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Ramin Bahrani’s ‘At Any Price’ Is My Favorite Film Of Telluride 2012 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 3, 2012 10:00 am EST Ramin Bahrani’s most accessible film to date ends up being my favorite film of the 2012 Telluride Film Festival (yes, besting Ben Affleck’s Argo). Ramin has developed a cult following from his three minimalist slice-of-life micro-budget films starring non-professional actors (if you havent yet seen Man Push Cart or Goodbye Solo, put them on your “to see” list)....

Robert Rodriguez State Of The Union: ‘Machete’ Sequels, ‘Sin City 2’ And More By Germain Lussier/July 22, 2011 6:00 am EST When Robert Rodriguez hit the Hall H stage at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 on Thursday, he came with both barrels loaded. And a lot of extra ammunition. You’ve already read that he’s now going to attempt to make a Heavy Metal movie plus he offered updated on several other projects including:...

Robert Rodriguez Updates On ‘Sin City 2:’ Money And Script Are Coming Together By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2011 10:00 am EST Robert Rodriguez keeps stoking the fire for Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For. Over the last few years we’ve heard the project discussed as possiblity that has mostly been vague. Of late, however, it seems like a more realistic possibility. His last update on the project was that if it was going to happen, it would happen this year....

Rumor: Benicio Del Toro Will Play Khan In ‘Star Trek 2’ By David Chen/Dec. 2, 2011 8:00 pm EST [Update: J.J. Abrams has stated that this rumor is “Not true.” In his original story, El Mayimbe said to “expect rebuttals and denials.” Which one is telling the truth? We probably won’t know for sure for awhile. Original story follows.] A few weeks ago, we heard that J.J. Abrams wanted Benicio Del Toro for a villain role in the forthcoming Star Trek sequel....

Rumor: Will Neill Blomkamp Direct The Hobbit? By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2010 3:09 pm EST Put this one down as a significant but believable rumor. Since Guillermo del Toro walked away from directing The Hobbit, there has been plenty of speculation about who might take his place. For obvious reasons, Peter Jackson’s name keeps coming up, but there are a number of reasons that he is unlikely to do the job....

Russell Brand To Produce And Star In ‘The President Stole My Girlfriend’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2011 3:30 pm EST Briefly: The general lack of an enthusiastic audience response to the remake of Arthur hasn’t left Warner Bros. ready to cut ties with comedian Russell Brand. The stand-up comic turned actor is now set to produce and star in the comedy The President Stole My Girlfriend for WB.Matt Portenoy wrote the script, and the story probably doesn’t need much explanation given the title....

Soundtracks: Trent Reznor’s New Song For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man; Hear Inception Trailer Music In Full By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2010 1:50 pm EST Trent Reznor may have disbanded the touring version of Nine Inch Nails, but he recently said the project is not dead. And now, just as his new band How to Destroy Angels prepares to release its first material, there is a new track that is being labeled as by Nine Inch Nails....

Source Code - What Did You Think? By David Chen/April 1, 2011 6:00 pm EST Duncan Jones’ Source Code hits theaters today, and for sci-fi fans such as myself, it serves as a good indicator of whether or not Jones can continue displaying the filmmaking magic he brought to the ultra-low-budget Moon. Whereas the latter was made on a shoestring budget with only a handful of actors, Source Code has a whole cast of talented actors and a fairly decent budget to play around with....

Stephen Graham, Max Irons And Sam Claflin Join Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2010 10:09 pm EST British actor Stephen Graham, Sam Claflin, and Max Irons are in talks to join the cast of Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Graham has appeared in Public Enemies, This Is England, Gangs of New York, Band of Brothers and Snatch. Irons, the 24-year-old son of actors Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack, has appeared in Dorian Gray and Being Julia....

By Angie Han/May 2, 2012 5:00 pm EST The post-World War I series centers around Russian doctors, and will reportedly have a dark sense of humor with regard to the character’s struggles with self-doubt. Though the notoriously unreliable Sun was the first to report the potential casting, Vulture affirms that they’ve heard the same news from their own sources. According to the UK tabloid, Hamm will narrate the story but will also share scenes with Radcliffe....

