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And…Why Not?: Jan De Bont To Direct Point Break 2: Indo By Hunter Stephenson/May 13, 2008 4:59 pm EST “This sequel is, like, so Hollywood.” Surreal. It’s beginning to feel like I’m the windshield and Hollywood’s remakes and sequels are the insects. Jan de Bont (yes, Speed, Speed 2: Cruise Control) will direct a sequel to 1991’s Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze/Gary Busey starrer Point Break entitled Point Break: Indo. Yes, it’s a theatrical sequel from RGM and Essential Entertainment....

Anna Faris And Sam Rockwell To Make Linda Lovelace Biopic Inferno By Hunter Stephenson/June 23, 2008 3:03 pm EST Slashfilm is so tawdry today. The last time I recall reading about Inferno, the Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat biopic with Anna Faris set to star, Vulture was getting lashed by Faris’s dad for making bad puns. Faris now tells MTV that the film, a seedy departure for the goofy comedienne (Smiley Face, the Scary Movies), will likely begin shooting this summer with Slashfilm fave, Sam Rockwell (real name), apparently aboard to play her husband....

Casey Affleck On The Camera, Joaquin Phoenix On The Mic By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 16, 2009 8:00 am EST Last year, Joaquin Phoenix startled a good few of us when he announced that he was retiring from acting to pursue a career in music. Many were rather skeptical, and most pictured something like Walk the Line, with Phoenix a strummin’ and a singin’. Of course, those folks all turned out to be wrong....

Casting: Zach Galifianakis In It’s Kind Of A Funny Story; Nicolas Cage Explains (Disses?) The Green Hornet By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 16, 2009 6:00 am EST It’s Kind of a Funny Story is the title of an upcoming Zach Galifianakis dramedy from the writer/director team behind Half Nelson and their rising gem Sugar. And in a way, the line also describes wild-man Nicolas Cage’s reasoning for recently bailing on the The Green Hornet....

Chuck’s Ryan McPartlin Has Auditioned For Captain America By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2010 12:59 pm EST Superhero films are big. Many, many MANY actors audition for the lead role. To give you an idea of just how many, sometimes it will come down to a dozen actors at the screentest phase, where the candidates actually suit up and read before a film camera. I mention this to give you some context....

David Letterman To Run For Office By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2007 10:27 am EST David Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants has announced the start of a yet-to-be–titled feature documentary following five teenagers running for office. Production will begin this weekend and run through Election Day (November 6). Michael Moore’s former assistant Jason Pollock is directing the film which follows five men and women aged 18-20 who are trying to get elected....

Fan Art: Kristen Bell As Harley Quinn And Anne Hathaway As Batgirl By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2008 12:30 am EST I always love when fan art evolves from honoring a film to asking “What if?” Australian artist Josh McMahon has created some fun concept art for the possible future of Chistopher Nolan’s Batman series. The art above shows what Kristen Bell might look like as Harley Quinn. Apparently, Bell was the fan favorite for the role, so McMahon decided tp manipulate photos of the Veronica Mars star to show what she might look like in the role of Joker’s second hand....

First Batch Of Evil Dead Rerelease Dates Announced By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2009 2:02 pm EST Last month we told you that Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead would be returning to movie theaters with a limited rerelease thanks to Grindhouse Releasing. We now have new details on the cult horror film’s new theatrical bow. Landmark Theatres will present the director’s 35mm print at special midnight shows in Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, New York, Houston, Dallas, and Los Angeles in the first quarter of 2010....

First Look: Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2008 12:23 am EST And the last photo we bring you from Festival De Cannes, is our first official look at Woody Allen’s next film Vicky Cristina Barcelona about two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), who come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous....

Frank Langella Joins Wall Street 2 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2009 7:49 pm EST

Harrison Ford Confirmed For Cowboys & Aliens By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2010 11:40 am EST Yesterday it was rumored that Harrison Ford might be joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens. Today director Jon Favreau has confirmed the casting, via Twitter: @Jon_Favreau: Please stop asking if Harrison Ford is in Cowboys & Aliens. Okay? He is. Please don’t tell anybody. Previously: I haven’t read the comic, but I will admit that the title alone makes it worthy of a big screen movie....

Harry Potter Movies To Get Extended Edition Re-Releases? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2009 7:48 pm EST Over the course of the series, there have been many scenes, sequences and moments that were filmed but ended up on the cutting room floor. And it appears that Warner Bros is hoping to squeeze a bit more money out of the very popular wizard franchise by releasing extended editions of all the Harry Potter films....

Japan Hates The Dark Knight?! By Devindra Hardawar/Aug. 28, 2008 8:41 pm EST Film Junk is reporting some fairly surprising news–The Dark Knight is not doing so well in Japan. And by not so well, I mean that it’s only pulled in $8.7 million after being in theaters for three weeks. Of course, part of the problem is that it’s competing against Hayao Miyazaki’s latest opus, Ponyo on a Cliff, which raked in $14....

John August Doesn’t Announce Post-Strike Live-Action Tim Burton Film By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2007 4:30 pm EST Despite claims from IMDb, screenwriter John August is not writing the 3D feature film adaptation of Frankenweenie for Tim Burton. Apparently August had a meeting with Disney Animation last year where they pitched him the idea, complete with production art. “Then, separately, I had a conversation with Tim about doing another stop-motion animation project like Corpse Bride....

John August Updates The Nines By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 2:05 pm EST Screenwriter turned director John August has posted an update about one of my favorite films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival (Review). The Nines was chosen to play the Venice Film Festival as part of Critics’ Week, which takes place the first week of September. The film will be released in limited US markets (“New York and Los Angeles and maybe one other city”) on August 31st....

Live-Action Blood: The Last Vampire Coming To The U.S. Via Sony, New Trailer Is A Must Watch By Devindra Hardawar/May 3, 2009 9:28 pm EST Blood: The Last Vampire was a significant anime milestone for two reasons; one, because it was one of the first anime films produced for an English voice track (a move that was directly aimed at making it more palatable for overseas markets), but also, because it was one of the first anime features to be completely digitally animated....

McG And Amanda Seyfried Attached To The Girl Who Conned The Ivy League By Brendon Connelly/March 17, 2010 7:30 pm EST The latest project to fall into the laps of prolific hoarders Amanda Seyfried and McG is a movie based upon Sabrina Rudin Erdely’s Rolling Stone article The Girl Who Conned the Ivy League. I’ve just read the original story to get a handle on what the movie would be about, and in basic terms, it’s this: Esther Reed steals a series of identities, eventually becoming Brooke Henson and getting admitted to Columbia University under false pretenses, not to mention a false identity....

New Film From Vikas Swarup, Creator Of Slumdog Millionaire, Coming Our Way By Brendon Connelly/May 15, 2009 2:08 pm EST On the no-brainer development fast track now is the second film to be based on a novel by Vikas Swarup, the guy who penned Q&A. That one was the novel adapted into Danny Boyle’s outrageously popular Slumdog Millionaire. According to Screen Daily, Six Suspects is to be a $15 million budget whodunit set in Delhi....

New Photos From Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2009 8:00 pm EST The latest issue of Empire Magazine features new photos from Disney’s big screen adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Mike Newell’s film, based on the popular video game, tells the story of an adventurous prince named Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) who teams up with a with Tamina (Gemma Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time....

New Posters: Iron Man 2 Character Poster And True Blood Season 3 By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2010 9:27 pm EST Marvel has released a new character poster for Iron Man 2, and HBO has released another teaser poster for True Blue Season 3. Check out both, after the jump. Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures has released a new Iron Man 2 character poster features a close-up look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow....