Netflix To Stream Movies On The iPhone? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2009 8:35 pm EST Rumor has it that Netflix might be releasing an official iPhone app. Yeah, yeah, we know… there are already a bunch of iPhone applications which allow you to manage your netflix queue (some of which we wrote about in iPhone Apps For Movie Geeks). But I’m not talking about managing your rental queue (although, I’m sure it will be able to do that)....
Oliver Stone Tells The Secret History Of America By Russ Fischer/Aug. 19, 2009 9:45 am EST In addition to working on the sequel to Wall Street, Oliver Stone is creating a ten-part documentary series for Showtime called The Secret History of America. The series purports to uncover the true stories that “at the time went under-reported, but crucially shaped America’s unique and complex history of the last 60 years.” Stone will narrate....
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End Is Almost 3 Hours Long By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2007 5:48 pm EST The final running time for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End comes in at whopping 170 minutes, according to FilmJerk. That’s almost three hours long. A whole thirty minutes longer than The Curse of the Black Pearl, and twenty minutes longer than Dead Man’s Chest. CHUD claims that an 2005 early draft of the script was only 99 pages in length....
Retail Stores To Stay Open For The Dark Knight DVD/Blu-Ray Release By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 6, 2008 1:38 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Shazam!: The Rock Is Black Adam By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2007 2:50 pm EST “And not Shazam but Black Adam, that’s now very clear. He’s a character that I can’t wait to play. When they first approached me about playing Captain Marvel, they said there is also this interesting character too called Black Adam. This was about a year ago on the set of Get Smart. I said ‘Oh, Okay, Great’....
The Dark Knight Score Disqualified From Academy Award Consideration By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2008 10:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The names listed include Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard and three other individuals — music editor Alex Gibson, ambient music designer Mel Wesson and composer Lorne Balfe. Variety reports that Gibson, Wesson and Balfe signed an affidavit stating that the score was primarily the work of Zimmer and Howard....
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2009 5:25 pm EST Columbia Pictures has released the movie trailer for The Taking of Pelham 123, which will be attached to The International this weekend. Based on the John Godey novel that spawned the 1974 film adaptation, Pelham 1 2 3 is directed by Tony Scott. Watch the trailer after the jump, and leave your thoughts in the comments below....
Up Teaser Trailer Not Attached To WALL-E; New WALL-E Poster And Video By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2008 4:30 pm EST The Pixar Projection website has confirmed what I have been told by my own internal sources, WALL-E will be the first Pixar film to not offer a look at the Emeryville-based animation company’s next film Up. Instead the trailer for Disney’s Bolt will be attached. We also found out exact running times....
VOTD: Beastmaster Jr By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 20, 2009 12:00 am EST After I posted the Young Jean-Claude Van Damme video a couple weeks back, I faced an onslaught of e-mails informing me that the Young JCVD kid was also in another short film production of Beastmaster Jr. Produced by Black Magik Rollercoaster of Austin and won first place in The Alamo Drafthouse’s Be Kind Rewind Sweded Short Film Contest. Watch the short film after the jump....
VOTD: How The Wizard Of Oz Should Have Ended By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2009 11:00 pm EST HowItShouldHaveEnded.com has released a new animated installment, this time showing how The Wizard of Oz should have ended. For those wondering, it involves a munchkin, a gun, and a possibly not-so-good good witch. Watch the video now, embedded after the jump. VOTD: How The Wizard Of Oz Should Have Ended By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2009 11:00 pm EST...
VOTD: Stephen Colbert And Jeff Goldblum Play Out Battleship: The Movie By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 24, 2009 11:18 am EST The peg will be played by Keanu Reeves. Hollywood’s looming shit squall of “movies” based on board games finally received an irksome hat tip from Stephen Colbert and the top shelf writers at The Colbert Report. It didn’t disappoint. After mentioning Ridley Scott’s Monopoly project, complete with an Alien-inspired conundrum for mustachioe guy, Colbert feigned interest in manning the stations of Battleship....
WALL-E Meets Bouncy Balls By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2008 12:39 pm EST You’ve seen WALL-E encounter a vacuum, a magnet, a Hula Hoop, headphones and now our favorite little animated robot comes face to face with with a floor full of bouncy balls. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/walleballs.flv 400 226] WALL-E Meets Bouncy Balls By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2008 12:39 pm EST You’ve seen WALL-E encounter a vacuum, a magnet, a Hula Hoop, headphones and now our favorite little animated robot comes face to face with with a floor full of bouncy balls....
Why You Won’t Be Seeing Van Damme In Stallone’s “The Expendables” By Devindra Hardawar/Feb. 9, 2009 2:03 pm EST I’ll admit, I’ve been a fan of Jean-Claude Van Damme ever since I saw Bloodsport as a kid. While his career and personal life have had their ups and downs over the years, I always hoped that he would somehow make a comeback as a legitimate action star. JCVD showed that he still has some on-screen charisma left, though it still wasn’t enough to redeem his action credibility....
Avatar Screenplay Online For Free, Includes Cut Scenes By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 16, 2010 9:45 pm EST The script also includes some other cut scenes, including a short look at one of the Na’vi schools, and some mentions of a Neytiri’s dead sister Silwanin. It’s worth reading if only to see how much better the film’s narrative would have been if some of these scenes were left in. [Via First Showing]
Avatar TV Spot: Selling Cameron To Kids By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2009 10:41 am EST I’d love to see some focus group results to see whether or not kids respond to stuff like this. Does the rich, friendly voiceover promising a land of easy action and adventure really work on kids these days? My impression is that kids are pretty perceptive and that they’re a lot more likely to respond to the same materials adults are, at least when it comes to a movie like this....
Barry Sonnenfeld Adapting Gil’s All Fright Diner For Dreamworks Animation By Devindra Hardawar/Dec. 17, 2009 12:43 am EST Dreamworks Animation is looking to adapt the fantasy novel Gil’s All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez. They’ve tasked Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris with the writing duties — a pair that has seen story credits for Kung Fu Panda and the upcoming Robin Hood, and they also created/exec-produced the TV series Sleeper Cell....
By Steve Mason/May 4, 2008 12:03 am EST On Wednesday night, I went online with my forecast of $102M for the Thursday-thru-Sunday period, while Paramount was trying to hold down expectations. Most industry pundits were calling for $75M-$80M and fretting about how the release of the Grand Theft Auto IV video game might hurt the Iron Man performance. Studio insiders were never worried about competition from the Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 sensation....
British Trailer For Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, And News Of An Alternative, Modern Holmes By Brendon Connelly/July 16, 2009 5:04 am EST A new British trailer for the Sherlock Holmes picture by Guy Ritchie has been let loose, timed to coincide with the release of the new Harry Potter. As well as running in our cinemas it is of course online, and you can see it after the break. While the overall structure of the thing and much of the material is the same as the US cut, there is quite a lot of new mucking about too....
Cloverfield Screenwriter Hired For Robopocalypse, Will Steven Spielberg Direct? By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 6:51 pm EST While there is nothing concrete, industry insiders and Deadline are speculating that Steven Spielberg might make Robopocalypse his next directorial feature film. DreamWorks Studios and Doubleday have acquired the property in November in a pre-emptive deal. Daniel H. Wilson’s unpublished manuscript (due in 2011), Robopocalypse tells the story of “the fate of the human race following a robot uprising....
Contest: Smokin Aces On DVD By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2007 12:22 am EST Smokin Aces hits DVD store shelves today (April 17th), and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 22nd we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....
