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Juno’s Blu-Ray Cover Is “Totally Boss”; Sequel For Sale On eBay By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2008 5:33 pm EST A couple weeks ago we posted details on the DVD release of Jason Reitman’s Juno, complete with cover art. One of my friends just sent me the super-cool artwork from the cover of the Blu-ray disc special edition version (seen above). It’s definitely much cooler than the standard dvd release artwork. It kind of reminds me of the style from the cover art of the Criterion Collection releases of Wes Anderson’s films....

King Of Kong And Four Christmases Director Seth Gordon Will Join The /Filmcast: After Dark Tonight! By David Chen/Nov. 24, 2008 4:10 pm EST Tonight’s /Filmcast, which will broadcast live beginning at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST, will be brimming with movie goodness. Jen Yamato from Rottentomatoes will join us along with /Filmcast friend Angie Han to review Twilight. But in addition to all that, I’m now happy to inform you that immediately after the /Filmcast, for the /Filmcast: After Dark beginning at 11 PM EST / 8 PM PST, King of Kong director Seth Gordon, who also helmed the upcoming Four Christmases, will be joining us!...

Lord Of The Rings Theatrical-Edition Blu-Ray Angers Fans By David Chen/Feb. 23, 2010 7:21 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Consumers are upset because the discs that are included contain only the theatrical editions of the films, not the extended editions. If you’ll recall, each film was originally released in theatrical edition on DVD, followed by a 4-disc extended edition several months later. Jackson has made clear that even though the extended editions contain substantial additions, he does not consider them “director’s cuts,” since the two versions were made with fundamentally different purposes in mind....

Mark Strong Names Cate Blanchett As Nottingham’s Maid Marian By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 8, 2009 12:00 pm EST Speaking to The Telegraph’s Mandrake on the red carpet of the London Film Critics’ Circle Awards, Mark Strong has claimed that Cate Blanchett is likely to inherit the role of Maid Marian in Ridley Scott’s Nottingham from the recently ousted Sienna Miller. “I think Cate Blanchett is set to take the Maid Marian part....

Monsters Vs. Aliens Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2008 1:02 pm EST Dreamworks Animation has released the second full movie trailer for their computer animated sci-fi comedy Monsters vs. Aliens. This trailer is a little bit sillier than the last one, focusing more on the wacky monster characters who, turn out to be our only hope against an alien invasion. Leave your comments below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/monstersvsaliens2.flv 470 196] Plot Synopsis: “Monsters vs....

Olivia Munn Cast In Iron Man 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2009 11:00 pm EST Back in April, Attack of the Show co-host Olivia Munn revealed on Twitter that she has been cast in two upcoming movies: One is the upcoming Steve Carell/Tina Fey comedy Date Night, and the other is some project that she was working out for but wasn’t “legally” allowed to publicly discuss yet. It turns out that she has a role in Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2....

Once Movie Trailer And Production Photos Revealed By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2007 5:23 pm EST The movie is a modern day musical set on the streets of Dublin. Featuring Glen Hansard and his Irish band “The Frames,” the film tells the story of a street musician and a Czech immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story. Don’t let the low budget look and feel scare you away....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2008 2:40 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The latest issue of The Gotham Times features two big headlines Batman – Savior or Menace? and Landslide Win for Harvey Dent. IMPAwards has a third poster for Disaster Movie. This one takes aim at Indiana Jones. Michael France, screenwriter of Ang Lee’s The Hulk reviews The Incredible Hulk: “People were dying to see a movie about the Hulk, to get those big Hulk moments....

Penelope Cruz’ Role In Pirates 4 Identified, Charlotte Gainsbourg Joins Von Trier’s Melancholia? By Brendon Connelly/March 20, 2010 12:00 pm EST That headline might seems like a strange clash of conflicting stories, but they’re closely tied together by one thing: back in February, news bubbled up that Penelope Cruz would be taking the lead in Lars von Trier’s sci-fi disaster movie Melancholia; then one day later, we heard she wouldn’t be doing it all and had signed on to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides instead....

