Oscar’s Getting Odd: Peter Gabriel Is Out, Terminators, Harry Potter And Holmes Are In By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 13, 2009 11:55 am EST There are many, many changes to the typical formula planned for this year’s Oscar ceremony and while most are still top secret, the odd few have been leaking out. Courtesy of Peter Gabriel, for example, we know that the Best Song nominations will be performed only in a medley....
Patton Oswalt Explains His Caprica Character By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2009 12:30 pm EST The AV Club has a brilliant and rather long interview with Patton Oswalt this week, to celebrate the comic’s new CD/DVD My Weakness is Strong. (Which is worth celebrating; it’s a great set.) The interview is worth your time if you have any interest in Oswalt and the art of stand-up comedy in general, but it also has a good tidbit of info that expands what we know about his role on the Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica....
Six Video Clips From Jackass 2.5 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2007 2:22 pm EST Jackass 2.5 will be released on the internet exclusively next week, but you don’t have to wait until then to see some of the madness. Below I have included six small video clips from the film. Enjoy! [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jackass25tee.flv 400 300] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jackass25kite.flv 400 300] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jackass25missile.flv 400 300] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jackass25nailluge.flv 400 300] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jackass25peegun.flv 400 300] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jackass25snake.flv 400 300] Six Video Clips From Jackass 2....
Southland Tales Gets VFX Greenlight By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2007 8:24 am EST In February we reported that Richard Kelly was waiting for more money to finish the Southland Tales visual effects. Well the money has come and the film will be finished in time for a fall release date (hopefully). Kelly writes on his MySpace Blog: So we have finally gotten the greenlight from Sony for the additional round of visual effects for Southland Tales....
Sundance Movie Review: World’s Greatest Dad By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2009 12:45 am EST Bob Goldthwait’s 2006 film Sleeping Dogs Lie (originally titled “Stay”) was about a relationship that is destroyed when a guy’s girlfriend reveals a past indiscretion (read: blowjob) with a dog. Believe it or not, Goldthwait’s 2009 follow-up is at least 10 times more twisted and probably 20 times funnier. The film seems to be unofficially inspired by Chuck Palahniuk’s infamous short story Guts and the A Million Little Pieces fiasco....
Taken Director Is In Pursuit By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2009 1:03 am EST Taken director Pierre Morel has signed on to direct Pursuit for Universal Pictures. As well as the title might fit, this project is not the anticipated/expected sequel to Taken. Pursuit is an action thriller is based on the early career on conflict photographer Jason Howe (check out some of his photos here), who fell in love with a woman while on assignment in Columbia, only to later discover that she is an assassin for right-wing death squads....
Terminator 4 Concept Art Revealed, McG Speaks By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2008 2:49 pm EST McG has posted the first update on the official website for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, featuring our first look at concept art for post-judgment day Los Angeles. Click on the image below to enlarge. I think even the naysayers have to admit, it looks f’n cool. But to play devil’s advocate: a lot of concept art for even bad movies looks cool....
The Hottest Unproduced Screenplays Of 2007 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2007 12:09 am EST Started two years ago by a young executive at Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way, who polled 90+ peers to send him their 10 favorite new unproduced screenplays to read over the holidays. The underground list was e-mailed around and quickly became a Hollywood phenomenon. To give you an idea, the top three entries of the 2005 list where Things We Lost in the Fire, Juno, and Lars and the Real Girl....
The Lost Tomb Of Jesus Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2007 5:34 am EST On Saturday we broke news that James Cameron has found Jesus Christ. The news has sent shock-waves around the world. Our original story ignited intense debate never seen before on /Film (65 comments at the time of this posting). And now we bring you the controversial movie trailer. [googlevideo]8083681467378323140[/googlevideo] Looks a little tame to me, not the anti-christianity documentary that everyone is fearing....
