Kristen Bell Stars In Mnemovore Demo Reel By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2007 10:06 pm EST Mnemovore creator Hans Rodionoff had a treat for fans attending the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland this weekend, as he unveiled 10 minutes of footage from a proposed big screen adaptation of his six-issue comic book series. But it wasn’t a low budget effort, the short reel featured Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Heroes) in the lead role....
Legendary Could Help Universal Make ‘Jurassic Park IV’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 29, 2013 5:00 pm EST As Legendary Pictures settles into their new deal with Universal Pictures, CEO Thomas Tull & co. have begun to figure out which projects they can help finance. First up will be Dracula, directed by Gary Shore, starring Luke Evans and Dominic Cooper. That movie is out August 8, 2014. After that, they are interesting in helping with Colin Trevorrow’s 2015 sequel, Jurassic Park IV....
New ‘Iron Man 3’ Still Shows A Badly Damaged Tony Stark By Angie Han/Dec. 19, 2012 7:08 pm EST Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has been through some pretty rough stuff during his tenure as Iron Man, but he’s always managed to pull through with his trademark wit and charm. The marketing materials for Iron Man 3, however, suggest that even he may find he has his limits. A new high-res image shows the titular hero looking not just bloodied and battered, but emotionally defeated as well....
Page 2: Close Encounters, Incredibles, Big Trouble, Monsters Inc, Star Wars, Inglourious Basterds, Charlie Brown, Hellraiser, Adventure Time, Wreck-It Ralph, Doctor Who, Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2013 8:00 am EST Header Photo: In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, R2-D2 can be seen hanging from the bottom of the ship. Charlie Chaplin 2.0: how a mobile app taught teens the lost art of silent cinema23 Reasons Why Roger Deakins Should Win An Oscar For Skyfall...
Page 2: MST3K, BTTF, PotA, Princess Bride, Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Pacific Rim, HttyD, Steven Spielberg By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2014 3:00 pm EST Header Photo: 3D Print A Pair Of MST3K Glasses Boom and Bust: 10 Best Michael Bay Explosions ‘Transformers 4?: Why the Box Office Smash is a Turning Point in China Hot Wheels to the Future t-shirt What ‘Transformers 4’s Huge China Opening Means for Hollywood New Study Says Binge-Watching TV Might Kill You, No Matter How Healthy You Are...
Page 2: Star Wars, BTTF, Transformers, Christmas Story, Pacific Rim, Toy Story, Big Lebowski By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Bad AT-AT! No Treat For You! 12 Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’How copyright law gave us Star Wars Acoustic Guitar Cover of the Back to the Future Theme Song Is ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ too hard on ‘Mary Poppins’ creator? Saving Mr....
Rumor: Rory Kinnear Offered Role As Twelfth ‘Doctor Who’ By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2013 9:20 am EST There’s been a lot of talk about Doctor Who in the past week. The eleventh actor to play the title role, Matt Smith, announced that he would be leaving the show after this year’s upcoming Christmas Special. Smith is the third actor to play the Doctor since the show was revived by the BBC in 2005....
Sebastian Stan Has A Nine-Film Marvel Deal By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2014 5:00 am EST At this point, there’s every reason to expect that an actor with a major Marvel movie role will have signed a six-film deal. So this week’s revelation from Sebastian Stan of a nine-picture deal isn’t a huge surprise, despite the fact that it tops even Samuel L. Jackson’s epic deal. (As far as we know. Other cast members might have similar contracts....
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A MillIon Ways To Die In The West’ Set For Summer 2014; Full Cast Revealed By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2013 11:45 am EST Seth MacFarlane’s comedic western A Million Ways To Die In The West will hit theaters on May 30, 2014. It’s the story of a wimpy farmer who loses his wife, learns courage from a mysterious outsider, and then must defend his honor. It will star MacFarlane in the lead role, along with Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman, Giovanni Ribisi and Neil Patrick Harris....
Spike Lee’s List Of Films Every Filmmaker Should See By Germain Lussier/July 26, 2013 12:45 pm EST Spike Lee has been in the news quite a bit recently. He’s got Oldboy, arguably his biggest movie ever, coming out soon, and just began a Kickstarter for his follow-up that will be “about blood and sex.” Being that he’s currently in the public eye, the director of such classics as Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X and Clockers is using the spotlight to educate fellow filmmakers....
