Geek Deals: Star Trek: OMP Blu-Ray Collection For Only $54.99, Mad Men On Sale, Despicable Me For 63% Off By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2011 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The entire series of Mad Men is on sale – DVD Blu-ray Also, they are selling Despicable Me (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) for only $14.99, 63% off the $40msrp.
James Cameron Is On Twitter By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2011 11:00 am EST Briefly: Here you go, James Cameron fans. The tech-savvy director is the latest filmmaker to accept Twitter as a medium for communicating with the world. So far he’s talking up exactly the subjects that you’d expect to see him discussing: Sanctum and Ryan Seacrest. (Well, Sanctum, which he produced and is currently promoting, is to be expected.) There’s sure to be more to come, and given his tendency to be outspoken and verbose we’ll probably get some gems....
Johnny Depp Talks Tonto’s Look In ‘The Lone Ranger’ By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2012 11:00 am EST Even if you aren’t familiar with the original look of Tonto on TV’s The Lone Ranger, it’s pretty obvious Johnny Depp’s reinterpretation of it is totally out of left field. Depp is currently sporting this look on the set of The Lone Ranger with director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Armie Hammer as the title character and in a new interview, he revealed the surprising inspiration behind the striking look....
Ken Watanabe To Direct His First Film, Based On The Famed 442nd Infantry Regiment? By Russ Fischer/June 1, 2010 12:14 pm EST Ken Watanabe has worked as an actor in Japan for over twenty years, and since his breakout western role in The Last Samurai, he’s become a fan-favorite character actor. Now, as Watanabe is about to be seen in Christopher Nolan’s Inception, there is word that the actor is in talks to make the leap to director....
Legendary Wants To Make A ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie By Germain Lussier/June 16, 2011 4:58 pm EST In the realm of toys and games that are being adapted into movies – Stretch Armstrong, Clue, Monopoly, Battleship, etc. – Hot Wheels seems like a no-brainer. (There’s even something that is basically a Hot Wheels nod in Green Lantern.) With the Fast and Furious films continually raking in the dough, any producer would be remiss not to take the well-known toy car brand and develop it into a big time action movie....
LOL: ‘Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie’ By Angie Han/Dec. 22, 2011 9:00 am EST As in years past, Apple’s iPhone 4S is bound to be a popular gift this holiday season — but if that’s what you were thinking of asking Santa for, this trailer for “Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie” from Rooster Teeth may make you want to reconsider. The phone comes pre-loaded with Siri, a virtual personal assistant that’s either super cool or a little creepy depending on how much you fear the inevitable robot takeover....
LOL: George Lucas, Michael Bay And JJ Abrams’ ‘Titanic’ Super 3D Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2012 2:30 pm EST Imagine what would happen if the 3D rerelease of Titanic was so profitable that James Cameron employed George Lucas, Michael Bay and JJ Abrams to create a Super 3D version of the film to give audiences an updated 4D experience. This is the premise of a funny youtube video which has been going viral this week....
LOL: Screenwriter Who Wrote The “Jump The Shark” Episode Of Happy Days Finally Steps Forward To Defend His Work By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 8, 2010 10:00 am EST Interestingly enough, nowhere in any discussions or articles on the subject of jump the shark did I ever find my name associated with it. So, really, the only people who knew I wrote the episode were those on the show and my friends and family....
Mike Newell And Neil Marshall In Consideration To Direct ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’; Scarlett Johansson And Bradley Cooper Rumored By Russ Fischer/Oct. 18, 2010 10:10 am EST As unbelievable as the notion of Darren Aronofsky directing Wolverine 2 might be, there’s something more difficult to swallow going on in Hollwood: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is becoming a hot property. Initially set to be directed by David O. Russell with Natalie Portman starring (she is still producing) the film now needs a new creative team....
Netflix To Offer Streaming-Only Subscription Service In The US By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2010 6:30 pm EST There’s no price now, but the Canadian service runs $7.99, and the LA Times says the price is likely to be the same when the option is activated in the US. There is no plan to change streaming access for other subscription plans, so all plans that currently offer unlimited streaming will continue to do so....
