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Spielberg Producing TV Documentary On World Trade Center Rebuild, Spike Lee Following Up On When The Levees Broke By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 15, 2010 1:05 am EST We’ve got word on two upcoming documentaries that will reflect on past U.S. tragedies: First up, we’ve learned that Steven Spielberg will be executive producing an upcoming television documentary about the construction of the One World Trade Center building in New York. The six-part documentary series will be created for the Science Channel, and will air in 2011....

Sundancing: Encounters In Park City By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2008 10:55 pm EST I haven’t found much time to blog while here in Park City. I’m already way behind on my reviews already. But I thought I’d drop by and share a few interesting things that have happened: I ran into Quentin Tarantino outside of Hell Ride at the Egyptian Theater in downtown Park City. I approached Tarantino, telling him how much I loved Grindhouse, and asked politely, “Is there any chance I could get a photo with you....

The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2009 7:50 pm EST via: QuietEarth

The Sound Design Of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen By Russ Fischer/Jan. 18, 2010 1:23 pm EST The beautiful thing about film as a collaborative medium is that, no matter how much I might dislike any given movie, there is almost always some aspect of the creative process that is interesting. Take Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. In a video interview with Sound Re-Recording Mixer Greg Russell, Supervising Sound Editor Erik Aadahl and Supervising Sound Editor Ethan Van der Ryn, we see and hear how some of the sounds of Michael Bay’s Transformers sequel came to be....

The Vampires Of Lost Boys 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2008 1:31 pm EST Warner Premiere has released a new batch of photos, giving us a good look of the vampires in Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. Four more after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: The sequel is set in the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson and his younger sister, Nicole....

Tim Burton To Bring Us New Addams Family Film In 3D Stop Motion Animation (UPDATED) By Brendon Connelly/March 18, 2010 10:50 am EST Update: MTV have received a statement from Burton’s representation that says “There is no truth to the story. Tim has not lined up any of his upcoming projects”. I’m pretty sure this official line in no way undermines the validity of Deadline’s reporting – they won’t have just made this up....

Upcoming 3D Version Of The Arabian Nights Makes Prince Of Persia Sound Culturally Reverent By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2009 12:22 pm EST There have been many filmed versions of the collection of folk stories and other tales called the One Thousand and One Nights, better known in the US as the Arabian Nights. Now we can add one more to the pile. Who’s directing? That would be Chuck Russell, a man whose films span a broad range of quality: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (fairly awesome), The Blob remake (great stuff), The Mask (starting to worry) and The Scorpion King (uh-oh)....

VOTD: Mad Men Spoiler Set Report By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 16, 2009 12:10 am EST Mad Men star Rich Sommer takes FunnyorDie on an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the set of the upcoming third season of the period advertising drama. Tons of spoilers, but don’t worry, AMC has gone through the footage and censored anything they didn’t want you to see/know. Actually, we pretty much don’t learn anything. Watch the video after the jump....

Vote For /Film In Total Film Magazine’s Movie Blog Awards By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2009 6:59 am EST Total Film Magazine were nice enough to nominate /Film in their first annual Movie Blog Awards. We’re included in the “heavy hitters” category, where Total Film notes that our “take can make or break a flick.” Wow, we wish… Total Film also says that /Film is “a great source for up-to-the-minute news and in-depth interviews” and they praise our “late-night podcasts....

Witch Mountain Screenwriter To Adapt The Umbrella Academy Movie By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 11:21 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The six-issue limited series was created by Gerard Way, the lead singer of band My Chemical Romance, but don’t let that scare you away. The comic won the 2008 Eisner Award (the comic book equivalent of the Academy Awards) for Best Finite Series. Of course, a second series The Umbrella Academy: Dallas was launched in 2008....

WTF: Russell Crowe Cast As Both Robin Hood And The Sheriff In Nottingham?! By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2008 6:21 pm EST Director Ridley Scott tells MTV that not only will Russell Crowe play The Sheriff in his upcoming revisionist take on the Robin Hood story, but the actor will be doing double duty as Robin Hood. Nottingham is a 180 degree spin of the Robin Hood story-line where the Sheriff is the protagonist and Robin Hood is the bad guy....

