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The Machinist Screenwriter To Rewrite Vlad By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2010 12:46 am EST In December, Summit Entertainment announced that they would be working on their own action-heavy Dracula remake, entitled Vlad, with a script by actor Charlie Hunnam, music video director Anthony Mandler in negotiations to direct, and Brad Pitt producing via Plan B. The film is planned as an action-oriented take on Dracula as a young prince; he is known to history as Vlad the Impaler, the man behind the Dracula myth....

The Smurfs Hybrid Live-Action Feature Film? By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2008 12:36 pm EST A couple months ago it was revealed that Paramount was working on a computer animated movie based on the popular classic trippy 80’s cartoon series The Smurfs (Truth is that the Smurfs are actually 50 years old, having first appeared in comic strips). Well it turns out that producer Jordan Kerner (Charlotte’s Web), who obtained the rights to the Smurfs property in 2002, has also gotten a hybrid live-action Smurfs feature film greenlit at Sony....

Toronto Buzz: Dogtooth And Get Low Earn High Spots On The To-Watch List By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2009 2:50 pm EST Reporting on an event like TIFF from the comfort of my own home is frustrating. There’s the drive to learn as much about all the new films as possible, without learning too much and unavoidably pre-judging the films before actually seeing them. But some reviews just have to be read....

Twilight Moves To November; Could An IMAX Release Be In The Works? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2008 4:39 pm EST Summit Entertainment has announced that the anticipated big screen adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s teen vamp novel Twilight will be coming out a month earlier. The film has been moved from December 12th to November 21st, the now vacant release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This is a huge score for Twilight, as the two films shared a similar demographic....

Two New Iron Man Photos By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2008 7:35 pm EST Marvel has released two new photos from the upcoming film adaptation of Iron Man. The first photo, seen above, shows Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) testing a gauntlet from the armor. Yes, this photo looks very similar to the photo that was released last week. The next photo, seen below, shows director Jon Favreau discussing a scene on the workshop set....

Universal Studios Korea Set For 2014 By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 20, 2010 7:03 am EST Planning a break to South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province in 2014? Fancy seeing an animatronic King Kong while you’re there? You might just be in luck. Deadline Hollywood Daily are carrying some details of the Universal Studios Park and Resorts complex set to be built in Korea. We can expect it to contain “a state-of-the-art Universal Studios theme park, Universal CityWalk, a retail, dining and entertainment complex, a championship 18-hole golf course, themed hotels, a water park, premium retail outlet and hypermarket, as well as condos”....

Video: Product Placement In Spider-Man 3 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2007 3:29 pm EST You know, the first time I saw this Spider-Man 3 Movie Trailer I somehow completely missed the abundance of product placement. But on second viewing, It’s actually quite appalling. To see what I’m talking about, check out the video for yourself, after the jump. [youtube]ijLMgJ_SvYY[/youtube] And before you post a comment informing me that the video is a fan creation/joke, I’m well aware of that....

VOTD: Jimmy Kimmel Takes Jabs At Jay Leno On The Jay Leno Show By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2010 1:44 am EST A few nights ago Jimmy Kimmel impersonated Jay Leno for an entire episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Tonight Kimmel appeared on Leno’s 10 at 10 and launched a few jabs at the former Tonight Show host over rumors that Jay would be replacing Conan O’Brien in the late night spot he gave up only months earlier....

Warner Bros To Make Eighth Harry Potter Movie?! By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2008 11:52 pm EST The UK’s Mail on Sunday is reporting that the big screen adaptation of the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, may be split into two separate films. This decision is an artistic one, rather than financial. Deathly Hallows is 784 pages in length, compared to the first few books in the series which were less than half the length....

Will Iron Man’s Realism Clash With The Avengers Universe? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2008 4:15 pm EST Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr addresses his concerns about the announced superhero team-up movie The Avengers in a new interview with MTV: “If we don’t get it right, it’s really going to suck. It has to be the crowning blow of Marvel’s best and brightest, because it’s the hardest thing to get right....

