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Darren Aronofsky’s Riverview Towers By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2008 2:30 am EST After The Fountain failed to perform at the box office (likely due to marketability), I was worried that Hollywood might have lost faith in writer/director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream). Good thing that isn’t true, because Aronofsky will prove himself as one of the best filmmakers of our generation, I’m sure of this. Aronofsky is doing post production on The Wrestler, and is set to go into the ring with Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter....

Edgar Wright’s Halloween 08 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2008 9:15 pm EST Do you live in Los Angeles? Are you looking for something fun to do on Halloween night? Edgar Wright is hosting a special Halloween night at the New Beverly Cinema: A double bill of Shaun of the Dead and Wright’s personal Halloween choice film – Riki Oh: The Story of Riki. Wright will also be presenting “a whole mess of handpicked vintage trailers” in addition to, for the first time in the U....

Ellen Wong Is Knives Chau In Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 16, 2009 4:08 pm EST Another bit of Scott Pilgrim vs The World casting was hidden away at the bottom of an Empire magazine article I didn’t read fully enough the first time (and let that be a lesson to me – so excited by my new /Film engagement am I, that I’m still all spiky with adrenalin)....

Everybody’s Having A Date Night With Tina And Steve By Brendon Connelly/April 13, 2009 1:51 pm EST Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Common, Kristen Wiig, Taraji P. Henson and Leighton Meester have all signed up for roles in Shawn Levy’s Date Night. The headline stars, already announced, are Steve Carrell, who I love, and Tina Fey, who most people love and I kind-of-like-a-bit. The films seems set to be some kind of rom-com take on After Hours, or maybe an inverted version of Adventures in Babysitting....

Final WALL-E Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2008 8:44 pm EST The new and final movie trailer for Pixar’s WALL-E has hit the interwebs. It begins much like the international trailer which leaked to the web a few weeks back, but continues on with a ton of new footage, including our first look at what has become of the human race, the inside of the starliner spaceship, and a lot more interaction between EVE and WALL-E (this is a love story after all)....

First Look: Natalie Portman And Jason Schwartzman In Wes Anderson’s Hotel Chevalier By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2007 1:28 pm EST Check out the first photo from Wes Anderson’s 12-minute short film, Hotel Chevalier. Click on the image to enlarge. Apparently the short film stars Natalie Portman and Jason Schwartzman, and acts as a prequel to The Darjeeling Limited. The short was filmed way before Darjeeling started production, and Anderson now plans to release the short attached to Darjeeling next month....

Geek Deal: Pixar’s Up, Cars, And Monsters Inc On Blu-Ray For $36 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2009 11:59 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Got A Few Million Bucks? Buy The Terminator Rights! By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2009 8:12 am EST Little over a month ago we told you that rights for the Terminator franchise were probably going to hit the auction block to pay off debts for the Halcyon Holding Group, which bought the rights in 2007 for $25m. Now that has come to pass. Rights to the series are for sale, and the list of interested bidders is long and, for the most part, not at all surprising....

Huey Lewis And The News’ “Pineapple Express” Hits Web. Nice. By Hunter Stephenson/July 2, 2008 1:32 pm EST Today brings us, “Pineapple Express,” the sooo ’80s and agreeable theme song for Seth Rogen’s pot actioner of the same name by Huey Lewis and the News (Sports, Patrick Bateman’s Walkman). If you thought Huey might try to imitate the Neptunes, please excuse yourself and go bask in I Love the New Millenium, because this track could have been the adulterated b-side to BTTF’s “Back in Time....

Jamie Chung Talks Sucker Punch: “It’s 300 With A Female Cast” By Russ Fischer/Aug. 31, 2009 6:50 pm EST While promoting Sorority Row, actress Jamie Chung has been talking about Zack Snyder’s upcoming film Sucker Punch, in which she is featured alongside Emily Browning, Jenna Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish and supporting players Carla Gugino and Jon Hamm. We know a few things about the film: Browning plays Baby Doll, a girl confined to a mental institution by her stepfather....

