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Twilight Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2008 2:33 pm EST The second movie trailer for Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of the best selling novel Twilight is now online. I know that the /Film readership isn’t exactly the target demographic for this film. It’s a hard sell, especially considering the trailers for both Terminator 4 and Watchmen have hit the web in the last 24 hours. And while I’ll admit that I’m not yet sold on this film, the intense fandom has me extremely curious to see it....

Universal Pulls The Plug On Cartel, Starring Josh Brolin, Only Weeks Before Production Begins By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2010 6:48 am EST The Josh Brolin-starring, Asger Leth-directed Cartel could be this year’s Moneyball. Universal has just killed the picture, reportedly over concerns about several issues: budget, script and the logistics of shooting a drug-oriented drama in Mexico. Deadline reports that the production is dead, and passes along a note from Universal: Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment ceased pre-production of Cartel today....

Video Clip From Shane Acker’s 9 By Brendon Connelly/April 19, 2009 12:30 pm EST Shane Acker’s short animation 9 was a wonderful little fable, a redemption fantasy that blended stitchpunk images with dream-like plotting and a subtle blend of melancholy and fear. I loved it from the second I saw it, and was as such very disappointed to see it lose the Oscar – even to John Canemaker and Peggy Stern’s superb Moon and Son....

VOTD: Robocop Fried Chicken Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 1, 2009 12:00 am EST Check out this awesome early 1990’s Korean commercial for Fried Chicken featuring Robocop and the Back to the Future Part III theme music. It doesn’t get much better than this. via: TheDailyWhat 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?...

Aardman Teaming Up With The Tate Gallery For Crowdsourced Animated Feature By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 19, 2009 12:26 pm EST This is disappointing. Aardman are teaming up with Tate, the organisation behind four of the UK’s best art galleries, to create a public-funded, crowdsourced animated feature film which will be released in 2011 or 2012. The disappointing bit? That the source crowd will be made up of primary school age children. If, like me, you’re over eleven years old, you can’t take part....

Alien Vs. Predator 2 Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2007 1:26 pm EST The first Alien vs. Predator movie was a disaster. I don’t know how, but Paul W.S. Anderson ruined it (like he has countless other movies). I mean, what was up with the secret underground pyramid underneath Antarctica? The sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, is directed by Colin and Greg Strause (long time visual effects producers), and looks to be everything I wanted from the first film....

Casting Notes: Guy Pearce And Evan Rachel Wood Work With Todd Haynes; Jamie Foxx And Ashton Kutcher Are Buddies; Hugh Laurie Romances Leighton Meester By Russ Fischer/Feb. 26, 2010 11:21 am EST I’m excited about the upcoming version of Mildred Pierce to be directed by Todd Haynes. Already set to star Kate Winslet in the title role, the HBO mini-series has just added a couple more good names: Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel Wood....

Casting Notes: Orlando Bloom In The Good Doctor; Kinnear, Arkin And Crudup In The Convincer; Wayne Wang Hires Hugh Jackman By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2010 10:21 am EST While Hollywood held its breath in anticipation of this morning’s Oscar nominations, a few new casting notes slipped out, mostly for upcoming indies. For example, Orlando Bloom will take the lead role in The Good Doctor, which he’ll produce as well. Written by John Enbom, the film is about “a frustrated doctor looking to impress his superiors and colleagues....

Cloverfield: New Photo Added To Viral Website By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2007 4:06 pm EST I want to apologize ahead of time for the abundance of Cloverfield updates on /Film. Aside from it being a slow holiday news week, this seems to be the hot topic on the web. Last I checked Cloverfield was the 40th most searched term on Google. The Cloverfield viral website 1-18-08.com has been updated with a second photo, taken 35 minutes before the photo of the two wide eyed partygoers....

Comic-Con: District 9 MNU Truck And 2012 Viral Billboards By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2009 12:08 pm EST After arriving in San Diego, I’ve been enjoying the Gaslamp district before it gets over-run with comic, television and movie geeks (oh, and Twilight fanatics too). I’ve noticed a couple things around the convention center that I thought was worth sharing. Above is a photo of the MNU truck on one side of the Convention Center (near the Marriott)....

