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Creators Of Ask A Ninja To Remake Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes By Hunter Stephenson/March 11, 2008 2:11 pm EST Why not? Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, the minds behind the hit comedy site Ask a Ninja, are set to make their feature film debut with a remake of the lucrative 1978 B-movie spoof Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. They are currently working on the script. Nichols will direct. Both appear to be very fond of the cult classic and arguable pop culture phenomenon....

DNA Films Greenlights New Judge Dredd Movie By David Chen/Dec. 20, 2008 2:02 pm EST According to an announcement on 2000 AD’s message boards (via AICN), DNA films, along with Rebellion and and 2000 AD, have greenlit a new Judge Dredd film. According to the Rebellion’s CEO and Creative Director, “We can’t give away too many details at this point, but we’re looking forward to working with DNA Films to bring Judge Dredd back to the big screen....

ET’s Iron Man 2 Set Visit Footage By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2009 2:00 am EST Entertainment Tonight has posted a 5 minute feature on their visit to the set of Iron Man 2, which features a mix of cast interviews with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau, and a lot of behind the scenes footage. Robert Downey Jr. explains how and why Tony Stark first meets Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) on a race track, while Scarlett and Gwyneth vaguely discuss the love triangle....

First Look: Jim Carrey As Scrooge In A Christmas Carol By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2009 12:13 am EST Update: Filmz.ru just posted a different higher res photo of Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge.MarketSaw has a photo of a promotional poster for Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol, which features a first look at Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge. I took the image into photoshop and realigned the angle for better presentation.The film is being produced by Disney, and like Zemeckis last couple films, was shot completely using performance capture, and will be distributed in 3D....

Friday Box Office: Baby Mama #1, Harold & Kumar #2, Sarah Marshall #3 By Steve Mason/April 26, 2008 1:49 am EST The marijuana-themed R-rated reunion of Kal Penn and John Cho in Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros) meanwhile didn’t “get high” enough to grab the weekend crown. The sequel to the 2004 Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, a video and cable hit, has generated $5.09M Friday, and it is headed for $13....

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince International Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2009 9:50 am EST Warner Bros has released three new international movie posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The first of which was found at MyMovies.it, and features a close-up of Harry’s face. I love how they consolidated the film logo into 3 characters – HP6. Check out the full poster after the jump, as well as two additional international posters....

More Beverly Hills Cop IV Details Emerge By Hunter Stephenson/March 11, 2009 12:38 pm EST Can someone perform a drive-by on this project while blasting Harold Faltermeyer instrumentals? We’ve already seen a 180-spin with Beverly Hills Cop IV, with poolguy Brett Ratner originally playing to the kiddies, then predictably back-pedaling and labeling the film “hard R, brah” followed by a tepid review of the script and its more serious “standard cop movie” tone (Judge Reinhold gets murdered etc)....

New LOST And 24 Television Promos By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 20, 2009 7:49 pm EST Why Do You Find it So Hard To Believe? Tell Him He’s Gonna Have To Die Love Triangle Chance to Change Things The Bomb LOST: Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, leaving 48 passengers alive and stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific. The survivors include a diverse group of people from different walks of life — a doctor, an escaped fugitive, a con man, an Iraqi interrogator, a married Korean couple and a man formerly confined to a wheelchair who is now inexplicably healed....

Paul Newman Dies At Age 83 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2008 1:35 pm EST Oscar-winning film legend Paul Newman has died of cancer at the age of 83. A statement from Newman’s family said: “His death was as private and discreet as the way he had lived his life.” Newman’s filmography included: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Exodus, The Hustler, Torn Curtain, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Towering Inferno, Slap Shot, The Verdict, The Color of Money, The Hudsucker Proxy, Nobody’s Fool, Message in a Bottle, Road to Perdition, and Cars....

Scarlett Johansson To Star In Frank Miller’s The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 16, 2007 10:57 pm EST Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) is in final negotiations to star as the femme fatale in Frank Miller’s (Sin City, 300) big screen adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Johansson has also signed on to star in Mary Queen of Scots and Into You, but who really cares? Johansson will play a dangerous beauty named Silk N....

