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First Look: Disney’s Rapunzel By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2008 12:17 pm EST Walt Disney Studios has released a new concept art rendering and logo art from their upcoming Christmas 2010 animated feature film Rapunzel. Click on the image to see it in super high resolution. It should be noted that the image below is an older image of Rapunzel, before they revamped (the project was originally titled Rapunzel Unbraided). Directed by Glen Keane and Dean Wellins, this new telling of the classic fairy tale, will transport audiences “to a stunning CG fantasy world complete with the iconic tower, an evil witch, a gallant hero and, of course, the mysterious girl with the long golden tresses....

Happy 23rd Birthday Pixar By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2009 9:24 am EST On February 3rd 1986, 23 years ago today, Pixar was founded. Technically speaking, Pixar began in 1979 as a Graphics Group in the Computer Division of Lucasfilm. But the company did not get named “Pixar” until it was bought by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1986. At that time, Pixar was a high-end computer hardware company, producing a product called the Pixar Image Computer, a system which never sold that well and was primarily used by government agencies and the medical community....

Idris Elba Joins The Cast Of Thor By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 19, 2009 10:52 pm EST The casting news for Kenneth Branagh’s Thor just keeps on coming. Recently we reported on the casting of The Warriors Three, and tonight we’ve learned that Idris Elba (The Wire’s Stringer Bell, RocknRolla) has joined the cast as Heimdell, “the guardian of Asgard, he stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders....

International Trailer For 500 Days Of Summer By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2009 10:55 am EST

John Hughes Movie To Become ABC TV Series By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2008 1:33 am EST Okay, the headline is just a little misleading. I just didn’t want to lead with “ABC and Jennifer Lopez are in negotiations to create a television series based on the 2002 romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan”, because, who is going to read a story about that? But yes, 80’s teen film legend John Hughes did in fact write the story (originally titled The Chambermaid) which became the basis for Maid in Manhattan....

Jumper Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2007 10:06 am EST The second trailer for Fox’s sci-fi adaptation of Jumper is now online. I’m a sucker for sci-fi action flicks, so I’m looking forward to this one despite some of the bad buzz coming out of the post production. What do you guys think? Jumper is an epic sci-fi action film about a race of people called Jumpers who have the ability to teleport, and another ancient race who are out to kill them all (Want to know more about the film?...

Kevin Feige Confirms Line-Up For The Avengers By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 27, 2010 7:24 am EST Making a coherent Avengers film that somehow bridges the styles of the other Marvel universe movies probably won’t be an easy job for whoever gets the job. Fans of the comic series are fairly well prepared to see discordant arrangements of characters both crossover and team up, but for a mainstream crowd, the collage might seem a little jarring....

LOL: Eagle Eye’s Alternative Ending By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2008 11:39 pm EST In my weekly Blu-or-Not column, I made mention of the alternative ending which was included on the Eagle Eye DVD/Blu-ray. If you didn’t think the movie was already insanely convoluted and ridiculous, the ending is sure to push you over the edge. I can’t believe that they were actually ever considering showing this on the big screen in theaters....

Michael Bay Thought Raiders Of The Lost Ark Was Going To Suck By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2007 1:46 am EST News is really slow today, so I’m really trying to search the webs for some quality content. Transformers director Michael Bay made an appearance on AMC’s Sunday Morning Shootout, and some clips are online. Bay talks about how he “couldn’t stomach” the original Transformers cartoons, and how he through Raiders of the Lost Ark was “gonna suck....

New Dark Knight Movie Trailer - What Do You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2008 12:10 am EST Remember how The Joker promised the new movie trailer for The Dark Knight on Sunday? Well it’s now Sunday, and the movie trailer is officially online. This new trailer features some great moments and great quotes. For example, Batman flying through the air 100 stories above the city, or Harvey Dent’s “Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain” or The Joker’s “The City deserves a better class of criminal, and I’m gonna give it to them....

New Inglourious Basterds Poster Features Diane Kruger By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2009 12:32 pm EST The Weinstein Co has released the third character poster for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, featuring Diane Kruger. The other two character posters released thus far feature Brad Pitt and Eli Roth. In the film Kruger plays Bridget von Hammersmark, a popular film star in Nazi Germany and a spy for the allies. Check out the whole poster after the jump....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2009 8:26 pm EST 15 news tidbits not fit for the front page, available after the jump. Teaser posters for David Ellis’ (Snakes on a Plane, Final Destination 2) next horror film, Humpty Dumpty, have been released on MySpace . Jon Favreau briefly reviews Star Trek on Twitter: “Just saw Trek. JJ did a great job. I recommend it highly.“Ruthless Reviews takes a look at Ferris Bueller through psychological analysis, and concludes that he is a psychopath....

Photo: Zack Snyder’s Watchmen Cameo By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2009 6:30 am EST Did you know that director Zack Snyder actually appears on screen in Watchmen? Still photographer Clay Enos revealed to /Film’s own David Chen a photo of Snyder dressed up in military fatigues. As it turns out, the filmmaker has a small cameo in the scene where The Comedian is taking down enemies in Vietnam with a fire blast....

Sacha Baron Cohen Is Black Jesus By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2009 1:14 am EST Universal Pictures has begun to hold test screenings for Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat. Early audiences say that Cohen’s new movie will shock and “wind certain sections of society up”. According to The Sun, one of Cohen’s key characters in the film is a black model called Jesus, complete with a loincloth and a crown of thorns....

SAW V And SAW VI Being Shot Back-To-Back? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2007 3:35 pm EST It’s pretty much a given: “If it’s Halloween, It’s SAW.” We’ve previously told you that SAW 5 is ready to go. Production designer-turned-director David Hackl is working closely with Saw IV scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton on the next chapter, with a first draft due by the end of the month. Talk about fast tracking....

Shrek The Third Screenwriter Adapting Harold And The Purple Crayon? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2010 3:40 pm EST Before Where the Wild Things Are, and even before Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze was developing a big screen adaptation of the acclaimed 1955 children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon. Harold and the Purple Crayon tells the story of a curious four-year-old boy who draws his reality and lives in the imaginary world he creates....

Spider-Man 3 Is Over Two Hours Long By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2007 6:15 am EST Avi Arad confirmed that Spider-Man 3 will probably be the longest film in the series. Arad told reporters that Sam Raimi’s final cut of the film will definitely clock in at “over two hours.” The first two films hugged the two hour length but with three villains, two leading ladies, more time will be needed....

Sundance: My Thoughts On Stanley Tucci’s Blind Date By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2008 12:27 pm EST Note: I’m not calling this a review, because truth is, I only saw the first 33 minutes of this movie. Last year at Sundance I was kinda taken by Steve Buscemi’s Interview, the first of a series of American remakes of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh’s work. Theo, the great-great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, brother of the famous painter Vincent van Gogh, was killed by a Muslim extremist a few years ago in response to one of his controversial films....

Sundance Photo And Trailer Preview: Armless By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 1, 2010 3:00 pm EST Habib Azar directed his first episode of As The World Turns at age 22, and has since directed over 100 episodes of the drama series, winning him a daytime emmy, as well as helming a handfull of plays and composing the music for a couple of operas. His feature directorial debut Armless will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of the NEXT category, a new section composed of eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking....

The Crazies Trailer #2: A More Straightforward Look At A Small Town Apocalypse By Russ Fischer/Dec. 12, 2009 8:40 pm EST The first trailer for Breck Eisner’s The Crazies was pretty good, but with one significant misstep: it made heavy use of the song ‘Mad World’, which for the next decade should be considered as owned lock, stock and barrel by Donnie Darko. That aside, the trailer had a fairly intriguing vibe....