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Steven Spielberg To Direct Harvey Next By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2009 11:23 am EST The play first premiered on Broadway in 1944, and tells the story of an amiable eccentric, Elwood and his six foot three and one half inch tall rabbit imaginary friend Harvey, which causes problems for his family and friends. The play won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944, and was performed 1,775 times between 1944 and 1949. The play was adapted for television a couple times, and once for the screen in 1950, with James Stewart in the lead role alongside Fred Gwynne, Richard Mulligan and Madeline Kahn....

Sundance Photo Preview: Adam Green’s Frozen By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2009 12:00 pm EST Hatchet writer/director Adam Green’s Frozen is a single-room thriller set on a ski-resort chairlift. The story follows three college students (Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers) who are mistakenly stranded on a chairlift, and are “forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.” Here is the plot synopsis from Sundance:...

The Wrestler Sweeps The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2009 1:58 pm EST The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards were held last night, celebrating the best of the best independent films that were released over the last year. I love the Indie Spirits because it gives you a great bunch of indie selections to seek out. Films that might be just out of reach for the Academy Awards like The Wackness, Medicine for Melancholy and The Signal get recognition through nominations....

VOTD: Japanese Harry Potter TV Show By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2008 12:00 am EST Japanese Harry Potter TV Show The Pitch: What would Harry Potter look like if it was a weekly Japanese television show? Check out the video above created by konoko3939. The music and style is from a famous Japanese TV show called “Magic Sentai Majiranger”. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

VOTD: The Unofficial Quantum Of Solace Theme Song By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 8, 2008 12:00 am EST Unofficial Quantum of Solace Theme Song The Pitch: James Bond super-fan Joe Cornish has recorded a (totally unofficial) Quantum Of Solace theme song. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail....

Warner Bros. Testing 3D-Converted 300 Footage For Re-Release; Prequel Still In The Works By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2010 9:31 am EST Hollywood is fully in thrall to 3D and 3D conversion at this point. The numbers for Avatar and Alice were just too good to pass up. So there’s the upcoming Clash of the Titans to join Alice in the vanguard for post-converted 3D movies (no matter how dodgy it may look) and now Warner Bros, the studio determined to make one 3D tentpole after another, is following suit with conversion and re-release plans for 300....

WhySoSerious.com Answers By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2007 12:36 am EST Update: The puzzle has been solved, here is the reward. I’ll keep updating this thread as we get more answers. If there is a link, there is a photo, which means the answer is 100% confirmed. All the rest are suspect. For those of you who want to know more about this Dark Knight viral letter scavenger hunt game, read this news posting from earlier tonight....

Worst Idea Ever: John Stamos Is Developing Full House Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2009 5:16 pm EST John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse on the 1980’s-1990’s television sitcom Full House, says he’s developing a possible concept for a big screen Full House movie. Stamos told the New York Daily News that he’s “working on a movie idea, but it wouldn’t be us playing us.” So I guess the concept is more of a remake or contemporary reimagining than a sequel....

/Film Voted Best Entertainment Blog Of 2007 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2008 4:00 am EST Note: You are not having a deja vu, I’ve republished this post on Monday morning so that our weekday readers could hear the good news… /Film has been voted the Best Entertainment Blog in the 2007 Performancing Blog Awards. Because of you guys, we won the “Readers’ Choice Award”, after taking in 54% of the vote between six other great sites – including our good friends at Film School Rejects and FirstShowing (which took home the Editors Award)....

Cloverfield NYC Set Photos By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2007 10:44 am EST Cloverfan has a bunch of new photo and video from the New York City set of Cloverfield. The public production permit posted calls the production “cheese”. The on set name-badges have a logo that says CHOCOLATE. And the director/star chairs have the Slusho logo. Click on the images below to see more. Cloverfield NYC Set Photos By Peter Sciretta/Aug....

