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Jessica Biel In Talks For Thor? By Brendon Connelly/July 1, 2009 9:42 am EST According to an unnamed source who spilled to Nuke The Fridge, Jessica Biel is currently negotiating a role in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. If true, and let’s pretend for a moment that it is, this would seem to simultaneously stomp on the rumour that Natalie Portman was up for the female lead and those never ending Jessica Biel Wonderwoman stories (though stomping on those is rather like stomping on mist and just about as necessary)....

JJ Abrams Planning Fictionalised Telling Of Man On Wire Story By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 11, 2009 9:11 am EST If you don’t know about Petit, I’ve got the trailer for the documentary profile Man on Wire after the break. This was definitely one of the most loved documentaries in recent years, thanks in no small part to the astonishing charisma of the eccentric wirewalker at its heart. There’s also a video interview tucked away down there with Colum McCann explaining his inspiration for Let The Great World Spin....

Kevin Costner Hopes To Make Mr. Brooks 2 And 3 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 1:30 pm EST Kevin Costner’s new movie doesn’t hit theaters until this Summer, yet he’s already talking about a sequel. “I wasn’t dying to do a role like this. I’m not a guy that goes ‘Boo!’ But when I read it, I thought the writers found an amazing window into the subject matter. Now I feel this is as strong a performance as I’ve ever given,” Costner told EW....

Linda Hamilton Confirmed For Terminator Salvation By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2009 12:22 am EST In February, Linda Hamilton revealed that she was in active negotiations to reprise her role as Sarah Connor for a voice over in McG’s Terminator Salvation. CHUD now has confirmation that she not only agreed to do the read, but the voice over is already cut into the beginning of the film. A Sarah Connor voice over is the perfect way to introduce the audience to the post-apocalyptic world of the future, and it sounds like it fit in quite nicely....

Mark Wahlberg To Produce, Possibly Star In Remake Of Reykjavik-Rotterdam By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2009 7:56 am EST Reykjavik-Rotterdam is Iceland’s submission to the foreign-language category of the Oscars this year, and now the thriller is set up for a remake at Working Title. Mark Wahlberg is producing and may star in the remake, which follows a smuggler tempted back into illegal activity. THR reports the deal, and describes the plot of the original: “a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems....

MGM Planning New RoboCop Movie By Hunter Stephenson/March 14, 2008 11:27 am EST AICN pointed out a press release today from MGM that lists a new RoboCop movie alongside upcoming franchise films already in development like Quantum of Solace, The Thomas Crown Affair 2 (with RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven on board) and everyone’s favorite future films, The Pink Panther 2 and 3. Here’s the excerpt… MGM is planning an exciting fall and winter release schedule....

Movie Playlist: Steven Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Jon Favreau, Sofia Coppola And James Gray By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2009 12:18 pm EST From time to time, we have a feature on /Film called “Movie Playlist” where we talk to the writers, directors, and stars about their favorite films. I’ve always found the celebrity playlists on iTunes to be interesting. Most everyone in the film business moved to Hollywood after discovering their love of films....

My Blueberry Nights Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 23, 2008 8:22 pm EST At last year’s Cannes My Blueberry Nights, the first English film from 2046’s Kar Wai Wong, drew a memorably tepid critical response, with songstress Norah Jones’s performance taking lots of the heat and sleet. Based on what I’ve heard from friends who have seen it, it has the potential to become the new Across the Universe, dazzling females with its kinetic, trippy color palette and a “go with it” romantic sensibility that inspires repeat viewings and cherished teary exits....

New Superbad Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2007 5:26 am EST Sony Pictures have revealed a new movie poster for the upcoming R-Rated high school comedy Superbad. Don’t let the some-what false advertising fool you, the movie is not directed by The 40-Year-Old-Virgin director Judd Apatow. It was however produced by the man who made that great film. We must remember that he also produced Celtic Pride and Kicking & Screaming (I’m not going to include The Cable Guy on this list, because I still content that is a great comedy film)....

