Who Is Sam Bayer? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 6, 2008 2:33 am EST Music video and commercial director Sam Bayer has signed on to direct the action film noir thriller Fiasco Heights for Universal, with Michael Bay producing. According to THR, Kyle Ward’s script tells the story of of a gunman who returns to a crime-ridden city “and teams with a degenerate gambler/private eye on the run from a syndicate to look for a beautiful femme fatale and a mysterious briefcase....
Would You Pay $7 For A Large Popcorn? By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2008 11:51 am EST Would you pay $7 for a large popcorn? United States corn futures have risen for the seventh straight day, to a new all-time high (up 20% since June 3rd). The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday lowered its estimate for corn production due to heavy rain in the past month, which has slowed planting and crop development....
Bryan Singer Wants Jack The Giant Killer To Be 3D, Paramount Considering 3D Star Trek Sequel By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 13, 2010 2:00 pm EST I’ll probably be waiting a long time to hear that Ken Loach or Joe Swanberg is looking into 3D for their next production, but it seems that stereography really has caught on with franchise-type pictures, genre films and so on. Over the last few weeks there’s been explicit discussion of an ‘Avatar effect’, a redoubled interest in the form from the studios looking, jaws dead on the floor, at the box-office receipts for Cameron’s latest....
Cool Stuff: Dark Side Of The Garden T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2008 2:00 am EST Threadless has reprinted Glenn Jones’ The Dark Side of The Garden, one of my favorite of their geek-focused t-shirts. Jones explains how he created the design: “This one of those rare times where Ive had a few ideas for designs and Ive been able to combine random elements, I had seen a topiary tree and thought it may be a subject of a design and just worked back from there, I drew it about 3 times, in each the black caped motorcyclist was in a different position....
Daniel Craig Joins Jim Sheridan’s Dream House By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2009 12:00 pm EST As soon as Get Rich or Die Tryin’ was released, starring a then-hot 50 Cent, it was evident that the climb back up to respectability might be a long one for Jim Sheridan, the guy who previously impressed us with films like My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father. I’m not sure how much good Brothers, his upcoming film with Jake Gyllenhall, Natalie Portman and Tobey Mgauire, will do....
Even More New Transformers Photos By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2007 9:17 pm EST I seems like it has only been a few hours since 13 new Transformer photos mysteriously appeared on the interweb (may-be because it was only a few hours ago). Well now Dreamworks has officially released four more photos. Check them out after the jump (and above) thanks to CS. As always, click on the pic for high res....
Frank Miller And Rosario Dawson Confirm Sin City 2 Is Written, Will Shoot In April 2009 By David Chen/Dec. 7, 2008 1:59 pm EST I have fond memories of Sin City. A wildly stylish, over-the-top thrill ride, Sin City prooved that some graphic novels are so tailored to fit the big screen that they can make for great film adaptations, losing almost nothing in the process. Talks of a sequel started up soon after the $40-million-budgeted film made almost double that amount domestically, but with Miller occupied with The Spirit and Rodriguez off on his own adventures, the possibility seemed to fade out of sight....
Guy Richie Directing Sherlock Holmes For Warner Bros. By Hunter Stephenson/June 4, 2008 1:25 pm EST Well, it looks like Guy Ritchie (right) and Joel Silver’s Sgt. Rock will have to wait. Ritchie will direct Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros., an adaptation of producer Lionel Wigram’s upcoming comic book. Neil Marshall was previously attached to helm, and WB has said that the film will have the same realism and seriousness as Batman Begins....
Harrison Ford And Karen Allen Talk Indy 5 By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 14, 2009 1:15 pm EST Another Indiana Jones film seems inevitable, doesn’t it? Do you even want it though? Speaking at the Deauville Film Festival this weekend, where he was given a lifetime contribution award, Harrison Ford revealed what he knew about the upcoming fifth outing for his adventuous alter ego; meanwhile, a video has been posted online showing Karen Allen talking last weekend at Dragon Con and spilling what few beans she had to share....
