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First Look: Ben Kingsley In Prince Of Persia By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2008 7:44 pm EST Defamer has the first photo of Ben Kingsley as Nizam in costume on the set of Mike Newell’s big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In the film, Kingsley kills his brother, King Shahrman of Persia, and puts the blame of the murder on the King’s son, Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal). Nizam claims the throne and seeks the mysterious Sands of Time in his efforts to take over the world....

First Look: Eminem In Judd Apatow’s Funny People By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2009 5:16 pm EST Eminem revealed last month that he filmed a cameo in Judd Apatow’s Funny People. Now MTV has confirmed the appearance, publishing the first photo of Marshall Mathers in the movie, chatting with Adam Sandler at a Hollywood restaurant. What role Eminem plays in the film has yet to be revealed, but having read the script leads me to believe that he might be one of comedian/actor George Simmon’s many famous friends, of whom George must eventually reveal that he has been diagnosed with a terminal disease....

Five Behind The Scene Featurettes For The Princess And The Frog Spark Mild Controversy By Brendon Connelly/June 30, 2009 7:57 pm EST A series of promotional packages designed to hawk Disney’s The Princess and the Frog to its core demographic were broadcast during The Princess Protection Program TV movie on Sunday evening. As is always the way with these things, they found their way to YouTube. See all five embedded below the break....

Gus Van Sant And Bret Easton Ellis Team To Write Suicide Film By Russ Fischer/Oct. 14, 2009 7:33 am EST How’s this for a pairing: Gus Van Sant and Bret Easton Ellis are teaming to write a screenplay based on Vanity Fair’s 2008 article The Golden Suicides. Ellis had previously been announced as the screenwriter for the Lionsgate project, but the addition of Van Sant makes the thing even more interesting....

High Resolution Transformers By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2007 11:35 am EST Bumblebee Iron Hide Jazz Megatron Starscream Blackout Frenzy

Kevin Costner And Kevin Reynolds Move Forward With Learning Italian By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2010 11:23 pm EST Hey, look, Kevin Costner is ramping up his output. He’s got Company Men coming out this year. He’s directing (at some point) a film called A Little War of Our Own, announced just a couple weeks back. And now his slowly simmering new team-up with Kevin Reynolds, who has directed Costner three times before, is partially funded and moving forward....

Lobo Movie Update: Latest Script Reviewed By Hunter Stephenson/May 3, 2009 4:00 pm EST There was a time in the ’90s when derelict kids were consuming entire packets of Big League Chew and ravaging through violent garbage comics like Trencher and the motherlode, DC Comics’ Lobo. Try as I might to better myself, the possibilities of a long-planned R-rated Lobo movie adaptation remain irresistible. A proper cinematic depiction of Lobo’s day-to-day would ideally blend the Star Wars cantina with Road House’s Double Deuce....

LOL: Stormtrooper Realizes His Failure By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2008 1:16 am EST I wonder what became of the Stormtrooper from A New Hope who was jedi-mindtricked into letting Obi-wan, Luke Skywalker, C3PO and R2D2 pass by. I’m sure the weak minded clone was probably put to death. via: superpunch LOL: Stormtrooper Realizes His Failure By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2008 1:16 am EST I wonder what became of the Stormtrooper from A New Hope who was jedi-mindtricked into letting Obi-wan, Luke Skywalker, C3PO and R2D2 pass by....

Michael Bay And Steven Spielberg Meet To Discuss Transformers 3 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2009 10:56 pm EST Paramount/Dreamworks originally announced a July 1st 2011 release date for a third film, but Bay has been saying that he wants to make a smaller film before returning to the big robot action. And a Summer 2011 release date would mean that he would need to begin development within a couple months of the release of Transformers 2....

New Spider-Man 3 Photos By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2007 6:20 am EST Sony has released some new Spider-Man 3 Stills. The image above shows Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) punching through Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church) aka Sandman. Click on any of the images for a very high resolution version. Topher Grace as Daily Bugle photographer Eddie Brock Jr. is the first person to get a picture of Spider-Man wearing a new black costume....

