Sony Is Developing A Shadow Of The Colossus Movie

Sony Is Developing A Shadow Of The Colossus Movie By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 1:42 pm EST In the past I’ve polled some of my video gamer friends, asking them what video games they would like to see turned into a big screen movie. Shadow of the Colossus is one of the games which always seems to make the wish list. THR reports that screenwriter Justin Marks has been hired to write a screenplay based on the video game property....

December 19, 2022 · 5 min · 860 words · Anna Jones

Southland Tales Movie Trailer This Week Darko S Dirty Girl

Southland Tales Movie Trailer This Week; Darko’s Dirty Girl By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2007 12:29 am EST I know we told you that it would be online earlier this month, but now Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly assures us that the trailer for Southland Tales will be “released this week in a very big way.” Whatever that means. We’ve been looking forward to this for a while now. Kelly has also officially launched Darko Entertainment, which aims to back “modestly budgeted, director-driven films....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 418 words · Alexa Pitcher

Telluride Movie Review Danny Boyle S Slumdog Millionaire

Telluride Movie Review: Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2008 9:25 am EST When a orphan named Jamal Malik, from the slums of Mumbai, makes it to the final question on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, his credibility is put into question. Did he cheat? The police arrest and torture the 18-year-old, hoping to uncover some kind of illegal motivation, but instead they get the heartwarming story of his life so far....

December 19, 2022 · 5 min · 949 words · Juanita Bennett

The Filmcast Interview Tomas Alfredson Let The Right One In

The /Filmcast Interview: Tomas Alfredson (Let The Right One In) By David Chen/Oct. 23, 2008 8:11 am EST The /Filmcast Interview is a series of conversations with actors, directors, and other key figures from the entertainment industry. In this episode, David speaks with Tomas Alfredson, the director of Let the Right One In, about his film’s success, its aesthetic, and its reception at international film festivals. Let the Right One In will be in NY and LA starting Friday, October 22nd....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 426 words · Rebecca Ouye

The 2007 U S Comedy Arts Festival Film Program Line Up

The 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Film Program Line-Up By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2007 5:23 am EST New York, NY February 12, 2007 – The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival (USCAF) and HBO announced the lineup for the 2007 Film Program sponsored by HBO Films, at the 13th installment of the prestigious festival to be held February 28 – March 4 in Aspen, Colorado. The film program line up showcases 30 features – including three world premieres and two North American premieres – 20 shorts, culled from entries around the world....

December 19, 2022 · 6 min · 1232 words · Jessica Deveau

The Dark Knight Anthony Michael Hall S Character Revealed

The Dark Knight: Anthony Michael Hall’s Character Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2007 6:18 pm EST HollywoodChicago claims to have information which ties Anthony Michael Hall’s character to this storyline. According to the report, Hall’s character plans to use the Gotham City News to reveal Batman’s true identity. Hall’s character is intensely jealous of Bruce Wayne, and even drives a matching Lamborghini Murcielago. The bomb threat causes widespread havoc. The move is designed to steal the attention off the character so he can’t issue the Batman-revealing report....

December 19, 2022 · 1 min · 140 words · Maxine Thomas

The Highest Paid Men In Hollywood 2008

The Highest Paid Men In Hollywood 2008 By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2009 5:18 pm EST A couple weeks ago Forbes revealed their yealy list of the top earning women in Hollywood, which revealed the unsurprising statistic that Harrison Ford earned almost two and a half times more than the top earning actress (Angelina Jolie). Forbes Magazine has now published their listing of Hollywood’s highest-paid men and guess who made the most amount of money in 2008…....

December 19, 2022 · 3 min · 455 words · Rodney Jasper

This Week In Dvd Blu Ray Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call New Orleans Party Down Season 1 The Collector And More

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Party Down (Season 1), The Collector, And More By Adam Quigley/April 6, 2010 12:16 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Never before has an actor so quickly ascended the ranks of my heavily deliberated ‘greatest actors’ hierarchy. Somewhere in the middle of experiencing the whacked-out lunacy that is Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, a realization dawned on me: even at his worst, Cage is always a joy to watch....

December 19, 2022 · 5 min · 1008 words · Mary Redmond

Timecop Remake

Timecop Remake By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2007 12:00 pm EST “They killed his wife ten years ago. There’s still time to save her. Murder is forever…until now.” Our buddies at IESB are reporting that Dark Horse Entertainment and Universal are looking to go into production on a remake of Timecop. Aside from the 90’s cheese and Jean-Claude Van Damme, the movie is a guilty pleasure of a lot of film fanatics....

December 19, 2022 · 4 min · 672 words · Freddy Shelton

Votd Batman Is Confused Plot Holes Of The Dark Knight

VOTD: Batman Is Confused - Plot Holes Of The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2009 12:00 am EST Batman’s beginning to wonder if his movie makes any sense at all. In music video form, the eighth video in the Key of Awesome series takes aim at the plot holes of The Dark Knight. Of course, if you’ve been in a hole somewhere and still haven’t seen Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins sequel, be aware this is spoiler filled....

December 19, 2022 · 8 min · 1595 words · Ehtel Rogers

Watchmen Court Trial Set For January

Watchmen Court Trial Set For January By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2008 11:19 pm EST Los Angeles federal judge Gary Allen Feess has set a January 6th 2009 trial date for 20th Century Fox’s Watchmen lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery and deposition proceedings will take place for the rest of the year. This is some what good news for Watchmen fans, as it was initially rumored that the court trial would take place much later, possibly delaying the release of the film until 2010....

