New Photos: Alice In Wonderland And Cop Out By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2010 4:14 pm EST Disney has released the first official photo of Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, and Warner Bros has released a high resolution version of the Entertainment Weekly preview photo for Kevin Smith’s Cop Out the we previously featured on the site in low res. Both photos can be viewed after the jump....
New Photos In MTV’s 2009 Fall Movie Preview By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2009 3:56 pm EST MTV has published their Fall 2009 movie preview, which includes 24 new photos from movies due out in the next four months. Its one of those really annoying page-at-a-time slideshows, so I thought I’d feature a few of the photos. . Above is another look at Peter Jackson’s version of “Heaven” in The Lovely Bones, featuring Saoirse Ronan....
Remember Me Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 11:06 am EST While you’re in the multiplex waiting for The Twilight Saga: New Moon to begin, you will probably see this trailer for Summit Entertainment’s other movie starring Robert Pattinson, the romantic drama Remember Me. Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family....
Roger Ebert Bitchslaps The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2008 2:03 pm EST Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert on Frank Miller’s The Spirit: “The Spirit is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material.” Read the full review on RogerEbert.com. Roger Ebert Bitchslaps The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2008 2:03 pm EST...
Script Review: Duncan Jones’ Mute By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2009 4:00 am EST ScriptShadow has a review of the screenplay for Mute, the sci-fi noir project that Moon director Duncan Jones has been developing with Mike Johnson for the last few years. You may recall that Jones recently signed on to direct Source Code, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star. Jones had commented on Twitter that he decided to put Mute on hold because he got an offer he couldn’t refuse, and that Mute is a “hard sell” in this economy....
Stalled: Bourne 4 And Arrested Development? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 17, 2009 9:35 am EST Directors and actors always say that they sign onto a film because of a great script, which is only true (no matter what anyone says) part of the time. But without any script at all, most films can’t get going. (Unless it’s a Pirates of the Caribbean film.) Two big films we’ve been vaguely interested in are sitting in the script waiting room: the fourth Bourne film and Arrested Development....
The History Of Star Trek Logos By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2009 7:07 pm EST With the recently released redesign of the Star Trek logo, TrekMovie has put together a short video retrospective of the history of Star Trek title logos, beginning with the original 1960’s television series, and concluding with the new JJ Abrams film. via: Geeks of Doom The History Of Star Trek Logos By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2009 7:07 pm EST...
The Kite Runner Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 10:38 am EST Yesterday we posted the theatrical one-sheet, and now Paramount Vantage has released the movie trailer for The Kite Runner. Based on the best selling novel by Khaled Hosseini, Finding Neverland and Monster’s Ball helmer Mark Foster directs this story of a man who returns to his native Afghanistan, which is under Taliban rule, to right a long-standing wrong and rescue the son of a childhood friend....
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Movie Trailer By David Chen/Dec. 9, 2009 5:28 am EST When I first heard about Jon Turtletaub’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice movie, I didn’t really know what to expect. My first exposure to the property was in Disney’s Fantasia adaptation of the musical poem by Paul Dukas (itself an adaptation of the poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) about a sorcerer who brings a broom to life to help him carry water, but finds himself unable to control the consequences....
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Theatrical Movie Trailer By David Chen/Sept. 14, 2009 4:58 am EST Last night’s MTV Video Music Awards saw the debut of a brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon to the delight of Twilight fans everywhere. Hit the jump to check out the trailer, and as always, leave your thoughts in the comments below. We also see the absolutely-terrifying ghost-Edward, and Bella deciding to become an adrenaline junkie by jumping off cliffs or something....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Terminator Salvation, Night At The Museum 2, Paper Heart, And More By Adam Quigley/Dec. 1, 2009 7:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There’s a certain expectation of quality that comes with viewing a sequel to an established franchise. In Terminator Salvation, the director of Charlie’s Angels joins forces with the screenwriters of Catwoman to remind us why those expectations usually result in the metaphorical equivalent of a grown man gleefully defecating all over our most cherished memories....
Tom McCarthy Was A Screenwriter On Pixar’s Up By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2009 10:36 am EST Many people don’t know that Joss Whedon was one of the screenwriters on Toy Story. Pixar often brings in “a stranger from the outside” to help with various aspects of development. Sometimes they are credited, sometimes they aren’t. Some might remember that eight-time nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins was wrought in to help develop WALL-E’s real-life visual aesthetic....
Transformers 2 Delayed? Michael Bay Talks… By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 1, 2008 2:44 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter suggests in their year end film report that the sequel to Transformers has been pushed back from the Dreamworks-announced June 26th 2009 release date slot. Director Michael Bay posted a New Years greeting on his website, adding that “Transformers 2 will be coming soon.” I’m not sure if that is a confirmation, denial or something entirely unrelated....
UK Trailer For Alice In Wonderland Features Key New Footage By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 16, 2009 5:00 pm EST The new UK trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is markedly different from the US cut in some very significant ways, all of which you can check out for yourself by viewing the embedded version lurking below the break. This edit has an extended new opening section that shows us scenes from the non-Wonderland set-up to the film, all taking place at a garden party during which Alice is proposed to....
Watchmen Sets R-Rated Release Record By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2009 1:49 pm EST Watchmen has already broken one record. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zack Snyder’s comic book adaptation will open in 3,611 playdates, which is the most ever for an R-Rated film. Also, the film will have an extensive midnight film release with 1,600 locations on board, which is a substantial improvement over 300’s 656 midnight opening. What this means is that movie theaters are on board and believe that the film can do fantastic business on opening weekend....
Zachary Quinto To Star In George Gershwin Biopic… Could This Be Spielberg’s Next Film? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2010 5:20 pm EST Back in October, it was reported that DreamWorks acquired a screenplay by Memoirs of a Geisha scribe Doug Wright about the life of iconic composer George Gershwin. At the time we assumed that Steven Spielberg would merely be executive producing the project, but now that the announced Harvey remake is off the calendar, speculation has begun that he might helm the Gershwin biopic as his next project, which could begin shooting as early as April 2010....
Zodiac Screenwriter Hired To Write Spider-Man 4 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2007 11:16 pm EST Sony Pictures has hired Zodiac scribe James Vanderbilt to write Spider-Man 4. Thank god Sam Raimi is not writing this one: He’s a great director, but the screenplay for Spider-Man 3 was a mess. Vanderbilt’s scriptology includes The Rundown, Basic and Darkness Falls. James also did a polish on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and wrote the screenplay for the upcoming adaptation of the Vertigo comic book The Losers....
Around The Web By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2007 11:15 am EST /Film has partnered with a couple other movie blogs to bring you a round up of movie features and editorials from around the web. So here we go.Why Commercials Before Movies Is Worse Than PiracyThe Movie Blog looks at how theaters steal our time with commercials and how the principle of piracy is the same thing.DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg Says There Will Be 12 to 18 Full 3D Movies by 2010FirstShowing....
Avatar: Watch The 60 Minutes Profile; Real Running Time Revealed, New Featurette And International Posters By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2009 7:53 pm EST In addition to the 60 minutes segment mentioned above, after the jump we also have a new featurette called “Through Eyes Of Colonel Quaritch”, which is of course about the character played by Stephen Lang. Also included is a couple new international posters for the film. 60 Minute Profiles James Cameron’s Avatar:...
City Of Ember Director To Adapt Airman With Producer Robert Zemeckis By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2009 7:06 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Variety reports that Gil Kenan, who last helmed City of Ember, is directing. I loved the production design and some of the world-building in City of Ember, but thought it was full of contrivances and uninteresting characters. So that could be a problem....