By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2012 5:00 pm EST Movie fans love a good movie trivia game and Evan Seitz has created some fun, albiet it quick, ones. Seitz has animated three beautiful, 30 second videos of different, morphing imagery that are all meant to evoke specific movies. There’s one based on colors, another on numbers and a third letters. How many can you name? Check out the videos below. Here’s Color Reel by Evan Seitz...

Watch 17 Minutes Of ‘Raiding The Lost Ark,’ A ‘Raiders’ Documentary By Germain Lussier/Nov. 17, 2011 7:00 am EST Odds are if you read this site, you are an incredibly huge fan of Raiders of the Lost Ark. It’s pretty much a given. If you love films, especially geek, genre films, then Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ introduction of Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones character is either right near, or the absolute epitome of, what this little art form we call “film” can do....

Watch The Video For OK Go’s Redo Of ‘The Muppets’ Theme Song By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2011 10:30 am EST In Page 2 today, Peter ran the behind the scenes video of the Muppets on the set of OK Go’s new version of the classic Muppets theme song. The track is taken from ‘The Green Album’, for which a collection of current bands covered a host of classic Muppet tunes....

Will Michael Shannon ‘Wear’ A CGI Costume In ‘Man Of Steel’? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2011 1:30 pm EST The first image of Michael Shannon on the set of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel — or what appears to be the first image — surfaced over the weekend. The rather distant shot shows a man who appears to be Shannon, dressed not in an outfit that resembles the known costume of General Zod, but in the now-recognizable uniform of actors that will be replaced or augmented with extensive CGI....

‘Breaking Bad’ Art Project Goes International With Rich Kelly’s ‘Mexican Shootout’ By Germain Lussier/June 21, 2012 4:30 am EST Not only was the reveal for the latest Breaking Bad poster across the Atlantic, the poster it begat takes place in a foreign country too. Rich Kelly’s Mexican Shootout shows a glimpse at one of the most action packed scenes in the history of the hit AMC show and, after the jump, you can read about the reveal and see the full image....

‘He Loves Me’ Will Bring Together ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Directors, Producers And Star Once More By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2011 3:15 pm EST Little Miss Sunshine became a rare indie to mainstream crossover hit, and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris haven’t made another feature film since. Now they’re set to finally move forward on another picture, called He Loves Me. And the movie is shaping up to be a full-fledged LMS reunion....

Casting Bits: Bill Hader As Andy Warhol In ‘Men In Black III;’ Jean Reno In ‘I, Alex Cross;’ No Alec Baldwin In ‘Rock Of Ages’ By Russ Fischer/May 11, 2011 6:00 am EST After the break, Jean Reno makes I, Alex Cross look good, and Alec Baldwin may not sing for Rock of Ages after all. Where has Jean Reno been? In reality, he’s been working steadily, although ‘07 and ‘08 were quiet years for him....

Cool Stuff: Awesome Star Wars, Pixar, And Muppets Cupcakes By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2010 12:00 pm EST Could this be the ultimate film geek dessert treat? Illinois-based BlueRett Cakes posted this photo of an assortment of Star Wars themed cupcakes. BlueRett has also created some awesome cupcakes based on The Muppets, various Pixar characters and more. Hit th jump to see more. A better look at the Star Wars cupcakes:...

Cool Stuff: Ghostbusters Parody T-Shirt “Something Strange, In Your Beverage…” By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2010 5:00 pm EST Today Threadess released a new Ghostbusters parody t-shirt design. David Staffell’s “Something Strange, In Your Beverage…” imagines what it might look like if the marshmallows in his hot chocolate were actually a miniature version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. The T-shirt is available in Royal Blue American Apparel tee for $18 plus shipping....

Could Joel Edgerton Star In ‘The Bourne Legacy’ Or ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’? By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2011 2:30 pm EST Joel Edgerton has been around for years, but he’s only now beginning to get serious attention. He played Owen Lars in the Star Wars prequels, Gawain in King Arthur, and had moments in Ned Kelley, Kinky Boots and Smokin’ Aces. More recently he’s been great in his brother’s film The Square and in Animal Kingdom....