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Here’s Why Andrew Stanton Dedicated ‘John Carter’ To Steve Jobs By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2012 8:00 am EST When Steve Jobs died in October of last year, it was a blow to us all. The loss was felt especially hard at Pixar, the successful film company he helped not only create, but isolate from the Hollywood machine. John Carter, directed by one of Pixar’s most prolific directors, Andrew Stanton, comes out next week and though it’s not Pixar, the film is dedicated to the memory of the legendary businessman and inventor....

Internet Movie Trailer: Splice By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2010 9:00 pm EST Vincenzo Natali’s Splice hits theaters later this week, and Warner Bros has released one last movie trailer to promote the film — an internet exclusive trailer. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump, and please leave your thoughts in the comments below.Official Synopsis: SPLICE In theatres on June 4 (Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle Entertainment) Director: Vincenzo Natali Writers: Story by Vincenzo Natali & Antoinette Terry Bryant Screenplay by Vincenzo Natali & Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor Producers: Steven Hoban Executive Producers: Joel Silver, Sidonie Dumas, Guillermo del Toro, Susan Montford, Don Murphy Christophe Riandee, Yves Chevalier Cast: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chaneac Sci-Fi Thriller....

Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Tour Kicks Off With 10th Best Per-Theater Average Of All Time By Angie Han/March 7, 2011 10:00 am EST You may recall that loquacious filmmaker Kevin Smith annoyed a lot of people (and amused a lot of other people) at this year’s Sundance, when he held an auction of his new horror film Red State only to sell it to himself for $20. Smith announced at the time that he planned to embark on a cross-country preview screening tour this spring in order to promote the film, and predicted that he would be able to make back about half of the film’s $4 million budget by its October 19 release date....

Kristen Wiig Takes Lead Role In Ben Stiller’s ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2012 5:00 am EST While half the talk that involves Kristen Wiig of late seems to revolve around whether or not she wants to do a sequel to Bridesmaids (she doesn’t) the actress is moving on to other stuff. She has already shot Imogene and another indie called Revenge of the Jolly!, and now she’s looking at a role in Ben Stiller’s remake of the classic comic fantasy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty....

Mia Wasikowska Offered Female Lead In ‘Oldboy’ By Angie Han/Dec. 19, 2011 7:30 am EST As Clive Owen ponders the villain role in Spike Lee’s Oldboy, Mia Wasikowska has been offered the female lead of Marie. If Wasikowska accepts, she’ll be starring opposite Josh Brolin, the only star confirmed so far for the English-language remake of the twisted 2003 thriller from Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park. More details after the jump....

New Studio From ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Director Making Scary Animated Films For Kids By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2011 6:00 pm EST Henry Selick, who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and Coraline, is at the head of a new animation studio in San Francisco. Shademaker Productions, previously called Cinderbiter Productions, is pulling together talent now for its first film, a movie also called Shademaker, and there are already some impressive names involved with the fledgling outfit that aims to make “great, scary films for young’uns....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2012 10:00 am EST Header Photo: Beavis and Butthead in real life. Matt Goldberg lists the top 10 films of 2011.Silent Hill takes place at the same school from Kindergarten Cop.Film.com lists the Best Use of Food in CinemaWatch Statler & Waldorf’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Appearance.Eric D. Snider’s Top 10 Films of 2011 Mexican horror magazine cover artwork CinemaBlend lists The Top 10 Lines Of Dialogue In 2011 Movies...

Page 2: Dr. Seuss, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Scooby-Doo, Tintin, Brave, Game Of Thrones, Shrek, Mad Men, Lord Of The Rings, Hunger Games, Drive, Transformers, Stanley Kubrick, Homeland By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2012 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Header Photo: Dr. Seuss Alphabet Noboru Ishiguro, a veteran Japanese animation director whose works included Space Battleship Yamato, the first color Astro Boy anime series, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes, has passed away at age 73....

Possible ‘Thor 2’ Director Brian Kirk Circling Tom Cruise Project ‘Paper Wings’ By Angie Han/Aug. 22, 2011 6:00 am EST Brian Kirk hasn’t totally sealed the deal for Thor 2 just yet, but he’s eyeing another new project that could come afterward. Kirk has entered talks to direct a rodeo romance titled Paper Wings, which Tom Cruise is developing and will probably star in. Writer Leslie Bohem (Dante’s Peak) and producer Marty Bowen initially developed the idea in 2005, and set the film up at New Line in 2006, but progress has been slow-going since then....

