Give ‘Em Hell Malone Cannes Promo Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2009 1:10 pm EST In March, we posted the first promo trailer for Give ‘Em Hell Malone. Set to the song “Bad to the Bone”, the trailer was basically a montage of blood squirting and guns firing. Yes, it was pretty frigging cool. AICN has a look at a new promo trailer, which was cut for the upcoming Cannes Film Market....
Heath Ledger Action Figures Sell Out In Minutes By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2008 1:41 pm EST Want to buy a Joker action figure for the upcoming film The Dark Knight? Good luck finding one. WENN reports that fans have cleaned out New York toy stores’ entire supply of Heath Ledger’s Mattel-produced Joker action figure within minutes of them going on sale. An employee of Times Square’s Toys R Us store claims that there are none left in the warehouse and that fans will be waiting a while if they want one....
Interviewing Animated Disney Characters In Real Time? By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2009 3:39 pm EST You’ve probably seen reporters talking to animated characters in the past. The process usually involves the reporter asking prescripted questions while looking at an empty chair which has a pre rendered cartoon character is inserted into the frame. I’ve always found the result rather boring because of the canned answers, which were never really too funny....
Jennifer Hudson Finds Her Next Oscar Nominated Role By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 2:11 pm EST I thought Jennifer said she was talking time off to concentrate on her music? Well apparently not. The Academy Award winning actress has been cast as Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker’s daughter in Winged Creatures. The movie follows a group of strangers who form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner....
Keeping Sin City 2’s Big Star A Mystery By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2007 5:19 am EST Robert Rodriguez has told the stars of Sin City 2 to not to discuss Angelina Jolie’s possible involvement. Jolie has been linked to the project for over a year now. Many people believe the project was delayed due to Jolie’s pregnancy. “The film’s been kind of postponed because Robert has been interested in Angelina Jolie for the lead,” Rosario Dawson told IGN last year....
Kieran Culkin And Aubrey Plaza Cast In Scott Pilgrim By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2009 11:20 pm EST HitFix is reporting that Kieran Culkin (Igby Goes Down) has been cast as Wallace Wells in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Culkin will star opposite Michael Cera in the big screen adaptation from Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead helmer Edgar Wright. Also, THR is reporting that Aubrey Plaza has been cast as Julie Powers, the obnoxious on-off-on-again girlfriend of Stephen Stills, the lead singer and guitarist of Scott’s band, Sex Bob-omb....
Lionsgate Takes Paranormal Activity 2 Director Back From Paramount, Obliges Him To Direct Saw 3D By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2010 7:26 am EST UPDATE: As one might expect, Kevin Greutert isn’t happy about this move. Check out his response at the end of the article. This is a crazy development that, if true, sounds like stereotypical Hollywood business and absolutely terrible PR. A report has it that Lionsgate, irked by the fact that Paramount hired long-time Saw editor and recent Saw VI director Kevin Greutert to direct Paranormal Activity 2, has exercised an option on the filmmaker and will oblige him to direct Saw 3D....
Marvel Concept Art Might Hint At Whiplash’s Mark II Suit In Iron Man 2? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 17, 2009 5:00 pm EST We all know by now that the first officially released photo of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2 is probably only the villain’s Mark I suit. At Comic-Con, we got a chance to see Rourke in action at the racetrack, but nothing more than that. What will the big screen version of Whiplash really look like?...
Mothman Prophecies Director Mark Pellington To Tackle The Orphanage Remake By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 4, 2010 12:40 am EST An English-language remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s fantastic horror film The Orphanage has been in the works since that film’s release two years ago. At first, we reported that producer Guillermo del Toro had chosen Wendigo director Larry Fessenden to helm the project, but those plans fell apart a few months after they were announced....
Must Watch: Valkyrie Behind The Scenes Teaser Promo By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 3, 2007 9:48 am EST /Film reader Randal A. sent in this very cool behind the scenes teaser promo for the Bryan Singerdirected Valkyrie. The film is based on actual events, and follows a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. Tom Cruise plays Col. Claus von Stauffenberg. This new video shows a ton of behind the scenes footage of Cruise playing Staffenberg....
