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Behind The Scenes Of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Somewhere’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 1, 2010 11:00 am EST Focus Features has released a three and a half minute behind the scenes featurette for Sofia Coppola’s new film Somewhere on IMDB (found via FirstShowing). The movie stars Stephen Dorff as a “hard-living Hollywood actor re-examines his life after his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) surprises him with a visit.” Watch the video now embedded after the jump....

Bryan Cranston In Talks For Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2011 10:41 am EST This is a piece of info that could probably be rounded up into an aggregate casting piece, but I love the idea of Ben Affleck’s film Argo so much that we’ll give it some space. The movie is based on the true story of CIA agents posing as a movie crew in Tehran, while really attempting to smuggle diplomats out of the country....

Cool Stuff: “Koopa The Hutt” Star Wars/Mario Bros Mash-Up T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 29, 2010 8:00 am EST Today’s tee on TeeFury is a Star Wars/Super Mario Bros t-shirt mash-up by glenoneill titled “Koopa the Hutt”. The design is on sale for only $9 plus shipping, but will only be available today (November 29th 2010) and today only. So act fast! Cool Stuff: “Koopa The Hutt” Star Wars/Mario Bros Mash-Up T-Shirt...

Cool Stuff: Popeye-Styled ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ Comic Strip By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2010 6:30 am EST Vermont-based cartoonist Chuck Forsman created a EC Segar Popeye comic strip-stylized retelling of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He is selling prints of the strip for $20 on The Oily Boutique. Hit the jump to get a better look at the art. via: boingboing Cool Stuff: Popeye-Styled ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ Comic Strip...

Danny Boyle Won’t Direct ‘28 Months Later’ Any Time Soon, But Doesn’t Rule It Out By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2010 10:31 am EST Now, during a Q&A that followed a screening of his latest film, 127 Hours, Mr. Boyle says he could well direct 28 Months Later, but his schedule means it won’t happen soon. STYD doesn’t have direct quotes from the Q&A, but reports that he is interested in the film and “he told an audience in Washington, D....

Dark Knight Cinematographer Wally Pfister Talks Batman 3 And 3D By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2010 8:42 am EST The fact that there will be another Batman film in Christopher Nolan’s presumptive trilogy is assumed by just about everyone, despite the fact that there has been no formal announcement of the film. But in the runup to the release of Nolan’s Inception, which opens on July 16, there is already some talk about what the next Batman film might look like....

Dwayne Johnson And Barry Sonnenfeld Could Team For ‘Lore’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2012 2:30 pm EST We think we’re alone in the world but we’re not. In reality, there is a secret organization of people who are tasked with fighting an enemy we’ve all heard of but don’t actually know exists. If that sounds like the plot to Men in Black, you’re right, but it’s also Lore, a newly acquired Warner Bros....

Geek Deal: Any Size Popcorn And Fountain Drink For Only $1 At AMC Theaters On July 25th (With Coupon) By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2010 8:00 am EST AMC Theaters have released an online coupon via their facebook page offering moviegoers any size popcorn and any size fountain drink for only $1 each on July 25th 2010 using a printable coupon. Click here to find a local AMC Theater. Click on the below image to enlarge:...

Huge Gallery Of New Images From ‘Prometheus’ By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2012 1:30 pm EST We’re less than a month away from my #1 anticipated film in a great, great year of movies: Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. The sort-of Alien prequel starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba and Charlize Theron opens June 8 and the news of its R-rating is just the latest in a long line of fantastic updates on the 3D, sci-fi epic....

International Movie Trailer: Cyrus By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 2:00 pm EST One of the films I really loved at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was The Duplass Brothers’ Cyrus, a comedy about “a recently divorced depressed guy who meets the woman of his dreams, who he learns lives with her 21 year old son.” The film stars John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener. You can watch our Park City Video Blog Review of the film by clicking here....

Interview: Emma Watson Talks Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows Part 1 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2010 8:10 pm EST Last week I had the chance to participate in roundtable interviews with the cast and crew of the Harry Potter series. We will be posting the interviews throughout the week leading up to the latest and next to last installment of the series – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1....