McG To Direct 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Captain Nemo By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 9:33 pm EST Disney hopes to make the film this year, and McG is slotting it as his next, which begs the question — what does that mean for the next Terminator film, which is now in development. Halcyon hopes to have the fifth Terminator film in theaters for Summer 2011, which means that the film would have to go into production by April 2010, which gives McG more than enough time to make Nemo in between....
Michelle Rodriguez Gives Up Avatar And Fast And Furious Spoilers By Brendon Connelly/April 3, 2009 6:07 pm EST Michelle Rodriguez has three films set for release before the end of 2009, and in one simple sentence she issued a major spoiler for each of them. Good going, Michelle. The films in question are Fast and Furious, Tropico de Sangre and James Cameron’s actually still pretty darn secret Avatar. She was speaking to Latina, but before I dare excerpt the interview I’m going to lay down the break as a safety precaution....
Must Watch: New Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2007 5:05 pm EST I hate to admit this, BUT the new new movie trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is actually pretty badass. Am I wrong? Could this movie actually be good? Sure, the first film was pure crap, but most everyone knew that going in. This new trailer actually shows A LOT of promise....
New Kick-Ass Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2009 12:05 pm EST Last night Lionsgate released the first teaser trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book Kick-Ass. For those of you who haven’t yet seen that trailer, I urge you to watch it now. It’s not the best representation of the movie, but given the strict PG restraints of a green band trailer, it works for now (or at least until a red band is released)....
News Tidbits: Iron Man 2, The Last Airbender And xXx 3D By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2010 3:00 am EST Here are a few quick bits of news involving the completion of Iron Man 2, when will we see the next trailer and hear James Newton Howard’s score for The Last Airbender and new casting/production details of xXx 3D: The Return of Xander Cage. First off, Jon Favreau says that Iron Man 2 has been completed:...
Over Her Dead Body Movie Trailer And Poster By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2007 2:25 pm EST New Line has released a trailer and new theatrical poster for the upcoming supernatural romantic comedy Over Her Dead Body from former Drew Carey Show writer Jeff Lowell. Paul Rudd, Eva Longoria, Lake Bell, Jason Biggs, and Lindsay Sloane star in the story of a woman who discovers her new boyfriend is being haunted by the bitchy ghost of his former fiancee....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2009 12:44 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. GreatWhiteSnark has posted this awesome Star Wars Tauntaun Groom cake.Abduzeedo has posted a roundup of Badass Batman Illustrations....
Peter Graves Dies At 83 By Devindra Hardawar/March 14, 2010 10:59 pm EST Actor Peter Graves, most famous for his roles in the Mission: Impossible television series and the Airplane films, passed away on Sunday afternoon from natural causes at the age of 83. According to his publicist, the actor was returning home from brunch with his family to celebrate his upcoming 84th birthday, when he collapsed on his driveway. One of his daughters attempted CPR, but was unsuccessful....
Robert Rodriguez And Jessica Alba Teaming Up For French Comic Book Adaptation Insiders? By Brendon Connelly/June 19, 2009 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Insiders is a spy thriller in several volumes, reportedly revolving around the female lead Najah Cruz and I’m assuming that Alba has her eye on this vaguely Dark Angel-ish role as well as the Executive Producer’s seat. In the series, Cruz is a Columbian working for the White House, tasked to infiltrate and bring down a global crime syndicate....
Sam Mendes In Talks To Direct The Next James Bond Movie By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 5, 2010 2:09 pm EST Well we certainly didn’t see this one coming. Just yesterday, we reported that Bond 23 was put on hold due to MGM’s many troubles. I figured that we wouldn’t be hearing much else about the movie for some time, but now we’ve learned that Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Away We Go) is is negotiations to direct the film....
Showtime For Steven Spielberg/Diablo Cody’s The United States Of Tara By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2008 3:26 pm EST The Steven Spielberg-produced, Diablo Cody-written pilot The United States of Tara has just been picked up by Showtime. Toni Collette is set as Tara Gregor, a wife and mother of two teens, who just happens to suffer from multiple personality disorder. Basically the family must find a way to deal and live with her multiple personalities....
