All The Movie News We Didn’t Have Time To Print By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2007 12:34 pm EST Okay, so doing Comic-Con is more daunting than I ever could have expected. I thought I would be able to keep up with the news outside of the con inbetween panels. But there really is no time in between panels. And when you get back to your hotel at 3:00am the last thing you want to do is write-up some news from the outside world....
Avatar Artwork Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2008 5:09 pm EST James Cameron’s Avatar hits theaters on December 18th 2009. “The story of an injured ex-marine who finds himself involved (against his will) into men colonizing an alien planet. Finally, he chooses to change his battle array, leading the alien race in a battle for life.”
Cool Stuff: Hope For A Better Tomorrow T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2008 10:50 am EST Cloxboy’s Hope For a Better tomorrow t-shirt is available on Dutch Southern. The shirt features three retro future heros, Mel Gibson from The Road Warrior, Charlton Heston from Planet of the Apes, and Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken from Escape From New York. Thanks to the mac addict from the Alamo Drafthouse, whose name I can’t remember, for the tip....
Cool Stuff: PredAlien Concept Maquette By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2008 6:00 am EST Sideshow Collectibles has partnered with Amalgamated Dynamics Inc (ADI) on this incredibly detailed PredAlien Concept Maquette. I’m not a huge fan of the AVP film series and while Aliens VS Predator: Requiem was better than Paul WS “Hack” Anderson’s initial film, I still wouldn’t consider it to be a “good movie”. That said, I absolutely love the PredAlien concept....
Dennis Quaid Is Bill Clinton By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2009 12:58 am EST Dennis Quaid is set to play President Bill Clinton and Michael Sheen will reprise his role as British Prime Minister Tony Blair in HBO Film’s The Special Relationship. The movie tells the story of the “unique and sometimes turbulent political relationship between the newly installed PM and the U.S. president.“Frost/Nixon playwright Peter Morgan will make his directorial debut based on a screenplay he also wrote....
Find Out When Juno Is Coming To A Theater Near You By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2007 5:46 am EST December 5th (Wed.) Los Angeles New York December 14th (Fri.) Boston Chicago San Francisco Washington D.C. Dallas/Ft. Worth Philadelphia San Diego Seattle Denver Minneapolis Phoenix Portland Toronto December 21st (Fri.) Atlanta Detroit Houston Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Baltimore Indianapolis Kansas City Sacramento St. Louis Austin Charlotte Milwaukee Boca Raton/W. Palm Beach Hartford/New Haven...
James Cameron’s AVATAR To Be In IMAX 3D? By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2007 5:58 am EST We’ve briefly discussed the upcoming Summer 2007 3D showdown which will pit James Cameron’s Avatar up against Jeffrey Katzenberg/DreamWorks’ Monsters vs. Aliens in the digital movie theater stage. There has been no mention of a simultaneous IMAX release from either side, until now. The president of IMAX appeared on this weekend’s edition of Sunday Morning Shootout and inadvertently mentioned the possibility of an IMAX 3D release of Avatar....
Joe Shuster Fetish Art Book Becomes Basis For Film By Russ Fischer/July 14, 2009 10:13 am EST Comic book creators typically chronicle secret identities rather than harboring them. But earlier this year a book of fetish art created in the 1950s by Superman co-creater Joe Shuster was published, purporting to shed light on his ‘secret identity’ as an artist who did more than just Superman. According to Craig Yoe’s book Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster, Shuster was the man behind a series of fetish comics called Nights of Horror, produced while he was in dire financial straits due to lawsuits over Superman copyrights....
Lionsgate Gunning For A PG-13 Punisher: War Zone? By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 14, 2008 4:55 pm EST Slowly but surely, Punisher: War Zone is being lowered into a grave of WTF by Lionsgate. First, Lexi Alexander, director of the gorey Marvel actioner, was seemingly kicked off the project. We still don’t know what happened exactly. Her candid, rah-rah website was suddenly wiped clean of all prior updates on the film, save for a cryptic “see, hear, speak no evil” monkey post, which was later replaced by a detached entry about a friend’s Bugatti....
Mark Millar Preparing His Directorial Debut; Evokes District 9, Trainspotting And X-Men 2 Comparisons By Brendon Connelly/March 5, 2010 6:56 am EST If all goes according to his plan, Wanted, Kick-Ass and American Jesus creator Mark Millar will be directing his first movie this summer. He’s got a considerable back catalogue of comics work that it could have been based on, much of which is in fact creator owned so he’d only have to negotiate with himself for the rights....
Mickey Rourke VS. Chris Jericho On Larry King By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2009 12:22 pm EST After revealing that he would be appearing at WrestleMania, The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke called out WWE wrestler Chris Jericho at the SAG Awards saying that Jericho “better get in shape” because Rourke is “coming after” his “a**.” Both Rourke and Jericho appeared on Larry King Live last night where /Film reader Diego says that Jericho called Rourke out, but Mickey did his best to avoid a confrontation....
Morgan Freeman Joins The Big Screen Adaptation Of Warren Ellis’ Red By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2009 11:56 pm EST The three-issue mini-series is about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement when a high-tech assassin shows up to kill him. The official comic description from Wildstorm reads: As a C.I.A. operative, Paul Moses’s unique talent for killing took him around the world, from one hotspot to another, carrying out the deadly orders of his superiors....
Movie Trailer: Dead Cert - Gangsters Vs. Vampires By Brendon Connelly/March 21, 2010 12:12 pm EST Below the break you can see a non-official production trailer for Steve Lawson’s vampires ’n’ gangsters movie, Dead Cert. This trailer was cut for next weekend’s Memorabilia event in Birmingham. It was also clearly cut for fans of the genre, not exactly pushing the boat out for a wider audience. If you have both From Dusk Til Dawn and Lock Stock on your shelf, however, you’re right in the centre of their target....
Netflix Comes To PlayStation 3 In November By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2009 6:00 am EST Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will not be the only gaming platform with the ability to stream movies from Netflix platform for long. After a long period of speculation, the streaming Netflix option will be coming to Sony’s PlayStation3 in November. The press release says only ’next month’, so we don’t yet know the official launch date for the service....
Nicole Kidman To Star In “Indiana Jones-Like Adventure” Entitled The 8th Wonder By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 17, 2008 12:48 pm EST It feels as if I am typing this item behind a curtain that flutters with the energy of Nicole Kidman’s online hecklers and haterz. Today the trades report that the actress has signed to star in The 8th Wonder, a new globe-trotting action adventure tent pole that aspires to “be to Raiders of the Lost Ark what the Bourne movies are to James Bond movies: a character-driven, treasure-hunting thriller....
Page 2 For April 28th 2008 By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2008 6:31 pm EST Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! Expect the first reviews of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Sunday May 18th at 6:30am-ish eastern time, as that is when press at Cannes will have seen the film....
Star Trek Wants To Be Your Friend, On MySpace By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 17, 2008 5:39 pm EST Paramount has launched an official MySpace page for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. Right now the page is pretty standard, with wallpapers and a trailer, but I’m sure they’ll be adding a few cool goodies over the next eight months. Star Trek Wants To Be Your Friend, On MySpace By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 17, 2008 5:39 pm EST...
The Hobbit: Peter Jackson Returns By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 18, 2007 12:49 pm EST The rumors are true: Lord of the Rings trilogy filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Line have come to an agreement, and will band together to bring The Hobbit to the big screen, split over two live-action films. MGM and New Line will co-finance the project, with New Line handing North American distribution, and MGM handing the International. It is currently believed that Peter Jackson will not be available to direct either of the two films, as his schedule is full....
The Movie Watching World Championships By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2008 8:33 am EST Netflix wants someone to break the movie watching world championship, and they’re willing to $10,000 to do so. Netflix Movie Watching World Championship: The Quest for the Popcorn Bowl will begin on October 2nd in a plexi-glass living room in the center New York City’s Times Square on October 2nd at 10:30am, and is expected to last until a new Guinness World Record, for most consecutive hours spent watching movies, is set five days later on October 7th....
The Wrestler Wins The Golden Lion In Venice By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2008 3:34 pm EST Yesterday we talked about how Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler was creating big buzz at the Venice Film Festival. The film has now been awarded the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion. This is bitter sweet for Aronofsky, whose 2006 film The Fountain premiered at Venice and was met with lackluster reviews. I’ll be seeing the film tomorrow night at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere, so look out for my review on Monday morning....
