Cool Stuff: Being Bill Murray T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/May 8, 2009 5:00 am EST Dutch Southern has another great t-shirt designed by Paul O’Sullivan, titled “Being Bill Murray”. Bill Murray is throwing a party. All the Murrays are invited: Todd DiLaMuca, Raleigh St. Clair, John Winger, Dr. Peter Venkman, Bob Harris, Nick the Lounge Singer, Ernie McCracken, Herman Blume, Grimm, Steve Zissou, Carl Spackler, and Phil Connors. All of them except Bob....
Dakota Fanning Cast In New Moon By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2009 12:14 am EST Dakota Fanning has been cast in The Twilight Saga’s New Moon. Rumors first began to circulate in January, but it was finally confirmed over the weekend. The 14-year-old actress will play the role of Jane, a member of the Volturi, an Italian group of vampires who maintain vampire order and ensure that humans don’t find out about vampires’ existence....
Dexter Marries His Sister? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2009 10:14 pm EST I usually refrain from covering the personal lives of actors/directors, but I thought that some of you may be interested in this story. I promise not to make a habit of this. Like many of you, I’m a Dexter fanatic. I’ve been watching the show since the first episode, and while it doesn’t get better than the first season, the last two seasons have been must watch television....
DVD Review: Dead Silence By Elaine Mak/July 5, 2007 1:42 pm EST Oh wow, ventriloquists are creepy. I’m afraid of everything, so my review of the Dead Silence unrated DVD may be a little different than those brave souls out there. Let me just start by mentioning that the PR team for this film sent me an e-card last week, which made me laugh out loud… and then have nightmares for a week....
How Terrence Howard Lost Iron Man 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2008 1:38 pm EST Entertainment Weekly has an interesting story anylizing why Terrence Howard might have not been cast in Iron Man 2. While insiders cite Howard’s “difficult behavior” on the set of Iron Man, it might also have a bit to do with money. Apparently, Howard was the first actor signed on for Iron Man, which somehow made him the highest paid actor on the project, above Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and even… Robert Downey Jr....
J.J. Abrams Teases Star Trek 2 Details; His Return, And The Possibility Of Khan By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 17, 2009 11:05 pm EST Star Trek 2 details are floating all over the place following a recent event to promote the film’s DVD and Bluray release. Sci Fi Wire reports that both J.J. Abrams and writer/producer Damon Lindelof have stated that 2012 is pretty much the earliest we can expect the film, especially since they haven’t started writing yet and are still bouncing ideas around....
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Will Be A Movie For Movie Fans, Not Star Trek Fans By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2008 1:47 am EST JJ Abrams recently spoke with the Associated Press about his upcoming Star Trek, and talked about the direction of the upcoming prequel/reboot. “The whole point was to try to make this movie for fans of movies, not fans of `Star Trek,’ necessarily,’” Abrams said. Not that hardcore Trek fans are being totally ignored....
LOL: Conan O’Brien, Brandon Routh, Martha Macisaac And Aubrey Plaza Spoof New Moon By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 10:21 am EST With The Twilight Saga: New Moon set to hit theaters this week, it seems like a lot of celebrities have been getting into the New Moon parody business. After the jump you will find videos featuring Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Martha Macisaac (Becca from Superbad), Aubrey Plaza (Funny People, Mystery Team) and Conan O’Brien....
LOL: The Asylum’s Sunday School Musical By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2008 5:53 pm EST For those who don’t know, The Asylum is a direct-to-dvd production company responsible for producing cheap knock-offs of the latest big budget Hollywood movies (termed “Knockbusters). For example their films have included: Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train, I Am Omega, Da Vinci Treasure, Temple of the Skulls, HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter, Monster (the Cloverfield rip) and Pirates of Treasure Island....
LOL: WTF Comcast By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2009 6:00 am EST Have you ever been flipping though your cable company’s movie listings and come across a ridiculous plot description? I think we all must have at some point. Someone has finally started a website to collect the funniest and strangest movie descriptions PeopleofWalmart-style: a tumblr blog titled WTF Comcast. I’ve collected a few of my favorites below. .gallery { margin: auto; } ....
