VOTD: Twilight: New Moon In One Minute By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2009 12:00 am EST Don’t have the time or effort to to spend two hours with screaming teens to watch The Twilight Saga: New Moon at your local multiplex? Jack Douglas has seen the film, and has created an abbreviated version (just over one minute to be exact) so that you don’t have to suffer and endure a film in which, according to Jack, literally nothing happens....
Wait, Now Terry Gilliam Says Johnny Depp Is IN The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 18, 2009 12:30 pm EST UPDATE: As was reasonable to suspect, a publicist for Gilliam says that he must have misheard the question, and that Johnny Depp is currently not involved in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The wild, weird saga of Terry Gilliam’s film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote continues....
World Soundtrack Award Nominees: There Will Be Greenwood By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2008 2:10 pm EST The World Soundtrack Awards have announced the nominations for the 2008 Award show. Film Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat, “The Golden Compass” James Newton Howard, “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “Michael Clayton,” “I Am Legend” Alberto Iglesias, “The Kite Runner” Dario Marianelli, “Atonement” John Powell, “The Bourne Ultimatum” Best Original Score of the Year “3:10 to Yuma” by Marco Beltrami “Atonement” by Dario Marianelli “The Kite Runner” by Alberto Iglesias “There Will Be Blood” by Jonny Greenwood “WALL-E” by Thomas Newman...
Would You Pay $35 For A Movie Ticket? By Peter Sciretta/March 26, 2008 2:57 am EST It became very clear after visiting film geek heaven (The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin Texas) that there is a better way to handle the theatrical experience. And since my visit to Texas, I’ve been thinking a lot about what could be changed and improved in the multiplex. A new deluxe movie cinema is set to open this year in suburban Chicago, one of 50 multiplexes set for construction in the U....
42 Entertainment’s Why So Serious Viral Campaign: The Future Of Movie Marketing? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2009 6:19 pm EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdkvialoverview.flv 470 264] I was just reading an interesting article in the new issue of Maxim (not available online, as far as I can tell) about 42 Entertainment, the marketing comapny behind The Dark Knight’s viral campaign when I stumbled across this video created by Alternative Reality Branding (via: FSR)....
Alexander Payne Begins Work On The Descendants, Starring George Clooney By Russ Fischer/Jan. 19, 2010 11:50 am EST Variety isn’t the only organization that can bury info in reports. Hawaii does it, too! Down at the end of the long press release trumpeting Hawaii as the filming location for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is a minor nugget about Alexander Payne. The director is currently in pre-production on The Descendants, which will indeed star George Clooney as recently rumored....
Casting Notes: Taylor Lautner Gets Another Action Movie; Steve Carell Books A Drama By Russ Fischer/Dec. 18, 2009 8:43 am EST After nearly casting him out of New Moon then watching the actor become one of the movie’s biggest selling points, Summit has decided to keep on loving Taylor Lautner. The company has bought into Cancun, an action movie with a slightly misleading title. When I see ‘Cancun’ I don’t think of a teen version of “Taken meets Die Hard,” which is how Variety is describing this one....
Cloverfield: Rob’s Party Report By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2008 3:50 pm EST I received an email from long time /Film reader Glenn D, who was lucky enough to attend “Rob’s Party” last night in New York City. Here is his report: First off, the setup and execution of the party was a pretty poorly crafted event. I understand the premise and it was great to see the cast, but it was boardering on out of control....
Cool Stuff: Tom Whalen’s Poster Art - The Shining And The Warriors By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2009 9:00 am EST We’ve featured some of Tom Whalen’s work in past editions of Cool Stuff: Tom’s unique poster art, his Dark Knight Magazine cover, Predator 2 commission poster and Watchmen Tribute Artwork. It’s been a couple months so I thought we’d check back in with Tom and see what he’s been up to....
