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Dark Knight Viral Awards Hardcore Fans With Free Screening By Peter Sciretta/July 11, 2008 12:48 am EST Personally, I’ve loved The Dark Knight’s viral marketing campaign, but I’ve heard a lot of people complain that it is a big waste of time. Well guess what? The viral participants have finally gotten their reward – to see The Dark Knight early. That’s right, a viral e-mail was sent out from the WhySoSerious website alerting viral gamers that they could attend a free IMAX screening in one of 24 theaters on Tuesday night....

Darren Aronofsky’s Robocop To Be Rated R, Not 3D By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2008 11:45 am EST MTV has finally confirmed that Darren Aronofsky’s Robocop film will most likely be Rated R. All I can say is Thank God. I can only imagine that Aronofsky’s Robocop won’t be a smooth chrome cyborg, and would likely be grittier than the original. I imagine that all the movie studios, including MGM, will attempt to take a cue from The Dark Knight and allow for a darker and less than traditional take....

David Gordon Green’s Snow Angels Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2007 7:39 pm EST The movie trailer for filmmaker David Gordon Green’s (George Washington, All The Real Girls) adaptation of the Stewart O’Nan novel Snow Angels is now online. Snow Angels is one of those movies you either love or you hate. I saw the film last January at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and really took to it. In the days that followed, while riding the shuttle buses that transport the festival-goers around Park City, I had conversations with a lot of different people about this movie....

Despite Oscar Nominations And Box Office Buzz, Benjamin Button May Not Be Profitable By David Chen/Jan. 23, 2009 6:39 am EST Anyone watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will know that the film was not a cheap one to make. Paramount chose to co-finance the film’s production with Warner Brothers (who will release the film worldwide) for $150 million, and you really see every dollar of it on screen. Lavish production design and incredible aging effects led Fincher’s film to a bunch of technical nominations at the Oscars this year....

Featurette: Terminator Salvation’s The Harvester By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2009 11:30 am EST Warner Bros has released a new five minute clip from Terminator Salvation on promotional partner Pizza Hut’s website. The clip features a scene where Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) and Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) encounter the huge robotic terminator called The Harvester. After the sequence, they have a featurette that shows you how they created the sequence. I’ve embedded the five plus minute clip after the jump....

Final Spider-Man 3 Movie Trailer Now Online PLUS New Photos By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2007 9:36 pm EST The final Spider-Man 3 Movie Trailer is now live on the Comcast website. Click here to watch it now (it’s rather hard to find in through the websites main menu. The new trailer begins with an edited version of the special 7 minute clip. Peter lays with Mary Jane on the web, Aunt May gives him a ring, Harry Osbourn attacks him, a fight breaks out and Peter almost loses the ring....

Geek Deals: Free Comic Book Day Is TODAY! By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2008 12:56 am EST Today is the only day each year when you can walk into your local comic book store and walk out with an arm full of free comic books. Sure, most of the selections are probably not worth paying for in the first place, but who knows, you might discover something really cool. For those of you who don’t know, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores....

Gilligan’s Island Creator Wants Michael Cera To Play Gilligan In Movie Adaptation By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2008 1:00 am EST Sherwood Schwartz and his son Lloyd Schwartz have signed a deal to bring Gilligan’s Island to the big screen. I loved Gilligan’s Island as a kid, and am not against the idea of a re-imagining of the series… But it seems to me that LOST is our generation’s version of the 1960’s television series, and anything closer to the source material would just be too silly (I’m imagining something like The Flintstones movie… ewww)....

Good Hair Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 4, 2009 3:33 pm EST Back when Good Hair was first announced, I was elated to see that fellow-Aquarian Chris Rock was making a documentary that attempted to do for black women’s hair what Bill Maher did for religion. No more elusive secrets! Put it on the table in daylight and softly poke it with questions for all to see. So awesome. I mean, as the years go by and I casually encounter and work with fewer black people (that’s life!...

