Cool Stuff: Threadless’ ‘Iron Man’ T-Shirt Collection By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2013 11:30 am EST Threadless has teamed again with Disney to produce a new line of t-shirts based on the winning submissions of an art contest. This time around the subject isn’t Disney villains, Toy Story or The Muppets, its another Marvel property — Iron Man. The 23 winning t-shirts are n ow on sale on the Threadless website. See them below....
Exclusive: Jason Edmiston’s Face-Melting ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ Paintings For Crazy 4 Cult New York By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2013 10:00 am EST Next week, New York gets a taste of Los Angeles as Gallery 1988 brings their signature event, Crazy 4 Cult, back to the Big Apple. The show opens December 13 and while we’ll have much more on the event in the upcoming days, two pieces in particular deserve to be called out....
First Look: Kristin Chenoweth As Maleficent In ‘Descendants’ By Germain Lussier/July 1, 2014 12:30 pm EST Disney’s Maleficent film starring Angelina Jolie just crossed $200 million domestic this weekend, which bodes well for the upcoming Disney Channel film Descendants. Directed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical), it’s the story of multiple popular Disney villains, such as Maleficent, and how their kids struggle with their evil parents. We recently got a look at the kids of Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, the Evil Queen from Snow White, Jafar from Aladdin and Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians....
George Clooney In Talks For Brad Bird’s Mysterious Sci-Fi Project ‘1952’ By Angie Han/Nov. 9, 2012 5:30 pm EST After gallivanting about outer space in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, George Clooney will (possibly) see outer space coming to him in Brad Bird’s 1952. The star has just entered negotiations for the sci-fi tentpole, which is set up at Disney. The script comes from Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, and has drawn comparisons to Close Encounters of the Third Kind....
James Cameron Says ‘Battle Angel’ Will Come After ‘Avatar 3;’ Hollywood Is Overusing 3D By Germain Lussier/July 8, 2013 10:45 am EST James Cameron is a broken record when it comes to talking about adapting Yukito Kishiro’s manga Battle Angel Alita. He’s been talking about the film since before 2007 but then went off and made a few billion dollars with Avatar. That meant Battle Angel was put on the back burner....
Joaquin Phoenix Stares Down Josh Brolin In Official ‘Inherent Vice’ Image By Russ Fischer/Aug. 16, 2014 2:59 pm EST This year we’ll get to see the first feature adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, which is amazing. The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which is even better. Now we’ve got a full-size version of the first official still from Inherent Vice. The image shows Joaquin Phoenix as burnout “detective” Doc Sportello, as he has a moment with hard-ass cop “Bigfoot” Bjornson, played by Josh Brolin....
Michael Giacchino Returns To Score ‘Ratatouille’ Ride By Germain Lussier/Feb. 12, 2014 8:00 am EST Briefly: Michael Giacchino just can’t quit the world of Brad Bird. The Oscar-winning composer has written the music for every Bird film except The Iron Giant, up to and including his upcoming film Tomorrowland. Among those is the similarly Oscar-winning film Ratatouille, which is getting a theme park ride at Disneyland Paris later this year. The ride is called Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy (or, “The Totally Zany Adventures of Remy) and will feature music by none other than, you guess it, Michael Giacchino!...
By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2011 9:00 am EST One of the more overlooked films at awards time during late 2010 and early 2011 was Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give. Meanwhile, Nanette Burstein, who had already made American Teen and The Kid Stays in the Picture, moved into the world of the romcom last year with the Drew Barrymore picture Going the Distance. Now the two are teaming up, as Nicole Holofcener has written the screenplay for a remake of the French film Notre univers impitoyable, and Nanette Burnstein will direct the a film based on the script, called Unforgiving World....
New Spider-Man 3 Featurette: Harry’s New Glider By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2007 4:09 pm EST IGN has an exclusive Spider-Man 3 featurette about Harry Osbourn’s new glider. Propmaster Doug Harlocker gives a close-up look at the prop and the concept art involved. We also get a look at how they shot some of the sequences on a fluid head gimbal in-front of a blue screen. Pretty cool stuff. Check it out now at IGN....
Next ‘Pirates’ Movie Is Called ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2013 1:45 pm EST Briefly: Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnny Depp are prepping the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, with Kon Tiki directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg taking the helm. Jeff Nathanson is scripting, and while we don’t know any story details at this point, now we’ve got a title. The series will finally get around to using a classic pirate phrase, as the film is reportedly titled Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales....
