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‘GI Joe’ Producer Options ‘Space Invaders’ By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2011 6:00 am EST The last time we heard about a possible Space Invaders film was March of 2010, when Warner Bros. was trying to land the option to make a film based on Taito’s classic first-wave video game in which relentless waves of aliens march upon a human settlement defended by one little tank. Nothing really happened with the deal then, and now we’re back to the story of a producer optioning the property....

‘London Boulevard’ US Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 18, 2011 3:30 pm EST William Monahan, screenwriter of Kingdom of Heaven and Oscar-winning writer of The Departed, directed his first film back in 2009. London Boulevard opened quietly in the UK last year and is opening even more quietly in the States this fall. The movie is an adaptation of a novel by Ken Bruen (who also wrote the books on which The Guard and Blitz were based) and stars Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone in a London-based gangster movie....

‘One Day’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2011 11:49 am EST An Education director Lone Scherfig decided to follow up that film with One Day, an adaptation of the novel by David Nicholls (he also scripted) in which a young couple spends their college graduation night together, and then we see their relationship/friendship evolve over the following years by sampling one day each year. So there’s a long timeline that theoretically allows a lot of interplay between the characters, and an opportunity to portray quite a few different pop-culture eras....

‘Sinister’ Trailer - Ethan Hawke Dooms His Family In SXSW Horror Hit By Angie Han/June 14, 2012 10:00 am EST On the surface level, Sinister doesn’t sound so different from a million other haunted house films. Ethan Hawke stars as a writer who moves his family into a new home, in which the previous occupants were brutally murdered. When he stumbles upon a box of home movies in the attic, he begins to make some even more horrifying connections....

‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ Remake Helmer Scott Derrickson To Direct ‘Goliath’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2011 2:30 pm EST We all know how this one ends. Puny David slays the giant Goliath with only a slingshot. It’s the journey towards that epic showdown, however, which makes up the plot of the new film Goliath. A period action film “with contemporary sensibilities,” the Biblical tale is set to be directed by Scott Derrickson who did The Exorcism of Emily Rose and The Day The Earth Stood Still remake....

Boris Vallejo Creates A Great Poster For Killer Tire Movie, ‘Rubber’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2011 11:00 am EST It can’t be all that easy to sell a movie about a killer tire, but Magnet is really making an effort with Quentin Dupieux’s movie Rubber, which has played several festivals over the last nine months and is available On Demand as of this past weekend. (Check out the trailer here.)...

Breck Eisner Eyes ‘Blood Of The Innocent’ As A Directorial Gig By Russ Fischer/June 12, 2010 11:44 am EST Breck Eisner looks to be the new Len Wiseman or Stephen Sommers — he’s lining up one high concept tentpole after another in the wake of the reasonable opening of his remake of The Crazies. He’s got the Escape From New York remake up next, and is booked for the new Flash Gordon movie and there is still occasional talk about remaking David Cronenberg’s The Brood, though (fortunately) that seems unlikely to happen....

Cool Stuff: Home Sweet Taun Taun T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2010 12:00 pm EST SplitReason is selling a fun Empire Strikes Back-parody t-shirt called “Home Sweet Taun Taun”. This beautiful winter get-a-way may smell bad, but it will keep you warm. It comes pre-furnished, includes HD cable service, and is only a 4 hour walk from the nearest rebel base camp. 100% cotton (doesn’t feel like cardboard), printed on Pre-shrunk 10....

Craig Robinson To Play The Antichrist In Comedy ‘Rapturepalooza,’ Part Of Lionsgate’s New ‘Microbudget’ Slate By Russ Fischer/March 30, 2011 12:00 pm EST When Paramount picked up Paranormal Activity, which turned out to be a smash hit, the company helped push forward the idea of major studios making films on shoestring budgets. Paramount has been developing a program to make microbudget movies, and now Lionsgate has announced a ‘microbudget’ initiative that will ideally generate up to ten films per year....

Jessica Chastain Cast In John Hillcoat’s ‘The Wettest County In The World’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2010 3:30 pm EST I can’t quite express how happy I am that The Wettest County in the World is really moving forward. The film was in development for months last year before seemingly being killed off just as the calendar turned. Now it is happening again, with John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) still directing Shia LaBeouf from a script by Nick Cave....

