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Bryan Singer Tackles Jack The Giant Killer For New Line By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2009 8:38 am EST Among Bryan Singer’s potential next projects, the most odd-seeming was Jack the Giant-Killer. (Which has been mistaken at certain points for Jack and the Beanstalk; they’re different but similar stories.) Now, Singer looks to be making Jack his next film, and the movie is being fast-tracked. Hey, it’s better than another Battlestar Galactica reboot, right?...

Casting Notes: Ryan Reynolds Cross-Dresses, Chris Messina In Shyamalan-Penned ‘Devil’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2009 7:25 am EST Couple of quick casting notes for you today. First up, Working Title yesterday paid a lot of money for a pitch from Allan Loeb to write an as-yet untitled comedy for Ryan Reynolds. The film is a “dude-in-drag romantic comedy, with Reynolds playing a jilted lover who must disguise himself as a woman and befriend his ex in order to win her back....

Cloverfield Monster Revealed In Fan Art By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2008 3:38 pm EST Since the first Cloverfield reviews have hit the web, fans have started creating art (some of it, pretty incredible looking) based on the descriptions of the Cloverfield Monster. Because this is potential spoilage, I have posted the photos after the jump. This is said to be the one that looks most like the real monster:  Here is a look at a fan recreation of one of the parasites:...

Darren Lynn Bousman Plans For REPO Franchise By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2008 12:46 pm EST Darren Lynn Bousman just finished editing REPO! The Genetic Opera!, but the SAW series director is already talking about sequel possibilities. In his latest blog entry, Darren writes: “If I have my way – I am only leaving one franchise to start another! Maybe this time next year as SAW VI is gearing up – I will working on REPO II… One can only dream…” Bousman also talked breifly about his visit to the SAW V production offices, and his meeting with David Hackl, who will be taking over the series....

Despite Pixar Making The Better Films, Dreamworks Are Winning On One Front… By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 8, 2009 12:03 pm EST Despite what looks to me like a sound thrashing by Pixar in the cinematic arena – no matter if you measure that commercially or artistically – Dreamworks Animation seem to be scoring a few winners on the home front. The NY Times tell us that Dreamworks have some high profile TV projects lined up, as well as achieving a large measure of success with their Monsters vs....

Don Murphy Takes Option On Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, Lines Up More Good Stuff By Brendon Connelly/June 18, 2009 2:00 pm EST An option is definitely not anything like a greenlight for a film, nor is it even talent being hired to develop a film, and all it is, really, is a producer lying down some dollar to prevent anybody else scooping up a great potential. Bearing that in mind, I’m still really very pleased to report that Don Murphy has optioned Cory Doctorow’s semi-sci-fi political activism adventure novel, Little Brother....

Edgar Wright’s Top 29 Movies Of 2008 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2008 4:09 pm EST The Top 10 Lists keep rolling in. First we had Roger Ebert, then Time Magazine, followed by bestselling horror author Stephen King and the American Film Institute. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has listed his top 29 films of 2008 on his official blog. Edgar notes that he still hasn’t seen The Wrestler, The Reader, Timecrimes, Funny Games, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Bolt, Valkyrie, Australia, Revolutionary Road and Wendy and Lucy, so the rankings may change in the coming weeks....

Fanboys Pushed To 2009 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2008 11:49 pm EST If you were looking forward to finally seeing Fanboys on the big screen in 2008, I have some bad news for you. The Weinstein Co has moved the film back to February 6th 2009 from it’s scheduled release late next month. The film will now go head to head with Summit’s sci-fi superhero film Push, Pink Panther 2, and the Jennifer Aniston comedy He’s Just Not That Into You....

First Look: Mia Wasikowska As Tim Burton’s Alice By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2008 1:17 pm EST INF has the first good set photos from the Cornawall England set of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Young Australian actress Mia Wasikowska plays the lead role of Alice. I’m going to take a wild guess and say that this scene takes place early in the film before Alice is transported to Wonderland. I can’t say for sure, but it doesn’t appear like the Panavision camera in the shot below is set up for 3D, which is really odd since the film will be released in Digital Disney 3D....

