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Exclusive: Concept Art And Info From Carl Erik Rinsch’s Small By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2010 9:37 pm EST I have found out some more information. Apparently the movie studios aren’t interested in Rinsch developing a feature length adaptation of his short film The Gift… They aren’t interested in developing a feature out of the short because, well, the feature film has already been developed. That’s right, the short film is based on a feature film that Carl Erik Rinsch has already written and designed....

First Poster For ‘The Phantom Menace’ In 3D Ignores The Film’s Two Worst Aspects By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2011 2:15 pm EST Oh, look, there’s a poster for the post-converted 3D re-release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. This poster is missing three key elements. Two are among the worst aspects of the film, Jar-Jar Binks and Jake Lloyd as young Anakin Skywalker. Also absent is the best thing about the movie: Liam Neeson....

Has ‘Hesher’ Been Retitled ‘Rebel’? By Russ Fischer/May 28, 2010 10:12 am EST Update: A few sources (but not yet Newmarket) are saying this is just a name change for international distribution. Peter saw the poster above at Cannes, where it may have been used only for sales purposes. So don’t take that image as final. Original article follows. One of the more anticipated movies going into Sundance this year was Spencer Susser’s Hesher, which casts Joseph Gordon-Levitt as “a long haired tattooed head-banging badass, who inserts himself " into the life of a young man who has recently lost his mother....

HBO Sets Premiere Dates For ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Girls’, ‘Veep’, ‘Game Change’ By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2012 4:00 pm EST While I’m sure that Luck, Life’s Too Short, and Angry Boys each have their charms, it’s HBO’s spring lineup I’m really looking forward to. Between Game of Thrones’ return and the debuts of Judd Apatow’s Girls and Armando Iannucci’s Veep, I already know exactly what I’ll be doing each Sunday from April through June....

Is Elijah Wood In Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit?’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2011 4:39 pm EST Earlier today, Peter put up a story about Warner Brothers having the worldwide rights to distribute Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. Well, over at Deadline, in an update to the story, the name Elijah Wood – yes, Frodo Baggins himself – is listed in a slew of actors who “might come back for encores.” Does that mean Wood is actually coming back or what?...

John Hawkes Joins Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion By Russ Fischer/July 12, 2010 11:51 am EST Briefly: This is the sort of short news that might usually be dropped into an aggregate Casting Notes piece, but after seeing Winter’s Bone this weekend I’m too high on John Hawkes to sideline him like that. Hawkes is a magnificent presence in Winter’s Bone, contributing a great deal to one of the year’s best films....

Michael Fassbender Joins Survival Story ‘The Mountain Between Us,’ From ‘Miss Bala’ Director By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2012 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Variety says the film is based on Charles Martin’s novel of the same name, which follows two strangers who survive a plane crash in a remote area of Colorado. Both are injured, and rely upon one another two survive. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they end up falling in love....

Mihai Malaimare Jr. Shooting Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Film; 65mm Still Rumored By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2011 1:00 pm EST One of the recent rumors we heard about Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, once called The Master and said to be influenced by the development of Scientology, was that the director’s longtime cinematographer, Robert Elswit, would not shoot the film. Scheduling is likely the issue, as Mr. Elswit is booked to shoot other projects....

Movie Poster Round-Up: Red, Piranha 3D, Machete, Legend Of The Guardians, Howl, Alpha And Omega, I Spit On Your Grave, Jack Goes Boating And More By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2010 11:00 am EST It’s been a while since our last movie poster round-up, so let’s get to it! In today’s edition we have new theatrical one-sheets for James Franco’s Howl, an unrated NSFW poster for I Spit On Your Grave, the final poster for the 3D computer animated film Alpha and Omega, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut Jack Goes Boating, four character posters for the comic book adaptation of Red featuring Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis, the big screen documentary adaptation of the book Freakonomics, eight character posters for Zack Snyder’s 3D computer animated adaptation of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, and an alternative poster for Piranha 3D, and six character poster for the big screen feature adaptation of Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse trailer Machete....

Neil Patrick Harris Planning Directorial Debut With ‘Aaron And Sarah’; Josh Hutcherson And Emma Roberts Attached To Star By Adam Quigley/Oct. 14, 2010 10:00 am EST David O. Russell, the I Heart Huckabees and Three Kings director who recently signed on to adapt the video game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, has had his name attached to Aaron and Sarah for over a year now. It’s one of the many films he’s been linked to over the years, most of which have failed to materialize....

