Cool Stuff: Lost-Parody “Smoke Buster” T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2010 12:56 pm EST Okay, yeah, we just posted a cool stuff item a couple hours ago but this one can’t wait. RIPT Apparel has a Lost-parody t-shirt design called “Smoke Buster”. The reason why this can’t wait for tomorrow is that this design will only available until midnight eastern. So grab it while you still can. The good news is that it is only $10....
Critics Bash ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2011 12:00 pm EST With a traditional Broadway show, critics hold their reviews until the show officially opens. They let the production iron out all the kinks during preview performances and then, once the show is ready to officially open, critics can have at it. But nothing has been traditional about Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Several delays, injuries, a ballooning budget and more have made it into the most infamous show to ever open on Broadway....
David Lynch Crowd-Sources Funding For ‘LYNCHThree’ Documentary By Russ Fischer/July 13, 2010 2:53 pm EST As the movie industry slowly goes through major changes, unusual funding methods might start to be more prominent. Crowd-sourcing isn’t a fringe tactic any longer, when Ridley Scott is using it to gather footage for a film (following in the footsteps of Bruce MacDonald and others) and Kevin Smith has talked about using the method to finance a film....
First Look: Josh Hutcherson And Liam Hemsworth As Peeta And Gale In ‘The Hunger Games’ By Germain Lussier/July 27, 2011 2:00 pm EST We’ve already seen plenty of Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss in The Hunger Games and now Entertainment Weekly introduces us to her leading men, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne. Check out the first official image and more after the jump. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly for this first image, which will be on the cover of their latest issue....
By Angie Han/May 10, 2012 4:00 pm EST Meanwhile, the network has been loading up on brand-new pilots, including a serial killer thriller starring Kevin Bacon, a comedy from Mindy Kaling, the inanely-titled Mob Doctor, and more. Details after the jump. Also expected to hit in the coming months is Mob Doctor, which stars Jordan Spiro as a young surgeon working at a prestigious Chicago hospital. A long-standing debt to the South Chicago mafia catches up to her, however, and she’s forced to moonlight for them....
Frank Grillo Says Joe Carnahan’s ‘Death Wish’ Is About Two Brothers By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2012 12:30 pm EST One bit of Death Wish trivia known to those who’ve read a lot about the film’s early development is that Sidney Lumet was originally looking at adapting the Brian Garfield novel that Michael Winner eventually turned into the film starring Charles Bronson. Lumet was looking at casting Jack Lemmon in the role of accountant Paul Benjamin, whose wife is killed and daughter incapacitated by a violent attack....
Freddie Mercury Biopic Starring Sacha Baron Cohen Will Shoot This Year By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2011 4:30 pm EST Last year there was the announcement that a Queen/Freddie Mercury movie was in development with Peter Morgan set to write and Sacha Baron Cohen signed to play Freddie Mercury. The casting sounded so potentially perfect that I figured the movie would end up dying on the vine, as so many biopics do....
Jodie Foster Cast In Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2011 12:06 pm EST Here’s your first big casting news of 2011. Neill Blomkamp’s second feature Elysium already has Matt Damon set for the lead and District 9 star Sharlto Copley set to appear as well. Now the director and Media Rights Captial have locked Jodie Foster to play a character that has yet to be revealed. In fact, aside from the cast, we know next to nothing about Elysium....
Kevin Smith’s Reality Show ‘Comic Book Men’ Starts February 12, Watch Two Previews Here By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2012 9:00 am EST The initial news that Kevin Smith would be producing a reality show set in his New Jersey comic book shop almost seemed like a joke. Would people really be interested in the inner workings of a comic book shop? The channel behind Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead thinks so....
By Russ Fischer/May 11, 2012 9:30 am EST Ray Bradbury’s work has been adapted for dozens of projects over the years. Most of those adaptations, however, are for short films and television; there are only a few feature films written by Bradbury or based on his work. Producers keep trying to make Bradbury-based features, however. There has long been a version of The Martian Chronicles in development, for instance. Now Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan (The Lucky One, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) are working with MGM to adapt From the Dust Returned, which follows an orphan boy adopted by ghouls....
