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The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Edition And Jurassic Park Coming To Blu-Ray By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 28, 2010 10:35 am EST Two recently revealed news bit on upcoming Blu-ray releases seem to have particular interest to the /Film readership, I would guess. First of all, DVD Town have run a list of the Warner Bros. 2010 slate and, besides some of my own must-buys like Three Kings, Mars Attacks and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, there was also a listing for The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition....

Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2008 12:39 pm EST It has been confirmed, the seqel to Transformers will be titled… Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen If you were trying to avoid spoiler, better not look at the title. I’ve seen a couple people complaining about it on other sites, but I actually quite like it. It’s very old school in a Revenge of the Jedi meets Empire Strikes Back type way....

VOTD: Firelight - SNL Digital Short Parodies Twilight By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2009 10:29 pm EST On this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, the digital short was a Twilight spin-off parody titled Firelight. What happens when a high school girl falls in love with a reanimated green jock and two worlds collide? This is probably one of the funniest Twilight parodies I’ve seen. Watch it now after the jump. VOTD: Firelight - SNL Digital Short Parodies Twilight...

Website To Allow Box Office Betting In Real Dollars. What Are The Implications? By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 1, 2009 4:55 pm EST Information gathered by the HSX reportedly already informs legitimate box office betting in the UK, and foreseeably anyone of age in the U.S. will soon be able to participate. But what are the implications of online betting for Hollywood (Showbiz 411 wonders about insider trading), not to mention for the state of film?...

Alice In Wonderland Not Being Shot In 3D? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 1:35 pm EST Back in September, we posted the first set photos of Mia Wasikowska as Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I noticed that the camera filming Wasikowska didn’t appear to be a 3D rig. At the time I wrote it off as possibly being one of the non-3D scenes from the start of the film, before Alice enters Wonderland....

Avatar Day Showtime And Tickets Details By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2009 3:48 pm EST The screenings will take place at 6 and 6:30pm on Friday, August 21. The presentation will begin with an introduction from James Cameron, after which will follow sixteen minutes of footage, including some stuff not shown at Comic Con. (The LA Times says sixteen minutes, which contrasts the originally announced 15 minutes. I’ll update to clarify when I know if the presentation will be 15 min of footage and a one-minute intro, or something different....

Barry Sonnenfeld To Direct The How-To Guide For Saving The World By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2008 9:53 pm EST Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty, Pushing Daisies) has signed on to direct The How-To Guide for Saving the World for MGM. BenDavid Grabinski’s action comedy screenplay appeared on the 2008 Black List, a list which ranks the hottest screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, compiled by a poll of 250 development executives and high-level assistants....

Ben Affleck To Write, Direct And Star In The Town By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 15, 2008 7:41 pm EST Warner Bros has hired Ben Affleck to rewrite, direct and star in a big screen adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel The Prince of Thieves. The film adaptation will be released under the title The Town. The project was originally set up with Unfaithful director Adrian Lyne. Affleck will do a rewrite on the latest screenplay draft which was co-authored by Peter Craig and Chuck Hogan....

Casting Notes: Will Ferrell Toplines A Remake; Jay Mohr In Hereafter; Kellan Lutz And Mandy Moore Explore Marriage Together By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2010 12:12 pm EST Not a lot of cast announcements this week, as Sundance has a great deal of Hollywood on hold. But there’s one big story and a handful of small ones to report. The big one is that Will Ferrell is reportedly going to star in a remake of I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single....

Clash Of The Titans Shooting New Scenes… And Maybe Going 3D? By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 19, 2009 3:57 pm EST According to Sam Worthington, the Clash of the Titans cast and crew will be reconvening in January to film some more scenes for the film, just a couple of months ahead of its release. What’s more, he’s also saying there’s a chance that the film will be ‘dimensionalised’ into 3D. Is there really time for all this monkeying about?...

