Another Lead Cast In Prometheus Logan Marshall Green

Another Lead Cast In ‘Prometheus:’ Logan Marshall-Green By Germain Lussier/March 15, 2011 7:00 am EST Another relative unknown with a familiar face has been cast in Ridley Scott’s maybe Alien-spin-off Prometheus. Logan Marshall-Green, recently seen in Devil but who also started in Brooklyn’s Finest and on The OC, has been cast as Holloway, a crew member on the ship and love interest for Noomi Rapace, who plays the main character Elizabeth Shaw....

July 19, 2022 · 5 min · 963 words · Andrew Lines

Avatar Extended Collector S Edition Special Features And Box Art Revealed

Avatar Extended Collector’s Edition Special Features And Box Art Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2010 10:39 pm EST See the box art after the jump, as well as the full press release. The three-disc AVATAR Extended Collector’s Edition Blu-ray and Theatrical Special Edition Re-Release DVD will both feature the original theatrical release, a special edition re-release, family audio track with all objectionable language removed and new collector’s extended cut with sixteen more minutes including an exclusive alternate opening Earth scene....

July 19, 2022 · 4 min · 667 words · Albert Salafia

Ben Chaplin Alden Ehrenreich And More Cast In Francis Ford Coppola S Twixt Now And Sunrise

Ben Chaplin, Alden Ehrenreich And More Cast In Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt Now And Sunrise’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2010 12:15 pm EST I was elated recently to hear that Francis Ford Coppola has quietly gone into production on a new film called Twixt Now and Sunrise. I was elated less at the title and more at the fact that (a) the legendary director keeps on keepin’ on and (b) he’s got Val Kilmer as a lead and (c) Twixt is a sort of genre picture....

July 19, 2022 · 6 min · 1183 words · Beatrice Wright

Bradley Cooper In Talks For Paradise Lost

Bradley Cooper In Talks For ‘Paradise Lost’ By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2011 8:26 am EST Whatever contract Bradley Cooper signed with the devil to make his career blossom into leading man status just paid off in strangely appropriate fashion. Because he’s now the first contender to play Lucifer in the first person shooter — oops, sorry – action movie version of Paradise Lost that Alex Proyas and Legendary Pictures are cooking up....

July 19, 2022 · 5 min · 993 words · Judith Lopez

Bruce Willis And Sigourney Weaver Join Jvcd Director S The Cold Light Of Day

Bruce Willis And Sigourney Weaver Join JVCD Director’s The Cold Light Of Day By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2010 3:00 pm EST Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver have joined the cast of JCVD helmer Mabrouk El Mechri’s kidnapping thriller called The Cold Light of Day. Willis and Weaver join the previously announced Henry Cavill from The Tudors along for the ride. The plot follows a cocky young Wall Street trader whose family is kidnapped while vacationing in Spain....

July 19, 2022 · 2 min · 354 words · Robert Carter

Cannes Uncle Boonmee Wins Palme D Or

Cannes: Uncle Boonmee Wins Palme d’Or By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2010 2:02 pm EST The 63rd Cannes Film Festival has come to a close. And while I still have a couple more reviews to file, I must first write about the awards. As you know, Tim Burton presided over the official Jury this year at the festival, and Sunday night the prize winners were revealed during the closing Ceremony. Full results after the jump....

July 19, 2022 · 6 min · 1125 words · Judith Elias

Cool Stuff How Many Of These Famous Movie Outfits Can You Identify

Cool Stuff: How Many Of These Famous Movie Outfits Can You Identify? By Angie Han/July 27, 2012 10:30 am EST No matter how individualistic he seems, in truth an iconic movie character is the product of lots of collaboration — between the cinematographer who shoots him just so, the set designer who gives him a proper backdrop, the screenwriter who feeds him witty lines, the actor who breathes him to life, and let’s not forget the costume designer who curates his eye-catching ensembles....

July 19, 2022 · 5 min · 961 words · Ginger Fernendez

Cool Stuff Poison Apple T Shirt

Cool Stuff: Poison Apple T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2010 10:06 pm EST Today’s tee on T-Shirt Woot is a Flash parody design titled “Poison Apple”. Anyone who owns an iPhone or iPad knows that Apple has refused to support Adobe Flash on the mobile devices. The t-shirt visualizes this decision using the famous DC Comics superhero. This design will only be available for purchase today (well technically, if it is voted one of the top tee designs, it will be available again — but to ensure you get a copy order in the next 24 hours)....

July 19, 2022 · 1 min · 200 words · Richard Haigh

Dreamworks Animation Now Has Access To Casper Voltron Rocky Bullwinkle And More

Dreamworks Animation Now Has Access To ‘Casper,’ ‘Voltron,’ ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle,’ And More By Russ Fischer/July 23, 2012 9:30 am EST This week DreamWorks Animation announces that it has purchased Classic Media, a smaller company that might not mean much to many readers. But the key thing here is the slate of properties to which Classic Media held rights, including the Golden Books library. With this purchase, DreamWorks now has access to the screen rights to Casper the Friendly Ghost, Where’s Waldo?...

July 19, 2022 · 4 min · 791 words · Olive Murphy

Early Buzz Ridley Scott S Prometheus Spoiler Free Video Blog And Reactions From The Web

Early Buzz: Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ (Spoiler-Free Video Blog And Reactions From The Web) By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2012 7:00 am EST After the jump you can find my thoughts in short, a video blog reaction I recorded with Alex from FirstShowing and quotes from my colleagues that have also seen the film. I’ve made great efforts to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, but please be warned that clicking through to any of the linked reviews on this page (especially the Hollywood trades) will expose you to plot points and spoilers you probably don’t want to read before seeing the film....

