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Cloverfield: Teddy Hanssen Last Seen 12/07/2007 By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2008 12:44 am EST /Film reader Ignatius F informed me that a new photo has appeared on the old Cloverfield website 1-18-08.com. The photo is a Missing Flyer featuring “Teddy Hanssen last seen 12/07/2007” Teddy Hanssen is the long-distance boyfriend of Jamie Lascano, a character who was featured extensively in the teaser trailer, but only seen in the film laying unconscious on the couch at the party....

David Hayter To Adapt Long-Running Zombie Comic Deadworld By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2009 9:42 am EST Watchmen scribe and voice of Solid Snake David Hayter will write and produce an adaptation of the twenty-year old zombie comic book series Deadworld, according to Variety. I have to admit I didn’t realize the comic was still a going concern until MTV announced in February that Coraline producer Bill Mechanic was working on the project....

Details Emerge On George Lucas Red Tails Reshoots By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2010 2:32 pm EST Not too long ago there was word that Red Tails, the WWII movie produced by George Lucas and directed by The Wire’s Anthony Hemingway, would be undergoing extensive reshoots. At the time, the report was that Lucas and producer Rick McCallum were quite unhappy with Hemingway’s material. That seemed dubious, though the idea of reshoots was certainly credible....

Disney’s Princess And The Frog Gets Limited Release In November, Wide Release In December By David Chen/March 11, 2009 6:55 am EST It looks like those of you who are eagerly waiting for Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, which represents a return to Disney’s traditional hand-drawn animation, won’t have to wait as long as originally thought: Disney is now moving up the film’s wide opening date and staggering its release, with a limited run in New York and LA starting on November 25th, followed by a wide release on December 11th....

Drew Barrymore In Talks To Direct The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2009 7:00 pm EST When it was revealed that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke would not be returning to helm The Twilight Saga’s New Moon, people were up in arms that Summit Entertainment was going to replace her with a male director (which came to pass). The theory is that the Twilight series is a great opportunity for female directors since the source material is targeted towards women....

Fanboys Delayed Until January 2008 By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2007 11:16 am EST Bad news for the Star Wars fans, the much anticipated Kyle Newman road trip comedy Fanboys has been delayed, yes – again. TheForce.net published the following letter from the director: “Fanboys has been delayed. As a Star Wars fan, I am devastated. Fanboys is the love letter to the greatest movie franchise of all time. And this year marks the 30th Anniversary....

Final Epic Robin Hood Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2010 7:08 pm EST Universal Pictures has released a new two and a half minute movie trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood on Yahoo. If you’ve been unsure about this movie (if you’ve been using the quip that it looks like Gladiator 2…), I definitely recommend you check out this final epic trailer. And besides, with Scott at the helm, how could you not be interested?...

Galactus To Appear In Fantastic Four: The Rise Of The Silver Surfer By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2007 11:53 am EST People have wondered if Galactus would appear in the upcoming Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer. While the new trailer has a couple lines which I thought confirmed an appearance, some people were still doubtful. Director Tim Story gives this update on his MySpace blog: “There continues to be much speculation about Galactus....

Geek Deal: Download A Digital Copy Of Terminator Salvation For FREE By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2010 11:27 pm EST DivX and CinemaNow are giving away a free digital copy of Terminator Salvation. I’m sure the /Film readers will be quick to comment that “it’s not worth that much”, but a deal is a deal. All you have to do is click here, enter coupon code TS201023, and sign up for a CinemaNow account....

Geek Deal: Star Trek TV DVDs Up To 47% Off By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2009 9:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Also on sale is the Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Blu-ray (all six original films) for $79, 43% off msrp. And the Star Trek: The Original Series -Season 1 Blu-ray for $64, 50% off msrp. Thanks to GreatWhiteSnark for the tip.

