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New Promo Pictures For Chan Wook Park’s Thirst By Brendon Connelly/April 21, 2009 12:00 pm EST Sometimes a movie poster is an exciting thing to post because it suggests an incredible style, mood or atmosphere for a film. More often, it’s a fresh trailer that truly excites, providing a powerful glimpse of the excitement, intrigue, intensity, hilarity or beauty that we what we hope will infuse the full film. And other times its a series of posed publicity photos....

New RocknRolla Trailer - Plus, Funniest Moments From Comic Con Presentation By Adam Quigley/July 25, 2008 9:33 am EST ROCKNROLLA A new trailer premiered at Comic Con today for RocknRolla, giving a more in-depth look at the characters and also allowing viewers to change their questions regarding the first trailer from: “Wait, what the hell is this movie about?” to: “Oh, OK, the movie’s about… No wait, seriously, what?” That’s not to say it doesn’t look fun though, as it appears to be taking all the elements we loved from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch and repackaging them again in a slick new format....

Rumor: Mad Max 4 To Be In 3D, To Combine Live Action And Animation? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 15, 2010 11:29 am EST Somewhere down in Australia, work is racing ahead on George Miller’s Mad Max 4: Fury Road, even as I type. Not many details are becoming public knowledge, though we do know that Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron apparently have the lead roles and we’ve even seen some of the car-stars on video....

Rumor: Peter Jackson To Direct New Middle Earth Film, Linking The Hobbit To Rings? By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 18, 2009 1:15 pm EST Editor’s Note: I want to stress that for now, all of this, is only a rumor. I’d love to see it happen, but I doubt it’s actually true. The scattershot news blast of 3D-crazy blog Marketsaw today brings us some rip-roaring Hobbit gossip, and I can’t help but dream it’s all true, every last word of it (except for the bit I don’t quite ‘get’, but more on that later)....

Showtime Orders Two More Seasons Of Dexter By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2008 2:48 pm EST Dexter is probably my favorite show on television right now (that might change when Lost and Battlestar return next year. It seemed like almost nobody I know watched the first season when it originally aired on Showtime. Thankfully, word of mouth got around and the series gained a ton of traction on DVD. And now Showtime has announced that they have renewed the series for TWO MORE SEASONS of 12 episodes each!...

The Bounty Hunter Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2009 8:24 pm EST If you like such movies as Fool’s Gold, Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama, and Ever After, then you might enjoy director Andy Tennant’s latest paint by numbers romantic comedy, The Bounty Hunter. The film stars Gerard Butler as a bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, played by Jennifer Aniston. If you don’t think the plot logline screams of high concept predictable lameness, watch the trailer embedded after the jump....

The Wall Street Sequel That Isn’t By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2008 12:06 am EST But what would Weiser’s Wall Street 2 have been like? “Gekko gets out of jail. It actually opened with Gekko getting out of jail and he’s standing by a curb and a limo pulls up and he’s next to a black kid, who’s a prisoner, and the black kid gets in the limo. The black kid is a rapper and the limo is for the rapper....

Tom Hanks To Star, Write, And Direct Larry Crowne; Reuniting With Julia Roberts By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 12, 2010 12:46 am EST It’s been some time since Tom Hanks has been in the feature film director’s chair, but according to Mike Fleming over at Deadline Hollywood (are they on a roll today, or what?), Hanks is set to direct and star in Larry Crowne — alongside Charlie Wilson’s War co-star Julia Roberts....

Universal Goes Green With An Adaptation Of The Lorax By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2009 10:44 am EST The latest Dr. Suess tale to go before cameras (or, in this case, rendering software) will be The Lorax, as Variety reports that Universal has started work on a 3D animated feature based on the book. Chris Meledandri is heading up the project for the Universal family film division Illumination Entertainment. Meledandri was the guy who got the last Suess movie adaptation, Horton Hears a Who!...

VOTD: Evolution Of The Batman Logo By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2009 12:00 am EST There have been many variation of the Batman logo over the last 70 years. Rodrigo Rojas has put together a two and a half minute video showing the mutation of the iconic symbol over the years. Check out the video after the jump. VOTD: Evolution Of The Batman Logo By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2009 12:00 am EST...

