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First Look: DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2009 2:22 pm EST Animatoons has the first official promotional image for DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon. The image also gives us our first real plot synopsis: “Meet Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, heir of the Viking chiefdom, but a boy with one very big problem: a hero he is not. “How to Train Your Dragon’ is the riotous story of Hiccup’s quest to hunt down the fiercest dragon, bring it into submission, and—hopefully—pass his initiation....

Geek Deal: The Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-Ray For $58 By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2009 11:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This seven-disc collection contains the complete Matrix Trilogy in high definition video and lossless high definition 5.1 audio (Dolby TrueHD) — each with hours of special features including WHV’s ground-breaking In-Movie Experience. The Animatrix, the nine-part anime film, three additional bonus discs include more than 35 hours of additional features and a digital copy of The Matrix....

Grisly Biopic On “The Ice Man” Now On Ice Due To Channing Tatum’s Bad Casting By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 9, 2009 1:00 pm EST For all of the blame being placed on “flyover state people” for the success of G.I. Joe, the most outspoken journo-champions for this trendy daycare fare are based in L.A. and New York. It’s one thing to be an adult cashing a check by playing a literal piece of plastic—that is to say: gross—it’s another stumble entirely to be an intelligent adult cheering the result....

By Russ Fischer/Dec. 4, 2009 8:43 am EST But what of their most valuable asset: the actual rights to the Terminator franchise. How’s that sale going? Just fine, says the company. “Oh, really?”, says we. Nikki Finke is running a statement from Halcyon that has a whole lot of jibber-jabber, and this bottom line: An either/or scenario seems to be developing. Either someone will buy the rights outright, or Halcyon will negotiate new capital for their own company — essentially taking out a new mortgage to keep the house....

Jeffrey Katzenberg Urges Exhibitors To Charge Even More For 3D Tickets By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2009 8:00 am EST UPDATE: One of the quotes I used has been pulled out of the article by Variety; I’ve noted it below. The following is something Dreamworks head Jeffrey Katzenberg may or may not have said in his 3D Summit keynote (I don’t have a full transcript): 3D helps filmmakers tell better stories. But this is what Katzenberg did say: we know people will pay even more for this, and you’re not charging enough for 3D....

JJ Abrams On A Cloverfield Sequel By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2008 2:55 pm EST I heard a couple months ago that a Cloverfield sequel had been put on the backburner. With the recent release of the DVD, talk of a Cloverfield sequel has begun to reappear. Producer JJ Abrams tells G4’s Attack of the Show that they have a good idea: “There is a couple ideas that Drew Goddard , the writer, and Matt Reeves have that are pretty fantastic....

Joe Carnahan To Helm A-Team By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 27, 2009 6:00 pm EST Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan is the latest filmmaker to board 20th Century Fox’s big screen adaptation of The A-Team. John Singleton was the latest director attached to the project, but decided to exit the project after a bunch of rewrites. The film was originally set to hit theaters in June 2009, but is now scheduled to hit theaters on June 11th 2010....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Recreates Singin’ In The Rain On SNL By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2009 7:32 am EST This takes some balls. Joseph Gordon-Levitt did his first gig hosting Saturday Night Live this past weekend. He took the stage looking like a guy who could barely contain his excitement, and proceeded to launch into a recreation of one of the most famous song and dance numbers from any film musical: Donald O’Connor’s ‘Make ’em Laugh’ from Singin’ in the Rain....

LOL: Boba Fett Freezes The Simpsons In Carbonite By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 9:30 am EST In the Season 20 premiere of The Simpsons, Boba Fett encases the famous animated family in carbonite during the opening title sequence. You can watch the entire episode for free on Hulu (embedded below). LOL: Boba Fett Freezes The Simpsons In Carbonite By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 9:30 am EST In the Season 20 premiere of The Simpsons, Boba Fett encases the famous animated family in carbonite during the opening title sequence....

Movie Review: Because I Said So By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2007 11:37 pm EST Returning from Sundance is a shocking experience. For almost two weeks I got to see some of the best that independent cinema has to offer. And there were quite a few films this year I did not like. Because I Said So makes me think I may have been a little too hard on some of those films....

Neve Campbell Turns Down Scream 4 By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2009 9:08 am EST Don’t expect series star Neve Campbell to return as Sidney Prescott in Scream 4. Series screenwriter Kevin Williamson, who is developing the script for the first part of a new trilogy, has revealed on twitter that Campbell has turned down an offer to return in the next installment. Trying to figure out a Sid-less scenario. She won’t do it....

New Photos: Pixar’s Up By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 1, 2009 3:52 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Official Plot Synopsis: From Disney•Pixar comes “Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell....

New Poster For The Losers By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2010 5:49 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new movie poster for The Losers. Check out the full one-sheet, after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: An explosive action tale of betrayal and revenge, “The Losers” centers around the members of an elite Special Forces unit sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. But the team—Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar—soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max....

Ong Bak 3 Teaser Trailer: It’s All Elbows And Elephants By Russ Fischer/Feb. 1, 2010 1:44 pm EST Back in October we ran a piece of promo art for Ong Bak 3. That’s the second sequel to the sensational Thai kickboxing movie Ong Bak, which instantly established star Tony Jaa as an action film hero. When we ran that piece, we knew that the film was already almost done, after having gone into production rather quietly....

Punisher: War Zone Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/June 12, 2008 8:05 pm EST Opening with a scene/yelp recalling The Bride’s headshot in Kill Bill, the teaser trailer for director Lexi Alexander’s Punisher: War Zone plays it hard and fast underneath cyber-noirish lighting (Swordfish, much?) that is sure to turn some people off. However, besides an emasculated bit of firearm ballet atop a chandelier (re: marketing dept., ditch it!), there are hints that War Zone could be a solid R-rated action entry free of the sarcasm seen in Crank and Shoot ‘Em Up and much rougher than the barcoded dork-out that was Hitman....

See A Tiny Snippet Of New Where The Wild Things Are Footage By Russ Fischer/Sept. 3, 2009 9:52 am EST How hungry are you to see new footage from Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are? At this point, anything from this movie is welcome, even if it’s only a few seconds. The UK version of that Maurice Sendak featurette we saw back at Comic-Con has about ten seconds of stuff that previously had only been seen by the public in Hall H....

Star Wars Weather Compares Local Weather Conditions To Star Wars Planets By David Chen/Dec. 21, 2009 6:11 am EST For everyone who’s always wished that your vast and encyclopedic knowledge of the Star Wars films could somehow come in handy, Star Wars Weather has arrived! This brilliant meteorological system explains what your local weather conditions are by comparing them to one of the planets in the Star Wars universe. All you do is enter in your ZIP code....

Sundance Movie Review: Adventureland By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2009 10:19 am EST Not quite as clever as I had hoped it might be, and not quite the comedy that the early trailers make it out to be, Adventureland is instead it’s a very traditional coming of age film with few or no surprises — It’s comfortable. But that’s not to say that Greg Motolla’s follow-up to Superbad doesn’t have it’s own unique charm....

VOTD: Nuke The Fridge By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2008 12:00 am EST Nuke The Fridge by Drew Holter & Miss Yamamoto The Pitch: 10 year old Drew Holter explains the new clang word Nuke The Fridge through a series of drawings. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail....

VOTD: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2008 12:00 am EST I just heard about Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock (a trekkified version of Rock, Paper, Scissors) from this scene from the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Apparently Sam Kass created the game variation in 2005. Thanks to Miss Geeky for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....