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Jonah Hill To Star In The Sitter, David Gordon Green To Replace Jonathan Levine As Director By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2010 6:28 pm EST Last year I had a chance to read an early draft I read was pretty great. The Adventures in Babysitting comparison is good, as it is basically an R-rated version of that film. For example, Noah drags the kids along while he stops at a drugdealer’s house to pick up some coke for a girl he is trying to get with....

Jonathan Ames Scripting Adaptation Of His Novel Wake Up, Sir! By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 16, 2009 11:30 am EST Bored to Death’s Jonathan Ames – the show’s creator, writer and all around bossman, as opposed to lead character, also called Jonathan Ames – has been a prolific creator across many media. Not only is there the show there are comic books, essays, novels, stage shows, memoirs. What we’re most concerned with here though, I suppose, are his works for cinema....

Justice League Film Disbands…For Now By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 16, 2008 10:22 pm EST So everyone, as of today, George Miller’s Justice League film is officially off. Warner Bros. has cited a few reasons for its decision, chief among them being the studio’s inability to procure expected tax breaks for filming in Australia and a desired script polish made impossible by the ongoing writers’ strike. To which many will no doubt say, “No, it was that stupid cast,” but don’t count me in....

Justin Timberlake, Molly Shannon And Eric Stonestreet Join Bad Teacher By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2010 12:00 pm EST Justin Timberlake, Molly Shannon and Eric Stonestreet have joined the cast of Jake Kasdan’s Bad Teacher. The comedy stars Cameron Diaz as Elizabeth Halsey, a foul-mouthed, conniving seventh-grade teacher who is dumped by her sugar daddy, and begins to woo the school’s substitute teacher, and starts a bitter rivalry with his girlfriend, her squeaky-clean colleague Amy Squirrel (played by Lucy Punch)....

LOL: The Denzel Washington Venn Diagram By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2010 2:00 pm EST Someone has created a Venn Diagram giving us a visual representation of the many different haircuts and head-wear actor Denzel Washington employs in his movies. I’m not sure who created this image. I found it on Paul Scheer’s blog, where he commented “Finally someone breaks it down”. Scheer discovered the diagram on ziesgotyouhigh. LOL: The Denzel Washington Venn Diagram...

Movie Review: Sunshine By Elaine Mak/July 19, 2007 10:01 pm EST Sunshine takes place 50 years in the future, and follows a crew of astronauts aboard a spaceship named the Icarus II. The characters are venturing into space to deliver a payload to reignite the sun which is about to burn out, obliterating all mankind. The entire film takes place away from earth as the small crew fights technical difficulties, human error, and nature’s wrath to reach the sun intact and in time to save humanity....

New Joker Photo On WhySoSerious.com, RorysDeathKiss.com Launched By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2007 3:40 pm EST The jumble on the Dark Knight viral website WhySoSerious.com was solved (as seen above), gathering photos of letters from cities around the United States (/Film users solved the jumble very early this morning, good job guys!). The Answer: The prize is a new photo of The Joker, as seen below, in the back of a car....

Pixar To Make Live Action Movie? Brad Bird To Direct John Carter Of Mars? By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2007 10:47 pm EST Update: Unlike most of the joke stories posted today, the facts within this story were near perfect. We were skeptical, and have finally confirmed that the story is nothing more than an April Fools Day joke. Pixar will be stepping out of the animated realm into the live action world....

Quid Pro Quo Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2008 1:00 am EST Magnolia Pictures has released the theatrical trailer for Quid Pro Quo, the new thriller from Carlos Brooks. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to good reviews. My friend Scott Weinberg at Cinematical wrote that it was “worth seeing for the two leads alone”, and described it as “a low-key cross between Garden State, The Waterdance and Cronenberg’s Crash”....

Ridley Scott Is Considering Alien Prequel/Reboot By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2009 1:56 am EST I remember reading an interview with Scott where the filmmaker expressed interest in making a prequel that would explore the origins of the space jockey and the Aliens. At one point James Cameron was working on an origin story for a fifth Alien film, but abandoned the development when Aliens vs. Predator was announced. Sigourney Weaver has publicly expressed interest in doing a sequel, but it wouldn’t make sense to include her character in an origin story....

Rumor: Wentworth Miller In Bioshock Movie? By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2009 11:23 am EST Could Prison Break star Wentworth Miller be cast in the big screen adaptation of Bioshock? Last we heard, the Universal decided to put the Gore Verbinski-directed video game movie on hold as they explored options to cut down the film’s ballooning budget. Miller commented on his twitter account that “Prison Break may be ending, but I’ve got things in the works....

Seth Rogen Makes A Porno For Showtime By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 3:05 am EST Seth Rogen got his start on the television show Freaks and Geeks, so it makes sense that he is returning to television. Showtime has given the greenlight on a comedy series that Rogen is developing with his screenwriting partner Evan Goldberg, about three twenty-somethings who “learn about life and love” while running a pornography store. Sounds like the perfect concept for Rogen....

Sherlock Holmes Movie Trailer #3: Action Packed! By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2009 1:49 pm EST Warner Bros has released a thrid movie trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes on MTV. The trailer is again the odd mix of stylistic action and slapstick-approaching comedy. This trailer definitely has more action packed between faster cuts and loud music, probably an attempt to appeal to the younger MTV demographic. The film looks like Ritchie’s most accessible film to date....

Spike Jonze Blogs Where The Wild Things Are By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2009 2:16 pm EST Director Spike Jonze has launched a website titled “We Love You So” , where he is blogging about the upcoming big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, in addition to other random stuff. “In October 2009 Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic story Where The Wild Things Are will hit movie theaters worldwide....

The Real Ferris Bueller By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2009 3:27 pm EST The death of 80’s teen movie writer/director John Hughes has unearthed a bunch of new trivia on Hughes’ filmography. For instance, did you know that the title character in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was actually based on Hughes’ child hood friend? Edward McNally has written an essay for The Washington Post in remembrance of his friend, filmmaker, John Hughes....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: State Of Play, Heroes (Season 3), And More By Adam Quigley/Sept. 1, 2009 10:53 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the films at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....

Transformers 2: Megatron Revealed? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2008 8:52 am EST Back in August, CHUD got tipped off that Megatron would return in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as a tank. Now Latino Review found a bunch of scans which appear to be conceptual art for Megatron’s new alt mode. But the question is: Is this real? And if so, how bad ass is the new tank alt mode? My only gripe is it looks unrealistic for an earth vehicle....

Transformers Gets An R Rating? By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2007 10:50 pm EST Michael Bay sent his first cut of Transformers to the MPAA, and received an R Rating for intense action and violence. According to star Shia LaBoeuf, producer Steven Spielberg came to the rescue and argued his point in-front of the ratings group. The super-director was able to get the film’s rating knocked down to a PG-13. I remember when I first heard that Bay’s initial plan to make Transformers about “A boy and his car....

Vadim Perelman To Direct Poltergeist Remake From Boogeyman Scribes? By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 29, 2008 1:24 pm EST On the newly posted After Dark show, a /Film fan wrote in detesting MGM’s planned Poltergeist remake. Not only did this topic snowball into the most tasteless Heather O’Rourke/pizza joke imaginable, we also contemplated whether the project qualifies as the first remake of a Steven Spielberg movie. And if so, is Jaws within reach?...

VOTD: Transformers Go Hollywood By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2008 12:00 am EST Transformers Go Hollywood created by College HumorThe Pitch: Leader-1 from Challenge of the GoBots runs into Optimus Prime and Megatron in Hollywood after the success of Transformers. Thanks to /Film Reader Gregory V for passing this along. Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD?...