I Assure You, WE’RE OPEN! By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2007 9:50 pm EST News is usually slow on this yearly holiday week, but, “I assure you, WE’RE OPEN!” Don’t expect our usual extensive coverage, but we’ll be posting a few features, and a couple really cool contests (did someone say Indiana Jones??? ), and whatever news leaks out. So keep checking back, and Happy Holidays! Peter Sciretta /Film Editor-in-chief I Assure You, WE’RE OPEN!...
LOL: Transformers 2 Features Decepticon Testicles? By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2009 10:02 am EST The first Transformers film featured an Autobot peeing on a human. How has Michael Bay topped this act in the sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? How about a giant Decepticon will giant steel testicles. Details after the jump. Possible spoilers follow. According to Nick de Semlyen’s review in Empire Magazine, the giant Decepticon named Devastator, who is made up of six or seven constructicons, is revealed to have a pair of testicles, in the form of wrecking balls....
Madagascar 3 And Kung Fu Panda 2 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2008 12:31 am EST DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says that the computer animation studio is in talks for a Kung Fu Panda sequel, and plans to have at least one more Madagascar film, if not more. Katzenberg told reporters on Wednesday that they are currently having conversations about a possible Kung Fu Panda 2, and to expect an announcement in the next 30 to 60 days....
Martin Scorsese To Direct The Falcon’s Tale? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 1, 2008 12:58 am EST I totally missed this item in the latest issue of Production Weekly, but Alex from FirstShowing sent me a link to this story on Cinemablend about a project called Falcon’s Tale that Martin Scorsese is supposedly attached to direct. What is this movie? A quick internet search turns up NOTHING. But I decided to dig a little deeper and have come upon more information about the project....
Mike Myers In Inglorious Bastards? Adam Sandler Unavailable! By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2008 2:37 pm EST Tarantino Archives is reporting that Mike Myers has been cast in a small role in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming war film Inglorious Bastards. Update: Variety later confirmed that Myers will British General Ed French, “a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders.” It’s interesting to note the comedic casting choices so far: Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead), BJ Nowak (The Office), and some also might argue that Eli Roth has a comic delivery....
More Nerveracker Details; Robert Rodriguez Still Prepping Live-Action Jetsons Movie By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2009 5:00 pm EST Yesterday the trades confirmed that Robert Rodriguez’s next project will be a sci-fi action thriller called Nerverackers. The Weinstein Co just sent out their official press release, and the film is actually titled Nerveracker (non plural). The release also features more details regarding the film’s plot and elsewhere we get confirmation that Rodriguez is still developing a live-action big screen version of The Jetsons....
New WALL-E TV Spot By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 12:29 pm EST A new WALL-E television advertisement has been spotted which includes even more new footage, including a talking walking human. Check it out below. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/walletv2.flv 460 196] New WALL-E TV Spot By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 12:29 pm EST A new WALL-E television advertisement has been spotted which includes even more new footage, including a talking walking human. Check it out below....
No Battlestar Galactica For Kevin Smith By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 28, 2007 11:36 pm EST A couple days ago Kevin Smith announced that he would be directing an upcoming episode of Battlestar Galactica. We were excited at the prospect, but alas it doesn’t seem like it will come to be. Galactica showrunner Ronald D Moore told fans at the official SciFi Channel Web site that a “scheduling conflict” has come up and that Smith is no longer attached to direct an episode....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 6:00 am EST 10 photo-centric stories not fit for the front page, available after the jump. This teaser poster for the Wachowski Brothers-produced James McTeigue-directed Ninja Assassin was on display at Comic Con last year, but /Film reader Christopher M sends over the first crisp digital copy of the one-sheet. MarketSaw has a great article on how IMAX is sacrificing quality to go digital, and hurting their name brand and reputation in the process....
Planet 51 Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2009 9:24 am EST For the six people who saw Battle For Terra, this might look fairly familiar. There’s none of Terra’s ‘human invasion force’ plot (or so it seems) but there is a very similar human stranded on civilized alien world, little robot helper, young alien helping him get back to his ship, etc. But then, the idea of sticking a human astronaut on a world with a civilization that’s just as developed and slightly paranoid as ours isn’t exactly (ahem) rocket science....
