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Crazy 4 Cult New York Preview #2: ‘Shaun Of The Dead,’ ‘The Princess Bride,’ ‘The Goonies,’ ‘Better Off Dead,’ Olly Moss And More By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2012 9:00 am EST For Part 1 of this preview, click here. For the past five years, Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles has hosted what’s become their signature event: Crazy 4 Cult. Initially created with the help of Kevin Smith, the art show has grown by leaps and bounds each year featuring art from almost every single cult movie imaginable....

Daredevil Rights Will Return To Marvel, Watch Sizzle Reels From Joe Carnahan’s Unmade Adaptation By Angie Han/Aug. 14, 2012 7:56 pm EST There’s always the possibility that Marvel will decide to let Carnahan make his Daredevil once they have the rights back, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. It’s really too bad. Carnahan had intended to work from Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Born Again storyline, which sees the hero taking some dark turns....

Geek Deal: The X-Files Season Box Sets For $13.99 Each By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2010 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This means you could pick up all nine seasons for under $126, not a bad deal. Of course, the price will disappear at midtnight tonight (Sunday night). So act fast before Monday hits!

Infographic: Oscars Vs. Box Office By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2011 7:00 am EST Someone has put together an infographic titled “Oscars vs. The Box Office” which takes a look at the highest grossing movies worldwide along with how many Oscars each movie won. Hit the jump. Via: Online Casino Games Infographic: Oscars Vs. Box Office By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2011 7:00 am EST Someone has put together an infographic titled “Oscars vs....

Kate Beckinsale And Jessica Biel Are The Leads In ‘Total Recall;’ Bill Nighy Is Quatto By Germain Lussier/May 25, 2011 5:30 pm EST With an August 2012 release date looming, shooting on Len Wiseman’s remake of Total Recall is set to begin next week in Toronto. We know that Colin Farrell will be Douglas Quaid and Bryan Cranston will be one of the villains but what of the two ladies in Quaid’s life, so famously portrayed by in the original Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin?...

Leonardo DiCaprio Confirmed For Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Hoover Biopic By Russ Fischer/June 17, 2010 3:47 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Back in March, a bunch of news came out about a biopic of founding FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Milk’s Dustin Lance Black wrote the script, and it was at Universal before the studio passed. The film ended up at Warner Bros. and Malpaso Productions, with Clint Eastwood set to direct....

LOL: ‘Broship Of The Ring’ [Image Gallery] By Angie Han/July 8, 2011 2:00 pm EST J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy stripped of all its fantasy elements may not sound like a great idea, but that’s only because you haven’t seen the delightful “Broship of the Rings” yet. In her ongoing series, artist Noelle Stevenson reimagines of the iconic Fellowship as an oddball group of modern-day pals embarking on a road trip in their trusty van Shadowfax....

Mark Wahlberg Offered ‘The Crow’ Remake By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2010 1:00 pm EST Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Mark Wahlberg has been offered the lead role in Relativity Media’s remake of The Crow. Nothing is official just yet, but what do you think of this casting choice? A big screen adaptation of the James O’Barr comic book series, the original film was directed by Alex Proyas and is possibly best known as the movie in which actor Brandon Lee was accidentally killed by a loaded gun....

New ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ MTV Awards Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2012 11:09 pm EST If you’re holding fast for the mid-summer release of Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film before watching any more footage from The Dark Knight Rises, I applaud your effort. For everyone else who has given in, here’s the 90-second trailer shown tonight at the MTV Movie Awards. It features quite a lot of new footage, including a good bit of Selena Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and a few good new shots of Joseph Gordon Levitt’s character and Tom Hardy’s villainous Bane....

New Posters: ‘Scream 4’ And ‘Bridesmaids’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 31, 2011 5:30 pm EST When two posters debut around the same time, it’s a great window into how creative print marketing can be. In 2011, posters are certainly less important than were in in the past and most of the time they speak for themselves. Things like similar color schemes, poses and floating heads all show that no matter how much thought is put into a poster, studios usually settle on something tried and true....