Page 2: Roger Deakins, Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, Lion King, Star Trek, RoboCop, Up, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2014 1:00 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....
Poor Things: Borat’s Brother Makes Movies By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 10:57 pm EST No, we’re not talking about the long speculated Borat sequel. Ash Baron Cohen is making a movie. That’s right, Sacha Baron Cohen’s brother. Ash Baron Cohen has actually been directing films since 1995. His previous efforts include Bang, Pups (which starred Micha Barton and Burt Reynolds), and This Girl’s Life (James Wood, Kip Pardue, Rosario Dawson, Michael Rapaport)....
Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone, And Martin Short Board ‘Inherent Vice’ By Angie Han/May 16, 2013 7:00 am EST Paul Thomas Anderson has a habit of getting his stars Oscar nominations, so it’s no wonder he’s got some big names interested in his next project Inherent Vice. Reese Witherspoon has just boarded the Thomas Pynchon adaptation, joining Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson, and Benicio Del Toro. Jena Malone and Martin Short round out the cast....
Sequel Bits: Chris Pratt Talks ‘Jurassic World’ Details; Plus ‘Mechanic 2’ And ‘Transporter 4’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 7, 2014 9:30 am EST The one person more excited than fans for Colin Trevorrow’s sequel Jurassic World is Chris Pratt. The Lego Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy star has been confirmed as one of the film’s leads and, in a new interview, he talks about how the film ties into the original three, and some specifics of his character....
Superhero Bits: Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Thor: The Dark World, Spider-Man, Iron Man 3, Stan Lee, Wonder Woman By Germain Lussier/Aug. 21, 2013 5:30 pm EST Want to see a brand new trailer for Lego Marvel Super Heroes? Where can you read a bunch of fun facts from Thor: The Dark World? Which comic character would Katee Sackhoff trade her first baby to play? How could an evil Spider-Man have looked in Spider-Man 3?...
Trivia: George Lucas Originally Rejected Frank Oz As The Voice Of Yoda By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2014 7:00 am EST Above you can see two pieces of concept art for Yoda, designed during the development of Empire Strikes Back. Its almost impossible to imagine Yoda as a blue gnome creature with pointy toes, but that was George Lucas’ initial conception of the wise old master Jedi. I’m always fascinated by these kind of “what ifs....
Update: Drew Struzan Has NOT Been Asked To Do Posters For New ‘Star Wars’ Movies By Germain Lussier/Jan. 24, 2013 1:35 pm EST Here is a statement from Drew: Original story follows: Misunderstood… A couple of friends at Disney were fantasizing about the new STAR WARS movies. “Disney” has said nothing to me and I expect nothing. That a couple of friends were wishing is only an expression of the hope that many are sharing but says nothing regarding the Studio itself....
Video: Stephen Tobolowsky’s Groundhog Day Q&A At The SIFF Uptown Cinema By David Chen/Feb. 5, 2013 7:00 am EST I had the pleasure of helping to facilitate a special event at the SIFF Uptown Cinema in Seattle this past weekend: a double feature of Groundhog Day (with itself), featuring an intro and Q&A with Stephen Tobolowsky. Since Seattle’s KUOW was the first major public radio station to air The Tobolowsky Files, we really felt at home here as SIFF sold out the 500-seat theater with many fans of the podcast in attendance....
‘22 Jump Street’ Blu-Ray Release Will Have 10-Minute “Serious” Cut By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2014 3:30 pm EST The second 2014 film from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, 22 Jump Street, doesn’t have much material that counts as serious. The movie is almost two hours long, but is wall-to-wall jokes, sight gags, action sequences, and deadpan comedy. As an experiment, and ultimately a winking way to emphasize the degree to which the movie is a long string of jokes, Lord and Miller have crafted what they’re calling the “dramatic and unfunny” cut....
‘Finding Nemo’ Sequel Officially Called ‘Finding Dory,’ Releases November 25, 2015 By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2013 9:23 am EST Andrew Stanton’s rumored return to Pixar is now official. He’ll return with the sequel to Finding Nemo, called Finding Dory. The film will be released by Disney and Pixar on November 25, 2015. It takes place about a full year after the events of Finding Nemo and sees the return of Ellen DeGeneres as the title character....