Ridley Scott Developing Brave New World By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2009 11:17 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over a year later, the project has just now been officially announced and set up at Universal. Scott will produce, and hopes to direct. Dicaprio will produce, and might star. DiCaprio and Scott’s involvement beyond producing depends on the script and the timing of the development, which has has only just begun....

Roger Ebert And Richard Roeper Leave Ebert & Roeper By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2008 5:20 pm EST It was only a matter of time… Richard Roeper announced on Sunday that he is leaving the nationally syndicated Ebert & Roeper movie review television show. Apparently, Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Roeper were unable to come to an agreement on a contract extension, so Roeper’s last appearance on the show will air the weekend of August 16th....

Sacha Baron Cohen Filming Bruno By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 29, 2008 3:12 pm EST Defamer got a tip that Sacha Baron Cohen was filming some footage in Los Angeles for his Borat follow-up, Bruno: “I saw Sacha Baron Cohen doing filming as Bruno (gay Austrian) at On Your Marks Studio in Sherman Oaks on Feb. 21st. He was dressed in tight leather black pants with a bedazzeled g-string showing. his hair was frosted blond and straight....

The Happening Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2007 3:43 pm EST The teaser poster for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening is now online thanks to ComingSoon. The poster features the cheesy tagline text “We’ve Sensed It, We’ve Seen The Signs, Now… It’s Happening.” Check out the full poster after the jump. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg as a man who takes his family on the run, in an attempt to survive a natural global environmental crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity....

The Real Indiana Jones Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2007 1:53 pm EST LucasFilm released yet another teaser poster for Indiana Jones 4 during the Star Wars panel at Comic-Con 2007. The new poster is the most official looking yet (as the one we posted a few days back was actually just a collage of Indy artwork from the first three films).The new poster features Indy’s signature hat and whip on top of a wooden crate that says Property of Dr....

TIFF Video Review: Drew Barrymore’s Whip It By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2009 10:09 pm EST I’m sure I’ll get mocked for admitting this but… one of the films I was most looking forward to seeing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, was Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It. Yeah, a rather unusual choice, but I’m a sucker for coming of age films, Ellen Page, and for that matter, most of the cast involved....

Viggo Mortensen Replaces Christoph Waltz In David Cronenberg’s The Talking Cure By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2010 11:13 am EST Back in December we got word that David Cronenberg would in fact shoot The Talking Cure, an adaptation of the Christopher Hampton play about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung that was floated as a possible Cronenberg project back in 2007. At the time, he seemed to have a fantastic cast lined up: Christoph Waltz as Freud, Michael Fassbender as Jung, and Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein, the patient with whom both men have a relationship of sorts....

VOTD: StopMo By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2009 8:00 pm EST StopMo is a Stopmotion and 3D short film made by five students at Supinfocom Arles in 2008. The story follows an archaeologist who “gives life back to an FX cinema studio that was buried under the ground,” resulting in a battle between a stopmotion animated King Kong and a computer animated T-Rex from Jurassic Park. There are also a few obvious references to some of our favorite films....

Watch The Transformers 2 ShoWest Footage By Peter Sciretta/April 18, 2009 12:31 am EST You can watch the new footage in High Defintion on Vimeo.com . I have also included some high defintion screen captures below: Notice the construction workers fixing the Witwicky house in the background: Chromia, a blue motorcycle autobot: Jetfire with his walking cane: Devastator in action:

WETA Joins Justice League By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 7, 2008 4:20 pm EST Let’s forget everything we think we know about the Justice League film for a second and look at the facts: George Miller, the guy behind Mad Max and Babe, is attached to direct; the screenplay is from two unproven writers; Christian Bale and Brandon Routh are not in it; and as of today Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop is a lock to create the slew of iconic costumes for the 2010 tentpole....

28 Weeks Later Movie Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2007 5:27 am EST The film starts six months after the Rage virus has spread throughout the city of London. The United States Army has restored order and is repopulating the quarantined city, when a carrier of the Rage virus enters London and unknowingly re-ignites the spread of the deadly infection, wreaking havoc on the entire population. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s 28 Weeks Later hits theaters on May 11th 2007....