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Ron Perlman Joins Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2010 5:25 am EST Briefly: Quite a cast that Nicolas Winding Refn has assembled for Drive: Ryan Gosling is the disaffected stuntman by day, getaway driver by night, and Carey Mulligan is the woman whose boyfriend (Oscar Isaac) initially gets Gosling’s character into the underworld. Then add Albert Brooks as the antagonist, with Christina Hendricks and Bryan Cranston on board, as well....

Rumor: Guy Pearce’s ‘Prometheus’ Role Reveals Another ‘Alien’ Connection By Germain Lussier/Feb. 27, 2012 4:00 pm EST Ridley Scott reportedly spoke to a Hungarian website and revealed the name of the character Guy Pearce will play in the film. The quote says that character is the only link between the movies. The quote, if true, is quite revealing. Unfortunately, its validity is being called into question. So, with a general Spoiler Alert, you can read it below....

Slash Forms Slasher Films, A Production Company Dedicated To Horror Films By Adam Quigley/Oct. 7, 2010 4:00 am EST Slash — meaning the iconic Guns N’ Roses guitarist, not this website — is getting involved in the horror movie scene. With the assistance of Scout Productions, he and his newly formed production company Slasher Films will produce “contemporary horror fare with a nod to the thrillers of the ’70s and ’80s”....

The ‘Breaking Bad Art Project’ Goes Street With Frank Kozik’s ‘Jane’ By Germain Lussier/July 20, 2012 11:15 am EST The final season of Breaking Bad has begun and its art project continues. During San Diego Comic-Con two new pieces were revealed, one that referred to the season five premiere, and one that we completely missed. You’ll see the one we missed – The Cousins by Jeff Boyes – can be seen after the jump....

Today /Film Is Five Years Old! By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2010 8:00 am EST Five years ago, /Film was launched. Today we celebrate our fifth birthday with more readers and friends than we ever could have imagined. As always, we want to thank you guys/gals for your continued readership and support! …and if you haven’t done so already, please join the /Film Facebook fanpage! photo via: nikkiscakery Today /Film Is Five Years Old!...

Warner Bros Wanted To Cast Leonardo Dicaprio As The Riddler In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Angie Han/June 4, 2012 7:00 am EST With Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, and Marion Cotillard all set to appear in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, it seems like Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the few Inception stars who wasn’t invited to the party. As it turns out, however, the production nearly did cast DiCaprio, as one of the most famous Batman villains....

‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Super Bowl Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2011 3:38 pm EST The Super Bowl television commercial for Battle: Los Angeles aired before the big game on Sunday night. If you missed it, you can watch it now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. BATTLE: LOS ANGELES When unknown forces suddenly and mercilessly attack the City of Angels out of nowhere, it’s up to a local Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and a new platoon of unseasoned soldiers to meet the threat....

‘Jack And Jill’ Trailer – Adam Sandler’s Dual Role Comedy By Germain Lussier/July 8, 2011 1:00 pm EST Adam Sandler has finally made a movie that his character in Funny People would have starred in. No he’s not a talking baby or mermaid, instead he’s himself and his twin sister. Yes, sister. Jack and Jill features Sandler as family man Jack whose obnoxious sister (also Sandler) visits him for the holidays....

‘Kung-Fu Panda’ Writers Hired For ‘Candyland’ By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2011 4:30 pm EST Want to be depressed? The much-joked-about Candyland movie isn’t dead yet. The crazy deal that Universal signed with Hasbro has the movie based on the sweet-themed board game continuing to draw breath, and now there are new writers on board. Finally! THR reports that Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who wrote both Kung-Fu Panda films, have been hired to write the film that Kevin Lima (Enchanted) is attached to direct....

‘Murderball’ Director Henry-Alex Rubin To Make Narrative Feature Debut With ‘Disconnect’ By Angie Han/April 18, 2011 5:00 am EST Henry-Alex Rubin wowed critics and audiences back in 2005 with Murderball, a documentary about wheelchair rugby which he co-directed with Dana Adam Shapiro. The film earned a Best Documentary nomination at the Oscars and won the audience award at Sundance. Since then, however, Rubin’s been laying low. Aside from a T-Mobile commercial and some work on an ABC Family show called Schooled, Rubin hasn’t done much in the way of directorial work in the last six years....

