The Incredible Hulk: New International Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2008 10:51 am EST Universal has released a new International movie trailer for Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk. Most of the footage contained within has been seen in the last two trailers with a little more “Hulk Smash”, but it’s probably worth a look. I don’t know that many people excited for this film, but for some reason, I think Hulk could be a sleeper hit....
Transformers Transforms Box Office: $152.5 Million In 6 Days By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2007 12:59 pm EST As predicted, Transformers kicked more ass at the box office this weekend, with a Sunday morning estimate of $67.6 million. This brings the giant robot film to a grand total of $152.5 million in just 6.1 days of release (the film opening on Monday night at 8:00pm). WOW. Our friend Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls has a good round-up of what Michael Bay’s Transformers has accomplished thus far:...
Wanted Creator Mark Millar Lines Up His Directorial Debut By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2009 7:50 am EST Comics writer Mark Millar has recently become a fixture on the film scene, thanks in part to projects that adapt his comics Wanted and Kick-Ass. Now Millar has said that he’s got a directorial project lined up for himself. Next year he’ll make the Frank Miller move, turning from comics writer to film director, and in much less time than it took Miller....
/Film Quoted On Eagle Vs. Shark DVD By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2008 7:22 pm EST /Film reader Daniel C passes along word that /Film is quoted on the Australian release of Taika Waititi’s Eagle vs. Shark, which was one of my favorite films of 2007. Unfortunately Miramax Films didn’t know how to market the film, and the movie went virtually unseen by mainstream audiences. It was also passed by indie audiences because it came at the end of the tidal wave of way-too-quirky indie films, that were released in the years following Napoleon Dynamite....
Academy Award Film Festival At An AMC Theater Near You By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2007 5:24 am EST AMC Theaters has announced that it will show the five movies nominated for Best Picture back-toback on the Saturday before the Academy Awards. AMC, the second biggest theater chain in the United States, will sell tickets for only $30. The mini-film festival will be shown at 78 theaters across the country on February 24th 2007 beginning at 11:00am....
Brad Bird Talks The Incredibles 2 By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2007 2:03 pm EST Will Brad Bird make a sequel to The Incredibles? “I love the characters and I would love to return to that world,” Bird told a packed audience at the San Francisco based WonderCom 2007. “But I think at Pixar, the bottom line is the story that you’re telling. And Pixar does not look at sequels as a financial plan....
Carl Erik Rinsch To Direct 47 Ronin By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2009 4:56 pm EST Variety says that the film is a “priority” “large budget” project for Universal, which makes it all the more unusual that the studio is entrusting a first time feature director with the potential tentpole feature. Wanted screenwriter Chris Morgan has described the project as a “great, Gladiator-esque, 300-like big action movie with samurai and ninja.”...
Cool Stuff: Babyface Toy Story Remote Control Toy By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2010 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the official product description: FAIL Toy Video Review: They’ll enjoy hair-raising excitement with this Babyface Toy Story Remote Control. Created by Andy’s evil neighbor Sid in Disney/Pixar’s popular Toy Story, Babyface is the leader of the mutant toys, combining a one-eyed doll’s head atop a spider made from an erector set....
Cool Stuff: Splatter Exhibition In London By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2008 6:00 am EST jCauty&SON are holding a Splatter exhibition at The Aquarium in London. The multi-media art show focuses on “the plausible impossibility of death in the mind of cartoon characters”.jCauty&SON is also selling a bunch of limited edition prints from the exhibit.Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff?...
Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Is Dead In The Water By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2009 8:49 pm EST When Disney chairman Dick Cook got the boot (or quit) a few weeks back, many guessed that the first high-profile casualty of his exit would be the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Not likely, as that’s a film that Disney will keep afloat at almost any cost. As it turns out, the first big picture to shut down in the wake of Cook’s exit was another big oceangoing effects film he’d championed....
