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What’s In The Box? Lindelof Comments, Mystery Revealed And The Future Of Spec Viral Campaigns? By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2009 8:52 pm EST The use of Michael Giacchino’s Lost score lead others to believe that the short might be connected to the JJ Abrams-produced television show. Websites connected with the video (or possibly fan created add-ons to the experience) also featured Lost-related Easter eggs like a pass code using the famous numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 and a link to The Hanso Foundation website, the company which finances the Dharma Initiative....

/Film Growing Pains By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2007 12:42 am EST If you visited /Film yesterday, chances are you were greeted with an error screen. The blog post Movies That Should Have Won an Academy Award, But Didn’t got picked up by a lot of websites. So many visitors slammed out servers, and we were drastically unprepared for the surge in traffic. We’re experiencing growing pains (not the television show). Remember when you were a little kid and you grew out of your old pants?...

A Nightmare On Elm Street Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2010 1:19 am EST Warner Bros/New Line Cinema has released a new movie trailer for Samuel Bayer’s remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The new trailer gives us a much better sense of the film than the teaser trailer. We finally get a better look at the look and style of the nightmare sequences, and we also hear a lot more from Jack­ie Ear­le Ha­ley as Freddy Krueger, although we still don’t get a good look at his face....

Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone: Behind The Scenes Photo And Review By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2007 3:59 am EST Entertainment Weekly has published a bunch of behind the scenes photos from upcoming fall movies. The above photo is from Ben Affleck’s directorial debut Gone Baby Gone. Ben consults with star and brother Casey Affleck about his upcoming scene. We’re really excited to see this film. I loved Mystic River, and have always followed Affleck’s career closely....

Ben Cross Is Spock’s Father In JJ Abrams’ Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2007 1:18 am EST 59 year old British actor Ben Cross has been cast as Spock’s Vulcan father Sarek in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. Mark Lenard played the role in the original series and feature films (Jonathan Simpson played a younger Sarek in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). Cross, best known for his starring role in Chariots of Fire, will play the husband of Amanda Grayson (played by Winona Ryder), the human mother of Spock (played by both Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy)....

Chevy Chase Joins Hot Tub Time Machine; Considering Fletch Reboot/Sequel By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2009 4:01 pm EST Chevy Chase has joined the cast of United Artist’s R-Rated sci-fi comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. The Steve Pink-directed, Josh Heald-scripted film tells the story of a group of guys (John Cusack, Rob Corddry, and Craig Robinson) who return to the hot tub they once partied in, only to discover it is a time machine that allows them to go back in time to their “days of glory....

Cool Stuff: R2-D2 Ice Bucket With Han Solo Frozen In Carbonite Ice Cube Tray By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2008 11:12 am EST Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.

Cool Stuff: Watchbabies T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 6:00 am EST Who watches the watchbabies? A good babysitter is hard to find. Split Reason is selling a Muppet Babies/Watchmen-inspired t-shirt designed by Glen Brogan called “Watchbabies”. Screenprinted on slate blue 100% pree-shrunk cotton 10.2 ounce crewneck tee sized small to XXL for $18.95. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff?...

Ferarri Motorcycle Is One Step Closer To TRON By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2008 12:38 pm EST Amir Glinik’s V4 Ferarri motorcycle concept looks strait out of a sci-fi movie. Tron perhaps? The future is almost here. I predict that it will only be a couple years before the Light Cycle arenas are buildt. Check out more photos on 3d-files. Ferarri Motorcycle Is One Step Closer To TRON By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2008 12:38 pm EST...

Joss Whedon’s Theory On Why DC Comic Book Movies Usually Suck By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2009 9:36 pm EST Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning geek writer/director Joss Whedon has a theory on why it’s so hard to translate DC comic book characters to the big screen: “Because, with that one big exception (Batman), DC’s heroes are from a different era. They’re from the era when they were creating gods.” Whedon explains to Maxim that DC’s characters, like Wonder Woman, Superman and Green Lantern, were “all very much removed from humanity....

