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Do You Care About A Fantastic Four Reboot? By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2009 3:05 pm EST

First Look: The Cast Of 24 Season 7 By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2008 11:18 am EST Filmz.ru got their hands on the first promotional image for The seventh season of 24. I assume this image was taken to publicize the season’s premiere, which was originally scheduled to take place on January 13th, 2008, but was postponed reportedly due to the writer’s strike. The new season is now set to premiere with a two hour prequel in fall before the regular season in January 2009....

Funny Story For Half Nelson’s Fleck And Boden By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 11, 2009 8:15 am EST The Hollywood report lets us know that the film was previously being developed at Paramount, who appear to have placed it in turnaround, and is adapted from Ned Vizzini’s novel of the same name that was published by Miramax Books. Interestingly, the novel is described as being for “young adults,” suggesting a possible shift of target for Fleck and Boden from the very adult-oriented material of their first two films....

Guillermo Del Toro Denies 3D/Casting Rumors, Names DP, And Talks Avatar By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2009 12:40 am EST A couple weeks ago, a rumor circulated that Peter Jackson was going to direct a new Middle Earth film which would connect The Hobbit and The Lords of the Rings, and that all three films (remember, The Hobbit is two films) would be produced in 3D. Of course, we didn’t really believe the rumor at the time, and said as much, but now Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro has put all of the rumors to rest....

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 21, 2008 1:51 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/iceage3.flv 470 248] Official Plot Synopsis: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, to be fully produced in 3-D, is the latest installment to the hit Ice Age franchise, which has grossed more than $1.2 billion around the world. Ice Age 3 will be directed by Oscar-nominated Carlos Saldanha, who directed Ice Age: The Meltdown and co-directed Ice Age....

Jeff Bridges Is Obadiah Stane In Iron Man By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2007 7:45 pm EST Jeff Bridges will play Obadiah Stane in Jon Favreau’s big screen adaptation of Iron Man. IESB broke the story earlier today, posting photos of a bald Bridges from ShoWest. Obadiah Stane is a billionaire industrialist who attacks James Rhodes and takes over Stark International, the industrial corporation owned by Tony Stark (Iron Man). Stark eventually learned that Stane was the mastermind behind these attacks, but was unable to confront him, catastrophically relapsing into alcoholism....

Juno: Four Video Clips By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2007 5:57 pm EST Here’s the standard recap: I saw Juno at the Toronto Film Festival and in my review I said that it was “the best movie of the year (so far)” and it is this year’s “Little Miss Sunshine”. You may as well find another website to read if you want to avoid an overload in Juno news in the next couple months before the film is unleashed upon the world....

Koumpounophobes Beware: New Coraline Trailer Is Simply Brilliant By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 22, 2009 9:23 am EST I think the consensus is that movie trailers and movie title sequences used to be better – just look at the back catalogue of Alfred Hitchcock for numerous sterling examples of each, all from the oeuvre of just one director. Lately, it might be argued that title sequences have had something of a renaissance, with the work of Kyle Cooper and Imaginary Forces, but much of the great stuff has been pushed to the end of the film, as the credits roll....

LucasFilm’s 2009 Christmas Card By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2009 2:00 pm EST Every year LucasFilm sends all their employees, associates and friends a LucasFilm Christmas card. I’m still not lucky enough to be on this list (and probably never will be), but that won’t stop me from admiring the cards from afar. The cards usually feature cool custom Star Wars holiday art. We’ve collected and featured over 30 years of LucasFilm’s holiday cards in a previous edition of Cool Stuff (click here to see them)....

Movie Trailer: Bollywood’s Computer Animated Feature Koochie Koochie Hota Hai By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2010 5:23 pm EST Prana has released a movie trailer for the upcoming animated Bollywood feature film Koochie Koochie Hota Hai, directed by Tarun Mansukhani (Dostana). The film is a quasi-animated take on Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (the highest grossing Indian movie of 1998) and marks the 12 year anniversary of its release. The popular Bollywood on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol reprise their roles, alongside other voice cast such as Rani Mukherji, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Anupam Kher, Uday Chopra and Simi Garewal....

