Alex Pettyfer In I Am Number 4 By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2010 2:34 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The screenplay adaptation was written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, which kind of makes sense if you think about it (teenage aliens that fall from space to earth?). Caruso is of course the director responsible for Taking Lives, The Salton Sea, Two for the Money and more recently, Disturbia and Eagle Eye....
Alfred Hitchcock On How The Introduction Of Sound Hurt Cinema By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 7:36 pm EST I just discovered this quote from master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, talking about how the introduction of sound and dialogue had in many ways hurt cinema: “The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema; the only thing they lacked was the sound of people talking and the noises. But this slight imperfection did not warrant the major changs that sound brought in....
Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s Live-Action Season Finale This Sunday…With T-Pain As Frylock By Hunter Stephenson/May 30, 2009 10:51 am EST Post-Finale Update: So that was delectably epic. This Sunday at 11: 45 p.m. ET, the rolling, clueless glob better known as Meatwad enters our Meatspace. Sort of. He’ll appear as, erm, an exercise ball, as seen above. In celebration of the season finale, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is airing its first ever live-action episode during its six seasons on [adult swim]....
Clive Barker Teams With Saw Writers For New Television Horror Series By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2009 11:37 am EST On television, the horror anthology will never die. Now, according to the RiskyBiz Blog, Clive Barker is teaming up with Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the writers of the latter half of the Saw franchise and the recent horror pic The Collector, which Dunstan also directed, to create a new show called Clive Barker’s Hotel....
Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading Gets Middling Early Reviews By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 28, 2008 10:48 am EST The balloon of blind faith gifted the Coen Brothers after No Country For Old Men (and many other great films) by critics and bloggers is beginning to sputter across the Netz. The bros’ new CIA kneeslapper Burn After Reading starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt is receiving decidely mixed early word-of-mouth and reviews from the Venice Film Fest....
Cool Stuff: Hot Toys’ Iron Man And The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2008 4:52 am EST Hot Toys’ 1/6th-scaled Ion Man, Batman, Batpod and Tumbler were on display at the 2008 Tokyo Toy Show. No word on street dates or price, but boy are these sweet. I’m amazed at the incredible detail. Even the replaceable sculpts of Christian Bale and Robert Downey Jr are incredibly accurate. And if you aren’t impressed with the figures, look closely at the Batpod scaled replica below....
Dreamworks Picks Up Pitch Based On Craigslist Missed Connections Comics Anthology, I Saw You By Devindra Hardawar/Dec. 15, 2009 1:42 am EST Will this be our first Craigslist-inspired romantic comedy? Dreamworks has picked up a pitch for a film adaptation of I Saw You… — a compilation of comics edited by Julia Wertz, and authored by various artists, based on real-life Craigslist and newspaper missed connection posts. The idea comes courtesy of screenwriter Andrea McCloud, and George Tillman Jr....
Fast And The Furious Five To Be Set In Brazil? By Brendon Connelly/April 11, 2009 11:49 am EST According to widespread reports, Paul Walker let slip some details of an upcoming fifth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise when appearing on the Valentine in the Morning radio show. This isn’t really a surprise – the fourth installment had one heck of an opening, and the series overall is running at an incredibly healthy total....
Four Behind The Scenes Videos For Joe Dante’s The Hole 3D By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2009 10:07 am EST I’m surprised that there’s not a lot of evident interest in the fact that Joe Dante is making a new horror feature, but I’m chalking that up to the fact that it’s an indie that has only just begun to reach out with images and video clips. The film, The Hole 3D, was at Comic Con, where Dante did some interviews, and now there are four behind the scenes clips thanks to MovieSet....
G.I. Joe Japanese Movie Trailer: Cobra Commander In Motion! By Russ Fischer/July 6, 2009 10:31 am EST …well, he’s almost in motion, anyway. This Japanese trailer for Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra doesn’t show a lot of new footage, though what we do see is cut in a hyper-kinetic fashion that does the footage more service than the last domestic trailer. But the highlight here is one brief glimpse at Cobra Commander (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), as he’s standing next to Destro (Christopher Eccleston)....
