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Tarantino And Brad Pitt On Wacky Japanese Food Show, Pitt Wants Inglourious Basterds Prequels By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 30, 2009 12:29 am EST Talk of an Inglourious Basterds prequel is nothing new. Back in June we reported on a GQ interview where Harvey Weinstein talked about the vast amounts of material Tarantino had prepped for Basterds, much of which could be compiled into other films and projects. Word was that the next film would be about a squad of African American soldiers that come across the Basterds....

The /Filmcast Gets Filmspotted, Live Tonight At 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST By David Chen/July 7, 2008 12:32 pm EST Tune in tonight to Slashfilm’s live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us broadcast the /Filmcast live! Tonight we’ll be discussing the week’s worth of film news and reviewing Will Smith’s latest, Hancock (Speaking of which, what did you think of Hancock?). We’re honored to be joined tonight by the illustrious Adam Kempenaar from Filmspotting....

The X-Files 2 Shoots In December! By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2007 1:09 am EST I’m not quite sure we can take anything David Duchovny says at face value. This X-Files movie sequel has been in the works for years now, and there have been many rumors (most of which originated from the cast or series creator) that led to dead ends. But lately it seems like the film might actually get off the ground....

Thor And The Avengers Progress Report By Brendon Connelly/May 5, 2009 12:40 pm EST It feels quite odd to be reporting a story from Empire magazine that doesn’t reference their all-stops-pulled anniversary issue, but here we go. Proving that there is life after 20, Empire today published some tidbits gleaned from an interview with Marvel movie mogul Kevin Feige. Though they’re keeping back the Iron Man 2 material for the next print issue, they’ve webbed a pair of updates for Thor and The Avengers....

By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2009 8:20 pm EST Time Out London has published a list of the 50 greatest animated feature films of all time curated by Terry Gilliam . I’m not sure if this means that Gilliam hand picked the titles on the list, or if the filmmaker was simply commenting on the list created by the TimeOut editors. Either way, you can find a listing of the top 20 entries below:...

Tommy Lee Jones To Direct And Co-Star In The Lincoln Lawyer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 14, 2009 6:54 am EST Earlier this year The Lincoln Lawyer was announced as a starring vehicle for Matthew McConaughey. Based on the novel by Michael Connelly and scripted by John Romano, The Lincoln Lawyer would feature the actor as a small-time Los Angeles lawyer who operates out of his Lincoln and lands the case of a lifetime defending a playboy accused of murder....

Toy Story 1 & 2 3D Rerelease Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2009 4:10 pm EST I didn’t see the Disney 3D panel at Comic Con, where the footage from Pixar’s re-release of Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3D was shown for the first time. But the theatrical trailer for the October release is now online at Yahoo (not in 3D, obviously) and you can see that it captures the spirit of the films very well....

Video Footage: Kurt Russell Vs. Eli Roth By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2007 1:24 am EST When we sat down with Hostel director and Grindhouse star Eli Roth last week, he mentioned that Quentin forced him to insult Kurt Russell in front of his face during one take. Russell threw a bowl of Nachos at Roth, who apologized endlessly proclaiming his fanboy respect/love for the Escape from New York star. “There’s this scene at the bar, and he was like “Just make up some stuff about Kurt Russell....

VOTD: Sydney Pollack - “Is My Directing Interfering With Your Phone Call?” By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2008 2:31 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/pollackcell.flv 400 300] Sydney Pollack – “Is My Directing Interfering with Your Phone Call?” by Cingular The Pitch: In memory of the late actor/filmmaker Sydney Pollack, here is a in-theater anti-cell phone public service announcement Pollack recorded for Cingular. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

By David Chen/Jan. 15, 2009 6:06 pm EST With Fox’s lawsuit seemingly over, a number of other questions now emerge. What will become of the relationship between Warner Brothers and producer Larry Gordon? Warners may try to extract reimbursement from Gordon for legal fees incurred during this entire mess. Additionally, with the cost of the film, legal fees, production and marketing, plus the fact that they’re already splitting the distribution of the film with Paramount (and that they co-financed the film with Legendary Pictures), the bigger question is: Will Watchmen be financially successful enough to make it all worth Warner Brothers’ time and money?...

