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Roger L. Jackson Returns To Voice Ghostface In Scream 4 By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2010 7:00 am EST As you already know, Scream series stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette have all returned to reprise their roles in Scream 4, which is currently shooting. But who cares about those guys and gals — We have just learned that Roger L. Jackson, the voice actor who provides the creepy voice of the killer (aka Ghostface), is also set to return for the fourth film....

Sam Raimi Off The ‘World Of Warcraft’ Movie By Angie Han/July 18, 2012 10:30 am EST The World of Warcraft movie that’s been in the works since 2007 or so finally seemed to get a push forward in 2009 when Sam Raimi signed on to direct. At the time, the beloved director was just coming off of the first two massively successful Spider-Man movies, and it seemed like if anyone could get the wheels turning on this video game adaptation it’d be him....

Shawn Levy Replaces Steven Spielberg And Brett Ratner To Direct ‘The 39 Clues’ By Germain Lussier/May 11, 2012 7:00 am EST Almost one year ago to the day, Brett Ratner took over from Steven Spielberg to helm a property Spielberg championed way back in 2008: The 39 Clues. Ratner had been actively developing the film for the past year, but apparently he’s now out and the incredibly busy Shawn Levy is on board to direct....

Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon Now Built Into Google By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2012 1:45 pm EST Briefly: File this under pointless but awesome. Google has upgraded their already impressive search engine to now figure out Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Yes, the game that surmises any actor can be connected to Kevin Bacon in six movies or less (because Kevin Bacon has been in so many movies and worked with so many people) is now more than a conversational time-killer....

TIFF Movie Trailer: Repeaters By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2010 3:00 pm EST Hitfix has premiered the trailer for a Canadian independent sci-fi drama titled Repeaters, which will screen at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in September. The movie is being called “a really dark version of Groundhog Day” as it uses the same concept but to different results. Here is the official plot synopsis: REPEATERS is an aggressive, fast-paced thriller with an important moral question: what would you do if you knew that everyday you started over with a clean slate?...

Tim Burton’s ‘Big Fish’ Coming To Broadway By Germain Lussier/June 8, 2011 4:30 pm EST Father issues and buckets of tears are soon coming to a Big Apple stage. Producers just announced that Big Fish, best known for its 2003 film adaptation directed by Tim Burton, will be turned into a Broadway musical with a book by John August, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and director Susan Stroman. August wrote the screenplay for the Burton film based on the original novel by Daniel Wallace, Lippa did the music for The Addams Family musical and Stroman directed the most recent film version of Mel Brooks’ The Producers....

Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg And Michael Wincott Also Set For ‘Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho’ By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2012 6:00 pm EST Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, that other Alfred Hitchcock sorta-biopic that doesn’t star Toby Jones as the rotund Master of Suspense, is pulling its cast together quickly now. Anthony Hopkins has been attached to play Hitch for some time, with Scarlett Johansson set to play Janet Leigh and James D’Arcy set for the Anthony Perkins role....

VOTD: ‘[the Films Of] David Fincher’ By Angie Han/March 28, 2011 7:00 am EST We’re on record as having enjoyed Kees van Dijkhuizen’s “[the films of] Sofia Coppola” and “[the films of] Danny Boyle” in the past. The latest director to get the “[films of]” treatment is David Fincher. Van Dijkhuizen has compiled this montage of films by Fincher, showcasing the director’s unique style. Watch it after the jump. Fincher really likes his dark, muted color palettes, doesn’t he?...

‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ Helmer Steve Pink In Talks To Rewrite And Direct ‘Bad Santa 2’ By Angie Han/July 31, 2012 5:00 am EST Billy Bob Thornton’s been talking up a possible Bad Santa 2 for the past couple of years, saying the 2003 comedy’s the only one of his films he wants to do a sequel for. Now it seems his Christmas wish is about to come true. A new report indicates that Hot Tub Time Machine helmer Steve Pink has just entered preliminary talks to rewrite and direct the dark holiday comedy....

