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See The Amanda Seyfried ‘Deep Throat’ Poster Remake From ‘Lovelace,’ Plus New Images By Russ Fischer/Feb. 13, 2012 12:00 pm EST The hook for the film Lovelace is pretty simple: Amanda Seyfried plays the first crossover porn superstar, Linda Lovelace. Shouldn’t be difficult to sell a movie based on that idea, alone, but there is something fairly uncomfortable about the prospect. Linda Lovelace later said that much of her porn work was coerced by her abusive husband Chuck Traynor, played in this film incarnation by Peter Sarsgaard....

Super 8 Viral Does Comic-Con… With Popsicles By Devindra Hardawar/July 26, 2010 11:00 am EST It’s hard to walk five feet in San Diego during Comic-Con without stumbling into some sort of viral marketing campaign. Half the time, it’s impossible to tell what some viral campaigns are even advertising at first glance. That was the case with the Rocket Poppeteers truck, which was handing out Super Speedflier Fleet popsicles. Despite seeing the truck all over San Diego during the convention, it was some time before I learned it was actually a viral campaign for the upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced and JJ Abrams-directed Super 8....

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: “Good Vs. Evil” Featurette And New Photos By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2010 5:00 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette titled “Good vs. Evil” for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Jon Turteltaub-directed The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. In “Good vs. Evil,” we’re introduced to Dave [Jay Baruchel], Balthazar Blake’s [Nicolas Cage] apprentice, as he begins to master the art of sorcery through his teacher. We also discover the centuries old rivalry between Balthazar and his nemesis, Maxim Horvath [Alfred Molina]....

Tony Scott In Talks To Direct John Grisham Thriller ‘The Associate’? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2010 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Scott’s filmography includes Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Days of Thunder, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, The Fan, Enemy of the State, Man on Fire, and more recently Domino, Deja Vu, and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3....

VOTD: Blah Blah Blah By Russ Fischer/Dec. 14, 2010 5:00 am EST Where would those with encyclopedic knowledge of certain film aspects be without an outlet like YouTube? The latest editing project to highlight a very specific film occurance is Blah Blah Blah which, as the title suggests, is a not-quite-exhaustive compendium of the title phrase as uttered on film. To be fair, it’s cut more for comedy than to be comprehensive....

VOTD: Julianne Moore Loves To Cry By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2010 6:00 am EST Julianne Moore has won been nominated for four Academy Awards (taking home noms for both supporting and best actress statues in a single year). It sometimes takes high emotion to win critical acclaim. Harry Hanraha noticed that Moore cries in more than half of the movies she appears in, and decided to edit a montage together showing just how often Julianne turns on the tears....

VOTD: Scott Pilgrim Vs. Avatar: The Last Airbender By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2010 12:00 pm EST I know these Scott Pilgrim vs. The World movie trailer mash-ups are probably getting old, especially after that awesome Matrix video. I mean, how can you top that one? Someone created a trailer mashing up Scott Pilgrim with the Nickelodeon cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender (not to be confused with that “thing” that M Night Shyamalan created…)....

WETA Announces Work On Mad Max: Fury Road, But (Rumor Time!) Is The Shoot Delayed? By Russ Fischer/July 6, 2010 1:52 pm EST Last week the big news on the Mad Max franchise was that the new film, Fury Road, wouldn’t be the only new film. A pair of reports said that series director George Miller is prepping two films to be shot back to back: Fury Road and the follow-up, reportedly called Mad Max: Furiosa....

‘Apollo 18’ Gets Fifth Different Release Date By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2011 5:00 am EST No, that’s not a typo. For the fifth time, The Weinstein Company has moved the release of their space-based found footage film Apollo 18. When the calendar was last updated, the Timur Bekmambetov-produced film was scheduled for release August 26. However, with another horror film currently on that date (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark with Katie Holmes and Guy Pierce) they’ve now pushed Apollo 18 back to September 2 where it’ll compete with Shark Night 3D....

‘Life Of Pi’ Gets A New Release Date By Russ Fischer/June 2, 2011 10:30 am EST The project has taken a long time to come together, with several directors trying to get the adaptation going. It is finally moving forward as Ang Lee was able to come up with a plan to make a 3D film that met with Fox’s approval. Suraj Sharma, a high schooler from Delhi and newcomer to acting, has been cast as the film’s title character Pi Patel — the teen who, after a shipwreck, is left floating in the middle of the sea in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, zebra, hyena and orangutan....

