Edgar Wright Has Seen… Star Trek? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 14, 2008 6:43 pm EST Edgar Wright has seen one of next Summer’s big blockbusters. I’m pretty sure the film in question is JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. I mean, its not like one of his best friends and regular lead actor Simon Pegg has a part in the film or anything. Here is Edgar’s blog on the subject: — I am a lucky bastard… Yesterday I saw a film that does not get released until next summer....
Fighting Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2009 11:09 am EST Rouge Pictures has released the first trailer for Fighting action drama set in the world of underground street fighting. The film stars Channing Tatum as a small-town boy Shawn MacArthur, who has come to New York City with nothing. Terrence Howard sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. The trailer is everything you might expect it to be, and not much more — which is disappointing because I really loved the originality and style of Dito Montiel’s indie debut to A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints....
First Five Minutes Of Exit Through The Gift Shop - Peter’s Favorite Movie Of Sundance 2010 By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2010 12:27 am EST My favorite movie from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival was a documentary titled Exit Through The Gift Shop. While the project was being touted as a feature film by street artist Banksy, the film actually has no credited director. The film starts out as a documentary by a video camera-obsessed Frenchman named Thierry Guetta — With a love for street art, and connections into the scene, Thierry sets out to capture the most elusive street artists Banksy....
First Look: The Mummy 3 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2007 12:04 pm EST Hack action director Rob Cohen has posted the first photo of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on his production blog. I don’t understand why anyone is still interested in this series? Rachel Weisz dropped out, Jet Li is the new Mummy, the story sounds really, really lame, and oh yeah, the guy who did Stealth is directing....
Gore Verbinski To Leave Pirates Of The Caribbean 4? Robert Zemeckis To Direct Mars Needs Moms! By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2007 12:20 am EST Johnny Depp has told Disney that he would be willing to return for a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean, but now word comes that director Gore Verbinski (who helmed the three previous films) is uninterested in helming the project. “Gore’s sick of pirates. If I wrote a scene that had to be shot on water, he’d run the other way....
JJ Abrams Says Ethan Haas Has “Nothing To Do With” Cloverfield By Peter Sciretta/July 9, 2007 10:13 pm EST On July 5th, in our continuing Cloverfield coverage, we wrote an article titled “Has Cloverfield Gone Viral?” In the article, we wondered if a viral game site EthanHaasWasRight.com was really related to JJ Abrams top secret monster film. I’m still unable to confirm that this website is related the Cloverfield, and I have my suspicions otherwise....
Kevin Smith Begins Pitching Hit Somebody To Studios, Warner Bros Gets First Dibs By Devindra Hardawar/Feb. 1, 2010 12:49 am EST Kevin Smith has been talking up the hockey drama Hit Somebody as his next project for some time now, and it looks like he’s finally begun pitching the film to studios. A few days ago Smith tweeted that he was heading to WB to pitch the film. If they don’t bite, surely someone else will — but given how much he’s praised WB lately, I’d be surprised if they didn’t take it on....
Matt Damon Says No More Jason Bourne Movies For Him By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2007 9:48 am EST Matt Damon told a room full of press at the Cannes Film Festival that he would not be returning for a fourth Jason Bourne film. Here is an account of some of the conversation thanks to Variety. “We have ridden that horse as far as we can.” He admitted to feeling like “a bit of a prostitute for putting out two number threes in one year....
More Star Trek Details By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2008 6:00 am EST Screenrant has a report from a Star Trek panel this past weeknd at Creation Entertainment’s 16th Annual Grand Slam: The Sci-Fi Summitin Burbank, CA. Here are some highlights: The movie will be rated PG-13 and have a budget “far below” $200 million. A $160 million price-tag has been floating around the web for months now. The most interesting tidbit revealed a story (I had yet to hear) about of how JJ Abrams came onto the project....
Neil Jordan And Jeremy Irons Team Up For Showtime’s The Borgias By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2010 11:08 am EST Showtime is going to make Neil Jordan’s dreams come true. The filmmaker has toyed with projects involving the history of Renaissance family the Borgias for some time, and now Showtime has ordered a series for which Jordan will be executive producer. The Borgias will star Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia, and Jordan will direct the first two episodes....