Cool Stuff: Jason Munn’s “The 4-Toed Statue” Lost Art By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2009 11:00 pm EST The DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com Lost-Inspired art viral is still going strong. Here is a round up of the art revealed thus far: Hurley-inspired print by Tim Doyle. Locke-inspired poster created by UK artist Olly Moss, Dharma Van print by Methane Studios, and “The Crash” poster by Eric Tan. Last night Lostites were directed to a Fall Out Boy concert in Dallas Texas....

Cool Stuff: Tarantino Babies T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 6:00 am EST Last week we featured Dutch Southern’s Hope for a Better Tomorrow T-Shirt in Cool Stuff. But Blair Sayer’s Tarantino Babies t-shirt is just as cool. Featuring a design which is inspired by the idea “What if Quentin Tarantino directed Muppet Babies”. Screen printed on an American Apparel olive t-shirt for just $18 on DutchSouthern.com. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....

Danny Boyle Might Potentially Be Interested In Directing “28 Months Later.” Maybe. By David Chen/Nov. 10, 2008 9:00 am EST Last month, we reported that Paul Andrew Williams had been mentioned as a possibility to direct 28 Months Later, the sequel to the Fresnadillo-helmed 28 Weeks Later, which was the second part in the 28 saga. Now comes word from scifi.com [via AICN] that Danny Boyle, the director of 28 Days Later and of the upcoming Slumdog Millionaire (my favorite film of the year so far) might be interested in directing 28 Months....

Fake Indiana Jones 4 Poster By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2008 1:34 am EST Update: Paramount has confirmed this poster as a FAKE. Paul at the movie chronicles sent us a photo of a new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull found out in the wild. I much prefer the teaser poster. Shia LaBeouf looks rather strange, and I’m still not on board with the greaser with a sword visual....

First Photo From Iron Man 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 6:22 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released the first production photo from Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 in Friday’s issue of USA Today. The photo features Robert Downey Jr, as Tony Stark, working on stuff in his lab. Notice the wall of Iron Man suits in the background. Favreau tells the newspaper that the sequel will play with the ideas of “how many superheroes are open about their true identities?...

International Trailer: Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple Remake Looks…Kooky By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2009 9:50 am EST First up, Zhang Yimou’s sorta-remake of Blood Simple, the amazing debut feature by Joel and Ethan Coen, has a new title. Once called Amazing Tales: Three Guns, the title now seems to be The First Gun. Except that in some places, as on the upload for the trailer featured below, the title Amazing Tales: Three Guns, or some variant on it, persists....

Live Free Or Die Hard Trailer In The Grindhouse By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2007 5:45 am EST Since both movies are from totally different companies, I would expect an online premiere on Thursday, but nothing is confirmed. But what is known, you will be able to catch the new Die Hard trailer right before Grindhouse, which hits theaters on April 6th 2007.

New Photos: Neil Marshall’s Centurion By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2009 5:09 pm EST Check out a new production photo (above) from Neil Marshall’s epic action film Centurion. Also, the recent issue of Total Film Magazine (#154) features an article with more production photos. See a preview after the jump. Set in 117 AD, the film tells the story of a group of Roman soldiers who must fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated in a devastating guerrilla attack....

New Posters And Banners: The Condemned By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2007 1:25 pm EST Lionsgate sent over some photos of some of the outdoor and in theater advertising for The Condemned. Photographed above is a triple poster banner for the film. After the jump we also have a look at the bus shelter poster and the double wide two-sheet. As always, left click for high resolution versions. It seems like the studio is more willing to promote WWE star Steve Austin on these new advertisements....

New Terminator Salvation Production Photos And Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2009 3:41 pm EST International distributor Sony Pictures has provided ScreenWeek with four new Terminator Salvation production photos featuring Moon Bloodgood and Common. Meanwhile, WiReD has a fantastic making of feature that includes a bunch of cool conept art from the film, including a look at Skynet, the Terminator factory, and two of the new Terminators: the hydrabot and the Moto-Terminator....