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Gobstopper By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2009 9:07 am EST There is a lack of interesting movie news today, so I’m posting a second Video of the Day. What if Hollywood decided to remake Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a horror film? Directed by Human Giant and Crank Yankers writer Eric Appel (who also did the Kevin Bacon reality prank show short BACON’D!, Clothes from the Future and Lex Luthor Needs a Bail Out) comes a horror thriller about a bunch of kids who find the Golden Ticket and win a horrifying trip to a factory of death....

Keanu Reeves Says (Jokes?) He’s “Trying” To Get Another Bill & Ted Movie In Theaters By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2010 12:50 pm EST The internet is abuzz that a new Bill & Ted movie might be in the works, but sadly the source of the speculation isn’t that substantial. On the red carpet for the Academy Awards, MTV asked Keanu Reeves if we’d be seeing a new Bill & Ted sequel in the future....

Knowing Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2008 6:16 pm EST Ain’t It Cool News has premiered an incredibly cool poster for Alex Proyas’ Knowing. The poster makes the concept of a code of mass destruction actually look pretty cool. In the film, Nicolas Cage stars as Ted Myles, a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future–and sets out to prevent them from coming true. Head on over to AICN for the super high resolution version of the poster....

Kung-Fu Panda Director To Helm He-Man By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 10:56 pm EST Rumors of He-Man’s death have been greatly exaggerated. LatinoReview has word that Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson might now be attached to the project after knocking one home in a pitch to Joel Silver’s production company. Stevenson has an extensive background in art direction and animation, starting out as a character designer on The Muppet Show in the late 1970’s....

Lost: The Final Season Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2009 8:48 am EST ABC has begun airing a new television commercial teasing the premiere of Lost: The Final Season. You can watch the teaser after the jump, but I must warn you — it reveals nothing. It actually shows nothing. No new footage. And don’t expect to see any new footage until the first episode premieres. This according to E!...

Mad Max Four To Be Animated, 3D And Free Of Mel Gibson By Brendon Connelly/March 5, 2009 4:32 pm EST The last full throttle attempt to mount a live-action Mad Max IV stalled in 2003. Pretty much every year since then Mel Gibson has done something – either professionally or, not to put too fine a point on it, unprofessionally – to convince me the film would never get made. Turns out I was wrong....

Must Watch: Juno International Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 29, 2007 5:11 pm EST [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/junoint.flv 470 256]

Nic Cage Says Ghost Rider 2 Is Headed To Europe. UPDATE: Says Kick-Ass Won’t Be Gratuitously Violent? By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 4, 2008 11:50 am EST Over at Dark Horizons, Cage added that the plot will have Johnny Blaze “working with different religious figures.” Did these interviewers bring a smirk-o-meter? I’m not an aficionado on this character or the canon, but Nic Cage subbing for Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code with a flaming skull sounds like a great pitch for a new show on Adult Swim....

Saturday Box Office: Baby Mama Headed For $17.7M; Kumar Targets $13.9M By Steve Mason/April 27, 2008 1:16 am EST As I first reported Friday, the fertility-themed comedy Baby Mama (Universal) has won the weekend. The Tina Fey-Amy Poehler vehicle received a decent 13% Friday-to-Saturday bump, adding another $7.09M. That should translate to a better-than-expected $17.7M for the weekend. Meanwhile, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros), staggered to a $5....

Scorsese Adds Ben Kingsley And Sacha Baron Cohen To Hugo Cabret By Russ Fischer/March 15, 2010 10:44 am EST Martin Scorsese’s upcoming adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret had already been sounding pretty good. One of the living masters tackling his first family oriented film? How could that not be intriguing? Now he’s got two new names that could liven up the cast: Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen. Even better: Kingsley would play one of cinema’s pioneering greats....

Status Of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus Unknown After Ledger’s Death By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 23, 2008 1:49 pm EST If anyone remains unsure, Heath Ledger’s filming and voice work on The Dark Knight were completed before his unfortunate death yesterday (click here for latest updates). However, it would seem that the status of his last film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which marked his second collaboration with director Terry Gilliam following 2005’s The Brothers Grimm, is in jeopardy....

The First 8-Minutes Of ABC’s V By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2009 4:17 pm EST ABC has released the first 8-minutes of the new series V, which premieres on Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:00pm ET/PT. For those who don’t know, V is a re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world’s first encounter with an alien race. Simultaneously appearing over every major city in the world, the Visitors (or V’s) promote a message of peace....

The Golden Compass Teaser Movie Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2007 1:16 pm EST New Line Cinema has released the teaser movie poster for their epic adaptation of The Golden Compass (sizzle reel, photos). Click on the image to see the poster in higher resolution. Based on Philip Pullman’s bestselling and award-winning novel, His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass is New Line’s next huge $150 million fantasy epic adaptation....

The Lost Cut Of Metropolis To Play At The Berlinale By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 29, 2009 3:59 pm EST Finally, after over a year of me holding my breath and wishing big chunks of my life away, the restoration has been completed and the full, original cut of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is nearing it’s re-premiere. Of course, I won’t be there to see it, and chances are you won’t be either, but at least we know that widespread distribution is approaching fast....

The Wrestler Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2008 3:49 pm EST

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Paranormal Activity, 9, Jennifer’s Body, A Perfect Getaway, And More By Adam Quigley/Dec. 29, 2009 11:08 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Costing only $15,000 to make, Paranormal Activity makes up for what it lacks in budget with pure ingenuity. The most obvious comparison is naturally The Blair Witch Project, with both films being presented as if they were genuine footage that’s been discovered after-the-fact....

Watchmen Director’s Cut Planned For Possible Theatrical Release In July By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 19, 2009 1:06 pm EST I’ve seen Watchmen but I can’t tell you anything about it. I’m under an incredibly strict embargo and will suffer severely should I even so much as drop an emoticon on the subject. Amongst the other lucky fellows to see the film were 300 MTV viewers, taking part in the recording of their Spoilers show....

Werner Herzog And David Lynch Ask My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 6, 2009 10:04 am EST I first read about David Lynch and Werner Herzog’s upcoming collaboration at the time of last year’s Cannes festival, before Herzog had even commenced filming on his upcoming Bad Lieutenant do-over. Back then, all that was known was the basic premise: a man believes himself in a Sophocles play and, accordingly, slaughters his mother with a sword....

What The Flock Is Going On Here!? The Flock Movie Trailer Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2007 5:07 pm EST I’ve never been a fan of Richard Gere. Something about him always skeeved me out. But I very much dugg The Hoax (which you should all check out when it hits DVD). Check out the trailer for his new movie The Flock, which immediately sucked me in. The film also stars Claire Danes (who always makes interesting choices)....

William Hurt Almost Spoils Incredible Hulk’s Iron Man Cameo By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 20, 2008 2:12 pm EST “If I give this to William, will he pipe down or turn into the ape from Altered States?” When is the last time you used “funky” in a sentence? Never, right? Supercharged actor William Hurt paid homage to James Brown when he spoke to MTV , nearly spoiling the unprecedented Hulk and Iron Man crossover in this summer’s The Incredible Hulk....