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By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2007 2:43 am EST The 20th Century Fox-based production company New Regency is close to a deal with the Mark Gordon Company to bring Voltron: Defender of the Universe the the big screen. The live-action project was in development since 2004. Interest likely skyrocketed after the huge popularity of Michael Bay’s Transformers. The popular 1980’s japanese created animated television series was also part of the 1-18-08/Cloverfield fanboy speculation....

Grant Morrison’s We3 Script Reviewed By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2007 5:35 am EST Our friends at FilmIck have read Grant Morrison’s screenplay for the big screen adaptation of his comic book miniseries We3, and says “It’s even better than the source material.” Brendon claims that it is “the single best unproduced script” he’s ever read. Jeeez, that’s a huge claim. Published in 2004 by Vertigo, described as “Western Manga”, We3 “tells the unforgettable story of three innocent petsa dog, a cat and a rabbitwho have been converted into deadly cyborgs by a sinister military weapons program....

Is Battle Angel Really In Pre-Production For A 2011 Release? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 15, 2010 3:00 pm EST According to a new post on Yahoo Movies, James Cameron’s Battle Angel is already in pre-production for a 2011 release: If the Avatar sequel does happen, it’ll be a few years before audiences can lay their 3D-glasses-enhanced eyes on it. Cameron is currently in pre-production on his next movie, Battle Angel in which he’ll use some of the same CG technology he created for Avatar....

Joe Carnahan Says We All Pay The Price When Grindhouse Fails By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2007 9:43 am EST I always search for honest comments from people I respect within the industry. Grindhouse’s failure has resulted in a few of my favorite filmmakers to speak out. First was Kevin Smith, who was outraged. Now comes Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan, who writes the following in his blog: What is wrong with American moviegoers?...

Judd Apatow & Posse Finish Funny People Rehearsals At UCB L.A. By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 29, 2008 7:23 pm EST Saturday night in L.A., Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill rehearsed their stand-up acts for Judd Apatow’s Funny People in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Apatow was on hand to MC the event. Friend of Slashfilm, Andrew, emailed us the following report… “For the past month, Apatow has hosted this event to test out material for his upcoming film....

Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2009 1:12 pm EST Overture Films has finally released the first real movie trailer for documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story. It shows you actual footage from the movie, unlike the previously released “Save The CEOs” teaser trailer Moore released in June. Check out the new trailer, embedded after the jump. As always, leave your thoughts in the comments below!...

Pixar’s Up - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2009 12:00 am EST Pixar’s Up hits theaters today nationwide. I’m very much in agreement with David’s review, which you can read here. I thought it was a wonderful movie, despite feeling tonally less strong in comparison to past Pixar efforts (the film tries to tell three different kind of stories at once). I also recommend seeing it in 3D to see how 3D can be done right in a non-gimmicky way....

Sean Bean Plays A Game Of Thrones By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2009 8:05 am EST A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series that begins with the novel A Game of Thrones, is being adapted into a series by HBO, and Sean Bean has just nabbed the lead role, according to THR. (This news was actually reported last week by the George R.R. Martin fansite Winter is Coming and I let it pass as too unsubstantiated....

Steven Spielberg To Finally Make The Jonathan Nolan-Scripted Interstellar? Perhaps By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2010 10:57 am EST Just hours ago, I talked about the Jackie O biopic script that has Steven Spielberg as an advocate, and likely as a producer. We’ve filled a lot of page space talking about Spielberg’s producing projects as he’s been slow to set up a directorial follow-up to his Tintin film, still in a long post-production process, but none have yet come to fruition....

Sundance Video Review: Howl (And The Story Of How We Scored Tickets) By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2010 5:00 am EST The opening night feature film of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival was Howl, a nonfiction drama described as a “movie about a poem.” You might recall that we woke up at 6:30am and trenched in four feet of snow to try to score tickets to the premiere, and failed. We somehow got in… and in case you’re wondering, we’ve included audio of David Chen’s dramatic story of how he scored not one, but two tickets to the highly sought after film....

The Green Hornet Logo Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2008 12:19 am EST Sony has launched a filler page for the upcoming Green Hornet movie written by and starring Seth Rogen. The film isn’t due for another two years, but they already have a logo. Why the long lead? I’m guessing they launched the preliminary website in advance of Comic Con next month, where Seth Rogen is already scheduled to appear to promote Pineapple Express....

The Hangover Red Band Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 2, 2009 7:36 am EST IGN has premiered a new red band trailer for The Hangover that is (a) quite funny and (b) wildly spoileriffic. Not every joke is given away by this clip, but a whole lot of the good stuff is egregiously teased, at least. The movie is almost a detective story, and for maximum effect it’s better to see a lot of these gags in context rather than chopped up in a trailer blender....

Video: Christina Ricci Cast In Speed Racer By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2007 2:24 am EST Black Snake Moan star Christina Ricci has signed on to play Trixie in The Wachowski Brother’s big screen live-action adaptation of Speed Racer. In the cartoon, Trixie (voiced by Michi Shimura) was Speed Racer’s chaste girlfriend. She had an “M” for Michi on her blouse and flew around in a helicopter during each race, advising Speed via a radio link to the Mach Five....

VOTD: Muppetstar Galactica By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2009 11:00 pm EST What if Battlestar Galactica was remade with a cast of Jim Henson’s The Muppets? The opening for the television series would look something like this (video after the jump.) Thanks to /Film reader Ray M for the tip. VOTD: Muppetstar Galactica By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2009 11:00 pm EST What if Battlestar Galactica was remade with a cast of Jim Henson’s The Muppets?...

WB And DC Entertainment Have ‘No Plans’ For Superman To Return By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2009 3:43 pm EST With Warner Bros. restructuring DC into a new corporate entity called DC Entertainment, you’d think that one of the venerable comic book publisher’s two signature superheros would be first in line (or near the head of the queue) for another movie treatment. Given that there’s a ticking clock hanging over that same character’s film future at Warner Bros....

Ace Ventura Jr. Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2008 8:09 am EST Because you demanded it, they made a direct-to-DVD sequel/spin-off of Ace Ventura starring the little fat kid from Nancy Drew. Here is the trailer. Oh wait, you didn’t want Ace Ventura Jr? Too late… Oh, and this isn’t a joke. There is no LOL. This is not a Funny or Die or College Humor video in our VOTD....

Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 2 “Caballo Sin Nombre” Is Set To The Sounds Of America By Hunter Stephenson/April 1, 2010 8:09 pm EST The title is a direct reference to the song “A Horse with No Name,” by the band America, and Walt is shown singing the lyrics at the ep’s beginning and end. On both occasions he’s blindly visited by two threats in the clashing forms of law and chaos....

Casting Horton Hears A Who By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2007 1:20 am EST Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly and Jonah Hill will join Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in the computer animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who. First time feature director Jimmy Hayward was a former Pixar animator (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc, Finding Nemo) who went on to direct additional scenes for Robots....

Comic-Con Video Blog: Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2009 9:00 am EST Yesterday, 24 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar screened in Hall H (which, yes, was very good), but it seems like everyone left the convention center talking about something else entirely — Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass. At the very VERY end of the night (at nearly 3am — if we look tired, it’s for good reason), I recorded a video blog with Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley, sharing our thoughts about the footage screened at the panel....

Disney To Release Toy Story And Toy Story 2 As 2-Week Only Double Feature By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2009 12:10 pm EST Disney announced at their ShoWest presentation that Pixar’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be released as a 3D double feature on October 2nd 2009. The 2 week only limited engagement is being called a “great value” in these economically challenging times. No word on what price theaters will charge for the double feature....