New Movie Posters: Conan, Tekken, The Game, AVP:R By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2007 10:07 pm EST A boatload of new movie posters have been unloaded onto the internet in the last 24 hours. Check out the round up after the jump. First up is the teaser poster for Millennium Films’ Conan. The film based on Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian, tells that tale of Conan’s adventures across the continent of Hyboria....
NSFW: Crank 2 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2008 9:46 pm EST A promotional movie trailer for Crank 2: High Voltage has hit the web at IntralinkFilm. The trailer is packed to the brim with swears, nudity and all sorts of cool NSFW stuff. Jason Statham is back as Chev Chelios, in the direct sequel to the insane, unstoppable, 2006 action film Crank. In the sequel, Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working....
One Missed Call Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2007 4:36 pm EST The movie trailer for the American remake of Takashi Miike’s 2004 J-Horror film One Missed Call is now online. Interesting concept, but it looks like just another bad horror remake (ala Pulse). Here’s the plot synopsis, followed with the trailer after the jump. In One Missed Call, a chain of people receive terrifying cell phone messages of their own final fatal moments....
Sam Raimi To Revive Jack Ryan By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2008 1:11 am EST After getting Dragged to Hell, Sam Raimi plans to develop and direct a series of films based on the popular Tom Clancy-created Jack Ryan book series. Paramount is hoping to release the first film in Summer 2010. Alec Baldwin first took the character to the big screen in John McTiernan’s 1990 The Hunt for Red October. Harrison Ford took over the character for Phillip Noyce’s 1992 film Patriot Games and 1994 film Clear and Present Danger....
Sweeney Todd And The Pirates Of The Caribbean By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2007 12:31 am EST What happens when Sweeney Todd becomes a Pirate? Check out this nice movie trailer mash-up combining Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Watch the trailer after the jump. Sweeney Todd And The Pirates Of The Caribbean By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2007 12:31 am EST What happens when Sweeney Todd becomes a Pirate?...
They Live Remake By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2008 11:31 pm EST Strike Entertainment is in talks to acquire rights to remake John Carpenter’s 1988 cult film They Live. Based on Ray Nelson’s 1963 short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning”, They Live was part sci-fi thriller and part black comedy. Pro wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper played a down-on-his-luck construction worker who discovered a pair of special sunglasses which allowed him to see the world as it really is....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Drag Me To Hell, Land Of The Lost, The Proposal, And More By Adam Quigley/Oct. 13, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The only thing missing from this bit of glorious schlock-o-rama is 3D. So many gag-inducing substances are splattered in and around Alison Lohman’s mouth, the central conflict of the film might as well be her trying to keep her face clean....
Valkryie Featurette: Through Bryan Singer’s Eyes By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2008 3:02 pm EST MSN has a new featurette for Valkyrie focusing on director Bryan Singer. Click on the image above to watch it. Valkryie Featurette: Through Bryan Singer’s Eyes By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2008 3:02 pm EST MSN has a new featurette for Valkyrie focusing on director Bryan Singer. Click on the image above to watch it.
VOTD: The Sundance Phone Call By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2009 12:00 am EST The Sundance Film Festival is the mecca of American film festivals. I’m not sure you can understand how important it is for a first time independent filmmaker to get his film into Sundance unless you are one — it is almost anything. Sundance has launched the careers of filmmakers like Darren Aronofsky, Kevin Smith, Jared Hess, Catherine Hardwicke, Morgan Spurlock, David O....
VOTD: Vadoskin’s Trailer Cut: Volume 1 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2009 12:00 am EST Vadoskin’s Trailer Cut: Volume 1 a breathtaking montage made up of fragments from the trailers of 50 recent films, edited together to look like one giant 4-minute trailer, with some sweeping music added. Most of the films featured were released in 2009, but there are also a few clips from movies released in previous years. Watch the video after the jump, followed by a listing of the songs and films used in the cut....
