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Another Reason Why Scott Pilgrim Is Going To Be Awesome By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2009 10:41 pm EST The latest image from Edgar Wright’s behind the scenes of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World photoblog has convinced that this movie just has to be awesome. Full photo after the jump. Another Reason Why Scott Pilgrim Is Going To Be Awesome By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2009 10:41 pm EST The latest image from Edgar Wright’s behind the scenes of Scott Pilgrim vs....

Anthony Hemingway To Direct George Lucas’ Red Tails By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 2:30 am EST Red Tails is one of those projects that I’ve never been interested in. George Lucas has been developing the film since 1989, and was originally going to direct the movie himself. He infamously put the project aside to helm the Star Wars prequels. It has now been officially announced that Anthony Hemingway (The Wire, CSI: NY, ER) has signed on to helm the project....

Box Office: Monsters Vs. Aliens With Almost $12K Per 3-D Screen! The Future Of 3-D Is Looking UP! By Steve Mason/March 29, 2009 9:02 pm EST That means that the Per Screen Average for the movie in 3-D was about $11,700, while the 4,800 or so traditional 35MM 2-D engagements had a Per Theatre of just an estimated $4,780. Exhibitors who figured out a way to overcome the credit crunch and pay the estimated $100,000 to convert a traditional theatre into one that can show Digital 3-D made a killing this weekend....

Box Office: Twilight Dips 41% Saturday For $70.5M Weekend; Quantum Edges Bolt For #2 By Steve Mason/Nov. 23, 2008 12:02 pm EST Meanwhile, the film just missed becoming the all-time #1 opening for a vampire movie. ALL-TIME TOP 10 OPENINGS FOR A VAMPIRE MOVIE I Am Legend – $77.2M opening – $256.3M cume Twilight – $70.55M (projected) Van Helsing – $51.7M cume – $120.1M opening Interview with the Vampire – $36....

Comic-Con: Legion Footage Debuts By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2009 7:19 pm EST Director Scott Stewart describes his film Legion as “angels with machine guns.” Having seen the footage premiered today by Sony in Hall H, I’d say that’s a pretty damn good way to sum it up. We haven’t known much about the film, which stars Paul Bettany, Tyrese Gibson, Doug Jones, Kevin Durand, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton and Dennis Quaid....

Confirmed: Brendan Fraser In GI Joe By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 12:59 pm EST Earlier this month LatinoReview reported that Brendan Fraser had filmed a cameo appearance for Stephen Sommer’s G.I. Joe. Newsarama confirmed this story during their New York Comic Con Coverage. Fraser claims that he gets to ride a “bitching three wheeled motorcycle” in the film. His character, Gung Ho, a Village People-looking soldier from the toyline, is rumored to appear during a training sequence in The Pit....

Down With The Sickness By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2008 8:11 pm EST Just wanted to give a quick update. The reason for the infrequent updates this past week have been because of this “bug” I caught at Sundance. Today, my fever got to a high of 102.7. This is definitely the worst sick experience of my entire life. It appears to be coming down, so hopefully everything will return to normal next week....

Fan Art: Chris Hemsworth As Thor By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2009 12:34 pm EST We’ve featured a bunch of Josh MC’s fan art on /Film in the past: You might remember his famous rendering of Ryan Reynolds at the Green Lantern, or Kristen Bell as Harley Quinn and Anne Hathaway as Batgirl. His latest piece takes a look at what Chris Hemsworth might look like in costume as Thor. Josh writes:...

Final Fantastic Fest Films Announced By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2008 12:37 am EST We are proud to announce the final slate of feature film programming for the 2008 edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. With over 100 films representing over 30 countries, Fantastic Fest is the largest festival of its kind in the United States. The 2008 schedule will be announced online on Thursday, September 4, 2008. If you are planning on coming to Fantastic Fest and have not yet secured a badge....

First Look: Gus Van Sant’s Milk By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2008 4:30 am EST Back in January we posted the first photos of Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant’s Milk. Focus Features has now released the first official production photo. Check out our previously released set photos of Emile Hirsch as gay activist Cleve Jones. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet (according to Time Magazine)....