IFFBoston Review And Interview: Tze Chun’s Children Of Invention By David Chen/April 24, 2009 6:08 am EST Last night I saw Tze Chun’s film, Children of Invention, at IFFBoston. Children of Invention follows the plight of an Asian American family in Boston, grappling with poverty. As the single mother of two children, Elaine Cheng (Cindy Cheung) is forced to resort to some desperate measures in order to provide for Raymond (Michael Chen) and Tina (Crystal Chiu)....
Indiana Jones: The Crystal Skull Revealed! By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2008 6:02 pm EST ActionFigureInsider uncovered a promotional flyer from a Japanese company which is producing a variety of trinkets for the Indiana Jones series (including miniature versions of the holy grail and the lost ark). Among the group of items is what appears to be the first look at the Crystal Skull. You can check out the photo after the jump, not included on the main page because of spoiler potential....
John August Scripting Both Preacher And Frankenweenie By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 22, 2009 9:13 am EST John August is that rare thing in the arts. He’s an established professional with a back catalogue of accomplished works who we can still single out as one to watch. For my money, August’s work just keeps getting better and better, and his directorial debut The Nines was like a second debutantes ball for him (I was going to say “second coming out”, but in that case it would have been at least his third)....
Kevin Smith’s Next Comedy: Zack And Miri Make A Porno By Peter Sciretta/June 6, 2007 9:12 am EST The Los Angeles Times published an interview with uber geek director Kevin Smith, who revealed the title of his upcoming comedy film: Zack and Miri Make a Porno. The Weinstein Co wanted to give Smith $15 million to make the flick based off the title alone. But that’s not all, we have MORE DETAILS from Smith himself including the script’s cover page seen right (click to enlarge)....
Mastodon Opens Up About The Band’s Score For Jonah Hex By Russ Fischer/Oct. 23, 2009 8:15 am EST Months ago I ran into Brent Hinds, guitarist for Mastodon, who mentioned that he’d just shot a cameo for the new John Malkovich movie, and that the band would be doing some music for it. That had to be Jonah Hex, but I wasn’t able to get any more details. Soon enough AICN got wind of Mastodon’s score for the film, but no further info....
Movie Review: Transformers IMAX By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2007 2:26 am EST In a summer of threequels and big budget tentpoles, Transformers was probably my favorite movie of the bunch (blockbuster tentpoles). And now the film is being rereleased on the IMAX screen with a few more minutes of footage, and a hell of a lot more screen space. For the most part, the IMAX version is not much different from the theatrical release from July....
MPAA Rates Stardust And Gone, Baby, Gone By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 9:52 am EST We normally refrain from reporting MPAA Ratings, but we’re looking forward to the following two movies. Ben Affleck’s directorial debut Gone Baby Gone has been Rated R For violence, drug content and pervasive language. Gone is an adaptation of the Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) novel of the same name. The film is getting a lot of early buzz within the industry....
My Star Trek Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 21, 2008 7:58 pm EST I was a little bored of all the character posters that have been released so far, so I slapped together this Star Trek teaser poster in photoshop using the computer wallpaper from the official Star Trek website. What do you think? My Star Trek Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 21, 2008 7:58 pm EST I was a little bored of all the character posters that have been released so far, so I slapped together this Star Trek teaser poster in photoshop using the computer wallpaper from the official Star Trek website....
Neil Burger To Direct The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2007 1:55 am EST Rumor has it that The Illusionist director Neil Burger has been approached to helm the third installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Andrew Adamson, who directed the first two films, won’t be able to return because of the shortened release schedule . The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was originally published in 1952....
Neil Gaiman And Roger Avery Leave Black Hole By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2008 11:53 pm EST After two years, Roger Avery and Neil Gaiman (Beowulf) have officially stepped down as screenwriters of the big screen adaptation of Charles Burn’s graphic novel Black Hole. Gaiman tells MTV that when David Fincher signed on to develop/direct the project, he “explained his process consisted of having over ten drafts, done over and over.” The screenwriting duo were asked if they were interested in doing that....
