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Watchmen Video Journal: The Minutemen By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 4:34 pm EST Earlier today we posted a kick ass Japanese Watchmen movie trailer, totally forgetting that it was the 6th of the month. And you probably know by now that every month on the 6th Warner Bros releases a new Watchmen Video Journal. This month’s video takes a look at the first generation of organized vigilantes – the Minutemen. I love the golden age design on the costumes, which is directly ripped from the comics....

78-Foot Tall Rambo Invades New York City By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2007 10:57 pm EST Lionsgate has erected a 78-foot tall graffiti-inspired Rambo billboard in Times Square (Seventh Avenue north of 47th Street). TMZ captured Sylvester Stallone walking around Los Angeles with the same image airbrushed on his back (seen below). Probably a piece of cast and crew swag. source: NYPost 78-Foot Tall Rambo Invades New York City By Peter Sciretta/Dec....

Be Kind Rewind Movie Studio To Open In New York City By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2007 10:34 pm EST Michel Gondry’s upcoming film Be Kind Rewind is anything but conventional, and the upcoming marketing efforts are anything but normal. Gondry will be taking over downtown New York’s Deitch Projects, transforming the Soho art gallery into a “Sweeding movie studio” from January 24th to March 1st. “Groups of people walk in and will have access to a workshop,” Gondry explained to the LA Times....

Blu-Or-Not: Eagle Eye, Serenity, The Duchess, Ghost Town By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2008 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Eagle Eye Exclusive to Blu-ray: All the content is presented in High Definition, but none of it is exclusive to the Blu-Ray release.DVD Features in HD: :Deleted Scenes: Four and a half-minutes worth of four deleted scenes that had no reason to be in the film in the first place, including a laughable alternative ending with Rachel’s son Sam playing Rock Band (Jerry’s gift) with his friends when the television goes all “Matrixy” and begins to instruct him with a mission....

Box Office Tracking: Witch Mountain Could “Rock” Watchmen For Surprising Weekend Win By Steve Mason/March 11, 2009 10:13 pm EST Watchmen = Epic fail!If you haven’t seen The Watchmen yet, I’d urge you to read the graphic novel first. Well, actually, I’d urge you to JUST read the Graphic Novel.Watchmen.undecided,confused as superhero film with very little superhero action.Convoluted story,but overall watchable. My opinion onlyI was bored while watching WatchmenJust got out of Watchmen…....

Confirmed: Adam Brody Is The Flash In Justice League By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2007 5:08 pm EST Last month we reported that O.C. star Adam Brody was rumored to be cast as Wally West aka The Flash in George Miller’s Justice League of America movie. Today the Los Angeles Times, who actually mentions/references SlashFilm.com, has confirmed the rumors, reporting that Brody has closed negotiations for the role. However, Warner Bros is still keeping mum....

Deadpool Will Break The Fourth Wall And Wear The Costume, Says Rob Liefeld By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2009 10:45 am EST Here’s what Liefeld had to say last night and today via Twitter: Deadpool movie checklist- DP in costume-check! Breaking 4th wall-check! Loads of killing-double check! Great Deadpool movie meeting! Lauren Schuler Donner and her team are headed in the right direction! Also excited to discuss possibilities of Cable in future X-films!...

Eli Roth’s Big Budget PG-13 Sci-Fi Mass-Destruction Movie By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2008 3:10 pm EST Hostel/Cabin Fever writer/director Eli Roth is two weeks away from finishing a script for a science-fiction action film inspired by Cloverfield and Transformers. “This will be my first big-budget, PG-13, mass-destruction movie,” Roth revealed. “I went total chaos and pandemonium. I feel like I pushed the violence in R movies about as far as I can push it....

First Look: Michel Gondry’s Be Kind, Rewind By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2007 12:37 am EST One of the films we’ve been looking forward to for a while now is Michel Gondry’s follow-up to The Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.Be Kind, Rewind follows a junkyard worker (played by Jack Black) who believes that a power plant is melting his brain. His plan to sabotage the plant goes wrong and he instead creates a magnetic field that erases all of the videotapes in the local video store where his best friend works....

