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‘A Liar’s Autobiography’ Trailer: The Life Of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, In Irreverent Animated Form By Russ Fischer/Sept. 4, 2012 5:58 pm EST I recently went back to Monty Python for a refresher course — I’ve always loved the troupe’s work, but some combination of cynicism and silliness in the air recently (I think that might be politics) made me want to revisit the comedy of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, and the late Graham Chapman....

‘Back To Space-Con’ Trailer: Relive The Formative Early Days Of Sci-Fi Conventions By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2012 9:30 am EST Many years ago, sci-fi and comic book conventions weren’t the media-saturated events that they are now. In a way, they were similar, as the attendees were a collection of hardcore fans, kids and curiosity seekers. But they were held in half-hearted hotels and other cheap-to-rent spaces rather than massive convention halls....

‘Harry Potter’ Creator J.K. Rowling Planning A New Book For, You Know, Adults By Germain Lussier/Feb. 23, 2012 5:30 pm EST When an author sells almost half a billion books and nets well over a billion dollars, they can pretty much do whatever they want. For Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, that means she’s going to grow up. She announced Thursday that Little, Brown and Company will publish a brand new book she’s been working on aimed at adults....

‘Lawless’ Behind The Scenes Footage Shows Guy Pearce, Tom Hardy, And Jessica Chastain At Work By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2012 12:15 pm EST After a long development process, which nearly resulted in the film being canceled overall, John Hillcoat’s latest film Lawless (formerly The Wettest County and The Wettest County in the World) is about to hit theaters. We’ve seen a couple trailers, and some great info graphics that collate info about the film’s tale of bootleggers and rouge lawmen....

‘The First Time’ Is ‘Can’t Hardly Wait’ Meets John Hughes [Sundance 2012] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2012 1:09 pm EST The First Time is the kind of movie I hope to see at Sundance each year — a coming of age story which is smart, funny, and able to touch your soul. On Twitter I called the film an indie Can’t Hardly Wait for a new generation, and while I’m not sure that comparison is completely valid I’m going to go with it....

‘Twilight’ Scribe Melissa Rosenberg Writing ‘Highlander’ Remake By Germain Lussier/Feb. 9, 2011 6:00 pm EST It’s been years since we last heard about Summit’s planned remake of the 1986 cult classic Highlander, which starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. At the time Justin Lin (Fast and Furious) was set to direct with Iron Man screenwriters Art Marcum and Matt Holloway working on the script. Well Lin is still attached but Summit must not have been happy with what Marcum and Holloway turned in because now they’re turned to their franchise maker, Melissa Rosenberg – who has written all of the Twilight screenplays – to rework the script....

Are These The Final Four ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part Two’ Posters? By Germain Lussier/July 6, 2011 4:00 pm EST “It all ends.” So says the latest round of advertising for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which hits theaters July 15. The phrase obviously has several interpretations: the end of the Potter story, the final Potter movie, etc. But the one thing that “It all ends” apparently doesn’t mean is the end of the posters Warner Brothers is putting out to publicize the film....

Carey Mulligan May Join Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive,’ With Ryan Gosling And Bryan Cranston By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2010 4:00 am EST With every step closer to production, the film Drive becomes more interesting. First it became a Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Pusher) movie with Ryan Gosling starring. Then Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston began negotiating to join the cast. And now it looks like Carey Mulligan will be the female lead when the film goes before cameras, starting next month....

Christopher Nolan Says It’s Safe To Assume He Will Direct ‘Batman 3’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2010 2:51 pm EST We’ve assumed that Christopher Nolan is pretty much a lock to direct the third Batman movie — the entire industry has assumed so, based on comments made by Nolan and Warner Bros. — even if there has been no official statement to that effect. Now there’s the closest thing we’ve had to an official announcement, as Nolan recently told Empire that it is safe to assume he’s directing....

Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s Crazy 4 Cult 4 Preview #1 By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2010 11:00 am EST If you’ve been reading /Film for a while, then you know that I love good movie-inspired art. And the superbowl of movie art is Crazy4Cult, an art show put on every year by Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. This year’s show will open on July 9th, and we have seen the first batch of artwork premiere online....

