Revolutionary Road Movie Trailer

Revolutionary Road Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2008 1:24 pm EST /Film reader Rama’s Screen sends over word that the trailer for Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road, the new film which reunites Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. And this time we have it without the annoying Entertainment Tonight voiceover. I’m still weary because of some of the simplistic dialogue, but I have yet to be let down by Mendes yet....

July 22, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · Gerardo Bohland

Sony Says Moon Oscar Screeners Were Held Back Due To Piracy Concerns

Sony Says Moon Oscar Screeners Were Held Back Due To Piracy Concerns By Russ Fischer/Jan. 5, 2010 12:51 pm EST In the past couple months there has been a groundswell of support for Moon, Duncan Jones’ great debut film, as an Oscar contender. Sam Rockwell’s bravura performance is the aspect frequently cited. But a real Oscar campaign has to go directly to voters, many of whom haven’t seen the full field of possible films....

July 22, 2022 · 6 min · 1109 words · Daniel Johnson

The Return Of Goonies Star Kerri Green

The Return Of Goonies Star Kerri Green By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 1:55 am EST Do you remember Kerri Green? Me neither, Clarification: I’m getting a lot of comments being like “How can you not remember her? You haven’t seen the goonies? It’s easy for you to say you know who she is with the photo I included with this post, but would you recognize her by name if you saw the opening credits of her new movie?...

July 22, 2022 · 8 min · 1532 words · Olive Saunders

The Weinstein Co S Lame Attempt To Appease Star Wars Fanboys

The Weinstein Co’s Lame Attempt To Appease Star Wars Fanboys By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2008 5:18 pm EST Earlier today we wrote about how Star Wars fanboys were planning on boycotting The Weinstein Co’s Superhero Movie due to the way the company is handling the release of Fanboys. I just received a press release from The Weinstein Co, announcing that they would be releasing both cuts of the film on DVD “with the Company exploring options for its theatrical release....

July 22, 2022 · 5 min · 1057 words · Gerald Bernstein

Uk Tabloid Rumor Zac Efron Is Spider Man Is Brian Michael Bendis The Missing Link That Makes This Possible

UK Tabloid Rumor: Zac Efron Is Spider-Man? Is Brian Michael Bendis The Missing Link That Makes This Possible? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 31, 2010 12:01 pm EST This rumour comes from a UK gossip magazine, so it’s almost certainly just been made-up. All the same, there’s an interesting kink or two in the details… According to OK, Efron has been hand-picked for the role of Peter Parker by Tobey Maguire. We’d previously heard that Sam Raimi had personally selected Nimrod Antal for the director’s chair, and that didn’t turn out at all – the job went to Marc Webb....

July 22, 2022 · 5 min · 1036 words · Scott Hides

Under The Mountain International Movie Trailer

Under The Mountain International Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 13, 2009 12:10 pm EST In 2006 New Zealand filmmaker Jonathan King wrote and directed a fun little horror/comedy called Black Sheep. King’s been absent from the directorial chair for a while, but he’s about to return with an adaptation of the Maurice Gee novel Under the Mountain. Starring Sam Neill and newcomers Tom Cameron and Sophie McBride, the film is about twins who encounter shape-shifting creatures who live under Aukland’s extinct volcanos....

July 22, 2022 · 5 min · 936 words · Donald Chambers

Votd Michael Bay S Nightmare On Elm Street

VOTD: Michael Bay’s Nightmare On Elm Street By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2008 12:00 am EST Michael Bay’s Nightmare on Elm Street The Pitch: Michael Bay’s production company, Platinum Dunes, is remaking Nightmare on Elm Street, which got someone thinking… what would a Nightmare on Elm Street movie look like with Michael Bay at the helm? Thanks to /Film’s Adam Quigley for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

July 22, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · Isabel Drennan

Votd The Saw Mentos Commercial

VOTD: The SAW Mentos Commercial By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2009 8:00 pm EST If the horror film Saw was a Mentos commercial… it would look something like this. Warning: the mash-up includes spoilers from the original Saw film. Video after the jump. via: FilmDrunk VOTD: The SAW Mentos Commercial By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2009 8:00 pm EST If the horror film Saw was a Mentos commercial… it would look something like this....

July 22, 2022 · 1 min · 90 words · Deborah Brouillet

Warner Bros In Talks For Space Invaders Monopoly On Track For 2012 Or 2013

Warner Bros In Talks For Space Invaders, Monopoly On Track For 2012 Or 2013 By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2010 8:34 pm EST We knew it was bound to happen eventually: Warner Bros and producers Mark Gordon, Jason Blum and Guymon Casady are in talks to develop a feature film adaptation of the classic Taito video game Space Invaders. Warner bought Midway Games last summer, but the US publisher of Space Invaders does not own the theatrical rights to the game....

July 22, 2022 · 5 min · 923 words · Deborah Flint

Will Ferrell And Mark Wahlberg Set For The B Team From Adam Mckay

Will Ferrell And Mark Wahlberg Set For The B Team From Adam McKay By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 25, 2009 12:25 pm EST “Woo.” To Hollywood’s long line of buddy-cop duos we can now add Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The pair will team up for The B Team, an action-comedy from director and uber-reliable Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers). “Woo.” No other plot-points were given, but according to the trades, a bitchin’ bidding battle went down on Tuesday....

