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American Cinema Editors Release Nominees For Achievement In Editing In 2011 By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2012 4:00 pm EST Each year American Cinema Editors (ACE) recognizes the best editing of the year in narrative film, documentary and television through the Eddie Awards. The nominations for achievement in 2011 have been released. They include a couple of expected films such as Hugo and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and feature a couple other inclusions that might count as surprises to some....

Barry Sonnenfeld In Talks To Direct A Comic Book Movie, But Which One? By Germain Lussier/May 21, 2012 4:30 pm EST Later this week, you’ll be able to watch my 10 minute video interview with director Barry Sonnenfeld on the topic of his latest film, Men in Black 3. The interview took place about three weeks ago so we mainly discussed the film itself, some of the controversy behind it and more....

Benjamin Walker To Play The Archangel Michael In ‘Paradise Lost’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2011 5:00 am EST Benjamin Walker, the star of rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, walked away from playing Beast in X-Men: First Class, only to end up in the title role of Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Now he is finishing a deal to appear in another big movie that will revamp an old tale....

Comic-Con 2011 Photos By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2011 10:30 am EST We’ve arrived at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con International. Thanks to all of you who came out for our third annual post-preview night meet-up. I got to talk with a lot of great readers and make some new friends (and talk to some old ones as well). I took a few dozen photos from inside and outside the convention floor on preview night....

Confirmed: Jonathan Liebesman To Direct ‘Clash Of The Titans 2’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2010 10:00 pm EST It has been long rumored that Jonathan Liebesman has been in the running to direct a sequel to 2010’s Clash of the Titans. Heat Vision now confirms that Warner Bros has signed Liebesman to helm the sequel, with Legendary Pictures producing the project. According to the report, money was one of the main factors which took this deal so long to go through, as was “the hurdle of overcoming the negative perception of this year’s initial installment....

Cool Stuff: ET Wars And Snake Purrsken T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2010 8:00 am EST We usually don’t run our Cool Stuff column on the weekend, but two movie-parody t-shirt designs popped up this morning and neither will be available after midnight. Teefury has “Snake Purrsken”. The design, created by Rob Gould, is a LOLCats version of Snake Plissken from Escape from New York. “Vicious, yet cuddly: a deadly combination....

Exclusive Clip: Pixar’s Day & Night By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2010 1:00 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures has given us an exclusive clip from Pixar’s next short film, Day & Night, directed by Teddy Newton. The short, which will be attached to Toy Story 3, features two characters, one filled with day, the other filled with night. While the “inside” of the characters is computer animated, the Day & Night characters themselves are 2D, hand drawn....

John Lasseter Explains Where The Idea Of ‘Cars 2’ Came From By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2011 2:00 pm EST You might think that the idea to do a Cars sequel came about after Disney looked at their billion dollar sales Cars merchandise reports and fired off an e-mail to the animation studio in Emeryville saying “Do this!” But Pixar head and Cars series director John Lasseter tells an entirely different story — learn how Lasseter came up with the idea for the story of Cars 2 in a short video interview embedded after the jump....

Joss Whedon Says Black Widow “Will Not Be The Only Female Character” In The Avengers By Adam Quigley/Aug. 23, 2010 3:00 pm EST As I’ve discussed previously, Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse) is incredibly gifted when it comes to creating strong, intelligent, self-reliant and complex female characters. That may not mean much to some, but in an industry where strong female characters are a rarity, Whedon might as well be the face of the cinematic feminist movement....

LOL: If Filmmakers Directed The Super Bowl By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2011 1:00 pm EST Slate has put together a video which shows us what it might be like if filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, and Jean-Luc Godard directed the Super Bowl. Sadly, they didn’t include versions by Michael Bay or Steven Spielberg. Also, am I the only one who thinks they get the Tarantino one all wrong?...

