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Oscar-Winning Logorama Duo To Direct New Short Promoting Ghost Recon Video Game Series By Russ Fischer/March 10, 2010 6:57 am EST You’ve hopefully seen Logorama, the CGI animated film that won the best animated short Oscar on Sunday night. Credited to the French team H5, which is made up of François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain, the short has led to a lot of curiosity about whether we might see a feature that displays some of the same filmmaking chops and sense of playful anarchy....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2008 11:51 pm EST AwardsDaily has a first look at Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in The Reader. 44% of critics actually liked Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua? [RT] Brandon Routh, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan and Carrie-Anne Moss will join Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen in Unthinkable, a suspense thriller about members of an FBI anti-terrorism team who are assigned to interrogate an American Muslim man (Sheen) claiming to have nuclear bombs in three U....

POTD: Zombie Disney Characters Cosplay By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2010 4:00 pm EST We’ve previously featured a photo of a group of Zombified Disney Princesses from ExCeL London in a past edition of Page 2. This new photo, which has been circulating the interwebs today, was taken at Midlands MCM Expo 10, and adds some male Disney characters to the mix. Click on the image above to enlarge. You can find more photos of the Disney Zombie Cosplay group in action on Deviant Art’s Undead Cosplay Group....

Promo Pilot For Buffy The Animated Series Leaked By Devindra Hardawar/Aug. 27, 2008 7:26 pm EST For some time now, the idea of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated series has been something that has left Joss Whedon fans salivating with anticipation. According to Wikipedia, we know that Whedon and comic writer Jeph Loeb started working on the series around 2001–but various complications prevented any real development until 2004, when a 3 1/2 minute pilot was produced featuring most of the show’s original cast members....

Rumor: Chris Weitz May Direct Twilight Sequels New Moon And Eclipse By David Chen/Dec. 9, 2008 12:21 pm EST The corpse of Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight-directing career isn’t even cold yet, but Summit Entertainment is apparently wasting no time in finding a new director. The other day, we discussed how Hardwicke had been removed from the franchise. Now, Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily has a source that informs her the offer for the sequel is going out to Chris Weitz....

Surrogates Teaser Poster, Viral Website Launched By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2009 12:15 am EST This weekend at the New York Comic Con, Disney will be unveiling the first footage of Jonathan Mostow’s sci-fi comic book adaptation Surrogates. Bruce Willis stars as an FBI Agent who is sent to investigate the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves—fit, good looking remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume their life roles—enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes....

Taylor Lautner Returns For Twilight Sequel New Moon By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2009 6:58 pm EST Summit Entertainment has announced that Taylor Lautner will reprise his role as Jacob Black in Chris Weitz’s Twilight sequel adaptation New Moon. Apparently in the sequel, Jacob transformers into an almost totally different character – a foot taller, five years older, and a lot bigger. We have to believe that he can transform into a huge werewolf, and until today it was believed that the role would have to be recast....

Transporter Superbowl Advertisement? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2009 11:30 am EST No, this new Audi advertisement is not a commercial for Transporter 4, but it does feature Jason Statham kicking ass in a car (which to us makes it an unofficial Transporter short film). You don’t have to wait for the Superbowl, the commercial can be viewed after the jump. Thanks to FilmDrunk for the tip. Transporter Superbowl Advertisement? By Peter Sciretta/Jan....

TRON Legacy Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2009 4:59 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures has finally released the teaser trailer for Tron Legacy, which originally screened as a surprise at last year’s Comic-Con. Joseph Kosinski originally shot the footage as a test to prove his vision for the long-in-development sequel to the mouse house. The studio executives were impressed enough to screen the test trailer to fans at the 2008 Comic-Con, which became the surprise hit of the convention....

TV Buzz: Delocated On [Adult Swim] By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 12, 2009 5:44 pm EST UPDATE: The pilot episode of Delocated can now be streamed online. Check it out. So, I just finished viewing the first two episodes of Delocated, the new live-action series on [adult swim] about a family in the witness protection program that “delocates” to NYC to star in a reality show. The series’ creator and and star is funnyman Jon Glaser, best known for his work as a writer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and a compadre of Human Giant....

