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Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air Aims For Toronto Premiere; ShadowPlay Animating Opening Title Sequence By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2009 11:56 am EST Jason Reitman, director of Thank You For Smoking and Juno, joined Twitter a few days ago to provide a few updates about his post-production work on the forthcoming Up in the Air, starring George Clooney. “A brief chronicle of my attempt to finish my film in time for the Toronto Film Festival,” he calls it....

Michael Bay’s Victorias Secret Television Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2009 2:30 pm EST When Michael Bay films a movie, you expect gratuitously dressed women, military vehicles in flight, slow motion, sunsets and big explosions. When Michael Bay directs a television commercial… you expect gratuitously dressed women, military vehicles in flight, slow motion, sunsets and big explosions? The latest Victorias Secret advertisement features the Miranda Kerr, loud heavy metal music, and everything you would expect from Michael Bay....

My Bloody Valentine 3D Poster And Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2008 4:23 am EST Lionsgate has released poster and trailer for My Bloody Valentine 3D. The poster is an obvious homage to the gimmicky 3D posters of years long past. And the film looks pretty crappy, even for a contemporary horror film. But I’m curious to see the movie just for the overly gimmicky cheesy 3D effects that the trailer and poster promise....

New John Rambo Movie Poster? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2007 11:35 am EST I was sent this one-sheet for Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo from a reader named Chuck. I originally posted the item with a precautionary warning that the poster is likely fan-made. And as it turns out, this poster is just a very good fan made creation by Dennis at Filmz.ru, made from an advertisement from a french cinema magazine....

New Toy Story 3 Character; John Lasseter Talks About Totoro’s Cameo In The Film By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2010 11:35 am EST You’ve likely seen the latest Toy Story 3 trailer by now, which demonstrates that there will be a whole bunch of new characters populating the film. There are full-size character posters for two more of the new additions, each of which comes complete with an almost sickeningly cute name....

Pete Docter Developing New Pixar Film For 2013/2014, Not Monsters Inc 2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2009 8:43 pm EST A Monsters Inc sequel has been rumored to be in the works for the last couple years. But that might not be the case after-all.. or atleast not with writer/director Pete Docter at the helm. When talking to New York Magazine about Up, Docter let it slip that he is already working on his next project:...

Posters: Drillbit Taylor And Hancock By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2007 11:48 pm EST Check out the new posters for Hancock and Drillbit Taylor after the jump. IMPA has a look at the teaser poster for Will Smith’s super-anti-hero film Hancock, which hits theaters on July 2nd 2008. I like the concept, but featuring a city in his sun glasses might confuse some consumers as New York City played heavily in the marketing for I Am Legend....

Righteous Kill Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/March 8, 2008 6:41 pm EST “Thought you said this place had Pac Man.” Robert De Niro saying the word “respect” in a voice-over. Check. The Rolling Stones doing a retake of their “Sympathy for the Devil.” Check. Al Pacino squatting over a crime scene in sunglasses. Check. Rapper 50 Cent closing his cell phone. Check. Wait, what? The director behind Al Pacino’s first direct-to-DVD movie....

Roger Avary Is Returning To Silent Hill By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2009 9:30 am EST There will be more shenanigans in Silent Hill. The 2006 film, directed by Christoph Gans didn’t do terribly well, but Konami’s game series is a perpetual seller, suggesting that there is room for another film. So screenwriter Roger Avary is re-teaming with producer Samuel Hadida to rebuild the foggy, freaky town. Or perhaps Konami is just jealous that Capcom will soon collect yet another Resident Evil licensing package when they’ve only nabbed one....

Taken 2 And American Remake Of District B13 On The Cards By Brendon Connelly/March 11, 2009 8:59 pm EST Mediacorp scriptmeister Robert Mark Kamen has been telling the Los Angeles Times all about his next assignments for the big French action factory, and both of the films they namedrop are seemingly inevitable responses to the studio’s past glories. Besides a sequel to Taken, the sleeper hit of the year (so far), Kamen is also crafting the screenplay for a US set rehash of Banlieue 13 – or District B13 as it was already renamed in English speaking territories....

