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Remembering Stan Winston: Cameron, McG, Favreau, Wright, Darabont By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2008 12:40 pm EST The passing of Stan Winston hit everyone off guard yesterday, including the many people who have worked with the legend over the years.McG has posted a statement on the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins website, declaring his intention to dedicate the fourth Terminator film to the memory of Stan. Here is an excerpt: “Stan was a good guy who was in it for all the right reasons....

Rian Johnson Releases MP3 Audio Commentary For The Brothers Bloom By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2009 12:32 pm EST Rian Johnson has recorded an online exclusive audio commentary for his new film The Brothers Bloom, which hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles last week, and expands further nationwide tomorrow. You can download the track now on Apple.com. The idea is to load the mp3 file onto your ipod, iphone or zune (wait, does anyone really have a Zune?...

Sean Penn In Talks For Mob Movie Scarpa By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 18, 2009 3:14 am EST Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest has become the first sale to make news during Sundance (yeah, let’s forget the deals that happened before the festival had even kicked off – where’s the marketable hype value in those?). Senator have reportedly paid $5 million for the film, so you’d imagine they’re very happy with it. Or, on the other hand, maybe not…...

Spy Report: Did Morgan Spurlock Find Osama Bin Laden? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2008 7:16 pm EST Last month I posted an article about the growing buzz behind Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me follow-up Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, where our faithful documentary filmmaker goes in search for the most wanted man in the world. A comment from the film’s director of photography, Daniel Marricone added fuel to the fire, telling the press that Spurlock “definitely got the holy grail....

Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables Promo Trailer By Devindra Hardawar/Oct. 13, 2009 8:56 pm EST Update: It looks like the studio is hunting down this trailer online and removing it from various sites. We’ll see if we can get another version of it up soon. You will watch this trailer and believe you’ve been transported to another decade. This three minute promo for The Expendables—Sylvester Stallone’s latest project as writer/director/star—has pretty much everything you’d want from a cheesy as all hell ’80s action flick....

The Last Airbender Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2010 11:29 am EST Paramount Pictures has released a new movie trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender on Yahoo. I was somewhat impressed by the original teaser trailer which accomplished everything in one continuous (yet stitched together) shot. But the television spot which aired during the Super Bowl had me completely sold. To me that spot had all the power of the Lord of the Rings trilogy....

There Will Be Blood Vs. No Country For Old Men: So What Do You Think? By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 22, 2008 3:14 pm EST “Anton who?” When it comes to the showdown, Peter and I will both be there with news on which film wins Best Picture this Sunday evening. However, right now we are both in agreement that Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood is a better film than the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men....

TIFF Review: Control Alt Delete By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2008 3:18 pm EST I might have started this review by telling you that Cameron Labine’s Control Alt Delete is the strangest film I’ve seen all year, if I hadn’t screened a movie about a bunch of high school students who turned a zombie into their personal sex slave earlier in the week (you can read that review here). The official description calls Control Alt Delete “a moody romantic comedy exploring fetishism, addiction and love in the information age....

Toy Story 3: High Definition Clip And 29 High Resolution Photos By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2009 12:11 am EST Earlier this week, Disney aired a short clip from Pixar’s upcoming film Toy Story 3, and we shared a low quality version online. Disney has just sent us links to the High Definition digital file of the clip, which you will find linked/embedded after the jump. If you haven’t seen it yet, you need to....

Twilight Film Clip Unveiled At Comic Con By David Chen/July 24, 2008 4:31 pm EST Summit Entertainent’s Comic Con panel had segments for Push, Knowing, and Twilight. After Alex Proyas spoke for a few minutes about Knowing, Twilight was next, but even before the moderator could announce who was coming on stage, the audience erupted in the endless screams of pubescent females. It is difficult to understate the volume and ferocity of the piercing shrieks that filled the hall....

Video: David O. Russell Goes Nuts By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2007 9:01 pm EST This thing has been traveling around the internet fast the last couple days. Behind the scenes footage from the making of I Heart Huckabees was leaked online showing director David O. Russell going completely nuts on actress Lilly Tomlin. Be warned, the clip features a lot of strong language. This is classic stuff. Russell is notorious for being difficult on the set....