John Malkovich Jumps Onto Secreteriat By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2009 7:29 am EST Sadly, this isn’t about a sequel to the 2002 film Secretary. John Malkovich is joining Secretariat, the film directed by Braveheart writer Randall Wallace, about three people whose lives intersected, thanks to the champion horse Secretariat. (One of a few horses to win the Triple Crown of the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes.) If Seabiscuit didn’t have the horseracing moxie you wanted, check out more details on this champ, after the break....

Larry King: Movie Quote Whore By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2007 4:56 am EST Larry King gives even the worst movies glowing reviews. You can usually see his quotes on the most horrible Hollywood movies (Earl Ditman is the go to guy for the b-class). But as it turns out, King doesn’t even believe his own quotes. How’s that for ethics? Studio advertisements for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, King’s name appeared below this quote:...

Mickey Mouse’s 80th Birthday By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 11:35 am EST Happy Birthday to the world’s most famous animated mouse – Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie premiered on November 18th 1928 at the Broadway Theater. Mickey Mouse’s 80th Birthday By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2008 11:35 am EST Happy Birthday to the world’s most famous animated mouse – Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie premiered on November 18th 1928 at the Broadway Theater....

More Alice In Wonderland Character Photos By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2009 4:59 pm EST Planet Disney has posted some new character photos from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which appear to be scanned from a magazine. I have cleaned up the images a bunch, and included the cleaner versions after the jump. The photos include Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice with The White Rabbit....

Mumblecore Parody: The Dirty Garage By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2009 11:40 am EST I’m sure most people probably haven’t seen a film in the Mumblecore genre, nevermind even know that the term exists. According to Wikipedia, Mumblecore is an American independent film movement that arose in the early 2000s," primarily characterized by ultra-low budget production (often employing digital video cameras), focus on personal relationships between twenty-somethings, improvised scripts, and non-professional actors....

New Watchmen Photos Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2008 3:32 pm EST BILLY CRUDUP as Jon Osterman in transformation. Warner Bros sent us high resolution versions of the Watchmen photos which appear in this week’s Entertainment Weekly. Check them out below. As always, click to enlarge! JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN as The Comedian JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN as The Comedian and CARLA GUGINO as the original Silk Spectre PATRICK WILSON as Nite Owl II with MALIN AKERMAN (in the background) as Silk Spectre II...

New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Hurt Locker Is Tops By Russ Fischer/Dec. 14, 2009 1:00 pm EST The Golden Globes nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, and those always get a lot of press, but this is an interesting set of choices that should change some of the Oscar odds. I love seeing Steve McQueen and Hunger lauded in the First Feature category, though I don’t like seeing A Simple Man miss the list altogether....

Release Date Changes: The Road, The Soloist, Defiance, Sherlock Holmes And The Orphan By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2008 3:06 am EST Paramount has made a surprise decision to move the Robert Downey Jr / Jamie Foxx film The Soloist back to March 13th 2009. The film was originally scheduled to hit theater in late November, just in time for Award consideration. Paramount was pressured by Viacom to cut costs for the fourth quarter of 2008, and The Soloist was cut....

Rob Zombie Posts First Official Image Of Mike’s H2 Shatner-Face By Brendon Connelly/April 11, 2009 12:26 pm EST Rob Zombie is now through with his principal photography on H2 (a prequel to H20 and sequel to… er… H, non?) and is up to his beard in post production. Between now and the film’s release on August 28th, I dare say we’ll be seeing a lot more controversial material from the set and playing host to a lot more heated debate....

SeaWorld Orlando Announces Polar Express Ride By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2007 12:58 am EST While Disney is adding a few new Pixar Attractions, The Simpson’s Ride is being readied at Universal, SeaWorld Orlando has announced that they will feature a ride based on Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express. Warner Bros. Pictures and Iwerks Entertainment are reprogramming the theme park’s Wild Arctic simulator ride, and transforming it into a simulated train ride to “Santa Town” for the holiday season....