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Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2007 5:32 pm EST One of the new posters revealed at the New York Comic-Con was for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The poster, pictured right, shows an approaching Silver Surfer with the title RISE. As always, left click for to see a higher resolution version. Looks pretty spiffy but is it just me or do these character posters remind you of those cheesy made for children posters they sell at Walmart....

Final Sunshine Movie Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2007 3:43 am EST The Sun is being destroyed from inside out by a type of highly stable form of matter that renders nuclear fusion impossible, by turning common matter on its own kind. The only hope is to send a team of astronauts to detonate a massive, highly energetic bomb, able to destroy this strange matter and restore Sun’s natural state....

First Look: George Clooney In Men Who Stare At Goats By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2008 4:13 pm EST Bad and Ugly has the first set photo of George Clooney in costume on the Albuquerque, New Mexico set of Grant Heslov’s adaptation of Men Who Stare at Goats. Based on Jon Ronson’s 2004 book about U.S. military efforts to develop paranormal powers for American soldiers. Clooney plays a U.S. Army First Earth Battallon unit member who goes to battle using ancient Chinese mind techniques....

Flashback: John Lasseter On Charlie Rose By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2008 1:16 am EST The other day when I posted Charlie Rose’s interview with the cast and crew of Milk, I commented on how much I loved long form interviews. /Film reader Falcon D sent over a few clips of animation director turned Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief creative officer John Lasseter on the show over the years. Anyone who is a fan of Animation, Disney, or more specifically Pixar will probably be interested in checking these out....

Geek Deals: Heroes Season One For $29 And Threadless $12 Sale By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2008 12:48 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Also, Threadless is running a $12 2 Cool 4 School Sale on all tees. Some of the threadless t-shirts we’ve featured in past Cool Stuff posts have included the Dark Side of the Garden, The Beginning, and Color Coded Criminals. It seems like a lot of the popular shirts are sold out in the most of the popular sizes....

Iron Man 2 Viral: Stark Expo 2010 Website Launched By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2010 6:25 pm EST As you’ve probably read, part of the storyline of Iron Man 2 involves Tony Stark’s attempt to bring back Stark Expo, a world fair-like industrial and scientific exhibition which his father, Howard Stark, first launched in the 1960’s. The mystery of the 1974 Stark Expo is a centerpiece of the new film. As part of the viral marketing for Iron man 2, Marvel Entertainment has launched a website for Stark Expo 2010 at starkexpo2010....

Knowing - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2009 1:40 am EST I just got home from seeing the Alex Proyas-directed sci-fi thriller Knowing. It seems like response to the movie is extremely mixed. Roger Ebert called the film one of “the best science-fiction films” he’s seen. Others reviewers have said that it is among the worst films of the year. I’m not going to write a full review because it could be seen as a conflict of interest since Alex was a guest blogger for the site, and my thoughts are pretty positive....

LOL: Obi-Wan’s Mos Eisley Tourism Video By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2009 4:21 pm EST Have you ever wanted to visit Mos Eisley? Before you book your next trip at Star Tours, please listen to Obi-Wan Kenobi’s wise words of wisdom in the video embedded after the jump. via: Topless Robot LOL: Obi-Wan’s Mos Eisley Tourism Video By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2009 4:21 pm EST Have you ever wanted to visit Mos Eisley?...

Michael Bay Has Story And Is Starting Work On Transformers 3 For 2011 Release By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 1, 2009 8:20 am EST Great. That means we’ve literally got over two more years of this daft back and forth between them. Let’s just all agree to tune out now. Megan Fox, welcome back. I promise no alien robots will harm you in any way during the production of this motion picture. Please consult your Physician when working under my direction because some side effects can occur, such as mild dizziness, intense nausea, suicidal tendencies, depression, minor chest hair growth, random internal hemorrhaging and inability to sleep....

Movie Review: The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 7, 2009 9:48 am EST It never takes long for me to come across someone who tells me that The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Brazil or Time Bandits is their favourite film, and I predict it won’t be long before I meet folks who name The Imaginarium as theirs. If the cinema is a place we go to dream or to see sights we could never imagine ourselves, then this film might be the perfect expression of the form....