New ‘The Campaign’ Trailer: Courting The Crazy Vote By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2012 7:00 am EST It isn’t going to make things any better, but people could probably use a dose of comedy today. Personally, I’ll take pictures of cats driving cars, videos of dance routines gone horribly wrong, and, should those fail, film footage of two men vainly lusting after political office. The latter, at least, falls into the /Film purview, so here’s a new trailer for The Campaign, in which Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis play rival political candidates who will seemingly do anything to win their competition....

New Image: Peter Sarsgaard As Hector Hammond From ‘Green Lantern’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 22, 2010 1:14 pm EST We’ve seen Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard), the mutated scientist nemesis of Green Lantern, in a few promo pics and the film’s first trailer. (And in spy photos published six months ago.) Now here’s a new look at the character, which shows off a wealth of wonderful detail in his makeup. The image was published in the latest issue of Green Lantern as a tease for the film; this scan comes via Bleeding Cool....

Olivia Wilde To Play Linda Lovelace? By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2011 4:00 pm EST It’s a big week for Olivia Wilde. Cowboys & Aliens, in which she plays a mysterious figure with an…interesting past, looks like it will open huge, despite being fairly lousy. Trailers for In Time, her film with Andrew Niccol and Justin Timberlake, are dropping left and right. And now she’s getting into porn. Oops, wait. Olivia Wilde is possibly going to be in a movie about porn....

Page 2: Alien, Prometheus, Lord Of The Rings, Game Of Thrones, Tron, Transformers, There Will Be Blood, Star Wars, Miyazaki, Brave, Wes Anderson By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2012 8:00 am EST A peek at Paramount Pictures 100th anniversary poster by Galleries 1988 and DKNG Top 25 Theme Parks Based on AttendanceArt: If Prometheus Were A 50s B-MovieRichard Dawson Of The Running Man Dead At 79 Simple.TV Targets Cord Cutters With A Kickstarter Campaign...

Paul Rudd Could Romance Tina Fey In Paul Weitz’s ‘Admission’ By Angie Han/March 14, 2012 7:30 am EST Tina Fey has had some seriously enviable onscreen suitors over the course of her career — James Marsden, Jon Hamm, and Matt Damon, just to name a few — and she may now be about to add Paul Rudd to that distinguished roster as well. Rudd is reportedly circling the male lead in Paul Weitz’s Admission, a dramatic comedy based on the novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz....

Rambo V Still Being Promoted At Cannes? By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2010 11:30 am EST Ever since the release of Rambo 4 (which was titled simply Rambo), Sylvester Stallone has been touting another sequel for the John Rambo franchise. Rumors abounded of a homecoming tale, a film tinged with sci-fi, and, based on one of Stallone’s last updates, a south of the border tale in which Rambo finds or avenges missing women....

Rumor: Angelina Jolie Could Direct ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ By Germain Lussier/June 7, 2012 5:30 pm EST UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter says any rumored talks were completely unofficial and official sources deny they happened at all. How do you get men interested in seeing the film version of a book that’s ultra popular with women? Attach the name Angelina Jolie. Deadline is reporting a rumor that Angelina Jolie, currently prepping to star in the Disney film Maleficent, has had talks with Universal to possibly direct the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, the sexual literary sensation that was purchased by the studio for seven figures....

Sony Chief Says The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Will Be “Very R-Rated;” Wants David Fincher To Direct The Trilogy By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2010 2:25 pm EST It’s a good time to be David Fincher. Though the film hasn’t yet been released, he’s reportedly made Sony very happy with The Social Network. (If the trailer is any indication, he may make audiences very happy, too.) And he’s putting together a new film version of Stieg Larsson’s novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo....

Stephen Gaghan To Direct ‘Candy Store,’ With Brad Pitt And Denzel Washington As Possible Leads By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2012 2:41 pm EST Stephen Gaghan, who wrote Traffic and directed Syriana, is now set to direct the thriller Candy Store for LionsGate. The film is a crime thriller for which we have few details, but the names might be all you need to know: Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington have started to circle the two lead roles....

Universal Buys New Paul Feig Pitch; He’ll Direct, Judd Apatow Will Produce By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2011 5:00 pm EST Briefly: With the help of a relentless and well-tuned publicity push and the simple fact of being a damn good movie, Paul Feig’s first directorial effort, Bridesmaids, has now grossed over $100m domestic. As a celebration of sorts, Universal has bought a comic pitch for a new film that will see him writing and directing another movie, with Judd Apatow producing....