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Photos And Video From Toy Story 3 Scoring Session By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2009 10:30 am EST Director Lee Unkrich, one of my favorite filmmakers to follow on Twitter, has been pretty mum on the production of Toy Story 3, at least when it comes to what is going on behind the scenes at Pixar Animation Studios. But today he has been very vocal about the post production process of the latest Toy Story sequel, and more specifically the film’s musical score....

Producers Put 2007 Black List Comedy Pictures Of You And Jay Baruchel’s Goon Into Play By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2009 8:59 am EST Dave Gross and Jesse Shapira are busy. They’re teaming with Youth in Revolt producer David Permut to make Pictures of You, the Joshua Friedlander script that was on the 2007 Black List. The teen-oriented romantic comedy will complement another funny picture Gross and Shapira have in the works: Goon, a hockey comedy written by Jay Baruchel and Superbad’s Evan Goldberg....

Quotable: Frank Langella Doesn’t Know Richard Kelly By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2007 1:36 pm EST As you already know, Frank Langella has been cast in Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly’s upcoming film The Box. Our friends at Rotten Tomatoes interviewed the veteran actor who admitted that he didn’t even know who Richard Kelly was. Read the hilarious quote below. “I met Rich Kelly and his producing partner, Sean McKittrick, the other day having had long conversations on the phone, and I didn’t know they were the director and producer....

Robin Williams To Record His Happy Feet 2 Role In January By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 18, 2009 7:11 am EST According to a new story on Sci-Fi wire, George Miller is currently recording voices for Happy Feet 2 with Robin Williams set to record his role in January. Possibly roles plural, in fact, as he had a few characters to take care of in the first film. George Miller’s original Happy Feet is something of a “best kept secret”, really....

Teasers For Wolverine And Iron Man Anime From Madhouse By Devindra Hardawar/July 29, 2009 11:35 pm EST About a year ago, we reported that Marvel had tapped the famous animation studio Madhouse to create four anime series for release in 2010, the first two of which would be based on Wolverine and Iron Man. The anime projects will be written by renowned writer Warren Ellis, who most recently wrote the kick-ass G....

The Andromeda Strain Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2008 6:18 pm EST Yes, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott produced another remake/re-adaptation of the The Andromeda Strain, but this time in television miniseries form, and we have the first look trailer for this “two-night television event.” Watch the trailer below and tell me what you think in the comments. Based on the bestselling book from Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park), and from executive producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott comes a four-hour miniseries adaptation of The Andromeda Strain....

The Incredible Hulk: What Did You Think? By Hunter Stephenson/June 14, 2008 12:00 am EST Today, The Incredible Hulk opens in face of months of fanboy speculation (early consensus is quite positive), the looming memory of Ang Lee’s Bruce Banner, M. Night’s worst R-rated movie, and the celebration of Jason Voorhees. We want to hear what you thought of the big budget Marvel/Universal film all weekend long. Things to consider: Is this the Hulk we’ve been waiting for?...

The Messenger Director Oren Moverman To Rewrite And Helm Kurt Cobain Biopic By Russ Fischer/Feb. 17, 2010 10:32 pm EST I loved the hell out of The Messenger. Oren Moverman’s film about two soldiers assigned to notify next of kin about soldiers’ deaths was tense, empathetic and moving. It dealt with trauma better than Brothers and boasts a trio of fantastic performances. So I’ve been excited to hear about Moverman’s future films, and now it seems that in addition to his mysterious film This Side of the Looking Glass he will rewrite and direct a biopic about Nirvana singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain....

VOTD: Naked Dawn By Peter Sciretta/March 26, 2009 12:18 am EST You’ve seen Red Dawn, but you haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen Naked Dawn, Jake Szymanski’s new Funny or Die’s parody which stars Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari and Vinnie Jones. Can you imagine an 80’s action movie at a nudist’s camp? What if the Russians attacked the U.S.? What if Rob Schneider was our last hope? What if he was naked?...

Watchmen Apple Store Appearances By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2009 12:49 pm EST Warner Bros is holding Watchmen events at a few Apple Stores in New York and California. Here are the details: Apple Store SoHo (NY) – Friday, February 6th at 7:00pm: Dave Gibbons will discuss, demonstrate illustrations and answer questions about Watchmen.Apple Store San Francisco (CA) – Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00pm: Dave Gibbons will discuss, demonstrate illustrations and answer questions about Watchmen....

