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Stephen Daldry To Adapt Jonathan Safran Foer’s Novel Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close By Russ Fischer/April 1, 2010 12:34 pm EST The fiction of Jonathan Safran Foer represents a very specific way of looking at the world, and celebrate the ways in which language works and fails. Foer is extremely skilled at creating images that are both fantastic and genuine; his prose can generate such an impression of seeing things unfold that they seem like natural raw material for film adaptations....

Sundance: Black Snake Moan Movie Review By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2007 6:02 am EST “God seemed fit to put you in my path and I’m gonna cure you of your wickedness.” The Sundance Film Festival runs 10-days. The first weekend is usually a madhouse, but when Wednesday comes around – everyone starts to become a walking zombie. Living off 3 hours of sleep a night can only get you so far....

The Signal Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2007 12:50 pm EST One of the films we liked at Sundance 2007 was The Signal. In our review we called it “hilariously violent.” Magnolia picked the movie up at the fest, and now you finally get to see what we were talking about. [youtube]j-5uDWYLJw4[/youtube] Plot Synopsis (from our review): In the city of Termius, a mysterious signal is being sent through all electronic devices: phones, televisions, radios…etc....

Warner Bros Developing Gilligan’s Island Movie By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2010 10:51 pm EST In late-2008, we told you that Sherwood Schwartz and his son Lloyd Schwartz had signed a deal to bring Gilligan’s Island to the big screen.But we haven’t really heard anything about the big screen adaptation for over a year, until now. Variety reports that Warner Bros is developing the feature film with Atlas Entertainment. Charles Roven and Richard Suckle are on board to produce, and screenwriter Brad Copeland has been hired to write the screenplay....

Will We Get A New Tron Legacy Movie Trailer For Christmas? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2009 10:00 pm EST I had heard previously that Disney was not planning to release a trailer for Tron: Legacy this Holiday season, which seemed odd considering Avatar, the biggest 3D film release to date, also a sci-fi movie, would be a perfect film to attach a teaser (even if it was a more polished version of the Comic Con test footage in 3D)....

William Shatner Comments On The New Enterprise By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2008 1:20 am EST In today’s VOTD, we featured a funny video of classic-era Captain Kirk’s response to the new Star Trek movie trailer. But what about the real William Shatner? What does he think? He posted a new video on YouTube praising director JJ Abrams’ new design of the USS Enterprise. Watch that video after the jump. William Shatner Comments On The New Enterprise...

‘77 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2009 12:55 pm EST Before Fanboys was ever announced, there was another Star Wars-themed project in the works, an indie coming of age drama titled 5-25-77 from Patrick Read Johnson (director of Angus, writer of Dragonheart). Many geeks will reccognize that date as the day that Star Wars was released in theaters. The movie went into production in 2004, and has sat in post production for nearly five years....

3D Roundup: Venice Announces Contenders For 3D Prize, Underworld 4 To Be 3D, Avatar Day Details And More… By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 10, 2009 5:39 am EST The Venice film festival are taking 3D suitably seriously, it would seem with the announcement of a new prize for the best 3D picture of the year. Variety name nine films as eligible, two of which will be playing at the festival: Up and The Hole, which receives its world premiere in Venice....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Meets With Christian Bale. Yep, More Terminator: Salvation Rumors. By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 10, 2008 1:24 pm EST A batch of new photos have popped up at Zimbio showing Christian Bale and his wife chatting with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife. If you run your mouse over the image, you can hear imagined bits of the conversation, or you can watch the meet-up from a distance on YouTube. I’ve also included a close-up of Arnold’s hand....

Ben Affleck’s Arizona By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2008 1:17 am EST Actor turned filmmaker Ben Affleck is in talks to direct Arizona for Miramax. The fact-based drama is about the 1976 car bomb death of Don Bolles, a reporter who was investigating the Mob’s infiltration of the Arizona state government. The incident sparked an investigation called The Arizona Project, headed up by the Investigative Reporters and Editors, a group Bolles co-founded....

