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Speed Racer And The Release Date Of Doom By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2007 7:42 am EST The Wachowski Brother’s live-action Speed Racer movie was set to premiere on May 23rd, 2008, a day after the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series will be unleashed. Well not anymore, it looks like someone over at Warner Bros did the math. Speed Racer will now hit theaters on May 9th 2008. “We have been excited about ‘Speed Racer’ since we first announced the project....

The 2010 Golden Globes Awards Winners By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2010 4:28 pm EST Red Carpet Notes: There is nothing I hate more than the interviewers on the red carpet. Tobey Maguire just dropped word that he thinks he knows who is going to direct the Spider-Man reboot, even calling the choice “an exciting idea”. But of course, the awkward red carpet interviewer didn’t ask him the expected follow-up: who that is… ughh...

The Maxx Is Now Online By Hunter Stephenson/July 1, 2009 11:08 am EST With characters that included a titular, homeless-footed superhero with a fan for teeth and a pot-bellied, psycho-analyzing mass-rapist in a tiki mask, MTV’s The Maxx definitely has its fans. The cartoon—an adaptation of the feted and trippy Image comic book by Sam Kieth—originally aired in ‘95 and remains officially unavailable on DVD. This week, MTV posted six full episodes for free streaming, and they are a great refresher and/or requisite viewing if you dig slightly-adulterated, “offbeat” animation....

TV: Life On Mars Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2008 3:28 am EST One last TV story, and we’ll return to the regularly scheduled film news programing. ABC has ordered 13 episodes of Life on Mars, an American remake of the popular BBC television series. The story follows a 21st century detective Sam Tyler (Jason O’Mara) who who finds himself waking up in 1972 after he’s run over by a car....

TV Tidbits: Aaron Sorkin Returns To Form, Gretchen Mol Joins Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire, Jason Lee To Star In TNT’s Delta Blues, Emmys Come Early By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 19, 2009 1:27 am EST In TV news tonight: It looks like Aaron Sorkin is finally heading back to television after the failure of Studio 60, and you wouldn’t believe what he’s got planned according to TV Guide: I’m going to be starting on a new TV series....

By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2009 3:40 pm EST Update: Not long ago a source mentioned that Green Lantern might be doing some scouting in Louisiana, and I completely spaced it this morning. Same source wrote in just now to say that in fact, the production will shoot in the States next year, likely in or around New Orleans. Does that mean all the work is going to happen here? Not necessarily, but it is a sign that WB at least has a contingency plan....

VOTD: Jonathan Holt’s The Dog And The Butcher By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2009 8:30 pm EST Jonathan Holt produced this cute animated short film as his senior thesis at Ringling College of Art and Design. The Dog and the Butcher tells the story of a dog who wants something more than another round of Kibbles. And his owner, a butcher, can’t allow his doggy friend to eat the meat in his shop....

Why Does The New Street Fighter Movie Look Like Smallville? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2008 2:56 am EST /Film reader Christopher M sent over five new production photos from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kreuk. It could just be the many hours I’ve wasted on Smallville talking, but does this film look like a bad WB/CW television show or what? Release: February 27 2009Director: Andrzej BartkowiakScreenplay by: Justin Marks, based on Capcom’s Street Fighter video gamesCast: Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood, Josie Ho, Taboo, and Michael Clarke Duncan Based on the legendary video game by Capcom, STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI brings a new dimension to a world and characters beloved by millions....

Zack Snyder Interested In The Dark Knight Returns Movie? By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2008 1:36 am EST At the Watchmen panel, Zack Snyder expressed his love for Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, in response to a question about the more mature direction of comic book adaptations. “There are a lot of other graphic novels out there, but I would love to see Frank Miller’s Dark Knight made into a movie, but that’s just me....

A Guide To Recognizing Your Street Fighting By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2007 9:45 am EST A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints director Dito Montiel and star Channing Tatum have signed on to reteam for an untitled feature film about underground street fighting for Rogue. According to Variety, “Tatum will play a young man scraping a living scalping tickets in Gotham who becomes involved in the underground sport after a chance encounter with a street-fighting coach....