Emma Stone Goes For An Easy A By Brendon Connelly/March 29, 2009 8:41 am EST According to Variety, Emma Stone is currently negotiating her first lead role. Easy A has been scripted by Bert V. Royal, shooting-star playwright, and will be directed by Will Gluck, previously responsible for Fired Up. Mini-reviews of that one would be appreciated in the comments, just to provide some kind of indicators of potential success or failure....
Green Hornet Moves To July, Jennifer’s Body Gets Rated Bloody R By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2009 2:45 am EST
H2: Halloween 2 Teaser Poster, Malcolm McDowell Updates On Reprising Dr. Loomis By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 10, 2009 3:19 pm EST With Jason Voorhees likely to receive a bloody good welcome this weekend for his Platinum Dunes revamp, Michael Myers will have to settle with a new teaser poster for H2, the sequel to that oh-so-polarizing of horror remakes, Rob Zombie’s Halloween. According to Shock, Zombie will begin filming shortly in Georgia to meet the release date seen above....
Jason Voorhees Unmasked In Platinum Dunes’ Friday The 13th By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 28, 2008 1:12 pm EST There was a time long ago when such a photo would have qualified as the forefather of the spoiler; alas, Jason Voorhees will have to reveal more than his mongoloid mug to impress in the era of TMZ. HorrorBid has the first look at actor Derek Mears unmasked and made-up as the Crystal Lake Killah in Platinum Dunes’ 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th....
Jeff Bridges On Iron Man: “They Had No Script, Man” By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2009 12:58 pm EST Can’t you just hear the headline quote above intoned in The Dude’s spacey tones? You may have heard about the fact that Iron Man came together more or less without a solid script, but according to Jeff Bridges it was definitely ’less.’ Read his take on the shoot, which essentially sounds like the actors and Jon Favreau improvised big segments of the movie, after the break....
Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet Movie Is Finally Going To Be Released By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2009 10:51 pm EST Five years ago Kevin Smith was hired to write and direct a big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet. Smith dropped out after getting cold feet, fearing he wouldn’t be able to handle an action -heavy big budget comic book film. As many of you know, the film since passed on to Seth Rogen who is co-writing and will star as the title character in a Michel Gondry-directed adaptation....
Kryptonite Is Real By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2007 6:21 pm EST A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from the Superman’s DC comic book universe, according to Reuters. The material, usually shown as having been created from the remains of Superman’s native planet of Krypton, generally has detrimental effects on Superman. In the comic book and movie series, kryptonite is usually found in the form of a glowing green rock or crystalline....
LOL: The International Steals Shot From Ghost Rider By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 13, 2008 9:09 am EST /Film reader Tom H noticed that the same exact shot from Ghost Rider, was used in the new trailer for The International. Both films are produced by Columbia Pictures / Sony, so they obviously own the rights to the footage. In the Ghost Rider clip, which can be seen here, the car explodes as Ghost Rider rides by the car on his bike....
Machete’s Crazy Cast Confirmed: De Niro, Lohan, Seagal And More By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2009 9:27 am EST The report says “Danny Trejo is playing the title character and Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey play supporting roles.” That’s a crazy lineup, but not really surprising. De Niro worked with Tarantino, pal of Rodriguez, after all, so he’s not as left-field as you’d first think....
Mae Whitman As Roxy Richter In Scott Pilgrim By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2009 4:21 pm EST As you probably already know by now, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World tells the story of a 23-year-old Canadian slacker (Michael Cera) who must battle and defeat Ramona Flower’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) seven evil ex-boyfriends to win her heart. In director Edgar Wright’s latest photoblog, we get our first look at…. possible spoiler warning… Ramona’s fourth “Evil Ex” — Roxanne “Roxy” Richter....
McG Still Wants To Make 5th And 6th Terminator Movies By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2009 4:00 pm EST The rights to the Terminator franchise are on the block, and the future of the film series is in doubt at the moment. But someone will end up holding the bag sooner or later (or a recapitalized Halcyon will retain them) and at that point another film will go into production. A fifth has been in development, though it hasn’t gone terribly far, given the financial instability of rights holder Halcyon....
