In The Loop’s Armando Iannucci Planning Buster Keaton Style Comedy By Brendon Connelly/July 22, 2009 11:47 pm EST I most definitely wasn’t alone in loving In The Loop when it played in UK cinemas earlier this year and now that it is about to hit US screens on Friday, the love seems to be welling up on that side of the Atlantic too. Expect, I think, to be hearing very, very positive things from David Chen, for example....
Iron Man 2 In 2010 By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2008 12:14 pm EST At the Hollywood premiere of Iron Man, Viacom/CBS Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone and Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey told Entertainment Tonight that if the movie does as well as expected, Paramount will greenlight a sequel for the same week in 2010. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader already holds claim to the “first weekend of the summer” (May 7, 2010), but Iron Man 2 could easily open a week earlier on Friday, April 30th 2010 if all goes well....
Kevin Williamson To Script Remake Of The Bedroom Window Between Screams 4 And 5 By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 12, 2009 11:28 am EST We’re in the current of a raging river of Kevin Williamson at the moment, with Scream 4 news popping up almost every day and his new TV series The Vampire Diaries – which I’ve yet to see any of, being in the UK – proving to be a fairly strong performer....
Land Of The Lost Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2009 6:23 pm EST Universal has released a full length trailer for Land of the Lost on Subwayfreshbuzz.com. It’s basically an extended version of the teaser that played during the Super Bowl. We get to see more of the fantastical land in the alternative universe they become transported to. And it is that aspect of the movie that I’m most interested in....
LOL: Superman Pwns Batman By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2008 8:30 am EST Okay so Superman Returns didn’t make Dark Knight money and Clark is rightfully pissed off. But that wasn’t enough cause for Supes to tamper with The Dark Knight’s Bat Symbol… I’m not sure the origin of this picture. We found it on Superpunch, who found it on Say it Backwards, who found it on a random message board. Someone points out a visable mistake: that the superman symbol would project backwards into the clouds....
LOL: Well Duh! Cardiologist Calls Crank 2: High Voltage “Implausible” By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2009 5:29 am EST The Guardian asked Cardiologist Simon Grant to review Crank 2: High Voltage from the logistical point of view. The resulting technical critique is actually rather amusing. Here is an excerpt: “Artificial hearts are pretty poor, primitive devices. They supply enough cardiac output to keep you slowly plodding around, but they certainly don’t allow for martial arts and sprinting....
Lost Viral: Paul Scheer Threatened With Legal Action, Plans To Break Into Lost Production Offices? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 6, 2009 9:59 am EST Here is a recap: At Comic-Con, Human Giant comedian Paul Scheer made an appearance during the Q&A of the Lost panel, announcing his new website DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com where he would be featuring Lost-inspired artwork. Earlier this week, we recieved a very strange FEDEX’ed letter from Paul, declaring his decision to become the Picasso of Pop Art, and devote his life to making Lost-inspired paintings....
Nathan Fillion In James Gunn’s PG Porn By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 8, 2008 1:52 pm EST Slither director James Gunn has decided to create a series of internet shot films which focus on the best parts of porn movies… the story and the acting. The first in the PG Porn series is called Nailing You Wife, featuring Serenity star Nathan Fillion and porn star Aria Giovanni (Penthouse Pet September 2000). Thanks to /Film reader Alexander M for sending this in....
New Hellboy 2 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2008 12:32 pm EST Universal has released a new movie trailer for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. It looks like Guillermo del Toro was given a lot more control over the look of the film, especially the creatures, which appear to be a combination of Pan’s Labyrinth and Lord of the Rings. Check out the full trailer below or you can watch it in High Definition on Yahoo....
Spielberg’s Tintin Will Get Released Internationally First; December 2011 In The US By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2009 7:08 pm EST Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have finally announced their release plans for Steven Spielberg’s 3D performance capture adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The film will be released internationally in late October and early November, 2011, more than a month before the film is released stateside by Paramount on December 23rd 2011....
