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‘Silent House’ - ‘24’ In A Haunted House, In One Shot [Sundance Review] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 21, 2011 4:30 pm EST For their sophomore film, the team that brought us the original Open Water, Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, chose a senior thesis to unveil at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Silent House, a remake of a Uruguayan film by the same name, sounds simple enough: a girl, her father and uncle are terrorized in their old, creepy house....

‘The Raid’ Director Talks Title Change; Watch A Detailed Behind The Scenes Featurette By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2012 9:30 am EST For action film fans, there’s a healthy amount of excitement for Gareth Evans’ movie The Raid: Redemption (or simply The Raid in many territories), which will be released on March 23 in the US. Last week we saw the first domestic trailer for the film, and got word of that title change, as well as confirmation that the film’s new US title is meant to lay the ground for a small series of movies....

‘Tropic Thunder’ Writer Justin Theroux To Direct Farrell And Carell In ‘Swear To God’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2012 10:00 am EST Briefly: Justin Theroux’s primary gig is acting (Mulholland Dr., American Psycho, Wanderlust) but his stint as a writer on Tropic Thunder has led to some great follow-up deals. He wrote Iron Man 2, and wrote and is set to direct Zoolander 2. (Should that movie actually happen, that is....

Adam Kozad To Rewrite Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Archangel’ By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2011 2:31 pm EST There’s a new possible project for Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski. The military/sci-fi film Archangel was originally written by Andrew Will, but Adam Kozad has just been signed to rewrite for New Regency, and Mr. Kosinski has been attached as director. Given that the rewrite process is just starting this will take another couple months before it goes forward, still leaving Oblivion as the likely next project for the director....

Chloe Moretz Attached To Play ‘Emily The Strange’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2010 2:03 pm EST We once wondered if Emily the Strange would be the first movie adapted from a sticker. (Because Mr. Yuk: The Movie! remains stuck in development hell.) Now the answer appears to be ‘yes,’ as Universal has taken the rights to the character, and young Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass, Let Me In) is attached to play the lead role....

Comic-Con Video Blog: Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2010 1:19 pm EST On Saturday morning, we woke up at 8:00am and headed down to Hall H to wait in line for the 11:45am Warner Bros panel. We thought that three and a half hours would be enough to ensure ourselves a place in the 6,000 seat hall for the first look at Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch....

Cool Stuff: The Many Faces Of Spock T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2010 12:41 pm EST We usually don’t do Cool Stuff columns on the weekend, but this t-shirt is one of those today only type of deals. TeeFury is selling “The Many Faces of Spock” designed by Raz for only $9 plus shipping. Like I said, the design will only be available today (Sunday) only. So act fast. Hit the jump to see the full design....

Darren Aronofsky Changes His Mind On 3D Filmmaking? By Adam Quigley/Sept. 2, 2010 10:00 am EST While the prognosis for the Robocop remake is still uncertain, this should put to bed rumors that director Darren Aronofsky had qualms about going ahead with the film because MGM wanted it to be in 3D. Read what he had to say in response to those claims after the break. In an interview with MTV, Aronofsky explains that the reason initial plans for Robocop fell through was due to the financial state of MGM....

Dimension Buys ‘Aftershock,’ The Eli Roth Produced Earthquake Horror Film, And ‘Clown,’ Based On Viral Trailer By Germain Lussier/Sept. 7, 2012 1:33 pm EST A movie that debuted right here on /Film just make it big. Aftershock, directed by Nicolás López, starring and produced by Eli Roth, was just acquired by Bob Weinstein’s Dimension Films at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on Lopez’s experiences during the Chilean earthquake of 2010, the film centers on a group of friends who strive to survive after a massive earthquake hits Chile, freeing prisoners and unleashing other kinds of insanity....

Disney California Adventure’s World Of Color By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2010 10:00 am EST Disney California Adventure’s new World of Color water show was previewed this week for selected park gusts, and footage is now online. I plan on visiting the park to see this live sometime over the summer, but for those of you curious to see what it looks like, the whole show has been uploaded to YouTube. Watch it embedded after the jump....

