‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2011 4:30 pm EST I didn’t see the first film in the series, and have heard mixed reactions to the way it more firmly grounds the deadpan voice and loose drawings of Mr. Heffley’s writing and comics. This trailer makes the movie look like pretty routine stuff, which plays into some of the criticism of the first movie, but it might turn out to be a bit more effective than that....
By Russ Fischer/July 13, 2012 2:00 pm EST When some of the details on Fox’s new Fantastic Four film were announced a couple days ago — primarily that Chronicle director Josh Trank would indeed direct the new film — one detail was not reported. That was the name of the film’s screenwriter, who has been developing the new take on the classic Marvel Comics team with Trank. The man scripting the new Fantastic Four is Jeremy Slater, whose script Score hit the Black List of popular unproduced screenplays a couple years back, and who has been fighting through the studio trenches for some time....
/Film Is Going To Cannes And You Could Too, Thanks To Stella Artois! By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2010 9:00 am EST Over the past five years, /Film has traveled the globe, covering events such as the Sundance Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Toronto Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston, London Film Festival, Comic-Con, WonderCon and many others. One event we’ve never been able to attend is the prestigious Cannes Film Festival....
‘Harry Potter’ Director David Yates To Make Big-Screen ‘Doctor Who’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2011 11:30 am EST This has been a long time coming. Doctor Who, the BBC sci-fi series that has run for decades starting in 1963, with a few breaks here and there, will finally hit the big screen after several years of rumors about a new film being in development. The BBC has enlisted Harry Potter director David Yates (he made the last four Potter films and was set to make The Stand for Warner Bros....
‘John Carter’ To Screen For The Giants And Patriots Before Super Bowl XLVI; Plus New Featurette By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2012 3:00 pm EST Super Bowl Sunday is one of America’s biggest non-denominational holidays. Whether you follow the NFL every single Sunday or hardly know which teams are participating, odds are at some point you’ll be sucked into the hype. Maybe it’s for the commercials or maybe it’s because there’s a party going but either way, Sunday’s game is hard to avoid....
‘Man Of Steel’ Henry Cavill Cast In Ed Zwick’s ‘The Great Wall’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 9, 2012 12:00 pm EST In 2013, we’ll see Henry Cavill jump buildings in a single bound. After that, he’ll be building them. The Man of Steel star, who is just about done shooting that film, is busy lining up his next project. Variety reports he’ll star in Ed Zwick’s The Great Wall, an action epic produced by the new Legendary East banner of Legendary Pictures, which will uncover the mystery of how The Great Wall of China came to be....
‘The Lady’ Trailer And Shepard Fairey Poster: Luc Besson Tackles Political Resistance By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2011 4:45 pm EST Luc Besson’s latest film makes quite a break from what we’ve come to expect from the writer/director/producer thanks to a decade of making mostly cheap, visceral action films. The Lady stars Michelle Yeoh as Burmese revolutionary leader Aung San Suu Kyi — this is a real-life story of political oppression and resistance....
‘The Rep’ Gets Second Trailer; New Beverly Documentary Gets Funding By Germain Lussier/May 24, 2012 4:00 pm EST Here’s some great news about two films centering on repertory theaters. Last year, we highlighted Morgan White’s documentary called The Rep which uses the story of three friends who started a theater in Toronto to contextualize the state of the rep theaters today. Well that movie is now done, has a new trailer, poster and is being submitted to festivals....
8 New Images From ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ By Angie Han/May 2, 2011 12:00 pm EST We at /Film are well aware of how much you guys love Twilight news, so we try our best to keep you updated on the latest in the phenomenally popular sparkling-vampire series. To that end, we have a batch of new The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 images that have just been released via press release, just days after we posted the last set of stills....
Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity’ Pushed To 2013; ‘Gangster Squad’ Coming In September By Germain Lussier/May 15, 2012 5:30 am EST One of the most anticipated films of 2012 has officially been delayed. Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, originally set for release in November, has been moved to a not-yet-specified date in 2013. The film, which stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, recently began test screening and it’s safe to assume Cuaron and the Warner Bros....