‘Indie Game: The Movie’ - You’ll Believe A Video Game Documentary Can Make You Cry [SXSW 2012 Review] By Germain Lussier/May 18, 2012 2:00 pm EST Editor’s Note: We are republishing Germain’s SXSW review since the film is being released today in New York City and Los Angeles. Click here to find a listing of where the movie will be playing as it expands in the coming weeks. /Film readers, I owe you an apology....

‘The Commitments’ Screenwriters Turn In Script For Sam Cooke Biopic By Russ Fischer/March 15, 2011 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The singer fused gospel and pop create a dynamic, original new R&B sound that was soon called soul. He was shot dead in 1964 at age 33, and the precise circumstances that led to his death have been the subject of debate for decades....

‘The Three Stooges’ Trailer: When Passion Projects Go Bad, They Go VERY Bad By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2011 10:29 am EST I’d like you all to do something for me. When you watch this trailer for Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s The Three Stooges, I’d like you to picture Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro in the roles that are now occupied by Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, and Chris Diamantopoulos....

‘Wanderlust’ Red-Band Trailer: Malin Akerman Wants To Make Everyone Feel Good By Russ Fischer/Feb. 16, 2012 11:30 am EST I like David Wain’s work a lot. The State was just wonderful; Wet Hot American Summer is an oddball classic; and even something more routine, like The Ten and Role Models, can be a decent bit of entertainment. Wain’s new movie, while we wait for the rumors about a WHAS sequel/prequel to come true, is Wanderlust....

Contrary To Reports, Jackie Chan Is Not Done With Action Movies; Watch The Trailer For His Latest, ‘Chinese Zodiac’ By Russ Fischer/May 21, 2012 7:30 am EST Jackie Chan brought his 100th film, Chinese Zodiac, to the Cannes Film Festival this year, but he also arrived with some news that has been a few years coming: he’s done with bit death-defying action movie setpieces. But that news got a bit garbled over the weekend, with many thinking that Chan is done with action movies for good....

By Germain Lussier/Sept. 21, 2010 1:00 pm EST Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas is mere hours away and we’ve got a look at some of the awesome poster art from Mondo that will be on sale at the event. There are posters for Let Me In and Rubber both by /Film favorite Olly Moss, Roger Corman (co-winner of this year’s Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award) by Zach Hobbs, Red, White & Blue by Sawdust, Nevermore by Alan Hynes, and X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes by Rob Jones....

Cool Stuff: Walt Disney’s 1935 Animation Manifesto By Germain Lussier/Nov. 6, 2010 9:00 am EST On December 23, 1935, Walt Disney wrote an eight page letter to a gentleman named Don Graham at the Chouinard Art Institute (now Cal Arts) asking him to help train new, and improve old, Disney animators. Walt felt that many of the men he employed weren’t working up to their potential and that by focusing on a few simple things, the studio’s output would improve exponentially....

Early Synopsis Revealed For Will Ferrell’s Untitled Spanish-Language Comedy By Russ Fischer/Jan. 17, 2011 10:30 am EST Last year saw Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna cast in Matt Piedmont’s Spanish-language comedy that was rumored to be an over-the-top satire of the “overdramatic telenovella style.” We knew little else about the film other than a provisional title: Casa de mi padre. That title may have been given the boot, as some new info puts the film in the test-screening process as ‘Untitled Spanish Comedy....

First Hobo With A Shotgun Footage Promises A Bloody Grindhouse Extravaganza By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2010 2:59 pm EST Just a week after we reported that Jason Eisener was finally about to roll cameras on a feature-length version of his Grindhouse trailer Hobo With a Shotgun, there is already some footage available to check out. The full-length version of the film stars Rutger Hauer as the title character, and started shooting this past Monday....

First Look: ‘Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime,’ A Video Game Sequel By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2010 8:00 am EST Though Dan Aykroyd recently said that casting was ongoing for Ghostbusters 3, the whole thing doesn’t seem real. In fact, it’s not going to seem real until he, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson put on the jump suits, proton packs and snap a picture. Then I’ll believe Ghostbusters 3 is happening....

Geek Deal: Rome: The Complete Series On Blu-Ray For Only $48.99 By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2012 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.