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Simon Pegg Starring In Psycho Comedy ‘A Fantastic Fear Of Everything’ By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2011 10:00 am EST The latest project to star Simon Pegg isn’t Star Trek 2. It is A Fantastic Fear of Everything, but don’t just label it as a comedy. It is a ‘psycho comedy,’ according to the trade report on the project. What does that mean? The central character, to be played by Mr. Pegg, is “a children’s author turned crime novelist whose research into the lives of Victorian serial killers turns him into a paranoid wreck, especially when a Hollywood executive decides he wants to make a film out of his findings....

The /Filmcast Interview: Tom McCarthy, Writer/Director Of ‘Win Win’ By David Chen/March 18, 2011 4:00 pm EST David chats with actor/writer/director Tom McCarthy about playing the most hated villain in The Wire, the challenges of filming high school wrestling, and making indie fare that rises above the rest. Tom’s newest film, Win Win, is out in limited release today. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

Thomas Haden Church Joins Cameron Crowe’s We Bought A Zoo By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2010 4:02 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the past few years, Crowe has been trying to get his tropical romantic comedy Deep Tiki into production, but scheduling conflicts with the signed stars Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon (read about the plot here) keep pushing and pushing it back. Frankly, it never sounded too exciting to me — kind of like a modern day Joe and the Volcano, which I didn’t like the first time around....

Watch The First Episode Of AMC’s Rubicon By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2010 12:00 pm EST Last week we published the first trailer for AMC Television’s new conspiracy theory series Rubicon. And while the series won’t begin airing until August, AMC has released the entire pilot for you to watch for free online. I have not yet had a chance to watch it, but judging from the trailer it looks to me like AMC might have another hit on their hands, and it appears to be something very different than their other two series....

‘The Harder They Come’ Remake In The Works By Russ Fischer/April 11, 2011 5:00 pm EST In the pantheon of great music-related movies, Perry Henzell’s The Harder They Come stands tall. The Jamaica-set film stars reggae star Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring songwriter who arrives in Kingston, Jamaica only to be drawn into crime, and is set to one of the all-time great soundtracks. That soundtrack, in fact, was instrumental in bringing reggae to global attention....

AMC Greenlights ‘Mad Men’ Season Five For 2012 By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2011 9:30 am EST There have been doubts and concerns in the last few months about the future of Mad Men as series creator Matthew Weiner has been negotiating for a far more favorable deal in the wake of the show’s continued success. Now AMC has officially greenlit a fifth season of the show, which won’t premiere until early 2012....

BP-Inspired Finding Nemo 2 Posters By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2010 1:00 pm EST In response to the oil spill disaster, Spanish website The Blog of Chibiboto published a bunch of proposed movie posters for Finding Nemo 2, a co production of Disney/Pixar and BP. The film’s title should probably be called “Saving Nemo”. Check out a couple other poster designs after the jump. Head on over to Chibiboto’s website to see more....

Can We Expect A Major Marvel Cameo In ‘The Avengers’? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2012 11:00 am EST I’m not talking Stan Lee here — there is a report floating around that suggests that one of Marvel’s major heroes could end up having a cameo in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. What makes this particular rumor so attention-getting is that the character is one Marvel Studios does not own the screen rights for....

Damon Lindelof Compares Star Trek Sequel To The Dark Knight By Adam Quigley/Aug. 25, 2010 4:00 pm EST Expectations for the Star Trek sequel are high; info on the project is low. At this point, I’m eager to learn anything I can about what to expect from the next adventure with the USS Enterprise, even if it’s only vague hints and references to other billion-dollar-earning properties. Last time we heard about the film, producer Bryan Burk made mention of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films as an example of what they were trying to achieve with the sequel....

Darren Aronofsky Says ‘Noah’ Will Highlight What’s Been “Censored Out Of Our Religious Upbringing” By Adam Quigley/Feb. 17, 2011 8:30 am EST Darren Aronofosky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream) has never been one for subtlety. He’s all about grand spectacle and fervent theatrics — things for which his long-in-the-works passion project Noah is perfectly suited. Aronofsky has been obsessed with the biblical figure ever since he won a school poetry competition for a poem he wrote about the end of the world as seen through the eyes of Noah....