Jim Carrey And Director Mark Waters Confirmed For Mr. Popper’s Penguins By Adam Quigley/Aug. 20, 2010 2:32 pm EST Well this is unfortunate timing. On the same day news broke of a rather lame-sounding potential Jim Carrey vehicle, confirmation has arrived that he’s going to be starring in Mr. Popper’s Penguins, a needless modernization of the children’s-favorite 1938 book that was originally poised to reteam Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller....

Minka Kelly, Rachael Taylor And Annie Ilonzeh Are ABC’s ‘Charlie’s Angels’? By Adam Quigley/Jan. 28, 2011 10:00 am EST ABC may have found its Angels. After an exhaustive search, Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor are now finalizing negotiations to star alongside Annie Ilonzeh in the Charlie’s Angels television reboot, which is being overseen by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar. You probably won’t recognize Ilonzeh, as her most notable role before now was on General Hospital....

Mondo Announces Conan License, Sells Previously Sold Out Posters And More By Germain Lussier/July 21, 2011 1:00 pm EST For many people, the first time they get on the floor at San Diego Comic-Con can be an overwhelming experience. There are the thousands upon thousands of people, the sensory overload of cool stuff and the intimidating lines of people usually waiting for something you know nothing about. It can make you feel extremely out of the loop but also excited about the possibility of finding fun, hidden stuff....

Now George Lucas Has Weighed In On ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Talk By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2011 11:00 am EST When we last left the saga of the slowly developing potential film, Indiana Jones 5, Steven Spielberg clarified that “It’s up to George.” He and George Lucas, of course, had agreed on the concept for the film but until Lucas had more story details worked out, the film can’t progress. The man with the plan was on the red carpet for his friend’s The Adventures of Tintin premiere (which, itself, is structured and feels like an Indiana Jones movie) and offered his two cents....

Page 2: Moonrise Kingdom, Prometheus, Morgan Freeman, Star Trek, Futurama, Terminator, Ted, Arrested Development, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Mickey Mouse, Alien, Louis CK By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2012 11:30 am EST What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Quentin Tarantino’s Western Script Could Be Delivered Within Two Months By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2011 12:30 pm EST You’ve got to hand it to Quentin Tarantino: he can go months or even years without a peep, and then he comes out of the gate with a big project. Last time it was Inglourious Basterds, the WWII film that he’d been talking up for years, but actually made in a year, exactly as he said he would when announcing it at Cannes 2008....

Ridley Scott Talks 3D By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2010 12:58 pm EST Ridley Scott talked a bit about his Alien prequels over this past weekend, but most of what he said is just reiterations and rewordings of info we’ve already had. But he’s also talking a bit about 3D, and how he’ll put the tech to work for the Alien films without sacrificing the atmosphere that made Alien such an experience....

Screenwriter Simon Kinberg Says ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Will Have More Magneto [Video] By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2012 12:00 pm EST Talk of an X-Men: First Class sequel has been swirling around since before the first film even opened, and we’ve even heard a few intriguing story ideas from star James McAvoy and director Matthew Vaughn. But actual, confirmed details on the true plotline of the film are still few and far in between, which is why I was interested to hear screenwriter Simon Kinberg drop a few hints about what we could expect to see....

Stephen Fry To Play Mycroft Holmes In ‘Sherlock Holmes 2’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 25, 2010 10:13 am EST If nothing else, the Sherlock Holmes films are becoming a haven for fun casting inspirations. Case in point: Stephen Fry has been cast to play Mycroft Holmes, the older and equally brilliant brother of Sherlock, in Sherlock Holmes 2. Fry revealed to the BBC: I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film Guy Ritchie directed with Robert Downey Jr....

Steve Carell May Kill Channing Tatum In Bennett Miller’s ‘Foxcatcher’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 19, 2011 7:30 am EST At the end of September, we got word that Capote and Moneyball director Bennett Miller had been able to revive Foxcatcher, the film he’d been trying to make a few years ago which provided his introduction to Brad Pitt, and therefore eventually led to Moneyball. The film is a strange true-crime tale about John du Pont, the schizophrenic heir to the du Pont fortune....