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Casting: Pinkville, Avatar, Quarantined, Harry Potter 6 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2007 12:55 am EST There are a lot of casting updates tonight, however, very few of them could be considered interesting. But as of 11:30pm on the West Coast, the news forecast for Monday is looking slow… So we’re going to run with it. Jay Hernandez, Jennifer Carpenter and Columbus Short have joined Johnathon Schaech and Steve Harris in Screen Gems’ remake of remake of the Spanish horror movie Rec....

Contest: Rivers End On DVD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2007 12:33 am EST Rivers End hit DVD store shelves on February 20th, and we have a copy for two lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On March 2nd we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Thinkway’s WALL-E Action Figures By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2008 1:48 am EST Thinkway’s WALL-E action figures have begun to hit Toys ‘R Us stores nationwide (although I’m told they aren’t supposed to street until next month). MWCToys has gotten their hands on a few of the figures in the set. The figures range from three to five inches in size, and retail for around $6. There are more than a dozen figures pictured on the back of the card....

District 9 - What Did You Think? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2009 12:05 am EST After months of build-up and viral marketing, District 9 has finally been unleashed in theaters nationwide. We might never get to see Neill Blomkamp’s adaptation of Halo, but we might have gotten something even better in the end. You’ve already heard my thoughts on the film from Comic-Con, and it has been growing on me the more and more I think back to it....

Does An Oscar-Nominated Actress Give The Karate Kid Remake Any Credibility? By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2009 1:14 am EST Taraji P. Henson has been cast in the Will Smith-produced reimagining of The Karate Kid. Henson, who was nominated for an Oscar for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, will play Jaden Smith’s character Dre’s mother Sherry. Forced to relocate to China to keep her job, Dre finds it hard to fit in and gets in an altercation at his school....

Geek Deal: Shaun Of The Dead And Hot Fuzz On Blu-Ray A Month Early By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2009 8:22 pm EST

Get Outta Here: Brett Ratner’s Beverly Hills Cop 4 To Be PG? By Hunter Stephenson/June 4, 2008 11:03 am EST The PG-13 Effect: Brett Ratner’s officially “blowing ’em where the pampers is.” The Miami-born maverick tells MTV that his Beverly Hills Kindergarten Cop 4 will be out to impress kids who can’t get into PG-13 movies. Is there another franchise that has ever consisted of three R-rated films (two of which are really good) and then had a PG sequel?...

Interview: Writers/Directors Neveldine & Taylor Talk Gamer, What Happened With Jonah Hex, And How Crank 2 Was Their Nickelodeon Green Goop Moment For America By Adam Quigley/Sept. 4, 2009 9:00 am EST I had a chance to chat with Neveldine/Taylor (as they’re so often credited in their films) a couple of months back at Comic-Con, which they were at to promote their latest helping of blood-splattered delirium. You can read the full exclusive interview with Neveldine and Taylor after the jump....

Iron Man 2 Begins Production By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2009 11:57 am EST Iron Man 2 has begun filming. The sign directing people to the set warns “No Cameras on Set”. But I guess if you’re director Jon Favreau, you can do whatever you want. Favs has posted the above two photos on his Twitter account. Speaking of Twitter — Earlier today we posted a massive update to our list of Writers, Directors and Actors on Twitter, and since the story went live this morning, we’ve added a ton of new names to the list....

Judd Apatow On Sequels: No Superbad 2, Pineapple Express 2 Maybe By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 19, 2009 9:48 pm EST The Apatow-verse still hasn’t dealt with sequels as of yet, but it’s bound to happen eventually. Yesterday Judd Apatow appeared on the Funny or Die Writer’s Room and talked about topics ranging from his first project and living with Adam Sandler, to potential sequels for films he’s directed or produced. In regards to the latter, he offered up some info on the potential for Superbad and Pineapple Express sequels....

