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Casting Transformers: Hugo Weaving Is Megatron, Keith David As Barricade? By Peter Sciretta/March 26, 2007 11:55 am EST A viral promotional internet website (SectorSeven.org) has revealed that Matrix star Hugo Weaving will voice Megatron in Michael Bay’s upcoming Transformers live action movie. Weaving is famous for his roles in The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings trilogies. He also starred as V in V for Vendetta. Fans who accessed the website using the password “NBETWO” were given access to the new casting tidbit....

Cate Blanchett In Indiana Jones IV By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2007 9:36 pm EST Cate Blanchett is signed on to star alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 4. With David Koepp’s screenplay under such tight wraps, we are not sure what character Blachett will play. One must assume that she could be Indy’s new love interest. Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for her supporting role performance in Martin Scorsese’s 2004 film The Aviator....

Chloe Sevigny And Zooey Deschanel To Star In Divorce Ranch. World’s Hipsters Melt. By Hunter Stephenson/April 9, 2008 11:09 pm EST One’s a hot friggin’ perfume and clothing line, the other is sold out next weekend (twice!) at Hiro Ballroom (I will sneak in), together they make hipsters sweat enough to fill up an Olympic-sized (non-Chinese) pool. That’s right, Chloe Sevigny (Kids, Vincent Gallo’s thing) and Zooey Deschanel (Weeds, nice dreams) are tag-teaming in a new indie called Divorce Ranch....

Cool Stuff: Back To The Future Courthouse Square Wedding Cake By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2009 10:16 pm EST In a 2007 edition of Cool Stuff, we profiled a wedding cake that featured the bride and groom on top of a DeLorean time machine. If you read the site regularly, you probably know I’m obsessed with Back to the Future. Yes, I own a hoverboard (don’t ask if it actually hovers), a flux capacitor, among many other geekarific tributes to the original film....

Cool Stuff: Lou Romano’s Color Script For Pixar’s Up In High Resolution By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2009 8:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is an excerpt from our previous analysis: You will notice that the beginning of the film is heavily saturated. When Ellie enters Carl’s life, she brings much needed color. When Ellie dies, Carl’s life again becomes more mundane and colorless....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Video Games Retrospective By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2008 2:09 pm EST Game Trailers have compiled an extensive retrospective focusing on the many Star Wars video game adaptations over the years. The result will be a ten part series that spans the series Atari beginnings to the recent LEGO Star Wars Saga. Check out Parts 1 and 2 below. Cool Stuff: Star Wars Video Games Retrospective By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2008 2:09 pm EST...

Cool Stuff: Zombie Wedding Cake By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2009 10:51 pm EST If I ever get married, I would hope that my fiance would let me have a geek wedding cake as cool as this one (or, of course, the Back to the Future cake we’ve previously featured). Not only did this groom propose by creating a zombie movie, but the Seattle-based couple commissioned Mike’s Amazing Cakes to create this very awesome zombie-themed red velvet wedding cake....

Cormac McCarthy Says Blood Meridian Could Have An Extraordinary Payoff On Film By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2009 3:00 pm EST Author Cormac McCarthy gives very few interviews. So when he does sit down and talk with someone, the result is usually worth a look. Now, as the film version of his novel The Road is rolling out, McCarthy and director John Hillcoat have done a few brief talks. It’s really McCarthy’s show, as Hillcoat just interjects a question or observation here and there....

Death Sentence Comic-Con Exclusive Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2007 2:21 pm EST

Disney Drops Buena Vista By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2007 1:39 am EST Disney has announced plans to officially drop the “Buena Vista” name used in Buena Vista Distribution, Buena Vista International and Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The company hopes the move will further strengthen the Disney name/brand. It sounds like a good idea to me, as most people were unaware that Buena Vista was a division of Disney, even though the current company logo is a silhouette of the iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle....