Another Brett Ratner-Directed Guitar Hero Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2008 12:35 am EST A couple weeks back, we told you that Brett Ratner was directing a series of commercials for Guitar Hero World Tour. Last week we posted an article slamming the first, which featured sports stars Alex Rodriguez, Kobe Bryant and Michael Phelps recreating the scene from Risky Business. We called Brett Ratner a hack (as we often do), and our good friend Danny T reminded us that Ratner might not have had anything to do with the concept....

Box Office Tracking: Iron Man Could Soar To $8M Thursday, Another $103M Fri-Sun By Steve Mason/April 28, 2008 10:51 pm EST It is time to get very serious about the first major summer blockbuster Iron Man (Paramount), which will debut Thursday night at 8pm at multiplexes from coast-to-coast. My sources tell me that this Robert Downey, Jr. vehicle about a hard-drinking billionaire who creates a fantastic iron suit is actually “out-tracking” last summer’s Dreamworks/Paramount smash Transformers....

Breaking: John Hughes Has Passed Away By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 6, 2009 12:51 pm EST TMZ is reporting director John Hughes suffered a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to New York City with family. Hughes is best known for writing and/or directing some of our favorite films from the 1980’s – National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, European Vacation, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Christmas Vacation, and Home Alone....

Dark Knight Viral: /Film Receives A Package From The Joker By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2008 10:45 am EST Today I received a package from Gotham City. What could be inside? And who knew that the Joker used FedEx? Watch the video below to find out. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/tdkviral.flv 400 300] Yes, The Dark Knight Viral Campaign has entered our world again. If you go to the “It’s All Part Of The Plan” website that we told you about last week, you will find that you are now able to click on the portraits on the wall....

Details Leak From Script To Robert Rodriguez’s Predators. Film To Feature Predator Dogs And Birds? By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 29, 2009 11:17 am EST News arrived over the weekend that Machete himself, Danny Trejo, had joined the cast of Predators, the sci-fi revamp that Robert Rodriguez has been given creative carte blanche to make in hopes of a blockbuster. Well, our pals at Latino Review have read the script by Michael Finch, Alex Litvak, and RR and they declare it, “a 90-page kick-ass sci-fi movie worthy of the original....

Don Hahn’s Waking Sleeping Beauty To Premiere At TIFF By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2009 3:12 pm EST Here is the official plot synopsis: Hahn has called the film “an incredible almost Shakespearian story of an era that started with CalArts in the 1970s and ended with Lion King, the biggest box office success in history to that time. The talent of today’s industry: Lasseter, Musker, Bird, Clements, Keane, Selick, Burton, Rees, Kroyer, Bluth, all of them came from that era....

FAILbait: Dakota Fanning Joins Kristen Stewart In The Runaways By Hunter Stephenson/March 5, 2009 10:37 am EST Remember the movie Hounddog? In the words of Tae Kwon Do instructor Fred Simmons: “I can’t even believe that’s something that’s real.” Well, America’s favorite lil’ overachiever, Dakota Fanning, has finally outgrown any chance of a not-rumored JonBenét Ramsey biopic and will now co-star in one about proto-gal-rockers The Runaways instead. Fanning will play Cherie Currie, the white blond lead singer who joined the influential ’70s group at the tender age of 15, and faced the pressures of fame and the sociopathic ways of band mastermind Kim Fowley....

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Harold & F’N Kumar 2 By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2008 1:59 pm EST Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is rated R for good reason. The film contains a lot, and I mean, a lot of swears. Don’t believe me? Watch the NSFW clip below which compiles all the foul language into a one minute and fifteen second spoiler-filled video clip. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/kumar2foul.flv 470 264] Harold & F’N Kumar 2...

Here Come The Evil Boyfriends With More Scott Pilgrim Casting By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 17, 2009 7:01 am EST In Edgar Wright’s upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, much as in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original comics, title character Scott (Michael Cera) will be battling the evil exes of his girlfriend Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) to keep their romance alive. Until now, all of the casting announced had been of the “good guys” in the film, but word is beginning to leak of who will be playing these baddie boyfriends too....