Tarsem Talks War Of The Gods Plot And Potential Casting By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 24, 2009 10:06 pm EST I hated The Cell, but Tarsem’s visual feast The Fall finally convinced me of his genius. He may not be a master storyteller, but the man is a visual powerhouse. Empire recently caught up with him and was able to coax some plot details and prospective talent on his next project, War of the Gods:...
The Stupidest Dark Knight Sequel Rumors Yet By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2008 6:18 pm EST The England-based newspaper The Sun is reporting that Eddie Murphy has been cast as The Riddler, and Shia LaBeouf has been cast as Robin in a sequel to The Dark Knight. Of course, this rumor is complete bullshit. It seems like the rumor mongers aren’t even putting effort into these things anymore. The news story isn’t even the slightest bit believable....
Tron 2’s Budget $300 Million? Most Expensive Movie Of All Time? By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2009 1:17 pm EST Could Disney really be spending $300 million on the Tron sequel? Buried in a recently published article in the Vancouver Sun is the following paragraph: Vancouver post-production units are salivating at the prospects presented by the Disney remake of Tron, which carries a whopping $300 million budget and opportunities aplenty for effects and digital polish....
Venom Script Turned In To Sony; Movie Still Kicking By Russ Fischer/Sept. 25, 2009 1:35 pm EST A lot of people want a Venom movie. Makes sense, I guess; he’s fanged, evil, oozing, looks great on screen. While villains that are so specifically the mirror image of a hero don’t do a lot for me, I see why people like the character. Sony likes the character because anything that can spin off from the success of Spider-Man is a good thing....
Video: Spider-Man 2.1 By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2007 2:35 am EST A couple days ago we showed you the extended train fight sequence from Spider-Man 2.1, which hits store shelves next week. Now we have yet another look at more cut footage. Below you can watch a short clip of Daily Bugle editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson having fun in Spider-Man’s suit. Pretty funny stuff. You can definitely see why the scene was cut from the final film, it was probably too over the top funny for the context of the rest of the movie....
VOTD: 100 Greatest Quotes From The Wire By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 6:00 am EST If you’ve listened to the /Filmcast, then you’ve probably heard Adam, Devindra or David rave on and on about the television series The Wire. hh1edits has put together a compilation montage of the 100 greatest quotes from all five seasons of the series. I must warn you, this obviously contains spoilers… so if you haven’t completed the series, you might not want to watch the video embedded after the jump....
VOTD: Disturbing Strokes By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2009 11:34 pm EST Monty Propps has rescored the opening of Diff’rent Strokes, creating a terrifying horror film version of the television show. Propps also altered the color slightly (desaturating the picture and adding a green hue), but the big change is the music. This is a good example of just how how much music can change the intention of a film. The music came from a scene from a horror film titled The Dorm That Dripped Blood (scene here)....
VOTD: JediGym By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 12:02 am EST [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/jedigym.flv 470 266] JediGym created by VanRoble. The Pitch: “Master Flynn runs a gym where members embody Star Wars characters to harness the Force and improve their lives. Little does everyone know how real the Force is.” Thanks to /Film Reader Jonny of the internet-famous Red and Jonny, for submitting this creation. Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....
VOTD: Quentin Tarantino And Eli Roth - Artist On Artist By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2009 6:00 am EST I hate the traditional movie junket interviews, especially the ones done by the bigger name portal sites. But every once in a while MySpace will publish an interesting “Artist on Artist” interview. For those of you who don’t know, these interviews group two filmmakers, actors, writers or musicians, together to talk about their new project(s)....
Weinstein’s To Release New Kyle Newman Cut Of Fanboys! By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2008 12:05 pm EST Fanboys creator and co-screenwriter Ernie Cline has confirmed my report from last month that director Kyle Newman has been brought back to recut Fanboys. “I’ve just received word that the director Kyle Newman has just completed a new cut of the movie with the original plot intact, and that it’s the version that will be released later this year,” Cline told UGO....
