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Tyler Perry Cast In Star Trek?! By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2007 11:08 pm EST Who is the audience is for Tyler Perry’s movies? The comic actor/writer/director is considered a decently big box office draw, yet no one I’ve ever talked to has admitted to being a fan of his movies. Sure, I might not be in the right demographic, but surely someone I know is, right? His critically bashed films continue to gross $30-$60 million domestically, with little to no advertising....

Universal Sets 2011 Release Date For Cowboys And Aliens By Devindra Hardawar/Feb. 7, 2010 10:23 pm EST Hot on the heels of the news that Olivia Wilde (House) is joining the cast of Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens, we finally have a release date for the film from Universal. The studio announced on Friday that they’re carving out a prime summer spot for the film, which stars Daniel Craig, on July 29, 2011....

VOTD: Fear And Loathing On The Muppet Bus By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2009 12:00 am EST Saturday Night Live ran a sketch featuring The Muppets. It should be an adventure for the ages, but when magic bus runs over an animal, the Muppets are confronted by the law. Seth Rogen stars as Rolf. Watch the video after the jump. VOTD: Fear And Loathing On The Muppet Bus By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2009 12:00 am EST...

VOTD: Quentin Tarantino Reviews Danny Boyle’s Sunshine By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2009 9:18 pm EST To promote Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino hosted a week of films on the British television station Sky Movies. In past weeks, we’ve featured some of the gems to come out of this appearance, including Tarantino’s listing of the top 20 movies to be released since he became a filmmaker, his review of There Will Be Blood, and Tarantino’s review of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver....

An Official Image Of Jonah Hex By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 25, 2009 11:00 am EST Jonah Hex is the first live action film to be directed by Jimmy Hayward, a one time Pixar animator who was later responsible for Blue Sky’s Horton Hears a Who. It seems that he was virtually hand picked for the job by the star, Josh Brolin.Here’s the image, as seen at Omelete. I’m thinking that the casual attitude and easy reveal of Hex’s scarred face is due to him being a largely unknown character....

Are You A Film Addict? I’ve Watched 77.6% Of IMDb’s Top 250 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2008 8:08 pm EST Are you a film addict? How many films have you seen? How many of the top 250 movies of all time have you seen? /Film reader Ben O sent me a link to the Film Addict website, which simplifies the process of finding out exactly how many of IMDb’s Top 250 movies of all time you have seen....

Blade Director To Remake The Crow By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 14, 2008 10:24 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Norrington told Variety that the film left him feeling “demoralized by that experience”, and the accomplished sculptor spent the last five years writing and working on his art. He did some illustration work on Blade: Trinity and some creature effects work on Feast. A remake of Clash of the Titans was supposed to be his big return but he was unable to excite Warner Bros with his take on the project....

Dakota Goyo Cast In Real Steel By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2010 2:00 am EST DreamWorks’ has hired 11-year-old Canadian Dakota Goyo for the lead role in Shawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. Goyo has worked mostly on Canadian television, but appeared alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett in Resurrecting the Champ and more recently in the Woody Harrelson indie superhero dramedy Defendor. The film, set to hit theaters on November 18th 2011, tells the story of a father and his estranged 11-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing....

Eli Roth Joins Brad Pitt As An Inglourious Basterds Character Poster By Brendon Connelly/May 4, 2009 1:30 pm EST The first wave of Inglourious Basterds promotional posters featured weapons, the second is featuring characters. After the break you’ll be able to see full versions of the first two sheets – one featuring Brad Pitt and the second, courtesy of The Quentin Tarantino Archives, featuring Eli Roth. The friendship and collaborations between Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth have drawn a lot of fire – heck, I thought they got enough flack individually – but absolutely nothing so far has dampened the enthusiasm I’ve had for Inglourious Basterds since I first read the screenplay....

Exclusive: US Poster And First Official Photo From Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 18, 2009 10:31 am EST Jason Reitman’s new film, a big screen adaptation of Walter Kim’s novel Up in the Air, will premiere next month at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Paramount Pictures has begun releasing promotional materials in anticipation of the film festival release, and have given us an exclusive look at the film’s U....

First Trailer For Live Action Blood: The Last Vampire By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 15, 2009 12:37 pm EST Into every generation, and apparently every nation, one is born. A schoolgirl who will take up arms against the pale and pasty undead. The US got Buffy Summers, while Mamoru Oshii and Hiroyuki Kitakubo gave young Saya to the Japanese. Her debut was in the 45-minute anime Blood: The Last Vampire which, while being very visually accomplished and quite alluring aesthetically, seemed rather hollow....

Huey Lewis And The Power Of Seth Rogen By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 28, 2007 4:10 am EST I’m a huge Back to the Future fan (heck, it’s my favorite film of all time), so I was excited to read that Seth Rogen recently met with 80’s rock icon Huey Lewis, to convince him to pen and perform a theme song for the upcoming stoner comedy, The Pineapple Express. “Seth’s looking for something in the vein of ‘Power of Love,’” a source told EW....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, And Natalie Portman Cast In Hesher By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2009 8:14 pm EST Last year, we featured a beautiful zombie short film titled I Love Sarah Jane. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out right now. It was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and many regional film festivals around the world. And aside from being awesome, it is notable for featuring Mia Wasikowska, who has gone on to become Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland....

Killing Bono, Not Quite A U2 Biopic, To Begin Filming By Russ Fischer/Jan. 5, 2010 9:23 am EST We’ve written briefly before about Killing Bono, a film based on the book by Neil McCormick. The author was a schoolmate of Bono’s, and had his own band struggling in the shadow of U2 in megaband’s early days. Directed by Nick Hamm, the film stars Ben Barnes as McCormick and Krysten Ritter in a tale that probably isn’t nearly as close to a U2 biopic as many are going to assume....

LOL: Transformers Septicon Warrior Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2008 12:26 am EST Some readers criticized the last LOL post (The CRAPening) for being down and dirty potty humor. Today’s LOL is the definition of potty humor. Ben Procter, the lead robot illustrator on Michael Bay’s Transformers created the Septicon Warrior as a joke while working on the original film. I love the human hand sticking out at the top....

Maybe The Last Moneyball Update For A While: Soderbergh Is Off The Project, MLB Approval Still Pending By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2009 4:30 pm EST Time to back away from Moneyball for a while: the New York Times reports that Steven Soderbergh is totally off the project, only hours after the LA Times published an interview with Sony head Amy Pascal, who reiterated the studio’s reasons for bailing on the project....

New Iron Man Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2008 9:30 am EST A batch of new high resolution Iron Man photos were discovered on Myspace. Check them out after the jump. As always, click to enlarge. Enjoy. New Iron Man Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2008 9:30 am EST A batch of new high resolution Iron Man photos were discovered on Myspace. Check them out after the jump. As always, click to enlarge....

Ratatouille Video Podcast: Parlez-Vous Francais? By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2007 7:51 pm EST Disney/Pixar have released yet another Ratatouille Video Blog. This one is titled Parlez-Vous Francais?, and follows Brad Bird and the crew as they fly to Paris to scout locations, eat food, and ride motorcycles past the Eiffel Tower (we’re not completely sure if this last segment is completely work related). Check out the video below. [flv:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/ratatouilleparisblog.flv 450 240]...

Recreating Hitchcock By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2008 6:52 pm EST Vanity Fair decided to recreate some of the classic scenes from the films of Alfred Hitchcock using modern day actors and actresses. Imagine Charlize Theron in Dial M For Murder, Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. in To Catch a Thief, Seth Rogen in North by Northwest, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem in Rear Window, Niomi Watts in Marnie, Keira Knightley and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Rebecca, Emile Hirsch and James McAvoy in Strangers on a Train, Rene Zellweger in Vertigo, Jodie Foster in The Birds, or Tang Wei, Josh Brolin, Casey Affleck, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Foster, Omar Metwally and Julie Christie in Lifeboat....

Redbox $1 DVD Rentals Cost Hollywood $1 Billion? But How Many Discs Does Redbox Buy At Retail? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 8, 2009 7:56 am EST A new study has been published by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp that claims the one-dollar DVD rentals from Redbox kiosks have cost Hollywood one billion dollars, and that the economic fallout could get a lot worse as home video revenue losses spur job cuts and wipe out up to $400m in wages....