July 19, 2022 · 8 min · 1607 words · Judy Fritsch

Filmdistrict Picks Up Mgm S Long Delayed Red Dawn Remake

FilmDistrict Picks Up MGM’s Long-Delayed ‘Red Dawn’ Remake By Russ Fischer/Sept. 26, 2011 2:16 pm EST FilmDistrict is turning into the distributor of odd orphans. It grabbed the former Miramax project Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, and is now reportedly about to pick up the Red Dawn remake directed by Bourne second-unit shooter Dan Bradley. MGM financed and shot the film in 2009 before undergoing bankruptcy and reorganization. The movie made news early this year when we became aware that the Chinese enemies were being digitally altered into North Korean adversaries, hopefully to avoid pissing off the rapidly expanding Chinese movie market....

July 19, 2022 · 3 min · 638 words · Robin Davis

First Official Skyfall Image Is All Wet

First Official ‘Skyfall’ Image Is All Wet By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2012 12:00 pm EST Briefly: Sometimes I don’t know if EON Productions really gets the whole film promotion thing. Here’s the first official image from The Greg Louganis Story — oops, no, the first image from the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall. It is much like one of the first images of Daniel Craig as Bond, released to promote Casino Royale several years ago....

July 19, 2022 · 2 min · 404 words · Shari Willard

Garrett Hedlund In Talks For Akira Updated

Garrett Hedlund In Talks For ‘Akira’ [Updated] By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2011 11:00 am EST [UPDATE: Variety has just confirmed that Garrett Hedlund is in negotiations to star as Kaneda in Jaume Collet-Serra’s Akira. Original story follows.] Speculation on who would be cast in the lead character of Kaneda has abounded just as long as reports of a live-action American remake of Akira have been floating around, with Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and James Franco among the names who’ve been rumored over the past few years....

July 19, 2022 · 5 min · 1007 words · Jack Loats

Geek Deal James Bond 11 Movie Ultimate Blu Ray Collection For 99 99

Geek Deal: James Bond 11-Movie Ultimate Blu-Ray Collection For $99.99 By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2010 10:27 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Thanks to /Film reader Ross R for the tip.

July 19, 2022 · 1 min · 37 words · Daniel Jackson

Geek Deal Total Recall Mind Bending Edition Blu Ray For Only 7 99

Geek Deal: Total Recall: Mind-Bending Edition Blu-Ray For Only $7.99 By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2012 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

July 19, 2022 · 1 min · 28 words · Felix Montgomery

Infographic Movie Titles Expressed With Math How Many Can You Figure Out

Infographic: Movie Titles Expressed With Math – How Many Can You Figure Out? By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2011 7:00 am EST SpikedMath has created an infographic featuring 10 movie titles, expressed through mathematical formulas. How many can you figure out? Answer key after the jump.Answer key (highlight to reveal the invisotext): 1: The Matrix 2: Signs 3: The Fireball, or Ball of Fire, or Great Balls of Fire 4: Duck Soup, or The Mighty Ducks 5: Cross of Iron, or Iron Man 2 6: A Man Apart, or A Man Alone, or Social Network 7: Sin City 8: Heat 9: GoldenEye 10: Beauty and the Beast, or Angels and Demons via: geekologie...

July 19, 2022 · 2 min · 285 words · Richard Garner

Jack Black Bringing The Guinea Pig Diaries To Television

Jack Black Bringing ‘The Guinea Pig Diaries’ To Television By Adam Quigley/Sept. 29, 2010 8:22 pm EST The project is based on A.J. Jacobs’ nonfiction book The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment, and is about “a man fixated on self-improvement who takes on difficult experiments and lifestyles, all of which makes things tough on his family”. Learn more after the break. From the brief synopsis, the show sounds nearly identical to My Name is Earl, except with the promise of more… Jack Black....

July 19, 2022 · 2 min · 283 words · Sheree Barrera

James Franco Makes Two Movies From Unused Footage From Gus Van Sant S My Own Private Idaho

James Franco Makes Two Movies From Unused Footage From Gus Van Sant’s ‘My Own Private Idaho’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 23, 2011 5:00 pm EST Unfinished is an exhibition featuring work by Franco and director Gus Van Sant that will be open at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills from February 26-April 9. It features two films, Endless Idaho and My Own Private River, which Franco edited from unused footage from Van Sant’s film 1991 My Own Private Idaho....

July 19, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Mike Hawley

Joel Mchale Cast In Seth Macfarlane S Ted

Joel McHale Cast In Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2011 10:15 am EST Briefly: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is nearly set with the cast for Ted, which he wrote with Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild and will direct. Mark Wahlberg is a guy whose childhood teddy bear (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) came to life and continues to live by his side, but is a womanizing slacker. Mila Kunis is his girlfriend and Giovanni Ribisi is on hand as well....

July 19, 2022 · 4 min · 759 words · Frederica Ratledge

Lol The Auction Site Movie Trailer Ebay Social Network Parody

LOL: ‘The Auction Site’ Movie Trailer [eBay Social Network Parody] By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 16, 2010 8:00 am EST Yes, it seems everyone and their mother are making fake movie trailer parodies based on David Fincher’s The Social Network. It’s become akin to the Hitler/Downfall subtitle meme of 2006. Over the past few weeks we’ve received a couple movie trailer parodies: The Other Social Network, which told the story about Tom and his “friends”, “The Video Website,“about YouTube and The Twit Network, about Twitter....

July 19, 2022 · 2 min · 228 words · Sean Baggett