Microsoft Still Interested In Halo Movie; Won’t Be “A Verbatim Retelling Of The Game” By Adam Quigley/Sept. 6, 2010 10:00 am EST There hasn’t been much movement on a Halo movie of late—not since G.I. Joe screenwriter Stuart Beattie was revealed to have written a spec script for the film a couple of years back. Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) was supposed to helm the project at one point, but those plans fell through due to its escalating budget....

Movie Trailer: Jackass 3D By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2010 6:48 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released the first movie trailer for Jackass 3D. We caught a sneak preview of footage from the film at Comic Con (watch our video blog here) and called it “a theme park experience but with poop and pee.” I know I hurt from laughing after only 8 minutes, and I believe it takes the gimmicky nature of 3D to the extreme....

Netflix Expects DVD Business To Continually Decline, Won’t Rent Video Games By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2012 11:30 am EST Remember when Netflix tried to make a separate company to handle distribution of rental DVDs by mail? The company is trying to forget that little strategy, from which it beat a hasty retreat. And, as it turns out, Netflix may be thinking of eventually forgetting DVD altogether. At the time when Netflix announced that it would split the DVD-by-mail business off into Qwikster, CEO Reed Hastings proclaimed the company’s dedication to DVD, promising to once again turn marketing attention to DVDs, and that “our goal is to keep DVD as healthy as possible for as many years as possible....

Orange/Blue Contrast In Movie Posters By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2009 4:24 pm EST I’m sure you’re aware of Hollywood’s overuse of floating heads on movie posters… but have you noticed the excessive use of orange/blue contrast on theatrical one-sheets? David Chen happened to come across this comic illustrating the Blue/orange contrast, although I’m not sure where it originated or who created it (update, the creator has finally contacted me and his name is Justin Leduc)....

Rumor: The Avengers Vs. The Skrulls? By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2010 11:14 am EST It has been assumed for a while now that Marvel’s upcoming superhero team-up film The Avengers would follow the continuity of the original comic books run, and involve a plot where Loki would unleash the Hulk. Here is more information on that comic storyline from Wikipedia: “Loki’s schemes eventually came to include Earth itself and these schemes often drew some of Earth’s superhuman heroes to defend Earth and, often, Asgard itself....

Short ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ Trailer Tries Not To Give Too Much Away By Russ Fischer/March 6, 2012 7:00 pm EST After a great many delays, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s genre-twisting film The Cabin in the Woods is finally almost ready for release. The film screened at Harry Knowles’ birthday party/film fest BNAT at the end of last year, and wowed that audience. (Including Germain and Peter.) It will open the SXSW Film Festival later this week, and then hit theaters in April thanks to Lionsgate....

Six Video Clips From The Social Network By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2010 11:00 am EST We don’t usually post many video clips from upcoming films on the site, we would rather let the trailers and tv spots do the convincing and not spoil the movie. But I feel like a lot of people are still not interested in seeing The Social Network despite both great glowing reviews all-around and David Fincher/Aaron Sorkin’s involvement....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, The Avengers, Venom, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Joss Whedon By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2012 12:31 pm EST Andy Gee made this cool Avengers poster. Comic Book Movie (via SHH) posted a spoiler-filled rundown of concept art from Man of Steel. Cool pixel Loki shirt at We Love Fine via Shirtoid. Could Joss Whedon make Clark Gregg play Vision in The Avengers 2? He spoke about the process and influence in the Huffington Post:...

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 50 - The Primary Source By David Chen/Sept. 2, 2011 6:46 pm EST It all started when I played in a band with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Sometimes the truth is a funny thing. Sometimes it just rocks your world. A rock and roll story almost twenty years in the making. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

Trailer: Back To The Future: The Game By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2010 12:15 pm EST Telltale Games have released the first trailer for the game, which gives us a hint of what to expect in the first episode. Hit the jump to watch the trailer now. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. So it appears the first episode will bring us back in time to the year 1931… The trailer also reveals the titles of the upcoming episodes:...