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By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2009 11:56 pm EST Unfortunately, we might only expect one film out of this deal. Boyle isn’t the fastest director. He averages one film every two years. Though if he doesn’t have to worry about pulling together financing until 2012, perhaps he can make the scant one year between Sunshine and Slumdog seem like a regular thing rather than anomaly. Does this mean we’ll see Maximum City, another film set in India which Boyle is reportedly circling, any time soon?...

Final Kick-Ass Character Poster Revealed: Hit-Girl By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2009 1:29 pm EST Lionsgate has released the fourth and final in the set of Kick-Ass character posters this afternoon on IGN. The poster features Chloe Moretz as Mindy Macready aka the vulgar and deadly 11-year-old assassin Hit-Girl. I’ve said this with most of the previous character reveal banners (with the exception of Kick-Ass), but I really disappointed in the way Lionsgate is marketing this film thus far....

First Look: The Cast Of Dragonball By Peter Sciretta/May 22, 2008 2:12 pm EST DBthemovie has gotten their hands on new scans from Roadshow Magazine showing the first official look at the cast of Dragonball. I’ve cropped and cleaned up some of the photos for better presentation. Emmy Rossum as Bulma and Joon Park as Yamcha  Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi  Justin Chatwin as Goku Justin Chatwin as Goku...

Fred Claus Movie Trailer: We’ve Lost All Hope By Peter Sciretta/July 9, 2007 9:57 pm EST The teaser trailer for Fred Claus was crafted to appeal to all audiences. It featured Paul Giamatti as Santa and Vince Vaughn as Santa’s bitter older brother Fred, sitting on a couch going back and fourth. The two actors had a great comic chemistry that is seen rarely on the big screen. The teaser touted that the film was by the guy who did Wedding Crashers, which led most people to believe that this would be a more adult or at least “PG-13” Christmas comedy....

Gabriele Muccino To Direct Passengers, Starring Keanu Reeves By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2010 8:14 am EST When Jon Spaihts was hired to write Ridley Scott’s new Alien film, part of the backstory was that he’d landed the gig on the strength of his script Passengers, which landed on the 2007 Black List of best unproduced screenplays. Keanu Reeves has long been attached to the film, with his shingle Company Films trying to get it made for the past couple years....

Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection For $54 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2009 8:32 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The titles include: The Birds; Marnie; Vertigo; Rope; Rear Window; Psycho; The Man Who Knew Too Much; Torn Curtain; Frenzy; Shadow of a Doubt; The Trouble With Harry; Topaz; Saboteur; and Family Plot. Each of the 14 films is supplemented with numerous documentaries, commentaries, and other bonus materials: 14 documentaries; 9 featurettes; Commentaries; Newsreel footage; Production photos, sketches and notes; Storyboards; Theatrical trailers; Masters of Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock; AFI Salute to Alfred Hitchcock; All about the Birds; The making of Psycho....

Hancock: 11 New Photos By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2008 12:18 pm EST Eleven new photos from Peter Berg’s superhero comedy Hancock have hit the web. Found on DVD-Forum (via: Rejects), these new photo show down and out superhero Hancock (played by Will Smith) in action. We also get a look at his love interest (played by Charlize Theron). The catch is that Theron plays the wife of the public relations professional (played by Jason Bateman) who’s trying to repair his image....

Hugh Jackman Confirmed For Real Steel, But Is The $80 Million Budget Too Small? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2009 8:47 pm EST This will be DreamWorks first greenlit movie following their split from Paramount, and since raising $650 million from both J.P. Morgan Securities and Reliance Big Pictures and an additional $175 million from Disney. But can they make a big sci-fi movie for $80 million? That’s about half to one third of the average big hollywood sci-fi tentpole release now-a-days....

M. Night Shyamalan Blames Unbreakable Marketing By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2008 3:01 am EST M. Night Shyamalan tells the New York Times that he remembers the exact moment when his relationship with Hollywood began to go bad: A conference call with Disney executives discussing how to market Unbreakable. Night wanted to sell the film as a comic-book movie (“the tale of an unlikely superhero”) but Disney executives insisted on portraying it as a “spooky thriller”, like The Sixth Sense....

