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Cool Stuff: New Era Japan’s 59Fifty Fitted Star Wars Caps By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2009 10:21 am EST New Era Japan have announced a collaboration with LucasFilm, in releasing a new line of 59Fifty fitted Star Wars caps. Included below is a preview of only some of the first wave, showing us a variety of designs, including character heads, iconic scenes, and logos. But are these cool… or just silly? I think I like the Han Solo in Carbonite black cap pictured above as it isn’t too flashy....

DisbeliefNet.com By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2008 5:50 pm EST Lionsgate has launched a new website on disbeliefnet.com, to help promote the upcoming release of Larry Charles’ documentary Religulous, Bill Maher’s comedic examination of the world’s religions. And unlike most studio launched websites, this site actually filled to the brim with a lot of hilarious content (I’m actually pretty sure it would take you hours to see it all". For example the E-Card section is filled with cards that read “Too poor for Scientology, too pretty for Satanism” or “Sorry you were molested by one of our clergy” or “Sorry my savior blew up your savior”....

Edward Norton Wrote The Incredible Hulk By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2007 9:00 pm EST At the Marvel Studios panel at Comic Con 2007, it was revealed that The Incredible Hulk star Edward Norton also wrote the script. “I came into this and I wrote the screenplay,” revealed Norton. “I was the Marvel kid. I had subscriptions to a lot of the marvel comics. I loved Hulk, the early incarnation of Hulk and than the television show when I was a kid....

Exhale: Big Momma’s House 3 Still Happening By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 20, 2008 12:00 pm EST Let the fanboy email inquiries cease: The latest “momma of all comedies” is plopped for a 2009 release. Over the weekend, IESB spoke to producer, David T. Friendly, who confirmed that the second sequel in the hit Martin Lawrence undercover fat-suit franchise, Big Momma’s House 3, is currently in the scripting stage and on the fast track/conveyor belt after originally being due this year....

Hugh Jackman In Talks For Real Steel By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2009 3:28 pm EST According to Variety, Jackman would play the father, an ex-fighter turned promoter whose “access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win.” The concept is something we’ve never seen before on the big screen, and in the right hands, could be a good Summer tentpole film....

Infographic: Famous Movie Quotes By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2010 12:09 pm EST FlowingData have converted some of the most famous movie quotes in this history of cinema into an infographic. Check it out, embedded after the jump. via: tdw Infographic: Famous Movie Quotes By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2010 12:09 pm EST FlowingData have converted some of the most famous movie quotes in this history of cinema into an infographic. Check it out, embedded after the jump....

Movie Review: Naming Number Two By Elaine Mak/Aug. 5, 2007 12:36 pm EST Naming Number Two is a film from New Zealand directed by Toa Fraser. It is about about an old woman, Nanna Maria (Ruby Dee), who, following a dream, commands her grandchildren to throw a giant feast for her. She tells them that she wants them all there for the feast, where she will name her successor, who she calls her “number two”....

Movie Trailer: The Dolemite Explosion (Yes, For Real) By Hunter Stephenson/June 1, 2008 4:59 pm EST NSFW, Sundays, or her muddah!Dolemite né Rudy Ray Moore has returned at the tender age of 71 from “Motherland Africa” where he apparently learned how to conduct and fire laser beams like Raiden from Mortal Kombat. Dive right into the trailer for The Dolemite Explosion, a poppin’ Jacuzzi of nonsense that will wash away Sex and the City’s 1,001 cougar licks (Gross)....

Neveldine & Taylor’s Cash Money Dollars By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2010 5:20 pm EST Crank filmmakers Neveldine & Taylor have written a new spec screenplay which is being shopped to all the studios this week called Cash Money Dollars. The story is about an unlikely trio, a shady Los Angeles private detective, a kick-ass New York City female Secret Service agent, and African-American Texas Ranger, who team up to stop a new wave of terrorist operations and save America....

One Year Later: Looking Back On Heath Ledger’s Career By David Chen/Jan. 16, 2009 7:09 pm EST Thursday, January 22nd, 2009, will mark the one-year anniversary of actor Heath Ledger’s passing. That same day, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the Academy Award nominations for 2008 (a posthumous nomination for Ledger is considered a virtual certainty). To honor his memory, Entertainment Weekly has published a 28-page retrospective of Ledger’s career featuring heartfelt interviews with a variety of Ledger’s friends and colleagues....