Worst Idea Ever: Ridley Scott Is Directing Monopoly By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2008 1:17 am EST I’ve decided to make “Worst Idea Ever” a regular feature since it appears that the Hollywood movie studios are in a never-ending race to see who can greenlight the worst of the worst ideas. Ridley Scott is now OFFICIALLY attached to direct a big screen movie based on Hasbro’s popular board game Monopoly. Corpse Bride/Monster House scribe Pamela Pettler has been hired to write the script....

Casting Notes: Forest Whitaker In Little Treasure; Lizzy Caplan In 127 Hours; Summer Glau Blogs In The Cape By Russ Fischer/March 15, 2010 8:31 am EST Forest Whitaker recently dropped out of the Abel Ferrara retelling of Jekyll and Hyde, in which he would have starred opposite Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson. But he’s looking at a role in Little Treasure, an indie that would shoot in Shanghai, with Michael D. Olmos directing....

Cool Stuff: Boba Fett Life-Size Bust By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2010 12:55 am EST Sometimes we just love to feature big expensive geek stuff no one can afford. Today’s Cool Stuff falls in that category. Sideshow Collectibles is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with a Boba Fett Life-size Bust. Created in conjunction with Spectral Motion effects house, the Boba Fett Life-size Bust has been meticulously sculpted to capture every detail of the Mandalorian’s iconic helmet....

Cool Stuff: Heartless T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2009 8:00 pm EST Imagine you’re a tin man, built without a heart. Unable to find a willing doner, what other alternatives do you have? Hold up an ambulance, of course! Threadless has a new Wizard of Oz-inspired t-shirt by Juan Carlos Bueno titled HEARTLESS which pictures this exact scenerio. Availanle in Orange, sized Extra Small to XXXL for $18. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....

Cool Stuff: How Has Star Wars Changed The World? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2008 7:45 am EST How has Star Wars changed the world? Kottke has found this brilliant chart which was created by WiReD a few years back. Cool Stuff: How Has Star Wars Changed The World? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2008 7:45 am EST How has Star Wars changed the world? Kottke has found this brilliant chart which was created by WiReD a few years back....

Eclipse Director David Slade On Twilight - “Just Shoot Me” By Brendon Connelly/May 3, 2009 6:00 pm EST When Peter compiled his epic and useful list of directors, actors and screenwriters plugged into Twitter, one of those included was Hard Candyman David Slade. Today, however, it seems like Slade’s Twitter account has been deleted, which is a crying shame. Besides the loss of an interesting tweeter, another of the reasons this is unfortunate is that the deletion covers Slade’s tracks a little and hides a rather amusing little attack he launched on the Twilight franchise....

Every Single Dark Knight Sequel Rumor EVER Is B.S. By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2008 2:47 pm EST David Goyer, one of The Dark Knight screenwriters of , confirms what we already knew – All those Dark Knight sequel rumors: “It’s all B.S. ALL of it,” Goyer told MTV. “Chris and I haven’t even talked about it. He quite understandably is taking a long, long vacation and wants to purge himself.” So No, Christopher Nolan has not yet signed on for a third film....

First Look: The Da Vinci Code Sequel The Lost Symbol By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2009 11:10 pm EST Today Random House finally revealed the cover art for author Dan Brown’s latest book The Lost Symbol. The cover of the new book confirms that the third adventure will take place on home soil, with a 12-hour race to the finish quest set in Washington, DC. The book is the third in a series that follows mystery-solving Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon unravel conspiracy theories using hidden codes....

Go Speed Racer Go Music Video Makes Me Want To Vomit By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2008 3:58 pm EST Now you might be saying to yourself, how could someone screw up the classic Speed Racer theme song? The answer comes in a 3-minute music video of the newly revamped version of the Go Speed Racer Go theme song as performed by Ali Dee and the Deekompressors. I swear, this new music video makes me want to vomit....

I Am Legend Reshoots By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 15, 2007 5:35 pm EST CHUD has confirmed that Warner Bros had to do reshoots last week for the upcoming Will Smith sci-fi thriller I Am Legend. And rumor has it that the studio was unhappy with the film’s finale, which is said to be very faithful to Richard Matheson’s original story. So if true, expect something upbeat and more action packed. I’m wondering if the ending tested poorly or if it was just an internal decision?...