Posts

Check Out HBO’s New Shows: Treme And Boardwalk Empire Trailers; Watch The Pacific Online For Free By Russ Fischer/March 16, 2010 10:35 pm EST Two big new HBO shows are coming soon with significant talent involved. There is The Wire creator David Simon’s new Treme, and Boardwalk Empire, with a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese. Each show gets a new trailer this week, and both are fantastic. I’m a bit partial to the one for Boardwalk Empire, if only because it has a killer line from Steve Buscemi....

Cool Stuff: Eric Tan’s Up Poster By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2008 4:00 am EST We somehow missed this at Comic Con, but Eric Tan has created another wonderful retro-styled poster, this time for Pixar’s upcoming film Up. I’m a huge fan of Tan’s art, and in the past we’ve spotlighted his work for past Pixar productions, Indiana Jones, and X-Men. Like Tan’s work form WALL-E, the new art seems to be partly inspired by the old ride attraction posters at Disneyland, as well as retro styled travel posters....

David Slade Set For Antarctic Horror Film Cold Skin By Brendon Connelly/April 30, 2009 1:35 pm EST As well as his much publicized gig on Eclipse, the third Twilight film, Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night director David Slade also has the horror film Cold Skin in preproduction. Slade has reportedly been working on the project since 2008, consulting with screenwriter Jesus Olmo until they’d arrived at a draft they were pleased with....

First Machete Script Review Is Online. It’s Negative. By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 13, 2009 12:30 pm EST Wait, Machete actually needs a script not scrawled by knives in gringo blood? Following the recent, zany casting rundown for the cheapo flick that includes Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, and Steven Seagal (…walk into a bar), Latino Review have the first script review for the unlikely Grindhouse spin-off. You may recall that Jonah Hill was said to have passed on the film after reading a draft by director Robert Rodriguez....

Geek Deal: The Wire - The Entire Series For $134.48 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2008 1:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I have a confession: I have yet to get addicted to HBO’s The Wire. I just recently bought the first season box set after /Film’s own Adam Quigley wouldn’t stop raving about the show during last month’s Comic Con. I’ve watched a couple episodes, and am still unsure – I like it but I don’t yet love it....

George Clooney Packs Up His Warner Bros. Office, Moves To Sony By Russ Fischer/June 30, 2009 1:20 pm EST Nikki Finke is reporting an interesting bit of news: George Clooney and Grant Heslov are ending their production partnership with Warner Bros. and heading across town to set up shop with Sony. Coming just a week after Sony famously shitcanned Steven Soderbergh’s Moneyball, this is a surprising move. At Warner Bros. Clooney was able to make the less commercial movies he’s favored over the last few years, while Sony isn’t exactly known for being a hotbed of artistic aspiration....

Good Luck Chuck Movie Poster Steals From Famous Rolling Stone Cover By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2007 1:00 pm EST Lionsgate has sent us the official poster for Good Luck Chuck, the new comedy starring the very unfunny Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. The movie has an interesting premiese, but the trailer didn’t contain one laugh (not a good sign for a romantic comedy). The poster seems to be inspired (or copied) from the famous Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring Yoko Ono and John Lennon....

Jason Reitman Responds To Rumors Of An Up In The Air Cancer Subplot By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 4, 2010 4:29 pm EST Why haven’t you? It’s in theaters everywhere… go now! You might not want to read the following story as it contains some spoilers for the film. (the headline is not a spoiler, trust me) While George Clooney’s character Ryan Bingham is not dying of terminal cancer in the actual theatrical cut of the film, might one have been written and even filmed?...

Jonah Hill Says 21 Jump Street Will Shoot In 2010 By Russ Fischer/Jan. 15, 2010 9:58 am EST ComingSoon talked to Hill, and the actor described his take on the show and its resurrection. Which, first off, is exactly the same stuff he’s been saying about the film for the past year. And to me, it sounds like the same recipe as Pineapple Express. Not that there is any shortage of films that manage to combine comedy, character and action....

LOL: Star Trek Props Are Retail Barcode Scanners By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2009 1:54 pm EST Many people have made fun of the new Star Trek enterprise bridge, saying it looks like the inside of an Apple Store. /Film reader Kjell points out that some of the “joysticks” on the desk at the front of the bridge are actual Symbol m2004-I215 barcode scanners, the same model used in various retail stories, including Staples....

