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Paul McGuigan’s Spider-Man Music Video By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2007 7:37 pm EST We just posted a story about Julie Taymor’s upcoming Spider-Man muscial in New York City. We had some fun when we found videos of the Universal Studios Hollywood production of Spider-Man Rocks on YouTube. But now we’ve found something even better thanks to our friends at FilmIck. The Snow Patrol’s new music video for the song Signal Fire, from the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack, is now available on MySpace....

Sam Raimi Wants Morbius In Spider-Man 4 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2009 2:05 am EST Sam Raimi revealed his pick for the villain for Spider-Man 4 in the latest issue of Empire Magazine. “I like it in the Marvel comics when Spider-Man fights Morbius,” said Raimi. “He’s really cool. A vampire! I like that combination of superhero plus supernatural.” As /Film reader Christopher M (who submitted the story) points out, it might make sense to use him along with The Lizard since both characters “use the same technology but have different animals involved in their research… one having blended with a lizard the other a vampire bat....

Six New Photos From Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2009 1:36 am EST Paramount Pictures has released six new photos from Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. No Shia and Megan, these photos are full of big giant robots, including photos of Bumblebee, Demolisher, Optimus Prime and his bad ass swords (above), and Devastator. As always, click on the photos to enlarge. Five more after the jump....

Slashfilm Bookshelf: Wonder Women Of America And Steve McQueen: A Life In Pictures By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 30, 2008 4:53 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amos 2008 $29.99/ £14.95 As many readers know from Slashfilm’s coverage and personal experience, the annual Comic-Conconvention in San Diego consistently sets records and milestones for attendance, media exposure, and the mainstream acceptance and co-opting of genre and geek culture....

Star Trek Trailer Description By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2008 1:22 am EST Paramount was supposedly howing off the new trailer for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek on a 15 minute loop on the lot on Friday. Here is a brief decryption of what you will see: A 60’s style corvette convertible tears down the road, a policeman in hot pursuit. The driver, a 13-year-old boy, leaps from the car right as it goes off a cliff....

Sundance: The Nines Movie Review By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2007 6:48 am EST Eight years after his first feature screenplay Go played Sundance, John August returns with his directing debut The Nines. I’ve sat here looking at the curser blink on my laptop screen for over two minutes. I just can’t seem to put the plot of this movie into words. Everything and anything would be giving something away. The Nines not only escapes classification, it escapes explanation....

The Buzz: Black Snake Moan Is Offensive And Cliche By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2007 6:09 pm EST Black Snake Moan Director: Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow)Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran Jr., David Banner, Michael Raymond-James, and Adriane LenoxRunning Time: 115 minutesMPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, language, some violence and drug useBuzz Rating: 4 out of 10 The Good: “Ricci’s performance is brave and effective – the most provocative in a career that has rejected Hollywood norms....

TIFF Viral: Where’s Fluffy? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2008 5:26 pm EST A couple days ago I noticed reoccurring graffiti of a bunny on the sidewalks around toronto. Next to the graphic is the words “Where’s Fluffy?” Later when I screened Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, I realized that it was actually viral marketing for a fictional band which is part of the film’s story. In Nick and Norah, everyone in New York City is frantically searching for the rarest show to ever happen....

VOTD: R2-D2 Falls In Love With A Fire Hydrant By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2009 8:00 pm EST In 1980, Sesame Street had a Star Wars crossover episode which featured R2-D2 and C3-PO landing on earth to hang out with the Sesame Street gang. Part of the episode involved R2-D2 falling in love with a fire hydrant. I kid you not. Video after the jump. via: Fanboy VOTD: R2-D2 Falls In Love With A Fire Hydrant...

10,000 B.C. Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2007 1:43 am EST Warner Bros has released a new movie trailer for Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 B.C. “Before Everything We Know, Lies a Legend, Never Told…” I’m not quite sure why, but I’m just not getting hyped for this movie. I’ve watched the trailer three times now and find myself unable to narrow it down. Maybe it’s the fact that it features no recognizable actors, or maybe it’s the mediocre special effects....

13 Minutes Of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix By Peter Sciretta/July 4, 2007 11:36 am EST A 13 minute video of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix aired on HBO last night and is now available on GoogleVideo. The preview contains a bunch of new footage inter-cut with the usual cast and crew interviews. Check it out after the jump. Although, I must warn you, they reveal a lot about the plot of the film....

