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Director Announced For Next Star Wars… By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2008 1:29 pm EST Live Action Television Show! According to the Liverpool Daily Post Jim Marquand has been asked by George Lucas to direct episodes of the upcoming Star Wars live action television series. Jim’s father Richard Marquand directed Return of the Jedi. Set between the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the series will focus on the expanded universe and explore the life minor characters from the Star Wars galaxy....

Enchanted Sequels? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2007 11:55 am EST Have you ever been embarrassed about wanting to see a particular movie? I feel this way about Disney’s Enchanted. Sure, it’s a love-story. Sure, it’s a family film. Most people I have talked with have no interest in this film, but I’ve always believed that it has huge potential. Aside from Amy Adams (who is awesome), the movie has the possibility of being Disney’s Shrek....

Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Video: Edgar Oliver In Gentlemen Broncos By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2009 8:04 am EST [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/EDGAR_INTRO_HD_480p.flv 550 310] Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker....

First Look: Til Schweiger In Inglourious Basterds By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2008 11:42 am EST Belga.de has a first look at Til Schweiger in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. In the film Schweiger plays a bloodthirsty maniac named Hugo Stiglitz, an ex-German-soldier, who is recruited to join Lt Aldo Raine’s (Brad Pitt) squad of Nazi-killing Jews. Hugo Stiglitz is also a name of a Mexican actor who was a big star in the 1970’s and 1980’s....

Geek Deal: 25% Off Skywalker Ranch Wine By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2010 5:00 pm EST Francis Ford Coppola Winery is offering a 25% off coupon code for a couple of the Skywalker Ranch Wines: 2006 Merlot and 2006 Chardonay. The coupon Code is “THEFORCE” and is valid until February 15th 2010. For those unfamiliar with the origins of this wine, Viandante del Cielo is made by the winemaking team at Rubicon Estate for filmmaker and friend George Lucas from fruit (ie grapes) grown at Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in Marin County....

Geek Deals: How I Met Your Mother Seasons 1-3 For $35, Monster Squad For $5 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2008 12:55 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. They are also selling the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Monster Squad for the incredibly low price of $4.99, 67% off. Remember, shipping is free if you spend over $25. Previous Geek Deals: Seasons 1-5 of Sex and The City for only $9 each....

Guy Ritchie To Make Another Ensemble British Gangster Movie By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2007 10:39 pm EST Guy Ritchie was a cult phenomenon. He rocketed onto the scene with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and soon after created Snatch, which is on the top 10 list of most 20-something film fanatics. The filmmaker then married Madonna, who seemingly sucked all the creative life out of Richie’s career. Well good news, Richie has announced that he will return to the genre that launched his career....

Iron Man Game Released For The iPhone By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2008 2:17 pm EST Paramount has released an Iron Man game for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch called Iron Man: Aerial Assault. I love iPhone games, so I thought some of you might be interested. Details below including the first screenshots. “The Iron Man game gives players the opportunity to play as Iron Man and engage in aerial combat and challenges that require quick maneuvering and accurate shooting....

James Cameron To Remake Forbidden Planet? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2008 11:31 am EST In October, we told you that Babylon 5 creator an Changeling scribe J. Michael Straczynski was hired by Warner Bros to pen a remake of Forbidden Planet. Now IESB claims that James Cameron is once again eyeing the project. He was at one time attached to it post-Titanic, but nothing came of it. If true, this is an odd move from Cameron who has said that he wanted to do a much smaller movie called The Dive after finishing his current three year production of Avatar....

Joss Whedon’s Cabin In The Woods Delayed Until 2011 For 3-D Conversion By Devindra Hardawar/Oct. 9, 2009 9:52 pm EST Word has been trickling out about the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard co-written project Cabin in the Woods for some time now, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t getting psyched for the film’s release this February (on my birthday, no less!). Now according to our friends over at ShockTillYouDrop, we’ll have to wait a lot longer to see the finished product: Word is that the film, which is also being directed by Goddard, is being delayed until January 11, 2011 while MGM converts it to 3-D....

By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 17, 2009 2:45 pm EST I’m a big fan of commentary tracks and would likely listen to a couple a day if my schedule permitted it. That’s even despite the almost constant disappointment they present when the participants simply resort to describing the action on screen or puffing things up with a bunch of ‘amusing’ production anecdotes. Not every track can be Lars von Trier or Steven Soderbergh debating with their collaborators, I suppose....

LOL: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Batman By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2009 1:43 pm EST What if The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Dark Knight were combined into one movie, starring… Jimmy Kimmel? No need to wonder “What If?”, check out The Curious Case of Benjamin Batman embedded after the jump. LOL: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Batman By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2009 1:43 pm EST What if The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Dark Knight were combined into one movie, starring… Jimmy Kimmel?...

Lost Season 5 Finale - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2009 7:10 pm EST I’m on the west cost so I’ve yet to see the Season five finale of Lost. But I thought I’d start a talkback post for all those people on the east coast to get the party started. What did you think? How do you think the story will continue next season? What is your theory?...

New Posters: Iron Man 2; More For Clash Of The Titans; Three For The Book Of Eli By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2009 12:40 pm EST Couple new posters have shown up today — first up is what you see teased above. The second poster for Iron Man 2 features Mickey Rourke as Whiplash, seen against a backdrop of his workshop wall, obsessively covered in clippings of Tony Stark and Iron Man news coverage....

New Toy Story 3 Characters Revealed; Final Trailer Tomorrow By Russ Fischer/Feb. 10, 2010 8:40 am EST Expect to see many posters showing off newToy Story 3 characters before the film opens this summer. The image above teases a bunch of the new characters to debut in the sequel, and shows two new characters, Peas-in-a-Pod and Ken, the latter voiced by Michael Keaton. (Expect questions about Ken’s sexual orientation in 3....

New Wall-E Photo By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2007 1:15 am EST USA Today published a new photo of Disney/Pixar’s Wall-E (Trailer, Photos). The year is 2700. WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award®-winning director, Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), WALL•E is the story of one robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy....

Ridley Scott To Direct Alien Prequel By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2009 7:53 pm EST At the time I believed that would never happen. Why would Scott return to film a prequel of one of the most popular sci-fi film franchises of all time? Why compete with yourself? Producing the film seems like a much safer bet. Who knows why, but Ridley Scott has signed on to direct a prequel to Alien....

Some Kid On YouTube Reviews Rambo By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2008 2:45 am EST I have no idea why I’m posting this. It’s probably because I found it funny for all the wrong reasons. It should also be noted that I’m still extremely sick with the flu… Although, I’m not exactly sure why that should be noted… Watch the Rambo review from Canadian YouTube user named “sexman”. His profile claims he is 54-years-old and that he makes a living running a video production company named Gang Bang Productions....

Transformers 2: Isabel Lucas In, Teresa Palmer Out? Di Bonaventura Confirms No Broadside; Bay On The Actors Strike By Peter Sciretta/May 8, 2008 2:16 pm EST Last month it was reported that Australian hottie Teresa Palmer had been cast in Michael Bay’s Transformers 2. Bay denies the casting on his personal blog, claiming that “Teresa Palmer was not considered for a role.” To complicate things further, IGN is now reporting that another Aussie actress Isabel Lucas (pictured right), has been cast in the role of Alice in the sequel....

VOTD: Batman’s New Voice Over Career By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2008 12:00 am EST If Christopher Nolan doesn’t decide to make a sequel to The Dark Knight, what will Batman’s future hold? Possibly a career doing voice overs for television commercials? Attack of the Show was able to get their hands on footage of the Batman trying just that. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....