Kevin Smith Eyes Supporting Cast For Zack And Miri By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2008 12:05 pm EST Kevin Smith has announced the supporting cast for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, kinda. Actually, he’s uploaded a bunch of photos of eye close-ups as a tease. The View Askew fans are on the case, trying to match up headshots to the teaser photos. Who are these six actors/actresses? Find out at least four of them after the jump....
Listen To Louis C.K. Slam ‘Gravity’ And ‘All Is Lost’ And Tease New Season Of ‘Louie’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2014 6:00 am EST Louis C.K. is deep into writing and shooting the next season of Louie, but he took a break earlier this week to share some thoughts on Sirius XM’s The Opie and Anthony Show. In addition to talking with Tim’s Vermeer producer Penn Gillette and talking about his first movie Tomorrow Night (which is now online), the comic lambasted two of 2013’s critical successes: Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and J....
Max Landis Denies ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Reports; Pitches Opening Scene By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2014 8:45 pm EST Late Tuesday night, a report claimed Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis was working on a new draft of Ghostbusters 3. According to Nikki Finke’s sources, Landis was probably going to do a polish rather than a completely new screenplay. (The report has since been deleted) Unfortunately, after initial reports, Landis quickly took to Twitter to deny them....
Mickey Rooney Has Died At 93 By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2014 1:11 am EST Mickey Rooney lived a hell of a life. He started working on stage in vaudeville acts when he was just over a year old. That was in 1922, and Rooney recently did a part in Night at the Museum 3. His career spanned 92 years, and he was part of just about every major era of film and television entertainment in some way in addition to work on the stage....
Page 2: Frozen, Harry Potter, Maleficent, Star Wars, LeVar Burton, X-Files, Godzilla, Up By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2014 1:30 pm EST Header Photo: Build A Snowman Ikea/Frozen parody t-shirt 20 movies coming out this year that aren’t on your radar yet All Of Pixar’s Short Films, Ranked Clownfish Make The Best Keepers The Only 8 Western Comedies That Hollywood Has Made Since 1990 Four Ways The New ‘Stargate’ Could Be Great (And Four Ways It Could Be Terrible)...
Page 2: Ghostbusters, GoT, Transformers, Ducktales, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2014 3:00 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....
Paul Feig’s ‘The Heat’ Moves To Summer By Angie Han/Jan. 29, 2013 3:40 pm EST Feig’s follow-up to Bridesmaids features Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock star as a mismatched law enforcement duo. Here’s a synopsis: Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence–and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy), one of Boston P.D.’s “finest,” is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals....
Rumor: Third Hobbit Chapter Retitled ‘The Hobbit: Into The Fire’ By Russ Fischer/April 16, 2014 3:35 pm EST At one point Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit was going to be two films, with one subtitled An Unexpected Journey and the second called There and Back Again. Now, with the series standing as three films, the final chapter is still called There and Back Again… but perhaps not for long. Rumors say that the third film will be given a new title, The Hobbit: Into the Fire....
Sentinels Take The Street In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Viral Image By Germain Lussier/Sept. 5, 2013 3:00 pm EST If you aren’t following the official X-Men Twitter page, remedy that right now. They continue to tweet out very cool teases for Bryan Singer’s 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past. For example, today we get a glimpse of a Sentinel on the street responding to “international turmoil.” The official X-Men Twitter is @XMenMovies....
Sin City 2 Update: Script Completed, Shoot In Spring By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2007 5:25 am EST Sin City 2 is all ready to go according to creator/co-director Frank Miller. Miller hopes to shoot the film this Spring in Austin, Texas at Robert Rodriguez’ Troublemarker Studios. “The script is largely done, and now we’re in that limbo zone where we’re casting and making script adjustments as we go,” Miller revealed....
