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Mickey Rourke Updates On Iron Man 2 Involvement By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 18, 2009 12:24 pm EST As of yesterday, Mickey Rourke is officially participating in Sly Stallone’s The Expendables, but the forecast for his involvement in Iron Man 2 is cloudy with a chance of nada. Speaking with Vulture at Fashion Week, Rourke had this to say… “Right now, we’re not doing Iron Man 2,” Rourke told us grimly. Rourke is said to be up for a variation of the villain Whiplash, though early trade reports had him pegged for another baddie, Crimson Dynamo....

Mr. Nobody Trailer By Brendon Connelly/May 26, 2009 1:24 pm EST The first trailer for Mr. Nobody is now online for the second time, courtesy of Quiet Earth. Earlier this week a version dubbed into French popped up in a few places, but despite being the latest from Belgian director Jaco van Dormael, Mr. Nobody is in fact an English language movie and this is our first chance to hear the on-screen performers deliver their dialogue....

MSN Names /Film One Of The Best Movie Sites Of The Decade By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2009 2:28 pm EST Earlier this week, The Guardian named /Film one of the essential movie websites. If that wasn’t enough, I just learned that the Microsoft-owned portal MSN has named our site one of the ten best film sites of the decade. Here is what MSN wrote: One of the best and most professional movie blog sites on the net, /film (or slashfilm as it is usually known) has won a multitude of awards and enjoys a loyal following....

Neil Gaiman On The Colbert Report By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2009 10:46 pm EST Gaiman. Colbert. That’s all you need to know. Watch the video after the jump. If you can’t see the video above, watch the interview on YouTube. Neil Gaiman On The Colbert Report By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2009 10:46 pm EST Gaiman. Colbert. That’s all you need to know. Watch the video after the jump. If you can’t see the video above, watch the interview on YouTube....

Orlando Bloom Cast In Superman Returns Sequel? Say It Isn’t So! By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2007 10:39 am EST Elizabethtown actor Orlando Bloom was spotted discussing roles in the upcoming Superman Returns sequel (tentative title, Superman: The Man of Steel) with director Bryan Singer and producers Mindy and Jon Peters. Bloom’s ex-girlfriend Kate Bosworth played Lois Lane in the first film. So speculation has already begun over Bloom playing the Man of Steel....

Paul Haggis Hires Three For His Pic The Next Three Days By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2009 11:18 am EST It’s difficult for me to get very excited for a new Paul Haggis directorial project. The stain of Crash stays with me. But The Next Three Days could be interesting. It’s a remake of a 2008 French film Pour Elle by Fred Cavaye about a couple that has some problems when the woman is imprisoned for a murder she says she didn’t commit....

Peter Berg To Direct Battleship, Could Robert Pattinson Be A Shipmate? By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2009 10:37 pm EST Peter Berg is in talks to direct a big screen adaptation of Hasbro’s board game Battleship for Universal Pictures. Brother screenwriting team Jon and Erich Hoeber have signed on to write the script, which is said to be “an epic naval action adventure” loosely inspired by the game. Universal seems to have a multi-picture development deal with Hasbro/Milton Bradley....

Prince Of Persia Trailer With Commentary From Video Game Creator Jordan Mechner By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2009 2:41 pm EST IGN has introduced a cool new feature they are calling “Rewind Theater”, where they rewatch a recent movie trailer with audio commentary with one of the creative people behind the property. The first edition takes a look at Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time with the creator of the game, Jordan Mechner....

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Will Be Back For A Second Season By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2008 5:19 pm EST

The Magic Kingdom: Confessions Of An Ex-Captain Jack Sparrow By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2008 7:51 pm EST I’ve always been fascinated with the behind-the-scenes going-ons at Disneyland. Every time I’ve been to the Magic Kingdom, I can be found looking behind gates, wondering what goes on behind the scenes. LAMagazine has a great article with one of the actors who use to play Captain Jack Sparrow at the Magic Kingdom. Here are some of the highlights:...

