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Casting Bits: Mick Jagger In ‘Tabloid’, Brittany Snow In ‘Pitch Perfect’, Emma Roberts And AnnaSophia Robb In ‘Anything But Ordinary’ By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2011 12:30 pm EST After the jump, Brittany Snow channels her inner Rachel Berry, while Emma Roberts and AnnaSophia Robb deal with a neurological disorder. Though the premise sounds on the surface like a college version of Glee, it honestly sounds much more interesting. Tony-nominated Avenue Q director Jason Moore is helming the film from a script by 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon, based on a nonfiction book by GQ editor Mickey Rapkin....

Commercial Director Spotlight: Dante Ariola By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2010 11:11 am EST Earlier today we reported that Shia LaBeouf would star in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, the feature directorial debut of award-winning commercial director Dante Ariola. The project, based on an original screenplay was featured on the 2007 Black List (a Hollywood insider listing of the top unproduced screenplays of the year) written by Matt Drake. I thought now would be a good time to take a look at Dante Ariola’s previous commercial work....

Cool Stuff: Lego Hill Valley 2015 From ‘Back To The Future Part II’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 2, 2012 3:00 pm EST Back to the Future will never die. Every few months something noteworthy pops up tied to Robert Zemeckis’ time travel trilogy such was the theatrical re-release, Blu-rays and limited edition Nikes. Mere hours ago, rumors of a possible Broadway show even began to circle. Now photos of a custom made, unbelievably detailed version of Hill Valley 2015 have surfaced online....

Cool Stuff: VW’s “See Film Differently” Print Advertisements By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2010 10:00 am EST I admire Volkswagen for their support of independent film over the past decade. If you attend a regional or big time film festival, you’re likely to see them listed as a sponsor on the big screen before each film. In the past, we’ve featured some of their “See Film Differently” television spots which featured film fanatics sharing their vastly different interpretations of classic movies (if you haven’t seen those, check them out now)....

Diablo Cody And Jason Reitman To Reunite For ‘Young Adult’, Starring Charlize Theron By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2010 10:31 pm EST Diablo Cody’s next screenplay to be produced is called Young Adult. The script was optioned by Mandate Pictures this past March, and the company is hoping to have cameras rolling by November. At the time of the option, there was talk about Cody reteaming with “the team behind Juno,” but that was based only on Mandate’s involvement, since the company produced that film....

Disney Planning A ‘Rocketeer’ Reboot By Angie Han/Aug. 21, 2012 3:51 pm EST Joe Johnston’s dream of making a sequel to The Rocketeer looks unlikely to come true any time soon. That is not, as some previously thought, because Disney has forgotten about the property altogether. Quite the contrary. The studio is said to be considering a reboot of the 1991 movie, itself an adaptation of Dave Stevens’ ’80s comic book about a hero from the ’30s....

Harrison Ford Among Actors Sought For ‘Ender’s Game’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 29, 2011 6:28 pm EST Harrison Ford might be returning to a galaxy far, far away. Sure the actor flirted with space in Cowboys & Aliens and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but Variety now reports he’s among a group of actors being looked at for the role of Colonel Hyrum Graff in Ender’s Game. The title role was recently filled by Asa Butterfield (Hugo) and if Ford were to put on the uniform, it would end a thirty-year hiatus from a genre that made him a superstar....

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Featurette By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2010 2:47 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new behind the scenes featurette for the first part of the final installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Watch it now after the jump. Thanks to SpoilerTV for the tip. The first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will hit theaters on November 19th 2010, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 will be released on July 15th, 2011....

In Saudi Arabia, U.S. Movies And TV Shows Are Doing More To Prevent Jihad Than U.S. Propaganda By David Chen/Dec. 8, 2010 5:22 am EST Even though I’ve been studying the new Wikileaks scandal in detail for a class I’m taking (and because it is a fascinating disruption of U.S. politics), I’ve found few intersections between the leaked diplomatic cables and what we do here at /Film. Until now. According to Wikileaks cables, satellite broadcasts of U....

Infographics: Slasher Movie Showdown – Freddy, Jason And Michael Myers By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2010 10:00 am EST Last week Yahoo Movies published a few cool infographics comparing the most famous slasher movie villains: Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger. Jason has “appeared” in thirteen films, Freddy was featured in nine films, and there were ten Halloween movies in total. So which one of these killers has the biggest bodycount?...

