The Boondock Saints 2 Gets A Greenlight?! By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2008 10:00 pm EST Troy Duffy has a big announcement for St. Patrick’s Day: Boondock Saints 2 might be happening after all. According to Duffy, Sony Picture Studios has greenlit The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day, and the original cast (with the exception of Willem Dafoe) are excited to return. Duffy claims that the film will begin shooting Summer 2008....
The Numbers Behind The Academy Awards By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2010 10:15 pm EST Business Pundit created a great infographic displaying some of t interesting numerological trivia behind the biggest award show in show-business: The Academy Awards. What is the average age of a best actor or actress? How much does an awards campaign cost a movie studio? What percent of actors have their career plummet after winning the Oscar? How many streakers have interrupted the Oscar ceremony?...
The Spirit Teaser Movie Trailer - What Do You Think? By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2008 2:20 pm EST Lionsgate has released the official teaser trailer for Frank Miller’s big screen adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. I’m actually surprised at how well Miller has been able to translate his visual style to the big screen. I was, and still am, quite skeptical in Miller’s directing ablities, especially with Robert Rodriguez not at his side....
The Unlikely Art Director Behind Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 14, 2009 10:45 am EST As viewers and the media gear up for next month’s release of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, we expect to read more articles and essays waxing on the film’s relevance and meaning in pop culture. To me, the project already represents the ideal and inevitable amalgamation of two of the more important, influential, and cynic-exhausted youth subcultures of the aughts: the geeks (as ushered in by Ain’t It Cool) and the hipsters (as ushered in by Vice magazine)....
The Wackness Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2008 2:02 am EST The Wackness is one of those movies which is almost impossible to market in a PG world. It’s about a teenager drug dealer’s last summer before he heads off to college. And while that’s the one sentence breakdown, I’m sure you can already tell, it’s much more than that. I’ve given this movie rave after rave, and have seen it four times on the festival circuit....
This Week In DVD: Slumdog Millionaire, Marley & Me, Seven Pounds, And More By Adam Quigley/March 31, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the DVDs at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....
VOTD: Kevin Bacon’s Prank/Reality Show BACON’D! By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2009 11:31 pm EST What if Kevin Bacon created a cheesy television hidden camera show ala Punk’d? It would look something like this. Written by Human Giant/Crank Yankers writer Eric Appel and starring Kevin Bacon, Funny Or Die takes aim at the prank/reality show genre with — BACON’D! Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....
Warner Bros To Finally Let The Wild Things Out In October 2009 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2008 9:30 am EST Spike Jonzes’ big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are was originally set to hit theaters later this year, but was mysteriously pushed back to a TBA 2009 release. Leaked test footage surfaced showing a Sesame Street-style costumed monster with a computer generated talking face. It was later learned that the studio was extremely unhappy with the film Jonze had shot, and a test screening had kids leaving the theater scared....
500 Days Of Summer Director/Writers Developing The Spectacular Now By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 20, 2009 6:35 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Webb was clear to mention that it’s currently being written, and there is nothing “locked and loaded” for his next project, despite the Hollywood trade papers announcement that he will be making a film called Age of Rage, which was described as “Children of Men meets Lord of the Flies”....
Anne Hathaway Cast In Stephen Chow’s Superhero Comedy? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2009 12:54 am EST China.org.cn is reporting that Anne Hathaway is likely to star in Stephen Chow’s next movie. When Chow bowed out of directing The Green Hornet, he said that he would like to free some time up to work with Jack Black on a different superhero comedy? Well this is it.Wei Dasen, a representative of Chow’s production company describes the film as “a superhero, action-packed, special effects-rich, and of course funny” ....
Box Office Tracking: Four Christmases Eyes $38.5M 5-Day; And Twilight Beats Bolt Again? By Steve Mason/Nov. 25, 2008 11:40 pm EST The truth is that there is always room for a Christmas comedy at Thanksgiving. The high water mark was 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which opened with $55M on its way to $260M domestic, but there is a proven track record for Christmas-themed films opening for Thanksgiving or the few weeks before....
