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Notorious Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2008 2:06 pm EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/notorious.flv 470 254] Official Plot Synopsis: Notorious tells the story of the life of rapper Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. The film stars multiple award winner Angela Bassett as Christopher’s mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur and introducing Jamal Woolard as The Notorious B.I.G. After the overwhelming response to a year long aggressive and active worldwide search, Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn native, was selected to portray the infamous rapper....

Ratner Rumor: Brett Ratner In Talks For $100 Million Conan Reboot? By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 18, 2008 8:00 am EST Before I shower, thought I’d get this item out of the way. Dread Central is reporting that director Brett Ratner—who is reeling from having his lifelong dream of Guitar Hero: The Movie dashed by Activision—is being sought by Nu Image for their Conan reboot. As of now, this is merely a rumor for us to smirk at....

Scarlett Johansson Goes On A Diamond Heist By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2007 1:00 pm EST Scarlett Johansson is going to reteam with music video director Samuel Bayer (Justin Timberlake’s “What Goes Around…Comes Around”) to make a heist film. “It’s called ‘Brilliance’ and it’s about diamond thieves, and we start shooting this winter. So many things came together in all the right ways. It really was a case of ‘what goes around, comes around....

Sex Pistols And Joe Strummer Documentarian Julien Temple To Dramatize History Of The Kinks By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2009 11:02 am EST Before he fathered the young actress Juno Temple, filmmaker Julien Temple became known for music videos and films like The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle, in which he looked at the Sex Pistols from manager Malcolm McLaren’s point of view. Pistols singer John Lydon decried much of Swindle as put-on bullshit spun by McLaren, but there’s no denying the film’s weird potency....

ShoWest: Sherlock Holmes Is Funny? Linda Hamilton Appears In Terminator Salvation! By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2009 10:12 am EST A trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Homes premiered this morning at ShoWest. This is definitely not the Sherlock Holmes you’ve ever seen before. I was surprised at how comical the footage was. It felt a little like the humor of Disney’s Pirates of the Carribbean films. Fans of Ritchie might be interested to know that the director’s stylish cinematography was definitely intact....

Spontaneous Sundance Interviews: Director Ricki Stern, Film Critic Peter Travers By David Chen/Jan. 24, 2010 2:10 am EST Today on Dave’s random Sundance encounters: I talk with the director of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, about why she chose Joan Rivers as a documentary subject. I also bumped into /Film fan and Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers about why /Film ruins the moviegoing experience. Here’s director Ricki Stern, whose film about Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work promises to be pretty interesting: It was a thrill to meet Peter Travers tonight....

Welcome To Comic-Con 2007 By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2007 3:47 pm EST I just arrived in San Diego this morning, and boy is this place beautiful. The airport was packed with comic book geeks. You couldn’t look in any one direction without seeing at-least one Star Wars, Grindhouse or a Sin City t-shirt. The city is prepared to be taken over by convention attendees. When Comic Con began in 1970, 300 attendees gathered the basement of the US Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego....

Zack Snyder’s “Alice In Wonderland With Machine Guns” By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2007 1:56 am EST 300 director Zack Snyder is hard at work developing an action fantasy film Sucker Punch, which he describes as a visually arresting “‘Alice in Wonderland’ with machine guns,” blending dragons, B-52 bombers and brothels. Where can I buy a ticket? Snyder will co-write the script with plans to direct. Steve Shibuya, the author of the short story in which the idea is based, will also contribute to the screenplay....

15 New Photos: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2007 12:01 am EST Warner Bros has released a batch of new stills from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to coincide with a special three cover Entertainment Weekly cover story (as seen above). Thirteen new photos follow after the jump. Click for Super-duper high resolution versions. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley...

Cool Stuff: Matrix-Inspired “Life Is Overrated” T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2008 4:57 pm EST Last month we spotlighted a few of the cool movie related t-shirts at SplitReason in Cool Stuff. The site offers a cool feature where upcoming designers can upload their designs, and readers can vote on what designs the t-shirt company should make next. One of the cool designs I voted for was this Matrix-inspired t-shirt that reads “Real Life is Overrated”....