New Twilight Photos: Bella And Edward Sitting In A Tree… By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2008 7:04 pm EST David Strick has 24 new photos from the set of the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novel Twilight. We’ve included five of the more interesting shots after the jump, but head over to The Backlot for more photos in high resolution. And with that, let the Twilight Comment Wars continue!...

Ray Winstone Cast In Indiana Jones 4 By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 7:48 am EST Ray Winstone has been cast in Indiana Jones 4 (most likely to be called Indiana Jones and the City of Gods). Winstone (seen above in The Departed) will play Harrison Ford’s sidekick. I wonder if this means the rumors of Shia LaBeouf playing Indy’s son (and sidekick) were entirely untrue? Cate Blanchett is the only other actor on the project that has been publicly announced so far....

Smallville Renewed For Tenth Season By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2010 3:00 pm EST The CW has renewed Smallville for a tenth season. I haven’t watch the show in years (and even that was a few years after I should have stopped watching), but I know some of the /Film comic readers are still tuned in (or someone is?). For those who care, I’ve included the full press release after the jump....

Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant And Bill Condon All Offered Twilight: Breaking Dawn By Brendon Connelly/March 16, 2010 10:43 am EST It looks like Summit are trying to extend their reach even further than Eclipse’s David Slade in picking a director for Breaking Dawn, the final Twilight film (or maybe films). Amongst their picks are three Academy Award nominated directors typically associated with more widely respected fare: Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant and Bill Condon....

Stage Adaptation Of Rian Johnson’s Brick By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2009 11:32 pm EST I always find it interesting when school drama departments choose to adapt movies into stageplays. Sure, the end result never ends up half as good as the big screen version (it’s a high school production after all), but it’s still fun. The J.L. Mann High School Drama Program is putting on a stage production of Rian Johnson’s critically acclaimed 2005 high school noir Brick....

Sundance Movie Review/Video Blog: Mark Ruffalo’s Sympathy For Delicious By David Chen/Jan. 27, 2010 11:00 am EST Sundance 2010 has seen several actors make the transition into directing. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Diego Luna both have films premiering here, but it was Mark Ruffalo’s film, Sympathy for Delicious, that caught my attention with its outlandish premise. In the film, Dean O’Dwyer (played by writer and real-life paraplegic Christopher Thornton) plays a down-on-his luck DJ (stage-name “Delicious”) who suddenly discovers he has the power to heal people by laying hands on them....

Sundance Review: Mary And Max By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 16, 2009 12:45 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/sundancemaryandmax.flv 300 224]Note: I’ve included a video review of the film above for anyone inclined to watch. It features the usual crew of guests: Alex from FirstShowing, Scott from WeAreMovieGeeks, and Neil from FilmSchoolRejects. I’ll admit it. I wasn’t really looking forward to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival opening night film Mary and Max. Rarely do I become involved in many animated features produced outside of the Pixar campus, and claymation has never really been my thing....

The Future Of Blu-Ray: Live Lookup, iPod Connectivity, No More Load Times, And More By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 30, 2009 12:10 pm EST I think Digital Copy could also be an interesting area where, for example, we’re able to push content from the disc using the network connection of the device to your secondary device and again give the consumer better access to the content. Say Goodbye To Boring Loading Times...

The Incredible Hulk: The Truth About Edward Norton Vs. Marvel By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2008 2:59 am EST Edward Norton turned down the project when he was first approached but Marvel insisted that he meet with director Louis Leterrier, and Norton relented. At the meeting Norton offered his version of The Hulk story, and Marvel agreed to hire a screenwriter to work with him on a rewrite of Zak Penn’s draft....

TIFF: AT&T International Data Roaming Sucks By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2007 4:21 pm EST Tomorrow I’ll be in Canada for the Toronto International Film Festival. But today I have a huge gripe to share with “The New AT&T”. A few months back I purchased an Apple iPhone, which with the exception of a few little things, I love to death. Am I angry that Steve Jobs dropped the price today $200?...