Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2009 2:40 pm EST Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton is now on Twitter: @6Mman (confirmed by @leeunkrich)British film director Ken Annakin (The Battle of the Bulge, Swiss Family Robinson) died last week at the age of 94. [reuters]37 news stories, not fit for the front page, available after the jump. Check out this first photo of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren in Universal Soldiers: The Next Generation....
Page 2: Transformers’ Length, Mel Gibson’s Streets, Shyamalan’s Razzie Response, R-Rated Smoking And More By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2007 5:08 am EST The Hollywood Reporter editor Cynthia Littleton jumped ship to Variety. The trade is supposedly looking for a big BIG name replacement. A new study shows that U.S. teenagers who watch a lot of R-rated movies or have unsupervised access to TV shows appear more likely than similar black youths to start smoking cigarettes....
Producer Tries To Defend G.I. Joe; Fails By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2008 2:09 am EST IESB had the lucky chance to chat with G.I. Joe producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura the day after the third (or is it fourth?) fan backlash against the live action big screen adaptation (Coincidence, I think not!). If you haven’t been following, yesterday it was announced that Marlon Wayans was cast as Ripcord (Boooo!) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in negotiations to join the film (YAY!...
Resident Evil 4 Trailer On Nightmare By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2010 2:11 pm EST Briefly: Actress Milla Jovovich revealed on Twitter that the teaser trailer for Resident Evil 4 will be attached to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which hits theaters on April 30th. Resident Evil 4 Trailer On Nightmare By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2010 2:11 pm EST Briefly: Actress Milla Jovovich revealed on Twitter that the teaser trailer for Resident Evil 4 will be attached to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which hits theaters on April 30th....
Soderbergh Directing Play In Australia, Pessimistic About Film By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2009 2:08 pm EST Yesterday a tipster wrote in to Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere to say that Steven Soderbergh is going to direct a play for Cate Blanchett’s theatre company in Sydney, Australia. And, indeed, on the Sydney Theatre Co website there’s a small printed exchange between Blanchett and Andrew Upton, the co-creative directors for the company, announcing an untitled stage project....
Strong And Purefoy Join John Carter Of Mars; Thomas Haden Church Confirmed By Russ Fischer/Sept. 30, 2009 7:10 am EST Earlier this summer the casting news on John Carter of Mars, to be directed for Disney by Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, starting pouring out. Now we’ve got three more great names for the cast — well, two more and one confirmation. THR reports that Thomas Haden Church will in fact appear in the film, as Tal Hajus, described by the trade as “an ambitious and vicious Thark warrior who is biding his time to be a ruler....
The Commercials Of Fredrik Bond By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 9:07 pm EST Fredrik Bond is directing the American remake of The Host for Universal, but who is he? The Swedish commercial director began his career as a photographer, studying at NYU Film School. Bond got his break after directing a documentary about photographer David Sim’s work for Levis. In 1999, he was one of 30 directors chosen out of 500 for the prestigious Saatchi and Saatchi New Directors Showcase, which was part of the Cannes Advertising Festival....
The Incredible Hulk: Two New Video Clips By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2008 11:58 am EST Last week three new clips from The Incredible Hulk hit the net, and had everyone talking. It seems like Marvel’s plan of having no one care about the Hulk sequel/reboot until the last minute might actually be working. Universal has released two new clips. I’m convinced that by the time the film comes out, we’ll be able to piece all of these clips together to see the entire full length action sequences from the film....
TIFF Movie Review: Very Young Girls By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2007 12:50 pm EST Did you know that the average age of a starting prostitute in New York City is 13 years old? Underage teenage prostitution is a big problem in the big apple. Very Young Girls is an intensely moving, disturbing yet eye-opening look at this world which is normally ignored. Some of the girls featured in the documentary started when they were as young as 12 years old....
Updates On The Muppets And Other Henson Created Puppets By Brendon Connelly/April 2, 2010 5:13 am EST Brian Henson is out promoting Stuffed and Unstrung, formerly Puppet Up!, the live adults-only puppet improv show with undeniably Muppety stars. Of course, they can’t call them Muppets – the name now belongs to Disney – but there’s a recognisable style, and quality, to every foam face the Henson craftsmen make. If you want to know more about Stuffed and Unstrung, there’s a nifty video ad embedded below the break....
Video: 5 Minutes Of Frank Miller’s 300 By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2007 11:26 pm EST Watch 300 seconds (which is 5 minutes if my math is correct) of Zack Snyder’s upcoming film 300 online now. MTV has your first look. Click this link to be transported to the craptastic MTV flash-site where you can watch the video now. All I can say is WOW. Based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, 300 tells the tale of the 480 B....