‘Printing Banksy’ – A Short Documentary On Limited Edition Prints From Banksy’s 2006 Los Angeles Show By Germain Lussier/Feb. 22, 2011 9:00 am EST Two things we obviously love on /Film are limited edition art prints and Banksy. Banksy has been in the news lately because his directorial debut, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was nominated for an Oscar and seeming everyday we run Cool Stuff posters of limited edition screenprints from Mondo, Spoke Art, Tommy Good and a ton of other vendors....

‘That’s What I Am’ Trailer – WWE’s Randy Orton Makes His Acting Debut Opposite Ed Harris By Angie Han/April 13, 2011 10:00 am EST A new trailer has been released for WWE Studios’ That’s What I Am, starring Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Molly Parker — and professional wrestler Randy Orton. Yup, it’s that WWE. The gargantuan sports entertainment corporation has been producing features through its filmmaking arm since 2002, including The Scorpion King (as co-producers), The Marine, and last year’s Legendary....

‘The Dictator’ Trailer - Sacha Baron Cohen’s Take On A Middle Eastern Tyrant By Angie Han/Dec. 14, 2011 9:02 am EST The man who brought us Borat, Ali G, and Brüno heads back into the realm of sociopolitical satire in the first trailer for The Dictator, which hit the Web today. Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Middle Eastern despot along the lines of Muammar Gaddafi, who gets sent to the United States in exile and spends his days riding camels down Fifth Avenue, ziplining across Manhattan, and sleeping with Megan Fox....

Anna Kendrick, Felicity Jones, And Imogen Poots Lead ‘Captain America: Winter Soldier’ Shortlist By Angie Han/Aug. 20, 2012 9:51 am EST Movie superheroes tend to be faithful boyfriends, sticking with a single love interest for the entire duration of their franchise, or at least a couple of installments. But alas, the specific circumstances surrounding Captain America’s romance with Peggy Carter (i.e., the whole “being frozen in a block of ice for six decades” thing) make it impossible for the pair to reunite in proper fashion....

Casting Bits: Adrianne Palicki In ‘Coffee Town’, Rob Corddry In ‘Pain And Gain’, Dwight Yoakam Out Of ‘Lone Ranger’ By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2012 3:30 pm EST As a Friday Night Lights fan, I want nothing more than to see its stars succeed in their post-FNL careers. And some have, but others, like Adrianne Palicki, have been less fortunate. Her TV series Lone Star was cancelled after a mere two episodes, and Wonder Woman never even got picked up....

Casting Bits: Jim Carrey In ‘Burt Wonderstone’, Eduardo Noriega In ‘The Last Stand’, Mickey Rourke And Kellan Lutz In ‘Java Heat’ By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2011 9:00 am EST Sometime last summer, a report surfaced that Jim Carrey had been offered a part, possibly the lead, in the magician comedy Burt Wonderstone. Steve Carell has since landed the title role, but now it seems Carrey may be interested in climbing aboard in a different capacity....

Casting Notes: Martin Freeman In ‘Animals’; Ed Burns In ‘Man On A Ledge’; John Slattery In ‘Return’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2010 1:30 pm EST The last time we checked in on Martin Freeman his name was being bandied about as a likely candidate for Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. Given that the fate of that film is still up in the air, I’m not much sirprised to see that Mr....

David Wain, Ken Marino And Paul Rudd Team Up Again For Wanderlust, Starring Jennifer Aniston By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2010 6:59 am EST Fans of Role Models and Wet Hot American Summer, take note and rejoice: David Wain will direct Wanderlust, a comedy written by Wain, Paul Rudd and Ken Marino. Rudd and Jennifer Aniston will star, with Judd Apatow producing. The project came up a few days ago when Apatow said he would be working with Wain, Rudd and Marino on an unspecified comedy....

Edgar Wright Exec Producing ‘Kill List’ Director’s Next Film, ‘Sightseers’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 15, 2011 1:30 pm EST Ben Wheatley’s second film, Kill List, is becoming quite a conversation piece as it makes the rounds of a couple festivals. The film is described as a blend of domestic drama, hired-killer thriller and mystical horror that works in a surprising and sometimes very visceral manner. (Check out trailers here and here.) The director (who also did Down Terrace) is using the Kill List momentum to set up a few other projects....

Gary Oldman Teases Vintage Villain For ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ Says It Tops ‘The Dark Knight’ By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2011 3:03 pm EST When it comes to talkative members of Christopher Nolan’s Batman cast, no one quite equals Michael Caine. But as Gary Oldman promotes Red Riding Hood, he has naturally been asked questions about the third Batman film, and consequently has been talking in vague terms about The Dark Knight Rises....