Beyonce Knowles Wants Wonder Woman; WB Wants McG To Direct? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2008 11:23 pm EST Now that we’re finally getting a black President of the United States, how about a black superhero? Before you leave a comment telling me how Halle Berry played Catwoman in a 2004 feature film, or how Shaquille O’Neal played Steel in 1997, as I’ve tried very hard to forget about both of those films....
Captain America Movie Next For Marvel By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2007 10:20 pm EST Producer Kevin Feige has revealed that Captain America will be the next film for Marvel Studios. “I have a writer on ‘Captain America’ right now, hoping to get a director on that very soon to get that into the pipeline within the next year. Same thing with ‘Thor,’” Feige told CS. “David Self is writing ‘Captain America....
Cool Stuff: LEGO Movie Theater By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2009 5:00 am EST Richardo M Oliv created a completely working 9-seat LEGO movie theater, complete with a working film projector. Of course, using the latest and greatest available LEGO technology means that the projector can only display a few frames a second. You can check out more photos of the creation on BrickShelf or check out a video of the projector in action, embedded after the jump....
Cool Stuff: Slusho! Hoodies By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2007 5:27 am EST “Slusho! Make You Feel Freezing, Now Slusho! Make You Look Cool!!” The online store for everyone’s favorite fictional Japanese frozen beverage has recently introduced black fitted hoodies featuring the Slusho! logo. Slusho! make high-quality shirt for YOU!!! Available in sizes ranging from Small to Extra Large for $28.00. Back in the day, Slusho! orders included scraps from random Japanese newspapers....
Cuaron, Gonzalez And Del Toro To Produce Rodrigo Garcia’s Mother And Child By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 3, 2008 12:35 am EST Rodrigo Garcia is going to direct an ensemble drama titled Mother and Child. Why should you care? Here are a few reasons: The movie is being produced by “The Three Amigos”, Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men), Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Alejandro Gonzalez (Babel) The film is based on an original screenplay by Garcia, who developed and wrote the hit HBO series In Treatment Rodrigo made a name for himself as a cinematographer, and went on to direct episodes of Six Feet Under, Carnivale, In Treatment and The Sopranos, also Gia (which starred Angelina Jolie), the 2005 film Nine Lives, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her....
First Look: The Cast Of 24 Season Eight By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2009 2:00 pm EST Cast pictured L-R: John Boyd, Katee Sackhoff, Mykelti Williamson, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Annie Wersching, Kiefer Sutherland, Anil Kapoor, Cherry Jones and Chris Diamantopoulos. Katee Sackhoff as CTU analyst Dana Walsh Chris Diamantopoulos as Rob Weiss Anil Kapoor as Omar Hassan Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Cole Ortiz...
First Look: The Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading By Hunter Stephenson/May 2, 2008 2:05 pm EST Our fellow War Machines at FirstShowing just nabbed a small crop of new images from Joel and Ethan Coen’s follow-up to their Best Picture winning No Country For Old Me, Burn After Reading. Lots of comical mouth-breathing going on here, and it’s nice to see Brad Pitt in a role that recalls Floyd from True Romance with the addition of yoga, a shower, ProActiv and highlights....
Geek Deal: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy For $21.49, Pixar’s Up And Monsters, Inc DVD/Blu-Ray Combo For $28 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2009 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. via: slickdeals/ropesofsilicon
Gemma Arterton Is Io In Clash Of The Titans - And More News From The Empire Awards By Brendon Connelly/March 29, 2009 3:21 pm EST Earlier this week Gemma Arterton appeared on GMTV, chatting on the couch with Lorraine Kelly. That’s a screen capture from the meeting above – just for those of you (well, those of us, really) that find Ms. Arterton somewhat easy on the eyes. Besides coming over as really very pleasant, discussing figure-assisting underwear and plugging The Boat that Rocked, Arterton also announced she had two big lead roles scheduled to hit cinemas in 2010....
