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Jaimie Alexander And Colm Feore Join Thor By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2009 12:36 am EST Two more actors have joined Thor. Jaimie Alexander (Kyle XY) and Colm Feore (Riddick, Face/Off) have joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s Marvel comic book adaptation. Alexander will play Sif, who is skilled Asgardian warrior who can hold her own, and is a love interest of Thor. However, the identity of Feore’s character is being kept tightly under wraps, and THR claims “the studio isn’t even sending the actors the script — though it is known to be a villain....

Jason Bateman On Arrested Development Movie: “It Is Not Dead” By Russ Fischer/July 25, 2009 1:56 pm EST During the Extract panel in Hall H today, Jason Bateman was on stage and the inevitable quesiton came up: what’s up with the Arrested Development movie? Bateman didn’t have any breaking news, but said specifically “it is not dead. There is no reason to think that it is dead.” Bateman explained that series creator Mitch Hurwitz has been too busy with television work to write the film, but that now that those obligations are out of the way he could be writing soon....

John August On How I Became A Famous Novelist By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2009 7:48 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. He made a fantastic directorial debut with an original independent sci-fi mystery drama The Nines, which was a hit at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, but flew virtually under the radar of most (I also recommend this film, although I’ll admit that it has gotten a polarizing response)....

Legal Issues And Indecision Keep Superman On Hold At WB By Russ Fischer/Nov. 29, 2009 2:00 pm EST We pretty much knew this; the fact that Superman is completely stalled at WB is barely news. In July, Alan Horn said the property wasn’t in development and that no script was underway. There’s legal trouble with the Siegel family — well, ’legal trouble’ if you’re Warner Bros. If you’re the Siegel family it might be called ‘regaining control’....

Movie Trailer: Suck, A Vampire Rock Musical Comedy By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2010 1:40 pm EST One of the films I regret missing at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival is a campire rock musical titled Suck. Rob Stefaniuk’s Canadian independent rock comedy tells the story of “a rock ’n’ roll band that will do anything to become famous.” In a post-Twilight age, it is easy to write off any young vampire movie as just another one of those tween flicks, but this looks different....

New Posters: Toy Story 3 And Kick-Ass By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 1:34 pm EST Disney and Lionsgate have released a batch of new posters for Toy Story 3 and Kick-Ass. We have a short roundup, after the jump. Lionsgate has released two new “Call to Action” character posters for Kick-Ass on MTV. Click on through to see the posters in high res. And check out the International Toy Story 3 Poster which brings the focus back to the original Toy Story toys....

By Russ Fischer/March 26, 2010 8:19 am EST Briefly: Well, it’s not quite Brian De Palma, but it’s also not Akiva Goldsman. And did we really think that Paramount was going to a big-name director for this quickie sequel to Paranormal Activity? So: Tod ‘Kip’ Williams (The Door in the Floor) will direct Paranormal Activity 2. The hire was announced on the film’s official website (via STYD) with a note from Oren Peli, who directed the first film....

Religulous Is Now Playing In Two Movie Theaters By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2008 1:21 pm EST Larry Charles’ Religulous is scheduled to hit theaters in October. But did you know that the Bill Maher documentary is already playing in a couple theaters right now? In order to meet the Academy’s rule #12 which states that a “a documentary feature must complete both a seven-day commercial run in a theater in Los Angeles County, and a seven-day commercial run in a theater in the borough of Manhattan between September 1, 2007 and August 31, 2008” to be considered for the Best Documentary Oscar....

Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell Poster By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2009 1:34 am EST You’ve seen the trailer , and you’ve heard the early test screening buzz , now Shock Till You Drop has a look at the poster for Sam Raimi’s return to horror, Drag Me To Hell. The story follows Christine Brown (Alison Lohman), an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long)....

Shaun Toub Cast In Iron Man By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2007 2:39 am EST Shaun Toub (Crash, Broken Arrow) has been cast in Paramount’s Iron Man. Toub joins Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges in Jon Favreau’s (Elf) big screen adaptation of the popular Marvel comic book series. I have no idea what role he will play. Toub recently completed work in DreamWorks’ The Kite Runner, and will appear in this season of LOST....

