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LOL: A Between Two Ferns-Style Interview With Zach Galifianakis By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2010 4:00 pm EST You’ve probably seen Zach Galifianakis’ awkward interview series Between Two Ferns on FunnyorDie. WFAA TV’s Gordon Keith decided to give Galifianakis a piece of his own medicine when interviewing the actor for his new indie dramedy It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Watch the interview embedded after the jump. via: TDW LOL: A Between Two Ferns-Style Interview With Zach Galifianakis...

LOL: George Lucas To LOST Producers: “Pretend You’ve Planned The Whole Thing Out In Advance By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2010 11:00 am EST Last week during Lost Live: The Final Celebration, ABC network executive Barry Jossen read a letter George Lucas wrote to Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. In the letter, Lucas finally admitted the obvious — he had no idea where the story was going when Star Wars just came out, and that “the trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance....

Moviemaker Magazine Lists The /Filmcast As One Of “10 Podcasts Worth A Listen” By David Chen/June 9, 2010 1:30 pm EST MovieMaker magazine recently chose the /Filmcast, the official podcast of /Film, for inclusion on its list of “10 Podcasts Worth a Listen.” While the spring issue – featuring a cover story on Naomi Watts – hit newsstands awhile back, the entire podcast list is now available online. “There are any number of things you can do to make your work commute more interesting…” the piece begins, as written by Rebecca Pahle....

Natalie Portman Definitly Not Starring In ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 7, 2010 2:30 pm EST Briefly: This is really just a confirmation post and a suggestion to those hoping to see a film version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that the time might have come to take a seat for a while. For the past year, development was brewing on a film adaptation of the novel, with David O....

New ‘Captain America’ Image Shows Chris Evans Suited Up As Cap By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2010 8:25 am EST UPDATE: High-res version of the cover added after the break. Here’s a first: a shot of Chris Evans in costume — the real costume — as Captain America. We’ve seen concept art, we’ve seen images of the actor in character wearing street clothes, and we’ve seen shots of a stuntman in the suit....

Nicolas Winding Refn Producing ‘Maniac Cop’ Prequel By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2012 7:30 am EST The films of William Lustig are crude exploitation, but they’re strange and entertaining enough to find new groups of fans every few years. Maniac, for example is a chilly ride, and a film that is currently being remade with Elijah Wood as the unlikely but compelling choice for the title character. Vigilante is a Death Wish- and poliziotteschi-influenced urban crime movie with a cartoonish tone balanced by Robert Forster....

Producer Brad Fuller Gives Freddy, Jason, Ouija, TMNT And Monster Squad Updates By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2011 7:00 am EST Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller has reappeared on Twitter over the weekend to offer a couple updates on future sequels of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Find out what he said, after the jump. Here is what Fuller says about a possible Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street sequels:...

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Supercrooks, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Blade By Germain Lussier/Jan. 2, 2012 11:00 am EST Why did the Green Goblin capture CNN’s Anderson Cooper on New Year’s Eve? Which motorcycle company has teamed up with The Avengers? Want to see a teaser trailer for the upcoming Mark Millar comic book Supercrooks? And how is it possible that you can own Scarlett Johansson from Iron Man 2? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Trivia: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Almost Crossed Over (Slightly) With ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/June 12, 2012 3:00 pm EST In the comics, Spider-Man has at times been a major member of The Avengers and though there was talk of Andrew Garfield, the star of the new Amazing Spider-Man, appearing in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, it was nothing more than a rumor. However, it turns out the studios did agree on one crossover between the films, the timing just didn’t work out....

Tron Legacy Disc Game Photos By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2010 12:40 pm EST Disney has released a batch of new promotional photos for Tron Legacy (found via Filmofilia) which show men in helmets playing the Disc Game, which you may remember from the original film. From what we’ve seen from the trailer, these images don’t appear to be taken on the set of the film. They instead appear to be promotional shots, designed to show off the costumes and look of the characters....

TV Bits: New Shows For Mike O’Malley, Marlon Wayans, Bunim/Murray, ‘Big Love’ Creators; See ‘Grimm’ Early; ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Renewed; Marvel Publishing ‘Dexter’ Comics By Angie Han/Oct. 18, 2011 5:00 pm EST Also set to re-team are Glee co-star Mike O’Malley and Glee network Fox, who are working on a half-hour comedy titled Prodigy Bully. O’Malley is writing the series, about a boy genius who uses brains and brawn to get his way....

