Gambit Won’t Appear In X-Men: First Class By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2009 3:25 am EST Then Donner goes on to somewhat contradict what she just said, explaining that Schwartz wrote the prequel while Wolverine was in production, and that the screenwriter was asked to do a rewrite during the film’s post production. The rewrite would reflect some of the changes that were made on set and in reshoots, so that the timing “matches with First Class....
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Go Mad Men Yourself By Hunter Stephenson/July 27, 2009 8:23 pm EST This feature is already trending with the growing, indifferent ‘09 masses of funemployed 20somethings. Hopefully AMC goes next level and unleashes a similarly stylish, more-time-wasting MMORPG. The Hot Coffee-incidents would surely be plentiful, albeit excusable for the era, and maybe this time Peggy can party the baby off. If you’re wondering who’s behind the drawerings, check out the official site of artist Dyna Moe....
Harry Potter Targets $128 Million For Opening 5 Days By Steve Mason/July 11, 2007 2:07 pm EST Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is tracking to take $128 million in the first five days of release. Looking at the 5 major 2007 summer sequels I’ve calculated a formula to redict the success of the latest Potter. Using Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3, Pirates 3, Ocean’s Thirteen and Fantastic Four 2, there’s a clear pattern here....
Japanese Dragonball Movie Trailer Looks Ridiculous By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2008 12:00 am EST The Japanese movie trailer for Fox’s big screen live-action adaptation of Dragonball has hit the interwebs. Remember how cool that new Terminator Salvation trailer was? Well this is quite the opposite. Goofy looking characters, cliched action sequences and laughable dialogue. But honestly, what did you expect? Leave your most amusing thoughts in the comments below! Director: James Wong Producer: Stephen Chow Cast: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park, and Chow Yun-Fat Based on the popular Japanese manga created by Akira Toriyama, whose work spawned best selling graphic novels, video games and a phenomenally successful television series, DRAGONBALL centers on the heroic Goku (Chatwin), a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the Universe and controlling the mystical objects from which the film takes its name....
Mickey Rourke Has Signed For Iron Man 2, Pay Will Be “Significant” By Brendon Connelly/March 11, 2009 3:00 pm EST As I type, Mickey Rourke is reportedly in Russia promoting The Wrestler. Good – it might come in handy for him to research his upcoming Iron Man 2 role as, apparently, the soviet miscreant in Iron Man 2 (Ed. note: Although we don’t have confirmation yet, it seems likely that he’ll be playing the role of Russian villain Crimson Dynamo)....
Movie Critics Discuss No Country For Old Men Ending By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 8, 2008 1:30 am EST Miramax has pooled together a nice selection of film critics and personalities from the Internet for a winding discussion over the ending to the studio’s acclaimed Cohen Brothers hit No Country for Old Men. It’s an enjoyable freestyle conversation featuring Premiere’s Glenn Kenny, Ain’t It Cool’s Harry Knowles, Rotten Tomatoes’ Jen Yamato, Jim Emerson of RogerEbert....
Must Watch: New Trailer For The WWII Miniseries The Pacific By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2009 10:41 pm EST Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and from the creators of “Band of Brothers”, The Pacific is a a 10-part HBO mini-series which tells the intertwined stories of three Marines, Robert Leckie (played by James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (Jon Seda), during America’s battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II....
Predators Footage To Screen At SXSW; 13 Tzameti Remake Added To Midnight Lineup By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2010 6:57 am EST The film and media portion of South by Southwest (SXSW) kicks off in Austin next week, and two films have just been added to the lineup. Austin’s own Robert Rodriguez will screen footage from Predators, and Gela Babluani’s 13, a remake of his own 13 Tzameti, will screen as part of the festival’s SX Fantastic midnight program....
Sexy Beast Writer Pens The Princess’ Gangster By Russ Fischer/Feb. 1, 2010 8:50 am EST Louis Mellis, one half of the writing team behind Sexy Beast and 44 Inch Chest (currently in limited release in the US) has been tapped to write The Princess’ Gangster, about the reported affair between Princess Margaret, younger sister of England’s Queen Elizabeth II, and charismatic actor/tough guy John Bindon. It was tabloid stuff decades ago when Bindon claimed to have slept with the Princess, who had already been linked to a couple of other affairs....