Hitman Movie Trailer Fails To Impress By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2007 10:44 pm EST The first movie trailer for 20th Century Fox’s big screen adaptation of the popular video game Hitman is now online. I’m not a big gamer, but have been around video games all my life. And making a feature film based on the Hitman concept seemed like a no-brainer. Most video games don’t have a good enough concept, never-mind story, which has resulted in many horrible feature films....
Kevin Smith’s A Couple Of Dicks Gets A New Title; First Trailer This Christmas By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2009 7:34 pm EST Kevin Smith’s buddy cop comedy A Couple of Dicks finally has a new title. As you probably know by now, since the start, Warner Bros has been pushing to re-title the film so that they could more easily market the film in all areas. The working title for the film was A Couple of Cops, which I personally thought was horribly uncreative, and completely lacking of the double entendre that made the original title so interesting and funny....
New Speed Racer Featurette By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2008 4:03 pm EST And the Speed Racer pre-release marketing won’t stop. Warner Bros has released another 4-minute long featurette that includes a ton of new footage intercut with cast and crew interviews. I’d say more, but I’ve already said enough in the 4-Minute movie trailer post from earlier today. Check it out below. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/speedracerfeaturette.flv 470 266] Watch the new featurette in High Definition on Apple....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2009 6:20 pm EST The Men Who Stare at Goatse. [tdw] /Film is the 46th most retweeted news source on Twitter, and the the #1 retweeted movie related news source according to Tweetmeme’s new leaderboard section. The Carrie Musical is getting cast: Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will play the gym teacher Ms. Garder, while Tony nominees Marin Mazzie will portray Margaret White, Jennifer Damiano will play Sue, and American Idol finalist Diana DeGarmo will play Chris!...
Rumor: Matthew McConaughey As Captain America? By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2008 1:52 am EST CinemaBlend is reporting that Matthew McConaughey is Marvel Studio’s top choice to play the lead role in Captain America, which is currently scheduled to hit theaters on May 6th 2011. I’m sure that a contract has not-yet-been-signed, especially considering the project was only officially announced yesterday morning. What this all means is that nothing is set in stone....
Ryan Phillippe And Val Kilmer To Star In MacGruber By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2009 5:49 am EST Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer may be joining the MacGruber movie, starring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig. And thanks to THR, we know a little bit more about how the one-minute Saturday Night Live sketches, which were originally little more than a brief parody of MacGyver, will be transformed into a 90-minute feature directed by Jorma Taccone, who created the character and directed most of the SNL spots....
Step Up 3-D Movie Trailer By David Chen/April 5, 2010 7:26 am EST Our love for the Step Up series has been well-documented, but nothing could prepare me for the awesome-tacity of this trailer (thanks for all the tips, readers!). Jon Chu’s Step Up 3-D is “the first dance film shot in 3-D,” and will hit theaters in August 2010. I present it here with minimal comment, except to say that like another recently-released trailer, it promises to throw things rapidly at your face, only with glowing, Tron-like suits to boot....
Steven Spielberg Teams With Stephen King For Under The Dome By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 10:06 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the official plot description from the book: On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact....
Sundance Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 21, 2010 4:11 pm EST You never know who you’re going to bump into during Sundance. First I randomly had a run in with a /Film reader who was volunteering at the fest on the shuttle bus. Walking up main street, we walked by Colin Hanks, who has a role in the pot comedy HIGH School, which premieres at this year’s fest. And while checking out the press preview of the New Frontier on Main exhibition center, I came across an opportunity to speak with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of my favorite indie actors on the moment....
The Boondock Saints 2 Expands Nationwide By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 3, 2009 8:46 pm EST Apparition and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group have announced that they have decided to expand The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day “nationwide to additional markets” on November 13th 2009. The film grossed over $500,000 this past weekend in just four markets: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Philadelphia, with a per theater average of over $8,000....
The Hunting Party: The First Three Minutes By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 20, 2007 1:47 pm EST The first three minutes of The Hunting Party are now online for your viewing pleasure. I had the chance to see this movie a month ago, and I can highly recommend it. The movie was released a couple weeks back in limited distribution, but has still failed to make over $175k in the United States. I feel that Richard Gere tends to scare people from my generation off, and film has been poorly marketed....