Brett Ratner Won’t Escape From New York By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2007 9:26 pm EST The good guys at AintitCool have some great news tonight – Bret Ratner is NOT directing the Escape from New York remake! Did you read that? The Ratner is not going to ruin the Snake Pliskin after all! Apparently the Rush Hour “director” (notice the obvious quotation marks) was given an “achievement in cinema” award at the Savannah Film Festival....
Casting Notes: Bettany And Sewell In The Tourist; Seyfried In Albert Nobbs; Emma Stone In Crazy, Stupid Love By Russ Fischer/March 16, 2010 12:39 pm EST The Tourist, the romantic thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie that remakes the French film Anthony Zimmer, has been shooting for a while after taking a very long and winding road to set. Now director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others) has two new actors to work with: Paul Bettany and Rufus Sewell....
Cool Stuff: Alamo’s Nightmare On Elm Street, Halloween And Beetlejuice Posters By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2009 9:11 am EST We’ve featured many of the Alamo Drafthouse commissioned movie posters in past editions of cool stuff. Today Mondo has released three posters for the Drafthouse’s Halloween series of films: Beetlejuice, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and John Carpenter’s Halloween. Unfortunately, the posters were very popular and sold out minutes after going on sale....
Cool Stuff: Dave Perillo’s Artwork By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 28, 2008 4:00 am EST 34-year-old Philadelphia artist Dave Perillo draws inspiration for his work from many of the following sources: 1950’s Sci-Fi Movies, Charles Schultz, Jim Flora, Ray Harryhausen, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Henson, Hanna Barbera, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock & Character Advertising Icons. You can see more of Perillo’s artwork on Montygog’s Art-O-Rama. Thanks to /Film reader kinomozg for the tip....
Cool Stuff: Hank Ketcham’s The Fantastic Four By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2008 12:44 pm EST Last month we showed you 22-Year-Old artist Evan Shaner’s rendering of if Charlie Brown cartoonist Charles Schulz created the Watchmen. Shaner is back, this time with a rendering of if Dennis The Menace cartoonist Hank Ketcham created The Fantastic Four. via: Superpunch Cool Stuff: Hank Ketcham’s The Fantastic Four By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2008 12:44 pm EST...
Cool Stuff: Scooby Doo Vs. Zombies T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2009 6:50 pm EST You might remember that we posted an image of a Zombified Scooby Doo in a past edition of Page 2. The image by Travis Pitts has now been made into a t-shirt by Threadless. The t-shirt is available now for $18 on Slate American Apparel tee. Here is some information from the artist: Sticking with my favorite theme of heroic girls (see: Robot Derby Girl, Diodes are a Girl’s Best Friend) and injecting realism or plausibilty to silly pop culture icons (ex: Madness of Mission 6 = PAC-MAN), I knew I wanted to make a certain teen detective her canine companion into the sole survivors of a Monsterpocalypse for the threadless loves Horror contest....
David Hasselhoff To Star In Beverly Hills Ninja 2. David Spade To Star In Divorced Guys From House Bunny Director By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 17, 2008 4:07 pm EST “Kung Fool!” In a casting decision undoubtedly made to set the Internet on fire, that guy David Hasselhoff will star in Beverly Hills Ninja 2, the sequel to Chris Farley’s 1997 contribution to the fat joke. Apparently the sequel will be a theatrical release from Sony....
Film Version Of Classic Epic Comics Title Alien Legion Inches Forward By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2009 8:45 am EST When I scan through my newsreader each morning, I really don’t expect to see a feature-length article about a comic series like Alien Legion in a major US paper. The comic was one of the early efforts from Epic Comics, the direct-sales Marvel imprint that skirted the comics code beginning in the early ’80s....
Footage From Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2009 11:24 am EST The first footage from the Mike Newell-directed big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has aired on an ABC movie special, and is now online. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer explains the plot of the film adaptation, as we see actual footage from the film. We also get to see some of Jake Gyllenhaal’s training and a look at the extensive on location Morocco shoot....