Nick Park Writing New Aardman Animation Stop-Motion Feature By Russ Fischer/Oct. 5, 2011 12:30 pm EST Briefly: Aardman Animation has a big presence in movie theaters this year and next, as the company is prepping two animated features for release. There’s the CGI family holiday film Arthur Christmas, for which we just saw a pair of new trailers. And then there’s Pirates!, which is a stop-motion picture that looks like quite a bit of fun....

Oakley To Release $150 ‘Tron Legacy’ 3D Glasses By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2010 8:00 am EST Sunglass company Oakley has announced that they will be producing a tie-in for Disney’s Tron: Legacy, a pair of Limited Edition 3D Gascan eyewear featuring Tron-styled graphics on the side frames. How much do they want you to pay for these glasses? $150! Why are the glasses worth so much money? Find out after the jump....

POTD: China’s Life-Size Optimus Prime By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2010 2:00 pm EST The photo above shows a 33 feet tall Optimus Prime statue which was constructed completely out of junk car parts spotted at the Bird’s Nest at Beijing Olympic Park in China. The movie’s Optimus Prime is 32 feet tall and made of 10,108 parts. So this is in fact “life size.” Hit the jump to see the full image....

POTD: LEGO Inception By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2010 1:00 pm EST Inception has inspired a lot more than just infographics, people are having fun recreating scenes using LEGO. Above you can see a glimpse of -infomaniac-’s recreation of the scene where gravity alters a city street. After the jump you will see a photo of Alex Eylar’s recreation of the zero-g/rotating hallway sequence. Get a better look at both LEGO creations below....

Robert Downey Jr To Possibly Star In Neil Strauss’s ‘Emergency!’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2010 12:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The official book description follows: Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. I’ve started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes....

Runaways To Begin Filming In March 2011 In Los Angeles By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2010 9:00 am EST Production Weekly is now reporting that Marvel Studios will begin production on the big screen adaptation to Brian K Vaughan’s Runaways in March 2011, with production scheduled until the end of Summer 2011. The film will be shot in Los Angeles and is being produced under the fake production title “Small Faces”, a reference to the 1960’s-1970’s English rock n roll band which had a song titled Runaways....

Spike Lee’s New Joint, ‘Red Hook Summer,’ Set For Summer 2012 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2011 12:31 pm EST Fortunes can turn around fast in filmmaking. Earlier this year, Spike Lee was complaining about the difficulty financing new films. Then only weeks later he was kicking off the shoot for a film called Red Hook Summer, and then he was signed to direct a new version of Oldboy, possibly with Josh Brolin starring....

This Week In Trailers: Murder Capital Of The World, Nostalgia, All In Good Time, 24 Hours At The South Street Diner, Unraveled By Christopher Stipp/April 15, 2012 9:00 am EST There was a certain thrill to listening to the goings on inside a diner. When This American Life had an hour devoted an hour of their radio programming to detailing 24 hours inside the Golden Apple restaurant I could not, not turn the dial....

Thomas McDonell Joins ‘Dark Shadows,’ Michael Sheen Eyed For Role By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2011 9:00 am EST While the idea of Tim Burton doing yet another film with Johnny Depp is almost as predictable as the sunrise, it is difficult to deny the power of the cast they’ve pulled together for the big-screen version of supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows. In addition to Johnny Depp playing Barnabas Collins, the film boasts Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter....

Tom Cruise Developing ‘Flying Tigers’ Film To Rival John Woo’s; Cruise Not Attached To ‘El Presidente’? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2010 4:00 am EST Deadline says that Kirk Ellis got the nod to rewrite a previous draft by Christopher McQuarrie and Mason Alley. And, lest there be any confusion, both Flying Tigers films are based on the story of the fighter squadron formed in China by former US General Claire Chennault as a clandestine/volunteer force to fight against Japan before the US formally entered WWII....