July 22, 2022 · 3 min · 498 words · Bryce Plascencia

Wolverine Trailer Bootlegged

Wolverine Trailer Bootlegged By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2008 1:35 pm EST

July 22, 2022 · 1 min · 11 words · Margaret Garbe

2009 Mtv Movie Awards Winners

2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2009 8:00 pm EST There are a lot of Award shows in Hollywood. Some of them are serious presentations, awarding accomplishment and talent: the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes..etc. Other award shows are nothing more than pure spectacle. The MTV Movie Awards falls into the latter category. Every year we post the award winners, and every year we complain about how some tween heartthrob, this year – Zac Efron, beats out some insanely talented actor, this year Robert Downey Jr, for Best Male Performance....

July 21, 2022 · 6 min · 1262 words · Janet Winters

Bruno Watch La Toya Jackson S Deleted Scene

Bruno: Watch La Toya Jackson’s Deleted Scene By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2009 4:00 pm EST As many of you might recall, Michael Jackson died right before Bruno’s release, and Universal Pictures decided to cut a scene from the film at the last minute which involved Michael’s sister La Toya Jackson, “out of sensitivity to the Jackson family.” The scene is of course included in the deleted scene section of the special features on the Blu-ray/DVD release, which hits stores on November 17th....

July 21, 2022 · 1 min · 212 words · Raymond Grover

Early Teaser Poster For Martin Scorsese S Shutter Island

Early Teaser Poster For Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2009 11:15 pm EST RopeofSilicon have gotten their hands on an early teaser poster for Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island, which was published in a Berliner Zeitung newspaper. I’m pretty sure, and hope, that this is just an early marketing concept. The story follows a U.S. Marshal named Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) who travels to Shutter Island, a small island in Massachusetts’ Outer Harbor, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to find an escaped murderous patient in the Summer of 1954....

July 21, 2022 · 3 min · 573 words · Kenneth Williams

Half Blood Prince Imax Release Delayed Two Weeks Due To Transformers 2

Half-Blood Prince IMAX Release Delayed Two Weeks Due To Transformers 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2009 4:22 pm EST IMAX has pushed the IMAX release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince back two weeks to give Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen a four week run. Apparently Paramount signed a deal with IMAX to have the sequel shown exclusively in IMAX theatres for four full weeks if Michael Bay used IMAX cameras into the film’s production....

July 21, 2022 · 2 min · 352 words · Kenneth Spears

High School Musical Sequels Announced

High School Musical Sequels Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2007 5:53 am EST High School Musical went from being a made-for-tv movie to become a popular cult film success. And now Disney has decided to cash in, announcing a big screen sequel/spin-off. The original film was made for $4.2 million, and premiered on television. It has since been watched by over 100 million people. It’s success has spawned the release of a top selling CD soundtrack....

July 21, 2022 · 2 min · 393 words · Erica Hooks

Is Independent Cinema Dead Variety Editor Peter Bart Says So

Is Independent Cinema Dead? Variety Editor Peter Bart Says So By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2008 12:08 pm EST The following quote is attributed to Variety’s Pam McClintock: “The worst thing that ever happened to indie film was that the studios decided it was a good business.” And while I agree with that statement, I’m not sure I agree that Independent Movies are on the “endangered species list” as Variety editor Peter Bart writes in his latest blog entry....

July 21, 2022 · 2 min · 361 words · David Ernesto

Jason Segel And Paul Rudd Perform Dracula S Lament Live

Jason Segel And Paul Rudd Perform Dracula’s Lament Live By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2009 1:28 pm EST Usually we’d put this sort of thing in VOTD, but honestly, we just don’t want to wait until Monday to share this with you. At a Chicago screening of I Love You Man, Jason Segel and Paul Rudd were asked during the Q & A to perform “Dracula’s Lament”, the puppet musical song from Forgetting Sarah Marshall....

July 21, 2022 · 1 min · 166 words · David Vargas

Jimmy Fallon Taking Over For Conan O Brien So What Do You Think

Jimmy Fallon Taking Over For Conan O’Brien: So What Do You Think? By Hunter Stephenson/April 26, 2008 10:28 pm EST “My face stayed like this permanently. Isn’t it funny?” As you may have heard, the word is out that Jimmy Fallon, the SNL alum and general entertainment phantasm, will be taking over as host of Conan O’Brien’s Late Night on NBC in 2009. This will put Fallon head to head with CBS’s “TV’s Craig Ferguson,” who has ascended in the ratings and in the funnay-ness as of late....

July 21, 2022 · 5 min · 1060 words · Elizabeth White

Len Wiseman To Direct Gears Of War

Len Wiseman To Direct Gears Of War By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2008 6:01 pm EST Last year it was reported that Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman was in talks with New Line to develop and direct a big screen adaptation of the popular X-Box 360 video game Gears of War. A year later, and the project has now been officially announced. Speculation first began when Wiseman featured the game in the fourth Die Hard film....

July 21, 2022 · 6 min · 1215 words · Joshua Farley