Justice League In 2009 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2008 2:14 am EST Warner Bros tried hard to push a movie based on the Justice League of America into production before the writers strike. But they couldn’t get all their ducks in a row, and the project was put on an indefinite hold. The names of most of the young cast had been leaked onto the interwebs, with not many fans happy with the choices....

Let The Right One In - American Movie Trailer And Play Dates By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 7:00 pm EST A couple weeks ago, I saw and fell in love with the swedish vampire film Let The Right One In, freaked out, and posted a raving mini-review along with the international trailer. Magnet has now released the American trailer, which you can watch below. LEt me stress again that while this film is technically a horror film, it certainly transcends the genre and is something much more....

LOL: Canadian Filmmakers Festival Posters By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2008 12:07 am EST The posters for the Canadian Filmmakers Festival parody classic films. via: Nerdcore LOL: Canadian Filmmakers Festival Posters By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2008 12:07 am EST The posters for the Canadian Filmmakers Festival parody classic films. via: Nerdcore via: Nerdcore

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry In Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2008 2:22 am EST Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, will reprise her role as the voice of the Starship Enterprise computer in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. A classy move. Majel Barrett has appeared in every incarnation of the popular science fiction series and is sometimes referred to as “the First Lady of Star Trek”. In addition to appearing on screen in various different capacities, Majel also provided the voice of starship onboard computers for The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, most of the Star Trek films and computer games....

Michael Moore’s “Slacker Uprising” Will Be Released On The Web For Free By David Chen/Sept. 5, 2008 7:58 am EST This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slacker Uprising will inspire (millions) to get off the couch and give voting a chance....

More Wackness: Mandy Lane Gets Dumped? By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2009 3:17 pm EST If you’ve been reading /Film for a while, than you know that I fell in love with Jonathan Levine’s The Wackness at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Levine made his feature directorial debut with a horror thriller titled All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and was greeted with possitive buzz....

Music Video Director Spotlight: Colin Hardy By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2009 12:17 am EST British music video director Corin Hardy just signed on to direct a supernatural horror film titled Refuge for Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Drag Me To Hell). I thought now would be a good time to learn more about Hardy and explore some of his music video origins. Hardy began creating 8mm animated monster movies as a teenager, inspired by “the mysterious and strangely sinister 70s children’s storybooks,” along with Ray Harryhausen’s animated monster films....

Spy Photo: The Incredible Hulk Smashes NYPD Police Car By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2007 12:25 pm EST The Incredible Hulk is currently shooting at the University of Toronto, and a student took a few spy photos of a smashed NYPD police car. I assume that Hulk got very angry. There are also some photos of army vehicles parked on the sidelines. You can read the blog post at Adventale.Blogspot.com. Spy Photo: The Incredible Hulk Smashes NYPD Police Car...

The First Slashfilm Muxtape! By Hunter Stephenson/April 29, 2008 4:15 pm EST With summer approaching and its plethora of open window/outdoor Net grazing, parties and, of course, blockbuster movies, we’ve decided to create a glorious soundtrack-themed Muxtape for our readership. All of the awesome songs streamed on the first Slashfilm Muxtape come from films we dig sans a certain mission statement from Patton Oswalt. I’ve arranged the Muxtape to go from enjoyably cheesy summer movie nostalgia explosion to Nextlevelsville....

The Incredible Hulk Teaser Movie Poster? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2008 11:11 am EST I know we’ve seen similar conceptual marketing images in the past, but could this be the teaser poster for Universal’s sequel/reboot of The Incredible Hulk? Thanks to /Film Reader Casty the Clown for sending this in. Source: BadTaste.it, Play.com The Incredible Hulk Teaser Movie Poster? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2008 11:11 am EST I know we’ve seen similar conceptual marketing images in the past, but could this be the teaser poster for Universal’s sequel/reboot of The Incredible Hulk?...