The Onion Movie Is Finally Being Released By Hunter Stephenson/March 3, 2008 11:23 pm EST The movie’s trailer has been available here for sometime, and as you’ll see, it’s sort of a The Kentucky Fried Movie-meets-CNN skit-heavy effort. The Steven Seagal-starring skit, “Cockpuncher,” has probably entered conversation during about 5,000 bong sessions on college campuses nationwide since it was rumored in 2004. Still funny? You decide. For a brand that faces stiff competition these days, you have to wonder if this flick should have been torched, or maybe thrown quietly online for free like fake vomit on a sidewalk....

The Special Effects Secrets Of Benjamin Button Laid Bare By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 21, 2009 1:31 pm EST I don’t get to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button until Sunday (ahead of a February 6th release in the UK) but I’ve seen all of the clips and trailers and, frankly, find it all a bit funny looking. The first thing that comes to mind is the Orville Redenbacher Popcorn commercial David Fincher directed a couple of years back – presumably as a test bed for some of the tech he went on to call upon for Button....

This Week In DVD: Quantum Of Solace, Bolt, Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter, And More By Adam Quigley/March 24, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the DVDs at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....

VOTD: Making Of: The Classic HBO Intro From The 1980’s By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2010 12:00 am EST Everyone who grew up in the 1980’s probably remembers the classic HBO Starship intro which played before all the big picture presentations. Watching the retro intro brings back so many memories for me of watching and discovering so many new movies with my parents. MondoTees has found a great vintage 1983 making-of documentary showing how that classic intro was created....

VOTD: The Ring (Rescored) By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2008 12:00 am EST The Ring (Rescored) The Pitch: /Film reader Chris B sends in this cinematic experiment where someone re-scored The Ring to give the film a totally different mood and tone. It’s amazing how much a score can affect a film sequence, even without editing tricks and out-of-contextuality that recut trailers have. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

Weinsteins Go Back To Disney For Help Promoting The Musical Nine By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2009 1:00 pm EST This is an interesting development. The Weinsteins famously broke off from Disney several years ago when they left Miramax to found The Weinstein Company. But their new outfit has been struggling financially, and they’ve turned back to Disney (via ABC) to cross-promote the Rob Marshall musical Nine. But this isn’t just some run of the mill deal where Disney coughs up some cash and takes some profit....

When Life Imitates Art: Spider-Man Robs A Bank, Man Speaks Only Klingon To Son For Three Years, Scientists Develop Star Trek-Like Phaser By David Chen/Nov. 20, 2009 6:12 am EST Comic book and sci-fi films are meant to exist in a fantasy world separate from the real world, which is why when the two worlds start bleeding together, the results can be equally exciting and terrifying. After the jump, we’ll hear stories of bank-robbing Spider-men, Klingon-speaking parents, and a beam of light that just might kill you....

World War Z Will Be A HUGE Scale Zombie Movie By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2008 11:46 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Marc Forster recently signed on to direct, and Straczynski will be doing one more draft based on the filmmaker’s new notes. Straczynski calls the film “a thriller”, comparing it to the Bourne films. As cool as Straczynski makes the film sound, I’m a little nervous about the comparison to the Bourne movies, especially considering that Forster’s latest movie, Quantum of Solace, was heavily criticized for it’s disjointed action sequences....

Year Of The Dog Poster By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 5:56 am EST One of the films I really dug at Sundance this year was Year of The Dog, the directorial debut of Mike White. You probably know White from his quirky screenplays (Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl, School of Rock, Nacho Libre). You might also recognize him as Buck from Chuck and Buck, or the religious security guard from Good Girl....

Angels & Demons Pushed Back Due To Writers Strike By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2007 5:20 pm EST I knew this was going to happen when it was first being reported that Akiva Goldsman was frantically trying to finish the script for the Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons, just days before the writers strike was to begin. The film which was originally scheduled to begin production early next year, had an announced release date of December 19th 2008....