Gorgeous Movie Trailer For Confucius, Starring Chow Yun Fat By Devindra Hardawar/Sept. 4, 2009 7:30 am EST The trailer for Chow Yun Fat’s next project, Confucius, recently hit the internet, and it’s gathered quite a bit of attention. The trailer forgoes dialog completely, and instead we’re treated to three minutes of gorgeously shot epic scenes, all set to a somber soundtrack. The film is directed by Mei Hu, a director I’m not at all familiar with, but apparently she’s trusted enough to handle a ~$20 million epic....

Happy Thanksgiving By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 26, 2009 11:18 am EST I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I am very thankful we have some wonderful people, like you guys/gals, as readers. /Film would not be where it is today, without you! Happy Thanksgiving By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 26, 2009 11:18 am EST I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I am very thankful we have some wonderful people, like you guys/gals, as readers....

Hitman Movie Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2007 5:28 pm EST MovieWeb has a look at the new teaser poster for the big screen adaptation of the popular video game Hitman. I was less than impressed by the first teaser trailer which was released in June. I’m not a big gamer but some of my best friends are, and I’ve always found Hitman to be interesting. But from the looks of the trailer, they decided to go against the whole “silent assassin” rating that is played up in the game, and have replaced it with fast cuts and big explosions....

Huge News Day 2008 By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2008 10:34 pm EST Illegal Movie Torrent Website The Surf Channel has gotten their hands on an early work print of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Cinematical has breaking news that Christian Bale and Brandon Routh have signed on to star in a Justice League of American movie. Bloody Disgusting reveals Steven Spielberg’s plan to remake ‘Duel’ and possibly ‘Jaws’?...

Josh Peck And Toni Mason Join Red Dawn By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2009 4:43 pm EST Entertainment Weekly has learned that Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki have joined Chris Hemsworth in Dan Bradley’s remake of Red Dawn. MGM is producing the redo of the 1984 John Milius action war drama about a bunch of Colorado high school students who must run for cover then Soviet and Cuban troops invade their school....

Juno Website Launched, Poster Sneak Peak? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2007 3:55 pm EST Here is the official plot synopsis: Ellen Page stars as Juno (also the film’s title), a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera). With the help of her hot best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), Juno finds her unborn child a “perfect” set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), longing to adopt....

Lionsgate Planning Dirty Dancing Remake By Russ Fischer/Aug. 19, 2009 10:28 am EST Just a day after Lionsgate generated some goodwill by picking up the fanboy favorite Kick-Ass, the studio is now alienating a different fanbase entirely by announcing a remake of Dirty Dancing. There’s not a lot of info on the project, which was vaguely announced by a tweet from Production Weekly. That said Julia Dahl (Uptown Girls writer, West Wing writer/story editor) is writing the new script....

LOL: Zachary Quinto And Chris Pine Respond To Trekkies By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2009 12:56 am EST Star Trek stars Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine made an appearance during Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update to respond to the harsh criticism and annoyance of hard-core Trekkies. Watch the clip after the jump. LOL: Zachary Quinto And Chris Pine Respond To Trekkies By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2009 12:56 am EST Star Trek stars Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine made an appearance during Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update to respond to the harsh criticism and annoyance of hard-core Trekkies....

New Righteous Kill Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2008 1:09 am EST Overture Films has released the second movie trailer for Righteous Kill. Obviously the main selling point for this film is the fact that Al Pacino and Robert De Niro team-up for the first time in cinematic history (sure, they shared a scene together in Heat, but we don’t count that). I’m a big advocate of story. It’s almost impossible to make a great film with a lackluster story....

Newest Deathwatch: Billy Bob Thorton’s Co-Stars? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2008 11:10 am EST When Morgan Freeman got into a car accident, the blogosphere was declaring The Dark Knight a cursed film. When Issac Hayes died immediately after Bernie Mac, some observed that Samuel L Jackson might be next due to the trio’s connection through the upcoming movie Soul Men. I don’t think anyone actually believes in these things, do they?...

Page 2: Remembering John Hughes Edition By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2009 10:28 am EST The passing of John Hughes has everyone remembering him and the films he wrote and or directed. While Page 2 won’t officially return to the site until next week (technical issues prohibiting), I thought I’d put together a round up of links to some of the Hughes-related articles circulating around the web. Jim Hill writes about Hughes’ history with Disney....