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Cool Stuff: Joker Heist Mask Replica Display By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 18, 2008 6:00 am EST The Noble Collection is selling an officially licensed full size Joker’s bank heist mask. The mask is a 1:1 14 inch replica, cast in cold-cast porcelain and hand painted for display. I bought the Blu-Ray giftset at Best Buy, which included a small scaled replica of the Joker mask and it looks pretty damn cool. Noble Collection is selling the display mask for $129....

Cool Stuff: Mike Mitchell’s Big Lewbowski Tribute “The Dude Invitational” By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2010 4:00 pm EST If you’re a regular reader of /Film, then you know that Gallery1988 in Los Angeles hosts some of the coolest pop culture-focused art shows in the universe. We’ve featured a lot of art from their Crazy4Cult shows in past editions of Cool Stuff. Their latest show, The Greatest Moments in Sports History, is sports related....

By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2009 5:00 am EST The DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com Lost-Inspired art viral is still going strong. The first frame was a Hurley-inspired print by Tim Doyle. Last week they revealed a new Locke-inspired poster created by UK artist Olly Moss. And yesterday during Attack of the Show on G4, a weird website address randomly appeared at the bottom of the screen: WeWereCaughtInANet.com, which revealed the 3rd print: The Dharma Van created by Methane Studios, printed on 24 x 18 inch black paper....

Emma Stone In Talks To Star In The Help By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2010 2:09 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the official description from the publisher: The Washington Post has more about Stone’s character, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan: Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless....

Harry Potter’s Live Community Screening And Michael Bay’s HD-DVD Conspiracy Theory By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2007 4:08 am EST The HD-DVD release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix offers a revolutionary new DVD feature called “Live Community Screening”: Gather your own army of fellow wizards for a live community screening party. Invite other owners of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HD DVD to simultaneously watch from their own internet-accessed players and text with your remote, PC or cell phone....

It Might Get Loud Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 9, 2009 10:05 am EST I’m a child of the 20th century, so the electric guitar, an instrument with a vast range of expressive potential, is the voice of my life. Whether it’s the simple, rhythmic lines of John Lee Hooker or the dense, almost formless drones of Sunn O))), the guitar is the thing. So It Might Get Loud, the documentary that explores the history of the electric guitar through interviews with and performances by Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge, is something I very much want to see....

Jazz Returns In Transformers 2 By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2008 8:25 pm EST Autobot Jazz will make a return in Michael Bay’s Transformers 2. TFW2005 has confirmed that the silver/gray customized hardtop Pontiac Solstice GXP vehicle prop arrived on the set of the Transformers sequel early Friday. A second tipster also spotted Darius McCrary, the voice of Jazz from the original film, also on set. For those who might not remember, Jazz played a large role in the final battle, providing cover to a disabled Bumblebee, despite being outnumbered three to one....

Jim Rhodes’ Character Was NOT Scaled Back For Iron Man 2 By David Chen/Nov. 24, 2008 4:00 pm EST A few weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly reported on the details of the Terence Howard/Don Cheadle Iron Man 2 debacle, saying that, due to the problems with Howard for the first film: …when Favreau and screenwriter Justin Theroux went to map out the sequel they found themselves minimizing Howard’s story line. Once Marvel learned that Favreau was thinking of curtailing the role, the studio went to the actor’s agents with a new and drastically reduced offer[....

JJ Abrams’ Enterprise Feels Fully Functional By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2008 10:38 pm EST Harry Knowles got the chance to see some early footage from JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. The few short clips he saw were early edits without proper cg or color timing. The one bit I found particularly interesting is the first description of the bridge of the USS Enterprise: “For the first time in the history of Star Trek, [the bridge] looked amazingly functional....

Kenneth Branagh In Talks To Direct Thor By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 28, 2008 11:07 pm EST Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish actor and film director Kenneth Branagh is in talks to helm a big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Thor. Branagh is an odd choice as he hasn’t directed an action movie in 19 years. And his feature directorial debut of William Shakespeare’s play Henry V is hardly audition material for a big budget American superhero film....

