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All The Boys Love Mandy Lane Delayed By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2007 3:25 am EST I was actually interested to see All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. My press screening was scheduled for Friday (today by the time you read this), but was canceled just hours before. Why? Apparently the film will no longer be released on July 20th and no new release date has yet been announced. My sources tell me that the film might not even get released on the big screen (this has not been officially confirmed)....

Comic-Con: Show Floor Photo Gallery By Russ Fischer/July 22, 2009 11:38 pm EST Even on the first ‘preview night’ of the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, the show floor was so packed in places that it was difficult to move. I find a cattle prod is handy, or at least a willingness to just elbow through the knots of people. Problem is that, like me, everyone was standing around taking photos of all the neat stuff on display....

Cool Stuff: Batman’s Shakespeare Bust By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2008 6:00 am EST On the old Batman television show, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson would be in the library in stately Wayne Manor when the unmarked red phone would ring looking for Batman’s help. Bruce would tilt the head back of a bust of William Shakespeare to find a hidden remote control which he would use to open a hidden door the the book shelves which house Batpoles which lead to the Batcave....

Four New Star Trek Character Posters By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2008 6:02 am EST While no Star Trek panel will take place at Comic Con 2008, Paramount Pictures is releasing four new character teaser posters. The four posters feature (from left to right) Eric Bana as a unnamed villain, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, and Zachary Quinto as Spock. The posters combine to form the Starfleet federation logo....

Get Him To The Greek Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 4:19 pm EST Universal Pictures has released the first movie trailer for the Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off, Get Him to the Greek. The story, written and directed by Nicolas Stoller, follows a fresh-out-of-college record company intern named Aaron Greenberg (Jonah Hill) who is assigned by his angry record company boss Sergio (Sean “P-Diddy” Combs)to transport an out-of-control rock star named Aldous Snow (Russell Brand, reprising his role from Sarah Marshall) from London to a gig at Los Angeles’ famous Greek Theater....

Hellboy 2 Website Goes Live By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2007 3:14 pm EST Universal Pictures has launched the Official Production Site for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Here are a few of the features now available on hellboymovie.com: ONSITE: Welcome note from Guillermo del Toro personally, check out his first blog entry from the Hellboy 2 set in Budapest. NEWS: Terrific Hellboy 2 news hits, feature articles and early cast interviews featured on various publications....

Hellboy 3 Would Be The Last Crusade By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 10:55 pm EST Guillermo del Toro says that if Hellboy II: The Golden Army is successful enough to warrant a sequel, he has a plan for a third Hellboy film, and that’s it. “If there was ever a third one, I would really make sure that we at least sign a contract that there is no more,” del Toro told SciFi....

Jeremy Renner And Ewan McGregor In Talks For James McTeigue’s Raven; Renner Might Also Star In Peter Berg’s Battleship By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2010 5:15 pm EST Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Big Fish) and Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) are both in talks to co-star in Ninja Assassin and V For Vendetta director James McTeigue’s upcoming period thriller The Raven. Renner is also in talks with Universal Pictures for Peter Berg’s big screen adaptation of the board game Battleship....

JJ Abrams And Tom Cruise To Co-Produce Mission: Impossible 4 For 2011 Release By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2009 9:00 pm EST Update: The Hollywood trades have confirmed that a fourth Mission Impossible film is being co-produced by JJ Abrams and Tom Cruise at Paramount (which if you know the Abrams history, is a mission: impossible in itself). Paramount is hoping to have the film ready for theaters for 2011 (most likely May, considering the first three films were released during that month)....

Joseph Kosinski Talks About His Remake Of The Black Hole By Russ Fischer/Feb. 9, 2010 2:12 pm EST Tron isn’t the only classic Disney property to be revitalized by Joseph Kosinski. After he finishes Tron Legacy, Kosinski will turn to a new version of The Black Hole. (As a producer, possibly as director.) The 1979 original was the most expensive film Disney had made at the time, and pioneered the use of computer graphics and electronic music....

Kevin Smith Developing $50 Million Space Comedy By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2008 11:47 pm EST Kevin Smith is developing a $45-$50 million futuristic outer space comedy. The Weinstein Co have read part of Smith’s completed first draft and are interested in making the movie. This is a big leap for Smith, who has been a $25-$30 million man on his last five films. “The moment someone steps out of the spaceship, it’s going to cost a little more,” Smith told The Hollywood Reporter....

Marmaduke Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2009 11:38 am EST Shanghai Noon/Failure to Launch director Tom Dey approached the film like “a John Hughes movie with dogs,” and the dog park is “like high school for dogs” filled with all the kinds of characterizations you might expect. The script “sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace....

New District 9 Image Flaunts Easter-Egg Cypher By Brendon Connelly/April 30, 2009 1:59 pm EST Another image from Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi movie District 9 has been published at Coming Soon and as well as giving us a look at a scene from the movie, it contains a message written in an alien alphabet. Here’s the message as displayed on the site, and then below the break a translation. Click on this image for a better look:...

New Star Trek Toys Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2009 2:42 pm EST USA Today has a first look at the new line of Star Trek toys which will be released in association with JJ Abrams’ new film. The Transporter PlaySet, shown above, will sell for around $30 and comes with Scotty and features real transporter beam effects. And The Bridge Playset, seen after the jump, will sell for $25....

Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, Sacha Baron Cohen And Reese Witherspoon Cast In Alexander Payne’s Downsizing? By Brendon Connelly/March 1, 2009 9:49 pm EST [Update: We have now heard from Meryl Streep’s publicist, Leslee Dart, about this rumor. Referring to the Streep part of this casting news, Dart writes that “there is absolutely no truth to this.” -David] Jeff Wells appears to receive an unholy amount of gossip and tip-offs from his readers....

Quote: George Romero Says Zombies Can’t Run By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2008 1:42 am EST Legendary horror filmmaker George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) insists that Zombies can’t run. “The dead can’t run. Their ankles would break. It doesn’t make sense to me,” Romero told NWA. “The dead move slowly. But they keep coming.” Question of the Day: Should Zombies be able to run? Quote: George Romero Says Zombies Can’t Run...

Rumor: Stephen Sommers Fired From G.I. Joe? By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2009 9:22 am EST A number of sites today are pushing forward the story that G.I. Joe director Stephen Sommers has been locked out of the film’s editing room, based on a post from film producer Don Murphy’s message board (now removed), as noticed by Latino Review. The story is picking up steam, in part thanks to vaguely corroborative posts by people like Jeff Wells....

Slumdog Millionaire On November 19th By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 19, 2008 10:28 am EST

Star Tours 2.0 Confirmed By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 2:00 am EST The rumors appear to be true afterall, Disney is giving Star Tours an overhaul. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull computer graphics artist Hayden Landis told CNet that he has moved onto “another nostalgia-oriented project — a redo of the Star Tours ride at Disneyland." I remember when the Star Tours ride first opened in 1987 (am I old?...

Tim Burton To Preside Over Cannes Jury By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2010 8:41 am EST Of all the world’s major film festivals, the Cannes Film Festival is the one where the makeup of the jury is quite notable each year. That’s because the personality of the jury seems to have an effect on how awards are doled out. Quentin Tarantino’s jury gave Oldboy the Grand Prix, and last year Isabelle Huppert’s jury gave top prize to Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon....