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Warner Bros At Comic Con 2008 By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2008 1:36 pm EST Warner Bros has unveiled their Comic-Con 2008 line-up: Thursday, July 24th: Dark Castle Presentation: Rocknrolla, Ninja Assassin, The Hills Run Red, Ferryman (comic book) 6:00pm – 7:00pm in Hall H Expected Talent: Joel Silver (producer) and Susan Downey (producer) Rocknrolla: Guy Ritchie (director & writer), Chris Bridges, Jeremy Piven (tbd) additional cast tba, Ninja Assassin: James McTeigue (director), Ji Hoon Jung (“Rain”) and Naomie Harris The Hills Run Red: Sophie Monk and Tad Hildenbrink Ferryman: Marc Andreyko (“Ferryman” writer) and Jonathan Wayshak (“Ferryman” artist) Friday, July 25th:Watchmen 11:55am – 1:00pm in HALL H Expected Talent: Zack Snyder (director) and Cast (tba)Star Wars: The Clone Wars 4:00pm – 5:00pm in Hall H Expected Talent: Dave Filoni (director) and Catherine Winder (producer)Saturday, July 26th:Terminator Salvation 1:15pm – 2:15pm in Hall H Expected Talent: McG (director) and Cast (tba) Sunday, July 27th: Friday the 13th Remake 1:00pm – 1:30pm in Room 20 Expected Talent: Jared Padalecki, Derek Meaks, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form (producers)...

Will We Soon See A Glut Of Archie Comics Movies? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2009 9:20 am EST The news this week isn’t just slow; it is turning towards being completely irrelevant. First, there’s major casting news on the Secretariat movie, a film that screams ’limited audience appeal’. Now there’s word that Archie Comics is now repped by CAA, which suggests that we could eventually see a bunch of film and television properties spun off from the long-running stories of Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead....

“Gort Lives” Lets You Submit Your Own Gort Artwork By David Chen/Nov. 5, 2008 9:17 am EST While this is foremost a publicity project, aspiring Gort designers should know that the highest rated submissions will apparently be displayed in sleect IMAX theaters and also featured on the eventual DVD. So if you’ve ever thought that the original Gort was a bit too bland for your tastes (blasphemy!), it’s time to dig out the ol’ digital canvas....

24 To Get Real In Season 8? By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2009 12:06 am EST Kiefer Sutherland says that the eighth season of 24 will be more grounded in reality, admitting that previous seasons have “been kind of far-fetched.” What? Nuclear bombs, running around the LA transit system with the fictional equivalent of Osama Bin Laden, and lets not forget those pesky Cougar/Amnesia trap subplots. Not real? No way… Sutherland couldn’t reveal any plot details, but insists to Reuters that the story is “grounded in a political shift that’s taking place in the world,” and that it is “probably the most realistic thing we’ve ever done....

Disaster Movie Voted Worst Movie Of All Time By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2008 7:13 pm EST Disaster Movie has been voted the worst movie of all time by the users of the Internet Movie Database. The film is currently getting a 1.3 out of 10 rating with 4,066 votes. Earlier this year, Paris Hilton’s The Hottie and the Nottie hit the dreaded #1 spot after only one week of release (the film currently sits at #14)....

DJ Caruso Wants To Shoot Y: The Last Man In IMAX By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2008 1:00 am EST Christopher Nolan’s use of the IMAX camera for The Dark Knight has caused filmmakers to reconsider how they will shoot the future of tentpole movies. First Jon Favreau said he would be interested in filming scenes from Iron Man 2 with IMAX cameras, and now DJ Caruso tells Collider that he has already thought about using the 70mm technology for sequences in the yet to be greenlit adaptation of Y: The Last Man....

Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2009 11:24 am EST The full length trailer for Family Guy’s Empire Strikes Back parody Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side premieres today on the iTunes store, Apple and YouTube. The trailer is “a nearly exact remake” of the original trailer from the 1980 classic The Empire Strikes Back. Watch it now embedded after the jump. Here is the official synopsis:...

First Look: Hesher - I Love Sarah Jane Director Spencer Susser’s Feature Debut By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2009 12:12 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....

Fish Tank Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 5, 2010 2:00 pm EST One of the things I really love about my film festival trips is that I get to discover some great small indie gems to share with you guys. Films that probably wouldn’t otherwise get exposure on a mainstream film blog like /Film. The film which most fits that bill from 2009’s Telluride Film Festival is a coming of age movie titled Fish Tank....

For Your Consideration: Kirk Lazarus For Best Supporting Actor By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2008 8:40 pm EST Dreamworks has launched their Best Supporting Actor campaign for Kirk Lazarus, the character that Robert Downey Jr plays in Tropic Thunder. Dreamworks is also pushing Downey Jr. for the same award in real life. I wonder if viral web marketing like this will confuse Academy members or if its a genius idea to get free “For Your Consideration” advertising from movie and fansites (hey, we fell for the bait!...

GhostSpy Revealed: Just A Car Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2009 12:52 pm EST You might remember a little while ago we wrote about a small blog that popped up called GhostSpy that was posting “spy footage” from a film production that by every indication, looked like it might be a new Ghostbusters movie. When we first posted about the site, we theorized that it was a live-action television commercial for the new Ghostbusters video game, and the viral site was setup to tirkc fans into following along until the full reveal....

Hellboy 2: Third Movie Trailer And Animated Prologue By Peter Sciretta/June 28, 2008 12:36 am EST Universal has released a third and final movie trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Like the recent television spot, the new trailer starts off with the origin story from the first film, before showing off all the cool creatues and baddies in the new film. They have also released the animated prologue which opens the film on Apple....

Indiana Jones And The Valentine’s Day Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2008 10:29 am EST Valentine’s Day is coming a little earlier for Indy fans. Paramount Pictures and LucasFilm have announced that the much anticipated teaser trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be previewed exclusively on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on February 14th between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. The footage will then be immediately available online through the film’s official site IndianaJones....

Jesse Alexander Destroys The World (Again) With ‘Day One’ By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 28, 2009 7:03 pm EST Is it just me, or have post-apocalyptic settings gotten a bit played out lately? That was the first thought running through my head when I read the plot description for Heroes/Lost/Alias vet Jesse Alexander’s newly greenlit NBC pilot, Day One (via the Hollywood Reporter): The project, produced by Universal Media Studios, chronicles the aftermath of a global event that devastates the world’s infrastructures when a small band of survivors strive to rebuild society and unravel the mysteries of why the event took place and what the future has in store....

Jessica Biel Cast In The Incredible Hulk? By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2007 5:43 pm EST Rumor has it that Jessica Biel (Blade: Trinity) has signed on to play Betty Ross in the new re-imagining of The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton. We are unable to confirm this news bit which has begun to spread across the internet. The Spider-Man 3 junket happened this weekend in Los Angeles, and one can only assume that this rumor has an origin there, as producer Avi Arad was on location....

Katzenberg Doesn’t Expect Shrek The Third To Break Records By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2007 12:43 pm EST Before every movie release, the studio usually likes to low ball their estimates just in case the film doesn’t preform as well as they actually believe it will. So it doesn’t really come as a shock that Shrek the Third producer David Katzenberg is downplaying the box office predictions. What does surprise us is how unconfident he seems in the following quote:...

LOL: The Christian Bale Fun Continues By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2009 5:33 pm EST Okay, so I had told myself (and you guys) that I wouldn’t be writing about the Christian Bale incident again. Well I made that statements before I realized that the internets would be producing so much great comedy content based on the story. So I just couldn’t resist passing along the information and fun. After the jump you’ll find a new Christian Bale-themed t-shirt, a Soundboard, and a professionally recorded song based on the incident....

Michael Moore Vs. The Economy By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 13, 2008 12:53 am EST Michael Moore has supposedly decided to rework his latest documentary to focus on the United State’s recent economic problems and the global financial crisis. Originally set around the United State’s foreign policy and the aftermath of the Bush administration, THR says that the yet-to-be-titled film will now have a “end-of-the-empire tone”, which Moore hopes will give it “a more general feel that will untether it from a specific political moment....

Morgan Spurlock To Direct Simpsons Documentary By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2009 9:30 am EST Spurlock’s documentaries are best known for their first-person narrative, putting him at the center of the experience, on a journey to find an answer (usually within a short time restraint). It will be interesting if this Simpsons doc will be more like a traditional television retrospective or if it will feature Spurlock on a journey to discover why The Simpsons have become such a huge part of American pop culture....

By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 27, 2009 12:22 pm EST Neil Gaiman appeared on this morning’s Today Show to discuss Coraline, as well as his newly Newberry winning The Graveyard Book. Shortly before he went on air, Gaiman twittered that he had been given the go ahead to reveal who was set to write and direct a big screen adaptation of The Graveyard Book and once he was in the hot seat, he was good to his word....