characterisation and sweetly woven plotline, and in the two films he’s directed as well as scripted, he’s shown that his eye for acutely telling detail and clear storytelling can be manifest visually as well as on the page....

Scott Pilgrim Photo: Chris Evans As Lucas Lee By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2009 1:26 am EST The latest photo in Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs The World photoblog is of Fantastic Four/Sunshine star Chris Evans holding a sketch of his character — Lucas Lee. The second of Ramona’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) Evil Exes, which the title character, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) must battle, Lee is a pro-skateboarder turned self-absorbed movie star (which sounds like a slam at Jason Lee, but actual comic book takes a hit at Luke Wilson)....

By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2009 10:57 am EST One of the big selling points of the upcoming Ghostbusters video game is that the original Ghostbusters team, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson, have recorded new voice performances for the official sequel. It has been known for a while now that Rick Moranis would not be participating due to his “retirement.” Sigourney Weaver seemed open to the idea of returning for a third Ghostbusters film, but apparently she isn’t interested in playing games....

Trailer For Danish Martial Arts Film “Fighter” By Devindra Hardawar/Dec. 9, 2008 11:35 pm EST Now Twitch brings us the new UK trailer for the film, and while it starts off rather deceptively (you could easily imagine a dramatic Don LaFontaine reading of that opening text), it eventually rewards us with some great looking fight scenes. While it seems a bit wire-heavy at times, it’s done so well that I could easily imagine star Semra Turan could actually fly wuxia-style....

Tribeca Movie Review: Between Heaven And Earth By SlashFilm Staff/April 29, 2007 10:03 am EST The following movie was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Between Heaven and Earth World Documentary Competition 2006, Netherlands Dir: Frank van den Engel, Masja Novikova In Uzbekistan, the circus is long-standing tradition, highly regarded as an important part of Uzbekistani society. Between Heaven and Earth takes a glimpse at the lives of two circus families, with two very distinct positions on life....

Update: Fire Spares Back The The Future Clock Tower By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2008 6:43 pm EST Some slightly good news for Back to the Future fans. I just got off the phone with Universal and have confirmed that the Clock Tower used in the trilogy is still standing, after a huge fire broke out on the Universal Studios Backlot earlier today. The Courthouse square set surrounding the only slightly damaged Clock Tower is said to be completely destroyed....

Video: The Dark Knight On The Today Show By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2007 3:20 pm EST Al Roker went behind the scenes on the upcoming Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight on NBC’s Today Show. Roker talks with Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, director Christopher Nolan and we also get a few glimpses of DK filming. Eckhart talks briefly about the accident which turns Harvey Dent into Two Face. And Bale talks about some of the changes they made to the Batsuit....