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Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Screen Return Is Scripted And Ready To Shoot (Still) By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2009 10:04 pm EST We’ve known for a while that Pee-Wee Herman wants to star in new films. (When Paul Reubens is in this particular character, it’s difficult not to refer to him as Pee-Wee, and I’m not going to fight it.) He’s talked about a couple of different scripts in vague terms — one for adults, one for kids — and his plans to bring Pee-Wee’s Playhouse to the stage were implication enough that keeping the Playhouse alive was still part of his movie plan....

Rumor Killer: Crowe NOT In Dark Knight, McAvoy NOT Confirmed For Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2007 10:43 am EST Yesterday we reported on a story that claimed that Christian Bale revealed that 3:10 To Yuma co-star Russell Crowe was featured in the upcoming Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. We speculated that he must have been joking, because why would Russell appear in the film if he wasn’t a lead character?...

See Ryan Reynolds As Captain Excellent In Paper Man By Brendon Connelly/May 29, 2009 7:23 am EST Indiewire report that Michelle and Kieran Mulroney’s Paper Man will be receiving the opening night Gala screening of the LA Film Festival. The Mulroneys, in case you had forgotten, were the screenwriters behind the JLA film, Justice League: Mortal. This film, their directorial debut, happens to be a kind of superhero movie too. In the picture at the head of this post you can see Ryan Reynolds as Captain Excellent, alonsgide Jeff Daniels as Richard Dunn, the writer who created him....

Sony Buys Woody Harrelson’s Hero Flick Defendor By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2009 2:10 pm EST I’ve been unabashedly up on Defendor’s jock ever since the first images dropped, and it’s been good to see the film get some decent notes out of Toronto. The Canadian film, directed by first-timer Peter Stebbings, stars Woody Harrelson as a homespun superhero out to defeat a villain who may or may not exist. Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh and Elias Koteas co-star....

Steven Spielberg Shopping Jackie O Biopic; Would Produce, Not Direct By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2010 6:45 am EST Briefly: Steven Spielberg still doesn’t have a new directorial project, but he’s shepherding yet another film as producer. Spielberg is helping sell Jackie, a Noah Oppenheim script based on the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.The LA Times reports Spielberg’s involvement with the script, which centers on Jackie O’ perspective on the days immediately after the assassination of her husband, President John F....

The Dark Knight: New Photos And Set Report By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2008 1:42 am EST The New York Times has a nice set visit feature on The Dark Knight. I would recommend you read it, but even the first paragraph features a pretty major spoiler. Sure, it was something we wrote about last year, but we gave you full warning, placed it after a jump, and were still criticized heavily for publishing it....

The Simpsons In HD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2009 1:34 pm EST This Sunday night, The Simpsons will, for the first time ever, be broadcast in High Definition. They have created a brand new opening of the show to mark the occasion. But you don’t have to wait until Sunday to see it, check it out after the jump. The Simpsons In HD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2009 1:34 pm EST...

Three Minutes Of Speed Racer By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2008 12:43 am EST Warner Bros has released three minutes of Wachowski Brothers’ Speed Racer online. Think you’ve seen the crazy cinematography of the wacked out action sequences in the trailers? Think again. This new clip shows how it’s all cut together with insane non-stop transitions and I’m actually surprised at how much it actually plays like a cartoon. Check out the clip below....

Tron Legacy Writers Edward Kitsis And Adam Horowitz To Write Ouija Board Film By David Chen/Nov. 1, 2009 10:43 pm EST Can I make a confession? I’m not 100% gung-ho about Tron Legacy, as I know other writers and Comic-Con attendees have been. Maybe it’s because Tron wasn’t a huge part of my childhood, or maybe it’s because I was underwhelmed by the footage (or lack thereof) at Comic-Con this year....

Twilight Stars Get $10 Million Pay Raise For Sequel By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2008 1:49 pm EST Making a Twilight sequel isn’t going to be cheap. Stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who were each paid $2 million for the first film, will be getting enormous pay raises. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Pattinson and Stewart will be paid $12 million each for the sequel, New Moon. It’s worth noting that the first film was made for only $37 million....

W. Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2008 10:40 pm EST Lionsgate has released a final trailer for Oliver Stone’s W, which is basically an extended version of the recent tv spots. I think this is a vast improvement over the teaser trailer, because you get a much better understanding of the comedic/dramtic tone of the film. The juxtaposition of the war images with Bush’s stupidity is pure Stone. I also love how they call George Bush Sr....

Your First Look At Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox By Russ Fischer/July 10, 2009 10:15 am EST

/Film Is Hiring A News Writer! Do You Have What It Takes? By David Chen/April 13, 2009 2:37 pm EST Do you like reading /Film? Do you voraciously consume any film news you can get your hands on? Do you enjoy writing? Do you have an encyclopedic knowledge of film that borders on creepy or annoying? Do you have an interesting perspective on film news that you are able to articulate in an interesting and eloquent way?...

2007: The Cinematic Year Of Anton By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2007 12:23 am EST Every year new names become popular. Cinemascopian points out that 2007 has had three films featuring lead characters with the unusual name of Anton: Anton Ego, “Ratatouille” Anton Corbijn, “Control” Anton Chigurh, “No Country for Old Men” I wonder if such a cinematic occurrence might eventually someday reflect in those popular baby name charts. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Anton will replace Michael....

Angelina Jolie Considering Wanted Sequel By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2009 1:00 pm EST At some point, we’ll have to agree that the spoiler window has closed for Wanted, but I’ll play along for now and warn you that there are some of those after the break. If you remember from the first film, we have a recovery room with the baths of wax. We know how to do this, but it’s still tough to do, because the bullet is inside her head…But there has to be a reason for her to come back… and we know the reason....

Box Office: Horton Hears A Who Is The 14th Best Animated Opening Of All Time By Steve Mason/March 15, 2008 12:25 am EST ALL-TIME TOP 15 ANIMATED OPENINGS Shrek the Third – $121.6M Shrek 2 – $108M The Simpsons Movie – $74M The Incredibles – $70.4M Finding Nemo – $70.2M Ice Age: The Meltdown – $68M Monsters Inc. – $62.5M Cars – $60.1M Toy Story 2 – $57.3M Shark Tale – $47....

Can Michael Bay Be Convinced To Fast Track A Transformers 3? By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2009 6:00 am EST After Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s monstrous 5-day domestic box office take of $201.2 million, Dreamworks/Paramount is going to want to fast track a third film into production and strike while the iron is hot. But will Bay hold up the big giant robots return to the big screen? The studio has announced a July 1st 2011 release date for another sequel, but Michael Bay has been saying that he wants to make a smaller film before returning to the big robot action....

Carl Erik Rinsch In Talks To Remake Creature From The Black Lagoon By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 14, 2009 10:00 pm EST Crazies director Breck Eisner was originally attached to direct a script by Gary Ross, whose father, Arthur A. Ross, co-wrote the original. Ross is still producing, and it is unclear if his previous draft will be rewritten or thrown out. When Eisner was attached to the project, the plan was to release a PG-13 rated remake with “a dark adventure tone” in 3D....

Catwoman Scribes In Talks For XXX: The Return Of Shitty Action Movies By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2008 11:15 pm EST Michael Ferris and John Brancato are in early talks to write the screenplay for XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, the third film in the series which re-teams hack director Rob Cohen and robot turned actor Vin Diesel. Ferris and Brancato made a name for themselves with David Fincher’s The Game, but are probably best known for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Net, Catwoman, Primeval and Terminator Salvation....

Choke Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2008 2:57 pm EST Watch the trailer in High Definition on MTV.com. Choke will hit theaters on September 26th 2008. Official Plot Synopsis: Actor-turned-director Clark Gregg shows he is as adept behind the camera as he is in front of it with CHOKE, a wickedly colorful dark comedy about mothers and sons, sexual compulsion, and the sordid underbelly of Colonial theme parks. Victor Mancini (Rockwell), a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida (Huston), in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical reenactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park....