First Look: Pixar’s Day & Night By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 9:37 pm EST ComingSoon has an exclusive first look at Pixar’s new short film which will be attached to Toy Story 3 on June 18th 2010. As we previously reported, it is titled Day & Night, and was directed by Teddy Newton, a storyboard artist on The Iron Giant, Character Designer for The Incredibles and Presto, who makes his Pixar directorial debut....

First Look: Ratatouille Footage By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2007 4:49 am EST Good Morning America has a video on demand segment taking you behind the scenes of Pixar’s next movie. You can watch the five minute interview segment with Brad Bird at ABCNews.go.com. The segment features a few glimpses at unfinished and rendered Ratatouille footage, intercut with behind the scenes Pixar footage. If you’ve never seen what Pixar studios looks like, this is a must watch....

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Giant Transformer Is Only ONE Constructicon? Devastator Is Going To Be MASSIVE By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2009 1:09 am EST You remember that HUGE Decepticon that little ol’ Optimus Prime was hanging off of at the end of the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl television spot (if you haven’t seen it, watch it NOW)? Well Transformers fans are pretty much in agreement – what you saw was only ONE of the Constructicons — a group of Decepticons that merge together to form a GIGANTIC Robot named Devastator....

Glenn Beck Responds To James Cameron, Calls Avatar A “Smurf-Murdering Movie” By David Chen/March 24, 2010 4:31 pm EST Beck also expressed mock fear for the the “79% of Americans who aren’t convinced greenhouse gases are the most important factor in the planet’s warming.” The best part is, this guy has carried this joke around with him for three long years. The guy’s making a billion dollars on a smurf-murdering movie and he’s stewing about a joke that nobody heard on a network nobody watched....

How Wes Anderson Directed Fantastic Mr Fox By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2009 3:30 pm EST

Is Pixar Socially Conservative? By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 6, 2010 1:04 am EST Brad Bird’s The Incredibles has long had many political meanings read into it. Perhaps most controversial is how well the film lines up with Ayn Rand’s objectivist movement. It’s also quite popular with politically conservative types as well — the National Review named it number two on their list of the top 25 conservative movies. Tom Elrod, over at The House Next Door, points out that The Incredibles isn’t the only Pixar film that could be read conservatively in a recent post....

LOL: HUGE News Day 2009 By Peter Sciretta/April 1, 2009 12:19 pm EST Every year, movie studios make all their HUGE announcements on the first day in April. Earlier today we broke the news that Warner Bros will be producing a fourth Matrix movie, The Matrix: Resurrection. We’re in Las Vegas at ShoWest, and unable to cover all the huge news that hit the interwebs this morning, so we’ve decided to do a link roundup....

LOL: Vote For Homer Simpson By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2009 9:37 pm EST In this week’s episode of The Simpsons, We get to see what Homer’s life would’ve been like if he had been elected class president. And with this campaign poster with the endorsement of both Star Wars and Jaws, how could he lose? I know I’d vote for him. You can watch the full episode on Hulu, embedded after the jump....

Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Gets Fatalities By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2008 1:15 am EST Ripten has confirmed that Mortal Kombat vs. DC will feature fatalities after all… kinda. Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon says: “All of the MK characters and all of the DC villains will have fatalities. The DC heroes who don’t kill that often will have brutalities that will function just like fatalities but don’t actually kill the opponent....

Nicolas Cage And Ryan Reynolds In DreamWorks Animation’s Caveman Comedy The Croods By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2010 1:00 am EST Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds in will headline the voice cast for DreamWorks Animation’s 3D computer animated film The Croods. Lilo & Stich helmer Chris Sanders and Space Chimps helmer Kirk DeMicco are co-directing the caveman comedy, which was formerly titled Crood Awakenings when it was set up with Aardman Animation....