Dario Argento Gives David Gordon Green A Thumbs-Up For Suspiria Remake By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2010 5:50 pm EST What’s going on with David Gordon Green’s proposed remake of the Dario Argento horror classic Suspiria? We first heard about the film almost two years ago, and there were rumors not long ago that the film would shoot this year. But we haven’t heard much about the remake since people hit Green with questions while on the set of his latest film Your Highness....

Green Lantern Screenwriter To Pen ‘Leonardo Da Vinci And The Soldiers Of Forever’ For Warner Bros. By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2010 1:20 pm EST Did you ever watch Hudson Hawk and think, “man, Leonardo Da Vinci really got screwed out of a chance for action stardom”? If so, you’re one of about five people, but Warner Bros. still has you covered. The studio is moving forward on Leonardo Da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, which Green Lantern writer Marc Guggenheim will use to recast the Renaissance artist and inventor as an action hero....

Hayley Atwell, Diane Kruger, Kate Beckinsale To Read For Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Horizons’ By Angie Han/Oct. 26, 2011 2:30 pm EST Apparently Joseph Kosinski’s Horizons (a.k.a. Oblivion) is the plum gig for actresses in Hollywood right now. Last month, Jessica Chastain beat out a list of up-and-coming actresses — including Olga Kurylenko, Brit Marling, Noomi Rapace, and Olivia Wilde — for one of two lead female roles; this weekend, Hayley Atwell, Diane Kruger, and Kate Beckinsale will vie for the other....

John Goodman Cast In Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ By Russ Fischer/June 27, 2011 12:14 pm EST Argo, Ben Affleck’s third film as director, sounds very promising. Based on Joshua Bearman’s April 2007 Wired magazine article, “How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue American from Tehran,” the film features Ben Affleck and Alan Arkin in key roles as part of a team of intelligence agents who are trying to extricate six men from Tehran in 1979....

Knight And Day - What Did You Think? By David Chen/June 25, 2010 8:00 pm EST Knight and Day is what you get when you throw together two aging stars trying to be cool, $100+ million (most of which was spent on mediocre CGI), a script written by a guy whose most recent claim to fame was his role as an extra in Senseless (the 1998 David Spade trainwreck) and stir it using the level of subtlety found in Walk the Line....

Liam Neeson Reprising Role Of Qui-Gon Jinn For Episodes Of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2011 10:00 am EST I don’t watch The Clone Wars, so I can’t offer any insight on how this news fits into the storyline being developed on the show, but I will guess that the return to Star Wars of one of the best elements of the prequels is a good thing....

Mattel Will Finally Release The Hoverboard From ‘Back To The Future’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2012 10:31 am EST The year 2015 is coming up fast, and it seems like many of the future inovations seen in the future Hill Valley of Back to the Future: Part II have not come to pass — but I’m still hopeful that we’ll all be in flying hovercars in just three years time (um, yeah)....

Michael Shannon Talks About Being Cast As General Zod In ‘Man Of Steel’ By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2011 9:13 pm EST Easily the biggest piece of news in the past week was that Oscar-nominated actor and current star of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Michael Shannon, had been cast as by director Zack Snyder as the lead villain General Zod his upcoming Superman reboot called Man of Steel. While the news of Shannon’s casting spread like wildfire and spawned massive debates about the Zod character and more, the one person who didn’t chime in was Shannon himself....

New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Rumors Surface Regarding Catwoman, Talia Al’Ghul And Bane By Germain Lussier/March 2, 2011 3:30 pm EST Though there’s very little real, legitimate information out there on The Dark Knight Rises, it’s not for lack of trying. Tons of journalists lucky enough to attend the Oscars this past weekend spoke to cast members Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and even director Christopher Nolan and got little to nothing in terms of news....

New Poster: Strange Cannes Entry ‘Sleeping Beauty’ By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2011 11:30 am EST With this poster, the Julia Leigh film Sleeping Beauty continues to look like the arthouse alternate-reality Sucker Punch. Emily Browning stars in the movie as a student who becomes a prostitute specializing in an unusual service: she ‘works’ while drugged into slumber, and cannot remember her clients after they take advantage of her. The poster is a little bit American Apparel, a little bit Sofia Coppola, and quite pretty, but combined with the known plot and the look on Emily Browning’s face, there’s an uncomfortable undercurrent there, too....