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New German Spider-Man 3 TV Ad Shows MORE Venom By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2007 12:35 pm EST Sony has released a new German television spot for Spider-Man 3 which focuses almost entirely on Venom. The new spot features a bunch of new footage of the symbiote-created being. Actually, you would think the whole movie was about Venom from this advertisement. Check it out after the jump. [quicktime width=“320” height=“230”]http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/spiderman3venomgerman.mov[/quicktime] via: CS...

Pixar Does 2D Animation By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2007 9:56 am EST The upcoming DVD release of Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille will include the first hand-drawn animated 2-D short film in Pixar history. Yes, you did just read that correctly – good ol’ fashion 2D animation from the studio that innovated computer rendered 3D animation. The 11-minute film is also the longest short film in Pixar history. “Your Friend the Rat” directed by Jim Capobianco was inspired by the research the filmmakers did into rat behavior and history, much of which never made it into the final film....

Roger Avary Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter Charges By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2008 8:00 am EST Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary pleaded Not Guilty at a Ventura California courthouse on Friday to manslaughter and other charges connected to a January 13th single car collision which resulted in the death of another passenger. 34-year-old Andreas Zini was visiting Avary as part of his Honeymoon when the accident occurred. Prosecutors have said that his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit....

Rumor: Keanu Reeves In Live Action Cowboy Bebop? By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2008 1:26 pm EST

Sundance Video Clip: The Winning Season By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2009 6:09 am EST James C. Strouse’s second feature film The Winning Season stars Sam Rockwell as an adult alcoholic misfit brought on to coach his local girl’s high school basketball team. Rockwell has described the movie as Bad News Bears meets Half Nelson meets Hoosiers. Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, Shareeka Epps and Emily Rios co star. Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore calls the film “a completely gratifying cinematic drama marked by sharp dialogue and perfectly toned performances....

The Children Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2008 12:55 am EST “You brought them into this world… Now… They will take you out!” Tom Shankland’s new horror film The Children is about “a relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.” Not many films do the whole “evil children” thing right, but this one looks like it might actually be fun....

The Rocker Teaser Poster Borrows From Judd Apatow By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2008 4:42 pm EST Is it just me or does the teaser poster for The Rocker look a lot like the posters for Judd Apatow’s The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up? The Rocker follows the story of Robert “Fish” Fishman, the drummer for an eighties hair band. He’s living the rock n’ roll dream… until he is kicked out of the group....

Twilight Fans Start Mini Riot In San Francisco By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2008 4:35 pm EST Last week, I received a phone call from my local Summit Entertainment publicity rep, informing me that the stars of Twilight were going on the road for an autograph tour to publicize the release of the film adaptation next week. I posted about the appearances here. Before I got off the phone I warned my local rep, “You understand this is going to get out of control right?...

VOTD: Quentin Tarantino On DePalma/Scorsese, Shooting Reservoir Dogs, And How Avatar Would Have Changed Kill Bill By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2010 12:00 am EST Jeff Wells has posted three awesome clips of Quentin Tarantino telling stories from the Directors on Directing panel in Santa Barbara this weekend. I’ve embedded all three after the jump. The first clip is about how directors raise the bar on each other and Tarantino recounts a story Brian DePalma told him about Martin Scorsese and Blow Out vs....

Watchmen Video Diary: Dave Gibbons By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2008 11:25 pm EST It wouldn’t be the 6th of the month if we didn’t get a new Watchmen video diary. Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons takes you on a walking tour through the production design of Zack Snyder’s film adaptation in the latest video which is available on UGO. I wasn’t really excited about this project until I first saw all the incredible detail of the New York City set....

BDSF: Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Dirk Diggler Story By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 25, 2008 3:05 pm EST In this week’s Big Directors Small Films, we take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s first film, a 1988 short fictional documentary titled The Dirk Diggler Story. You might recognize the name in the title as the character that Mark Wahlberg played nine years later in Boogie Nights. The Dirk Diggler Story was very much like a first draft of that film....

