This Week In DVD: W., Miracle At St. Anna, Blindness, My Name Is Bruce, And More By Adam Quigley/Feb. 10, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I want to love W. a lot more than I actually do. The concept is great, attempting to satirize the most hated president the US has ever had by painting a sympathetic portrait of the man and allowing his own actions to speak for themselves....
Will Ferrell To Star In Everything Must Go, A Raymond Carver-Based Indie By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 16, 2009 7:50 am EST Will Ferrell is set to star in a $10 million independent dramedy, Everything Must Go, based on a work by renown, late short story author Raymond Carver entitled “Why Don’t You Dance.” The project marks the feature debut of newcomer Dan Rush, a former commercials director whose screenplay for Everything was included on last year’s insidery Black List....
William Shatner Screws Himself Out Of Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2008 8:18 am EST Apparently JJ Abrams originally wrote William Shatner into the new Star Trek reboot. “We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a flashback kind of thing,” Abrams told AMCtv. “But the truth is, it didn’t quite feel right. The bigger thing was that he was very vocal that he didn’t want to do a cameo....
American Gladiators To Return By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2007 1:52 pm EST Okay, I know this isn’t movie news. It’s barely entertainment news. But it’s a slow news day and I’m, for some odd reason, excited. NBC has decided to resurrect the early 90’s classic television game show American Gladiators! I wonder if Nitro, Turbo and Laser will return? They’re probably too old now… According to Variety, the new version will be updated with new technology and twists....
Anatomy Of A Car Crash: Speed Racer Still Struggling; Paramount Sees “Blood In The Water” By Steve Mason/May 6, 2008 1:26 pm EST What is wrong with Speed Racer (Warner Bros)? A studio exec just filled me in on the latest industry tracking for the Wachowski Brothers’ update of the late 1960’s anime cartoon classic, and this picture has real problems in the marketplace. The tracking has improved a bit, especially since Iron Man moved from Opening This Week to Currently in Release in audience surveys....
Ben Stiller To Produce Little Britain Movie By Brendon Connelly/May 4, 2009 9:00 am EST Sounds like its go-go-go for Little Britons Matt Lucas and David Walliams at the moment. Not only have they recently filmed a wave of new Rock Profile sketches, set to premiere on the UK wing of Funny or Die on May 11th, they are also writing their next US shows – though this time, they might be aired as one-off specials, rather than a series which suggests the first run wasn’t exactly a smash....
By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 11, 2009 9:45 am EST The original plan with all of these Disney films based on theme park attractions was apparently to make the attractions appealing again, to drive up attendence to the parks. For better and worse, I guess it didn’t really work out that way. The Country Bears movie probably did the attraction’s reputation harm, The Haunted Mansion is probably not worth bringing up even, and Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow so comprehensively hijacked the very notion of Pirates of Caribbean, became the face of the concept in such an immediate and powerful way that a ride without his likeness won’t ever feel really connected to the film franchise....
Cloverfield: 1-18-08 Website Removed? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2007 2:26 pm EST Paramount has removed the 1-18-08.com website today. The site now redirects to the Paramount.com website. I wonder if this is just temporary? I always assumed that the site would evolve into a larger online viral game. But if the only purpose was to show us a few photographs, then I’m starting to wonder why they would even bother. We’ll keep you updated....
Comic-Con: Fringe Q&A By Devindra Hardawar/July 26, 2009 9:46 am EST I wasn’t expecting much from the Fringe panel at Comic-Con yesterday, but it ended up being one of the most hilarious panels at the show thanks to the antics of John Noble and the rest of the cast. Writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzmann, and Jeff Pinkner also joined in on the fun. They didn’t show any new footage, but there were a few interesting tidbits of info for Fringe fans....
Contest: F**K On DVD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2007 1:12 am EST F**K hit DVD store shelves on February 13th, 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 February 24th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump. “With the recent tightening of FCC rules and regulations, this film has exactly the type of subject-matter that THINKFilm wants to bring to the public’s attention,” said Jeff Sackman, President of THINKFilm....