December 19, 2022 · 1 min · 192 words · Wesley Warnstaff

World Of Warcraft Movie In 2009 To Be Rated Pg 13

World Of Warcraft Movie In 2009? To Be Rated PG-13? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 4, 2007 6:18 pm EST Our friend Paul at FofR sent us the following scoop on the big screen World of Warcraft movie which is currently in development at Legendary Pictures. The new details were revealed today at BlizzCon 2007 by 300 producer Thomas Tull, who stated that a budget of over $100 million would be committed to the project, which is aiming for a 2009 release....

December 19, 2022 · 4 min · 781 words · John Mitchell

Terrorist Leader Feels Duped By Bruno Isn T Actually A Terrorist

By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2009 3:58 pm EST In Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film Bruno, there is a scene where Cohen’s flamboyant Austrian fashion television host character interviews Ayman Abu Aita, who is depicted as a leader of a terrorist group from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Bruno approaches Aita in hopes of being kidnapped by a jihadist group in an effort to become famous in America. Many of you may have seen Cohen’s appearance on David Letterman, explaining the challenge of setting up and filming an interview with a probably dangerous terrorist (if you haven’t seen it, check it out embedded after the jump)....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 529 words · Chris Hoskins

2010 Director S Guild Of America Dga Awards Winners

2010 Director’s Guild Of America (DGA) Awards Winners By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2010 12:04 am EST Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the DGA award for Outstanding Direction of a Feature Film with The Hurt Locker, defeating James Cameron’s Avatar. This makes Hurt Locker the favorite for at this year’s Academy Awards. As Roger Ebert points out, only 6 times in 60 years has the DGA winner NOT won the Oscar for Best Picture, and in 58 of the last 60 years, the DGA winner went on to win the Oscar for best director....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 483 words · Jessica Jones

Amy Ryan And Greg Kinnear Join Paul Greengrass Green Zone

Amy Ryan And Greg Kinnear Join Paul Greengrass’ Green Zone By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 10, 2008 5:34 pm EST “For the last time, I’m not Traci Lords” War films were notorious for not connecting with audiences (and critics) last year, but the studios seem determined in 2008 to push one or two through to leave an indelible mark for generations. For one, I am glad to see such resilience on the part of Hollywood....

December 18, 2022 · 6 min · 1270 words · Eileen Chean

Breaking Dawn To Be Split Into Two Movies Chris Weitz To Direct

Breaking Dawn To Be Split Into Two Movies, Chris Weitz To Direct? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2009 7:29 am EST Because you demanded it! Or because one movie isn’t enough for all of Breaking Dawn’s rib-breaking, belly-chewing, vampire-baby lovin’ goodness. Or because The Twilight Saga: New Moon made a metric fuckton of money. Whatever the reason, Summit Entertainment isn’t just promising to make a film based on the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series....

December 18, 2022 · 6 min · 1114 words · Jackie Freeders

Buried Movie Poster Ryan Reynolds Is Not Happy

Buried Movie Poster: Ryan Reynolds Is Not Happy By David Chen/Dec. 4, 2009 7:35 am EST Hot on the heels of Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried being chosen for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, a poster has been released for the film (via Quietearth). We first got wind of this film back in summer, when it was revealed that the movie would primarily be a one-man show starring Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds plays a civilian contractor in Iraq who is kidnapped and buried alive in the desert, left with a lighter, a knife, and a cell phone to get himself out....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 799 words · Dorothy Smalley

Captain America Thor The Avengers And Spider Man 4 Get New Release Dates

Captain America, Thor, The Avengers, And Spider-Man 4 Get New Release Dates By David Chen/March 12, 2009 10:21 am EST Marvel has announced a series of new release dates for its upcoming comic book films. The new dates make more sense from a production standpoint than the old ones, and logically lead to the eventual release of The Avengers film, which promises to combine many of Marvel’s characters, in 2012. Hit the jump to see the new dates....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 564 words · John Wilmot

Christian Bale Compares Terminator 4 To Batman Begins Helena Bonham Carter Joins Cast

Christian Bale Compares Terminator 4 To Batman Begins; Helena Bonham Carter Joins Cast By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2008 2:42 am EST Christian Bale took to the defensive, insisting that he accepted the role as John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins because it reinvents the series.“What I saw with Terminator was what I saw with Batman Begins,” Bale told /Film at The Dark Knight junket. But accepting another franchise role was not an easy decision in the least....

December 18, 2022 · 6 min · 1071 words · Ricardo Adams

Cool Stuff Kotobukiya S Hulk Fine Art Statue

Cool Stuff: Kotobukiya’s Hulk Fine Art Statue By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2008 12:57 am EST Kotobukiya makes some of the coolest statues. In past edition of Cool Stuff, we’ve featured Kotobukiya’s Dark Knight Batman Vinyl Statue, ArtFX Statue of Iron Man, and the Indiana Jones Raiders and Temple of Doom ArtFX Theatre Statues. The Japanese company has unveiled their latest creation, a Fire Art Statue of The Incredible Hulk. “Shredding a camouflaged military Humvee and hoisting it overhead, the Incredible Hulk stands in the center of the city in final combat with his enemy – the deadly Abomination....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 807 words · Josephina Yaiva