30 Seconds Of Pixar’s Partly Cloudy By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2009 4:29 pm EST Want to see 30 seconds of Pixar’s next movie? I’m not talking about Up, I’m talking about the short film (which will be attached to Up), titled Partly Cloudy. The directorial debut of storyboard artist and animator Peter Sohn (he also provided the voice of Emile in Ratatouille) tells the story of where babies come from....
Bill Murray Offers Warning To Ghostbusters 3 Writers By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2008 12:18 pm EST Bill Murray made a surprise appearance during a secret screening of City of Ember at Fantastic Fest. Now I’m kicking myself for having to leave early to Los Angeles to cover the big Disney even. Oh well. Murray was asked about Ghostbusters 3. For those who have been in a cave for the last month, The Office’s Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg are writing a script which will introduce a new generation of Ghostbusters....
Box Office Tracking: Knowing Is Favored To Win The Weekend, But Is I Love You, Man Poised For An Upset? By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2009 8:59 pm EST Meanwhile, tracking suggests that Knowing will open strongly. The reviews are generally negative (21% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), but Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times has published a rave, saying that “Knowing is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful, intelligent and, when it needs to be, rather awesome....
Cool Stuff: Fan Created Trailbreaker Transformers 2 Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2008 11:59 am EST A few weeks ago we showed you a piece of concept art created by a couple fans to show what a SR-71 Blackbird might look like as Decipticon Jetfire in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Jolin and Jester are at it again, this time they have created concept art of Trailbreaker. His vehicle mode is a Chevy Tahoe Offroad Edition....
Cool Stuff: Retro-Styled Hot-Oil Popcorn Maker By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2008 6:00 am EST In the perfect world, I would have a screening room in my house complete with a High definition 1080p projector, comfortable leather stadium seating and a retro-styled Kettle Popcorn maker. But instead I live in a small San Francisco apartment (my experience is that SF apartments are rarely “large”). One day I will be in a house where I can build this dream home theater, and I will install a replica popcorn machine that I remember from my childhood (before movie theaters would buy huge bags of popcorn)....
Cool Stuff: Tim Doyle’s Blade Runner-Inspired Art Print “The White Dragon” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 1, 2009 7:00 am EST Nakatomi has released “The White Dragon”, a new print inspired by Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. This print is a collaboration by artist Tim Doyle and colorist Nick Derington, the lead animator on Richard Linklater’s adaptation of another Philip K. Dick adaptation, A Scanner, Darkly. “He Say you a BRADE RUNNAH!” Measuring 12x24, this 4 color print is printed with color overlays and silver metallic rain in an edition of 120....
Events: Elm Street Live Commentary, Spaced Marathon, Back To The Future And Little Mermaid Reunions By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2009 5:46 pm EST Director Edgar Wright is continuing his “Wright Stuff” series at Toronto’s Bloor Cinema, with a FREE marathon of his TV series Spaced. He’ll be doing introductions and Q&As on all three days. The marathon kicks off at 5:00 p.m on Sunday, March 22, and will include two intermissions....
First Look: Al Pacino And Robert De Niro In Righteous Kill By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2007 12:39 pm EST Update: Click Here to watch the movie trailer for Righteous Kill.Empire has the some new photos from Jon Avnet’s Righteous Kill, which stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro (in their first team-up since Heat) as two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own....
Geek Deal: Ghostbusters On Blu-Ray For $10 By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2009 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Geek Deal: Torchwood For $34 On DVD Or $39 On Blu-Ray By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2009 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
I Am Legend’s $5 Million Scene By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2007 5:39 am EST Did You Know: Warner Bros spent over $5 million on just one of the scenes in I Am Legend. According to IGN, the scene was shot on location over the course of six nights in January, with the cooperation of 14 government agencies including The National Guard, the Coast Guard, and the Department of Defense, a crew of 250, and a cast of 1,000 extras....
Judge To Decide Watchmen’s Fate On January 20th By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2009 2:35 pm EST
Kevin Smith To Direct Comic Book Movie… Super Max? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 6:33 pm EST Clerks filmmaker Kevin Smith has revealed that he may be doing a Comic Book movie after all. Smith, was originally attached to write and direct The Green Hornet, bowed out after fearing that he would not be able to handle a big budget action movie. Of course, Smith has already lined up his next two films over at The Weinstein Co: a romantic comedy titled Zack and Miri Make a Porno, followed by a horror film titled Red State....
Kung Fu Panda Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2007 9:38 am EST Kung Fu Panda is the next movie from DreamWorks Animation, following the release of Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie next week. A new teaser promo is online, complete with a giant Jack Black introduction (which I could have done without). I’m not quite sure what t think of this. On one hand, the Panda is probably the cutest animal next to the Penguin....
LOL: Batman’s New Batmobile By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2008 1:17 pm EST This digital manipulation was created by GraphicMouse.
Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass In Pre-Production By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2008 8:27 pm EST A film adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr’s Kick-Ass has now officially entered pre-production according to Comic Book Resources. Based on the creator-owned comic from Marvel’s Icon imprint, the story follows a a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who attempts to become a real-life superhero. The catch is that he has no powers or any of the stereotypical reasons for choosing to fight crime....
Mini-Movie Review: The Bourne Ultimatum By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2007 10:58 am EST In The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne will conclude his journey to find the answers to his mysterious past. While the answers yielded may not be enough for even the simplest of viewers, the action sequences are sure to keep you glued to the big screen. During one car chase sequence I found myself literally on the edge of my seat grasping the armrests....
Paranormal Activity Grosses $535,000 At Midnight In 33 Cities, Expands Next Week By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2009 12:07 am EST When Paramount Pictures announced that they were planning a viral limited release for the indie horror film Paranormal Activity, most people wrote it off as the studio dumping the film in a few theaters before the enviable dvd/blu-ray release. At /Film, we immediately saw the potential of the Demand it campaign, especially when it comes to small film distribution....
Philip Seymour Hoffman Not Interested In Playing The Penguin In Our Batman 3 By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 9, 2008 9:23 pm EST Yesterday was a semi-significant day in movie blogger history, comparative to the invention of the “Who Farted?” t-shirt. When TDK actor and beloved old geezer, Michael Caine, told MTV that a Warner Bros. exec had mentioned Johnny Depp for The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Penguin in Batman 3 (the borderline fan-fic sequel, hence the title), enlightened movie bloggers posted, podcasted, Twittered, filmed and pissed in snow diatribes like: “Enough!...
Photo: John Rambo In Action By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2007 6:42 pm EST Above you can see the first photo of Sylvester Stallone in action as Rambo (via: JoBlo) in the upcoming sequel John Rambo. One thing is for sure, Rambo is looking his age. The film supposedly finds Rambo recruited by a group of Christian human rights missionaries to protect them against pirates, during a humanitarian aid deliver to the persecuted Karen people of Burma....