Awards Roundup: ‘The Ghost Writer’ Scores At European Film Awards; ‘The King’s Speech’ Takes British Independent Film Awards By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2010 10:30 am EST It’s that time of the year when there will be one film awards ceremony and/or critical poll after another, and we’ve got the results of three to kick off this week. The European Film Awards took place in Estonia over the weekend, and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer scored six awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, the latter for Ewan McGregor....
Breck Eisner In Talks To Direct ‘Stretch Armstrong’ By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2012 6:00 am EST Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the toy box. A film based on the old gel-filled elastic muscleman figure Stretch Armstrong was in development at Universal for a couple years, with Taylor Lautner (Twilight) notoriously attached to star. But like many of the other Universal films once in development based on Hasbro properties, Stretch didn’t make it to production....
Carl Erik Rinsch No Longer Directing ‘Logan’s Run’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 12, 2010 6:32 pm EST Much like the characters in Logan’s Run, it seems directors of the proposed remake have a limited shelf-life too. Commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch had been attached to directed a remake of the 1976 feature film but has now left the project, which he was developing to shoot in 3D, to concentrate on Universal’s 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves....
Casting Bits: T.I. May Join Tom Cruise In ‘We Mortals Are;’ Christopher Meloni In ‘Small Time;’ Jason Ritter, Gillian Jacobs And More In ‘Teddy Bears’ By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2012 12:00 pm EST Rapper T.I. has done a few movies (Takers, American Gangster, ATL) but has had his cinematic aspirations derailed by little things like county jail and federal prison stints. But he’s back at work, and in an interview conducted at SXSW, T....
Cool Stuff: “The Road To Shermer” John Hughes Tribute Art Show By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2011 11:00 am EST Our friends at Gallery 1988 in Venice, CA have a new art exhibition, “The Road To Shermer, a tribute to John Hughes”. The show opening on February 11th and runs until March 4th, 2011. As you know, John Hughes is the writer/director responsible for some of our most beloved teen films of the 1980s: National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Mr....
By Germain Lussier/March 22, 2012 7:00 am EST Say what you want about the James Bond movies but one of the staples both male and female fans look forward with each installment is the new Bond girl. Who doesn’t love seeing a gorgeous woman who can not only kick ass but has a personality that makes a man like Bond melt in his Armani? And while history has given us both good and bad when it comes to Bond girls, their iconography is undeniable....
Cool Stuff: Crazy 4 Cult 5 Preview #1 By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2011 8:00 am EST This Friday, Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles will hold the fifth Crazy 4 Cult art show, an annual exhibition which I’ve called the super bowl of pop culture art. I am so jealous of all my fellow Los Angelans who are able to attend this week. I’ll be away in Texas, but I can’t complain as I’ll be bringing back my girlfriend with me (the big move, exciting)....
By Germain Lussier/Aug. 31, 2011 5:54 pm EST What’s better than seeing Steven Spielberg’s classic action adventure film Jurassic Park on the big screen once again? Not knowing about it and getting an amazing, extremely limited edition poster to go along with it. Mondo, the poster boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse, had their second Mondo Mystery Movie Wednesday night and after weeks of speculation and misdirection (the website hinted at a sequel that ran 134 minutes), the film ended up being Jurassic Park....
Cool Stuff: Pixar Artist Josh Cooley’s Lil’ Inappropriate Golden Book Movies R Fun By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2010 7:00 am EST Do you remember those Little Golden Books? They were a staple from my childhood. Pixar Animation Story Artist Josh Cooley (Cars, Ratatouille, Up, George & AJ) is working on an awesome “Lil’ Inappropriate Golden Book” titled Movies R Fun. Cooley has been working on this compilation of movie art for two years and will be publishing the collection in a book which will be available at Comic-Con this year and APE Expo San Francisco in November....
Exclusive Photo: Laurence Fishburne In Predators By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2010 5:03 pm EST Official Synopsis: A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, Predators was shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimród Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey....
