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Jim Jarmusch Lines Up Swinton, Fassbender And Wasikowska For A New Film; Also Prepping Doc About The Stooges By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2010 1:38 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Jim Jarmusch is curating one day of the upcoming All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in New York state, which takes place over Labor Day weekend. He’s been sort of a fixture at ATPNY in the past; I saw him just hanging around the ‘08 event, and last year he performed the Neil Young song ‘Cortez the Killer’ in a hotel room at the fest....

Joel Edgerton To Appear In Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Kill Bin Laden’ By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2011 7:00 am EST Looks like the stars aligned for Joel Edgerton. The man who earned new fans though Animal Kingdom after years in the trenches was a possible lead for both The Bourne Legacy and Snow White and the Huntsman. But Bourne slipped his grasp and now he has passed on Snow White and the Huntsman....

Magnet Buys Bobcat Goldthwait’s ‘God Bless America’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 13, 2011 3:50 pm EST The latest buy out of TIFF is a good one: Bobcat Goldthwait’s new black comedy God Bless America has been bought by Magnet for release in 2012. This is the same company that got behind Goldthwait’s last film, World’s Greatest Dad. So once God Bless America got a great reception at TIFF it was, if not a given, then certainly a pretty good bet that the company would get behind this new film, too....

Matthew Broderick And Casey Affleck Cast In ‘Tower Heist’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2010 1:15 pm EST The cast of Brett Ratner’s Tower Heist continues to attract talent. Matthew Broderick has just signed on, and Casey Affleck and Judd Hirsch are joining as well. Mr. Broderick will play Chase Fitzhugh, “a Wall Street guy who, like the building staff, had his finances cleaned out by the Bernie Madoff-like character played by Alan Alda,” according to Deadline....

MTV Developing TV Series Based On ‘Catfish’ By David Chen/March 31, 2011 6:00 pm EST [The following contains spoilers for the film Catfish] For those of you who liked Catfish, but thought, “I’d really like to see this sort of twisted thing on a weekly basis!” there’s some good news for you: MTV is developing a reality show based on the film. Hit the jump for more details. The news comes from Variety, who report that MTV is working on a pilot for the series....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2011 6:00 pm EST Judging by the news that has come out over the last few days, three things are super-hot right now: remakes, Julian Assange and musicals. On the musical front we’ve just seen Clint Eastwood sign to direct a new version of A Star is Born, and Bryan Singer is in the early stages of a possible Bob Fosse biopic for HBO. And now NBC has ordered a pilot for a one-hour musical drama called Smash, based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, who will exec produce....

New Photos: Jennifer Lawrence In ‘House At The End Of The Street,’ Bruce Willis And Adrianne Palicki In ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2012 4:30 pm EST For a couple years, many have known that anything with Jennifer Lawrence is worth paying attention to, but a massive mainstream audience is about to learn that fact this weekend thanks to the release of The Hunger Games, which features a commanding lead performance from Lawrence....

Patton Oswalt: “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time To Die” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2010 12:30 pm EST Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt has written an editorial for WiReD Magazine titled “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die”. In the article, Oswalt explains how our everything available anytime internet culture is making the concept of geek culture obsolete. Here is a short excerpt from the article: The problem with the Internet, however, is that it lets anyone become otaku about anything instantly....

Plot Details For ‘Die Hard 5’ Revealed; ‘Max Payne’ Director John Moore To Replace Noam Murro? By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2011 6:00 am EST While we await Moore’s decision, let’s talk plot details. Way back in early 2010, Willis told MTV News that he envisioned Die Hard 5 expanding the franchise’s scope, just as the earlier films had. As you’ll recall, the first movie had John McClane trapped in a building, the next one took place in an airport, the third covered New York City, and the fourth the United States....

Star-Studded ‘Revenge For Jolly!’ Lacks Style, Substance [Tribeca Review] By Angie Han/April 30, 2012 9:30 am EST If that seems like a severe overreaction to the death of a beloved pet, it absolutely is. Though Harry insists, via clunky voiceover, that he’s just a good guy driven to do bad things, his actions prove him to be the kind of person who slaughters an innocent bystander simply for getting salad dressing on his shoes — not a good guy at all, in other words, and certainly not someone to root for....