Speed 3 Ignition? I Smell A Fake! By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2008 6:51 pm EST /Film Reader William W sent us a tip that speed3themovie.com, speed3ignition.com, speedthreemovie.com point to a website which claims to be the official website for a third film in a Speed franchise. The site features a hilarious image of Sandra Bullock stuck in a Virgin Galactic consumer space-travel spacecraft with the film’s supposed title: Speed 3 Ignition....
Sundance Interview: Heidi Ewing And Rachel Grady, Co-Directors Of 12th & Delaware And Jesus Camp By David Chen/Feb. 1, 2010 12:56 pm EST Documentary filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady have previously demonstrated their ability to present controversial issues and people in an even-handed way. Their 2006 film, Jesus Camp, which documented a Pentacostal summer camp for children, was praised for the way it revealed the indoctrination of children by the religious right....
Video: Corey Haim Has Meltdown On Lost Boys 2 Set By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2008 12:16 am EST Somedays I wish I could post two or three videos in VOTD. But the title of the daily column is kind of limiting. I just came across this wonderful video clip from Corey Haim and Corey Feldman’s A&E reality show The Two Coreys which shows Haim having a mental breakdown on the set of The Lost Boys 2....
VOTD: Don LaFontaine Tribute: King Of Trailer Voice-Over By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 22, 2008 12:00 am EST Don LaFontaine Tribute Trailer Mash-Up The Pitch: Last month, voiceover master Don LaFontaine passed away at age 68. TrailerMash has put together an extensive tribute video which mashes up many of the trailers that LaFontaine has worked on over the years. The result is a very fitting tribute for the man who was known as “the voice of the movie trailer”....
VOTD: Joker Vs Joker (Jack Nicholson Vs Heath Ledger) By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2008 12:00 am EST Joker vs Joker (Jack Nicholson vs Heath Ledger) by SilverLightsaber The Pitch: Jack or Heath? Which Joker is better? SilverLightsaber put together a trailer mashup where both Jokers must face off. Not quite as good as Battle of the Batmans, but worth checking out. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....
VOTD: The Honest Indiana Jones 4 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2009 12:00 am EST What if movie trailers were more honest? Playdohfactoryworker created a new trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which is a much more accurate representation of the film. I have this theory that most of the bad parts of Crystal Skull were ideas that George Lucas demanded be included, and Spielberg relented under the condition that the marketing for the film would reveal very little of the film’s plot....
Want To Hear More Of Michael Giacchino’s Star Trek Score? By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2009 9:33 pm EST A lot of people commented on the epic (if not Dark KnightFans have discovered what they believe to be a two minute clip of Michael Giacchino’s score, on the official Star Trek website. The musical composition has been isolated, uploaded to YouTube, and is embedded after the jump. Leave your thoughts in the comments below....
What We Missed: Dedication Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2007 1:24 pm EST The new movie trailer for Dedication came out while we were away from the real world at a place called Comic-Con). Dedication is a new independent romantic comedy about a misogynistic children’s book author (Billy Crudup) who is forced to work closely with a female illustrator (Moore) instead of his long-time collaborator and only friend (Tom Wilkinson)....
Why So Ridiculous? Does The Dark Knight Have The Most Ridiculous Film Plot Of 2008? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 14, 2008 8:50 pm EST The Guardian counts down the eight most ridiculous film plots of 2008, and The Dark Knight places at #1 with this entry: “Wait, so the Joker really orchestrated that big truck chase just so that he could get caught and go to prison, then he could kidnap that guard and grab his phone to make the call to set off the bomb he’d previously sewn inside the henchman in the next cell?...
After.Life Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2010 1:48 am EST Anchor Bay has released a movie trailer for Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo’s upcoming thriller After.Life, which stars Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long. The story follows a young woman “caught between life and death… and a funeral director who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead, but might just be intent on burying her alive.” Watch the trailer embedded after the jump, and please leave your thoughts in the comments below....