By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 27, 2009 10:24 pm EST THR confirms that Warner Bros and producer Dan Lin are in “early development” on Tomb Raider 3, which will be a total revamp of the series — possibly even an origin story. No writer has signed on to pen the screenplay, and a director isn’t likely to come on board until there is at least a rough draft.Angelina Jolie, who starred in both Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, will probably not reprise her role, or at least not in a major capacity....

My Eyes!: 3D Yogi Bear Movie Moving Forward With Journey 3D Director By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 25, 2009 1:50 pm EST Giving heightened meaning to the name Boo Boo, the previously announced Yogi Bear movie—another CG/live-action why-brid—has landed a director, a 3D director at that. Eric Brevig, who was responsible for Brendan Fraser’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D and specializes in visual effects, has replaced Ash Brannon, the co-director of Toy Story 2 and HDIC on Surf’s Up....

New Brothers Bloom Poster Has Identity And Design Crisis By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2009 12:15 pm EST The new poster for Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom is much like the new trailer — Summit has basically added a bunch of critic quotes. The big problem now is that the new poster doesn’t really tell you much about the tone, genre or story. The poster features a photo of a bunch of actors holding white and orange colored umbrellas, an image that doesn’t immediately convey “quirky conman comedy”....

New Cloverfield Viral Poster And Television Ads By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2007 11:16 pm EST I’m still back visiting family and friends in my hometown out east (in a little suburb outside of Boston best known for it’s mall). I made the trip into the city today with a friend and spotted some of the Cloverfield viral marketing at work. Last week I reported on strange chalk grafiti that began appearing in San Francisco asking “What is it?...

New Iron Man 2 Photos Introduce The Mystery Of Stark Expo By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2009 12:02 pm EST A couple new photos from Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 have been circulating around the interwebs. The above photo was released on Marvel, but flew off most everyone’s radar due to Comic-Con. The image features Tony Stark looking at a scale model of Disneyland. Okay, it isn’t Disneyland… Details and another new photo after the jump....

Olivia Wilde Says Tron 2.0 Will Be Revolutionary By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 5:25 pm EST Olivia Wilde thinks that you will be blown away by Disney’s Tron 2.0. And she would know, since she’s in the movie. But don’t ask her what the name of her character is, or any story information, because she’s not going to tell you. Sci-Fi Wire caught up with the actress, and was able to get her to spill some advance hype for the much anticipated sequel....

Pixar’s Partly Cloudy Details Revealed? Blu-Ray Monsters Inc Trailer And Bonus Details By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2009 1:41 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apparently the story will elaborate on the age-old story of babies being delivered to their mothers by storks. But in the short, which will play in front of Pete Docter’s Up, clouds are baby factories, and each cloud has a stork assigned to deliver the babies produced....

Star Trek Teaser Movie Poster #3 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2007 1:36 pm EST A third teaser poster for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek has popped up at VegasCon 07. The design seems to mirror the logo which premiered on t-shirts that Paramount passed out at Comic-Con earlier this month. Click on the image to the right to enlarge. Thanks to the Trek Movie Report for the image. And remember, Star Trek will hit theaters on STARDATE 12....

Stuart Beattie Adapts Mega-Successful Australian Book Series By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2009 11:40 am EST Who knew that Australia had it’s own Red Dawn? According to THR, Australia screenwriter Stuart Beattie (who also wrote Collateral, GI Joe and the story for Pirates of the Caribbean) is going to write and direct an adaptation of the novel Tomorrow, When the War Began. The film, which he calls “coming of age in a war zone,” will be his directorial debut....

Taken Director Pierre Morel Signs On For Paranoia Thriller, Signals By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 4, 2009 11:27 pm EST I’ve been a fan of Pierre Morrel ever since his French parkour action film District B13 floored me back in 2005. The film was certainly imperfect, but looking at it purely as an action film you could tell that Morrel was someone to watch out for in the future. Several years later, he reminded us that Liam Neeson can still kick ass in Taken, and he’s currently putting the finishing touches on his latest, From Paris with Love....