Spoilers: The Secret Ending Of Iron Man 2 Revealed By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2010 9:57 pm EST A couple weeks ago, a report was published that claimed knowledge of a secret after-credits easter egg scene in Iron Man 2. That report ended up being false. And there was no extra easter egg scene following the credits of the Iron Man 2 press screenings and premiere this past week, leading many to believe that a scene might not even exist at all....
Star Tours 2 Grand Opening Dates Announced By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 2:30 pm EST As you know by now, Disneyworld is planning to relaunch the Star Wars ride Star Tours with a new 3D version in 2011. We now know when Star Wars 2 will launch: May 10th 2011 in Walt Disneyland in Anaheim (current ride closes on September 8th 2010) May 17th 2011 in Walt Disneyworld in Orlando (current ride closes on July 27th 2010) So if you’re planning a trip to one of the Disney theme parks in 2011, you now know when to plan the tip....
Swag Corner: Disney Sends Out Glass Skull Decanters To Promote ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2011 1:30 pm EST I don’t usually write about the free swag that is sent to /Film HQ, but we often receive promo items from movie studios trying to promote their latest films. To be honest, most of the time it comes in the form of a t-shirt, poster or little toy trinket....
The Awesome ‘Toy Story 3’ Oscar Campaign By Germain Lussier/Nov. 23, 2010 8:31 am EST Disney and Pixar know they can win an Oscar for Best Animated Film. That’s just too easy. So this year, with that award all but locked up once again, they’ve decided to take on the big boys. They want the Oscar for Best Picture. To that end, an elaborate Oscar campaign for Toy Story 3 has recently been launched in which characters from the film are portrayed in previous Best Picture winners that had something going against them such as being a different genre, a sequel or a plain old underdog....
VOTD: God Of War Indie Movie Adaptation Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2010 12:54 am EST Back in May 2008, rumors ran wild that Brett Ratner might direct a big screen adaptation of the popular video game series God of War. I hope to never see Ratner’s vision come to fruition, and thankfully we haven’t heard much about the film adaptation since. Gamervision has decided to create a trailer for a God of War movie, but the twist is that is done in a indie film style reminiscent of Wes Anderson....
VOTD: Twenty Cinematic Techniques In Eight Minutes By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2012 1:48 pm EST Medium shots, long takes, parallel editing, whip pans, rack focus. Out of context, film techniques kind of sound like medical terms. But in practice, these ways of moving the camera, setting up a shot, or putting two pieces of film together can do more than simply heal you. They can make you feel good, bad, scared, romantic, tense, or just about any other single emotion in existence....
Wahlberg Hints At Hangover-Like Plot For Entourage Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2010 10:28 pm EST In December, producer Mark Wahlberg revealed plans for Entourage’s future: two more seasons of the HBO television series followed up with “a movie.” Wahlberg offered an update while doing press at the MTV Movie Awards. Wahlberg told MTV News that he is actually “more focused on making that movie than my own films.” Here is the quote:...
Watch Carl Erik Rinsch’s ‘Escape The Map’ Mercedes-Benz Interactive Short Film By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2011 1:30 pm EST “Escape The Map” is set inside the computer world — a virtually-rendered Hong Kong. It looks like something like what I imagine Rinsch would’ve have pitched for Tron: Legacy — the result looks kind of a mash-up of The Matrix and Inception. Mariah Bonner plays Marie, someone who finds herself and her C 63 AMG Coupé trapped inside Google Streetview....
Watch The First Five Minutes Of Megamind By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 14, 2010 12:00 pm EST DreamWorks Animation has released the first five minutes of the upcoming film Megamind on Paramount’s Nickelodeon site. While I know that many of you have not been impressed by the trailer, I have heard this film is actually good. The first five minutes shows evidence of this, and has definitely boosted my confidence in the project....
Will Cabin In The Woods Be The Latest MGM Casualty? By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2010 10:42 am EST MGM’s dire financial troubles have already spelled doom or delay for several films: the next Bond movie was indefinitely postposed, The Hobbit is delayed to the point where Guillermo del Toro walked as director, and the Red Dawn remake is shelved for the time being, because the studio doesn’t have enough money to release the film....
‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Footage Screened At CinemaCon [Video Blog Reaction] By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2012 12:00 am EST I’m writing today from Las Vegas, where I’m currently attending CinemaCon (not to be confused with Comic Con) — a gathering of movie theatre exhibitors which was formerly known as ShoWest. On Sunday I got the chance to preview five minutes of footage from Jon Chu’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation, in addition to the new trailer which has just been launched online (see separate post)....
‘Margin Call’ Director Set For Survival Adventure Film ‘All Is Lost,’ Robert Redford In Talks To Star By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2011 8:02 pm EST Briefly: There is some diversity of opinion out there about Margin Call, this year’s feature debut from J.C. Chandor. But he’s landing on some critics list as ‘best debut director,’ and now he’s set up another film. The new project is called All is Lost, and it is a sort of wilderness adventure film — “a man vs....
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Director Marc Webb Talks Nerdy Peter Parker And Practical Web-Swinging By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2011 11:30 am EST Let’s get this out of the way: yes, the teaser trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man has leaked. No, I’m not going to post it. It is a cam recording and the quality is not very good at all. If you really want to see it now, I’m sure you can track down a copy....
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Final Theatrical Trailer By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2012 9:01 am EST The brand new and final trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises has just come online and it’s even more epic than you’d imagine. Check it out after the jump. Thanks to the Warner Bros. YouTube for the embed. Has your jaw come up from the floor yet? There is so much to say about this trailer....
‘Transformers 4’ Will Feature New Robot Cast, In Effort To Boost Toy Sales By Angie Han/Sept. 13, 2012 10:57 am EST Over the past five years, we’ve seen Hollywood try to develop films around pretty much every brand-name toy they could get their hands on — only to have many of those projects postponed, slashed, or even scrapped altogether. Through it all, however, the franchise that actually started the toy movie craze has remained strong....
A Ton Of New Release Dates Announced For 2011, 2012 And 2013 By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2010 5:00 pm EST New Line’s follow-up to Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve will be released on December 9th 2011. The film is expected to feature an ensemble cast, and will tell the story of the lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year’s Eve. Steven Soderbergh’s 3D action thriller Contagion will hit theaters on October 21st 2011....
AMC Theaters To Host Christopher Nolan ‘Dark Knight’ Marathon July 19 By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2012 2:00 pm EST Hey, did you know The Dark Knight Rises, the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, is coming out July 20? Of course you did. You’re probably got the Blu-rays of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight all lined up to rewatch in anticipation of the event. However, don’t jump the gun on the home viewing just yet....
Angelina Jolie Again Declines To Star In Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’; Project Now In Jeopardy? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2010 4:40 pm EST If you’ve been following along with the news about Alfonso Cuarón’s gestating space thriller Gravity, you might be a bit confused by this headline. Angelina Jolie had been courted to star in the film, but passed on it way back in February. That has led to months of screen tests and discussions with other actresses....
Casting Bits: Olivia Wilde In ‘Rush’, Billy Crudup In ‘Neighborhood Watch’, Helen Hunt, Aaron Paul, And Maggie Grace In ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ By Angie Han/Oct. 5, 2011 1:00 pm EST Olivia Wilde has landed the coveted role of ’70s supermodel Suzy Miller in Rush, Ron Howard’s Peter Morgan-scripted drama about the real-life rivalry between British Formula One driver James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian racer Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl). Miller married the womanizing Hunt, but then fell in love with Hunt’s friend Richard Burton....
Check Out The Full Sight & Sound “Greatest Films Of All Time” List For 2012; Enjoy Some Of The Weirder Votes Cast By Russ Fischer/Aug. 17, 2012 3:30 pm EST Now the full list of 250 “greatest films of all time is out.” I’m not running this list to further provoke the discussion that cropped up when the dual top ten lineups went online not long ago. This time, we’ve also got a lot of data about what films were nominated by what people, and there are some fun and interesting choices here and there....
