Paul Haggis’ In The Valley Of Elah Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2007 2:33 pm EST Warner Independent has released the movie trailer for Paul Haggis new film In the Valley of Elah. For me Paul Haggis has been off and on. I thought Million Dollar Baby was okay if not overrated, I loved Crash, Casino Royale, and Letters From Iwo Jima. I liked The Last Kiss, and hated Flags of our Fathers....
Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales Seeks More Money By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2007 6:43 am EST Kelly says that a release date has not been scheduled, a soundtrack deal is on the way, casting has begun for The Box, and announces that he’s been hired to write a action movie for a big director (current speculation points to a Vanishing Point remake). Check out Kelly’s blog posting below: I have been inundated with requests about the trailer for Southland Tales… and I am sorry to say that it does not yet exist:( Sorry everyone… but I promise we are getting closer!...
Spy Hunter Idles At The Starting Line Once More By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2010 9:35 pm EST It’s like it’s 2003 all over again. Or 2007. Spy Hunter may not be the video game that has had the most failed movie development attempts, but after having John Woo, Paul WS Anderson and Dwayne Johnson keen to get it off the ground, it is one of the more high profile denizens of development hell....
Sylvain White To Ruin CastleVania Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2007 8:14 pm EST The good news is that Paul W.S. Anderson (not EVER to be confused with the much more talented Paul Thomas Anderson) is not filming the big screen adaptation of Castlevania. The bad news is that Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White has signed on to helm the project. You probably don’t remember White from such forgettable work such as Trois 3: The Escort and the direct to video feature I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer....
The Comebacks Gets Pushed Back By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2007 4:15 pm EST The Tom “I’m not the guy who plays football for the New England Patriots” Brady-directed inspirational sport spoof The Comebacks has been pushed back six months. May-be this explains why they only displayed 10-minutes in Aspen. The film had a lackluster preview showing at the US Comedy Arts Festival last week. Our friends at FirstShowing enjoyed the “special preview” more than expected, but is that good enough?...
Tom Cruise To Star In Mission: Impossible 4; JJ Abrams Will NOT Direct By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2010 2:40 pm EST When it was first announced that JJ Abrams and Tom Cruise were reteaming to co-produce a fourth Mission Impossible film, a lot of factors were unknown. Would it be a reboot, a spinoff? Would Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt? Would JJ Abrams also direct? Well now we finally have our answer — Paramount Pictures has signed a deal with Tom Cruise to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in M:I-IV....
VOTD: Hobo With A Shotgun By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2009 12:00 am EST Hobo With A Shotgun is a 2007 short film by /Film friends, the Award-winning team behind Treevenge, the short film that kicked Sundance’s ass last week. We previously featured their Fantastic Fest intro short Report Card in a previous edition of Video of the Day. The film won the Grindhouse Trailer Contest put on by the SXSW Film Festival & Robert Rodriguez....
WarGames 2 Cover Art By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2008 1:49 am EST If the trailer for the direct-to-DVD sequel/remake of the 1983 cult classic hacker film WarGames didn’t scare you off, than I don’t know what will. How about the cover art from the upcoming DVD release? Is it just me or does this look like the cover of a crappy novel you’d find in the bargain section of Borders?...
WB Launches Hulu Competitor By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2008 12:48 am EST Warner Bros is launching a Hulu competitor on TheWB.com, which will include ad supported seasons of popular WB shows like Friends, The OC, Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Smallville. According to TechCrunch, the site will offer a bunch of features not offered by Hulu or other television network sites. For example, you will be able to search the entire library for words spoken within the episodes....
Will Michael Jackson’s This Is It Open To The Tune Of $250 Million? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2009 6:45 am EST I thought the idea of a Michael Jackson concert film based on rehearsal footage from his planned run of London shows was ghoulish and exploitative when first announced. The trailer for This Is It didn’t change my mind, but a great many people evidently see only the Michael Jackson of old....
Wonder Woman Movie Still Dead By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2007 11:20 am EST “We’re kind of pausing on Wonder Woman now. Let them go ahead and do [Justice League] first,” Joel Silver said in a news conference while promoting Fred Claus. “And if that comes together, Wonder Woman will be a part of that story. And then we’ll see where we go from there. But we struggled with it for a while....
Zombieland International Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2009 7:00 pm EST A bunch of trailers have been released thus far for Zombieland: Teaser trailer, Red Band Trailer, and a Comic-Con Trailer. Today Sony Pictures International has released an international trailer, which focuses on one of the best part of the clever screenplay – the rules of surviving in Zombieland, before it goes into the awesome theme park action clips. If you’ve seen the previous trailers, then you know what to expect....
37-Minute Interview With Andrew Stanton By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2009 12:06 pm EST I just got done watching David Poland’s 37 minute interview with Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton, and WOW. If you’re at all interested in the way Pixar makes films, this interview is a much watch. I highly recommend you check it out. You can even put it on and listen to it play in the background as you work....
Astro Boy Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2009 12:45 pm EST Summit Entertainment have released the first full feature trailer for their big screen computer animated adaptation of Astro Boy (you might remember we previously posted the second teaser trailer here). Produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the guys responsible for the recent computer animated TMNT film, and set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Tenma (Nicolas Cage)....
Blindness International Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2008 10:37 pm EST Alliance Films has released the international trailer for Fernando Meirelles’ Cannes hit Blindness. Adapted from Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago’s masterwork, BLINDNESS is a harrowing tale about the fragility of mankind. Directed by the Academy Award® nominated (City Of God) Fernando Meirelles, from a screenplay by the Tony Award® winning (The Drowsy Chaperone) Don McKellar, BLINDNESS stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal....
Casting Notes: Owen Wilson Works With Woody Allen; New Projects For Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas And Kevin Bacon By Russ Fischer/Feb. 19, 2010 9:39 am EST Owen Wilson is often thought of in light of his broad comedies, but he’s not stuck doing silly stuff. There’s his long association with Wes Anderson, a project currently in the works with James L. Brooks, and now Wilson has signed on to be in Woody Allen’s next movie....
Cloverfield Easter Egg Spotted In Star Trek Super Bowl Ad By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2009 2:59 pm EST Our friend Felipe from CSTSE points out that Tagruato, the evil Japanese corporation from the Cloverfield viral campaign, has a cameo in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. A skyscraper in a futuristic San Francisco (home to Starfleet Academy) features the Tagruato logo. A cool little Easter egg. Knowing Abrams, Star Trek is bound to be full of little nods like this to Abrams’ other films and Trek history....
Cool Stuff: Peanuts Massacre T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2008 6:00 am EST I’m sure the family of Charles Schultz would file a lawsuit if they saw Validus Apparel’s Peanuts / Friday the 13th mash-up t-shirt — Peanuts Massacre. Available on Validus Apparel for $15 while supplies last.Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail....
Cool Stuff: Zach Johnson’s Alternative Poster For The Brothers Bloom By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2009 6:00 am EST Rian Johnson’s cousin Zach Johnson created an alternative poster for The Brothers Bloom. Zach is responsible for a lot of the hand-drawn artwork included in the film. He created the alternative poster as a free side project, and Summit liked it so much they added it to the film’s official website. Check out the full poster and the artist’s thoughts after the jump....
Daniel Craig Turns Down Thor By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2008 12:57 pm EST When it was revealed that Kenneth Branagh was in talks to direct a big screen adaptation of Thor, many people wondered what a Branagh superhero movie would be like. Now we have some idea. IESB is reporting that Marvel actually offered the lead role to Daniel Craig, but the Quantum of Solace star confirmed that he actually turned down the role....