VOTD: Somewhere Vs. Lost In Translation By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2010 10:52 pm EST When the trailer was released for Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, many people noted the similarities/parallels to the filmmaker’s previous film Lost in Translation. Of course, both movies are about a girl and her father figure getting to know each other while living at a four star hotel. /Film reader Joel Norn put together a video comparing shots from Sofia’s new film and LiT....

VOTD: The Making Of Patrick Boivin’s AT-AT Day Afternoon By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2010 12:00 am EST Last week we posted Patrick Boivin’s short film AT-AT Day Afternoon. The short film replaced a normal dog with a vintage Star Wars AT-AT toy, which with the magic of stop-motion animation and computer compositing effects, comes alive. The video quickly went viral, and spread around the internet clocking in over a million views so far....

Watch The 2009 Comic Con Footage From David Fincher-Produced ‘The Goon’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2011 3:15 pm EST Good things come to those who wait; sometimes we just have to wait a very long time. Fans of Eric Powell’s supernatural head-busting comic series The Goon may recall my enthusiasm for the Comic Con panel held for the comic in 2009. That panel was where we learned that Powell was still working with David Fincher to make an animated film based on the comic, and that Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti had agreed to voice the two main characters, the Goon and Franky....

Watch The Opening Scene Of Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’ By Angie Han/April 26, 2012 12:30 pm EST I can’t really think of anyone more perfect to poke fun at vile tyranny than Sacha Baron Cohen, the guy who brought us Borat, Ali G, and Bruno. While plenty of comedians play at edginess, Cohen’s material feels genuinely daring and fresh — not to mention very, very funny. So I’m a bit sad to admit that none of the clips or trailers we’ve seen for The Dictator so far have done all that much for me....

Will Kevin Costner Star In Kazakhstan’s New Historical Epic Film? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 23, 2010 12:00 pm EST Briefly: Akan Satayev directed Kazakhstan’s official foreign language Oscar entry Strayed, which is a film that most of us haven’t had a chance to see, but sounds like an appealing picture for those with an arthouse/indie bent. (It’s about a man stuck on a remote road with his family; after his wife and daughter disappear, the man enoucnters another strange family unit, and things start to get weird....

/Film Welcomes A New Blogger: Germain Lussier By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2010 5:46 pm EST /Film is proud to announce that we’re adding another blogger to our ranks: Germain Lussier. A New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Cinema Studies program graduate, Germain has written for the Times Herald-Record, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher’s Weekly, Premiere Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Collider. He is also a regular film contributor on The Ron and Fez Show, heard on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, under the name ‘GBaby....

‘Portal: No Escape’ Helmer Dan Trachtenberg To Direct Sci-Fi Heist Movie ‘Crime Of The Century’ For Universal By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 13, 2011 7:58 pm EST Universal Pictures and screenwriter-turned-producer Chris Morgan (Wanted, Fast Five, 47 Ronin) has signed Dan Trachtenberg to direct a sci-fi action heist film titled Crime of the Century. Not much is known about the project. Deadline reports that the story “revolves around a high-octane heist with a science fiction twist....

‘Restless’ Trailer #2 By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2011 6:14 pm EST Gus Van Sant made one of the bigger missteps of the ’90s with his shot for shot remake of Psycho, but he’s been on a roll in the past couple years with Paranoid Park and Milk. His latest film is Restless, starring Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper as a pair of kids who are obsessed with death. One of them has a friend who happens to be the ghost of a kamikaze pilot....

‘Seven Psychopaths’ Trailer - Colin Farrell Reunites With ‘In Bruges’ Director Martin McDonagh By Angie Han/Aug. 14, 2012 9:00 am EST I’ve made no secret of my disdain for the recent Total Recall remake, but thankfully Colin Farrell’s 2012 isn’t looking like a total bust. This fall sees him reuniting with his In Bruges director Martin McDonagh for Seven Psychopaths, in which Farrell plays a screenwriter who gets tangled up in a dog-kidnapping scheme gone awry....