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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is Alberto Falcone In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Germain Lussier/March 19, 2011 11:54 pm EST The speculation is over and sometimes, rumors are true. Variety is reporting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is indeed playing Alberto Falcone, son of former mob boss Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson) in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. We knew that Gordon-Levitt was cast in the film in early February and we speculated that the role could be Falcone a few days after....

Lost: Complete Collection Box Art And Contents Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2010 1:28 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The set also includes every episode in the series, all of the previously released bonus materials, “a unique series of featurettes that takes viewers on very personal tours of Oahu where the series was created,” “Exploring the global phenomenon that is Lost,” “A closer look at some of the props with cast, writers and producers, exploring their significance, stories and emotional ties to the characters,” a “humorous yet emotional look at every character who died on the series” and “16 hilarious Lost Slapdown” featurettes showcasing celebrity Lost fans who confront Executive Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse to ask press questions about the final season, including the Muppets and cast members Nestor Carbonell, Michael Emerson, Rebecca Mader and more....

Matt Reeves Takes Over Vampire Tale ‘The Passage’ From Ridley Scott By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2011 12:42 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. More details on the book and the deal are after the break. Deadline announces this one, and says that it is uncertain whether The Passage or 8 O’Clock in the Morning will come first. John Logan has already scripted The Passage, as he was part of the development process with Ridley Scott, but Matt Reeves will oversee a rewrite by a new screenwriter....

Page 2: The Incredibles, Howard Stern, Star Trek 2, The Avengers, Harry Potter, Bill Maher, Scream 4, Tommy Lee Jones, X-Men By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2011 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. New Mexico is having a Film and Media Day on February 16, 2011 in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the corner of Paseo de Peralta & Old Santa Fe Trail from 10AM – 3PM, which includes an open casting call for The Avengers....

Ridley Scott Doesn’t Know What New ‘Blade Runner’ Will Be, Won’t Rule Out Harrison Ford; Wants To Make ‘Prometheus 2’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2012 12:30 pm EST Since the news broke that Ridley Scott will direct the new film set in the world of Blade Runner, speculation about Harrison Ford’s participation, or lack thereof, has been voiced every time the project comes up. Over the weekend there was a brief surge of Blade Runner interest as one report said that Ford was, indeed, in very early talks to take a role in the film....

By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2010 8:00 am EST A studio isn’t involved at this point, but Original Film, the company run by producer Neal Moritz, is behind this version, and Original Film is housed at Sony. I’m always ready for that sort of buddy action comedy that works — hello, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang — but I don’t get the idea of casting Reynolds and Cooper opposite one another. They’re way to close to being the same guy....

Super 8 Advertisement Discovered? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2011 1:35 pm EST Online advertising archive website Adverlicio.us has discovered a small medium rectangle web advertisement for the Steven Spielberg-produced JJ Abrams-directed super secret sci-fi film Super 8. Normally I would write something like this off as fake, but we’re quickly approaching the June 10th 2011 release date with little-to-no-advertising (not counting the viral stuff and the initial teaser trailer). Also, a commercial for the movie is supposed to premiere during the Super Bowl this Sunday....

The Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 4:00 am EST Update: /Film reader Lee Keeler, the guy who made the “Lorax” Grindhouse trailer we posted a while back, decided to edit a trailer using The Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory concept. Watch that video here. Over on Metatalk, Cool Papa Bell has created something I’m calling the Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory: My favorite thought-piece about Ferris Bueller is the “Fight Club” theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron’s imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves....

Universal’s New Werewolf Movie Now Shooting, Headed Straight To DVD By Russ Fischer/Oct. 31, 2011 11:00 am EST This summer we started to hear rumblings that Universal was prepping a new Wolfman movie, and that this might essentially be a reboot of the character, and one that acts like the recent The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro, didn’t happen. Those reports were partially correct. Roger Corman veteran Louis Morneau (Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead; The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting; Bats), tipped as the director for this project a few months back, started production today on a film called, for now, Untitled Werewolf Thriller....

VOTD: A Retrospective Of Woody Allen Surrogates By Angie Han/June 23, 2011 1:00 pm EST Woody Allen famously has a habit of casting a stand-in for himelf in his comedies, and you can usually tell which one it is — while neuroses and Judaism aren’t requirements, they’re often indications that you’re looking in the right direction. But in case there’s any doubt, Film Drunk’s Oliver Noble has Woody Allen surrogatism (which is not a real word, but you know what I mean) down to a science....

Warner Bros. Moves ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ To 2013; Scratches ‘Arthur & Lancelot’ Release Date By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2012 6:00 am EST There’s a lot going on at Warner Bros. right now. The studio has been looking closely at some planned tentpole films and deciding that they’re not quite where execs want to put their money after all. So Akira has been put on hold, and David Dobkin’s Arthur & Lancelot, which always seemed like a strange project to begin with, has taken a step even further towards the back burner....

Will Andy Fickman Direct ‘TMI’ Or ‘Boy Scouts Vs Zombies’? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2010 7:47 pm EST I’ve got a feeling that this is a little like Aliens vs Predator: whichever wins, we lose. A couple days ago there was word that Andy Fickman (The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain) would direct Anna Faris in TMI. That’s the Kirsten Smith and Marc Klein script originally said to be about two “just friends” types who finally realize they’re made for each other after a drug-induced evening of debauchery....

‘Atlas Shrugged: Part 2’ Teaser Trailer And New Cast Info By Russ Fischer/June 25, 2012 12:30 pm EST The film… didn’t do well. Actually, it did OK at first when targeted at a very specific audience, based only on that audience’s interest in seeing Rand’s novel hit the screen. But even people predisposed to love Atlas Shrugged saw the film as a rushed, inferior product. Given the themes of Rand’s over-arching philosophy, we call that “irony....

‘Chicken Little’ Director Making ‘Me And My Shadow’ For DreamWorks Animation By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2010 8:27 am EST DreamWorks Animation dropped off a press release this morning announcing a new 3D animated film called Me and My Shadow. There’s no voice cast yet, but the plot will follow “Shadow Stan, an extremely frustrated shadow who yearns for a dynamic life but happens to be stuck with Stanley Grubb, the world’s most boring human....

‘Lawless’ Trailer: John Hillcoat’s Blast Of Bootlegging Americana By Russ Fischer/April 24, 2012 4:00 pm EST “Do you have any idea what a Thompson submachine gun does to a mortal?” Oh, man, here we go. We’ve waited a long time to see footage from John Hillcoat’s new film Lawless, formerly titled The Wettest County. Based on Matt Bondurant’s book The Wettest County in the World, the film had a long pre-production history and nearly didn’t happen, until Megan Ellison and Annapurna Pictures saved the day....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 23, 2011 5:00 pm EST At the end of this first weekend of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival there have been two major buys. One was made by Paramount for Like Crazy, one of the most-praised films at the fest so far. (Look for our review tomorrow morning.) And on the other side of the spectrum, LionsGate and Roadside Attractions have teamed up to buy J.C. Chandor’s debut feature Margin Call, which has garnered some of the poorer reviews of the fest....

‘Sleepwalk With Me’ - Comedian Mike Birbiglia’s Hilarious, Heartfelt Feature Debut [Sundance 2012 Video Blog] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 28, 2012 11:00 am EST There’s a running joke amongst comedians that people get into stand-up just so they can be TV stars. It works for some but for others, it seems like stand-up might be a better route to get into film directing. It worked for Woody Allen, Louis CK and now it’s worked for Mike Birbiglia, a successful touring comedian who turned his one man autobiographical off-Broadway show Sleepwalk With Me into a feature film....

‘The Myth Of The American Sleepover’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2011 8:30 pm EST First love, young love. Those days when it feels as if you’re right on the brink of some flashpoint moment end up burned into your brain. Or the idea of those days is burned in, at least, and that’s what ends up being part of the limitless energy that powers cinema. The Myth of the American Sleepover runs entirely on that energy as it follows a handful of kids on the cusp of adulthood as they try to spark a connection on the last weekend of summer....

‘Winter’s Bone’ Director Debra Granik Writing ‘Pippi Longstocking’ Treatment By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2011 9:00 pm EST The LA Times has a great piece up that looks at a number of recent and upcoming films that offer tough, practical heroines that stand in stark contrast to a lot of the female characters that media offers up to young women. One of the highlighted films is Winter’s Bone. Mentioning the latter, the paper drops an interesting tidbit: director Debra Granik is working on a new treatment for Pippi Longstocking with her producing partner Anne Rosellini....

Alan Tudyk Cast In ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2011 12:49 pm EST TImur Bekmambetov is lining up quite the varied cast for his adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He’s got Benjamin Walker in the lead, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd, Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper in key supporting roles, and more. Now Alan Tudyk, an actor with a dedicated fan following thanks to his role on Firefly, has joined the cast....