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4 New Character Banners And 18 Photos From Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2009 3:15 pm EST With yesterday’s release of the final trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Bros has a set of four new character banners and eighteen new production photos (which are essentially screenshots from the new trailer). Check out the new photos after the jump. source: Yahoo 4 New Character Banners And 18 Photos From Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince...

After Paranormal Activity, Paramount Plans To Stay In The Micro-Budget Film Biz By Russ Fischer/Dec. 11, 2009 7:55 am EST Every time a really small film makes a really large amount of money, people start to get ideas. With Paranormal Activity still raking in dollars for Paramount, the studio is pushing the idea of spending a million bucks each year on ten to twenty small films. The budget of each of these films would be no more than $100k....

Again, What Is Up With Trick ‘R Treat? By Hunter Stephenson/June 30, 2008 1:24 pm EST This is a minor update, sure, but we still consider Warner Bros.’ decision to swipe the throwback horror anthology, Trick ‘R Treat, off their release slate to be a quizzical and ’tarded ball drop. The Internet was going nuts for the film after it scored stellar reviews from a sneak at The Alamo. Its Halloween release date in 2007 was a no-brainer....

Alice In Wonderland And Toy Story 3D Movie Trailer Descriptions By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2009 11:21 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures will be showing off their upcoming films at Comic-Con later this week, but audiences around the country will be seeing some new footage, in the form of 3D movie trailers, on the big screen this Friday. Which trailers? The teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and the 3D double feature release of Pixar’s Toy Story 1 & 2 will be attached to G-Force....

Angels And Demons Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2008 12:31 pm EST Sony has released the first teaser trailer for Ron Howard’s Da Vinci Code follow-up, Angels & Demons. Like any good teaser should, it sucks you, hits you with a twist, and leaves you wanting more. Leave your thoughts in the comments below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/AngelsAndDemonsteaser.flv 470 200] The Da Vinci Code made over $750 million worldwide, despite largely negative reviews (25% on Rotten Tomatoes)....

Anne Hathaway And Helena Bonam Carter In Burton’s Wonderland By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2008 12:24 am EST Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter have joined the cast of Tim Burton’s 3D hybrid adaptation Alice in Wonderland. Carter is no surprise, as I believe she was already spotted on the UK set. Plus lets not forget that Helena is engaged to the director, and has been given roles, errr, I mean cast in everyone of Burton’s films since Planet of the Apes....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Hasn’t Ruled Out Appearance In Terminator 4 By Hunter Stephenson/April 24, 2008 7:34 am EST Here’s the gist: Arnold Schwarzenegger says that if Terminator 4 director McG wishes to bring his big budget sequel to the state of California for a few scenes, he’ll reprise his role as the T-800, albeit most likely in cameo form. Also, I’m guessing a big bag of cash, cigars, speedboats et al would play a factor as well....

Captain America Casting Updates: Channing Tatum, Ryan Phillippe, Keira Knightley, Alice Eve And Emily Blunt By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2010 12:07 am EST A couple weeks ago a short list was leaked, containing the actors that Joe Johnston was considering for Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, in The First Avenger: Captain America. The list included John Krasinski (The Office), Scott Porter (Speed Racer, Friday Night Lights, Caprica), Mike Vogel (She’s Out of My League, Cloverfield) Michael Cassidy (Smallville) and Patrick Flueger (Brothers, The 4400), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) and Garret Hedlund (Tron Legacy)....

Casting Notes: Selena Gomez In Teen Rom Com; The Social Network Gets New Kids; The Whistleblower Gets Proven Talent By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2009 8:01 am EST Here’s a few casting notes for you before Page 2 hits. First up is What Boys Want, a teen-skewed reversal of the 2000 Mel Gibson film What Women Want. Selena Gomez will star as a girl who can hear what men are thinking. Reports that the film will just be Gomez hiding in a closet for two hours may be unfounded, but you can see where the rumor might come from....

Chris Farley Resurrected In DirecTV Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2009 5:11 pm EST What are the ethical boundaries when it comes to a celebrity or movie star after the person in question is dead? Obviously, Sony has no problem releasing an unfinished concert film for the recently departed king of pop Michael Jackson. And judging from the projected box office tracking, people are interested in paying for the chance to see Jackson dance and sing on the big screen, for one last time....

