New Hancock Photo By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2008 12:17 pm EST USA Today has released another new photo from the Will Smith superhero comedy Hancock. The photo above shows Hancock doing “as much damage as good”. In the article they talk about how they tried to create a real looking world that feels real. Here is a brief excerpt. “Part of getting real: using a harness and wires, not a green screen, to make Smith’s superhero fly....
New Photo From The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter: Hagrid’s Hut By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2010 10:56 pm EST With the official grand opening date finally announced (June 18th 2010), Universal Studios Orlando is continuing to tease the upcoming The Wizarding World of Harry Potter extension of the Islands of Adventure theme park. Today they released a photo of Hagrid’s Hut, which looks to be very accurately recreated from the films....
New Release Dates: Hitman And The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2007 2:00 pm EST
Producer Puts Scorsese Sequel Straight Onto The Torrents By Brendon Connelly/June 12, 2009 9:09 am EST Tommy Pallotta, producer of Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, has released his new film, American Prince, directly into the bit torrent file-sharing community. The film is a sequel to Martin Scorsese’s little-seen documentary American Boy, which amounted to almost an hour of actor Steven Prince telling tales, reportedly true tales from his life, to a small audience of friends....
Reshoots On Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are To Begin June 5th By Hunter Stephenson/June 1, 2008 4:56 pm EST On June 5th, reshoots are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles on Where the Wild Things Are, director Spike Jonze’s borderline infamous adaptation of the classic, visceral and delightfully weird children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Jonze’s mission? Stop the nation’s emo kids (and parents) from crying and having vewey scary nightmares....
Retro Movie Trailer: The Unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2007 9:03 pm EST On Saturday, we launched a new feature on /Film called Retro Movie Trailer Flashback. We intended this feature to be a once a week thing, unless we came across something really special or in the case that it was a slow news day. And it turns out both this video and tonight qualify. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ruled the box office this weekend, and to honor the series we present to you the movie trailer for the 1994 version of The Fantastic Four movie....
Ron Howard To Direct Vince Vaughn Dramedy By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 5, 2010 4:00 pm EST Ron Howard will direct Vince Vaughn in an untitled dramedy written by Allan Loeb (21, Things We Lost in the Fire), about a “man who learns that his best friend’s wife is cheating and must then navigate treacherous waters to decide what do with that knowledge.” Vaughn came up with the idea with Imagine topper Brian Grazer....
Sarah Silverman To Host The 2007 MTV Movie Awards By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2007 3:44 pm EST I, like everyone who was a children of the 1980’s, watched the MTV Movie Awards since the beginning. But somewhere around my late teenage years I stopped watching. Not because I had grown out of that demographic, or was uninterested, but instead because I realized the show was taped. With the internet boom, the award show results usually appeared on the internet days before the show aired....
Scott Pilgrim Video Blog: From Comic Book Panel To Film By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2009 4:09 pm EST The fifth video blog for Edgar Wright’s big screen adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is now online. This one takes a look at the translation from comic book panel to screen. Writer/artist Bryan Lee O’Malley visits some of the locations that he featured in the comics, which are now being used in the film adaptation....
Sin City: The TV Show? By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2007 9:31 am EST Grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez has small screen plans for Sin City. According to CS, the director would like to continue Frank Miller’s graphic novel adaptations as a television series. I guess the completely digitial production process could be streamlined for small screen production. But fear not, Rodriguez plans to film Sin City 2 first. Robert made the comment on PBS’ The Charlie Rose Show (a great show for long form interviews) but we don’t have the direct quote....
Six New Photos From Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2008 5:20 pm EST Photos removed at request from Warner Bros Yesterday we received two new photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I’ve now updated the story with four more official images which appear to be released by Warner Bros. Official Plot Synopsis: Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was....
Still No Director For Logan’s Run Remake By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2007 1:30 am EST A few months back, Bryan Singer was forced to drop plans to helm a remake of the 1976 cult sci-fi film Logan’s Run. Last we heard, producer Joel Silver turned to commercial director Joseph Kosinski to helm the film. Apparently that is a no-go. Silver has confirmed to Sci Fi that no new director has come on board since Bryan Singer dropped out....
TIFF Review: The Brothers Bloom By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2008 12:16 pm EST The Brothers Bloom have been in the con game since they were young children. Now, along with their speechless explosive expert sidekick Bang Bang, have become the best con team in the world. Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) writes his cons “like dead Russians write novels, full of thematic arks and symbolism.” Now in his 30’s, Bloom (Adrien Brody) wants out of the Con game, hoping to live a real story for a change....
Tribeca Movie Review: The Power Of The Game By SlashFilm Staff/May 7, 2007 7:33 am EST The following movie was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The Power of The Game Spotlight, Documentary 2007, U.S.A. Dir: Michael Apted The joy of football. The world’s sport. The greatest game on Earth. Football is the most played sport on the planet and every four years the greatest sporting competition takes place, the FIFA World Cup....
Two New Posters Amuse And Impress: The Girlfriend Experience And The Graves By Brendon Connelly/April 1, 2009 5:55 pm EST It’s a good day for fans of those floppy things you can attach to the bedroom wall with blu-tack – or, more accurately, those things you gawp at in a browser window while wishing for the old days when you could actually reach out and touch the pretties. Two new posters have amused and impressed me this evening, in fairly different ways....
VOTD: Michael Cera Flips Out On The Set Of Youth In Revolt By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2009 12:00 am EST Forget Christian Bale, footage leaked onto the web this weekend of Michael Cera flipping out on the set of the big screen adaptation of Youth in Revolt. Sure, it’s just a viral publicity stunt for the film, but we enjoyed it regardless. Watch the video after the jump. Thanks to /Film readers GregoryV and Harry F for the tip....
VOTD: Steven Spielberg’s Five Friends By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2008 12:00 am EST Steven Spielberg’s Five Friends The Pitch: What if I told you that Steven Spielberg just directed a project featuring Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, Tobey Maguire, Scarlett Johannson, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Ryan Reynolds, Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf (of course), Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dog, Zach Braff, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and even Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat....
Watchmen Video Diary #1: Zack Snyder’s Introduction By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2007 4:12 pm EST Zack Snyder is hard at work shooting the big screen adaptation of Watchmen in Canada. Warner Bros has sent us a video diary introduction from Snyder, live from the set. He talks a little bit about the first week of shooting. And it looks like we’ll be seeing more of these as the production progresses. But first check out the first video update after the jump....
Zack And Miri Green Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2008 3:21 pm EST The argument for the need of red band trailers can be proven by watching the official green band trailer for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It’s not bad, but compared to the Red Band trailer released earlier this week, it feels like the fake Jan Brady. I’ve seen the movie and it’s probably Smith’s filthiest film yet....
Alice In Wonderland Movie Trailer #3 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2009 12:31 am EST Disney has released a third trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which is scheduled to be projected in 3D in front of prints of James Cameron’s Avatar. The trailer gives us a glimpse at some of the characters that have been, until now, kept in the background or off screen. There are so many wonderful visuals in this trailer, that I’ve compiled a collection of 40 screenshots so that you can see everything (click here to see the gallery)....
