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Imagi Animates Fluorescent Black By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2007 1:14 pm EST No more details on the project have been revealed and no projected release date has been announced.

IMDb’s Top 25 Movies Of The Decade By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2009 1:48 pm EST A couple weeks ago we ran a listing of the best reviewed films of the decade as compiled by Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. We followed that up by the top 20 films of the decade, as voted on by the users of FlickChart. Today I decided to compile the top 25 films of the decade, as voted by the users of the Internet Movie Database....

James Woods And Dominic Purcell Join Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs Remake By Russ Fischer/Aug. 15, 2009 6:00 am EST We’ve known the main names in Rod Lurie’s remake of Sam Peckinpah’s shattering film Straw Dogs. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard are toplining the film, which is in production in Louisiana right now. But yesterday Lurie mentioned two more names on Facebook: James Woods and Dominic Purcell. (Who needs the trades when directors can throw out their own casting news?...

King Of Kong Helmer Seth Gordon To Direct Divorce Comedy Celeste And Jesse Forever By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2010 11:01 pm EST Gordon has a bunch of projects setup: A Bottle Rocket like Hiest comedy Suicide Squad, Mr. Romance – a romantic comedy about a “a cynical guy who is forced to enter the Mr. Romance competition to win back the love of his life”, a big screen adaptation of King Dork, and a feature adaptation of King of Kong which I doubt will ever happen....

Legend Of The Guardians Teaser Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2010 12:13 pm EST We just saw the first stills from Legend of the Guardians, Zack Snyder’s computer animated adaptation of the popular children’s book series Guardians of Ga’Hoole. Now there’s a teaser trailer online, which you’ll also be able to see in theaters with Alice in Wonderland, starting this weekend.Yahoo has the trailer, which is quite worth a look in HD....

LOL: Product Placement Movie Posters By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 13, 2008 8:30 am EST What if movie posters were more honest? What if the theatrical one-sheet wasn’t filled with floating heads of the main stars, but instead featured all the brand tie-ins and product placements up-front? The Antrepo Design team created a set of vancas posts which are just that. I somehow doubt Hollywood will pick up on this concept. Now if only they would’ve created a poster for Michael Bay’s The Island… Although for that film, I have a feeling that all the product tie-ins wouldn’t be able to fit on one normal sized poster....

Meet Dave Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2008 9:09 pm EST The movie trailer for Meet Dave, Eddie Murphy’s Norbit follow up, has hit the web. Directed by Brian Robbins (Ready to Rumble, The Shaggy Dog, Norbit), Meet Dave stars Eddie Murphy as an alien spaceship in human form. A crew of miniature aliens operate are trying to save their planet, but encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman (played by Elizabeth Banks)....

Paul Greengrass Gives His Final Word On Bourne; He And Matt Damon Both Push Prequel/Reboot Idea By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2010 2:02 pm EST The saga of the Bourne films continues. Slightly, anyway. We’d heard not too long ago that Paul Greengrass, who directed the last two films in the series, was off the fourth film. Matt Damon walked along with him, having once said that he’d only do a fourth film with the director....

Peter Joins A Night Of 140 Tweets - Help Out A Good Cause By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2010 4:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Some of the people who performed a tweet include Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, David Wain, Ben Stiller, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Diablo Cody, Bob Saget with John Stamos, Will Ferrell, Weird Al Yankovic, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, Justin Long, Ed Helms, Dane Cook, Jenny McCarthy, Samm Levine, Shannon Elizabeth, Nathan Fillion and Ben Stiller....

Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 Gets Subtitle “On Stranger Tides”, Set For Summer 2011 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 11, 2009 12:12 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. At the D23 Disney Fan Expo, Walt Disney Studios unveiled the logo/title for the fourth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. No plot details have been revealed. What might “On Stranger Tides” mean?...