Jemaine Clement Cast In Men In Black 3D By Russ Fischer/May 18, 2010 8:53 pm EST Men in Black 3D, written by Etan Cohen and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, is really gearing up. The film has recently locked in Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Josh Brolin. Now, confirming a rumor from months back, Jemaine Clement is in ‘final negotiations’ to join the film. Who will he play? That’s after the break, with plot details that some may know well by now, but which others might consider spoilerish....

Mark Wahlberg Says ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ Could Shoot This Year, Jennifer Lopez “Chasing” A Major Role By Angie Han/Jan. 11, 2012 10:30 am EST It was back in 2008 that we first heard about Cocaine Cowboys, the feature film adaptation of Billy Corben’s 2006 documentary. But development on that project’s been slow and erratic, and at this point it’s been nearly a year since we’ve heard any significant updates on the project....

Movie Trailer: Brett Ratner’s Remix Of Bollywood Film Kites By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2010 6:49 am EST When Harvey Weinstein used to have Hong Kong films dramatically altered for US release, the different cuts drew uproar from fans. Brett Ratner is doing something slightly different for the Bollywood film Kites. He’s overseen an edit that trims about forty minutes of the original running time. But he’s added something, too: the word remix....

New Images: ‘Conan,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Captain America,’ ‘Green Lantern’ And ‘X-Men: First Class’ By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2011 4:00 pm EST There are a whole bunch of new photos from summer films hitting the internet today: a new image of Captain America and his slightly battered shield; super-detailed character posters featuring Sinestro and Kilowog from Green Lantern; new Transformers: Dark of the Moon shots, and probably the best look yet at Jason Momoa as the new Conan....

New Posters: ‘Hanna’ One-Sheet And Character Posters For ‘Sucker Punch’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2011 3:30 pm EST Like your female characters to be packing heat? Was True Grit’s Mattie Ross not enough of a badass? Then here are images for Joe Wright’s teen assassin film Hanna and Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. All feature young women that are as likely to take your head off as smile at you. More likely, in all probability....

Proto-Goblin Won’t Appear In ‘Spider-Man’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2011 7:00 am EST When it was announced that Irrfan Khan (Slumdog Millionaire, The Darjeeling Limited) had signed on to join the cast of Marc Webb’s 3D Spider-Man reboot, we were told that Khan would play a second villain, a character named Van Atter. Fans of the comic books know that Nels Van Adder was a former research assistant who volunteered to become a test subject for a chemical developed by Stromm and Norman Osborn, which resulted in him transforming into a villain named Proto-Goblin....

Robert Zemeckis To Develop And Possibly Direct Barefoot Bandit Movie ‘Taking Flight’ By Angie Han/Aug. 6, 2012 3:00 pm EST Robert Zemeckis has spent most of the past decade working on mo-cap animated films, but now that he’s back in the live-action realm he’s wasting no time snapping up new projects. As his next film Flight prepares to land in theaters, he’s circling a couple of projects including the Ghostbusters-esque Charles Fort....

Roberto Orci Suggests A New Animated ‘Star Trek’ Series Could Materialize By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2011 1:30 pm EST Briefly: This is probably a very good example of one little statement being blown way out of proportion, so don’t walk away from this article thinking you will definitely see a new animated Star Trek series in 2013. But last night Star Trek writer Roberto Orci said via Twitter that there have been talks about a new animated show....

Seth Grahame-Smith Hired To Write Dark Shadows By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2010 7:50 pm EST The Tim Burton and Johnny Depp revival / theatrical reinvention of the vampire soap opera Dark Shadows took a step closer to reality this week. Author Seth Grahame-Smith has been hired to write the picture, and the companies involved (Warner Bros., GK Films and Depp’s Infinitum Nihil) tentatively plan to start production in January. Deadline says that Grahame-Smith, most famous for the novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, got the gig on the strength of that latter novel....