Cool Stuff: Avatar And TRON Legacy Desktop Wallpaper By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 17, 2009 2:00 pm EST It seems like the new Tron Legacy VFX test teaser trailer has inspired a couple different artist pros from around the world. Last week we featured a kick-ass fan created poster by James White. As for Avatar Day, the online ticketing process was a complete mess, consisting mostly of server error pages and frustrated sci-fi fans....
Cool Stuff: Rise Of The Zombies T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 15, 2009 12:43 am EST Today’s edition of Cool Stuff features a Zombie parody t-shirt of the famous WWII photo with the soldiers raising the flag. Designed by Charas Power for TeeFury, the shirt will only be available until midnight. The good news is that it is quite affordable, at the low price of $9 plus shipping. Grab it while it’s available....
By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2009 6:00 am EST You might remember this Total Recall inspired portraits of Arnold Schwarzenegger from the second annual Crazy4Cult art show. Los Angeles based artist Jeff Ramirez created the four separate oil paintings, titled “Verzweiflung”, “Geschmerzt”, “Kampf”, and “Entsetzt”, on 5x7 boards. Gallery 1988 is now offering the art as a limited edition giclee printings are printed on 10 1/4 x 13 2/3 inch archival paper....
Darren Aronofsky To Direct The Wrestler By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2007 10:46 am EST Last week we told you that Nicolas Cage was in talks to star in Robert Siegel’s The Wrestler, which is in development at Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures. ComingSoon is now reporting that Aronofsky is actually going to direct this film, which is targeted for a January 2008 start. I had actually heard that Aronofsky’s The Fighter is scheduled to go into production early next year....
Disney Shareholders Meet The Mad Hatter, Get A Preview Of Toy Story 3 By Brendon Connelly/March 11, 2009 1:56 pm EST The Walt Disney Company’s Annual General Meeting took place on Tuesday, and while there isn’t a whole lot of reportage – these Disney shareholders can be tight lipped and, of course, the board members don’t want to rip back the curtain – what there is is scintillating. The Carpetbagger has details of two key reveals: the look of Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, and the first footage from Toy Story 3....
Fantastic Four 2 Earns Dreaded PG Rating By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2007 1:03 am EST We’ve actually become moderately excited to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Like most other self respecting comic book geeks, we hated the first film. But somehow the action sequences from the trailers and tv spots sucked us in for the sequel. We believed there might be a slight chance of it being good (although in the back of our minds we are expecting the worst)....
First Look: Hugh Jackman In X-Men Origins: Wolverine By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2008 9:06 pm EST source: USAToday
First Look: Prince Caspian’s Wer-Wolf By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 13, 2008 6:41 pm EST The MTV Blog has gotten its paws on this exclusive figurine pic of the character Wer-Wolf from May’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The character is “a half-human/half-wolf hybrid that operates 24/7, regardless of full moon.” This thing reminds me of some beastly creation from Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a lycanthrope wearing such a pronounced cape....
By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 2:14 pm EST plans for the upcoming Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego, CA on July 26-29. The initiatives planned will include signings and giveaways 9/07), 28 Days Later: The Aftermath, and The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning; an online sweepstakes to win the 1969 Ford Mustang from the film Death Sentence (8/31), starring Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, and Kelly booth where fans enter to win a Fender Stratocaster guitar signed by the...
Full Voice Cast Announced For Zack Snyder’s Guardians Of Ga’Hoole By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2009 1:27 pm EST We’ve been hearing rumors for the last year, but Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures have finally begun to confirm some of the voice cast of Zack Snyder’s animated adaptation of the popular children’s book series Guardians of Ga’Hoole. Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham will lead the voice cast of Animal Logic’s 3D animated feature, which will also feature the voices of Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Jay Laga’aia, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren and Jim Sturgess....
Geek Deal: Fight Club And Boondock Saints On Blu-Ray For $23 Total By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2009 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Geek Deal: Freaks And Geeks Complete Series DVD Box Set For $37 By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2009 10:41 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The box set features: The complete series – all 18 episodes on 6 DVDs, including the director’s cut of the pilot, with never-before-seen footage. Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes. 29 audio commentaries by the actors, writers, directors, network executives, parents of cast members and obsessive fans....
He’s Just Not That Into You Movie Trailer, Poster And Photos By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 26, 2008 12:31 pm EST New Line has released a new movie trailer, poster, and a bunch of new production photos for Ken Kwapis’ big screen adaptation of He’s Just Not That Into You. The film has a wonderful cast: Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Ben Affleck, Kevin Connolly (Entourage) (notice how I excluded Jennifer Aniston even though she’s clearly one of the leads?...
Inside Judd Apatow’s Office By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2009 2:07 pm EST The New York Times offers us a look into the office of Knocked Up and 40-Year-Old-Virgin director Judd Apatow. On the wall he has a photo of himself from twenty years ago, standing next to fellow aspiring stand-up comics David Spade, Allen Covert and Adam Sandler. And on a shelf is a painting that “Seth Rogen made for him for some reason....
JJ Abrams Has “Pretty Cool Idea” For Cloverfield Sequel/Spin-Off By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2009 12:08 pm EST During the Star Trek panel at WonderCon, JJ Abrams was asked to give a status update on a sequel to Cloverfield. I’m not going to pretend like some big news was dropped, as Abrams basically said what he always says. He reiterated that if they do a sequel, it won’t just be a business decision, and that they need a good idea before moving forward....
Masi Oka Creates Massively Multiplayer Movie The Defenders By Russ Fischer/June 8, 2009 8:00 am EST Masi Oka, Heroes star and big World of Warcraft fan, has come up with a story called The Defenders, about gamers who have to become real-world heroes, and Dreamworks has bought it. The project will be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, and DJ Caruso is in talks to direct. (He last directed the Kurtzman/Orci produced Eagle Eye....
Nowhere Boy Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2009 12:41 pm EST What to make of a John Lennon biopic featuring actors that look nothing like Lennon and Paul McCartney and shies away from actual Beatles songs? Actually, that sounds like an interesting idea; I’d rather be sold on a character based on performance, not the fact that the actor looks just like the real person, and if I’m going to watch the formative story behind a major artist I don’t need to be reminded constantly of the person they became after the film ends....
Shawn Levy Gives Up More Details About His Robot Boxing Movie Real Steel By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2009 7:16 am EST Back in September we heard that Night at the Museum and Date Night director Shawn Levy might be doing a movie called Real Steel, which depicts a world in which people get their kicks watching robots beat the hell out of each other. Then we heard that Hugh Jackman was the frontrunner as the lead role....
VOTD: The Slumdog Price Is Right By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2009 11:05 pm EST Come on down… to India! What if Slumdog Millionaire didn’t get the rights to the game show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? College Humor’s The Slumdog Price is Right shows what Danny Boyle’s Academy Award-winning film would’ve been like if the price was wrong. VOTD: The Slumdog Price Is Right By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2009 11:05 pm EST...
Vultures Begin To Circle Over MGM As Auction And Bankruptcy Talk Flares Up Once More By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2009 11:00 pm EST Seven weeks ago we told you that the weight of nearly four billion in debt was threatening to crush MGM, and that the studio’s assets could be auctioned off to make as much money for creditors as possible. A week after that MGM got a reprieve — the studio would be free from interest payments on that loan until the end of November....