Norway: A Deleted Scene From Michael Moore’s Sicko By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2007 6:58 pm EST I was able to screen Michael Moore’s Sicko at a special screening before the film premiered this Summer, and loved it. I’m sure it will be on my top 10 of the year. But time is hard to come by now-a-days. I’ve had a DVD copy of Michael Moore’s Sicko on my DVD shelf for a while now, but have been unable to find the time to crack it open....
Oliver Stone’s W. Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2008 5:04 pm EST The teaser trailer for Oliver Stone’s W. is now online. It basically focuses on Bush’s partying antics. The juxtaposition of “It’s a Wonderful World” over the Bush presidency gives you a good idea of the humorous spin that Stone is taking on this story. Tell me what you think in the comments below. Oliver Stone’s W. Teaser Trailer...
Only Eight Of This Decade’s Best Picture Nominees Are Original By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2009 12:46 pm EST Yesterday we posted a blog post pointing out that only two of the top 30 grossing movies of this decade were original (ie not based on an existing story (fictional or true)/character/property, be it a sequels, remake or adaptation). In fact, out of the top 50 grossing films of this decade, there are only 9 movies based on original properties....
Sony Rifles Through Michael Jackson’s Coffin, Will Release ‘Concert’ Film In October By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2009 11:49 am EST Ugh. From any perspective other than that of an accountant, This Is It, the movie built from recent Michael Jackson rehearsal footage, sounds like the worst kind of exploitation. And now you’ll be able to see it this fall, thanks to Sony. Speculation has run rampant for weeks that Sony would be the high bidder for the footage owned by the Jackson estate and AEG Live, and Variety reports that it is so: something like $60m is what it cost....
Spielberg’s The 39 Clues By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2008 4:49 am EST DreamWorks has acquired rights to The 39 Clues, Scholastic’s 10-book fantasy adventure series which will launch on September 9th 2008. Steven Spielberg is considering directing the project. Scholastic is hoping to replicate the success of the Harry Potter book series. Benjamin Franklin, Mozart, Napoleon and Houdini are just some of the relatives of the most powerful family in the world – the Cahills....
Summit Developing Three Twilight Sequels By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 13, 2008 11:41 pm EST Twilight doesn’t hit theaters until next Friday, and Summit Entertainment has already aquired the rights to the next three novels in Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance series. According to THR, Twilight scribe Melissa Rosenberg has signed on to pen the next two screenplays, based on the books New Moon (you can read the first chapter here) and Eclipse. A writer has not been hired to adapt the fourth book, Breaking Dawn....
The Dark Knight Tops The 35th Annual People Choice Awards By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2009 12:03 am EST The Dark Knight walked away with five awards (every award it was nominated for) on Wednesday night at the 35th Annual People Choice Awards. Other big winners include The Secret Life of Bees, which won both Best Drama and Best Independent Movie and Will Smith who took home both Male Movie Star and Male Action Star....
VOTD: Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 6, 2008 12:00 am EST Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals The Pitch: In this clip from Saturday Night Live, Mark Wahlberg (imitation by Andy Samberg) talks with Animals. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. VOTD: Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals...
Witchblade Movie Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2008 3:49 am EST The big screen adaptation of Top Cow’s Witchblade begins production in September 2008, and Platinum Studios and Arclight Films have launched an official teaser website at Witchblade2009.com, and released an official teaser movie poster. I’m not sure what to think about this as I’ve never read the comic book series. The original Top Cow comic book series has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide since it was created in 1995....
Zach Galifianakis To Star In Todd Phillips’s The Hangover, HBO’s Bored To Death By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 17, 2008 1:42 pm EST We’re still waiting to get a look at Zach Galifianakis’s middle-finger-future comedy, Visioneers, but in the meantime, the talented and gruff comedian continues his trek into the mainstream wilderness with a lead role in The Hangover from director Todd Phillips (Old School, School For Scoundrels). Galifianakis will star alongside Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers) as one of “three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him....
