Heath Ledger’s Scene Not Cut From The Dark Knight By Hunter Stephenson/April 12, 2008 3:01 pm EST Our previous item on the rumor that a scene(s) has been cut from The Dark Knight showing (Spoiler warning…) Heath Ledger’s Joker in a body bag is now up to a sweet 130 comments. The majority of Slashfilm readers feel quite passionately that it’s a slight to Heath Ledger, the film, fans and Christopher Nolan to remove anything....
I Am Legend Alternative Ending By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2008 2:35 am EST It was big news that I Am Legend went through a series of reshoots. One of the big changes was the film’s ending, which was reshot to give the film a more commercial conclusion. The special edition DVD hits store shelves on March 18th, and the alternative ending has been leaked onto YouTube. I’d be interested to hear what you guys think, so please post your thoughts in the comments....
Indiana Jones 4 Reshoots? [UPDATED] By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2008 2:20 pm EST Update: I just got off the phone with Paramount, and have confirmed that the shoot in Pasadena is actually just an establishing shot. The studio claims that no lead actors will be featured during the additional photography on Friday, and that this shot was planned for during production, but they decided to wait until editing to see if they would actually need it....
Is The New Jim Carrey Comedy “Too Gay” For American Audiences? By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2009 11:13 am EST Britain’s Times Online is claiming that I Love You, Phillip Morris (not to be confused with I Love You, Man, which is in theaters today) might be going direct-to-dvd in the United States. The Jim Carrey/Ewan McGregor comedy premiered at Sundance in January to fairly good reviews. Distributors were turned off by “the graphic homosexual sex depicted in the film,” and the film has yet to score domestic theatrical distribution....
Lionsgate To Develop Chris Rock As Your Black Friend By Russ Fischer/Oct. 5, 2009 11:34 am EST In November 2008 GQ Magazine ran an article called Will You Be My Black Friend? about author Devin Friedman’s lame attempts to make friends with an African-American gent or two via his few black friends and Craigslist. The concept is funny, but the underlying idea was interesting: after a certain point in our lives we’re less likely to make friends who are outside our own social and cultural circle....
LOL: Unused WALL-E Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2008 4:03 am EST College Humor has created some fake unused concept art for Pixar’s WALL-E. Head on over to CollegeHumor.com to see more drawings, including WALL-E proposing to EVE with a condom, and Eve sharing her “directive” plant with a couple stoner humans. LOL: Unused WALL-E Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2008 4:03 am EST College Humor has created some fake unused concept art for Pixar’s WALL-E....
Mortal Kombat 3 Filming In September? By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2009 11:40 pm EST It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about a new Mortal Kombat movie. Back in September of last year, director Christopher ‘mink’ Morrison told moviehole that they were still trying to find the money before going ahead with Mortal Kombat 3 (or whatever it will likely be titled). And then there is that pesky lawsuit filed by film producer Larry Kasanoff (Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation) and his production company Threshold Entertainment against Midway Games alleging intellectual property claims to the Mortal Kombat franchise....
New Posters: Law-Abiding Citizen, Antichrist, Michael Jackson Doc This Is It By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2009 2:08 pm EST Three new posters have cropped up in the last twenty-four hours. One is only a design proposal, though it is probably the best of the bunch. The other two range from unimpressive photoshoppery to fairly well-done photoshoppery. Figure out which is which after the break. First up is the new image for Law Abiding Citizen, premiered today as an exclusive at Cinematical....
New Posters: Toy Story 3, Paranormal Activity, And Dark Country By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2009 9:50 pm EST A few new movie posters have popped up on the interwebs today, including a teaser poster for Pixar’s Toy Story 3, a one-sheet for the $11,000 supernatural thriller Paranormal Activity, and the Thomas Jane’s mystery thriller Dark Country. Check out previews of all three posters after the jump. LatinoReview has the teaser poster for Toy Story 3, which features the tagline “No Toy Gets Left Behind....
New Writing Duo Joining J.J. Abrams On Mission: Impossible 4 By Devindra Hardawar/Aug. 6, 2009 9:39 pm EST It looks like another pair of writers who worked with J.J. Abrams are being tasked with the screenplay for Mission: Impossible IV. Variety is reporting that Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, formerly co-exec producers on Alias, are working on the next entry in the MI series which will be co-produced by Abrams and Tom Cruise (as we’ve reported earlier)....
