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By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2009 12:00 am EST Sex and the City writer Jenny Lind is to script, and the project sounds like it will reinforce the fictions about Barnum (think the erroneously attributed ’there’s a sucker born every minute’ persona) rather than really exploring his actual character. Someone with only a passing interest or familiarity in musicals might think that’s just right for the mode. But the great thing about a musical done right is that songs and staging can cut right to the center of character, so this doesn’t have to be just a showy gloss on an American icon....

Free Advance Screenings Of 500 Days Of Summer By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2009 2:53 pm EST Searchlight is holding screenings in New Orleans, Memphis, Denver, Houston, Austin, Kansas City, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Seattle, San Antonio, Minneapolis and Chicago. Head on over to FoxSearchlight.com to RSVP. And remember, an RSVP is not as good as a normal ticket. You need to show up early to ensure you get in.

Free Movies: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Is On Hulu By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2009 11:37 am EST Free is the best way to see some movies. Take the Coppola-directed Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film was a disappointment on many levels — it is miscast, skewed quite far from the book (contrary to the title) and oddly stagebound. And yet it has a few bright shining ideas and performances, and some killer production design....

Geek Deal: Troy Blu-Ray For $9.99 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2010 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Hear The First Song From The Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2009 11:35 am EST The first track from the soundtrack to Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are is available for streaming at MySpace. The song is credited to Karen O and the Kids, and in this case the name is quite literal. Karen O, from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, worked on the music with a host of different artists, but this track features a raw childrens choir as one of the primary ‘voices’....

I Come With The Rain Photos And Promo Reel By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2008 2:49 am EST Our contributing photo scooper Christopher M has found a new batch of stills from Anh Hung Tran’s I Come With The Rain. The film stars Josh Hartnett as an ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye who travels to Hong Kong in search of the missing son of a chinese billionaire. We have also included the a five minute promo reel for the film after the jump....

Inception Teaser Trailer Will Be Inglourious On Avatar Day By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2009 2:19 pm EST According to Warner Bros’ exhibitor website, the first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception will play in front of some screenings of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, beginning on August 21st. Nolan has a history of releasing very short teaser trailers, that don’t reveal much. Some might remember the teaser trailer for The Dark Knight, which was released in July two years ago, which featured not much more than the Batman logo flying at the camera with voiceover....

International Despicable Me Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2010 1:51 am EST The last teaser trailer for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming computer animated film Despicable Me had a lot of people scratching their heads. Who are these little yellow guys with glasses, gloves and blue overalls, and what do they have to do with a film about an evil villain who is plotting to steal the moon? One of the many things I learned during my visit to Illumination Entertainment’s Santa Monica-based offices is that the moo cow trailer was originally supposed to be the initial teaser trailer, which might have made a lot more sense....

John Wayne Leads List Of 10 Best Final Performances In Acting History By Steve Mason/Jan. 13, 2009 6:55 am EST The difficult decision that athletes and actors have in common is when to quit. In baseball, Hall of Famer Willie Mayes lumbered through the outfield for the Mets at Shea Stadium well past his prime, and there was something sad at about watching legendary lefty Steve Carlton as a long reliever for the Minnesota Twins....

John Williams Scoring Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn By Devindra Hardawar/Feb. 20, 2009 10:16 am EST Not that this is any great surprise, but word comes from Upcoming Film Scores that frequent Steven Spielberg collaborator John Williams will be doing the score for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. Confirmation comes from Williams’ agent. I’m not sure if this implies that he’ll be doing the score for the other two films in the trilogy, although I suppose for consistency that makes the most sense....

Justin Theroux To Write Iron Man 2? By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2008 12:32 am EST Tropic Thunder screenwriter Justin Theroux is currently negotiating with Marvel Studios to pen the screenplay for Iron Man 2. The Hollywood Reporter also confirms that Jon Favreau is also in final negotiations to return for the sequel. Nikki Finke reported that it was pretty much a done deal last week. I have yet to see Tropic Thunder, but I’ve have heard it’s hilarious....

Laika Animation In Limbo While Coraline Box Office Is Awaited By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 6, 2009 10:03 am EST Today’s the day that the lucky people of America get Henry Selick’s Coraline in their cinemas, in both 2D and 3D flavours. Tomorrow is the day we all get to know how well it is doing. And that’s a big question, even bigger than usual, because not only is Coraline the very first feature film from Laika productions, the entire studio has been placed into… erm… suspended animation while their financial situation is assessed....

Live Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot!? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2008 5:54 pm EST A couple months ago, mention of a live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature film was posted on the Playmate toys website, only to be quickly removed hours later. Fans wrote it off as a mistake, but as it turns out – it is true. Kevin Eastman, the co-creator of the Turtle franchise posted the following on the Heavy Metal forum:...

Lord Of The Rings Fan Film The Hunt For Gollum Now Online By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2009 5:05 pm EST A couple months ago we posted a trailer for a Lord of the Rings fan film titled The Hunt For Gollum. The full 38-minute film has premiered online and is available for free. Over the weekend we were bombarded with e-mails from Ringers telling us to post about it. The story was adapted from elements of the appendices of The Lord of the Rings....

Michel Gondry’s Motorola Advertisement By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2007 12:27 pm EST When Michel Gondry isn’t directing crazy movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Be Kind Rewind, The Science of Sleep, or trying to solve a rubix cube with his feet or making things de-blend on YouTube, or making music videos, than he is making television advertisements (check out his previous HP ad here). FilmIck posted his newest last week, and advertisement for Motorola called “Experience....

Movie Trailer: RoboGeisha By Hunter Stephenson/July 1, 2009 9:00 pm EST So, this trailer for RoboGeisha is NSFW, upper-level ridiculous, and almost necessitates a /Film After Dark sister-site. We should tell you now that it features fake skyscraper blood, pervy voiceover, and entertaining death by: tempura shrimp, “futuristic” lactating, and bootie swords. And lots of tawdry geisha action with carnage on top. Due for international release this fall, the film is the exploitative brainchild of Noboru Iguchiand Yoshihiro Nishimura, the sadistic director and special effects madman who brought the world Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police....

Must Watch: Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2007 11:41 am EST Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the best directors of this generation. His filmography includes Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love. His adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil comes five years after his last big screen effort. The Will Be Blood is the story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business....

New Photo: Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2007 3:18 pm EST I have comed across what appears to be another new photo from Spike Jonze’s big screen adaptation of of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s fantasy book Where the Wild Things Are. The previously released photo can be seen right. Click to enlarge. The story follows Max, a mischievous little boy, who creates his own world – a forest in habited by fabulous wild creatures who crown Max as their ruler....

Oscar-Winning Writer Hired For Martin Luther King Biopic By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2010 10:58 am EST Last May we heard that DreamWorks had picked up the rights to create an official biopic of Dr. Martin Luther King, with Steven Spielberg producing. At the time there was no other talent involved. Now, just a day or two late to make the announcement resonate perfectly with Monday’s MLK holiday, the studio has announced a screenwriter: Ronald Harwood, who won an Oscar for The Pianist....

Paul Blart: Mall Cop Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2008 2:33 pm EST For the ten remaining people who still think Kevin James is funny, we bring you the trailer for his new comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Basically, it’s a comic version of Die Hard in a Mall (Kevin Smith should sue) meets the silliness of the Home Alone sequels. James plays a disrespected segway-riding mall security officer who attempts to thwart a criminal’s plan to rob the entire mall overnight....