Oscars Producer Gives A Ceremony Post-Mortem By David Chen/March 15, 2010 8:50 pm EST I’m always fascinated by the stories behind the pageantry of Hollywood (like this story about the convoy of limos carrying celebrities to the Oscar ceremony last weekend), so when I heard that KCRW’s The Business would have an exclusive interview with Oscars producer Bill Mechanic, I knew it would be a must-listen. Mechanic produced this year’s Academy Awards ceremony along with Adam Shankman....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 3, 2009 5:00 am EST Italian artist Franco Brambilla has created a series of photos that blends vintage postcards with zany Sci-Fi beings. Screen Media Films has acquired worldwide rights to Adam Kane’s political thriller Formosa Betrayed, starring James Van Der Beek. [thr]io9 has a few new images from Batman: Dead End director Sandy Collora’s Hunter Prey. Check out this behind the scenes featurette on Spike Jonze’s We Were Once A Fairytale....

Reader Forum: What Did You Think Of “Eagle Eye”? By David Chen/Sept. 27, 2008 6:02 pm EST This weekend saw a boatload of new theatrical releases, including Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna, Clark Gregg’s Choke, and Nights in Rodanthe (from the mind of the same author that brought you the saccharine-filled The Notebook), among many others. It seemed as though there was something for everyone, from history buffs to Palahniuk fans to Christians who always wondered how firefighter Kirk Cameron deals with divorce....

Robert De Niro And Martin Scorsese Reteam For New Gangster Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2007 4:22 pm EST Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese will re-team for feature film adaptation of Don Winslow’s The Winter of Frankie Machine. De Niro will play a Mafia hit man who has given up the game to become the proprietor of a bait shop. But he discovers that he’s been targeted for a hit, and is forced to return to the business....

Ryan Vs. Dorkman Director Needs Your Help To Make His First Feature By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2010 5:45 pm EST If you’re a Star Wars geek, than chances are you’ve seen the YouTube short films Ryan vs. Dorkman and the sequel RVD2, which has now been viewed over five million times. If you haven’t, I highly recommend you check them out (I’ve embedded RVD2 after the jump). Michael “Dorkman” Scott has since produced a bunch of popular shorts including The Monkey Paw and Kung Fu Red....

Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2009 12:01 am EST Pixar’s Up isn’t the only film that comes out this weekend. Actually, it’s not even the only really great film to hit theaters today. Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell is also receiving a lot of praise from fans and critics, currently sitting high on Rotten Tomatoes with a 95% fresh rating on the tomatometer....

By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2009 11:40 am EST There was a minute where Mike White seemed poised to break out in a big way. He wrote and co-starred in School of Rock after being a supervising producer and writer on Freaks and Geeks. But the time after School of Rock seemed to be fallow as many of his next projects have taken time to develop. Which is why I’m happy to see that, according to Variety, White has sold a spec script to Columbia called Babe in the Woods....

Sorority Row Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/March 19, 2009 1:59 pm EST Hey look, it’s another horror film for the Ed Hardy and Axe Body Spray set. The first trailer for Sorority Row, the remake of 1981’s The House on Sorority Row starring Carrie Fisher and Rumer “Jaws of Life” Willis, is ready for your hungry eyes. It’s probably not worth a quibble, but why remake this film if the fun premise of the original is being ditched: Sorority girls kill their elderly “house mother” accidentally, still reluctantly throw a bitchin’ party as scheduled, and the old bag comes back to cane them all to death?...

Steroid Dealer From The Wrestler Arrested For Steroids By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 2:45 pm EST Talk about life imitating art imitating life. Scott Siegel, the actor who played the steroids and painkillers dealer in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler has been arrested and charged with attempting to distribute steroids and assaulting a federal agent after leading police on a high-speed chase. According to NBC New York, Siegel was under surveillance by DEA agents who caught him picking up a package in New Rochelle on Wednesday....

Steven Spielberg And DreamWorks May Leave Paramount By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2007 11:51 pm EST It isn’t exactly news: Dreamworks and Paramount are not the big happy family that everyone imagined 15 months ago. Despite the insistence of Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone, director Steven Spielberg is said to be so unhappy with the current situation that he may be planning to defect from the company with David Geffin. The duo own rights to the DreamWorks name, but don’t hold ownership of their past catalog and current development deals....

Sundance: King Of California Movie Review By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2007 6:59 am EST Charlie (Michael Douglas) has just returned from a two-year mental facility visit. His self reliant daughter Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) refuses to even acknowledge that he is in fact her father. Charlie becomes obsessed with finding hidden gold left by Spanish missionaries. Believing that he has deciphered a code, he sets off on a journey to hunt down the buried treasure, somehow sucking his daughter into his maddening odyssey....