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Apparition Picks Up US Rights To The Runaways By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2009 4:53 am EST New distributor Apparition has quickly built quite a varied little slate. Black Dynamite and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day are balanced out by Bright Star and The Young Victoria, and waiting in the wings sometime for 2010 (please!) is Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Now Apparition has added another intriguing film to its collection: Floria Sigsimondi’s biopic The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning....

Avatar Outselling Star Trek In Advance Ticket Sales By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2009 12:23 pm EST As you might have noticed — I’ve been a big supporter of Avatar, and loved the movie, which I have now seen one and a half times in 3D (don’t ask…). But I’ve been very skeptical about the box office prospects of the film, especially judging by the word of mouth. Well, I just received word from Fandango that Avatar is currently outselling Star Trek in advance ticket sales at the same point in that film’s sales cycle....

Benderspink To Adapt The Straw Men By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2008 9:09 pm EST “In Palmerston, Pennsylvania, two men in long coats walk calmly into a crowded fast food restaurant-then, slowly and methodically, gun down sixty-eight people. They take time to reload. On the Promenade of Santa Monica, California, a teenaged girl gives sightseeing tips to a distinguished English tourist. She won’t be going home tonight. In Dyersburg, Montana, a grief-stricken son tries to make sense of the accident that killed his parents-then finds a note stuffed in his father’s favorite chair....

Dark Knight Footage To Be Screened At Wizard World Chicago? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2007 3:58 pm EST Our friend Adam at HollywoodChicago just sent us some information about The Dark Knight happenings at Wizard World Chicago this weekend. At the conclusion of the DC Nation panel earlier today, it was announced that there will be a special panel on Saturday at 6:00pm (not 2:00pm as previously reported) in the Dave Cockrum Room....

Friday Box Office: SuperBad #1 Again By Steve Mason/Aug. 25, 2007 1:08 pm EST The raunchy Judd Apatow-produced teen comedy SUPERBAD will, as expected, hold off flock of “lame duck” releases for a second consecutive weekend win. Written by KNOCKED UP star Seth Rogan and directed by Greg Mottola (THE DAYTRIPPERS), SUPERBAD added another $5M on Friday, bringing its 8-day cume to $55.5M. I’m targeting a 15.5M 3-day, which would be an estimated 53% weekend drop....

Geek Deal: Oldboy On Blu-Ray For $8.99 By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2010 2:46 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Gemma Arterton Is Bond 22 Girl By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 4, 2008 3:33 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed rumors that British actress Gemma Arterton has been cast as the new Bond Girl in Bond 22 (rumored to be titled 007). Gemma made her film debut in the 2007 St Trinian’s movie St Trinian’s. Production began earlier in the week, nearly a month behind the original schedule. Bond 22 is still scheduled to hit theaters on November 7th 2008....

Google Street Views Gives Hollywood A Digital Drive-By By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2007 5:45 pm EST Google Street Views has to be one of the coolest web features of the year. Right now the feature can only be viewed in select cities, which includes my current home town – San Francisco. There are so many interesting “easter eggs” to be found in these photos. What does this have to do with Movies?...

Grindhouse Banner Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2007 5:46 am EST Last week a new Grindhouse movie trailer and Theatrical Poster hit the web. Now we bring you the new Theatrical Banner, which should be hitting your local multi-plex this week. Click on the picture above to see the banner at a higher resolution. Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino exploitation double feature Grindhouse plays homage to B-movie thrillers of the 1970’s. Tarantino’s Death Proof is about a psycho named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) who stalks and kills beautiful women with his fast sports car....

Happy Tears Trailer By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 22, 2010 11:22 am EST The first trailer for Mitchell Lichtenstein’s follow-up to Teeth is finally here, and embedded below the break, ahead of a limited theatrical release on February 19th and a VOD due date six days later. Happy Tears appears to be a kind of The Savages-lite comedy about families, particular child-father relationships, and stars Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Demi Moore and Ellen Barkin....

Hubble 3D Movie Trailer: You Want 3D Spectacle? Look No Further By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2010 10:10 am EST One of my favorite films is For All Mankind, the documentary edited from footage shot by Apollo astronauts and set to music by Brian Eno. I don’t expect that Hubble 3D, the new IMAX-format film about the Hubble telescope and the astronauts who maintain it, will represent the same incredible marriage of image and music that For All Mankind does....

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2008 5:00 am EST Paramount/Dreamworks have just released the official teaser movie trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/indy4trailer.flv 470 200] My first impression is that it feels like Temple of Doom and not a next generation action movie (ala Michael Bay). Even with the super unrealistic jump from the car crash explosion in the Lost Ark warehouse (almost Live Free or Die-ish), the film still maintains this classic feeling....

Listen To Jonny Greenwood’s There Will Be Blood Score By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2007 3:47 am EST If you’ve read any reviews for Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, than you’ve heard about Jonny Greenwood’s incredible score. Music enthusiasts know Greenwood as z multi-instrumentalist and lead guitarist for Radiohead. Greenwood’s Blood score is everything you might expect it to be. I’m sure the Academy will at least award Greenwood with a nomination....

LOL: South Park’s Avatar Parody By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2009 12:30 pm EST The latest episode of South Park, an episode titled “Dancing With Smurfs,” (spoilers ahead) made an attempt to parody James Cameron’s upcoming 3D sci-fi epic Avatar. During the episode, Cartman becomes a Glenn Beck /Bill O’reilly like character, and at one point recalls a tale about spending time with the Smurfs. He became “one of them,” falling in love with Smurfette, and leading a revolt against the humans (led by Wendy) who have come to pillage and ruin smurfland....

LOL: Worth 1000’s “Mate A Movie 15” Movie Poster Mash-Ups By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2010 12:13 pm EST Worth 1000 is famous for their photoshop contests. Their latest, Mate a Movie 15, asks graphic artists to take two or more movies, and combine them to make one much funnier movie. I’ve included some of my favorites after the jump, most of which have some play on Avatar. See all 48 entries on Worth1000....

Metal Gear Solid: The Movie By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2007 5:45 am EST Sony has announced that they will be bringing Konami’s hit videogame franchise Metal Gear Solid to the big screen. Metal Gear Solid first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. Since then the franchise has sold more than 20 million units. An off-shoot from the 1987 game Metal Gear, the stealth action title has had four sequels....

MPAA Tells Kevin Smith Not To Make Unapproved Internet Porno By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2008 11:49 pm EST I hate to say this, but I was actually expecting this to happen. The vulgar and unrated internet teaser trailer for Zack and Miri Make a Prono has been removed from the interwebs by the MPAA (cue Darth Vader’s theme “The Imperial March”). “The MPAA called and said we had to take it down....

MTV’s Teen Wolf Remake Is A TV Series? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2009 1:58 pm EST THR reports that execs liked the script that was cobbled together, and ordered the pilot. (Thanks, THR…we guessed as much.) This version will once again be a high school drama that has horror and werewolf lore, and there will be a romantic angle as well. The latter being a given if the network is going to draw out a series....

New Posters: RockNRolla, Dragonball, The Day The Earth Stood Still By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2008 2:20 am EST /Film reader Christopher M sent over this poster for Guy Ritchie’s RockNRolla.

Pixar Confirms John Carter Of Mars Trilogy By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2007 8:41 pm EST The guys at Pixar have apparently made a trip to Edgar Rice Burroughs archives, doing research for a trilogy of John Carter of Mars films. That’s right, they are planning not one, but three films based on Burroughs work. In attendance for the trip: director Andrew Stanton, the director, Mark Andrews, screenwriter and producer of Wall-E / Pixar executive Jim Morris....