Disney To Close Robert Zemeckis’ Mo-Cap Studio ImageMovers Digital In 2011 By Russ Fischer/March 12, 2010 2:45 pm EST Very unexpected news from the Disney camp today: the studio has just issued a press release saying that, after production finishes on Mars Needs Moms, the Robert Zemeckis studio ImageMovers Digital will be closed in 2011. We don’t have a lot of details on the closing right now, but a statement from Walt Disney Studios president Alan Bergman says it all:...
First Look: Trick R Treat By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2007 3:24 pm EST We were just sent a new image from Warner Bros’ new film Trick ‘R Treat. Click on the picture above to see a much larger version. Trick R Treat is screenwriter Michael Dougherty (X2, Superman Returns) feature directorial debut. Plot Synopsis: It is said that Halloween is the night when the dead rise to walk among us and other unspeakable things roam free....
Happy Valentine’s Day By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2009 1:23 pm EST /Film would like to wish everyone out there a Happy Valentine’s Day! The very wrong Star Wars valentine card above was created by Joel Watson. After the jump you will find the full animated special: “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown” thanks to SlingMedia and /Film reader Matt B. Card via: DailyWhat Happy Valentine’s Day By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2009 1:23 pm EST...
Hobbit Casting Rumor: Tennant, McAvoy And Radcliffe In Running For Bilbo Baggins? By Russ Fischer/July 16, 2009 3:01 pm EST When Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro get The Hobbit going before cameras soon, Ian Holm, who played Hobbit hero Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, won’t be back in big rubber feet. Casting Bilbo is a big deal; any actor chosen will have to hold his own against a horde of effects while still putting across a lot of character....
International Toy Story 3 Movie Trailer Contains A Little Bit Of New Footage By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2010 1:12 pm EST Last week we posted a new trailer for Toy Story 3 which revealed a whole bunch of new characters. We even did an extensive write-up of all the fun Pixar easter eggs that can be found in the trailer. Over the weekend, Walt Disney Pictures released an international version of the trailer, which features a litte bit of footage not contained in the domestic release....
James Cameron Talks Avatar 2, Terminator 5 & 6, Spider-Man Reboot, Batman Movies, How Hollywood Is Getting 3D Wrong, And His Oscar Chances By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2010 1:13 am EST Cameron talks about the Avatar Sequel, which he confirms will involve the same characters from the first film, including the humans, who he imagines will probably show with another fight: Cameron comments of Wisher’s treatment for Terminator 5 & 6, and explains why he has no desire to return to the series:...
Jason Lee Picks Up His First Directing Gig, While New Moon’s Chris Weitz Might Stop Directing Altogether By David Chen/Nov. 18, 2009 11:08 pm EST Chris Weitz’s sure-to-be-a-blockbuster New Moon is about to hit theaters, but according to a recent conversation he had with MovieMaker (via In Contention), he might soon be ready to hang up his spurs. Meanwhile, we also learned that actor Jason Lee is finally stepping behind the camera to direct his first feature-length film....
Jeff Bridges’ Iron Man Photo Diary By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2008 1:19 am EST You probably know Jeff Bridges as an actor, but many people don’t know that he also dabbles in photography as a hobby. Bridges recently updated his online photo book with his behind the scenes Iron Man photos. There are lots of great stuff including a look inside Stan Winston studios, photos from early production meetings, a wardrobe test, and various sets from the film....
Lionsgate To Buy Summit Entertainment? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2009 9:28 pm EST Sharon Waxman is reporting that Summit Entertainment is in negotiations to merge with Lionsgate. According to the report, Lionsgate would pay Summit an amount worth nearly two years of operation costs, in exchange for the rights to Summit’s library of six films, a cable distribution deal through Showtime, and most importantly, the rights to the Twilight franchise. Right now both sides aren’t talking, but a merger deal has been in the works for a while now, at one point broke down, and are apparently back on again....
Mike Nichols Adapting Patricia Highsmith’s Deep Water By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 17, 2009 11:30 am EST As yet unfilmed, I believe, is her novel Deep Water, now over fifty years old without a single adaptation. This will change in the coming months, however, as Mike Nichols has been attached to realise it cinematically with Joe Penhall, writer of the upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, set to handle scripting duties for him....