The ‘Sinister 2’ Director Is ‘Citadel’ Filmmaker Ciaran Foy By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2014 6:24 pm EST Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill wrote Sinister, which starred Ethan Hawke as a writer who taps into an unusual cycle of violence, and Derrickson directed. We’ve known that a sequel is in the works, with the two again handling script duties. Now a director has been named: Ciaran Foy, who made his feature debut with the film Citadel, will be the Sinister 2 director....
This Week In Trailers: The Ghastly Love Of Johnny X, Incendiary, Faith In The Big House, Sing Your Song, Lobos De Arga (Game Of Werewolves) By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 17, 2012 4:00 pm EST When it comes to homage, I haven’t seen anything like it. Director Paul Bunnell has taken a long time to get back into directing seat. His last effort was almost two decades ago, That Little Monster, and it’s a shame because I don’t think I could get my fill of movies that have such a pronounced style....
By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2014 3:00 pm EST One of the most memorable things about Toad in the first X-Men film might be that he was on the receiving end of the film’s most unintentionally funny line. But the character, which dates back to the very earliest issues of the X-Men comic series, will get another chance on screen in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. While Ray Park played him in the original film, this time we’ll see a younger Toad, played by Evan Jonigkeit....
Video: Meet The New IMAX 3D Digital Camera Used In ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ By Germain Lussier/June 13, 2014 9:30 am EST Not only will Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction reintroduce the world to Optimus Prime and his pals, it’s the first film ever shot with a brand new camera. Bay used the IMAX 3D Digital Camera, a compact, fully-integrated dual 65mm 4K digital large-format 3D tool that allowed the director to capture massive IMAX images in native 3D....
VOTD: Back To The Future’s Enchantment Under The Sea Dance, In Real Time, Split Screened By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2010 7:00 am EST Earlier this week, we posted a video which used split sceens to compare the final scene from Back to the Future with the reshot sequence from the beginning of Back to the Future Part II. /Film reader Anthony L reminded me of another Back to the Future video comparison that was posted four years back (but for some reason or other, we never featured on /Film)....
VOTD: Max Landis Rants On ‘Man Of Steel,’ Superman, And The Decline Of Superhero Movies By Germain Lussier/June 25, 2013 4:00 pm EST When you’re a successful, in-demand screenwriter, you can just get on YouTube and rant. Max Landis, writer of one of the better superhero movies in the past few years (Chronicle) and director of a Superman fan film, did just that after seeing Man of Steel. Landis has a true passion for the Superman character, and has some very choice words for the filmmakers behind not only this film, but other superhero movies in general....
VOTD: The Visual Comedy Of Edgar Wright By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2014 6:00 am EST Who doesn’t love a good video essay, especially when it’s timely and eye-opening? Enter Tony Zhou, who ade an 8-minute video called “Edgar Wright – How To Do Visual Comedy.” The thesis here is basically that most mainstream comedy is directed in a very lazy way. There are close-ups of people talking, recognizable landmarks, pop music playing, and other such staple elements....
Will Smith Attached To Sci-Fi ‘Groundhog Day’ Film, ‘Selling Time’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2013 2:30 pm EST The Wrap broke the new of Smith’s attachment. They say the actor does not “have an official deal in place but he is in the process of coming aboard.” The situation is also described as “sensitive,” whatever that means. What that probably means is Smith wants to do the film if he can take major control over it....
Zhang Yimou In Talks To Direct ‘Quasimodo’ With Josh Brolin By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2013 7:00 pm EST Briefly: Warner Bros. has been developing Quasimodo for a while, with Josh Brolin attached to star and produce. The idea, as the title implies, is to present a new vision of the title character drawn from Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. We don’t know who Brolin would play, or what direction the story is taking....
‘A Royal Affair’ Director Nikolaj Arcel To Helm Remake Of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ By Angie Han/March 22, 2013 2:30 pm EST Remakes can be tricky propositions under the best of circumstances. When the property in question is a former Academy Award winner or a beloved classic by a revered auteur — in other words, something that’s still held in very high esteem by plenty of people — the project gets even tougher to pull off without inspiring mass grumbling....