What You Probably Won’t See At Comic-Con 2009 By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2009 1:20 pm EST Of course, the below list is subject to change. Panels and projects could be added, or surprise appearances might be made (for instance, Warner Bros has a panel where they could surprise with Ninja Assassin). Also, some of these films might very well have a show floor presence, advertising presence (District 9 was all over last year’s Con), or viral marketing launch at the Con....

Baby Mama Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 16, 2008 6:44 pm EST Okay, on three, now push it, push it real good. Last year’s trend of “I’m pregnant!” laffs continues into 2008 with a twist called Baby Mama. See, Tina Fey’s character can’t get pregnant, so she hires an uneducated chick from South Philly to be her surrogate, or as some might loosely refer to on “the streets”: a “baby mama”!...

Chris Evans Reportedly Offered Captain America Role By Brendon Connelly/March 19, 2010 5:04 pm EST If Chris Evans fancies adding another comic book character to his resume, then the coveted mantle of Captain America is reportedly his for the taking. Heat Vision warn that he’d have to free himself from an obligation to headline the rom-com What’s Your Number? with Anna Faris before he could take the role, but I’d imagine he’s already got Miles Massey types working on it....

Cool Stuff: Artoo’s Premium Beer T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2010 12:00 am EST Today’s T-Shirt of the day over at teefury is a Star Wars parody design titled “Artoos Premium Beer”. Australian artist James Lillis created a design which shows what a popular beer brand might look like in George Lucas’ droid-obsessed galaxy far, far away. The bad news is that with all of TeeFury’s t-shirts, the design will only be available today (Monday, March 29th 2010) and today only....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Predator Collectible Figure By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2008 6:00 am EST Hot Toys will be released a 14 inch highly poseable Predator collectible figure in the second quarter of 2009. The figure is 1/6 scale (14 inches/ 35 cm tall) based on the Predator from the first Predator movie. The figure has over 24 points of articulations, features highly detailed armory and figure body with newly developed body chest, arms, a real fabric net body suit, interchangeable open and closed mandibles, an articulated Shoulder Cannon, a extendable Wrist Blades, Wrist Computer, Bone Trophies, Highly retailed Medical kit, a removable mask with battery operated light-up laser nets, and a Jungle featured display base....

Dark Knight Spoiler Correction: Who Was REALLY In The Coffin? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2007 3:42 pm EST Last week we relayed a Dark Knight spoiler report which claimed to reveal who exactly was in the casket at the publicly shot Chicago funeral sequence. It didn’t quite seem right to us – the facts just didn’t add up. Well, apparently the facts weren’t right. Find out who is in the coffin after the jump....

Does Star Trek Feature Next Generation Cameos? By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2009 11:40 am EST At the IDW Comics panel at WonderCon over the weekend, it was revealed that the end of the four issue Star Trek comic book miniseries prequel to the movie contains “a cliffhanger and is going to continue in the first few minutes of the movie.” LatinoReview reported that one of the writers or artists on the panel said that a Next Generation cast member would be part of it....

Exclusive Poster Premiere: Vincere By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2010 8:24 am EST Today we’re happy to debut the excellent poster for Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere, which premiered in Competition at Cannes last year before hitting Telluride, TIFF and the NYFF. IFC opens the film in the States next month. Vincere is the story of Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), who was reportedly the first wife of Benito Mussolini and the mother of his first son....

First Look: Ridley Scott’s Body Of Lies By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2007 3:33 am EST Warner Bros has also provided us with the first photo from Ridley Scott’s (Gladiator, American Gangster) big screen adaptation of David Ignatius’s novel, Body of Lies. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris, an injured former Iraq War journalist who is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader. And the screenplay is written by William Monahan, who won the Oscar last year for The Departed’....

First Look: Sleestaks From Land Of The Lost By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2008 12:55 am EST Last month we posted photos of Will Ferrell on the set of the big screen adaptation of Land of the Lost. Tonight USAToday brings us the first official production photo from Brad Silberling’s upcoming film. The photo gives us a first look at the Sleestaks, villainous one-horned lizard creatures, who surface in a temple where Ferrell’s character and his two companions (Danny McBride and Anna Friel) are “hoping a giant crystal will return them to their own dimension....