Orci And Kurtzman Not Returning For Transformers 3? Will Leonard Nimoy Voice The Fallen? By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2009 1:34 am EST In a posting on the Don Murphy forums , it was revealed that the screenwriting team of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman might not return for Transformers 3. “Time for fresh blood!” writes Orci. “The main reason we would move on is because we risk getting stale and comfortable....
Pee-Wee Herman Returns With A Twitter Account…and A Jay Leno Interview By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 23, 2009 9:45 am EST Last night, to the surprise of many, “Pee-wee Herman” began trending on Twitter only a few hours after new account for the character launched on the social network: @peeweeherman (it has just been verified as legit). Earlier this year, Peter posted about a limited engagement at Hollywood’s The Music Box in November marking the official return of Pee-wee Herman (actor Paul Reubens) to his subversive stage roots with The Pee-Wee Herman Show....
Photos From Drew Barrymore’s Whip It By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2009 9:58 pm EST As you can see in the photo above, Page’s team is cleverly named the Hurl Scouts. Page skates under the name Babe Ruthless, Kristen Wiig plays Maggie Mayhem, and Drew Barrymore’s character is named Smashley Simpson. I love the names of the derby members and teams. Its like old school pro wrestling. Zoe Bell (skate name: Bloody Holly) and Eve play for the Hurl Scout’s rivals, the schoolgirl-themed Holy Rollers, which is led by Juliette Lewis (skate name: Iron Maven)....
Poltergeist Remake Gets A Release Date By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2009 5:05 pm EST For the last year now, we’ve been hearing rumblings of a Poltergeist remake over at MGM. Last August we told you that the studio had hired Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, the team behind the modern horror classic (sarcasm) Boogeyman to write the screenplay. And we soon after learned that House of Sand and Fog director Vadim Perelmen was in talks to helm the unnecessary remake....
Rob Cohen Goes Medieval, Drops xXx Sequel By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2009 12:23 am EST So who is going to take over for McG? Super duper hack director Rob Cohen. You know, the guy who directed The Fast and the Furious, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Stealth and xXx. Speaking of xXx, this move also means that Cohen will not be reteaming with Vin Diesel on the previously announced sequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage....
Rumor: Sarah Palin To Appear On SNL / Weekend Update By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 7, 2008 9:05 am EST Rumors continue to circulate that Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live to combat Tina Fey’s gosh darn perfect impression of her. No official confirmation as of yet. The Chicago Sun-Times parlays that in lieu of a rerun this Saturday, Palin may pop up on the first Weekend Update prime time special, airing this Thursday at 9:30 p....
Sam Raimi Excited To Read Spider-Man 4 Script By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2008 11:14 pm EST Don’t count director Sam Raimi out just yet. The Spider-Man series director is waiting to read James Vanderbilt’s (Zodiac) latest draft, which he says is due in a few months, before he decides if he will helm the project or not. “I’m excited to read it,” Raimi told SciFi. “I’m hoping it’s as great as our discussions were about it and hoping it feels right for me, because I love Spider-Man, and I’m hoping I’m well-enough rested to, like, really embrace it and hoping that Sony wants me at that time to direct it....
Slumdog Millionaire Gets Rated R?! What!? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 22, 2008 2:31 pm EST source: THR
Stretch Armstrong Movie Gets April 2011 Release Date By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2009 11:23 am EST Back in February, we told you that Steve Oedekerk was developing a big screen adaptation of Stretch Armstrong as part of Universal’s deal with Hasbro to turn board games and toys into a series of possibly horrible probably pointless movies. Well it appears the film is going into production, and even has a release date – April 15, 2011....
The Dark Knight Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2007 8:00 pm EST The official version of the new movie trailer for The Dark Knight is now online. Watch it below now! I’ve watched it three times now and am still shaking. What do you guys think? I want your first impressions (or second impressions if you’ve already seen it in the theater or on YouTube). Comment Now! [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdk2.flv 470 200] You can also watch the new trailer in High Definition 1080p....