New ‘Real Steel’ Featurette Shows Motion Capture Boxing And More By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2011 5:00 pm EST I know I’m in the minority when I go on and on and about how excited I am for Real Steel. Most of you see Shawn Levy’s name, some robots fighting in the ring and think “Rock Em, Sock Em Robots” the movie. And come October 7, maybe you’ll be right. But I see Transformers meets Rocky....
New ‘The Hobbit’ Video Blog Gives Viewers A Full Studio Tour, And A Surprise Guest By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2012 10:00 am EST There’s some lingering concern about Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, after the 48-frame per second footage was debuted to very mixed reaction at CinemaCon in April. But whatever anxiety we might have about the final appearance of the film can be set aside for a moment as we take a look at the latest production video blog from Jackson and his crew....
Page 2: Back To The Future, 2001, Simpsons, Star Wars, Harry Potter, They Live, Alfred Hitchcock, Total Recall, Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Newsroom By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Back to the Future flux capacitor tattoo Listen to Jeff Goldsmith’s Q&A with Quentin Tarantino and Richard Kelly talking about writing films for the late Tony ScottWhat the Summer’s 7 Biggest Box-Office Bombs Says About America’s Changing Appetite...
Promo Poster: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2010 12:00 pm EST In Drive, [Sallis] combines murder, treachery, and payback in a sinister plot resembling 1940s pulp fiction and film noir. Told through a complex, cinematic narrative that weaves back and forth through time and place, the story explores Driver’s near-existential moral foundations while revisiting its root cause: his hardscrabble, troubled childhood.
Rumor: J.J. Abrams To Join Forces With Bong Joon-Ho, The Director Of The Host And Mother By Adam Quigley/Aug. 5, 2010 12:19 pm EST This is a team-up I could have only dreamed of, but even then, I don’t know that I would’ve. Are J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Bong Joon-ho (The Host), two of the most intriguing filmmakers working today, going to be working together? We heard a rumor that this is indeed the case....
Rumor: Natalie Portman For Lois Lane In ‘Superman’? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2010 10:50 am EST With the rumor that Darren Aronofsky is one of the key names on the Superman director shortlist being explored by Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan, this additional rumor was probably inevitable. So roll this around in your head for a minute: Natalie Portman as Lois Lane. It’s a great rumor, if only that it would make for a much stronger Lois Lane than was seen in Bryan Singer’s film....
Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Queen Singer Freddie Mercury By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2010 4:45 pm EST Here’s some news that could be eerily on point: Peter Morgan, the guy who wrote The Queen, is now going to write about the band Queen. (That’s not the on-point part, but it is a good factor.) More specifically, he’s writing an as yet unnamed biopic of Queen singer Freddie Mercury. Even better: to play Mercury, the production has just signed Sacha Baron Cohen....
Screenwriter Michael Bacall Says Les Grossman Script Is “Pretty Heartfelt,” Confirms It Was Written For R Rating By Angie Han/Feb. 22, 2012 9:00 am EST There were plenty of reasons to love Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder when it came out in 2008 — for starters, it’s just really freaking funny — but one of the film’s most pleasant surprises was an inspired turn by Tom Cruise as hotheaded studio exec Les Grossman....
Screenwriters Hired For The Monster Squad Remake By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2010 6:00 am EST In March it was announced that Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes was developing a remake of Fred Dekker’s 1987 movie The Monster Squad, written by Dekker and Shane Black. Producers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, and Rob Cohen have been meeting with writers, and have finally hired someone to pen the remake. Heatvision also reveals that the plan is to turn the family-oriented property into a potential franchise....
Secretariat Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2010 5:00 am EST Walt Disney Pictures have released a movie trailer for Secretariat, a horse-racing drama about “three people whose lives intersected, thanks to the champion horse Secretariat.” For those of you, like me, who don’t follow horse-racing history: Secretariat is… possible spoiler warning (I guess? Is history a spoiler? And isn’t the achievement of a true story part of the reason we want to see the film adaptations?...
