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Diablo Cody’s Internet Interview Show Red Band Trailer Now Online, First Guests: Adam Brody And Chelsea Handler By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2010 12:30 pm EST Academy Award Winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) has launched a new internet interview show titled “Red Band Trailer”, “the world’s first talk show conducted in an an airstream trailer.” Her first two guests are actor Adam Brody (The O.C., Thank You For Smoking, Jennifer’s Body and the upcoming Scream 4) and Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately, In Motherhood, and the upcoming film Hop)....

Guillermo Del Toro Offered ‘Pacific Rim,’ AKA The Godzilla Reboot? (He Says ‘No’) By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2010 8:01 pm EST UPDATE: Guillermo del Toro says he has not read or been offered this project. You might remember back in May that Legendary Pictures bought Pacific Rim, a spec treatment by Clash of the Titans writer Travis Beacham. Or you might not; we won’t be offended if the small story slipped by you....

Guillermo Del Toro To Direct Commercials Now, Too By Germain Lussier/Feb. 25, 2011 3:00 pm EST Guillermo Del Toro has a clone. It’s the only explanation. With films like Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, we know the director is fond of creating monsters and he must have figured out a way to make another version of himself. How else could he possibly be expected to do all of the things that he’s attached himself to?...

Harry Potter Behind The Scenes Clip Teases Death And Destruction By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2010 2:21 pm EST We’ve seen a trailer and a few teasers for the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and now a short behind the scenes clip that aired on ABC Family has hit the YouTubes. The clip recycles some of the footage from the trailer, but also presents a few new interviews and, via on-set video, indirectly shows off a little bit of new footage....

J.B. Smoove And Max Records Cast In David Gordon Green’s ‘The Sitter’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2010 1:45 pm EST Now J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are) and new child actor Kevin Hernandez have all signed on. The Wrap reports on the casting, saying that Records, Hernandez and Landry Bender will play the kids, while Smoove will play one of the drug dealers who get caught up in the film’s events....

Men In Black III Set For May 25, 2012 By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2010 10:06 am EST Remember a couple weeks ago when we told you that Barry Sonnenfeld had confirmed Will Smith for Men in Black III and that the film would be in 3D? Well, now those two facts are double-confirmed (slow news week) but Deadline offers a new tidbit of info: Sony has set the film for May 25, 2012....

More ‘Back To The Future’ In Real Life: A Working Hoverboard And The Amazing Science Of Quantum Locking By Germain Lussier/Oct. 18, 2011 2:00 pm EST So you’ve got the shoes. You’ve preordered your 2013 DeLorean. What’s next on the Back to the Future technology checklist? How about a functional Hoverboard and the ability to make a car fly? Amazing technology is in the works that, at its early stages, looks like it will eventually be able to pull those things off....

Movie Trailer #3: The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2010 10:47 am EST A new international movie trailer for 20th Century Fox’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has shown up online on trailersland. I’m not sure when or where this trailer is officially suposed to premiere, but you can watch it right now embedded after the jump. Leave your thoughts in the comments below....

Nicolas Cage Bails Out Of Joel Schumacher’s ‘Trespass’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2010 3:24 pm EST So I guess someone gave Nicolas Cage a copy of Joel Schumacher’s recent film Twelve. The actor was set to co-star (with Nicole Kidman) in Schumacher’s film Trespass, which had been planning to shoot later this month. But with only weeks to go until principal photography, Cage left the film, went on vacation, and (supposedly) can’t be reached....

Pixar Canada Officially Opens By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2010 10:33 pm EST In May of last year, we told you that Disney was planning to build a 20,000 square-foot computer animation studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. Well, Pixar Canada officially opened its doors this week. The new facility will employ 75 to 100 people, but right now has about twenty employees on staff. The purpose of the Canada-based studio is to produce computer animated short films, which usually run anywhere from three to six minutes in length, and take 6 to 8 months to produce....