Sundance Movie Review: Brooklyn’s Finest By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2009 1:30 am EST This morning I screened Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s new film Brooklyn’s Finest. The film tells the story of three unconnected Brooklyn cops who struggle with the rules that define how they conduct themselves in and off the job. After a vastly different series of events, the three cops collide in one location in the film’s tragic climax....

Sundance Movie Trailer: Downloading Nancy By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2008 12:59 am EST Downloading Nancy will premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The feature film debut of visionary music video and commercial director Johan Renck looks intense. Dubbed by some to be the best music video director in the world, Renck was just named one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch. I’ve even heard some people refer to Renck as the next David Fincher....

The Darjeeling Limited Movie Poster, Movie Trailer Premiere By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2007 10:16 pm EST According to the web description (derived from a leaked script draft), the story follows three brothers who trek through India to find an albino tiger that’s actually their reincarnated father. Although Anderson insists that they are not searching for a tiger. The estranged trio consists of Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson. The Darjeeling Limited is set to hit theaters on December 29th 2007....

The Dark Knight’s Direct-To-DVD Anime By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 4, 2007 1:42 pm EST Batmanonfilm has gotten their hands on a leaked info sheet for an yet-to-be-announced Batman anime project. The project would function much in the way that the Animatrix did for The Matrix films (which coincidentally was also released by Warner Bros). The memo says that the project would consist of sic short stories which help bridge the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight....

TIFF Video Reactions: Youth In Revolt And Daybreakers By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2009 9:15 pm EST Steve (from Collider) and I usually record our video blog’s in separate locations through the magic of the internet, but since we’re both attending this year’s Toronto Film Festival, we’ve decided to record some video blogs talking about some of the movies we’ve seen at the festival. We’ve tried to keep the video blogs short and to the point, but, as always, it sometimes goes longer than planned....

Transformers Viral: Giant Robots Sighted Around The World By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2009 6:38 pm EST Did you know there was a viral marketing campaign going on to promote Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? You didn’t think those videos on youtube showing robotic alien sightings from around the globe were real, did you? I’ve heard these videos and the website, therealeffingdeal.com, play a big part in the film. Ramon Rodriguez’s character Leo runs the website which tries to uncover a conspiracy that giant robots are living on Earth....

Two New Star Trek Clips By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 2:16 pm EST And let the overexposure of Star Trek clips begin! Paramount Pictures has given MTV the first clip from the new JJ Abrams reboot, which features Chris Pine as James T Kirk hitting on Uhura (Zoe Saldana) in a local bar. Yahoo has a second video clip titled “Disease and Danger” which features the introduction of Karl Urban as Dr....

Up In The Air’s Mad Men TV Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2009 12:30 pm EST I have a hard time calling this sort of thing a television spot, even though that’s technically what it is. But when you go over a minute and and half in length, I call it a trailer. Maybe we should term this new kind of commercial a “TV Trailer”. Anyway, this new TV Trailer for Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air premiered during the season finale of Mad Men, a show I desperately need to catch up on....

Video Clip: 8 Minutes Of Evan Almighty By Peter Sciretta/June 20, 2007 12:34 am EST Universal Pictures has uploaded an eight-minute clip from the Steve Carell comedy sequel Evan Almighty. I just caught the film last night and was pleasantly surprised (hey, I wasn’t expecting much going in). The movie hits theaters this Friday, and the only other movie in nationwide release is the John Cusack horror flick 1408. Obviously both films target entirely different audiences....

WTF: Hugh Jackman Hosting The Academy Awards? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2008 12:20 pm EST The Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences have announced that Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Oscars. As you may have noticed, the ceremony that is usually hosted by comedians, a tradition that has been going on since the early years of the award show. The last time a non comedian hosted the show was in 1985 with Jack Lemmon, which was preceded by a half decade run by Johnny Carson....