Hear Sean Penn As Harvey Milk By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2008 10:30 am EST Jeremy Hooper sent me a link to this video footage from the Castro Street San Francisco set of Gus Van Sant’s Milk, mostly all store fronts we’ve seen before. But about 2:25 in you get to hear some of Sean Penn’s performance as Harvey Milk. Emile Hirsch also appears flaboyantly playing his character of Cleve Jones later on....

Kevin Smith Discusses Why Cop Out Replaced A Couple Of Dicks By Devindra Hardawar/Dec. 24, 2009 12:11 am EST We just recently covered the first trailer for Kevin Smith’s latest film, Cop Out — a film whose original title, A Couple of Dicks, was gathering similar controversy to Smith’s previous Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Fans pushed hard for Smith to stick with the title since it was announced, but we always knew that the studio could change their minds at any point....

LOL: 2012 Without The Special Effects By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 6, 2009 9:30 am EST Remember that clip from Roland Emmerich’s upcoming epic disaster movie 2012, where John Cusack saves his family and ridiculously outruns an earthquake in a limo while almost all of Los Angeles is turned to dust around him? White Colours Studio has decided to reedit the five minute clip but remove the “distracting” special effects so that we can just focus on the performances....

New Harvey Dent Viral Campaign For The Dark Knight By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 29, 2008 1:24 pm EST With old and new media covering the presidential campaign something thick, let us all ignore it and pay attention to the fictional propaganda of one Harvery Dent, Gotham City District Attorney. A new viral campaign for this summer’s The Dark Knight has started up at the character’s official website, IBelieveInHarveyDent.com. When you submit your email addy, the following message is received…...

New Walk Hard Oscar Advertisment By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2007 1:07 pm EST Earlier this month, Columbia Pictures released a full page advertisement in the Hollywood trade publications as a “For Your Consideration” for the Judd Apatow-produced musical comedy, Walk Hard. The mock advertisement featured John C. Reilly flipping the bird at Academy members. The studio apparently got such a great response, that they’ve released a new “For You Consideration advertisement in today’s Variety....

Peter Chung’s Firebreather Is Coming, But There’s More Good Stuff Too By Brendon Connelly/March 25, 2009 11:41 am EST Note: There’s some Genndy Tartakovsky news in this post somewhere too, if you wait for it. Peter Chung was the creator of Aeon Flux before Karyn Kusama put it through the lemoniser, and director of a couple of Matrix and Chronicles of Riddick tie-in toons, a storyboard artist on the Transformers series and also their rawktastic animated film....

Photo: Robert Downey Jr. Forges Iron Man Armor By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2007 11:14 pm EST USA Today has printed a photo of Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., forging the Mark 1 Iron Man armor. You can see a photo of the finished Mark 1 armor at this link. Jon Favreau’s big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic book series will hit theaters on May 2nd 2008. Photo: Robert Downey Jr....

Pineapple Express Video Game (Donkey Kong Meets Munchies Innuendo) By Hunter Stephenson/July 5, 2008 10:39 am EST While Slashfilm recommends sticking to your Maniac Mansion or Narc emulators for the long haul, Pineapple Express has a new Donkey Kong ripoff, featuring a playable Seth Rogen or James Franco, that might sooth your holiday hangover-slash-impressive sparkler burns. The goal: Avoid bouncy evil pineapples as you climb ladders to devour floating tacos, Big Gulps, potato chips and French fries....

Release Date Change: The Day The Earth Stood Still Remake By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2007 8:03 pm EST The remake will be directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Hellraiser: Inferno) from a script by David Scarpa (The Last Castle). The original 1951 Robert Wise film was considered one of the best Science Fiction films of all time (#7 on Arthur C Clarke’s List) and was debated for it’s religious symbolism and many interpretations....

Rumor: Will Smith Offered Captain America By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 8, 2008 1:58 pm EST UPDATE: So, Harry Knowles says there is no truth to the rumor. Ohlalala. I do think Luke’s quote is trivial, but we’ll see… Not much to go on, but during an interview with MTV, actor Derek Luke (Miracle at St. Anna) said that “[Marvel] offered Will Smith Captain America” and added that “it just shows you how times have changed....