WALL-E: Full Length International Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2008 10:47 am EST Empire has an exclusive international movie trailer for Pixar’s upcoming WALL-E. The new trailer clocks in at over two minutes and gives us our most indepth preview of the new Andrew Stanton film yet. I’m not sure I entirely digg the 1950’s/1960’s style animation voiceover, but I understand what they’re going for. I can’t wait for this movie....

Will Ferrell And Ewan McGregor Top Forbes List Of Most Overpaid Actors By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 18, 2009 11:45 pm EST Consider this a follow up of sorts to our recent piece on the death of the movie star: Forbes has compiled a list of the top ten overpaid stars in Hollywood. Topping the list is Will Ferrel—who has had a string of box office duds lately (Land of the Lost’s failure comes to mind), yet still commands a high salary....

A Closer Look At The Dark Knight Trailer: Two-Face, The Scarecrow And More! By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2008 1:53 pm EST Since the new trailer for The Dark Knight went live earlier this morning, A lot of fans have been analyzing the footage frame by frame for hidden clues (however, no one has found Waldo yet). Most people picked up on the scene that I mentioned in the earlier trailer posting where Harvey Dent is behind held to the floor in a puddle of what appears to be a gasoline type substance (as seen below)....

Actor Corey Haim Dies At 38 By David Chen/March 10, 2010 6:28 am EST KTLA and TMZ are reporting that actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38 of an apparent accidental overdose. Haim was found unresponsive in an Oakwood apartment last night. According to TMZ, Haim had been in and out of rehab over a dozen times, but had recently cleaned up. Haim achieved fame during the 1980s for appearing in several well-known films, including Firstborn, Watchers, and The Lost Boys....

Battle: Los Angeles - I’ve Lost All Hope By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2008 12:32 am EST Columbia Pictures has signed Jonathan Liebesman to direct Battle: Los Angeles. For those who don’t know, the spec screenplay by Chris Bertolini tells the story of a Marine platoon battle against an alien invasion in downtown Los Angeles. Sounds cool right? Yeah… but the more and more I hear about the project, the less and less faith I have for it....

Casting Notes: Billy Bob Thornton Goes Faster With The Rock; Dannny Huston Seeks Justice For Lincoln Assassination; Jovovich Joins Psycho Thriller By Devindra Hardawar/Oct. 27, 2009 9:50 pm EST The casting news tonight is all over the place: First we have Billy Bob Thornton teaming up with Dwayne Johnson in Faster, a George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor, Notorious) action drama vehicle. Johnson will star as Driver, an ex-con out for revenge following his brother’s murder....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Clone Wars And Marvel Comics Mighty Muggs By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2008 2:26 am EST We’ve written extensively about Mighty Muggs in past editions of Cool Stuff (Star Wars Waves 1 & 2, Indiana Jones, Waves 3 & 4 of Star Wars and even a couple Comic Con exclusives). Hasbro’s line of figures trying to capitalize on the Urban vinyl collectible figure craze have gotten popular, and we haven’t had a chance to catch up....

DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns On The Possibility Of A Justice League Movie: “We’ll Talk In San Diego” By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2010 2:38 pm EST Geoff Johns spoke at WonderCon today, and there were a few interesting bits said involving the future of DC’s superhero movie adaptations. First off, Johns explained his new role as the CCO of DC Comics, stating that he’s “in charge of the creative consistency of the DC Universe” and promised that we’re “going to see a lot more DC Movies....

Dreamworks May Start Charging $5 Extra For 3D Movies By David Chen/Dec. 7, 2008 4:20 pm EST Variety reported this past week on some important goings-on in the world of 3D at the 3D Entertainment Summit in Century City. Apparently, 3D is the future of cinema (not surprising, given the summit’s title), but there were also some interesting statistics revealed: Despite the growth in the number of 3D screens in America, they consistently generate twice the audience and three times the amount of revenue of 2D screens The 3D screens playing Bolt, Meet the Robinsons, and Chicken Little outperformed their 2D counterparts by 2....