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Does Twitter Predict Box Office Better Than Industry Analysts? By David Chen/April 2, 2010 3:57 am EST For months new, industry analysts have wondered about “Twitter Effect.” Does Twitter have the capacity to change people’s perceptions of films? Did it make Bruno fail at the box office? Did it alter the outcome of the Academy Awards? Whether or not any of that is true, some recently-released research by HP (via Mashable) purports to demonstrate that Twitter is better at predicting box office than currently-accepted methods....

Dogtown And Z-Boys Director’s Controversial Burger King Documentary/Advertisment By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2008 12:23 am EST Burger King’s new “Whopper Virgin” commercials are drawing controversy online. Did you know that the spots were directed by Dogtown and Z-Boys and Riding Giants director Stacy Peralta? Burger King commissioned Peralta to document a 20,000 mile international journey to find people who have never heard of the Whopper to perform “the world’s purest taste test”....

Dragonball Trailer In October By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2008 3:02 am EST

Early SuperBad Buzz And Black Curtain Screenings By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2007 3:06 am EST It seems likely that Judd Apatow is the second coming of [insert name of insanely funny legendary comic genius here]. His next film (as a producer, at least) is SuperBad, which hits theaters on August 17th. The film is already getting exceptional buzz. Jeff Wells says it’s “the funniest, most cleverly written youth comedy in I-don’t-know- how-many-years....

Emily Blunt To Star Opposite Matt Damon In The Adjustment Bureau By Brendon Connelly/July 14, 2009 4:30 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Emily Blunt will star alongside Matt Damon in the upcoming silver-screen realisation of the Philip K. Dick sci-fi short story called The Adjustment Team, here upgraded to The Adjustment Bureau. It will be the first film directed by George Nolfi, who is rather more practiced as a screenwriter....

First Look: Kevin Smith’s Batman By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2008 11:24 pm EST MySpace has revealed a first look at the new Kevin Smith-penned Batman comic book miniseries Batman: Cacophoney. Written by Smith, featuring art by Walt Flanagan (of Steve Dave and Walt fame) and Sandra Hope, the first issue in this three issue miniseries hits stores on November 12th 2008. Cacophoney will reportedly feature the villains Onomatopoeia (a character created by Smith during his run at Green Arrow), Joker and Victor Zsasz....

Fourth Jason Bourne Film Finds Another Screenwriter By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2009 7:36 pm EST A fourth film in the Jason Bourne series is still in active development, despite recent speculation otherwise. Last week Matt Damon told Entertainment Weekly that they don’t yet “have a story and we don’t have a script.” Universal has apparently moved on and hired another screenwriter Josh Zetumer to write what is being described as “a parallel script....

Jason Statham And Simon West To Remake Charles Bronson’s The Mechanic By Brendon Connelly/April 21, 2009 11:44 am EST Michael Winner’s The Mechanic has been spuriously described as an action classic by Production Weekly today. if you don’t know it, the film was one of a whole heap of Bronson movies in which his character’s main focus is on killing but while many of them featured the man as a supposedly heroic vigilante, this one casting him as a master hitman who dyes his hair....

Judd Apatow Talks Sequels And Anchorman 2 By Hunter Stephenson/March 18, 2008 4:06 pm EST You have to give Judd Apatow credit for still not having a single sequel, especially a Knocked Up with Twins, on his vast production buffet. MTV recently spoke to him about the sequelitis that all big producers feel at one point or another, and Apatow admitted there is one film, Anchorman starring Will Ferrell as ‘stachioed newscaster dumbass Ron Burgundy, that is due for a follow-up....

New Bruno Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2009 11:55 am EST Universal Pictures has released some new possibly NSFW photos from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. Check them out after the jump. Bruno is scheduled to hit theaters on July 10th 2009. New Bruno Photos By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2009 11:55 am EST Universal Pictures has released some new possibly NSFW photos from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. Check them out after the jump....

New Star Wars Online Game Confirmed By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2008 3:48 pm EST /Gamer reports that Bioware and LucasArts will be releasing a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic epicly-sized Massively Multiplayer Online Game called Star Wars: The Old Republic. " The game will take place thousands of years prior to when Darth Vader ruled the empire and about 300 years after the original Knights of the Old Republic — which was released back in 2003....

One-Sheet For The Twilight Saga: Eclipse By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2010 11:49 am EST Briefly: Here’s the theatrical one-sheet for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Apparently, this is a movie about gloomy, intense stares and making choices. And I thought the issue of pregnancy wasn’t going to crop up until the final chapter, Breaking Dawn. Regardless, the promo mold isn’t being broken for this poster, which you can see after the break....

Pixar’s Up Teaser Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2008 1:42 pm EST Disney has released a second teaser trailer for Pixar’s Up. The first third again attempts to sell the film based on the animation studio’s past achievements. I think the marketing guys at Disney are probably still unsure on how you go about selling a film like this. I love the fantastical imagery and bright colors. The character of the grumpy old Carl Fredricksen has been growing on us the more and more we see him....

Robert Duvall Says Terry Gilliam Wants Him For Quixote By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2009 2:48 pm EST Back in October, Terry Gilliam told Empire he thought he’d found his Don Quixote to play in the revised version of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He refused to reveal the name. Suggestions were that we’d have to wait for some time to discover who he had in mind. But now the actor has come right out and said it — or at least, an actor has come out and said that Gilliam wants him for the role....

Rumor: Tom Cruise To Cameo In JJ Abrams’ Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 11:01 am EST IGN is reporting a juicy rumor that JJ Abrams is trying to convince Mission: Impossible III star Tom Cruise to do a cameo in the upcoming Star Trek prequel. If Cruise said yes, he would play Captain Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk’s predecessor as captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise and Mr. Spock’s first commanding officer....

Terminator Franchise Rights For Sale…Again By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2009 9:42 am EST No major film franchise has been owned by as many people as the Terminator series. The future of the franchise was called into question recently when current owners Halcyon were forced to file for bankruptcy, but as a new piece in the LA Times points out, rights shuffling almost seems like standard operating procedure if you’re in the Terminator business....

The Brave One Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2007 1:03 am EST Warner Bros has released the trailer for Neil Jordan’s The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster as a woman who recovers from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge. It looks interesting, and it helps that Jordan won an Academy Award for The Crying Game in 1992. The film also has a great line-up of actors: In addition to Jodie Foster, it also features Naveen Andrews (Lost), Terrence Howard (Crash), and Mary Steenburgen (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape)....

The Incredible Hulk Trailer Description By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2008 1:12 pm EST In a report from Toy Fair Germany, an AICN scooper named Mark Single claims to have seen what he believes to be the first trailer for Universal’s The Incredible Hulk prequel/reboot. Here is the description: “It was great to see the first footage of the INCREDIBLE HULK. I think the Ang Lee movie was terrible, but I have a lot of faith in this one....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Fast & Furious, Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse, And More By Adam Quigley/July 28, 2009 9:33 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the films at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....

Transformers 2 Poster? By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2008 1:22 am EST Seibertron have gotten their hands on what some are claiming to be a camera phone photo of the poster for the upcoming Transformers sequel. But is this the real teaser poster for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? I’m guessing its a fake, but we’ll probably find out shortly. Im not sure we’ve ever seen the Autobot or Decipticon pictured, but it looks like a cross between Megatron and the T-X from Terminator 3....