King Kong To Invade Hollywood Again By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2009 11:34 am EST When the Universal Studios backlots were set ablaze in Hollywood last year, the fire destroyed sets and one of the park’s signature attractions — King Kong. The ride has been part of the park’s tram tour for over 20 years. But when the fire destroyed the attraction many speculated that Universal would replace it with a ride based on a more recent movie property....

Lloyd Kaufman Is Independent Film By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2007 1:30 pm EST Congratulations to Troma Studios head Lloyd Kaufman, who was just named chairman of the Independent Film & Television Alliance for a two-year term. Kaufman is the guy behind such B-cult-clasics as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High trilogy, and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. IFTA estimates its 170 member companies produce more than 400 indie films and generate over $4 billion in distribution revenues annually....

Mary And Max To Open 25th Sundance Film Festival By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2008 1:58 pm EST This year’s film is a feature-length clay animated film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette. And while at first glance, this year’s selection seems a bit odd, it’s the perfect representation of what Sundance is all about. In a day of computer animation and 3D films, the clay animated feature film is now the Hollywood outcast....

Mission: Impossible 4 Being Prepped? By Brendon Connelly/March 18, 2009 11:55 am EST Aint It Cool News have run a story from one of their readers, reporting that Tom Cruise has appeared on Japanese television and revealed plans for the 4th Mission: Impossible film. See above, images from said show. As I learned from ‘supastring’, the AICN scooper, Cruise was a guest on SMAPxSMAP. According to Wikipedia, the show is hosted by the Idol group SMAP – presumably an aging Idol group as the show has apparently been on air for around 13 years (take that Take That)....

Neil Marshall Previews Doomsday At Comic-Con By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2007 2:13 pm EST “Doomsday is hugely inspired by the films I grew up with, post apocalyptic thrillers – Mad Max, Road Warriors, says Descent director Neil Marshall. “I wouldn’t say it’s a horror movie but I would say it’s a dark and brutal action thriller.” The place is Great Britain. The year is 2007. A deadly plague, known as the “Reaper Virus,” has broken out, killing hundreds of thousands in its wake....

Nerveracker Is Coming - Will Robert Rodriguez Be Directing? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 30, 2009 9:23 am EST I don’t think we will ever see a Sin City 2, but I guess I should never say never. All the same, it won’t be coming anytime soon – Robert Rodriguez has such a full slate, including the ever-expanding list of projects he’s producing but not directing. The latest project to be linked to him is the mysterious Nerveracker....

New Posters: The Incredible Hulk And Tropic Thunder By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2008 8:37 pm EST Universal has released a new UK quad poster for The Incredible Hulk. Meanwhile Paramount has released a combined character poster for Tropic Thunder. Notice how Ben Stiller has been moved to the middle of the group. I noticed in many movie theaters (and even subways) the three character posters were placed next to each other so that the actor credits above the final two names read “Black Downey Jr....

New Transformers Photos Online By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2007 1:41 pm EST 13 new action photo stills from Michael Bay’s Transformers have been released. Most of them feature scenes and segments never displayed publicly before. Check them out at Celebutopia. Transformers hits theaters on July 4th 2007. New Transformers Photos Online By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2007 1:41 pm EST 13 new action photo stills from Michael Bay’s Transformers have been released....

Remaking The Breakfast Club In An Airport? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 29, 2008 1:19 pm EST McG protege and music video helmer Anna Mastro has signed on to direct Bumped, a modern-day version of The Breakfast Club, from a script by Lizzy Weiss. The plot is described as: “A comedy-drama revolving around five twentysomethings — including a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt — who normally wouldn’t be friends but who get to know one another when they’re bumped from a flight and wind up stranded at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport....

Rob Cohen To Direct Modern Day Pirate Film The Sea Artist By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 14, 2009 5:19 pm EST I’m a firm believer that Rob Cohen’s part three of the Mummy series is the best of the lot of them, and while I know that’s an unpopular opinion I’m slightly mystified as to why. Of course, when it comes to the bird’s eye view, too long spent comparing work by Stephen Sommers and Rob Cohen in a medium that also gave us, oh, say, Terry Gilliam, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock and Werner Herzog is a bit like taking a day trip to the Seaside but staying in the carpark....