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Dark Knight Spoilers: Who’s The Funeral For? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 28, 2007 10:06 am EST Or maybe Warner Bros decided to put a fake photo up in an attempt to keep the real identity guarded. The funeral took place in a public place with a lot of extras. And with Dark Knight spoilers being posted EVERYWHERE now-a-days, it wouldn’t surprise me.

Dirk Benedict To Cameo In The A-Team By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2009 12:20 am EST Earlier this month, we learned that Dwight Schultz, the original Howling Mad Murdock, would be making a cameo in the Joe Carnahan’s big screen film adaptation of The A-Team. Cinematical now has word that Dirk Benedict, who played Templeton “Faceman” Peck in the original television series, also has a cameo. Mr. T, who many will remember as the original B....

Final Box Office: Yes Man Scores $18M, Seven Pounds Stumbles To $16M; The Wrestler Has HUGE PTA By Steve Mason/Dec. 21, 2008 4:38 pm EST Still, Yes Man is performing well enough to help Warner Bros make history in the next couple of weeks. I am projecting that the film could bank a possible $48M (conservatively) before the end of the year. Add to that a projected cume of $120M for Four Christmases by the close of business on December 31, and an anticipated $5....

First Set Pictures From Rodriguez And Antal’s Predators By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 16, 2010 1:35 pm EST Images removed at request of Fox There’s been a deluge of behind-the-scenes Predators images arrive online today, first surfacing at the AVP Galaxy Forum. I suppose they contain moderately serious spoiler material, so click on with due caution. I’ve put my selection below the break here, but there’s even more on the forum. An eagle eyed fan on the forum pointed out that the last picture in the set seems to feature Stan Winston’s original Predator design and much infectious excitement ensued....

Geek Deal: Eastbound & Down: The Complete First Season For $13 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2010 9:57 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Haas And Brandt Hired To Write Wanted Sequel By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2008 6:02 pm EST /Film reader Editor E has passed along word that screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt have already been hired by Universal to pen a sequel to Wanted. Derek Haas revealed that “We’re just finishing up a book adaptation for Universal of the James Siegel novel Deceit. We’ve been hired to write the sequel to Wanted by the same studio,” Derek Haas revealed to Pajiba....

Harry Potter Prequel? By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 4:31 am EST JK Rowling has penned a prequel to the seven book Harry Potter series. The 800-word outline was donated for an auction to raise money for English PEN and Dyslexia Action charities. Before you get too excited, Rowling says that the prequel doesnt actually exist, ending the outline with: “From the prequel I am not working on – but that was fun!...

Joss Whedon Pens An Open Letter To The Terminator Owners By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 2, 2009 2:54 pm EST Following up on the previous news about the Terminator franchise rights being up for sale, self-proclaimed “Very Important Hollywood Mogul” Joss Whedon has penned a hilarious note to the franchise owners in an attempt to acquire the franchise with a mighty fine $10,000 check. Says Whedon: “That’s four — FOUR! — zeroes after that one....

Linklater’s Liars (A-E) Is Dead By Russ Fischer/Nov. 17, 2009 10:07 am EST Richard Linklater can barely catch a break this year. His film Me & Orson Welles finally found marginal distribution, and hasn’t been nabbing particularly good reviews. That’s What I’m Talking About, his ‘spiritual sequel’ to Dazed & Confused, couldn’t get off the ground earlier this year. And now Liars (A-E), the film he recently set up at Miramax, is dead, too....

New Jennifer’s Body Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2009 4:12 pm EST When small-town high school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a hungry demon, guys who never stood a chance with her, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer’s insatiable appetite. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Juno.” Jennifer’s Body is set to hit theaters on September 18th 2009.