MUST WATCH: Ben Affleck’s Gone, Baby, Gone Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2007 12:54 pm EST Check out the movie trailer for Ben Affleck’s directorial debut Gone, Baby, Gone, an adaptation of the Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) novel about two detectives in search of a 4 year old girl that has been kidnapped in Boston. The film stars Morgan Freeman, Ben’s brother Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris and Robert “brother of Donnie and Mark” Wahlberg....

New Incredible Hulk Photo Reveals Captain America’s Origin By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2008 5:41 pm EST Universal has released a new batch of photos from The Incredible Hulk. The photo above is significant because it’s our first look at the super serum that will be (or was) used to create the superhero known as Captain America. Apparently in the film, William Hurt’s General Thunderbolt Ross tells Tim Roth’s Emil Blonsky about a weapons program initiated during World War II to create a “super soldier” before giving him the injection....

New Photos: Richard Kelly’s The Box By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2008 9:39 am EST Earlier this month you got a look at the first photo from Richard Kelly’s The Box. We followed that up last week with a behind the scenes video segment courtesy of NASA television. And now USA Today gives us our first look at the cast. The new production photo features stars James Marsden and Cameron Diaz as Arthur and Norma Lewis, sitting around the mysterious box....

New Tyrannosaurus Rex Art; Werewolf Women Of The SS Comic Book Announced By Peter Sciretta/July 11, 2008 11:05 am EST Rob Zombie has released yet another piece of concept art from his upcoming film Tyrannosaurus Rex. Zombie posted the comic book cover above on his MySpace page with the description “The comic that started it all!” In other news, Zombie has announced that his fake movie trailer in Grinhouse, Werewolf Women of the SS, is being turned into a comic book series!...

POTD: Real-Life Buzz Lightyear By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2010 1:49 pm EST You may have seen Pixeloo’s real life renderings of famous animated characters floating around the interwebs: Mario from Super Mario Brothers, Homer from The Simpsons, and Jessica Rabbit from Robert Zemeckis’ Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Brazilian 3D artist Raoni Nery has created an untooned version of Buzz Lightyear from Pixar’s Toy Story films. See the full concept rendering, after the jump....

Set Visit Report: A Nightmare On Elm Street By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2010 8:00 am EST On Thursday June 25th, I had the opportunity to visit the set of Platinum Dunes’ remake/re-imagining of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film is directed by Samuel Bayer. Many of you might not immediately recognize the name, but Bayer is the man responsible for many of the classic alternative videos from the 1990’s (Nivana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit, Blind Melon’s No Rain…etc), and Nightmare is his feature directorial debut....

Spike Jonze’s Short Film I’m Here Is Now Online In Its Entirety By Brendon Connelly/March 19, 2010 7:06 am EST After a premiere at Sundance and several themed screenings around the UK, Spike Jonze’ roboromance I’m Here has now arrived online for viewing in its bittersweet entirety. You’ll have to set aside 30 minutes for this one, so sneaking a peek in the office while the boss isn’t looking might prove a little harder than with Ow!...

Star Trek Super Bowl TV Spot By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2009 10:12 pm EST Paramount has released the Super Bowl television advertisement for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, and it’s not just a complete rehash of all the footage we’ve previously seen. The 30-second television spot is filled with probably 40% new material. We get to see James T Kirk have a good ol’ fashion fistfight in a bar, a beautiful shot of Starfleet Academy in San Francisco’s Presidio (yes, that is the Golden Gate Bridge in the foreground), the first meet between Kirk and McCoy, and the fight atop of the Romulan Drills which are tearing into Vulcan....

The First 7 Minutes Of Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2009 10:31 pm EST Rian Johnson’s (Brick) “big fun globetrotting con man movie” The Brothers Bloom doesn’t hit theaters until May 29th, but right now you can watch the first 7 minutes on Hulu. Things to look out for: One of the young Brothers Bloom is played by Where the Wild Things star Max Records, as Rian points out in the intro....

The Invention Of Lying International Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 26, 2009 3:52 pm EST An international trailer has arrived at Yahoo UK for The Invention of Lying, once called The Other Side of the Truth, and while the new title is lame, the trailer has great moments. The film, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, stars Gervais as a man in a world where no one lies....