Apple’s New Patent Could Stop You From Texting In The Theater By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2012 7:00 am EST Since cell phones hit the market a couple decades ago, the irritating glow of a smartphone screen or the discordant blaring of a ringtone has ruined many a theatergoing experience. And they continue to do so no matter how many PSAs run before the trailers at the cinema (or how adorable said PSAs are)....
By Germain Lussier/July 12, 2012 10:30 am EST Who says The Dark Knight Rises isn’t at Comic-Con? There’s no panel but there are Batmobiles everywhere, cool giveaways at the Warner Bros. booth, lots of different toys and this incredible poster. Created by comic book artist Jock, this poster for Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film will be available at a random time Thursday at the Mondo booth at San Diego Comic-Con. And there’s even an alternative version being given away....
Director Gary Ross Says ‘Hunger Games’ Will Be PG-13 And More By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2011 7:00 pm EST Here’s what Ross told Entertainment Weekly about the rating. For those who don’t know, The Hunger Games is set in a dystopian future where the United States has been broken into 12 districts all controlled by a central government. Each year, the government forces the districts to select two children to compete in the nationally televised Hunger Games, a fight to the death where the winner brings glory – and food – to their district....
DreamWorks Animation Signs Five-Year Distribution Deal With Fox By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2012 3:47 pm EST Read other details from the press release below. GLENDALE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today announced that the Company has entered into a new five-year distribution agreement with Twentieth Century Fox.
First Clip From Todd Solondz’s ‘Dark Horse’ Is Like A One-Panel Cartoon By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2011 6:30 pm EST Dark Horse is the latest Todd Solondz comedy that will (very likely) mine the uglier depths of human relationships. The film is set to play the Toronto International Film Festival, and the fest has dropped the first footage of the film. This short scene is almost more like a classic gag cartoon than anything else, albeit with a pretty dark undercurrent....
First Photo: Tom Cruise In ‘Rock Of Ages’ By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2011 1:52 pm EST Though the Eighties hair band musical Rock of Ages has a very recognizable cast (Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Catherine Zeta Jones, Paul Giamatti, Malin Ackerman, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin) the images we’ve seen show those people as unrecognizable, or at least well outside their normal image zone. There’s that crazy Baldwin pic and now this image of Tom Cruise as rock star Stacee Jaxx....
Guillermo Del Toro Producing Animated ‘Day Of The Dead’ Feature By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2012 3:01 pm EST I bet that with Guillermo del Toro finally directing Pacific Rim, which has been underway for some time, you thought he might not have time to amass other projects. Not so! In addition to films like Pinocchio that the filmmaker has been working on for some time, he’s now producing an animated film based on the traditions and iconography associated with the Mexican Day of the Dead....
International Movie Trailer: Alpha & Omega By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2010 10:50 am EST Lionsgate has released an international movie trailer for the upcoming 3D computer animated movie Alpha & Omega. Directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck, the family adventure comedy tells the story of two mismatched young wolves are thrown together by circumstance. The voice cast includes Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover, and Vicki Lewis....
Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson & James Franco Added To ‘Jay And Seth Vs. The Apocalypse’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 21, 2011 3:42 pm EST A couple weeks ago when talking about Jay and Seth Vs the Apocalypse, the feature version of a short film he took part in years ago, Seth Rogen said “It’s now much more than just Jay and Seth — there’s many other people vs. the apocalypse now....
Juno Temple Joining Paul WS Anderson’s Three Musketeers 3D By Russ Fischer/May 19, 2010 8:31 am EST In the race to get a new version of The Three Musketeers to screens, it looks like Paul W.S. Anderson is pulling ahead of Doug Liman. Way ahead. Anderson’s film has had most of the cast set, and now is fitting the last puzzle pieces together. Juno Temple is in talks to play one of the last major open roles....
Marc Guggenheim Says ‘The Flash’ Is “3 Movies In One” By Adam Quigley/Oct. 27, 2010 5:00 pm EST Last month, Greg Berlanti shed some light on what his and his writing partners’ plans were for The Flash screenplay, which he’s currently at work on with Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. At the time it sounded like they weren’t quite sure which direction they were heading with the film, as Berlanti proceeded to throw out a number of wild comparisons to films like The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Se7en, and The Silence of the Lambs....