2007 Golden Globe Winners By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2007 5:41 pm EST Here are the winners from the 2007 Golden Globes: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (FILM)Jennifer Hudson – DreamgirlsORIGINAL SONG"The Song of the Heart" – Happy Feet - Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers NelsonSUPPORTING ACTOR (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)Jeremy Irons – Elizabeth IACTRESS (TV DRAMA)Kyra Sedgwick – The CloserACTOR (TV DRAMA)Hugh Laurie – HouseSUPPORTING ACTRESS (TV MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)Emily Blunt – Gideon’s DaughterANIMATED FILMCars – Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation StudioACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears PradaSUPPORTING ACTOR (FILM)Eddie Murphy – DreamgirlsMINISERIES OR TV MOVIEElizabeth I – Company Pictures, Channel 4, HBO FilmsACTOR (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)Bill Nighy – Gideon’s DaughterACTRESS (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)Helen Mirren – Elizabeth ISCREENPLAYPeter Morgan – The QueenACTOR (TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL)Alec Baldwin – 30 RockCOMEDY OR MUSICALUgly Betty (ABC)FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMLetters from Iwo Jima (USA/Japan) – Warner Bros....

A Veronica Mars Film Might Happen?! By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 20, 2009 8:43 pm EST Fans of Veronica Mars have been through a lot: A less-than-great third season that introduced the show’s worst character (looking at you Piz) and completely obliterated its season-long narrative, cancellation right after said crappy season, and, perhaps the most painful of all, the ever-present specter of resurrection. Like many beloved shows (see Arrested Development and Firefly), Veronica Mars’s premature cancellation was not the last fans would hear from it....

Andrew Niccol Rounds Up Orlando Bloom, Vincent Cassel And Olga Kurylenko For A Bit Of Sci-Fi Fun By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 5, 2009 9:16 am EST Andrew Niccol directed Gattaca and Lord of War – tick, tick – but also Simone – big question mark, vague tick in pencil perhaps. On the other hand, he also scripted The Truman Show – giant gold tick. I think, looking at my balance sheet, his projects are well worth getting excited for....

Avi Arad Options Mass Effect Avi Arad has optioned the movie rights to Bioware’s sci-fi action role playing game Mass Effect. In the game you play as an elite human soldier named Commander Shepard, who sets out to explore the Galaxy in the year 2183. Thirty-five years prior, humans discovered a technology built by an extinct alien race which has allowed them to break free of the solar system. But the galaxy is trapped in an endless cycle of extinction....

Casting Notes: Russell Brand Coaches Soccer; New Films For Jeffrey Dean Morgan And Taylor Lautner By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2010 12:32 pm EST I seem to be one of the few who didn’t think that yesterday’s Get Him to the Greek trailer was the funniest thing since ‘Man Getting Hit in the Groin by Football,’ but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a soft spot for Russell Brand. After Forgetting Sarah Marshall, how could you not?...

Cool Stuff: Dark Knight DVD/Blu-Ray Exclusives By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2008 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Single-Disc Edition DVD which comes in either Widescreen or Full Screen $15.00 Target Two-Disc Special Edition DVD $22.99: Best Buy and Target The Blu-Ray Two-Disc Special Edition $24.99: Best Buy and Target $26.99: Circuit City The Blu-Ray Two Disc Limited Edition Batpod Giftset $46.99: Target $47.86: Walmart...

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Bank Robber Joker 1/6th Figure By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2008 2:46 am EST Hot Toys is releasing a 1/6th scale figure of The Joker in “Bank Robber” mode. The figure stands 12-inches tall, features 32-points of articulation, and comes with a choice of two removable heads, one with a huge grin, the other with the slicked back hair. Accessories include a removable clown mask, handgun, a bigger gun, duffle bag, smoke and fragmentation grenades, playing cards, gotham city money and more....

Cool Stuff: Olly Moss’s Poster Remakes By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2009 6:00 am EST 21-year old UK artist Olly Moss is probably best known for his popular t-shirt designs which have virally spread across the interwebs. You might recognize some of his designs below. Olly has decided to create a series of movie posters reinterpreted in a kinda minimalistic post modern German-ism style. Six more posters (The Dark Knight, Die Hard, Deer Hunter, Rain Man, The Great Dictator, and American History X) after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Zombie Vs. Shark T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 28, 2008 6:00 am EST What would win in a fight between a Zombie and a Shark? FightRags has made a tshirt based on the new now infamous scene in Fulci’s Zombie. Printed on preshrunk, heavyweight 100% cotton shirts. Available in sizes Small to 5XL for $16.95. If you sign up for their newsletter, you get 10% off your first order....