Composer John Debney To Score Predators By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2010 9:00 pm EST Composer John Debney will be composing an original score for the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed sequel/reboot Predators. Not a hugely surprising choice as Debney has worked with Rodriguez many times in the past, including Sin City, The Adventures of Shark-Boy and Lava-Girl, and the Spy Kids films. Debney got his big break with the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus, and has worked mostly on comedies and family films....

Contest: The Lost Room On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2007 12:27 am EST The Lost Room will hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 7th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Boba Fett With Han Solo In Carbonite Statue By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2010 4:46 pm EST Gentle Giant’s Boba Fett with Han Solo in Carbonite Statue won’t be available until May 2010, but sites like Entertainment Earth have already begun taking pre-orders.More photos after the jump. The Bounty Hunter’s Prize! Han Solo frozen in Carbonite and floating along side his captor, Boba Fett. The Bounty Hunter is flanked by two accompanying Stormtroopers as Fett leads the way, anticipating the reward for his newly frozen victim....

Cool Stuff: Monroeville Zombie T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2008 6:00 am EST In a May edition of Cool Stuff, we featured the Monroeville Zombie Hockey Jerseys that Jeff Anderson and Seth Rogen wear in Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno (seen below). I love the design so much, but don’t wear hockey jerseys or white shirts for that matter (preemptive stain protection). Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash is now selling gray t-shirts featuring the same logo....

Cool Stuff: Olly Moss’s Shoot The Baddies T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 6:00 am EST 21-year old UK artist Olly Moss is probably best known for his popular t-shirt designs which have virally spread across the interwebs. He’s probably best known for the Spoilers t-shirt and a series of retro movie poster remakes (that we previously featured in Cool Stuff). His latest t-shirt design, “Shoot The Baddies” has a bunch of shooting-range targets featuring the lines of Godzilla, Agent Smith from The Matrix, a Goomba from Super Mario Brothers, Freddy Kruger from The Nightmare on Elm Street series, a Space Invader, Darth Vader from Star Wars, old school Megatron from Transformers, a zombie and a Terminator....

Cool Stuff: Plot Builds Character And Corporate Zombie T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2008 6:00 am EST Today, Threadless unveiled two new t-shirts which might be of interest to /Film readers. First up is Joe Van Wetering’s “Plot, it builds character.” tee which is perfect for any aspiring screenwriter (or filmmaker for that matter). I just wish it were available in a different color other than white. I hate white t-shirts....

Died Young, Stayed Pretty Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 27, 2009 6:00 am EST Currently on a winding tour of the nation’s universities, Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a doc about the faceless artists and personalities responsible for the modern day rock poster and maintaining its relevance as a populist artform. The trailer below ebbs in and around a central theme of the film: this is a subculture that seemingly had very little organization, correspondence, and insider-identity before the web came along....

First Full Trailer For Lesbian Vampire Killers By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 16, 2009 10:21 pm EST The trailer comes below the break. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/LVK_full.flv 470 268] The main problem with the Lesbian Vampire Killers trailer is that it’s all so very obvious – the obvious mysoginistic stereotypes of “lesbian vampires”, the obvious attempt at rebuttal with the female sidekick, the obvious pub chats and obvious comedy weapons. My only hope is that the obvious stuff all got stuffed into the trailer and the full film twists and subverts it all in brilliant ways....

Francis Lawrence Reveals Details For I Am Legend Prequel By David Chen/Jan. 17, 2009 6:13 am EST A month ago we posted details of what an I Am Legend prequel might look like. Now, SciFi Wire has an interview with Lawrence in which he discusses what he is hoping to achieve with the prequel. Lawrence explained: That was the real reason I wanted to do the movie in the first place, really, was the idea of ‘What does that world look like, what does it do to you when you’re by yourself?...

FYI: First Blood Returns To Theaters On May 15th. Rambo Dies. :( By Hunter Stephenson/April 30, 2008 3:38 pm EST Why not? On May 15th, Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo will die for the first time on the big screen in 430-plus theaters around the country. Yes, 1982’s First Blood will have a digitally re-mastered one-off showing complete with the alternative ending that, in a parallel dimension, left no sequels…and probably no Slashfilm....