Interview: Darren Aronofsky - Part 3 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2008 7:00 am EST Peter Sciretta: Back to Robocop, is it going to be a sequel or is it a remake. Darren Aronofsky: It’s absolutely unrelated to the original. As Mike Medavoy already went on the record. David Self and my team have been working really hard on it. It’s a completely new universe.Peter Sciretta: Is it going to be set in the future, or is it going to be today?...

John Singleton’s The A-Team Set For Release Summer 2009 By Hunter Stephenson/March 20, 2008 12:36 pm EST None of the macho mercenary roles are locked, though Singleton, who has made this project sound promising and even hinted at an R-rating (I’d still bet on PG-13), tipped Woody Harrelson for the role of Murdock back in January. And then Ice Cube (zzz) generously offered his services for the role of Mr. T’s B....

Megamind Teaser Trailer: Oh, Dreamworks. By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2010 12:22 pm EST The DreamWorks Animation film Megamind has gone through few changes: last fall Robert Downey, Jr. dropped out as the lead of the voice cast, and was replaced by Will Ferrell. Then the film got a new title when the original OoberMind was changed to the current Megamind. When Peter reported that change he said the film was sounding “more and more DreamWorks-like,” which isn’t such a good thing....

Michel Gondry’s Will It De-Blend By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2007 10:16 am EST I don’t understand Michel Gondry’s fascination with creating little videos for YouTube. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy them. Last year the music video turned Eternal Sunshine for a Spotless Mind director posted a video where he solved a Rubiks Cude with his feet (you can see that incredible video at the bottom of this article – can you figure out how he does it?...

Reader Forum: The Fringe Premiere By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 10, 2008 4:31 pm EST So after much ballyhoo, J.J. Abrams’s Fringe premiered last night on Fox. I’m curious to know how you guys felt about the pilot episode, and if this is a show you’d like to see covered on Slashfilm in the future. The ratings are in—roughly 9 million viewers—and while it’s not necessarily a homerun off the bat, word of mouth will play a large factor in the proceeding weeks....

Revolutionary Road Screenwriter To Adapt The Lone Ranger By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2010 1:33 am EST In 2007, it was announced that Jerry Bruckheimer would be producing a new adaptation of The Lone Ranger, with Pirates of the Caribbean/Shrek screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio penning the script. A year later, in 2008, it was revealed that Johnny Depp had been cast as Tonto, and George Clooney was rumored to be in talks to play The Lone Ranger....

Stephen King Says Twilight Author Is “Not Very Good”; Twilight Director Decides To Write Her Own Book By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2009 11:54 pm EST Bestselling novelist and pop-culture writer Stephen King isn’t a fan of Twilight author Stephanie Meyer. King tells USA Weekend that while both Rowling and Meyer are “speaking directly to young people, The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn....

Sundance Review: Moon By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 16, 2009 11:12 pm EST In the near future, Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is sent on a three year mission to live on the far side of the moon and mine Helium-3, a chemical that has now become Earth’s primary source of energy. His moon base has lost live communication with Earth and is rather lonely. But luckily his contract is almost up and he will soon return home to his loving wife Tess and their three year old daughter Eve....

Update: Wes Craven Still In Talks To Direct Scream 4 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2010 8:00 pm EST Update: Wes Craven has corrected this story on twitter: “SCREAM 4 – LA Times has it wrong. I’m still in talks but nothing has been finalized.” The original report follows after the jump. Hidden in an LA Times article profiling horror director Wes Craven is the following mention: Craven recently finished “My Soul to Take,” which is scheduled for release sometime this year....

By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 13, 2009 3:46 pm EST Update: Disney says that Prince of Persia is not being released in 3D after all. The signage at the convention is inaccurate, and the on-site rep must have been misinformed.JoBlo came across a poster promoting upcoming Disney Digital 3D releases while walking around the floor of Disney’s D23 fan convention. The big surprise — Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was listed on the line-up....