VOTD: Charlie Chaplin In The Matrix By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2009 5:00 am EST What if The Matrix was made in 1905 as a silent comedy starring Charlie Chaplin? It would probably look something like this 7-minute Russian television skit, embedded after the jump. via: io9 VOTD: Charlie Chaplin In The Matrix By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2009 5:00 am EST What if The Matrix was made in 1905 as a silent comedy starring Charlie Chaplin?...
Watchmen Videos: Opening Credits, Societal Parallels, World In Focus And Anatomy Of A Scene By Peter Sciretta/March 7, 2009 2:09 pm EST Just because Watchmen has been unleashed into theaters doesn’t mean the videos have stopped. Today I bring you three new Watchmen related videos. This first is the last entry from The New Frontier viral website — “World In Focus: 6 Minutes to Midnight”, an episode of late night UK current affairs review World In Focus aired in October 1985, in which photo-journalist Alain Guillon and author Hal Eisner discuss the emerging geopolitical crisis with presenter Jeremy Miller....
10 Minutes Of Live Free Or Die Hard By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2007 2:39 pm EST Check out the new video at Yahoo Movies Japan: Medium Quality or High Quality.
Box Office: Wolverine Could Claw To $92 Million Opening Weekend, A Huge Start To Summer Blockbuster Season By Steve Mason/April 29, 2009 9:28 pm EST Look at these numbers. X-Men – estimated budget – $75M $20.8M opening day – $54.5M opening weekend – $152.3M domestic – $296.3M global X-2: X-Men United – estimated budget – $110M $31.25M opening day – $85.5M opening weekend – $214.9M domestic – $407.7M global X-Men: The Last Stand – estimated budget – $210M...
Buy A Role In Spider-Man 4 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2008 12:48 pm EST Common sense would have you believe that Sony wouldn’t auction off a walk-on role in a movie which hasn’t even been given a greenlight… or would they? /Film reader Chuck W sends along word that the studio is doing exactly that. Sony is auctioning off a visit to the set of Spider-Man 4 (Location of visit will be determined by Sony Pictures based on scheduling of visit) that would include a meet and greet with the cast (this is where I expected the disclaimer “Cast will be determined by Sony Pictures based on who is willing to come back after we finish the script”) , a walk-on/extra role in the film, a trip to the New York premiere and more....
Captain America Begins Filming In June, Green Lantern Hires Oscar-Winning Crew By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2009 12:44 pm EST As today is a slow news day, I thought I’d pass along a couple small superhero film tidbits. Fangoria has learned that Joe Johnston is readying The First Avenger: Captain America for a June 2010 start. Sounds like we’ll begin hearing casting news shortly. Meanwhile, there might not have been any recent casting developments for Warner Bros’ adaptation of Green Lantern, but SuperheroHype has learned some of the Oscar-winning crew hired for the production: Cinematographer Dion Beebe (Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, Equilibrium, Collateral) Production designer Grant Major and costume designer Ngila Dickson (Lord of the Rings trilogy) Art director François Audouy (Avatar, I Am Legend, Watchmen, Transformers, the Spider-Man" trilogy) Sounds like the team is really shaping up....
Chris Pine Mad For The A-Team? By Brendon Connelly/April 13, 2009 11:25 am EST The upcoming A-Team film, now being developed by director Joe Carnahan since John Singleton left the project, is reportedly scheduled for release in summer 2010. That should mean that the cast are being brought together right now (don’t you just love it when a cast comes together?) and, therefore, Canahan is likely to have recently been talking to prospectives....
Cool Stuff: Fan Made Green Lantern Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2010 11:32 am EST It seems like comic book fans are extremely excited for the big screen adaptation of Green Lantern. First there was that awesome Green Lantern fan-cut trailer starring Nathan Fillion, and when ir was announced Ryan Reynolds would be playing the Green Lantern, Josh MC crafted a cool photoshop showing what he might look like in costume....
Dark Knight Viral: Harvey Dent Press Conference Turns Into Hostage Situation By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2008 1:05 pm EST The Harvey Dent press conference that was scheduled for today at 3:00pm eastern time was interrupted when a disgruntled decorated Gotham Police Sergeant Francis Notaro took a girl hostage. For those who haven’t been following the Dark Knight viral, Notaro has been a strong opponent of Dent. He claimed that that Harvey Dent offered him money to testify against an innocent cop were later disproved by Gotham Times reporter James Levine....