More Bond Rumors: Rachel Weisz Being Considered As Next James Bond Supervillain? By Brendon Connelly/March 29, 2010 11:49 am EST MGM cash flow issues or not, work must be continuing on the next James Bond film, formally or informally. For months now we’ve known that Peter Morgan has been working on the script, so at the very least there’s likely to be a partial draft and an outline in place. More than enough to start casting some major roles – at least, that’s how the studios too often seem to behave....

Must Read: Vanity Fair Profiles John Hughes By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2010 11:55 pm EST David Kamp’s five-page profile is full of interesting information, for example how Hughes came up with the idea for Ferris Bueller one day, pitches it the next, and had the entire script completed seven days later. Kamp talks with Hughes two sons about the director, why he decided to up and leave Hollywood forever, and more....

Paranormal Activity Finally Gets A Release Date By Devindra Hardawar/Sept. 9, 2009 9:10 am EST The ultra-low-budget horror film Paranormal Activity has been building praise for the past few years—after successful showings at the Screamfast and Slamdance film festivals, and most recently at Telluride. Anne Thompson is now reporting that the film is set for a September 25 release by Paramount. Given that the film was shot for $11,000 over a week, I don’t think the studio is worried too much about pushing it out there without a huge marketing campaign....

Prince Of Persia Pushed Back To 2010 By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2008 2:14 pm EST Disney has announced that they will be pushing the big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time back to May 28th 2010, from it’s previously announced June 19th 2009 release date. The old date was one week before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The good news is that the new date is part of Memorial Day weekend, which will give the film a four day opening....

Rush Hour 3 Sucked, Even Jackie Chan Agrees By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2007 9:13 pm EST Rush Hour star Jackie Chan has posted the following unflattering entry on his blog: “When we finished filming, I felt very disappointed because it was a movie I didn’t appreciate and I did not like the action scenes involved. I felt the style of action was too Americanized and I didn’t understand the American humor,” Chan said “Rush Hour 3” was no different from the first two installments for him....

Sam Mendes To Direct Preacher By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2008 2:02 pm EST Good news for comic book fans. It looks like Preacher might finally make its way to the big screen. Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to adapt the series into a feature film, with American Beauty/Road to Perdition director Sam Mendes attached to helm the project. Preacher has a long history of false starts, despite having a loyal following among geek filmmakers....

Sundance Parties And Events: Sunday, January 21st, 2007 By Sundance Spy/Jan. 20, 2007 6:08 am EST Everyone wants to know where the new hot party is happening at Sundance. /Film will give you an indepth look at all the parties going on in and outside of Main Street every night of the festival. 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM SAG Actors Brunch at Café Terigo 424 Main St. VIP Sundance film actors only NOON – 1:00 AM GAME DAY PARTY at ESPN’s “THE GAME” Sports bar & Lounge on 510 Main Street Hosted by NFL rookie sensations Arizona Cardinals QB MattLeinart and Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young....

The Hills Have Eyes 2 NOT Screened For Press? By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2007 1:32 pm EST There is obviously a disconnect between critic and average movie-goer opinion when it comes to genre films. It’s too big of an issue to go into here. 300 is the biggest recent example, receiving huge praise from the general public but average to bad reviews in print. But it didn’t seem to hurt 300 did it?...

Tomorrowland Movie Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2009 4:04 pm EST Back in September Disney announced that they were developing a film project based on the Tomorrowland section of their theme parks, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attached to star. At the time all we knew was that Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The Hangover) were writing the screenplay and that the film probably wouldn’t be titled Tomorrowland....

Transformers 2: Big Robots To Do Battle At Chinese Factory? By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2008 1:44 pm EST Transformers 2 begins production next month in Pennsylvania, and one of the scenes is set to shoot in front of the iconic furnaces in south Bethlehem (shown above). The production will transform the old steel site into an Asian city during the first week of June. They are currently casting local ‘Asian men and women, boys and girls, ages 7 [to] 65” as paid extras in the movie, and are looking for people who have military backgrounds....

Transporter 3 French Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2008 12:46 am EST Lionsgate released the first international (French) teaser trailer for Transporter 3. Jason Statham is back as Frank Martin, a professional “transporter” who has relocated to Paris to continue his low-key business of delivering packages without questions. Louis Leterrier opted to direct The Incredible Hulk instead of the third film, so French filmmaker and former graffiti artist Olivier Megaton (Second unit director for the Luc Besson produced Hitman) has attempted to fill his shoes....