Disney Picks Up Post Apocalyptic Time Travel Project ‘The Runner’ For Marc Forster And Brian Grazer By Germain Lussier/March 8, 2011 2:30 pm EST The plot is decidedly un-Disney. In the near future, with the Earth’s surface inhabitable, a small group of survivors pick one man to travel back in time to try and stop the event that caused the devastation. Once he arrives in the past, however, the man forgets about humanity and selfishly tries to save the love of his life....

Dr. Michio Kaku Explains The Science Of ‘Back To The Future’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2010 2:30 pm EST Dr. Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physicist at the City University of New York, makes an appearance in the special features of the new Back to the Future Blu-ray set explaining the science behind time travel and how Back to the Future is one of the only movies to get it right — more specifically, sticking with the “River of Time” theory....

First ‘The Three Stooges’ Poster Shies Away From Revealing The Stooges By Russ Fischer/Oct. 14, 2011 2:30 pm EST We’ve seen a few set photos and little else. Now there is a poster image of sorts, but it shies away from really revealing the new Stooges. (Even the old banner above shows more.) Check it out below. Other than that, we’re mostly in the dark about what the movie will be....

Fringe/Journeyman Director Hired For Spielberg’s Terra Nova By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2010 5:07 pm EST Brannon Braga, a former producer and writer of various Star Trek tv shows from 1990-2005 including The Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise, in addition to Flash Forward and the last couple seasons of 24, is on board as the showrunner. The series has been given a 13-episode order. The network is skipping the traditional pilot because breaking down the pilot’s sets only to rebuild them again would add too much to the already high price tag....

Full ‘Taken 2’ Domestic Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2012 10:30 am EST Just in case his small appearance in a certain superhero movie this summer left you wanting more Liam Neeson action, here’s the first full domestic trailer for Olivier Megaton’s Taken 2. The title should tell you just about everything you need to know about the plot, but just in case: Neeson, and his wife and daughter (Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace) are menaced by relatives of some of the guys Neeson’s character killed in Taken....

J.J. Abrams Wants Benicio Del Toro To Be Next ‘Star Trek’ Villain By Germain Lussier/Nov. 4, 2011 4:33 pm EST For Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, director Nicholas Meyer knew he needed a larger than life, imposing personality to play the lead villain Khan. He, of course, went with Mexican born actor Ricardo Montalbán to play the role he originated on the show. In the new Star Trek sequel, director J....

Jason Reitman’s ‘Labor Day’ Rounds Out Cast With James Van Der Beek, Gattlin Griffith, And More By Angie Han/April 18, 2012 6:30 am EST Thanks to Garry Marshall, I can’t hear of any film with a holiday for a title without a brief flash of fear that it’ll be another cringeworthy sequel to Valentine’s Day. But no, Labor Day isn’t another star-studded romcom, it’s the next picture by Jason Reitman. And if his past track record — which consists of Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, and Young Adult — is any indication, it’s one you’ll want to keep on your radar for the next several months....

Jennifer Lawrence Cast As Mystique In X-Men: First Class By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2010 11:59 am EST Lawrence steps into the role that Rebecca Romijn played in the first three X-Men movies. On one hand, I’m thrilled that Lawrence has the gig because, based on Winter’s Bone, she is great. If she doesn’t nab at least an Oscar nomination for that film, it’ll be a crime. On the other hand, she’s young and her identity isn’t firmly established, and I’d hate for First Class to set the tone for her career....

Joel Kinnaman Confirmed As The Lead Of ‘RoboCop’ By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2012 9:46 am EST Briefly: Not a lot to report here, but a week ago we heard that MGM had offered the lead role in the new version of RoboCop to Joel Kinnaman, and now Deadline confirms that the actor will play the role, following in the steps of Peter Weller. (And following lesser-known RoboCops such as Robert Burke, too....

Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Screened At Wrap Party, Aiming For Sundance By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2010 8:00 am EST Kevin Smith has completed a first cut of his upcoming independently produced horror film Red State, and screened the film for the cast and crew at the Wrap Party. This is an extremely unusual occurrence, but Smith has been editing while he shoots and the movie doesn’t require a lot of post work....