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What Do You Think?: Is HBO’s Eastbound & Down One Of The Funniest Shows Ever? By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 23, 2009 12:59 pm EST “It was the egg rolls, not the ecstasy.” If you missed the second episode of HBO’s revelatory Eastbound and Down last night due to misplacing your savings in an Oscar pool, that’s no friggin’ excuse! EB&D > “Jai Ho” on repeat. Will Ferrell made his debut appearance as a BMW dealer named Ashley Schaeffer, the embodiment of shithot blond ambition....

Who Should Direct The Next James Bond Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2008 2:44 am EST Quantum of Solace director Marc Foster will not be returning for the 23rd film in the James Bond series, despite an offer to helm the next film. “They offered me the next one, but at this point the pressure is so intense — it’s a year of not having a life,” Foster tells FirstShowing. “And I don’t know if I want to do that again....

Casting Star Trek: Jennifer Morrison And Chris Hemsworth By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2007 5:54 pm EST Last night we posted a huge Star Trek casting news update (if you haven’t read it, check that out first). A spy image outside the set of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek revealed a woman who looked a lot like House star Jennifer Morrison. Many speculated that Morrison is playing Janice Rand in the film, but we’ve been waiting for a confirmation....

Cool Stuff: 1985 B.C. Back To The Future Parody T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2010 8:00 am EST /Film reader Ken H alerted me that Shirt Woot’s shirt of the Day is a Back to the Future parody. And anyone who has been following the site for a week or two should probably know, Back tot the Future is my favorite film of all time — so yes, I have to feature it....

Cool Stuff: Enough LaBeouf T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2008 12:05 am EST I have nothing against Shia, but I know that a lot of moviegoers do. Heck, he did swing on vines with monkeys in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. For the haters, BustedTees brings you the Enough LaBeouf! T-Shirt. Available in sizes small to 3XL for only $18.99. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff?...

Cool Stuff: Gamorrean Guard Life-Size Bust By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2009 11:00 am EST LucasFilm and Sideshow Collectibles have teamed up once again to produce another life-size bust, this time of the Gamorrean Guard (fans of the Howard Stern Show should be happy about that one). Capturing every detail of Jabba’s porcine enforcers, each Gamorrean Guard bust is individually painted and finished to exacting standards, each with its own unique quality and detail that is the trademark of a handcrafted Sideshow Collectibles product....

Cool Stuff: Junk Food’s Star Wars Characters T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2008 6:00 am EST Junk Food Navy Star Wars T-shirt I’ve always loved Junk Food’s t-shirt designs. This retro distressed navy t-shirt is available for $30 on 80stees.com. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. Cool Stuff: Junk Food’s Star Wars Characters T-Shirt...

Cool Stuff: Spock, Paper, Scissors T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 3, 2010 9:41 pm EST Teefury’s T-shirt of the day is designed by Raz. Spock, Paper, Scissors is inspired by the geek version of the famous game Rock, Paper, Scissors — Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, made popular in the mainstream by The Big Bang Theory (embedded after the jump_. The bad news is that the t-shirt is only being sold for 24 hours, today (Monday, January 4th 2010) only....

Cool Stuff: Sweeney Todd: The Official Movie Companion By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2008 9:00 am EST Written by Mark Salisbury, the only journalist on the movie’s set, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has been compiled in close collaboration with Tim Burton and his production team, promising a truly exclusive look behind the scenes. With a foreword written by Tim Burton himself and interviews with the cast and crew throughout, this stunning hardback also includes extracts from the shooting script, illustrated with over 200 photographs, plus concept drawings and production designs, including Burton’s own sketches....

David Cronenberg Remaking Time Crimes? By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2008 3:48 am EST Time Crimes director Nacho Vigalondo revealed that David Cronenberg is in the running to direct the upcoming English language remake of the popular Fantastic Fest award winner. The original Spanish-language indie sci-fi thriller followed a man who accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour, and finds himself in a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences....

Ed Catmull To Receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 3:42 pm EST Pixar co-founder and president, Ed Catmull will receive an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — the Gordon E. Sawyer Award. Catmull will receive his Oscar statuette at the Scientific and Technical Awards banquet, to be held on February 7th 2009. Catmull has contributed to many important developments in computer graphics and computer animation....

First Video From The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus And Other Cannes Films Online By Brendon Connelly/May 15, 2009 12:00 pm EST The website of French TV station Canal + is playing host to a video of the entire Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony. Easily the most exciting section is a long montage of clips from different films that will be playing there over the next couple of weeks though you might enjoy the rest, perhaps most particularly Bryan Ferry’s tidy performance of She....

Michael Bay Says Optimus Prime Talking Clip Is NOT In The Movie By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2007 1:03 pm EST A couple weeks back we posted a Transformers television advertisement which showed Optimus Prime talking. The internet was mortified – Prime looked stupid. Transformers don’t have mouths. It was a big blow to the fanboy community. DreamWorks sent their legal watchdogs to have the video removed from all corners of the known universe....

Michael Cera Is The Lone Holdout For Arrested Development Movie? By David Chen/Dec. 28, 2008 7:33 am EST A month ago, Jeffrey Tambor revealed that the Arrested Development film was a go. But despite Tambor’s positivity, many still had doubts about whether or not series creator could get the cast back together for one final cinematic hurrah. It now appears that those doubts were somewhat unfounded: In a recent interview with Fancast (via Collider), Hurwitz was asked straight up about rumors that Will Arnett and Michael Cera were the only remaining two holdouts for the film....

New Up In The Air Clip: “We Don’t Really Have That Kind Of Relationship” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 3:56 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released a new clip from Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air. The clip features the lovely Anna Kendrick as Natalie, a young college graduate questioning George Clooney’s character Ryan Bingham, who she is stuck on the road with, about why he chooses to have more casual relationships than relationships of substance....

Once Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2007 6:00 am EST The film hits theaters on May 18, 2007.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End Movie Trailer Set To Debut By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2007 7:29 pm EST ABC is set to air the first trailer for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End on March 19th. A downloadable copy will appear online (presumably apple.com) a couple days later. Although, I’m sure the trailer will turn up on YouTube minutes within airing. What follows is a very detailed description of the new trailer from an unconfirmed anonymous source:...

Samuel Bayer Wants To Direct Comic Book Movie: Garth Ennis’ The Boys By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2010 6:11 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Shock was able to uncover the identity of the comic book property: Garth Ennis’ The Boys. There’s a comic– I’m sure my agent would kill me for this, because I’m sure I’m not supposed to talk about it or whatever, but I don’t really care, is that– no, my assistant is shaking her head....

Screenwriter Kurt Sutter Takes Name Off Punisher: War Zone, Cites Difference In Vision By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 15, 2008 7:11 pm EST Screenwriter Kurt Sutter has removed his screenwriting credit from Marvel and Lionsgate’s superhero reboot, Punisher: War Zone, due in September, and he’s explained his decision quite frankly on his personal blog, while alluding to dissonance with the flick’s creative direction as well. He says that he didn’t “deserve” credit for the screenplay, as little of his script remains, and he follows that by saying he doesn’t “want” credit because his vision for Frank Castle/The Punisher will not appear on screen....

Southland Tales Release Date Announced, Movie Trailer In Mid-August By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2007 4:14 pm EST Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly will be at Comic Con on Friday. Today the official release date for Southland Tales was announced. The film will hit theaters on November 9th 2007. “I will be down at Comic-Con to sign copies of the new Southland Tales teaser poster,” Kelly wrote on his MySpace Blog. Kelly also reveals that the Southland Tales movie trailer will be released in mid-August....