Cool Stuff: Fan Created Incredible Hulk Model Is Better Than Hollywood’s By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2008 4:00 am EST I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about the computer generated Hulk in the new Incredible Hulk movie. Personally, I had no problems with the design in this upcoming movie or Ang Lee’s film from a couple years back. /Film reader Mark C sent over a fan created 3D rendering, which I even agree, looks better than the stuff we’ve seen in the current trailers....

Cool Stuff: Good-Bye Elliot T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 6, 2008 6:00 am EST Busted Tees is selling a t-shirt design titled “Goodbye Elliot”. What if E.T.’s secret plan was to steal Elliot’s bicycle and throw him off as they flew into the moon lit sky? I’m pretty sure the throught never entered Spielberg’s mind, but that won’t stop us from wondering What if. Goodbye Elliot is available for $18.99 on Bustedtees....

Cool Stuff: Seagalogy: A Study Of The Ass-Kicking Films Of Steven Seagal By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2008 1:12 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The cover describes the book as “an in-depth study of the world’s only aikido instructor turned movie star/director/writer/blues guitarist/energy drink inventor – the ass-kicking auteur Steven Seagal. From Above the Law to his Mountain Dew commercials, his entire career is covered in Vern’s inimitable style....

Danny Elfman To Score The Wolfman By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2008 12:30 am EST AICN has gotten word that Danny Elfman is scoring Universal’s remake of The Wolfman. Elfman has always been hit or miss for me, and I’m not sure The Wolfman will play to his strengths.Discuss: What is your favorite Elman score? Mine is probably either Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Adventure, Edward Scissorhands or Batman Returns. Danny Elfman To Score The Wolfman...

First Look: Scott Stewart’s Priest By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2010 4:05 pm EST Check out this first look at Scott Stewart’s Priest aired during the Canadian version of Entertainment Tonight on Friday. You can watch it now embedded after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: Priest is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. Paul Bettany is Priest, a legendary warrior priest during the last Vampire War, who now lives in obscurity among the other human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities controlled by the Church....

First Look: Simon Pegg And Nick Frost In Greg Mottola’s Film Paul By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2009 4:12 pm EST We’ve seen a few video blogs from the set of Paul (like this and this), the geek road trip movie written by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg and directed by Greg Mottola. But we haven’t seen any stills showing the cast really in character, until now. Collider was sent a nice image that is plastered up somewhere in Universal Studios, showing Frost, Pegg, and what appears to be Kristen Wiig and Jane Lynch....

Geek Deal: Juno Soundtrack On Sale For $3.99 By David Chen/Dec. 10, 2008 6:15 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Today’s deal is the soundtrack to Juno, on sale for $3.99 in downloadable mp3 form. It’s a calming, cute, and eclectic mix of music featuring The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, Cat Power, and of course, Moldy Peaches/Michael Cera & Ellen Page performing “Anyone Else But You....

Geek Deals: Heroes Season 1 & 2 For 53% Off; Battlestar 1-3 For $122 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2008 1:59 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You can buy the first two seasons of Heroes on DVD for $46.99, 53% off the $100 MSRP or you can buy the first two seasons on Blu-ray for $77.99, 54% off the $170 MSRP. $34.99 – Gilligan’s Island – The Complete Series Collection...

Good News: Halle Berry Won’t Play Catwoman In Justice League Movie By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2007 12:18 pm EST As you know, Warner Bros is developing a movie based on the popular DC Comic Book super team, The Justice League of America. People have speculated wether Christian Bale and Brandon Routh would reprise their roles as Superman and Batman in the upcoming film. But what about Halle Berry? What about Catwoman?...

Jackie Earle Haley Offered Watchmen Role By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2007 11:46 pm EST Rumor has it that Oscar nominated actor Jackie Earle Haley has been offered the part of Rorschach in Zack Snyder’s big screen adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen. When Paul Greengrass was attached to direct the film, actor Paddy Considine was signed to play the part of the masked vigilante. But now Considine claims on his official fan site that Warner Bros has made Haley an offer....