VOTD: Star Wars Deal Or No Deal By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2008 2:25 am EST [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/dealornodealstarwars.flv 460 258] “Star Wars” Deal or No Deal created by NBCThe Pitch: This week’s “Deal Or No Deal” is a “Star Wars” themed two-hour special featuring the 26 gorgeous models dressed up in Slave Leia outfits like Carrie Fisher from “Return of the Jedi”, Darth Vader is The Banker, and Carrie Fisher, Chewbacca, and R2D2 make appearances....

Wanted Vs. Wall-E Vs. Valkyrie By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2007 8:37 pm EST The first Wanted movie trailer was greeted with much ridicule online. The film was being referred to as a cheap “Matrix rip-off”. Universal has now announced that they are moving back the release date from March 28th to June 27th 2008. The studio head is trying to spin this move as a bow of faith in the film property, saying “Having seen it, it is just the perfect summer property....

What Movie Will Tom Cruise Do Next? James Mangold’s Wichita By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2009 10:42 pm EST Old story follows: Here is a listing of some of the projects that Cruise is considering: The Matarese Circle (which might be retitled Matarese) – David Cronenberg will direct and will soon rewrite the project which also stars Denzel Washington. Based on the Robert Ludlum novel, the story follows two secret agents and longtime rivals who are paired up to find a shadowy group of killers known as the Matarese....

Will Comic Con Leave San Diego? Anaheim, CA Hopes So By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2010 10:27 am EST Currently, the organization behind the show has a contract to stay in San Diego through 2012. But other cities like Anaheim and Las Vegas are trying to lure the Con to their convention centers starting in 2013. Will Comic Con soon have a new home? The San Diego Union Tribune has a piece about the business behind the Con, and the deals that are percolating to possibly relocate it....

And The Oscar Goes to…Roger Corman! By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2009 10:40 am EST Here’s a money-making idea if you’ve got an extra bit of time this weekend: print up a bunch of little gold stickers shaped like the Oscar statue, with text that reads: “From Academy Award Winning Filmmaker Roger Corman.” Then sell them to the distributors who are going to have to revamp the box art on literally hundreds of DVDs after the Academy bestows an honorary Oscar upon the prolific and influential producer....

Box Office: 10,000 BC Up 9% Saturday For A Revised $34.5M 3-Day By Steve Mason/March 9, 2008 2:39 am EST That opening weekend is about half of what last year’s 300 grabbed which is certainly a disappointment for Warner Bros. The scathing reviews and almost-certain bad word-of-mouth will make it almost impossible for 10,000 B.C. to develop “legs.” In fact, I expect the film to drop at least 60% next weekend....

Christina Aguilera Cast In Burlesque By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2009 8:52 pm EST Christina Aguilera has signed on to make her live-action big screen debut in Steven Antin’s contemporary musical Burlesque for Screen Gems. Antin wrote the script, which was later revised by Erin Brockovich scribe Susannah Grant. No mention is made of Diablo Cody’s screenplay involvement in the Variety story, which makes me wonder if any of her contributions have made it to the final draft....

Christopher Nolan Says Inception Is “The Biggest Challenge I’ve Taken On” By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2010 9:33 am EST Oh, good, here’s a way to talk about Inception without really giving anything away. Unfortunately this is pure hype machine stuff, but for those of you who consider writer/director Christopher Nolan the best thing going this will just reinforce the idea that Inception could be the movie of the year. And after seeing that awesome ‘folding city’ shot in the trailer, not to mention some of the other stuff the film is doing visually, it certainly could be the most ambitious movie of the summer....

Comic-Con: Green Hornet’s Black Beauty Unveiled; /Film Interviews Rogen, Goldberg And Gondry By David Chen/July 23, 2009 12:27 am EST During a special press event that took place after the show floor had been closed this evening, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Michel Gondry, and Neal Moritz unveiled the Black Beauty, the main vehicle in The Green Hornet. As you can see, the final product is classy and old-school, while still possessing the ability to kick every other car’s ass....

Cool Stuff: Scott Campbell’s Friends With E.T. Art Prints By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 5, 2009 6:00 am EST Gallery 1988 is selling limited edition prints of Scott Campbell’s “Friends with E.T.” art that was created for the Crazy4Cult show. Each giclee print is on 10 x 8 inch textured fine art paper, limited edition of 100, signed and numbered for $50.00 each. To make a purchase call the San Francisco gallery at 415 409-1376....