Mickey Rourke’s Indie Spirit Awards Speech By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2009 2:18 pm EST I can’t wait to hear what he’ll say tonight if he actually wins the Oscar. And if it does happen, they better not “play him off” the stage. (Thanks to /Film reader Jimmy M for the tip)

More Magic Movies: Houdini Announced By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2007 1:22 am EST Last year was the year of the dueling Magic films (The Prestige, The Illusionist). But the magic spell isn’t gone – 2007 will be the year of the dueling Houdini movies. Walden Media has hired Brett Merryman (The Good Mother) to write a screenplay for Houdini. Houdini takes place in modern day. A 14-year-old boy discovers he’s a descendant of Harry Houdini and embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets of his ancestor’s past....

Mystery Team Sneak Preview Screenings In New York City By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2009 10:58 am EST At Sundance we saw a great new comedy called Mystery Team. You might remember, at the end of the festival, we wrote about the film in a post titled “One of the Most Marketable Films of Sundance 2009 Remains Unsold”. And as far as we know, the film remains unsold. But don’t worry, you’ll eventually get a chance to see the movie, trust me....

New Posters: The Wolfman; Cop Out; Bong Joon-Ho’s Mother; Percy Jackson Character Posters; And Mysterious Danish Short ‘Connected’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2010 3:21 pm EST There are a bunch of new posters this week, and easily the most striking of the bunch is the painted image for The Wolfman, created by legendary Famous Monsters of Filmland cover artist Basil Gogos. CHUD got the image as an exclusive; you can see part of it above, and click through for the full thing....

Only 48 People Paid To See Jessica Simpson’s New Movie By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2007 3:03 pm EST Jessica Simpson’s new movie Blonde Ambition was released on 8 screens this weekend in Jessica’s home state of Texas, before it gets dumped on DVD next month (January 22nd 2008 to be exact). /Film correspondent Steve Mason sent us this hilarious report:As has been reported, Jessica is dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, and she was at Texas Stadium last Sunday when Romo had his all-time worst performance ever against the Philadelphia Eagles All week long, Jessica has been public enemy #1 with Cowboy fans....

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards Not Sold To Miramax? By Hunter Stephenson/July 14, 2008 2:56 pm EST Over the weekend, numerous sites reported that Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards had been sold to Miramax, the director’s old haunts. But the rumor originated between the cushions of a relatively new source on the scene: Script Girl. Slashfilm patted the rumor with a napkin and decided to go about our day. According to Jeff Wells, a spokesman for Miramax now says it’s BS, there’s no deal....

Quentin Tarantino Says Inglorious Bastards Not A Period Piece, Ramping Up Pre-Production By Hunter Stephenson/June 24, 2008 11:34 am EST Quentin Tarantino is on a hellfire mission, codename: Inglorious Bastards. This new BBC article implies that he’s not backing down from his earlier claim that the film—now plural!—will be ready in time for next year’s Cannes Film Festival. And yet, there’s not even an official cast. It’s now known that the legendary casting rumors over the years, from Stallone to Arnold to Eddie Murphy to Adam Sandler, were but a dream, though some of those guys could still pop up....

Ryan Gosling Cast In Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones By Peter Sciretta/June 27, 2007 3:56 pm EST Academy Award nominated actor Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) has signed on to star opposite Rachel Weisz in Peter Jackson’s big screen adaptation of Alice Sebold’s bestselling book The Lovely Bones. Jeeez, so far the cast and crew is stacked with a talented group who has either won or been nominated for an Oscar....

Ryan Reynolds To Star In Indie Thriller Buried By Russ Fischer/June 25, 2009 6:16 am EST Ryan Reynolds will star in Buried, a film that pushes him well out of the studio comfort zone, according to Variety. The film is about a civilian contractor in Iraq who is kidnapped and buried alive in the desert. According to the trade he has a candle, knife and cell phone; not the sort of things typically left on the person of someone who is being buried alive, so I’m tending towards the assumption there’s more going on than just Iraq war drama....

Ryan Seacrest Is A Douchebag By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2009 4:34 pm EST I know this isn’t a gossip blog, but Ryan Seacrest’s red carpet interview with the young cast of Slumdog Millionaire infuriated me. Ryan Seacrest Is A Douchebag By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2009 4:34 pm EST I know this isn’t a gossip blog, but Ryan Seacrest’s red carpet interview with the young cast of Slumdog Millionaire infuriated me.