Ryan Reynolds Is The Green Lantern By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2009 5:29 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter adds that the deal isn’t yet finalized, but Reynolds in the final choice (they just need to agree on money and specifics). The studio “had holding options on the three actors, but, except for Reynolds, those expired Monday. Reynolds’ option would have expired end of day Friday.” Producer Donald De Line, director Martin Campbell and the studio each had different favorites which made it difficult to agree on any one choice....

SXSW Movie Review: We Are Wizards By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2008 11:52 am EST SXSW is a film festival that celebrates the long tail of indie films. The first two documentaries I’ve seen at SXSW have in one way or another focused on the idea of pop-culture escapism. Second Skin took a look at the addicted video gamers that inhabit the online virtual worlds, and now We Are Wizards takes a look at a niche within a niche, Wizard Rock, a musical genre which was born out of the Harry Potter novels....

Three Video Clips From Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2008 3:36 am EST Cannes2008 has released thre first three clips from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind) directorial debut Synecdoche, New York. The three clips don’t reveal much. The first screening of the film happened at Cannes on Saturday. Anne Thompson writes that those who have seen it describe the movie as “ambitious, arty and brilliant, if not entirely accessible....

Todd Phillips And Zach Galifianakis Book Two Films: Due Date And Hangover 2 By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2009 9:54 pm EST Now we know what Zach Galifianakis and Todd Phillips are going to do to celebrate The Hangover making several boatloads of cash: they’ll do two more movies together. Variety reports that both have signed on to make Due Date for Warner Bros., and then they’ll do The Hangover 2 next year....

Transformers 2 Breaks Wednesday Release Record With $60.6 Million By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2009 7:08 am EST Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has scored the best opening day ever for a Wednesday release, with an estimated $60.6 million domestically. The previous record-holder was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which grossed $44.2 million on a Wednesday in July 2007. The $60.6 million includes a confirmed $16 million from midnight shows, the third largest overnight numbers of all time behind only The Dark Knight ($18....

Trick ‘R Treat Director Talks Sequel By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2009 9:45 am EST Michael Dougherty’s semi-anthology horror film Trick ‘r Treat has been the subject of a lot of blog talk over the past two years, and now thanks to this week’s DVD release, everyone can see it. So, of course, Dougherty is talking about the sequel. In this case, it’s one I’m very interested to hear more about....

Video: 90 Seconds Of Ratatouille 9 Minute Preview By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2007 2:25 pm EST We now live in a world where trailers and previews now have advertisements and marketing plans. Have we gone insane? As you probably already know, Disney/Pixar will present a 9-minute sneak preview of Ratatouille on Tuesday, May 1st. In an innovative cross-media promotion intended to make sure that audiences won’t miss this special debut, Disney will launch a day long television advertising campaign highlighted by a :90-second commercial during “American Idol....

Watch Lawrence Of Arabia For Free By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2008 6:00 pm EST Have four hours to spare? Hulu now has the restored director’s cut of the Best Picture Academy Award winning film Lawrence of Arabia is now available for free streaming (in the US). Watch Lawrence Of Arabia For Free By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2008 6:00 pm EST Have four hours to spare? Hulu now has the restored director’s cut of the Best Picture Academy Award winning film Lawrence of Arabia is now available for free streaming (in the US)....

What Killed The The Dark Knight Videogame? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 16, 2009 11:06 am EST Some years ago the Brisbane wing of software developer Pandemic began working on a Batman videogame to be published by EA. It was some months into development that they were instructed it had to be revised and that it now had to be based upon the then-upcoming The Dark Knight movie. There were minor restrictions attached to this – adherence to the style and, to some extent at least, the narrative of the feature film; and also a major limitation – they would have to have it ready for the film’s launch...

/Film 3.0 By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2009 10:54 pm EST So, you might have noticed by now that we have a completely new design. /Film 3.0 is here. We went into creating a new layout with a lot of goals, too many to list. But here are our two big ones: Goal #1: A larger content area, which will allow us to bring you larger, higher quality trailers, photos and posters....