Teaser Trailer: The Polish Brothers’ Oz By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2010 2:30 pm EST Hollywood is going crazy with Wizard of Oz sequels, prequels, reboots and re-imaginings. Earlier this week it was confirmed that Sam Raimi had signed on to direct the Wizard of Oz prequel Oz The Great and Powerful starring Robert Downey Jr. It has been previously rumored that Drew Barrymore is planning to direct a Wizard of Oz sequel titled Surrender Dorothy....

The Slashfilm/Totally Rad Show Summer Movie Game By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2010 9:40 pm EST The game is to decide what will be the highest grossing films of the Summer. But it isn’t just that easy — not only do the participants need to predict what 10 films will be the highest grossing films domestically, but we need to place them in order. I actually appeared on this week’s TRS to announce my choices along with the TRS gang (embedded after the jump)....

Tom Cruise Confirmed To Play Jack Reacher In ‘One Shot’ By Russ Fischer/July 16, 2011 8:20 am EST The good news: a film based on one of the great Jack Reacher books by Lee Child is really going to happen, after years and years of development on various titles in the series that will number 16 novels when The Affair is released this fall. The bad news (perhaps): Jack Reacher, written as a six and a half-foot, sandy-haired slab of a man, will definitely be played by Tom Cruise in Christopher McQuarrie’s One Shot....

Toy Story 3 - What Did You Think? By David Chen/June 18, 2010 10:00 pm EST It’s hard for me to believe that the first Toy Story film was released way back in 1995, but it’s really been 15 years since we were first introduced to the adventures of Andy and his toys, led by sheriff Woody and spaceman Buzz Lightyear. Today, Lee Unkrich’s Toy Story 3 is out in theaters and in IMAX 3D....

‘Battleship’ Featurette Explains Goldilocks Planets And Why It’s A Bad Idea To Reach Out To Alien Life By Angie Han/March 22, 2012 5:00 pm EST Earlier this week at WonderCon, director Peter Berg revealed that he’d taken inspiration for his new movie Battleship from an unlikely source: Stephen Hawking. Berg had been watching a documentary in which the iconic scientist discussed Goldilocks planets, so called because their distance from the sun is “just right” for sustaining life....

‘Brave’ Review: Pixar’s Latest Hits The Target, But Struggles Getting There By Germain Lussier/June 13, 2012 5:00 pm EST Pixar’s latest film, Brave, is a beautifully-constructed, entertaining journey with well-developed characters set in an interesting world. That much we’ve come to expect from the company behind Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Up. What we’ve also come to expect are complicated adult themes and situations portrayed in a kid-friendly computer-generated environment. There Brave doesn’t feel like a Pixar movie....

By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2012 11:36 am EST A cornerstone story aspect of the thriller, codified on film by Alfred Hitchcock, is fear of persecution. Hitch was famously afraid of police, and a constant element in his films was the horror of being pursued and/or persecuted for an infraction real or imagined. The Law — the “capital-L” version — can seem like an unfathomable force that guides our behavior, and the persuasive power of that force can make one feel incredibly vulnerable....

/Film Welcomes A New Blogger: Angie Han By David Chen/Feb. 11, 2011 6:05 pm EST I’m happy to announce that Angie Han is joining the writing staff at /Film. Angie is a very talented writer whose skills I deeply respect, and I think she’ll bring a fascinating perspective to the work that we do here. She is currently based in Brooklyn and will be helping us out with daily news updates and the occasional editorial/review....

‘Kung-Fu Panda 2’ TV Spot Offers New Footage By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2010 3:19 pm EST There has been one brief teaser trailer for Kung-Fu Panda 2 (“kung-fu staring contest!”) that offered only a slight bit of actual footage. Now there is a TV spot that delivers a bit more. Check it out after the break. This is pretty skimpy stuff, I know, but in the week between Christmas and New Year’s, there’s not a lot of new material out there....

‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes:’ Early Buzz And Behind The Scenes WETA Video By Germain Lussier/Aug. 3, 2011 2:30 pm EST Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens this Friday but it’s already begun screening and the buzz is big. Peter tweeted that “Rise of the Planet of the Apes vindicates this summer movie season.” George Roush of AMC echoed that by saying “Rise of The Planet of the Apes is hands down one of the best movies of the year....