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Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Movie Trailer By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 5, 2009 3:10 pm EST Universal have released the first trailer for Paul Weitz’ Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant and contrary to my previous expectations, I rather enjoyed it. You can see it for yourself after the break and agree/disagree. The film stars John C. Reilly as a big boss vampire and Chris Massoglia as his protege. Amongst the supporting cast are Patrick Fugit, Salma Hayek, Ken Watanabe and Willem Defoe, each of them a ‘freak’ of some kind....

Comic-Con Interview: 2012 Director Roland Emmerich By David Chen/July 26, 2009 11:13 pm EST Director Roland Emmerich has forgotten more about destruction than you or I will ever know. With films like Godzilla, Independence Day, and The Day After Tomorrow, he’s proven he has a knack for spectacular visuals and thrilling destruction sequences. His new film, 2012, might be the logical culmination of his career up until this point, a disaster movie that attempts to depict the end of all things through a variety of natural disasters....

Dane Cook And The Jonas Brothers Auditioned For Captain America Roles? By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2010 12:34 am EST Last week Smallville/The O.C./Privileged star Michael Cassidy confirmed that he is out of the running for the role. Today has been full of outrageous Captain America casting rumors and speculation which includes the Jonas Brothers and Dane Cook. More information after the jump. First up, comedian/actor/annoying Dane Cook confirmed on his official twitter account that he has auditioned for the role of Captain America....

Does Anyone Really Want To See An Extended Cut Of The Blair Witch Project? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2009 5:32 pm EST Filmmakers Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez would like to release an extended director’s cut of The Blair Witch Project, but Lionsgate isn’t interested. “There’s plenty of fan interest, though not so much from Lionsgate, but I really would love to put out a two-and-a-half hour version of the movie on DVD; like a Criterion edition with a bunch of extra footage,” Sanchez tells Rotten Tomatoes on the film’s 10th anniversary....

Exclusive Clip From Michael Haneke’s Palm D’Or Winning Thriller The White Ribbon By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 12, 2009 12:00 pm EST Ahead of the release of Michael Haneke’s Palm D’or winning The White Ribbon this Friday in the UK and on December 30th in the US, we have the exclusive unveiling of a new online scene from the film to tempt you with. Thankfully, the digital encode here has gone a long way in preserving the astonishing shimmer of Christian Berger’s cinematography....

Fictionalized Hendrix Road Movie Goes Into Motion By Russ Fischer/Dec. 5, 2009 9:55 pm EST When Joel and Ethan Coen put Tommy Johnson (a blues musician whose early history is often confused/combined with that of Robert Johnson) into O Brother, Where Art Thou?, I thought it was a neat little narrative trick. No problem with it whatsoever. When I read that there’s a plan to make a fictionalized road movie featuring Jimi Hendrix, I have a negative gut reaction....

By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2009 10:30 pm EST You can read the full press release after the jump. FOX is announcing premiere dates of new and returning series as well as revisions to its 2009-2010 midseason schedule. FOX also has ordered a full season of the sophomore drama LIE TO ME. January starts off on a high note when the ninth season of AMERICAN IDOL, television’s No. 1 series, begins with a two-night premiere Tuesday, Jan....

Frank Darabont To Direct The Walking Dead? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2009 7:55 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The story follows a group of people, led by a small-town Kentucky Police Officer named Rick Grimes, trying to survive in a world overrun by zombies. But unlike most zombie films, the books are more character centric. AMC’s senior vp of programing Joel Stillverman says that the tv show will stay faithful to the graphic novels....

Funny People Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2009 1:30 pm EST It’s trailer madness Wednesday here on /Film. Earlier today we posted the awesome full trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 and now Universal Pictures has premiered a new red band movie trailer for Judd Apatow’s Funny People. The new uncensored trailer features some of Adam Sandler’s NSFW stand-up routine, more of an emphasis on Eric Bana’s character, Ira’s hilarious video game rant, a better look at Aubrey Plaza’s role in the story, and even a quick look at some of the film’s many cameos....

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 6, 2009 2:00 pm EST Warner Bros has released a teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the DVD/Blu-ray of Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince. The 50-second teaser trailer is preceded by brief introductions from David Yates and David Heyman, as well as a bunch of behind the scenes footage. The whole segment runs almost two-minutes long, and is now online, embedded after the jump....