Dark Knight Viral Updates: Harvey Dent Smeared; The Joker On April Fools By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2008 10:24 pm EST /Film reader Addict sent us word that he received another phone call from Harvey Dent, as part of the continuing viral campaign for The Dark Knight. Here is what Harvey’s message said: “Hello, this is Harvey Dent. Weeks ago, I asked for your support… Concerned Citizens For A Better Gotham have started a smear campaign against me....

David Fincher And Brad Pitt On Charlie Rose By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2008 12:45 pm EST /Film reader Jason B sends over word that both Brad Pitt and director David Fincher appeared on Charlie Rose for a fascinating 56 minute interview about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. You can watch the full episode below. David Fincher And Brad Pitt On Charlie Rose By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2008 12:45 pm EST...

Diablo Cody On Letterman By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2008 3:04 pm EST Diablo Cody appeared on David Letterman to promote Juno. Watch her 8-minute segment thanks to the wonders of YouTube after the jump. Why? Maybe we’re posting this because we love the movie and Diablo, or maybe it’s just that I love the idea of a superstar screenwriter. I mean, really, how many screenwriters appear on Letterman (who aren’t also directors or stars)?...

Early Buzz: Wall Street 2 Is “A Strong Return To Form For Both Stone And Douglas” By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2010 1:13 pm EST Apparently there was a secret Los Angeles screening last night for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It must have been pretty exclusive, because I can’t seem to find any details in all the usual places. A friend of Jeffrey Wells’ friend attended, and wrote up a short review for Hollywood Elsewhere....

First Look: The Twins From Transformers 2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2009 9:32 am EST The Official Transformers Game website has revealed the robot modes of the two most talked about additions to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Of course, I’m talking about The Twins, two new Autobots who act like little brothers and sometimes form together to create one alt mode vehicle. When they are apart, they transform into the Chevy Beat and Chevy Trax concept cars that have been photographed many times zooming around the set....

Friday Box Office: Treasure Eyes $18.9M 3-Day; Juno Surges To Likely $15.3M By Steve Mason/Jan. 5, 2008 1:30 am EST ALL-TIME TOP 5 NICOLAS CAGE MOVIES National Treasure – $173M National Treasure: Book of Secrets – $169.7M (estimate) The Rock – $134M Ghost Rider – $115.8M Face/Off – $112.2M The #2 movie on Friday is the low budget Warner Bros horror pic One Missed Call, which seized a better-than-expected $5.2M. Despite its lack of star power, Missed Call has surprised, in great part, because it is the only new wide release, and it has posted the all-time 5th-best opening day for a January horror release....

George Lucas Announces Two More Star Wars Movies By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2007 9:31 am EST The two “extra” movies will probably be one hour in length and made for television. “But they won’t have members of the Skywalker family as characters,” he said. “They will be other people of that milieu.” At the one hour length, what will differentiate the upcoming hour-long live-action Star Wars television series from the films?...

Logan’s Run Finally Finds A Director By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2007 2:20 am EST Commercial director Joseph Kosinski has signed on to make his feature film debut with a big screen remake of Logan’s Run. Bryan Singer was originally attached to the project, and even got as far as to pre-visualize (think moving 3d storyboards) the project before he got pulled away to make Superman Returns.Logan’s Run is one of those 1970’s sci-fi movies that clearly wasn’t afraid to be a sci-fi film....

Many More Added To Mother’s Day Remake: Jaime King, Alexa Vega, Shawn Ashmore And More By Russ Fischer/Aug. 19, 2009 9:30 am EST Saw and Repo! The Genetic Opera director Darren Lynn Bousman twittered a confirmation recently of a load of new casting for his remake of the Troma grindhouse shocker Mother’s Day. “Ton’s [sic] of casting news… Briana Evigan, Alexa Vega, Shawn Ashmore, Jamie King Mothers Day is going to be INSANE!...

Michael Giacchino To Score John Carter Of Mars By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 1:30 pm EST MovieScore Magazine has confirmed that Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino will be writing the score for Andrew Stanton’s adaptation of John Carter of Mars. This shouldn’t be a huge surprise considering Giacchino’s relationship with Pixar: Giacchino has been working with Pixar for some time, providing the score for The Incredibles, Ratatoille, Up, and short films Lifted, Partly Cloudy, and Teddy Newton’s upcoming short Night And Day....