Robert Rodriguez Claims Predators Sequel In Development At Fox By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2010 9:30 am EST At Comic-Con, Rodriguez told IGN: Rodriguez even has an idea for what can happen in the next film, and says they he will probably have writers pitch their different versions of his basic premise, before the project progresses into the script phase. When asked what a possible Predators sequel might be called at the junket press confrence, this is how Robert responded:...

Robert Zemeckis Adds ‘Replay’ To Potential Slate By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2011 3:49 pm EST Since the demise of Image Movers Digital and the cancellation of the Yellow Submarine remake, director Robert Zemeckis has been considering several possible live-action projects. The last one we had info on is Flight, which has Denzel Washington attached to star. But while that one gets the star locked down, another script that has done the Hollywood rounds has come into his hands, and Mr....

Russell Crowe In Talks To Play Jor-El In ‘Man Of Steel’ By Germain Lussier/June 15, 2011 12:08 pm EST Breaking: If there’s anyone out there bad-ass enough to father the Man of Steel and follow in the footsteps of Marlon Brando, Russell Crowe might be it. According to Variety, he’s currently in talks to play Jor-El in Zack Snyder’s Superman film Man of Steel. Plus, his wife might be played by Connie Nielsen....

Three Names Sit On The Finnick Odair Short List For ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ By Germain Lussier/May 30, 2012 6:30 am EST With any popular franchise, each subsequent sequel brings new, exciting characters and The Hunger Games is no exception. In Catching Fire, the second book in Suzanne Collins’ trilogy, Finnick Odair is the stand out. He’s a handsome, brash, outgoing and athletic former winner of the Games who finds himself tangled up with Katniss and Peeta....

Tomorrow: Join Us For A Live Q&A With Director David O. Russell At 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST By David Chen/Feb. 10, 2011 6:41 pm EST David O. Russell’s The Fighter was my favorite film of 2010, so I was thrilled to learn that we’ll have a chance to chat with Mr. Russell tomorrow, live at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST. Want to tune in? Just head over to Slashfilm’s live page....

Wild Thing To Come Out Of Retirement For Major League 4? By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2010 7:00 am EST Will Wild Thing return to the plate for another at-bat? Last year, Bob Uecker revealed that he’s been contacted from the creative team behind the first three Major League films, and that they are developing a Major League 4. I noted at the time that I wouldn’t expect Charlie Sheen to reprise the role of Rick ‘Wild Thing’ Vaughn, as Sheen didn’t return for the last film and this would likely be an even smaller production....

‘Arrested Development’ Writer To Direct Josh Groban, Ben Schwartz, Glenn Howerton, Steve Little In CollegeHumor’s First Feature ‘Coffee Town’ By Angie Han/Jan. 12, 2012 4:00 pm EST Comedy website CollegeHumor, best known for its viral shorts, is now looking to bring its irreverent sense of humor to theaters with its debut big-screen feature Coffee Town. Whether the company will actually succeed in its goal to become the next National Lampoon remains to be seen, but the promising array of talent they’ve lined up should help move things along....

‘How To Sell A Banksy’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2011 7:00 am EST Generally, art is created, displayed and then sold. That tends to be the normal way of doing things. With the street artist Banksy, though, nothing is normal. Much of his work is displayed in public for all to see, and while it would ideally remain there as something beautiful as well as provocative, governing bodies don’t consider the outdoors an open canvas....

‘On The Lot’ Contestant Phil Hawkins To Direct ‘Great Scott’, A Love Letter To ‘Back To The Future’ By Angie Han/Jan. 19, 2012 10:00 am EST It seems like just about everyone who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s considers themselves a fan of Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future movies, and with good reason; that trilogy has held up surprisingly well over the years. But there’s being a fan, and then there’s being completely and utterly obsessed....

‘Safe House’ Director Attached To Thriller Novel Adaptation ‘Child 44’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2012 4:02 pm EST Deadline says that Summit hasn’t greenlit the film yet, but that the idea is to get the film shooting by early next year. Richard Price scripted based on Smith’s book. Ukrainian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, also known as the Rostov Ripper, was convicted of committing 52 murders in the USSR, and executed for his crimes....