UPisode #2: First Aid By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2009 11:41 am EST Disney has released a second Upisode, a mini-computer animated film starring the characters of Pixar’s Up. The first UPisode featured Carl and Russell encountering animals while the walk through the jungle. The new UPisode is titled “First Aid”, and is available after the jump. When Carl Fredricksen scrapes his hand, wilderness explorer Russell attempts to provide him with some first aid....

VOTD: It’s So Bad: Troll 2 Is Now On Hulu! By Hunter Stephenson/June 18, 2009 10:16 pm EST Today, a lame goblin knocked on the door of Hulu’s offices and left a slime-colored, flaming bag of shit on their doorstep. That’s right boils and ghouls, Troll 2, the worst movie ever made according to the world, is now available free of charge. This cult-classic movie is a total dealbreaker, so if your girlfriend or boyfriend won’t watch it with you, promptly dump them in the inexplicable name of Stonehenge Magic Stone....

VOTD: MTV Movie Award’s Tropic Thunder Viral Video By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2008 8:57 pm EST Tropic Thunder Viral Video by MTV Movie AwardsThe Pitch: I know we don’t give the MTV Movie Awards much credit, but each year they usually have a couple pre-taped segments which are pretty funny. This year the segment everyone is talking about involved Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr planning a vial video for Tropic Thunder....

What Will Universal’s Dante’s Inferno Look Like? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2009 3:00 am EST Electronic Arts has released a trailer for Dante’s Inferno, the video game which was subject to a Hollywood bidding war, which ended with Universal Pictures winning the right to develop a big screen movie adaptation. The property is a modern interpretation of the famous poem written by Dante Alighieri in the early 1300’s. The narrative poem describes Dante’s imaginary journey through the nine circles of hell where they see sinners being punished for their sins on Earth....

Yogi Bear Director Eric Brevig To Tackle 3D Korean War Epic By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 27, 2009 1:44 pm EST The main wealth of Eric Brevig’s moviemaking experience has been as an FX guy, though he has now segued through second unit directing to overseeing his own movies. His first feature was the Journey to the Centre of the Earth remake-sequel with Brendan Fraser, which was an early example of live action 3D in the current digital wave, and he’s now at work on the barmy-sounding Yogi Bear movie....

Yorick And Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness In Y: The Last Man Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2008 9:37 am EST I’m a huge fan of Y: The Last Man, so it only makes sense that I’m very excited about the possibility of a big screen movie adaptation. DJ Caruso isn’t my first choice to direct that film, but if he can get Shia LaBeouf to star as Yorick – than I’m happy (I mean, think of how bad it could be with one of the stars from High School Musical as the lead?...

Bigger And More Giant Robots In Transformers 2?! By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2008 8:27 pm EST Transformers 2 is gearing up for it’s mid-Summer production start and IESB has a juicy rumor on the Decepticon line-up is… and trust me it’s HUGE, epic even…. Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Hook and Long Haul That’s right… The six constructicons that combine to transform into the huge robot known as Devastator. Obviously, some of the names will have to be changed for the sequel, since they have already used the names in the first film....

Black Eyed Peas To Star In X-Men Origins: Wolverine And Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 20, 2008 9:15 am EST In Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Budd has to clean up a particularly fouled strip club restroom, and right now I have to write a Black Eyed Peas casting post. Night capping the last few days of X-Men Origins: Wolverine news, BEP member will.i.am (the one who looks like Wyclef) will star as John Wraith aka Wraith aka Kestrel, a mutant with teleportation powers and a thing for explosives who, in comic canon, belonged to Team X alongside Wolverine, Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), Maverick, Mastodon and Silverfox (Lynn Collins)....

Box Office: Marley & Me Could Be The #1 Live Action Pooch Ever By Steve Mason/Jan. 4, 2009 2:49 pm EST In Studio 3-Day Estimates, the top 5 for the first weekend of 2009 remain the same as the order of finish for Christmas weekend. Marley & Me (Fox) remains the canine king of the box office with an estimated $24M for a new 11-day cume of $106.51M. The appeal of dogs on the big screen is no surprise....

Contest: So Goes The Nation On DVD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2007 2:21 am EST So Goes the Nation hit DVD store shelves on February 13th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should get this DVD. On February 20th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....