Does The First Photo Of Marc Webb’s Spider-Man Hold Clues About The Character? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2011 2:30 pm EST OK, we’re going to dive into speculative minutia here. If you’re not into the tiny details of costume obsession, just move on. Just a couple hours ago we got the first photo of Andrew Garfield wearing the new Spider-Man costume for the film that Marc Webb is directing now. And one of the little details was noticed by JoBlo — on the inside of Spidey’s wrists are what appear to be web-shooters....

Emma Watson Tapped For Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Bling Ring’ By Angie Han/Feb. 29, 2012 4:00 pm EST Over the past decade, Sofia Coppola has demonstrated a knack for working with talented young actresses. Whether it’s Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation, Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides, or Elle Fanning in Somewhere, Coppola not only knows how to pick them, but what to do with them once she has them. Now the latest star to join the club is Emma Watson, who’s signed up for one of the leads in Coppola’s ensemble picture The Bling Ring....

First Look: Jason Alexander And Cheryl Hines In Makeup For Nickelodeon’s Live-Action A Fairly OddParents Movie By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2010 10:00 am EST Last week we posted the first trailer from the Live-action/CG hybrid Yogi Bear movie, today we bring you a first look at another television cartoon to live-action film adaptation. Nickelodeon is apparently making a live-action movie adaptation of the popular television cartoon series The Fairly OddParents. The movie titled A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow up Timmy Turner stars Jason Alexander and Cheryl Hines....

Geek Deal: The L Word Complete Series For $83 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2010 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Hailee Steinfeld To Star In Romantic Thriller ‘Forgotten’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2011 3:30 pm EST Paramount Pictures isn’t letting Hailee Steinfeld get away. The young actress had her first major film role as the heroine of Joel and Ethan Coen’s True Grit, and landed an Oscar nomination as a result. (Best Supporting Actress, but still.) Now Paramount, the studio that released True Grit, has signed Ms. Steinfeld to play the lead in Forgotten, based on a novel by Cat Patrick....

Images From Brad Anderson’s ‘Vanishing On 7th Street’ By Russ Fischer/May 18, 2010 11:18 pm EST Brad Anderson is a filmmaker I keep expecting to break out at any time. He’s made some great smaller thrillers with cultish appeal (Session 9, The Machinist) and built a good parallel career directing episodes of well-loved television shows: The Shield, The Wire, Treme and Fringe. But he hasn’t had the crossover movie yet....

Jackie Earle Haley Joins Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 21, 2011 10:15 am EST The massive cast of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln has been increased by one. Jackie Earle Haley will play Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Haley bears more than a slight resemblance to Stephens, and I’m happy to see the actor cast in a prestige picture. I’m hoping the role won’t be the boilerplate antagonist type....

Jeremy Renner And Noomi Rapace To Star In ‘Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters’? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2010 9:05 pm EST In April of last year, Dead Snow director Tommy Wirkola dropped a weird bomb: his follow-up film would be Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, which catches up with Hansel and Gretel fifteen years after a witch tried to turn them into dinner. We haven’t heard much about the film since screenwriter Dante Harper was hired to write....

Lindsay Lohan To Play Linda Lovelace In ‘Inferno’ By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2010 9:34 am EST Last night there were rumors that Lindsay Lohan might be playing ’70s porn star icon Linda Lovelace in a biopic called Inferno. She’d be taking the role that was planned for Anna Faris a couple years ago. But the film had financing problems and Faris decided (probably correctly) that starring as a porn star in a dark, financially struggling film might not be for her....

Movie Trailer: Bagman, Featuring Kevin Spacey As Lobbyist Jack Abramoff By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2010 2:58 pm EST There are two films about disgraced ‘super-lobbyist’ Jack Abramoff. The documentary Casino Jack & The United States of Money is in theaters now. The other, a feature once called Casino Jack and now titled Bagman, is directed by George Hickenlooper and stars Kevin Spacey as Abramoff. A promising combination, to be sure, but if this new trailer for the film is anything to go on, this is a promise unfulfilled....