Must-Watch: US Antichrist Trailer By Russ Fischer/Sept. 13, 2009 9:55 pm EST I almost didn’t post this, because we’ve run a few clips and/or trailer from Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist already. But goddamn, this is a hell of a trailer. For one, it is in HD Quicktime, and while I’ve understood previously that the movie has some great imagery, this presentation suggests that it might be a really genuinely beautiful film....

Oliver Stone Talks Wall Street 2 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2009 7:55 am EST When last we saw Gekko, he was presumably about to be jailed for insider trading. “When Gekko comes out of prison in the beginning of this movie, he essentially has to redefine himself, redefine his character,” Mr. Stone tells the New York Times. “He’s looking for that second chance.” He’ll face off against Josh Brolin as the “arch-villain”, Brighton James, “the head of a fictional investment bank....

Predators Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2010 5:35 pm EST We showed you footage of Predators the other day, and now the full trailer is here. Produced by Robert Rodriguez based on his story and directed by Nimród Antal, the film stars Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne and Walton Goggins. IGN has the trailer, and you can see a lower-res embed below. The first thing that comes to mind is that, with respect to rhythm and sound this seems to be edited in a way that consciously emulates the original trailer for Alien....

Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time International Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 3, 2009 10:51 am EST Yesterday Walt Disney Pictures released the official movie trailer for Mike Newell’s big screen adaptation of the popular video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Today a new international cut of the trailer has been found online at TrailerAddict. The trailer features a bit of new footage, and is a completely different edit....

Roger Ebert Returns With Illinois Film Festival, Raging Bull Analogy By Hunter Stephenson/April 2, 2008 2:09 pm EST The world’s best known movie critic and self-proclaimed thumb war champion, Roger Ebert, has issued an update on his health (better) and announced the Ebert-esque line-up for 2008’s Roger Ebert Film Festival aka Ebertfest at his alma mater, the University of Illinois. So, how’s the guy doing? “I am at last returning to the movie beat....

Savage Steve Holland To Direct Legally Blonde 3 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2007 2:19 am EST Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer director Savage Steve Holland has been tapped to direct Legally Blonde 3. Holland told Collider: It’s called Legally Blondes. I’m not sure how much I can say about it as I just got the call. But it’s very sweet and funny. Beloved director Sean Macnamara was supposed to direct this project....

Spy Photo: Cloverfield 1-18-08 Movie Poster? By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 12:06 pm EST Some photos of what appears to be the theatrical teaser poster for JJ Abrams top secret monster flick which is code-named Cloverfield. The unfiction forum user took the pics with a Motorola V3 camera phone at Frank & Son’s warehouse sale. The poster depicts a headless statue of liberty overlooking New York City. The top of the poster has the text “MONSTROUS”....

The Dark Knight: New Joker Banner And Television Spot By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2008 2:11 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new Joker Banner and television spot for The Dark Knight. BatmanonFilm brings us The Joker banner seen above, head on over to BOF to see the higher resolution version. Seems like a perfect companion piece to the Batman “Welcome to a World Without Rules” poster (you remember, the one with the bat symbol burned into the side of a building)....

The Forever War - Ridley Scott Returns To Sci-Fi By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 13, 2008 1:23 am EST The book tells the story of an interstellar war between humanity and the mysterious Tauran species, and deals with themes of the inhumanity of war and the results of time dilation space travel. The novel is also widely perceived to be based on the author’s military service during the Vietnam War. The plot description from the books cover follows:...

The Hobbit Will Probably Begin Shooting Towards The End Of This Year By Brendon Connelly/March 28, 2010 3:21 pm EST There’s two big fingers out there pointing, and each is aimed at a flashing light that says “Sorry, more Hobbit delays”. The first indication comes from a report at The One Ring. They are carrying quotes from an “absolutely reliable” source inside the production who tells them that the ongoing MGM sale is having a direct effect on the Hobbit movies:...