‘Rust And Bone’ UK Trailer: Marion Cotillard And Matthias Schoenaerts Fall In Love For ‘A Prophet’ Director Jacques Audiard By Angie Han/Sept. 4, 2012 9:00 am EST Three years after the excellent prison thriller A Prophet, director Jacques Audiard is back with the romantic drama Rust and Bone. Bullhead star Matthias Schoenaerts plays a young father named Ali who meets a beautiful orca whale trainer, Stephanie (Marion Cotillard). As tragedy (or ludicrous plot twists, if you’re feeling less generous) strikes for both of them, the two imperfect beings fall in love....

‘Senna’ – Formula One Documentary With First Place Story [Sundance Review] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 26, 2011 10:00 am EST Fans of Formula One Racing are probably not going to like Senna. Not because it’s a bad movie, though. Far from it. It just so happens to be the straightforward retelling of a very-well known story. Fans surely already know the unbelievable story of legendary driver Ayrton Senna but if you don’t know Senna from Dale Earnhardt Jr....

‘The Walking Dead’ Remains Alive For Season 3 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2011 2:00 pm EST The season two premiere of The Walking Dead had more adult viewers ages 18-49 than any show in cable history and even though this past Sunday’s second episode had a 20% drop off, the show’s viewership is incredibly massive. Like a zombie, renewal is a total no-brainer. Fans will now have a chance to see the story through to at least third season, which is exciting for several reasons....

‘Zookeeper’ Trailer: Kevin James Stars In The Most Expensive TGI Fridays Commercial Ever Made By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2011 10:52 am EST As Cannes rolls along there are a lot of new images and trailers for great, or at least interesting films. And then there’s this one. Zookeeper is the movie in which Kevin James thinks about quitting the job he loves (he’s a zookeeper, duh) so that Leslie Bibb will like him....

Alex Kurtzman’s ‘Welcome To People’ Searching For Boy Lead By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 1, 2010 6:00 am EST Dreamworks is searching for 11-13 years old boy to play the lead role of Josh in screenwriter Alex Kurtzman’s (Transformers, Star Trek) directorial debut Welcome To People, which stars Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks. They have released an open casting call notice in their search to fill the role. Read the press release after the jump....

Asked About A Lack Of Audience Faith In His Work, M. Night Shyamalan Defends His Career Choices By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2010 1:00 am EST M. Night Shyamalan has a reputation, which is only partially founded, for not taking negative lines of questioning very well. So how do you think he responded when a reporter in Mexico starts a press conference question by saying “You had a very strong start to your career with The Sixth Sense” before winding around to “the audience has lost its faith in your work with Lady in the Water and many of your more recent productions”?...

Casting Bits: Stephen Moyer In ‘The Barrens;’ Josh Gad In ‘Thanks For Sharing;’ Massive Voice Cast For ‘Postman Pat’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2011 2:00 pm EST One of the weirder American monster legends is that which concerns the Jersey Devil, which originates in the 18th century, but became one of the breakout American pop-culture monsters thanks to reported sightings in the early 1900s. Now Stephen Moyer from True Blood will star in a new film exploiting the legend: The Barrens....

Cult Toy Line Uglydoll Could Get Animated Feature Film By Germain Lussier/May 26, 2011 1:30 pm EST If you’ve been to a small, independent toy store in the past decade or so, you probably recognize Uglydolls. Created by husband and wife team David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, the expertly crafted, yet incredibly simple plush dolls are extremely popular because of their unique design and individual character backstories. They’re both collectible and accessible to all ages....

Danny McBride And Aziz Ansari To Team For Another Comedy Film By Hunter Stephenson/May 10, 2010 5:08 pm EST On the heels of their previously announced action-comedy, 30 Minutes or Less, from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer, actors Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari are attached to star in a second planned comedy feature, this one currently untitled. Specifics about the project were not revealed in today’s press release, but it originates from a pitch credited to Ansari and 30 Rock writer Matt Hubbard....

Eli Roth’s Returns To Directing Will Be ‘The Green Inferno’ By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2012 9:30 am EST Briefly: The last time Eli Roth had has name in the director’s credit of a feature film was Hostel: Part II, released in 2007. Roth has stayed in the game as a producer, and did a little work for Quentin Tarantino in Inglourious Basterds, all while talking about various possible directorial opportunities....