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Muppet Update: Michael Gracey Sought To Direct Jim Henson Biopic, Fraggle Rock Goes Pop By Brendon Connelly/March 7, 2010 4:00 pm EST Even though Christopher Weekes’ script The Muppet Man ‘won’ last year’s Black List poll of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, there was every chance it would never make it to the screen. Essentially a biopic of Jim Henson peppered with fantastical scenes starring The Muppets, it would require the involvement somehow of both the Henson company, who hold the right to his life story and Walt Disney, who hold the rights to his famous felt creations....

New Pineapple Express Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 20, 2008 2:34 pm EST /Film photo scooper Christopher M has sent over a new batch of photos from Pineapple Express. As always, click to enlarge. Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop (Rosie Perez) and the city’s most dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene....

OFFICIAL: Writers To Strike By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2007 2:28 pm EST It’s official: The Writers Guild of America has announced that its 12,000 members will go on strike Monday at 12:01am, against the movie studios and television networks. The disagreement stems over the studio and network’s reluctance to pay residuals for DVD and internet media. Members have been told that all writing covered under WGA (which basically means EVERYTHING) must cease when the strike begins....

Predators Teaser Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2010 4:00 am EST

Stephen Daldry Planning Dumbo: The Musical By Brendon Connelly/March 4, 2010 8:33 am EST Disney are reported to have at least 20 stage shows in development at the moment, though it seems unlikely that they’ll all see opening night. Of those that do, a number will not be Broadway productions, instead touring or being licensed to regional theatre companies. It’s only the select few that will see The Great White Way, though what will qualify a show to be select, I don’t quite know....

Surrogates Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2009 12:06 pm EST Touchstone Pictures has released the official trailer for the sci-fi comic book adaptation of Surrogates. The movie tells the story of FBI agents (Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell) who are investigating the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves....

Trivia: Disney Wanted To Make A Computer Animated Nightmare Before Christmas 2 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2009 10:00 am EST Coraline director Henry Selick tells cinecon that at one point Disney had been considering making a sequel to his 1993 stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas, but they wanted to make it using computer animation. “A few years back, Disney spoke to me and the sad thing was at the time, they said, ‘If we do a sequel, it will have to be CG....

VOTD: Toy Story / Dark Knight Mash-Up By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2008 12:00 am EST Toy Story / Dark Knight Mash-Up The Pitch: al28283 recut the trailer for The Dark Knight using clips from Pixar’s Toy Story / Toy Story 2. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail....

Watchmen Hearing Delayed; Settlement Talks Productive By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2009 2:39 pm EST So this is beginning to look a lot better already. If we’re lucky, the two sides might come up with a settlement over the weekend.

Babylon A.D. Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2007 11:48 am EST Alex at FirstShowing has scored the poster for Vin Diesel’s upcoming sci-fi movie Babylon A.D. I know, I know, it’s Vin Diesel, and you probably don’t care, but the poster looks kinda bad ass (but not completely bad ass). The film follows Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) who takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman (Mélanie Thierry) from Russia to China....

Buried Screenwriter Goes To The ATM By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2010 11:24 pm EST Screenwriter Chris Sparling made a name for himself with the one-man, one-location script Buried, which landed on the Black List, an industry insider list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year, and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Huge buzz (read my review) resulted in a bidding war which ended with Lionsgate spending millions to distribute the film....

Chucky Cloned, Takes Manhattan, Misses Old New York Et Al By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 11, 2008 6:24 pm EST To celebrate the 20th anniversary DVD of Child’s Play, a gang of Chuckys brandishing butcher knives and axes were unleashed in Times Square. Did any of our readers karate kick one? Do tell below. On a previous /Filmcast, we joked that the planned Child’s Play remake would feature Chucky as a real boy instead of a dated My Buddy doll, but this is twice creepy....

Comic-Con Video Blog: Nightmare On Elm Street And Jonah Hex By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2009 12:10 pm EST If there is one thing that this year’s Comic-Con is seriously lacking is a reliable internet connection. With the proliferation of of tech delaptops and internet enabled phones, the amount of people looking for that connection is growing larger and larger. And at an event like Comic-Con that brings 150,000 geeks together, the bandwidth isn’t available to accommodate the demand....

Commercial Director Spotlight: Brian Beletic’s Human Chain By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 11:55 pm EST We usually don’t feature a non-movie-related television commercial unless it is directed by a famous director, or a director who is signed to an upcoming project, but there are exceptions for every rule. Nike Sportswear’s Just Do It – “Human Chain” is a 60-second spot which took over two years to complete (from what I can tell, production began in October 2007)....

Contest: Black Christmas On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 12:20 am EST Black Christmas will hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for two lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 7th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Indiana Jones Bags By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2007 9:26 am EST Today we found a couple photos of these sweet Indiana Jones bags. Apparently San Francisco Company Ape Do Good Screenprinting made the bags for an internal LucasFilm event. At first I thought they might be part of the crew gifts. The bags are unfortunately not for sale. Trust me, I called the company up and tried to get my hands on one....

First Look: Dwayne Johnson In Faster By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2010 2:21 am EST CBS Films premiered the first production photo from their upcoming action film Faster in today’s edition of USA Today. The George Tillman Jr.-directed revenge thriller stars Dwayne Johnson as “an ex-con pursued by cops and killers as he sets out to avenge his brother’s death.” The photo above was taken from a promo poster on display at ShoWest....

First Look: Satya Bhabha In Costume As Matthew Patel In Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2009 1:00 am EST Edgar Wright has posted the first photo of Satya Bhabha in costume from the set of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. As you probably know, Scott Pilgrim is is based on the Oni Press graphic novel written by Bryan Lee O’Malley. In the film adaptation, Michael Cera plays 23-year-old Canadian slacker Scott Pilgrim, who must battle and defeat his dream girl’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), seven evil ex-“boyfriends” in order to win her heart....

Geek Deal: Futurama Volumes 1-4 On DVD For $43 By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2009 1:23 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Geek Deal: Rome: The Complete Series On Blu-Ray Or DVD For 57%-60% Off By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2009 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As with any Gold Box Deal of the Day, the sale price will vanish at midnight on Saturday night.