Highlander Remake Coming From Iron Man Writers By Hunter Stephenson/May 20, 2008 8:24 pm EST Rayyyden! Sorry, wrong movie, but at least I didn’t intro with an iffy “there can only be one” joke. Writing team Art Marcum and Matt Holloway previously scribed Iron Man (btw: 9/10) as well as this December’s Punisher: War Zone, and now they will envision a reboot for 1986’s bit of sci-fi brilliance Highlander for Summit Entertainment....

Kevin Smith Talks: Awkward MTV Movie Award/Advertisement By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2007 1:42 pm EST One of the oddest things on last nights MTV Movie Awards was Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes accepting the “Dirtiest Mouth Award”. Normally Smith and crew accepting an award for foul language would be a normal thing, but it was far from normal. It was essentially an advertisement for Orbits gum. I tried to find video footage of this to demonstrate what I mean, but even on MTV....

Kevin Smith Teases New Zack And Miri Casting By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2007 12:26 am EST Writer/Director Kevin Smith has been busy prepping his upcoming film Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which beings shooting next month. Last month the big announcement was made that Knocked Up/SuperBad superstar Seth Rogen had been cast as the male lead (oh yeah, and the girl from Invincible too). But it looks like Kevin isn’t finished, and has just landed another one....

LOL: For Your Consideration - Frank Miller’s The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2009 12:00 pm EST Our friends at Total Film sent over this mock “For Your Consideration” trailer advertising Frank Miller’s The Spirit for The Razzie’s Worst Movie of the Year Award. LOL: For Your Consideration - Frank Miller’s The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2009 12:00 pm EST Our friends at Total Film sent over this mock “For Your Consideration” trailer advertising Frank Miller’s The Spirit for The Razzie’s Worst Movie of the Year Award....

Movie Trailer: Temple Of Skulls - The Asylum’s Indiana Jones Knock-Off By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2008 3:48 pm EST The Asylum is best known for their cheap rip-off DVD movies, which includes such titles as: Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train, I Am Omega, Da Vinci Treasure, HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter, Monster (the Cloverfield rip) and Pirates of Treasure Island. AMC has termed the genre “Knockbusters”....

New Line Kills MEG, Jan De Bont Ready For Speed 3? By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2007 12:42 am EST Yesterday we reported that Dennis Hopper is set to star in Speed 3. We wondered is Speed series helmer Jan de Bont would also make a return, but decided that he would probably be too busy. Bont has been attached to Meg, a monster flick which involves the Carcharodon Megalodon, the 70 foot, 40 ton prehistoric cousin of the great white shark....

By Hunter Stephenson/May 9, 2008 11:09 am EST Yesterday, we posted the first, rather ace photos of Josh Brolin as the worst U.S. president of all time for Oliver Stone’s W., and today brings word that the flick has picked up a distributor, Lionsgate, and is set for release nationwide on October 17th, 2008. Keep in mind that even though the film graces the cover of the latest EW, production kicks into gear next week and the role of Dick Cheney remains unfilled, so Stone is clearly on a mission....

Prom Night Remake Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 20, 2007 5:40 am EST Television director Nelson McCormick will helm a remake of Prom Night starring Brittany Snow (John Tucker Must Die) for Screen Gems. So how are they going to ruin this horror classic? Probably by introducing supernatural elements and casting good looking youngsters instead of actors. The original 1980 film starring Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis, followed the accidental murder of a young girl at the hands of four children, who swear to silence....

Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere Draws On Family History By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2009 2:15 pm EST The Coppola clan often tells stories about family, and Sofia Coppola has been known to draw on her life when writing film characters. Some of the inhabitants of Lost in Translation were famously based on her former husband Spike Jonze and the actress Cameron Diaz. (And Diaz’s appearance at Comic Con this year suggested that Anna Faris’s characterization of Diaz was dead on....

Stephen Dorff Joins Tarsem’s War Of The Gods By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2010 8:22 pm EST Stephen Dorff (Blade, Public Enemies) is the latest actor to join Tarsem Singh’s War of the Gods, a new Greek mythology epic which will be filmed in a like 300. Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides. Sleeper Code/Machine Gun Preacher scribe Jason Keller penned the most recent draft of the script....