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‘The Wolverine’ Helmer James Mangold To Direct ‘City State’ Remake By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2011 11:30 am EST Director James Mangold took over the X-Men spinoff The Wolverine a few months back, but now that production has been pushed back — thanks to star Hugh Jackman’s commitment to Les Miserables — Mangold has lined up another new project in the meantime. Mangold will direct and produce City State, an English-language remake of a crime thriller written and directed by Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson....

Adrianne Palicki Cast As ‘Wonder Woman’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2011 6:25 pm EST Friday Night Lights actress Adrianne Palicki has been cast as DC superhero Wonder Woman in the announced NBC television pilot. The show is said to be a non-campy take on the character that presents the superhero character as “a vigilante crime fighter in LA but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life....

Billy Mitchell Reflects On ‘The King Of Kong’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2010 5:00 pm EST Many of you probably have seen the 2007 documentary The King of Kong (and if you haven’t, Netflix it now!). The movie follows the battle between Steve Wiebe and noted Donkey Kong/vintage video game champion Billy Mitchell, over the world record for Donkey Kong. Since the release of the film, it has been fun tracking the back and fourth battle between Wiebe and Mitchell for the world record (Steve Wiebe recently reclaimed the Donkey Kong World Record from Billy Mitchell)....

Chinese Movie Poster Rip-Offs [Gallery] By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2012 2:00 pm EST The Chinese Film Industry is notorious for taking inspiration (or… ripping off) movie poster designs from Hollywood and UK. Wenxuecity.com has compiled a large compilation of some of the many examples from over the years. After the jump you’ll find a gallery containing the posters we thought were by far the worst. via: THR Chinese Movie Poster Rip-Offs [Gallery]...

David Cronenberg’s ‘Scanners’ May Be Reborn As A TV Show By Russ Fischer/July 25, 2011 10:00 am EST The once-proposed theatrical remake of David Cronenberg’s Scanners is evidently turning into a TV show. The 1981 film most famous for its exploding head opening (and less famous for Stephen Lack’s toneless but oddly appropriate performance) has already spawned a couple of shoddy sequels. So this isn’t quite the unwelcome spin-off that, for instance, a sequel to Videodrome might be....

Exclusive: Making Of Johnny Hardstaff’s Dark Room By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2010 11:00 am EST In April, Philips released their collaboration between five filmmakers from Ridley Scott Associates, called Parallel Lines. Scott’s commercial division RSA was asked to create a series of groundbreaking short films in a genre of their choice, using “the same unifying theme.” RSA directors submitted forty-five treatments and Philips selected five it believed were most ground-breaking: Jake Scott, Greg Fay, Johnny Hardstaff, Carl Erik Rinsch, and Hi-Sim....

By Russ Fischer/May 30, 2012 5:30 am EST Sure, this is basically Benjamin in an appropriate wig and a peek at the actual costume he’ll wear in one scene, but with his mustache in shape he looks more or less like Hendrix. That’s just the beginning, however, as Jimi has an instantly recognizable stage presence and speech pattern, in addition to his eccentric guitar playing style. Can Benjamin get all that down and make the character feel like more than a put-on?...

Full Length Movie Trailer: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2010 12:59 am EST Universal Pictures has released the first full-length movie trailer for Edgar Wright’s upcoming action-comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Based on the comic book series written by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Pilgrim tells the story of a charming and jobless 22-year-old who must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil ex-boyfriends in order to win her heart....

Is This The Title To Quentin Tarantino’s Next Movie? [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2011 7:00 pm EST UPDATE: Anne Thompson at IndieWire has confirmed that this is indeed the title. Original article follows, more details and a plot description at the bottom. We’ve heard rumblings about about Quentin Tarantino’s next movie for a while now. It’s a spaghetti western. It’ll star Christoph Waltz. Franco Nero, Keith Carradine might be in it....