Benjamin Button Poster Is Backwards By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2008 3:54 am EST Earlier this week we complained about the lack of theatrical posters for David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Looks like Paramount has sent a bath to theaters this week. Defamer snapped this photo at a recent multiplex screening. You might think the poster is in the frame backwards, but it isn’t. As you will notice that “Christmas Day” is printed from left to right....

Bruno Tricks Israeli Spy And Palestinian Academic By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2008 1:57 pm EST Sacha Baron Cohen strikes yet again. For his upcoming Borat follow-up Bruno, Cohen tricked Yossi Alpher, a former Israeli spy and Palestinian academic Ghassam Khalib into appearing in the film under the guise that it was a youth documentary. The Sun reports that Bruno mistook the militant Arab group Hamas for the food “hummus”, and commented that the Middle East conflict wasn’t nearly as bad as the feud between Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Invades San Francisco Desktop Backgrounds By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2009 4:00 am EST Last year we posted a video which featured Ships and vehicles from Star Wars’ Galatic Empire composited into San Francisco’s Fleet Week. And earlier this Summer you might remember we posted another video from Mike Horn which showed what would really happen if Darth Vader encountered Star Trek’s USS Enterprise (another video also set in San Francisco)....

Crank 2: High Voltage By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2007 9:40 am EST Crank is an underrated popcorn action movie. Crank succeeded where Shoot ‘Em Up sometimes failed, keeping the plot light and fun (and don’t get me wrong, I loved shoot ‘Em Up, the film sometimes had an uneven tonal h=style that sometimes reached darker areas than it probably should have). Well it’s now officially official that they are making a sequel....

First Look: The Time Traveler’s Wife By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 1, 2008 2:24 pm EST I was a huge fan of the now canceled television show Journeyman. A victim of a mixture of the writers strike and lower than expected ratings, the series’ last episode aired a couple weeks ago. Almost makes me want to start a pointless letter writing campaign. But truth be told, Journeyman was actually slammed by few as a copy of the bestselling novel The Time Traveler’s Wife....

Geek Deal: Download Screenwriter John August’s The Variant For FREE By Peter Sciretta/March 26, 2010 2:16 pm EST In May, Brendon wrote about a 25-page short story distributed online titled The Variant, written by screenwriter and director John August. At the time August said that the story “was and maybe still is supposed to be part of an anthology of short stories written by well-known screenwriters.” Here is a short synopsis written by Brendon:...

LOL: Mexico’s Top Rambo Impersonator By Hunter Stephenson/June 27, 2008 8:12 am EST Any would-be Sam Walton knows that Rambo remains America’s chief export. He is the vein-y cornerstone staying strong against today’s crashing waves of economic turmoil and disaster. VICE just released their Mexico Issue and contained therein are countless photos of Mexico City’s beloved Rambo impersonator, Diego Alione. So successful was this Argentine at posing with babies, women in hot denim (with a leg up) and stunned kids (see the face above) that he made the jump to Universal Studios....

Movie Review: Premonition Is Absurdly Tiresome By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2007 12:48 am EST Sandra Bullock plays a housewife who learns that her husband was killed in a fatal car crash. But when she awakes the next morning, he’s still alive, and the car accident hasn’t happened, YET. It’s an interesting premise for a story. An ingenious sci-fi concept that immediately sucks you in. Unfortunately, the story the quickly loses its way....

Must Watch: Five New Transformers Video Clips By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2007 12:48 am EST All I have to say is “OH MY GOD!” Have you seen the new clip of Bonecrusher vs. Optimus Prime from Michael Bay’s Transformers? If not, we have it below, along with a bunch of other Transformers related clips and footage which was unveiled during the 2007 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday Night. First up is the 30-second clip from the awesome Optimus Prime/Bonecrusher freeway battle....

New Indiana Jones 4 Movie Poster - What Do You Think? By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2008 9:22 pm EST The (possibly) final theatrical movie poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan has been unleashed. The poster features the first official close-up look at the alien-like Crystal Skull and a snake crawling out from the foliage around the Mayan ruins (“Snakes....