Contest: Mind Of Mencia Season 2 On DVD By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2007 12:08 am EST Mind of Mencia Season 2 hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 10th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....
Cool Stuff: Adrian Pavic’s What’s Under Your Mask? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2009 8:00 am EST What’s Under Your Mask? is a series of prints created by German illustrator Adrian Pavic honoring the masked icons in Western society, ranging from Darth Vader, to Point Break, to Spider-Man. No word on if Pavic will be making his prints available for public purchase, but you can view some of the art in the series, after the jump....
Eagle Eye: Eight New Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2008 3:49 am EST Eight new photos from DJ Caruso’s Eagle Eye have hit the net. Click on the images above and below to enlarge. In the fast-paced race-against-time-thriller “Eagle Eye” Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move. Realizing they are being used to further her diabolical plot, they must work together to outwit the woman before she has them killed....
Eagle Eye Movie Trailer - What Do You Think? By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2008 3:26 pm EST Paramount/DreamWorks just released a new theatrical trailer for Eagle Eye, which I’m guessing must be attached to prints of Wanted (which hits theaters this Friday). The new D.J. Caruso-directed fast-paced race-against-time-thriller which stars Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan as “two strangers who become the pawns of a mysterious woman they have never met, but who seems to know their every move....
First Look: The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien Set By Hunter Stephenson/May 20, 2009 11:59 am EST The NYT has a massive feature on Conan O’Brien taking over the reins of The Tonight Show. We haven’t had a chance to check it out just yet, but it includes the first look above at the set that will appear on millions of TVs (and broken grads’ monitors) for years to come. Conan makes his debut in the NBC slot on June 1st with guest Will Ferrell and musical act Pearl Jam....
Gavin Hood On Wolverine 2: “I’m Not Attached” By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2009 11:30 am EST Wolverine 2 is happening. But who’s going to direct? It might be Gavin Hood, director of this year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Or it might be someone else. At a recent press event for the DVD release of Wolverine Hood was on hand to talk about this year’s film with producer Lauren Schuler-Donner. Naturally, questions arose about the planned sequel....
Geek Deal: Star Wars D-Style Movie Poster 3D Sculpture By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2008 12:01 am EST Entertainment Earth is celebrating Black Friday all week long with a number of deals. One that caught my eye was this Star Wars: A New Hope D-Style Movie Poster 3D Sculpture, which normally retails for $89.99, but is available for 78% off — $19.70. I’ve always loved the look of the D-style poster....
Geoffrey Gilmore Leaves Sundance For Tribeca By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2009 12:28 pm EST Today it was announced that Gilmore would be leaving Sundance to join New York’s Tribeca Film Festival as Chief Creative Officer. It’s hard to explain the significance of this move without an understanding of how Sundance changed the landscape of independent film. And unfortunately, I don’t have the time to go into that fully. But if you can understand for a moment that Sundance is a festival that sets the tides for the independent film, and that Gilmore was the head tastemaker behind the organization, than you will only begin to understand how Gilmore has effected Independent film as a whole....
Joey Aucoin Writing Lions, Tigers And Bears Comic Book Adaptation By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2009 7:38 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. “A child’s instinctual need for the comfort of a stuffed animal is rooted in a reality long forgotten by the adult world. The hidden truth is that these companions have been defending children since the dawn of time. Follow young Joey on the adventure of a lifetime as he travels through the Stuffed Animal Kingdom, a journey that puts the fate of all the world’s children in his hands and brings him face to face with his destiny....
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium Movie Trailer Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 28, 2007 12:37 pm EST The movie trailer for Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium is now online. This is the same trailer that we told you last week would be attached to Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille on Friday. Emporium is a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like fantasy film written by Zach Helm, who we like to refer to as the Hollywood-ized Charlie Kaufman (Helm wrote Stranger Than Fiction)....
