Indiana Jones Lego Sets Gives Crystal Skull Clues By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2007 2:00 pm EST FofR has discovered the names of four new Indiana Jones lego sets which give us minor clues to some of the tentpole action sequences that might be featured in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The four new sets, to be released in May 2008, are listed below: 7624 Jungle Duel $9....
Jack Kirby’s Estate Sues To Regain Copyright Control Of Characters Like Iron Man, Thor And The X-Men By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2009 5:08 pm EST BleedingCool (via Nikki Finke) is reporting the news. The report says that: Marc Toberoff, described by Finke as the “bane of big media,” is the lawyer arguing for Kirby’s estate. The payoff here, if the argument is found to have merit, would be that Marvel/Disney would retain the character trademarks, but Kirby’s family would negotiate new financial terms for the exploitation of his characters....
James Cameron: Go Easy On The AVATAR Rumors, I’m An Astronaut. By Hunter Stephenson/March 11, 2009 5:29 pm EST Lately a lot of speculation has arisen regarding James Cameron’s AVATAR, that imminent, shadowy monolith of 3D cinematic game-changers due Fall 2009. There were rumors that a precedent-setting chase scene in the first-person was facing problems, and an even more random and recent rumor that Cameron had rejected at least eight different variations of a debut trailer....
Jay Roach To Remake Vertigo As A Comedy?! By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2007 1:23 pm EST Unlike most people, I see the value of modern day remakes. Kids these days don’t want to watch an old classic in black and white. The dialogue, the stars, it just doesn’t connect. And there have been quite a few to do it right, for example remaking a literary classic like Taming of the Shrew (10 Things I Hate About You) or a cinematic classic like Rear Window (Disturbia)....
Monsters Vs. Aliens: New Photo And Cast Revealed By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2008 1:32 am EST DreamWorks Animation has revealed the voice cast and released a new photo for their 2009 computer animated 3D film Monsters vs. Aliens. Based on the horror comic Rex Havoc, the film attempts to reinvent the classic 1950’s monster B-movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy, a California girl who, on her wedding day, has the bad luck to be hit by a meteor, which causes her to grow to be 49 feet, 11½ inches tall....
New Iron Man 2 Standee, Character Posters And Photo Revealed By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2010 4:46 pm EST Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have released high resolution images of a new Iron Man 2 in theatre standee and two new character posters, both of which you can probably find in your local multiplex beginning this week. They have also released a new production photo from the film. Check it out, after the jump....
New Photos: Get Smart By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2008 9:51 am EST Warner Bros has released two new images from Get Smart. Basically, Steve Carell stands in the phone booth as Maxwell Smart, a super spy waiting to enter the super secret CONTROL offices. And below we see the super hot Anne Hathaway, looking ever so super hot, as Agent 99 while Carell does something goofy. As always, click to enlarge....
New Photos: The Darjeeling Limited By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 18, 2007 9:52 am EST Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other — to become brothers again like they used to be. Their “spiritual quest”, however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine....
New Set Photo: The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2009 4:16 am EST The Spanish movie website Estrenos deCine has posted yet another behind the scenes photo of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg together on the set of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Apparently it appeared in Empire Magazine a couple months back as well, but this is the first time I’ve seen it online....
Nick Nolte Cast In Luck, The New Show From David Milch And Michael Mann By Russ Fischer/March 8, 2010 6:05 pm EST Briefly: Well, if I wasn’t already excited about Luck, the show set in the world of California horse racing that is being assembled by David Milch and Michael Mann, I would be now. We already knew that Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Farina were in the cast, but now there is word that Nick Nolte will join them....
Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones Stops Filming Due To Creative Rift? By Hunter Stephenson/May 1, 2008 9:22 am EST Pardon the Christopher Guestish humor in this situation, but Flicks.Co.NZ is reporting that Peter Jackson and one of his art directors are in a big tiff on the set of The Lovely Bones. Why? Because they can’t agree on the film adaptation’s notion of Heaven. Filming has temporarily stopped until The Pearly Gates, a major aspect/set in the film, meets Jackson’s satisfaction....
Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader Join Greg Mottola’s Paul By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2009 8:11 pm EST Superbad/Adventureland director Greg Mottola’s next film is shaping up to be the funniest geek comedy ever filmed. But before I get into the new casting, let me tell you a little about the movie. Scripted by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (the duo from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) as two British nerds, fresh off a trip to Comic Con, who decide to go on a road trip to Area 51....
Sundance Movie Review: Assassination Of A High School President By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 25, 2008 3:09 am EST Assassination of a High School President is a murder mystery set in a high school, without the murder. Assassination of a High School President will likely be compared to Brick in every review you read, and every conversation you have about te flick. Yet, Assassination is not a copy of Brick, in fact, it was written before Brick....
Teen Wolf Remake In The Works. Sigh. By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2009 11:28 am EST I can be patient with remakes; if there’s a good story to tell, then sure, go ahead and do it. But Teen Wolf was a product of the ’80s in the same way that the Jonas Brothers are a product of Satan. You can’t catch the same lighting in a bottle. OK, it was more like a spark of static electricity, but without a budding star along the lines of Michael J Fox, who anchors this movie?...
Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks And Brad Pitt Competing For The Thirteen Women Of Jinling By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 12, 2009 5:02 pm EST This weekend sees A Noodle Story aka Three Guns, Zhang Yimou’s daffy-sounding comedy period movie remake of Blood Simple, hit Chinese cinema screens – if you haven’t seen the trailer yet please take a moment to go and bask in its great glowing eccentricity. With that one finally over and out, however, what’s next for the director?...
United Artists Pushes Valkyrie Back To February 2009. Tom Cruise Career Speculation Builds. By Hunter Stephenson/April 8, 2008 1:00 pm EST “Slide to the left, now slide to the right.” The Internets today: Tom Cruise’s career is on life support, yadda yadda. Is the Internets correct? I’m not fond of talking about Tom Cruise around the water cooler, but I’d say the Internets are wrong. Does that make me a relevant revolutionary?...
We Told You So: The Incredible Hulk Will Be GREEN, Not Gray By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2007 5:58 am EST A couple days back the internet became abuzz with the rumor that Hulk would be gray in The Incredible Hulk, starring Edward Norton. The rumor was started when producer Avi Arad told the genre room at the Spider-Man 3 junket that the new big screen Hulk would have a “new direction, new size, new color, new attitude....
X-Files: I Want To Believe - Three New Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2008 11:52 am EST source: Filmz
Breaking News: T-Shirts Reveal Top Secret Casting Developments By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 6, 2009 2:25 pm EST I mean, Worthington has previously admitted to being a comic book reader, and it seems logical that the Avengers shirt might just be part of his casual wardrobe. But now that we’ve done some research of our own, we’ve uncovered evidence to suggest otherwise. We’ve even discovered a batch of photos which might connect other actors and filmmakers with upcoming film projects, some of which haven’t even been announced in the trades....
Confirmed: Live Free Or Die Hard Is Rated PG-13 By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2007 10:50 am EST Well they could, and are. Willis has confirmed to AICN that the film is infact PG-13. Willis claims “that if you didn’t know it was PG-13, you couldn’t tell, because it got him to the edge of his seat at least 6 times. Now, it might not have as many “fucks” as in the past, but the action and intensity – he swears is there....