Ben Stiller Working On Zoolander Sequel? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 1, 2008 11:05 pm EST I thought that the chance for a Zoolander sequel died when the film failed to gross $46 million domestically. Sure, there is more to the story, the film was released just weeks after 9/11/2001. But that still doesn’t excuse the film’s low bottom line — $45 million isn’t a great take for a $30 million-budgeted PG-13 comedy....

Boondock Saints 2 Is Looking For Toronto-Based Extras By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2008 8:57 pm EST Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is currently filming in Toronto Canada. There is a call out to fans for hundreds of extras that are needed on Monday, November 10th 2008. Hundreds of Extras are needed to fill a church square in Toronto:Metropolitan United Church 56 Queen Street E (Queen & Jarvis) Monday November 10th, 2008 at 2:00pm No head shot required, no paperwork needed, just show up and report to Siluck....

Casting Notes: Anthony Hopkins Gets A Co-Star For The Rite; Timothy Dalton In The Tourist; Matt Bomer And Ari Graynor In What’s Your Number? By Russ Fischer/March 25, 2010 9:56 am EST I’m pretty curious about the Anthony Hopkins film The Rite, which is based upon the book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, by Matt Baglio. The book is about the real-world practice of exorcism, and the Michael Petroni script is said to be faithful to it....

Casting Notes: Benicio Del Toro In Making Jack Falcone; Four Voices For The Smurfs; Rachel Nichols Joins Conan By Russ Fischer/March 5, 2010 9:23 am EST Benicio Del Toro has signed to play g-man Jack Garcia in Making Jack Falcone. Garcia targeted the Gambino family, and was responsible for taking down dozens of made men. Garcia is Cuban-born, but managed to play an Italian so successfully that he was invited to become a made man himself....

David Fincher Directed iPhone 3GS Commercial By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2009 6:00 am EST I’m sure everyone by now has heard about the new iPhone 3GS (i hate that name) that Apple announced at the World Wide Developer’s Conference on Monday. But have you seen the first television advertisement for the new phone? “Break In” was directed by David Fincher, a self professed mac fanatic (some might have noticed that the trailer for his last film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was only officially available on Apple’s Quicktime in HD)....

Downfall Director Enjoys The Pervasive Comedy Meme Featuring His Film By Russ Fischer/Jan. 15, 2010 12:42 pm EST Pretty much every time something crazy or divisive happens in the world of entertainment or on the world news stage, you can be sure that someone, somewhere will write new subtitles to the scene from Oliver Hirschbiegel’s film Downfall in which Hitler realizes that he’s lost the war. Until now, we haven’t heard Hirschbeigel’s take on the meme....

Happy Holidays From /Film By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2008 12:01 am EST The /Film team would like to wish all of you Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and a belated Winter Solstice. Images courtesy of theCrowe65 and Jackolyn Happy Holidays From /Film By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2008 12:01 am EST The /Film team would like to wish all of you Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and a belated Winter Solstice....

Michael Bay Is AWESOME By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2008 8:29 pm EST Transformers director Michael Bay is featured in a new advertising campaign for Verizon FiOS TV and FiOS Internet services. And this commercial is just as awesome as Michael Bay himself. Bay blows stuff up throughout, and there is even a cameo from Bumblebee. Watch the AWESOME commercial below. Michael Bay Is AWESOME By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2008 8:29 pm EST...

My Blueberry Nights: Two New Movie Trailers By Peter Sciretta/June 6, 2007 9:50 am EST AlloCine has released two new movie trailers for Wong Kar Wai’s My Blueberry Nights. The previously released movie trailer didn’t satisfy our Natalie Portman or Rachel Weisz fix, mainly concentrating on Norah Jones and Jude Law’s characters. After a rough break-up, Elizabeth (Norah Jones) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend – a café owner (Jude Law) – all while in search of something to mend her broken heart....