Tony Scott Tackles The Epic Rise And Fall Of Chippendales Founder… Wait, What? By Devindra Hardawar/Oct. 28, 2009 8:42 pm EST Now this isn’t the follow up to The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 that I was expecting. Variety reports that Tony Scott has signed on to adapt the story of Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee, who rose to fame in the 1980s (apparently the heyday of male strip clubs)....
War Birds: Extreme Street Racing, In The Sky By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2009 8:20 am EST Fast and Furious may have done pretty well, but movies set in the culture of illegal street racing are passe. (Note, please that I use the term ‘culture’ there with the heaviest possible dose of mocking irony.) It’s time to push the envelope a bit. I can almost hear the pitch for War Birds in my head: it’s like The Fast and the Furious, with airplanes....
Worst Idea Ever: Jackie Chan To Play Mr. Miyagi In Karate Kid Remake By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2009 6:54 pm EST In November it was confirmed that Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith had been cast in a “refashioned” remake of the 1980’s classic The Karate Kid. Set in the “exotic locale” of Beijing, Chris Murphy’s screenplay is said to “borrow elements” from the original film, and is not a strict remake....
9 Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2009 1:12 pm EST One of the /Film Twitter followers pointed out that 2009 will see the release of more than a couple movies with the number 9 in the title: Rob Marshall’s musical Nine, the Peter Jackson-produced sci-fi film District 9, the Australian stop-animated $9.99, a Melissa Joan Hart thriller Nine Dead, and Shane Acker’s 9. G4’s Attack of the Show has premiered a new trailer for 9, a computer animated film produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch), directed by former WETA Digital artist Shane Acker, and featuring the music of Danny Elfman....
Angels & Demons Super Bowl Ad By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2009 4:12 pm EST A new television advertisement for Ron Howard’s big screen Da Vinci Code prequel adaptation Angels & Demons aired during the Super Bowl. The film still looks like nothing special. I really want this movie to be good, as I personally loved the book. But it’s becoming more and more clear that the heavy informational bits won’t translate well to the big screen....
Avatar Gets Titanic Release Date By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2007 4:08 am EST
Chloë Moretz Talks Vampires In Let Me In: “Scary, Deep, And Dark” By Russ Fischer/March 11, 2010 8:02 am EST Just as the teaser hits for the new Twilight movie, here’s word on a film that could be the polar opposite of Eclipse. Directed by Matt Reeves, Let Me In is the remake (or re imagining, as some have said) of the Swedish film Let the Right One In. It stars Chloë Moretz, who is also in Kick-Ass....
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 18, 2009 12:19 pm EST Sony Pictures Animation has released the movie trailer for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film tells the story of a scientist named Flint Lockwood, who while trying to solve world hunger who encounters a problem of global proportions, as food begins to fall from the sky like rain....
Contest: Tideland On DVD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2007 1:28 am EST Tideland hits DVD store shelves today (February 27th), and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On March 6th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump. Described by Terry Gilliam as “Alice in Wonderland” meets “Psycho,” TIDELAND is a story that explores the resilience of a child and how she survives in bizarre circumstances....
First Look: Thomas Jane As Jonah Hex? By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2008 2:11 am EST FilmSchoolRejects has gotten their hands on a concept photo of Thomas Jane as Jonah Hex in Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s announced adaptation of the DC comic book. And while both this photo and Jane’s casting have not been officially (or even unofficially) confirmed, it seemed too juicy not to pass along. I wasn’t a big fan of Jane’s Punisher (or any of the big screen Punishers for that matter — so it’s likely not his fault) but I think this role could really suit him....
IMDB’s The Top Rated Films Of The New Millennium By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2009 10:28 am EST The Internet Movie Database have announced The Top Rated Films of the New Millennium, looking at the 15 films made since 2000 that IMDb users have rated as the best of the new millennium. Usually people are quick to write off the IMDb user ratings as fanboy controlled, but I was surprised to four foreign and three animated films on the list, films from Darren Aronofsky and Michel Gondry, in addition to the expected trilogy and comic book heros....
Japanese Watchmen Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 1:53 pm EST ComicBookMovie has posted a new Japanese movie trailer for Zack Snyder’s big screen adaptation of Watchmen. The trailer isn’t just a rehash of all the footage we’ve seen thus far (yes, there is some of that), it’s actually filled with a lot of new footage I’ve never seen before. We get to see some of Nixon, Castro, a presidential assassination, and much more....
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Has Died By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 18, 2008 1:59 pm EST Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, died today of leukemia at her home in Bel-Air at the age of 76. She went peacefully and was surrounded by her son Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry Jr and family friends. Majel Barrett has appeared in every incarnation of the popular science fiction series and is sometimes referred to as “the First Lady of Star Trek”....
Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go Shooting, Cast Added, TwitPics Posted By Brendon Connelly/April 15, 2009 8:01 am EST Shooting has this week started on Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, an eerie but tender science fiction drama adapted from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Already announced as starring were Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan, with Sally Hawkins, Nathalie Richard, Andrea Riseborough and Charlotte Rampling now named as members of the supporting cast by ScreenDaily....
New Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Photo By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2007 6:54 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new photo depicting Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Click on the photo for a bigger view. Order hits theaters on July 13th 2007. New Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Photo...
Piranha 3D Pushed Back At Least Four Months, Might Not Even Be 3D By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 15, 2010 8:11 am EST Update: Shock Till You Drop have now edited their post to give a locked-in release date of August 27th – or at least that’s what TWC are contacting everybody to claim now. Any reference to the film not being in 3D has been removed but on the other hand, there’s no confirmation either....
Quentin Tarantino Is An Amateur Filmmaker By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2007 5:49 am EST Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino hates the idea of being called a professional film maker. He says he would rather think of making movies as a hobby and not a job. “I don’t want to be a professional. I’m not in the Director’s Guild; I don’t want to be. I like holding on to my amateur status,” said Tarantino....
Rob Zombie To Remake The Blob By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2009 7:17 pm EST Just when I was hoping that Rob Zombie would step away from remakes/sequels, and return to direct an original project, we’ve learned that the rock musician turned filmmaker has signed on to write, direct, and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic The Blob. Variety reports that funding is in place to make an R-rated $30 million film, and Zombie will complete the script while he’s on tour with his new album this fall....
Speculation: Is Jake Gyllenhaal A Dead Spy Running? By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2009 8:12 pm EST I have a love/hate relationship with “take a meeting” stories. I hate them on one hand because they’re so speculative and gossipy. On the other hand, I love rumors and speculation. What is a “take a meeting” story? It is when a two people, usually a director and an actor or a writer and an actor are spotted in the wilds of Los Angeles having “lunch”....
The Enchanted Visual Guide By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2008 11:54 am EST When I talked to director Kevin Lima after seeing Disney’s Enchanted, he told me that the film featured a ton of easter eggs referencing the classic Disney animated films. I know I had seen a few, but he claimed their were thousands of little things. To promote the DVD release of Enchanted, Disney has released a bunch of photo stills on Cinematical and ComingSoon comparing the framing of some classic Disney animated films and scenes from Enchanted....