Matt Damon’s Adjustment Bureau Out To Studios By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 25, 2009 1:54 pm EST Phillip K. Dick’s Adjustment Team is coming to the movies – at least providing some brave studio is willing to take a punt on a Matt Damon sci-fi romance movie. So, no question then. This will get snapped up, recession or no recession. According to Variety, the proposed movie version has been retitled Adjustment Bureau, for all the Kafkaesque implications that provides, and comes as a package: Damon to star, George Nolfi to direct from his own screenplay....
More Photos From Indiana Jones 4 By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2008 8:29 pm EST “George, are you really sure Shia will look cool as a greaser?” “Steven, I created Star Wars… I think I know what I’m talking about!” Paramount just sent us a new batch of photos from Indiana Joens and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Some of these photos may seem familiar as they were posted online for a short time, scanned from a foreign film magazine....
Movie Trailer: Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2008 2:53 pm EST The movie trailer for Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona has hit the web, in preparation of the film’s premiere at Cannes. The story follows “two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous....
Neil Patrick Harris Cast In Smurfs: The Movie By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2010 1:22 pm EST Neil Patrick Harris has been racking up a hell of a lot of cred. He’s done well on How I Met Your Mother and has parlayed the geek crowd’s young memories of his Doogie Howser, M.D. role into a mature fanbase thanks to appearances in Starship Troopers, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, the Harold and Kumar movies and even a star turn hosting the Emmys....
New Angels & Demons TV Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 12, 2009 7:03 pm EST Sony Pictures has begun airing a new 1+ minute television spot for Ron Howard’s adaptation of Angels & Demons. I’m calling it a TV trailer (even though it’s technically a tv spot) becuase it’s long enough that it almost feels like a new theatrical trailer. I can’t tell you how unexpected my excitement is for this film....
No Plans For Simpsons Movie Sequel By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 11, 2007 10:44 am EST Talk of a Simpsons sequel began before the credits ended, and will continue on screen in the September 23rd 19th season premiere with Bart Simpson writing “I will not wait 20 years to make another movie” on a blackboard. However, Simpsons executive producer Al Jean says there are no current plans for a sequel. “We would only do a sequel if we believed it was a movie that had to be made, just like we did with the first one,” Jean told the New York Post....
Punisher: War Zone Moves To December. Director Lexi Alexander Implies Lots Of Blood. By Hunter Stephenson/April 8, 2008 10:18 pm EST Confident female action movie directors with veddy dirty mouths rock. Lexi Alexander (above), the candid director behind Punisher: War Zone, has posted an update for the semi-quiet Marvel reboot on her tidy official site. She informs that the film was screened for studio brass this month, that it went reasonably well, and she seems cool with the flick now moving from its original September 12th release to December 5th....
San Diego Convention Center Plans $753 Million Expansion In Bid To Keep Comic-Con By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2010 3:00 pm EST I love visiting WonderCon every year because it’s like Comic-Con, but not as packed and uncomfortable. You can easily get a seat in the main hall and you can actually walk the show floor without being in the middle of a big pack of sweaty geeks. Some people over the weekend told me that this is exactly how San Diego Comic-Con International felt 10 years ago....
Shane Black Scribing A Doc Savage Movie For Star Trek Producers By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 24, 2009 7:50 pm EST Yay? Nifty screenwriter Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) is apparently at work on a new adaptation of Doc Savage—the pulpy 1930s alphamale hero—for the tentpole production duo Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Transformers and Star Trek franchises). What’s more, Black let it be known to AICN that the project will be a period piece set in the aforementioned decade rather than one in modern day complete with hoverboards and H1N1....
Shia LaBeouf Wants To Star In Y: The Last Man? By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2007 12:03 am EST The box office success of Disturbia has made Shia LaBeouf a bankable A-list Hollywood movie star. JoBlo is now reporting that LaBeouf is hoping to be cast in the big screen adaptation of Y: The Last Man. I agree with Shia, Y: The Last Man is the best comic book series published today....
