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Doug Liman To Direct The Three Musketeers By Peter Sciretta/April 1, 2010 4:48 pm EST A couple months back, we told you that producer Lionel Wigram, a former Warner Bros creative executive who oversaw the first three Harry Potter films and went out to create/pitch/write Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, was developing an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic 17th-century adventure novel The Three Musketeers. Then last month we learned which filmmakers Warner Bros was courting for the project....

French Band Phoenix Working On Score For Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2010 3:30 pm EST Prefix has learned that the French band Phoenix is working on the score/soundtrack/sound design for Lost In Translation/Virgin Suicides director Sofia Coppola’s next film Somewhere. Thomas Mar, the frontman for the group had this to say about the project: “It’s very minimal,” said Mars of the new work. “It’s almost like sound design....

Geek Deal: The Mel Brooks Collection On DVD For $39 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2008 1:13 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Geek Deal: Up To 60% Off Blu-Ray Movies By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2009 10:53 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

JJ Abrams To Produce Micronauts? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2009 12:19 pm EST Yesterday we told you that JJ Abrams was producing another top-secret Cloverfield-sized film titled 500 Rads. In a post-Cloverfield/Star Trek world, JJ Abrams is working on a lot of different projects — not 24 hours later do we find out that the screenwriter turned filmmaker/producer is in talks to produce a movie adaptation of Micronauts. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Abrams is in discussions to bring the Japanese interchangeable toys to the big screen, with the help of Hasbro, who just acquired the property....

By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2007 2:15 am EST The original cartoon was one of the first Japanese animes to catch traction with American audiences. Speed Racer is scheduled to hit theaters on May 9th 2008.

Michael Mann To Make Biopic About Spanish Civil War Photog Robert Capa; Will He Engage Or Avoid Staged Photo Controversy? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2009 10:00 pm EST It’s been a couple months since Public Enemies came and went, so it’s long past time (as far as I’m concerned) to hear what director Michael Mann is doing next. There’s a good chance he’ll next turn to another period biopic, this time of famed Spanish Civil War photographer Robert Capa....

Neil Marshall In Talks To Direct Predators? By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2009 2:36 pm EST Update: As expected AICN has contacted Robert Rodrigez for comment on this rumor, and according to Harry, “Neil Marshall is one of about 7 names that Robert is looking at and meeting with right now.” So it is not a done deal just yet.Neil Marshall is close to signing on the dotted line to direct Predators for 20th Century Fox, according to Bloody Disgusting, who obviously have sources close to this production....

New International Behind The Scenes Look At Iron Man 2 By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2010 11:59 am EST Want to see a few new tidbits of Iron Man 2 footage? Paramount has released a new behind the scenes look a the film, aimed at French audiences. Much of the new stuff is sourced from the Grand Prix shoot in Monaco. Sadly we don’t see much new stuff from Whiplash, but we do get to see Tony Stark speaking French as he meets his new enemy for the first time....

New Posters: What’s Happening In Mexico By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2008 3:10 pm EST Three new international posters for M Night Shyamalan’s The Happening have hit the web. Click the above image to enlarge. The first shows what’s happening in Mexico City, the second in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and third in Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico via: movieland New Posters: What’s Happening In Mexico By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2008 3:10 pm EST...

New Rambo Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2007 2:10 pm EST We’ve seen promo reels, and leaked footage, but the first official trailer for Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo is now online. I must admit, I have exactly no interest in seeing this movie. It looks pretty bad, almost like a b-movie. But this trailer is pretty well cut to hide many of the film’s inherent weaknesses. I know some of my buddies (like Alex at FS) will disagree....

New Trasformers Trailer Is Online, Includes Lots Of Big Robot Action! By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2007 10:24 am EST The new Trasformers trailer is now online and is packed with never before seen big robot action. Check it out after the jump. [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/transformersnew.flv 450 190] You can also watch the new trailer in High Definition on Yahoo! Movies. The trailer starts up much like the previous television spot which shows Shia LaBeouf’s character picking out his first car, which turns out to be Bumblebee....

NSFW: Diablo Cody Nude By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2008 3:20 pm EST Following her Oscar win, nude photos of former stripper turned Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody have surfaced online. We don’t pot nudity on /Film, but at the same time we’re not against promoting such a subject (especially since we think Diablo Cody is really cute). So shoot on over to Egotastic for the goodies. Enjoy. NSFW: Diablo Cody Nude...

Once: The Broadway Musical? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2008 1:39 am EST John N Hart Jr, Jeffrey Sine and Frederick Zollo have acquired the worldwide rights to produce a stage adaptation of John Carney’s 2007 Irish musical Once. When I interviewed Carney in 2007, he talked briefly about the possibility of a Broadway musical adaptation. “Haven’t thought of it at all. I don’t think it would play at all on a stage,” admitted Carney, before quickly adding: “I don’t know, it would be great if someone were to ask for the rights or something....

Sony And Lionsgate Could Produce And Distribute Next Terminator Film; Will McG Direct? By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2010 9:10 am EST The Terminator rights sale saga just keeps on going. At the beginning of this week, Sony and Lionsgate were jointly bidding for the rights to the Terminator franchise. They lost out to Pacificor, the hedge fund that had loaned money to Halcyon to buy the Terminator rights in the first place, before calling in the debt which caused the rights to go up for sale....

The Coen Bros. True Grit Scheduled For Christmas Day Release By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 20, 2010 7:08 am EST Variety’s report that True Grit will be released on Christmas Day 2010 reveals two things. One – What I want for Christmas*. Two – that Paramount want to position the film for Oscar glory. Maybe their decision making was as simple as “Coens. Wide open spaces. Sounds like No Country For Old Men, bound to get gongs” or maybe they’ve been sophisticated enough to appreciate how fine the script is, how high-calibre the cast is shaping up to be and how surely Joel and Ethan can handle this kind of material....

The Dark Knight Breaks Blu-Ray Sales Record In One Day By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2008 7:47 pm EST If it wasn’t already expected, Nikki Finke is reporting that The Dark Knight has broken the record for the most Blu-rays sold in just one day of release. The Dark Knight sold over 600,000 copies on Tuesday alone, while the previous record holder, Paramount’s Iron Man, sold 400,000 Blu-ray copies in one week....

The Sarah Connor Chronicles Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2007 10:49 pm EST [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/sarahconnor.flv 440 330] I’m not quite sure how I feel about this. I want to like it but God does the Terminator look lame. There was also a couple of one-liners that fell flat. But I think if they can concentrate the series on John and his Mother, this could work… maybe. The show is written by Josh Friedman, who has previously worked on Sahara, War of the Worlds, and The Black Dahlia....

Transformers: Highest Tested Michael Bay Film Says Producer By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2007 8:25 pm EST A test screening of the final cut of Michael Bay’s Transformers has been held, and it tested incredibly high, according to the producers. “[It tested] higher than any other of Michael [Bay]’s movies,” producer Tom DeSanto told RT. “It’s good, everybody’s excited. It’s a great time right now because in a summer of sequels, we’re going to be bringing something new to the table....

By Devindra Hardawar/Dec. 4, 2009 12:12 am EST Speaking of series endings, THR recently got to chat with Mark Walhberg, who revealed plans for Entourage’s future. Walhberg mentioned that there are currently two seasons left for Entourage on television, but followed up with “We’ll see, there could be more. But then, a movie.” Honestly, if they want to do a film, they shouldn’t wear out their welcome by dragging the series out on television....