Spider-Man: Pumpkin Bombs For Sale By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2007 12:33 pm EST I’ve always wanted a pumpkin bomb… The Green Goblin’s trademark destructive pumpkin bombs will make the perfect addition to any Spider-Man fan’s secret weapons cache! Based on the record-breaking Spider-Man 3, these signature explosives measure over 5-inches in diameter and feature a unique light-up design. Limited to 1,000 pieces and sculpted by Gentle Giant, each replica also features a display stand with an individually numbered base, box and certificate of authenticity as well as full care instructions for your new prop replica!...

Stop-Loss Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2007 10:22 am EST MTV has the trailer premiere for Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss. Ryan Phillippe returns to Texas after a tour in Iraq, but when he is ordered to return for another tour of duty, he refuses. The film co-stars Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant and Abbie Cornish. While the America seems to be getting sick of the “Iraq War” series of movies, this one somehow seems more poignant than most....

The Lovely Bones International Trailer: Sadly, No New Footage By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2009 1:33 pm EST I keep looking for something that will sell me on The Lovely Bones. Once upon a time, Peter Jackson’s name would have been enough. It’s not that King Kong changed that, but between the problems with Kong and the fact that the story in this new film doesn’t grab me (based on what I know about it) I’m in a ‘wait and see’ holding pattern....

Video Clips: Assassination Of A High School President By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 25, 2008 6:53 pm EST One of the best films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is the Assassination of a High School President, which I described in my review as “If John Hughes had made Chinatown set in a High School” or “Brick with a sense of humor.” I was just able to score five video clips from the upcoming film....

VOTD: Moon: Space Madness By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2009 11:06 pm EST Jowel Noarn has created a mash-up of the new sci-fi indie film Moon and the animated television series Ren & Stimpy. The result is a Spumco Pictures Classic production of Moon: Space Madness. Watch the video after the jump. via: Chud VOTD: Moon: Space Madness By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2009 11:06 pm EST Jowel Noarn has created a mash-up of the new sci-fi indie film Moon and the animated television series Ren & Stimpy....

VOTD: My Little Pony: The Live-Action Movie By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2009 8:00 pm EST After the success of Transformers, and with Hollywood desperate for ideas Hasbro has hired Michael Bay to direct a big screen adaptation of another popular toy property. “Forget the Fallen… Don’t Go to Joe… Because This Summer… Action Walks on All Fours…” My Little Pony: Reign of Buttercup Sprinkles /Film reader Andy Signore has created a movie trailer spoof that imagines what this big budget Hollywood action film might look like....

100 AnyClip Invites For /Film Readers By Devindra Hardawar/Sept. 21, 2009 11:46 am EST AnyClip, the startup that aims to create a search engine to find “any moment from any film ever made”, is offering up some invites for /Film readers. Check out the instructions after the break to grab one. For more info about the site, along with their TechCrunch 50 demo, check out our previous coverage. 100 AnyClip Invites For /Film Readers...

Christian Bale Says The Dark Knight Sets Stage For Third Batman Movie By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2007 10:59 am EST The Dark Knight star Christian Bale told The Star Ledger that the new Batman film hints at a possible third film. “The script leaves room for a very interesting follow-up, too,” Bale says of the potential for a third film. “I think we could take it somewhere else.” But a third Batman film has always been in the plans....

David Fincher’s Spider-Man That Never Was By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2009 7:05 pm EST In November 1999, Ain’t It Cool News reported that Sony had narrowed their choices for the big screen adaptation of Marvel’s Spider-Man down to four directors: Barry Sonnenfeld, Michael Bay, Chris Columbus and David Fincher. Michael Bay passed on the project saying the script needed work (talk about funny) and it was later reported that Fincher passed because “it wasn’t his thing”....

First Look: Baby Mama By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2007 12:58 am EST Universal has sent us the first photo from the new comedy Baby Mama, which stars Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, and Sigourney Weaver. Writer turned director Michael McCullers’ (Austin Powers 2 and 3) feature film debut tells the story of “two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives.” Yeah, doesnt sound that interesting to me either....