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Saw Production Company Takes Over The Texas Chainsaw Massacre By Russ Fischer/Oct. 9, 2009 5:06 am EST You want the rights to some of the classic horror franchises to escape the clutches of Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes? Be careful what you wish for. A lot of people really don’t like the Platinum Dunes horror remakes. Easy enough to understand; hell, as far as I’m concerned there are only two real Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, and they both have Tobe Hooper’s name on the director’s card....

Star Trek Gets PG-13 Rating, New Photos Released By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2009 8:01 pm EST I’m trying to catch up on some of the news I missed while I was running around the Las Vegas casinos at ShoWest. While I was in Vegas, Paramount Pictures has announced that JJ Abrams’ Star Trek has been rated PG-13 for “sci-fi action and violence and brief sexual content”. The rating isn’t much of a shock....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Surrogates, Whip It, Saw VI, This Is It, And More By Adam Quigley/Jan. 26, 2010 9:13 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s bad, no question. But bad doesn’t necessarily mean unwatchable. At a scant 88 minutes, Surrogates doesn’t linger on a single idea long enough to be boring. Swap out “boring” with “interesting”, and the same point stands....

Zack And Miri Make A Porno: New Photo, Running Time, Trailer Details By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2008 6:40 pm EST A new photo from Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno has been released. Click on the image above to enlarge. I’m glad to see Smith returning to his Hockey roots, a running theme in his past films. I also very much digg the name of the hockey team: the Monroeville Zombies....

Bernie Mac Is Dead At 50 By David Chen/Aug. 9, 2008 7:02 am EST Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who has starred in films and television shows such as Transformers, Soderbergh’s Ocean’s series, and The Bernie Mac Show has died. CNN reports that Bernie Mac had been hospitalized for more than a week due to a lung infection and that he died early Saturday morning from complications relating to pneumonia. He was 50 years old at the time....

Charlize Theron And Tom Hardy Up For Mad Max 4? By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 22, 2009 12:00 am EST E! Online report that George Miller is casting for the 4th Max right now. They tell us that everything is shrouded in secrecy and the actors coming in to see director George Miller are only being given a letter of the alphabet by which to identify their character. So how have E! linked Hardy to the lead?...

Confucius Movie Trailer #2, Starring Chow Yun Fat By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 8, 2010 11:31 pm EST We covered the first three-minute long trailer for the Chow Yun Fat-starring Confucius back in September, and now we have yet another glimpse at the historical epic. There have been several small trailers released since then, so I’m just going to go ahead and call this trailer number two. This trailer has the benefit of being in HD, and gives us a much better look at the scope of the film, as well as the many large-scale battles....

Contest: The Hunt On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2007 12:48 am EST The Hunt hit DVD store shelves today (March 20th), 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 30th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Exclusive: Mark Millar Talks Kick-Ass By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2010 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/2-CHARACTERSANDCASTING.flv 550 310] [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/3-BACKLASHANDJANE.flv 550 310]

Fantastic Four 3: Rise Of The Black Panther? By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2007 12:02 pm EST Tim Story was successfully able to trick Hollywood into making a Silver Surfer movie under the pretense of a Fantastic Four sequel. It now looks like Story has thought about introducing the Black Panther in Fantastic Four 3. “I’ve got to tell you, to get the ‘Fantastic Four’ and turn it into a franchise, the first thing I thought was, ‘Will I get the Silver Surfer’?...

Geek Deal: Columbia Best Picture Collection For $60 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2009 10:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

How Much Money Will Watchmen Make? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 2:01 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/watchmenboxoffice.flv 400 300] I live in a world of movie fanatics, comic book geeks and online nerds, so in my little bubble, Watchmen looks like it’s the second coming. It’s easy to get high on the hype and develop tunnel vision. But what about the mainstream audiences who haven’t heard of the graphic novel, never mind even read it?...

John Singleton Exits A-Team By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2008 5:14 am EST source: Variety

Joss Whedon Turned Down Big Screen Buffy Reboot By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2009 10:16 am EST The good news: Apparently the new Buffy producers did reach out to Whedon after all. Whedon tells EW: “I believe [the producers] did ultimately reach out to my agent after the news broke.” The bad news: Whedon wants no involvement. Whedon says, “I think that’s something better left untouched by me. So, I wish them luck....

LOL: How Twilight Should Have Ended By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2009 11:00 am EST Click after the jump to find out how Twilight should’ve ended… Credit where credit is due: I found this photo posted over at SciFiWire but it was apparently created by someone named thejohnblog. LOL: How Twilight Should Have Ended By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2009 11:00 am EST Click after the jump to find out how Twilight should’ve ended…...

New 4-Minute WALL-E Featurette By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2008 5:00 pm EST We have gotten our hands on a new four minute WALL-E featurette showing every aspect of the making of the film. Watch it now below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/walle4minfeaturette.flv 440 250] WALL-E hits theaters on June 27th 2008. New 4-Minute WALL-E Featurette By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2008 5:00 pm EST We have gotten our hands on a new four minute WALL-E featurette showing every aspect of the making of the film....

New Iron Man 2 Photo: Tony, You Can Drive My Car By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2010 9:40 pm EST Consider this photo like a letter from Paramount and Marvel saying, “yeah, we know that Sundance is dominating the movie biz right now, but hey, remember us?” Because, yes, that’s a new photo from Iron Man 2, and yes, it’s Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) driving his race car. Your guess is as good as mine that this takes place shortly before Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) cuts the car into a couple of pieces and attempts to do the same to Stark....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2008 11:00 pm EST Dana Jan has been blogging his construction of a 800-piece Japanese 1/72 scale model of the Millennium Falcon. Thanks to /Film reader Dan L for the tip. [12-parsecs] Jon Favreau says that a Swingers 2 might happen eventually: “Maybe a Swingers sequel in another 10 years. Like the Sunshine Boys.” [LATimes] While shooting a scene for Dexter, Jimmy Smits accidentally grabbed a real knife instead of a prop knife, and plunged it into stuntman Jeff Chase’s chest....

Paris, Not France Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2009 2:24 pm EST Paris, Not France is a “controversial” 68-minute documentary about model/actress/businesswoman/heiress Paris Hilton that premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Before the festival began, the film’s three scheduled screenings were reduced to one, with rumors running rampant over lawsuits or various legal concerns from the Hilton camp. But the film itself was not the exposé that most people were hoping for or expecting, and was actually panned by most critics for being uninteresting and whitewashed....

POTD: Batman And Darth Vader Battle With Lightsabers By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2010 10:00 am EST Last week we featured an awesome picture of Batman fighting a giant great white shark with a lightsaber. How do you follow that up? With the Dark Knight battling the dark lord himself, Darth Vader. The image was created by Licasfilm-licensed artist Dave Dorman. Check out the full image, after the jump. via: TDW...