This Week In DVD: Sex And The City, Leatherheads, Run Fatboy Run, The Godfather (The Coppola Restoration), And More By Adam Quigley/Sept. 23, 2008 11:55 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As much as I adore The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, I’ve always been bothered by the crummy video quality on their DVD releases. It’s something that I notice every time I watch them, always acting as a nagging reminder that these classics were made in the ’70s and in turn making them feel more dated than the timeless storytelling and pitch-perfect filmmaking techniques would otherwise have you believe....

Tyrese Gibson Returns For Transformers 3 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 12:28 am EST

UPDATE: There Is NOT Another Editor On Wolfman By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 6, 2010 10:36 am EST [Update: Universal has contacted us to confirm that there are no two competing cuts of Wolfman. According to the film’s producer, “The movie’s been done for a while. We finished the cut, and obviously we are now mixing and scoring and putting in our final effects right now, but the movie’s been finished. The concept of having two competing cuts and the studio having their own editing room and all that simply not true....

WOW, HUGE Group Of Popular Actors Create Horrible FunnyOrDie Video By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2009 10:32 am EST The new video on FunnyOrDie is co-directed by Hairspray director Adam Shankman and stars the biggest cast to ever grace one of the comedy site’s viral videos: Zac Efron, Thomas Lennon, Nicole Sullivan, Vanessa Hudgens, Justin Long, Nicole Ritchie, Joel Madden, Queen Latifah, Brody Jenner, Carmen Electra, Lance Bass, Brittany Snow, Jessica Stroup, Chelsea Staub, Jessica Rose, Ruta Gedmintas, Abby Pivaronas, Ryan Rottman, DJ Timbo, Mark Kvammsuck....

“24” Will Return With A Four-Hour, Two-Night Season Premiere In January By David Chen/Nov. 4, 2008 7:34 pm EST Despite a troubled production, and a horrifyingly disappointing sixth season, I’m still holding out tentative hope that in 2009, Jack will really be back. Discuss: Will you be in front of your TV for the four-hour season premiere of 24?

44 Inch Chest International Trailer: Revenge Might Not Taste Sweet By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2009 11:03 am EST Twitch pointed me to this initially, so hats off to them. This is a good complement to those odd character videos I posted the other day and obviously, as a trailer, it gives a much better idea of what’s going on in the film. Basically, Ray Winstone’s wife tries to leave him after falling for another guy, and he’s none too happy about it....

Alfred Molina Cast In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2009 12:42 pm EST I have just gotten word that Walt Disney Pictures has cast Alfred Molina in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Nicolas Cage stars in a modern-day, New York City-set adaptation of the classic story from Fantasia. Jay Baruchel stars as Cage’s Apprentice, who gets into trouble when the broomstick he’s tasked to do his chores while the Sorcerer is away somehow develops a mind of its own....

Appaloosa Movie Posters By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 4, 2008 4:46 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Four stark profile posters for Ed Harris’s revival Western, Appaloosa, have popped up at IMP Awards. The film reunites Harris with his A History of Violence co-star Viggo Mortensen for a tale of “two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow....

Best Buy Prepping For Digital Downloads And Streaming By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 12, 2009 2:33 pm EST Prepare to see less shelves of DVDs and CDs at your local Best Buy. In a recent piece from the LA Times, we’ve learned that the mega-retailer sees that the tide is turning for physical products down the line, and is beginning to look towards further supporting digital downloads and streaming services. This doesn’t mean Best Buy will be giving up on new DVD, Bluray, and CD releases—but expect to see less room for older and less popular films and music on store shelves....

Box Office Tracking: Alan Moore’s Curse Won’t Keep Watchmen From Topping $60 Million By Steve Mason/March 4, 2009 11:52 pm EST The original comic was written by Alan Moore and the lead artist was Dave Gibbons. The collaborators have radically different views of Snyder’s film adaptation. The latter has publicly expressed confidence in Snyder. Gibbons reveals to Wired magazine that at one point Joel Silver owned the film rights to Watchmen and that the producer was insistent that Arnold Schwarzenegger should play Dr....