Liev Schreiber And Samuel L. Jackson In Consideration For Brad Anderson’s ‘Jack’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 30, 2010 1:54 pm EST Briefly: At the end of May it looked as if John Cusack would be playing the lead role in Jack under director Brad Anderson. At that point the film was set for a late summer shoot, but has been delayed. (We don’t know whether that is due to financing, the director’s festival and other responsibilities promoting Vanishing on 7th Street, just picked up by Magnet, or another cause....

LOL: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’-Inspired IRIS 9000 Voice Control Module For iPhone & Siri By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2011 1:30 pm EST One of the killer features in Apple’s new iPhone 4S is a virtual personal assistant program named Siri. The new software, which is built into the core operating system, allows users to ask questions or create tasks using natural speech. Before the phone was released, someone created a video we previously posted which replaced the iPhone 4S’s Siri with Hal 9000 from Stanley Kubrick’s classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey....

Movie Posters: Buried, Get Him To The Greek, Toy Story 3, The A-Team By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2010 12:35 am EST We have a bunch of cool new movie posters today, including Lionsgate’s first teaser poster for Buried (one of my favorite movies of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival), an international poster for Get Him To The Greek, four international character posters for The A-Team, and another cool international one-sheet for Toy Story 3....

New ‘John Carter’ Poster And Banners By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2011 12:00 pm EST I think Disney’s John Carter still faces an uphill battle when it comes to generating/earning the interest of an audience. The good news for Disney is that there are still a couple months left to build that interest. If you’ve missed the recent trailer, you can check it out here, and now the studio is putting out images that really emphasize the fact that there are some giant creatures in the movie....

Official Teaser Trailer: Buried By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2010 12:40 pm EST Lionsgate has released the first teaser trailer for the Ryan Reynolds one-man thriller Buried. You might remember that the independent film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical and audience acclaim, sparking a multi-studio bidding war. The story follows a private contractor who is kidnapped in Iraq and buried alive. He has 90 minutes of air left until he dies, and has access to only a phone and a lighter....

One Minute Trailer: David Fincher’s The Social Network By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2010 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield and Joe Mazzello. Columbia Pictures has given the film a rumored $47 million budget. Based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, The Social Network tells the story of Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg, the founders of Facebook....

Page 2: District 9, A Clockwork Orange, Dune, Jon Hamm, Star Wars, The Muppets, Steve Wiebe, Alien Vs. Predator, Ghostbusters By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2011 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This photo of a Filipino tarsier is spreading around the interwebs because people see a resemblance to Yoda. Emily Browning says that a steamy scene with Jon Hamm was cut from Sucker Punch to ensure a PG-13 Rating: “I had a very tame and mild love scene with Jon Hamm....

Poster And Plot Revealed For Disney Short ‘Paperman’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2012 4:00 pm EST Earlier this year we brought you news of a new Disney short called Paperman that will play at festivals and likely in front of the video game-inspired film Wreck-It Ralph. The short is directed by John Kahrs, a former Pixar employee who also worked on Tangled, and there have been whispers that the short will feature a unique look and animation technique....

Roger Ebert Announces New Movie Review Show, ‘Roger Ebert Presents At The Movies,’ With Christy Lemire And Elvis Mitchell By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2010 10:45 am EST Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel defined the televised movie review, so in the wake of the demise of the last version of At the Movies, it is wonderful and appropriate that Ebert is bringing At the Movies back to television. Even better, Roger Ebert Presents: At the Movies will go back to the show’s original home: public television....

Roger Ebert Predicted The Future Of Film In 1987 By Germain Lussier/March 29, 2011 8:30 am EST At the same time Ebert, who was currently on the air with Siskel & Ebert, was doing an interview with Omni Magazine and the famous Chicago Sun-Times film critic was asked about how fierce the competition between television and movies would be in the future. His answer, given almost 25 years ago, was just about right on the money....

Samuel L. Jackson Takes Small Role In Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2012 7:10 am EST Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson have worked together four times, but their last film together was released over 20 years ago, before Jackson found a new level of fame thanks to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Those four films, School Daze, Do The Right Thing, Mo Better Blues, and Jungle Fever, were the core of Lee’s first wave as a director, and it is exciting to hear that Jackson will finally have a gig in a new joint from Lee....