De Niro Fever: What Just Happened And Righteous Kill Movie Posters By Hunter Stephenson/June 10, 2008 2:56 pm EST Somebody up there really likes us, because this glorious day brings not one, not eight, but two new posters for upcoming Robert De Niro flicks. First is Righteous Kill, the serial killer thriller starring Al Pacino and De Niro as no-nonsense cops who squat over crime scenes and directed by the guy who forever lives with directing Pacino’s worst film ever, 88 Minutes (and probably the worst De Niro/Pacino movie ever)....

Ed Norton Cautiously Doesn’t Say That He Won’t Appear In The Avengers By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2009 10:00 am EST It’s fairly unfortunate that when there’s a chance to sit down with Ed Norton, who has turned in some of the more immersive performances of a popular actor in his generation, and is currently impressing many with dual roles in Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, the conversation is eventually going to derail into baseless, speculative talk about his future as the Hulk....

First Look: Russell Crowe In Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2009 6:49 pm EST Universal Pictures has released the first photo of Russell Crowe as the title character in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. Producer Brian Grazer tells USA Today that Robin Hood’s look has been completely updated: “He doesn’t have the old Robin Hood tights. He’s got armor. He’s very medieval. He looks, if anything, more like he did in Gladiator than anything we’re used to seeing with Robin Hood....

Future Of Polanski’s Uncompleted Film The Ghost Is Unsurprisingly In Doubt By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2009 7:39 am EST When Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich on Sunday his nearly completed film The Ghost was potentially orphaned. Though fully shot and mostly edited, significant post-production work remains on the film, which adapts the Robert Harris novel in which a ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan) and uncovers dangerous secrets in the process....

Geek Deal: Veronica Mars - The Complete Series For $61.49 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 13, 2008 12:42 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. An overlooked geek show that you might one to check out. Veronica Mars follows the fortunes of a 17-year-old trainee private investigator in Neptune, California. The city is full of powerfully rich residents many of whom believe they are above the law. Fortunately Veronica who was propelled into a life of crime-fighting after her best friend Lilly was murdered is on hand to ensure that justice is served much to the annoyance of the Neptunians who find themselves frequently foiled in their devious plans....

Movie Attendance Falls In The Summer Of Threequels By Peter Sciretta/July 4, 2007 12:37 pm EST And there are a few biggies waiting in the bull pen: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Bourne Ultimatum, Rush Hour 3, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, The Simpsons Movie and Hairspray. But as you might notice, most of them are medium sized majors, not on the same level with a Spider-Man 3....

Movie Review: Crazy Legs Conti: Zen And The Art Of Competitive Eating By Elaine Mak/Aug. 2, 2007 9:44 am EST Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating is a doc about Jason “Crazy Legs” Conti, a weird character who gets into competitive eating while working odd jobs as a sperm donor, window washer, and nude model. Throughout the course of the film, Crazy Legs becomes the world oyster eating champion, and then goes on to try to compete in Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating contest (a fun and crazy event that I myself attended last year while living near Coney Island)....

Netflix/WB Updates: A Chat With Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, First Two Movies To Be Delayed By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 19, 2010 3:19 pm EST A few weeks ago, we reported on Netflix’s plan to delay Warner Brothers new releases for twenty-eight days. While not exactly convenient for Netflix subscribers, the move was thought to put Netflix in a better position with the studio to receive more physical copies of films, and potentially get more streaming rights as well....

New Watchmen Featurette Shows Us More Of The Movie We’ll Never See By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2008 1:41 am EST

Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2008 1:01 pm EST Remember last year when the first photo from Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist was released? Well they have now made the production photo (seen above) into a poster, which has been released on MTV.Michael Cera (SuperBad) and Kat Dennings (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) star. Directed by Peter Sollett (Raising Victor Vargas), and based on the novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, “It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes, to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who’s just walked in to his band’s show....