Longer True Grit Trailer In Theaters By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2010 8:00 am EST Last week, Paramount Pictures released the first trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen’s True Grit. Apparently an extended longer version of the trailer is playing in theaters this weekend. ComingSoon is reporting that the extended trailer will be online early next week, but the only place to see it right now is at your local multiplex. Click here to see the non-extended version which was released online last week....

Movie Posters: Jonah Hex, Splice, Salt, Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, The Last Exorcism And More By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2010 6:00 am EST Another week, another batch of new movie posters have hit the multiplexes and are now online. One-sheets include: Splice, Salt, Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Jonah Hex character banners, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Last Exorcism, and Charlie St....

Movie Trailer: Gulliver’s Travels By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2010 4:19 pm EST While this movie definitely doesn’t look good, it certainly doesn’t look as horrible as I thought it was going to be — especially judging from the posters and billboard which made it look like a fake movie in Funny People or Tropic Thunder. But yes, Emily Blunt was forced to turn down a role as Black Widow in Iron Man 2/Avengers to be in this movie....

Our First Look At ‘The Darkest Hour’ Reveals Clues To Our Alien Invaders By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2011 2:00 pm EST Hit the jump to see our first look at art created for the upcoming film. The special WonderCon collectible poster (11x17) features: What can we learn from the above image? Well for one, I don’t see any alien invaders, do you? I do see electrical bolts or lazer beams. Could this be the force from alien weapons off screen, or might the aliens themselves be some kind of invisible electrical force?...

Ralph Fiennes Reportedly Offered Role In ‘Bond 23’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2011 5:00 am EST If the couple recent attempts by Sam Mendes to pull actors into the twenty-third James Bond movie actually pay off, we could have one hell of a film. Or one hell of a cast, at least. We know that Daniel Craig will once again play Bond, and that Judi Dench will return as M. Javier Bardem has been offered an antagonist role, and he’s mulling that over, pending delivery of the script....

Rumored Title For Judd Apatow’s ‘Knocked Up’ Spin-Off Revealed By Angie Han/April 15, 2011 7:00 am EST And if the This is Forty title is correct, it’s probably fair to assume the story has to do with the characters dealing with the fact that they’re entering their middle years, perhaps suffering from the beginnings of a mid-life crisis — which could also fit with Germain’s guess about Fox’s part. Apatow’s decision to do a spin-off was apparently inspired by the audience’s strong reaction to Pete and Debbie after the first movie:...

See Bumblebee In Action In The Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Superbowl XLV Chevrolet Camaro TV Spot By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2011 1:00 pm EST Chevrolet have released a sneak preview of one of the television commercials set to air during Superbowl XLV. The spot is a tie-in with Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon and features the Chevrolet Camaro in action as Bumblebee. Check out the spot now embedded after the jump....

See Images From Tim Burton’s 1976 Children’s Book - And The Rejection Disney Sent In Response By Angie Han/Feb. 25, 2011 11:00 am EST As someone who grew up on Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, I almost find it difficult to imagine Tim Burton as anything other than the world-famous director he is today. But every success story has to start somewhere, and once upon a time, Burton was just an ordinary teenager hoping to make something of his art....

Teaser Of ‘The Avengers’ Teaser Trailer After ‘Captain America’ By Germain Lussier/July 28, 2011 6:45 pm EST Sorry, we don’t have the full The Avengers teaser trailer that’s after the credits of Captain America: The First Avenger just yet. What we do have, thanks to Yahoo Movies and Paramount, is a sneak peak at that tease and the promise that The Avengers footage will only be seen in theaters. So, if you don’t want to see Captain America (and you should, it’s solid) this is as good as you are going to get in official, high definition, form....

Timur Bekmambetov Will Direct Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter; Offers Updates On Wanted 2, Moby Dick And More By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2010 1:17 pm EST We’ve wondered for quite some time what film Timur Bekmambetov might direct next. At one point, it seemed like he would follow his last movie, Wanted, with a direct sequel. But that is taking time to come together, and recently his prioritites have shifted to adapting the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which he is also producing with Tim Burton....