Peter Jackson Says Spielberg’s Tintin Has Finished Filming, Computer Animation Will Take Two Years, Updates On Hobbit By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 24, 2009 10:07 pm EST Now this is truly bittersweet news to report. While in London for The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson updated the BBC on the status of Steven Spielberg’s Tintin and confirmed that filming is complete. The kicker? It’ll take about two years for the computer animation to be completed (remember this is a 3D motion-captured CG film)....

Rumor: Eisenberg, Timberlake And Garfield Cast In David Fincher’s The Social Network By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 3, 2009 8:26 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If true, this is shaping up to be a very solid cast, but what else would you expect from a Fincher production? I don’t normally like Timberlake, but anyone who knows the story for the film or has read the book will know he’s the perfect person to play Parker....

Spielberg Paranoia Claims From Nicole LaPorte’s Book The Men Who Would Be King By Sundance Spy/March 30, 2010 10:42 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to the upcoming hardcover, Steven Spielberg is so paranoid about security at his office that a never-used motorcycle is kept permanently parked outside in case he needs to make a quick escape. Escape? From what? The book claims that the director’s “passion for secrecy sometimes suggests a burgeoning near-paranoia....

Step Up 3D?! The Rock Is The Tooth Fairy?! By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2008 10:12 pm EST I was basking in extreme disbelief of the stubbornness and ignorance of the response of some people to my latest rant. I basically attempted to prove that Michael Bay, by literal definition, is not a “hack”, yet people refuse to believe Merriam-Webster over the nonexistent facts which most people call opinion. Responses like “Michael Bay is a hack, you don’t know what you’re talking about” remind me of the ignorant mindset which got us in such a mess overseas…....

Stephen Fry Confirms His Turn As The Cheshire Cat In Alice In Wonderland By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 20, 2009 10:41 am EST Back in January, when I was new to the /Film world, I posted a piece on the delicious thesp lineup of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. A very dependable source had told me the odd little bit of unannounced, secret casting and even a couple of scratchy hints about the screenplay and how the film was going to variate from the books....

Superman Sequel: Superman As An “Angry God”? By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2008 5:34 pm EST Thomas Tull, founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures (the company behind Batman Begins, Superman Returns and 300), told Hamilton students on April 17 that the Superman Returns sequel, Superman: Man of Steel, will present Superman as more of “an angry god”. I wonder what that possibly could mean? Obviously they aren’t going to completely reinvent the character like Mark Millar did in Red Son, a mini series which showed what would have happened if Superman’s rocket ship landed on a Ukrainian collective farm rather than in Kansas....

Surrogates Extended Preview By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2009 11:45 am EST Disney has also premiered an extended preview of Jonathan Mostow’s sci-fi comic book adaptation Surrogates. I haven’t been impressed with any of the footage I’ve seen so far, and some people who have read the graphic novel have complained the the film looks too glossy, totally negating the grittiness, Blade Runner-like style of the comic. You can actually hear our friends at the Totally Rad Show praise the hell out of the original graphic novel over here (at timecode 43:20)....

The Dark Knight Trailer Leaked Online By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 14, 2007 2:38 am EST Warner Bros has released a new trailer for The Dark Knight attached to I Am Legend, and it has already found its way online. Found on YouTube via AICN, check it out below. Talk about a well cut movie trailer, this is intense. This is as good as it gets. Anyone not yet convinced about Heath Ledger as The Joker will change their minds....

The Spiderwick Chronicles Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2007 1:21 am EST Paramount Pictures has sent us the theatrical movie poster for The Spiderwick Chronicles. I much prefer the coloring on the teaser poster, plus the huge BEWARE warning at the top is super cheesy. Check out the full poster after the jump. As always, click to enlarge. Synopsis: From the beloved best-selling series of books comes “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us....

TV News: J.J. Abrams Wants To Direct NBC Pilot Undercovers, Cartoon Network Adds Live Action Shows, Comedy Central & The Onion Team Up For Pilot, HBO Developing Transgender Series By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 5, 2009 9:46 pm EST We have a bevy of TV updates tonight: First up, it appears that J.J. Abrams is in talks to direct the pilot of his newest series on NBC, a spy drama entitled Undercovers. We previously reported the fact that he was developing the show, and that it seemed to be strikingly similar to Mr....