First Look: The Sets Of Watchmen [Comic Book Comparisons] By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2008 12:29 am EST Dr. Manhattan’s Lab Warner Bros has produced 12 video production blogs chronicling the making of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. The first video blog takes a look at some of the sets from the upcoming film. Watch the video over on ComingSoon or check out some of the sets in photo form below. I have included comparisons from the comic book when available....

First Look At The Villain From Pixar’s Up By Brendon Connelly/March 3, 2009 1:48 pm EST There are still plenty of secrets to be revealed when it comes to Pixar’s Up, and that even goes for those lucky folks to have seen the 45 minute preview presentation (I’m looking at you, Peter Sciretta). The latest juicy crumb to have fallen from the high table reveals the basic design of the film’s main villain....

Friday Box Office: The Bourne Ultimatum On Track To $72M Opening Weekend By Steve Mason/Aug. 4, 2007 12:39 am EST Universal’s The Bourne Ultimatum grabbed $25.5M on Friday, which should translate to a staggering $72M opening weekend. That’s easily the best opening in the franchise, topping The Bourne Identity’s $27.1M and The Bourne Supremacy’s $52.5M. This also marks the best opening weekend of Matt Damon’s career. Last week’s big winner The Simpsons Movie is taking a larger than expected drop after a meteoric $102....

Geek Deal: Heroes Season 1 & 2 Blu-Ray For $59 By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2009 11:33 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Ghost Rider 2 Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2007 6:06 am EST The NY Post caused havoc earlier this week, claiming that Sony would not be holding early press screenings for Ghost Rider. No press screenings usually means that the studio lacks confidence in the finished film. Sony slamed back claiming the film will get screened to critics nationwide, late Thursday night. But that doesn’t give critics much time to spread the good (or bad) word about the film, does it?...

Half Blood Prince IMAX To Feature 25 Minutes Of 3D By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2008 5:52 pm EST The IMAX Corporation has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will feature approximately 25 minutes of 3D footage, split over the opening sequence and the film’s climax. Potter fans will remember that the 17-minute finale of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was also presented in IMAX 3D. I never got the chance to see the Phoenix finale in 3D, and didn’t hear a big buzz about it from fans....

Harrison Ford Set For Indiana Jones 5? 2011 Release Date Planned? By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2009 11:56 pm EST Is development on a fifth Indiana Jones film further along than we think? CBS’s The Insider claims that Harrison Ford is set to return as Indy for another adventure, which won’t “start until next year, and it will not be released before 2011, when the star will be 69.” Lets keep in mind, The Insider isn’t exactly the best source for information....

IFC Buys Cracks, Debut Film From Jordan Scott By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2009 2:00 pm EST We’ve featured some images and the trailer for Cracks, the debut feature from Jordan Scott, daughter of some small-time director named Sir Ridley. You may have heard of him. Chances are in the next couple years you’ll hear a lot more about her, and not just as the daughter of a famous guy. IFC is going to help that process along; the company has picked up Cracks for distribution in the US....

Jon Hamm Joins Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2009 12:04 am EST Mad Men star Jon Hamm has joined the primarily female cast of Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Snyder has called the film “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns”, a 1950’s-period action movie which tells the story of a girl named Baby Doll (Emily Browning) who is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days....

Lawsuit Could Stop Spielberg’s Oldboy Remake By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2009 9:49 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Well now fans can rest happy (at least for a bit) as AnimeNewsNetwork is reporting that Japanese publisher Futabasga is suing the Korean film production company Show East over the rights to remake the story in Hollywood. According to the report in ANN: In the 2003 South Korean film, a man named Dae-Su is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing why or who is holding him captive....

Mark Mylod To Direct Anna Faris In What’s Your Number By Brendon Connelly/April 23, 2009 9:00 am EST The script is now set to be filmed, retitled What’s Your Number?, and set to team actress Anna Faris and director Mark Mylod. Very nice. I couldn’t be happier about this pairing because I’ve been counting both as real favorites for years now. Director Mark Mylod’s work on British TV was absolutely brilliant stuff, setting the stylistic paradigm for The Royle Family, one of the most important and influential sitcoms of all time; nailing the perfect tone for Reeves and Mortimer in sketch, game show and comedy-drama formats; and launching Shameless with what were effortlessly the best episodes in its entire history....