Theme Park Bits: Star Wars Weekend Photos, Fireworks, Artists And Augmented Reality By Germain Lussier/June 2, 2014 12:00 pm EST Above, check out one of the news photos Disney created for the 2014 version of Star Wars Weekends, taking place now through June 15 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Then below, you can check out some cool highlights of the event including: Watch the special May the Fourth Be With You fireworks display....
TV Bits: ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘Happy Endings’, ‘The Killing’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘Fringe’, Nick Offerman, Stephen King, And More By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2013 2:00 pm EST Not all of the familiar characters from Seasons 1 and 2 will return for the new storyline, but a handful of new ones will arrive to take their place. Those include a death-row murderer, an ex-partner of Linden’s, and the young mother of a missing girl....
TV Trailers: Eli Roth’s ‘Hemlock Grove’ And Ronald D. Moore’s ‘Helix’ By Angie Han/April 16, 2013 2:30 pm EST The Walking Dead ended its third season a couple weeks back, but horror fans looking for their next fix will find that other TV makers are very eager to deliver. Exec producer Eli Roth promises a sexy, gory good time when Hemlock Grove debuts on Netflix next month, while Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D....
VOTD: Everything Wrong With Tim Burton’s ‘Planet Of The Apes’ By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2014 12:00 pm EST Dawn of the Planet of the Apes hits theaters next week, so the CinemaSins guys have returned to rip apart Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes. The nine minute video finds 139 things wrong with the horrible 2001 remake. Hit the jump to find out everything wrong with Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, along with ScreenJunkie’s Honest Trailer for the movie....
VOTD: ILM Featurette On The New York Long Take In Joss Whedon’s ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 27, 2012 2:00 pm EST In Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, the director has two long takes that feature all the members of the team. The first is in the research lab on the Helicarrier where Loki’s plan to disband the team goes into play. The second takes place during the Battle of New York where the team completely get in sync with their combat....
Watch: Kees Van Dijkhuizen’s ‘Cinema 2012’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 20, 2012 12:30 pm EST One of the regular “best of the year” videos we feature every year is created by editor Kees van Dijkhuizen (see the videos for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). So now that 2012 is coming to a close, Kees has released Cinema 2012. Kees van Dijkhuizen’s latest video is almost eight minutes in length. Watch it now embedded after the jump....
‘Passion’ Trailer: Rachel McAdams And Noomi Rapace Twisted In Violent, Sexual Mind Games By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2013 9:36 am EST Brian De Palma returns with Passion, starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace as a successful exec and a new junior player, who become embroiled in sex and violence as corporate power games lead to intense personal manipulation. In reality, Passion has been kicking around for a while, as it started doing festival rounds last year....
‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Review: A Worthy Sequel That Improves On The Original By Germain Lussier/Nov. 22, 2013 3:15 pm EST The Hunger Games: Catching Fire isn’t your typical blockbuster sequel. Yes it’s bigger and better than the original movie. The stakes have been raised and new characters are added. But what makes Catching Fire unique is how it’s infused with a gravitas most major Hollywood entertainment lacks. At every single turn, the plight of the citizens of Panem is felt as they face the cruel tyranny of the Capitol, adding layers of pathos and tension to everything we see....
‘The Smurfs 2’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2013 10:30 am EST If you were looking for a “debutante falls in with kids from the wrong side of the tracks” movie for seven year-olds this summer, The Smurfs 2 is probably it. The film once again features Hank Azaria as the Smurf-hating Gargamel and Neil Patrick Harris as the human who befriends the little blue guys. This first trailer lays out a plot where Gargamel creates some fake Smurfs as part of some inane plan, then kidnaps Smurfette to try to turn his fake Smurfs into real ones....
‘The Thing’ TV Spot Features Brief New Footage And Effects By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2011 5:00 pm EST With the release of Universal’s prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 movie The Thing now less than a month away, we’re starting to see more footage. There’s a trailer and a clip or two out there already. Now a new TV spot offers some new footage as well as a couple looks at the effects....