Disney Preps For Wild Hogs 2? Say It Isn’t So! By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2007 12:50 pm EST Earlier this month, I ranted on how Wild Hogs director Walt Becker was considering a sequel, and why I believed that wasn’t a good idea. Well it looks like Disney is interested. ARGH! Our friends at the Disney Enquirer have alerted us to Disney’s recent web domain puchases: WILDHOGS2-MOVIE.COM WILDHOGS2DVD.COM WILDHOGSMOVIE2.COM Wild Hogs has somehow made over $106 million domestically in it’s first 19 days of release....

Early Buzz: Inglourious Basterds By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2009 8:00 am EST Update: I have updated this story with excerpts from the first official reviews. Reviews: The Hollywood Reporter’s Kirk Honeycutt gives his quick video review, which is ultimately negative (beware of possible spoilers):

Early Reader Review: David O. Russell’s The Fighter By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 27, 2010 12:17 am EST /Film reader “PWH” attended an early screening for the sports drama David O. Russell’s The Fighter, and says the film will be an awards contender. The film tells the story of Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), a real life boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded after a run of drugs and crime. Shepherded his half-brother “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), Dicky had a Rocky-like rise to the world lightweight championship....

Even More Cast For Burke And Hare: Tim, Daisy, Tires, Bilbo And Dexter Reunited By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 4, 2010 11:13 am EST Simon Pegg has Tweeted a link to the extended cast list for John Landis’ Burke and Hare on IMDB. He indicated just one mistake on the roster – John Cleese will not be appearing – but called the rest of it “pretty spot on”. Not only does this mean that Spaced’s Tim and Daisy, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes, will be reunited, but also that several other alumni of their sitcom will be cropping up, namely Michael Smiley, Bill Bailey and Reece Shearsmith....

Exclusive: Creating The Alien Weapons In District 9 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2009 2:53 pm EST Sony Pictures has provided us with an exclusive clip from the DVD/Blu-ray release of District 9, giving us a look into what was involved in designing the prop alien guns used in the film. Watch the clip after the jump, along with a gallery of a few pieces of alien weaponry concept art created for the film....

Is “Nuke The Fridge” The New “Jump The Shark”? By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2008 1:09 am EST The Urban Dictionary has added an entry for “Nuke the Fridge”, a contemporary replacement for the slang term “Jumped the Shark”. Jump the Shark is a reference to a scene in an episode of Happy Days when Fonzie literally jumps over a shark while water skiing. The scene was considered so preposterous, and is considered by many to signify the moment in time when the show became unappealing to its core audience....

JJ Abrams’s Earthquake Disaster Movie By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2008 12:52 am EST Universal has announced that JJ Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) is developing an Earthquake disaster film with Omen screenwriter David Seltzer. As with any project Abrams is involved with, details are being kept under wraps. What we do know is that it isn’t a remake of Universal’s 1974 film Earthquake, and that it will focus more on the relationships between people caught in the disaster....

Jonathan Nolan NOT Credited As Screenwriter In Terminator Salvation Marketing By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2009 10:38 pm EST I was looking at the official website for Terminator Salvation, and found myself looking at the credit list on the bottom of the site. Yeah, the PG-13 MPAA logo is there, but we already confirmed the rating to be true. What I noticed was that the official “written by” credits for the film have been awarded to John Brancato and Michael Ferris....

Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio Go To Shutter Island By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2007 11:35 am EST Dennis Lehane is an author known for his Boston-based mystery novels, two of which have been adapted to the big screen. Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River was underrated, and Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone is one of the best movies of 2008 (go see this gem now). So it comes as no surprise to me that Martin Scorsese is re-teaming with Leonardo DiCaprio for an adaptation of Lehane’s Shutter Island....

Movie Review: I Think I Love My Wife Is Passably Funny By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2007 12:54 am EST Loosely based on French writer/director Eric Rohmer�s Chloe in the Afternoon, comedians Chris Rock and Louis C.K. have adapted the story for the American screen. Rock stars as Richard Cooper, a married man who is bored with his life. His wife has long stopped having sex with him. Richard strolls through life daydreaming about quick non-encounters with women he�s never seen before and will never see again....