Mondo To Release Cult Horror Film ‘Sledgehammer’ On VHS. Yes, VHS. By Germain Lussier/May 9, 2011 4:30 pm EST Best known for their incredibly popular posters, Mondo has decided to bask in that ’80s and ’90s nostalgia and launch their very own VHS label called Mondo Video. Their first release comes out this week, the 1983 cult horror film Sledgehammer which was shot on tape. The VHS release coincides with not only the film’s DVD release but a screening at the Drafthouse in Austin....
Movie Trailer: The Sundance Sensation ‘Catfish’ By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2010 12:43 pm EST One of the big hits out of Sundance this year was Catfish, a film about a boy who falls for a girl via the internet, then takes a trip to meet her in person. It’s one of those films that relies upon mystery from moment one — basically, everyone I know who has seen the film says it’s best to go in knowing as little as possible....
New Image: Tomar-Re From ‘Green Lantern’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 29, 2010 5:43 pm EST The first Green Lantern trailer only showed glimpses of some of the all-CGI characters that will make up part of the interstellar Green Lantern Corps. We see a great shot of the massive Kilowog, and one medium shot and a couple long shot looks at the bird/fish/thing Tomar-Re. Most of the characters look good in that brief context, but I think a lot of people want to see more....
Over 88% Of The Television Episodes On Hulu Plus Are Available On Free Version By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 4:00 pm EST I’m all for paying for a service that offers me extensive back episodes not available for free on the standard site, but this seems a bit ridiculous to me. Hulu supporters note that the service has only been live for 60 days and more exclusive content will likely be added down the road....
POTD: Creepy Realistic-Looking Yoda Cake By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2010 10:00 am EST I’ve seen a lot of Star Wars-inspired cakes in my day, but none more realistic than this creepy Yoda head cake. 35-year-old tchitwood sculpted the cake out of red velvet cake, Rice Krispies treats and fondant. tchitwood writes on Instructables: I’m an artist who recently has gotten into cake decorating and have fallen in love with it! I’m currently taking the beginner cake decorating classes and hoping to land a job at a bakery....
Sacha Baron Cohen In Talks For ‘Django Unchained,’ Rex Linn Takes A Role By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2011 2:00 pm EST Here’s the latest update on the ever-growing cast for Quentin Tarantino’s anti-slavery ‘southern’ Django Unchained. You might recall that Tarantino once directed an episode of CSI, and that link could help explain why Rex Linn, known for playing Frank Tripp on CSI: Miami, is the proud owner of a role in Django Unchained....
The Coen Brothers Offer Justin Timberlake A Role In ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 29, 2011 3:00 pm EST Joel and Ethan Coen are assembling the cast for their new movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, which is based on the ’60s folk scene in Greenwich Village, NY. Oscar Isaac landed the title role just a few days ago, and he’ll play a guy loosely based on folk singer Dave Van Ronk, whose book The Mayor of MacDougal Street, chronicling his experience in the NYC folk revival, is part of the inspiration for the movie....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The Social Network, Piranha, And More By Adam Quigley/Jan. 11, 2011 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Each year, there are always a select number of standout films that astound through their remarkable craftsmanship. More rare, meanwhile, are the films that achieve this while also providing prescient insight into our evolving culture. The Social Network is the latter....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Tron Legacy, Little Fockers, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, I Love You Phillip Morris, And More By Adam Quigley/April 5, 2011 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I Love You Phillip Morris is a rare breed. When it comes to true story tales of brilliant-minded men against the law, there are only so many forms we can expect to see those stories take on the big screen — as a historical crime drama perhaps, or an upbeat caper thriller — but Bad Santa writers Glenn Ficarra & John Requa saw the potential for something different for their directorial debut, and opted for a campy romantic comedy instead....
Tim Blake Nelson Joins Whales By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2010 9:00 am EST Tim Blake Nelson has signed on to join Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski , and Kristen Bell in Ken Kwapis’ (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, He’s Just Not That Into You) big screen adaptation of Whales. Based on Tom Rose’s nonfiction book “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event” about three California Gray whales who were discovered imprisoned in the Arctic ice in 1988, and media madness that spawned around the rescue which “captured the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people....