Mark Wahlberg Talks Up Potential Sequel To ‘The Fighter’ By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2011 2:00 pm EST After a decade of development, The Fighter emerged into theaters last year as a powerful piece of entertainment. Now with financial success and two Oscars for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, star and motivating force Mark Wahlberg is talking about continuing the on-screen story of boxer Mickey Ward. This comes from a red carpet encounter the actor had with Extra, where he said,...
Monty Python Members To Voice Aliens In Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Absolutely Anything’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2012 9:00 am EST The surviving members of the Monty Python troupe – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin — have very rarely appeared as Monty Python since the death of Graham Chapman in 1989. But the five actors have shown up together in various configurations in a few projects over the years....
Noah Oppenheim Hired To Script New ‘1984’ By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2012 2:30 pm EST Noah Oppenheim has moved from a career in television (he was senior producer on Hardball With Chris Matthews and Today, among others) into feature film writing. And somehow, Oppenheim has ended up scripting a couple notable remakes: he’s on War Games, and the remake of Daniel Espinosa’s Snabba Cash (Easy Money). And now he’s been hired to script the new take on George Orwell’s novel 1984....
Page 2: Pixar, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, Thor, Napoleon Dynamite, Black Swan, Star Tours, Pulp Fiction By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2011 8:00 am EST Pixar created this awesome photo from the New Yorker. Movies.com has an article about 3D televisions titled “3D And Me: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My 3D Television.Epic rap battles in history: Napoleon vs. Napoleon Dynamite.Nerd Bastards lists the Top 10 Nerdy Music Videos & Parodies....
Paramount’s Jack Ryan Reboot Loses Director Jack Bender By Russ Fischer/March 19, 2012 5:30 pm EST For the past couple years and change, Paramount has been developing a revival of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character, originally played by Alec Baldwin in The Hunt For Red October, and last seen in The Sum of All Fears, played by Ben Affleck. The relative indifference that met Fears upon release put the character on ice for ten years, but at some point it is very likely that Jack Ryan will return....
Paul Thomas Anderson Screened Scientology-Inspired ‘The Master’ For Tom Cruise By Germain Lussier/May 22, 2012 3:30 pm EST In my opinion, director Paul Thomas Anderson is responsible for writing and directing the best performance of Tom Cruise’s career. The character of sex expert Frank TJ Mackey in Magnolia was perfectly conceived and executed with a confident exterior, seedy interior and hilarious dialogue. It marked Cruise’s third (and most recent) Oscar nomination and helped start a friendship with the director that lives on to this day....
Read ‘Who Killed Bambi?’, The Roger Ebert Screenplay For A Sex Pistols Movie By Russ Fischer/April 27, 2010 3:58 pm EST Recently Sex Pistols manager and rock impressario Malcolm McLaren passed away, which prompted Roger Ebert to write about his memories of working with McLaren on a film that never fully materialized. In 1977 Ebert worked with McLaren and director Russ Meyer on Who Killed Bambi?, meant to be a punk rock A Hard Day’s Night, but which stalled out while filming....
REMINDER: /Film LA Meetup Planned - Saturday, June 5th (Featuring Guests Derrick Comedy, The Totally Rad Show, And Stephen Toblowsky) By David Chen/June 5, 2010 12:00 pm EST [Update: A huge thanks to everyone who came to the meet up! All of us at /Film (including Stephen Tobolowsky), Derrick, and TRS, had a blast! It was an honor and a pleasure to meet so many of you, and we are so grateful to have you as members of our community....
See Rainn Wilson Exact A Little Street Justice In A Clip From ‘Super’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2010 9:05 am EST We don’t yet have a trailer for James Gunn’s Super, but the Spike Awards proved to be good for something when the show broadcast one of the clips that was shown at Comic Con this past summer. This was the clip that got me immediately on board with the film....