The Wolfman Is Getting A New Action Scene By Brendon Connelly/May 8, 2009 9:36 am EST A new action scene is being prepared for Joe Johnston’s Wolfman, and according to Dark Horizons reader Glenn, the legendary second unit director and stuntman Vic Armstrong is involved. Those reshoot alarm bells might be ringing, but at least we’ve got a true pro like Armstrong in control. Armstrong was appearing as a guest at the BFI Southbank’s James Bond marathon last weekend when he let slip some details on the sequence....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: I Love You Man, The Class, And More By Adam Quigley/Aug. 11, 2009 10:33 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....
Thom Yorke And Gustavo Santaolalla Might Collaborate On Songs For Terminator Salvation? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2009 5:45 pm EST As you probably already know, Danny Elfman will be providing the score for Terminator Salvation. At past events, director McG had mentioned that he at once point was considering having Radiohead, or more specifically front man Thom Yorke provide some score for the film. For some reason or another, the idea just never came to fruition....
Three Movie Posters, Same Conceptual Design By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2008 3:33 pm EST Burbanked offers up this mildly amusing one-sheet juxtaposition showing three new movie posters with a similar design schemes. Three Movie Posters, Same Conceptual Design By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2008 3:33 pm EST Burbanked offers up this mildly amusing one-sheet juxtaposition showing three new movie posters with a similar design schemes.
Tom Hanks Watched Toy Story 3 Before Reading The Script By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2009 7:00 am EST Pixar didn’t send Tom Hanks a screenplay for Toy Story 3, they showed him the entire movie. Hanks reveals to Empire Magazine that he sat in a theater with Tim Allen and John Ratzenberger and watched an “a complete story reel of the entire movie.” The reel was comprised of moving storyboards, voices recorded by Pixar animators with some temp music and sound effects....
Tom Hiddleston Is Loki In Marvel’s Thor By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2009 11:56 am EST Over the weekend, news broke that Chris Hemsworth (who played George Kirk in Star Trek) had been cast as Thor in Kenneth Branagh’s big screen adaptation of Marvel’s Thor and the Summer 2012 superhero team-up film The Avengers. Nikki Finke is reporting that British actor Tom Hiddleston, who is almost a complete unknown to American audiences, has been cast as Thor’s nemesis Loki...
Tron 2 Viral: Flynn Lives! Countdown Ends At 9:30pm On Thursday By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2009 2:00 pm EST The following comes from /Film reader Benjamin O: Hi! I just spent a while compiling the 4 animated gifs into code, and found out that they use a simple substitution cipher for the symbols, the symbols that are available translate to: œ = h æ = t © = m å = l...
VOTD: The Karate Kid Fan Documentary By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2008 12:00 am EST Karate Kid Fan Documentary by Sean Cunningham The Pitch: Sean Cunningham goes around the world to find the locations, fans, and stars of his favorite movie – The Karate Kid. He fulfills his childhood dreams or training and entering a Karate Tournament. Check out the rest of the documentary on YouTube: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5....
By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2009 10:37 pm EST Seems to me like a very calculated move on Gordon’s part, as both an attempt to distance himself from the mess and also assist Warner Bros in their claim of distribution rights to the comic property. Bottom line is that both purposes seem completely self serving. source: THR
What Would A Tom Cruise-Starring Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus Have Looked Like? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 4, 2009 8:19 am EST After Heath Ledger’s death, Terry Gilliam came up with a brilliant plan to salvage his film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: he would keep the footage he’d already shot of Ledger’s character in the movie’s ‘real world’ sequences, and cast a new actor, or as it turned out, actors, to fill out the film’s fantasy sequences....
Zack Snyder, Guillermo Del Toro And Gore Verbinski To Direct Heavy Metal!? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2008 8:35 am EST Heavy Metal publisher Kevin Eastman says that Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro and Gore Verbinski have expressed interest in joining executive producer David Fincher to direct segments of the upcoming Heavy Metal animated film. The feature is scheduled to include eight or nine segments, and is being envisioned as an adult-themed R-rated film....