Ridley Scott: “The Only Way To See A Film [Is] Inside A Large Movie Theater,” But Blu-Rays Will Do In A Pinch By Angie Han/Dec. 8, 2011 6:00 am EST It’s not uncommon nowadays to catch people watching movies on their iPhones on the subway to work or while waiting around at the laundromats, but I suspect the vast majority of cinephiles will still agree that nothing can quite beat the real theater experience....

Rooney Mara Replaces Carey Mulligan In Spike Jonze’s New Film By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2012 2:30 pm EST Briefly: There has been a change to the untitled new film that Spike Jonze is putting together. For his first feature since Where the Wild Things Are, Jonze wrote a script about a man (Joaquin Phoenix, presumably) who falls in love with the voice of a computer. Think of someone getting a bit too attached to Siri on the iPhone....

Third ‘Bridget Jones’ Movie Now Moving Ahead By Germain Lussier/Aug. 12, 2011 3:31 pm EST Both Renee Zellweger’s grocery store manager and nutritionist are having a very good day. They’re each sure to make a ton of money now that the Oscar-winner is going to have gain, and subsequently lose, weight for a third film playing Bridget Jones. Entertainment Weekly broke the news that Working Title Pictures is moving ahead with a third film in the series about an adorable English woman who is unlucky in love, though there’s no word if Paul Feig will actually direct as previously rumored....

Titanic 3D In April 2012 By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2010 2:00 pm EST

Tony Scott Adds ‘The Wild Bunch’ Remake To His Slate; Wants Jeff Bridges For ‘Hells Angels’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2011 4:00 pm EST Let’s get the good news out of the way first. It’s a big announcement day for the Scott brothers, with the more frenetic Tony Scott’s publicists dropping word that he’s still working to make Hell’s Angels. Specifically, he wants Jeff Bridges to play iconic Hell’s Angels leader Sonny Barger....

Video: /Film Readers React To ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2012 5:00 am EST On April 9 2012, readers of /Film as well as FirstShowing.net were treated to a free, early screening of Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods in San Diego, CA. The film, co-written by Joss Whedon, is about a group of friends who think they’re just going on a nice quiet wilderness vacation and find something much, much more....

VOTD: ‘Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2012 5:00 pm EST Let’s take a break from the flood of Sundance news and all the Oscar talk to look at one of the weirder indie projects out there: the crowd-assembled Star Wars remake. Star Wars Uncut is a project that started over two years ago when Casey Pugh invited Star Wars fans to do their own recreations of specific scenes from the 1977 film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope....

Your Daily Rumors: Indiana Jones Series Getting 3D Treatment, Disney Dumping Keith Richards From Pirates 4 By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2010 10:58 am EST UPDATE: One LucasFilm source says this rumor is completely false, and that the company is only focused on producing 3D versions of Star Wars films right now. Original article follows. With Lucasfilm revealing that the Star Wars movies will be converted to 3D for a six-year release pattern starting in 2012, it’s only natural that rumors would breed of the Indiana Jones films getting a similar treatment....

‘Les Miserables’ Extended First Look: Learn The Rigors And Benefits Of Shooting With Live Musical Performance By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2012 9:38 am EST Yesterday Universal moved the opening of Les Miserables to Chrismas Day, and now we’ve got an extended preview of the film. This isn’t quite as epic in scope as the six-minute debut trailer for Cloud Atlas, but it is a nice long look at Tom Hooper’s take on the classic musical story that gives a lot more than we saw in the first teaser trailer back in May....

007 Website Re-Launches, Offers Behind The Scenes Video Of ‘Skyfall’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 2, 2012 12:00 pm EST It’s been a couple years since the last Bond film, Quantum of Solace, and quite a few since the last good one, Casino Royale. Between that and the fact that 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Bond film series, expect to see quite a bit of hubbub about the new Bond movie, Skyfall, as this year goes on....

Ben Whishaw Is The New Q In James Bond Film ‘Skyfall’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 25, 2011 9:58 am EST Desmond Llewelyn may be the most famous face of gadget purveyor Q in the James Bond movies, but it is time for the new films to move on. Other actors have played Q as well; John Cleese perhaps being the other most memorable actor in the role for casual fans of the films....