Comic-Con: Battlestar Galactica ‘The Plan’ And Caprica Q&A By Devindra Hardawar/July 24, 2009 8:50 pm EST This morning Battlestar Galactica producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore gathered with several cast members and writer Jane Espenson to discuss the upcoming BSG film, The Plan, and the new TV series Caprica. Edward James Olmos, who directed The Plan, was on hand, and he was also joined by Esai Morales and Grace Park....

Conan O’Brien Puts Tonight Show For Sale On Craigslist, Beats Jay Leno In Thursday Ratings By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2010 1:00 pm EST So the late night wars continue and on Thursday night Conan O’Brien dedicated a segment to putting The Tonight Show for sale on Craigslist. The ad is actually online, and can be found under the for sale/wanted > collectibles category in Los Angeles. Titled “4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW,” Conan’s looking for the best offer, but is also “willing to trade for Coldplay tickets....

Contest: Roving Mars On DVD By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2007 12:32 am EST Roving Mars hit DVD store shelves on July 31st, and we have a copy for FIVE lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On August 9th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Comic Con Hotel Keys By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2008 12:03 pm EST Just checked in to my hotel and San Diego and was handed a hotel key with the Watchmen logo on it. Turns out, this is just one of eight comic con branded hotel keys which are available at participating Comic Con hotels. The keys include Watchmen, Terminator Salvation, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Chuck, Wonder Woman, Fringe, The Big Bang Theory and Batman: The Brave and the Bold....

David Hackl To Direct SAW 5 And SAW 6 By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2007 10:13 am EST Okay, so we knew that SAW 5 was being prepped for a possible Halloween 2009 release. But like the last few releases, we thought that all depended on the success of the current release (ie the studio gives the official greenlight after the opening weekend). Apparently not. Lionsgate has already signed a director for both SAW 5 and SAW 6....

Facebook Movie Is An Adaptation Of The Accidental Billionaires By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2009 11:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Some might recognize Mezrich as the author of the bestselling book Bringing Down the House, which was adapted for the screen under the title 21. And those of you who read the story from yesterday might recall that Kevin Spacey is producing this new Facebook movie with Scott Rudin....

Greg Mottola And Bill Hader Working On Vigilante Parody By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2008 3:27 pm EST Greg Mottola’s Adventureland is scheduled to hit theaters later this Summer, but everyone is wondering what the SuperBad director might be doing next. Mottola revealed at a Tribeca Film Festival sponsored Apple Store event that he’s writing a script with Bill Hader (who played a cop in SuperBad and is the owner of the amusement park in Adventureland)....

Guy Ritchie To Direct Lobo By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2009 12:29 pm EST Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch) has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of the DC Comics series Lobo for Warner Bros. Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Rona will produce. The character first appeared in June 1983, created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, Lobo was an alien who works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter....

Hasbro Announces Cloverfield Monster Figure By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 21, 2008 5:06 pm EST Hasbro has opened up pre-sale orders online for a 14" Cloverfield monster figure that includes two interchangeable heads (calm and agitated), 10 parasites, one Statue of Liberty head and hours upon hours of fighting off dust-mites. Obviously, an extremely jelz Godzilla is subbing in above because no images have been released by the company, but other details include “70 points of articulation,” “incredible life-like detail” and “authentic sound....

I Am 7-Minute Dark Knight IMAX Prologue? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 15, 2007 5:06 pm EST Are you itching to see some footage from The Dark Knight? Omelete is reporting that Warner Bros plans to release a 7-minute prologue to The Dark Knight in front of the IMAX screenings of I Am Legend on December 14th. The footage will apparently feature Heath Ledger as The Joker. But remember, the 7-minute prologue will only be attached to the IMAX version (which I’m assuming is a cross promotion since Dark Knight will also premiere on the huge IMAX screen)....