Quentin Tarantino Claims Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair DVD Release Is Still Happening By David Chen/Jan. 20, 2009 8:08 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now, according to Tarantino.info, it seems like we might actually get the version of Kill Bill that Quentin always wanted for us. As you may imagine, Tarantino has been busy with a little project called Inglourious Basterds, but Tarantino claims that the longer version is still on the way....
Question Of The Week: Your Favorite Christmas-Related Movie By David Chen/Dec. 20, 2008 2:11 pm EST The /Film Question of the Week is a weekly question to the community that emerges from the /Filmcast: After Dark. Feel free to post your responses in the comments below. The best answers are read on the air during the show. This week during the show, we talked about some of our favorite movies that somehow feature Christmas, either explicitly (e....
Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, And Steve Coogan Join Adam McKay’s The Other Guys. By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 23, 2009 8:19 am EST The ensemble cast for The Other Guys, the latest collaboration between funnymen pals Will Ferrell and writer/director Adam McKay, is of a higher-profile than on their previous flicks, sans Anchorman. Today brings news that Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne “Tooth Fairy” Johnson will play stud “super cops” to the unfulfilled desk pigs played by Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Rob Riggle, and Craig Robinson....
This Week In DVD: Hancock, Fred Claus, 24: Redemption, And More By Adam Quigley/Nov. 25, 2008 1:32 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After all of the speculation and build-up surrounding news of a 24 movie, it was hard to be anything other than disappointed when it was revealed to be nothing more than a made-for-television prequel to the new season. But hey, after a year and a half long hiatus since 24 was last on the air, fans will probably just be happy to see Jack Bauer kicking ass again....
Universal Studios Announces The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2007 2:39 am EST Two months ago we told you that Universal Studios Florida were finalizing terms to bring a “Harry Potter World” to its Orlando resort. Well today the project (now titled The Wizarding World of Harry Potter) was officially announced. We speculated that Harry Potter World would become part of Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park, and we were right....
Walter Hill’s St. Vincent Moves Forward; Gong Li, Ray Winstone And Forest Whitaker Join Mickey Rourke By Russ Fischer/Dec. 28, 2009 9:50 am EST It’s been quite a while since Walter Hill directed a film that could be called a total success, but I never stop pulling for the guy who directed The Warriors, 48 Hrs. and Streets of Fire. (Even if he also directed Another 48 Hrs. — nasty stuff....
Website Spotlight: Movie Titles Stills Collection By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2010 10:00 am EST Web designer Christian Annyas has created a website, Movie Titles Stills Collection, focusing on the art of movie titles in feature films. Annyas explains why he started the website: I’ve seen a lot of movies over the years, and to prove I’ve sat through at least the first ten minutes of them I started making screenshots of the titles....
Woody Allen And Miyazaki Not Included On EW’s 25 Greatest Active Film Directors List By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 12:59 pm EST Entertainment Weekly just published their list of the 25 Greatest Active Film Directors. It’s one of those really annoying slideshow stories, so we’ve done the legwork and printed the entire shortlist after the jump. Steven Spielberg Peter Jackson Martin Scorsese Christopher Nolan Steven Soderbergh Ridley Scott Quentin Tarantino Michael Mann James Cameron Joel and Ethan Coen Guillermo del Toro David Fincher Tim Burton Judd Apatow Sam Raimi Zack Snyder Darren Aronofsky Danny Boyle Clint Eastwood Ron Howard Ang Lee Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Greengrass Pedro Almodóvar Jon Favreau I could write a blog post on the placement on some of these named alone (Peter Jackson above Martin Scorsese?...
Writers Guild Of America Announces 2010 Awards Nominees; How Did Avatar Make The Cut? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2010 12:27 pm EST In the original screenplay category, three expected films (The Hurt Locker, (500) Days of Summer and A Serious Man) are side by side with two surprises. The Hangover is the first surprise, but I like seeing a straight-up comedy get a nod. That’s not a total break from pattern for the WGA....
Aykroyd Reveals Details Of New Ghostbusters ‘Leader’ And Busting Tech By Brendon Connelly/May 25, 2009 12:56 pm EST Speaking to the Guardian Guide, a pull out supplement that comes with every Saturday’s issue of The Guardian newspaper here in the UK, Dan Aykroyd has revealed even more details of the upcoming third Ghostbusters film. Here’s the big quote from the man himself, detailing some of the new ideas we can look forward to:...