Oceanic Airlines Returns By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2007 12:19 am EST Oceanic Airlines, the fictional airline featured in the television show LOST has issued the following press release: Oceanic Airlines announced today their return to the airways. Beginning December 31, operations and flights to nine markets will resume, “Taking You Places You Never Imagined.” Destinations include: Los Angeles, CA Tustin, CA Ames, IA Miami, FL New York, NY Portland, OR Knoxville, TN Seoul, South Korea Sydney, Australia “We are very eager to resume flying and apologize for any inconvenience our temporary closure may have caused our loyal customers,” said Michael Orteig, President, Oceanic Airlines....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/May 8, 2009 1:46 am EST 35 news stories not fit for the front page, available after the jump. Check out these limited edition Star Trek-themed pair of Airwalk. [nicekicks] Judd Apatow told MTV that the dvd for his upcoming film Funny People will feature tons of bonus footage: “Every time we shot stand-up comedy, we shot their entire act. We didn’t shoot it on a stage and add laughs later....

Spike Lee Talks Up Inside Man 2 Cast And Plot Changes By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 19, 2009 2:00 am EST I saw a copy of an Inside Man 2 script what must be nearly two years ago now, maybe even more. That draft was written by Russel Gerwitz, who had scripted the first film and for just a few months around then, been the hottest screenwriter in town. Now Spike Lee is working with Terry George on a new approach to the sequel, abandoning Gerwitz’ diamond heist plot altogether....

Summer Showdown 2008: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Most Anticipated Movie? By Hunter Stephenson/March 31, 2008 12:13 pm EST “Dude, Indiana Jones killed Batman.” Fandango, the online movie ticket provider, recently polled several thousand movie fans about their most anticipated summer movie and the site reports that May’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was not only numero uno (82%) but nearly doubled fan anticipation for July’s The Dark Knight (42%)....

Teresa Palmer Is Wonder Woman? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2007 10:52 am EST Again, this casting has not been 100% confirmed by the studio. But looking over the past hopefuls for the role worries me a bit. Does Warner Bros have any idea what they are doing with this film? It’s beginning to look a lot like the JJ Abrams Star Trek casting, young actors with little to no name value....

The Hills: The Movie? By Hunter Stephenson/March 28, 2008 10:41 am EST So, like, The Hills might become a movie. Discuss: Don’t discuss this. Slashfilm is not “Coffee Talk.”  The Hills: The Movie? By Hunter Stephenson/March 28, 2008 10:41 am EST So, like, The Hills might become a movie. Discuss: Don’t discuss this. Slashfilm is not “Coffee Talk.”  Discuss: Don’t discuss this. Slashfilm is not “Coffee Talk.”  

The Last Station Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2009 8:00 pm EST Sony Pictures Classics has finally released a trailer for Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station, a biopic about Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Described in the promotional material as being a “complex, funny, rich, emotional, and true story about the difficulty of living with love and the impossibility of living without it”, the movie stars Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and is joined by an all-star cast including James McAvoy as Valentin Bulgakov, Paul Giamatti as Vladimir Chertkov, and Helen Mirren as Sofya Tolstoy....

Tim Roth Cast In The Incredible Hulk By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2007 11:52 am EST The Incredible Hulk casting announcements continue. Variety reports that Tim Roth has been tapped to play the main villain Abomination’s alter ego, Emil Blonsky. Roth joins previously announced cast members Edward Norton and Liv Tyler in the re-imagining/remake of the Marvel Comics classic. Created by Stan Lee and Gil Kane in 1967, The Abomination has since become the biggest adversary in the Hulk world....

Tribeca Movie Review: Bomb It By SlashFilm Staff/April 28, 2007 6:22 am EST The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Bomb It World Documentary Competition 2007, U.S.A. Dir: John Reiss Coming at you with lightning speed, Bomb It explodes onto the screen, heralding its arrival and offering a heaping dose of invigorating energy surrounding the world of graffiti, and how that world is split up and examined....

Up For Best Picture And A Look Back At Steve Jobs’ 1997 Goal To Establish Pixar As The Third Brand In Movies By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2009 1:00 pm EST Disney purchased the front cover of the Hollywood trade newspaper Variety to push Pixar’s computer animated film Up for Award season (thanks to Awards Daily for the scan). The advertisement FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION section pushes the feature for not only the Best Animated Feature category, but also Best Picture (an no, this isn’t a surprise)....