Be Kind Rewind Movie Trailer Coming Soon (Or On YouTube) By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 3:16 pm EST I don’t exactly understand how I missed it, but the trailer for Michel Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep) new comedy Be Kind Rewind premiered at Comic-Con last weekend. Someone taped the screen and uploaded the video to YouTube, but I could never recommend watching a handheld video taped version (although, I personally couldn’t resist)....

Bored To Death Full Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2009 10:49 pm EST HBO has premiered a full trailer for the new television series Bored to Death, which is being billed as “A Noir-otic Comedy”. Jason Schwartzman stars as Jonathan Ames (well, not the real Jonathan Ames, although he is a writer on the show), an alcoholic noir-fiction-obsessed writer who impulsively decides to become an unlicensed private detective. The show also features Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) as Ames’ best friend Ray, a comic book writer, who along with Ames’ editor (played by Ted Danson), winds up tagging along for a few detective cases....

Bradley Cooper Close To Being Cast As The Green Lantern? By Hunter Stephenson/May 5, 2009 8:28 pm EST Over the last year, many names have been batted around for the title role in The Green Lantern, including Star Trek’s Chris Pine and dorm-poster staple Ryan Gosling. According to a very confident-sounding Drew at HitFix, actor Bradley Cooper is now closer than any other dude to being a lock for the DC superhero and planned film franchise....

Bruce Boxleitner Returns For TRON 2.0 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2008 3:02 pm EST Bruce Boxleitner has signed on to return in TRON 2.0, according to ComingSoon. Boxleitner played Alan Bradley, aka TRON, in the original 1982 Disney film Tron, and will reprise his role in the sequel. Previously announced, Jeff Bridges will reprise the role of Kevin Flynn, Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett have also joined the cast. You might also notice that I called the film TRON 2....

Casting Notes: Cheadle And Gleeson, Witherspoon Is #1, And Djimon Hounsou Works With Ong Bak Director By Russ Fischer/Oct. 30, 2009 7:55 am EST Here’s your blast of casting bites for the end of the week. First up, Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson will team as unlikely cop partners in The Guard. Film follows the confrontational small-town Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Gleeson), who likes hookers and isn’t interested in drug runners, and FBI Agent Everett (Cheadle) in a tale of international coke smuggling....

Cloverfield Movie Trailer Spoof By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 10:37 am EST I found this spoof of the now infamous Cloverfield movie trailer while surfing around YouTube. Stick with it, it has a couple laugh out loud moments and has somet clever stuff to say about the mystery surrounding the project/trailer/monster. Check it out after the jump. Cloverfield Movie Trailer Spoof By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 10:37 am EST I found this spoof of the now infamous Cloverfield movie trailer while surfing around YouTube....

Cool Stuff: Environmentally Friendly Hobbit Home By Hunter Stephenson/March 7, 2008 6:00 am EST Like any smart 20something, I am looking to retire in the next year or so, or at least go far far away to a land where the Drudge Report and Nick Denton have no reach. A loyal Slashfilm reader in Miami named ‘Hot Turtle Sex’ directed me to the following link belonging to a Welsh family of four (two cute kids)....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s Alien And Gremlins Posters By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 5:18 pm EST Update: G1988 is recommending that interested buyers lineup in front of the gallery around 5PM.Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles is holding a one-night event with the Austin Texas-based Mondo tomorrow night, Friday, November 20th 2009 from 7pm – 10pm You’ve seen the incredible posters and t-shirts they sell over at Mondotees.com before – I know I have a few of those posters hanging in my place – and now you can see them in person here in LA....

Did You Know: Peter Jackson Almost Directed Meet The Robinsons By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 5:11 am EST Did You Know: Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson almost directed Meet The Robinsons as a live action movie? Our friends at FilmIck point out the following quote from The Shreveport Times interview with author and illustrator William Joyce (the creator of A Day with Wilbur Robinson, the book that inspired the new Disney movie)....