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Infographic: The Many Bodies Of Christian Bale By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2011 1:00 pm EST Most people who talk about Christian Bale in The Fighter liken his performance to a complete transformation. /Film reader Matt Ellerbrock has created an infographic showing how Bale has transformed himself for different roles over the years. With the recent release of David O. Russell’s “The Fighter,” starring Mark Walberg and Christian Bale, I’ve often found myself explaining to friends and family the incredible body transformations Christian Bale has gone through since filming “The Machinist” (2004)....

Judy Greer, Ivana Baquero, And Gabriella Wilde Cast In ‘Carrie’ Remake [Updated] By Angie Han/May 26, 2012 9:00 am EST With Carrie’s June 1 start date just around the corner, director Kimberly Peirce is adding the final touches to her cast. Leads Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore have been locked in since this spring, but it’s only in the past couple of weeks that the production has been staffing up on supporting players....

Kristen Wiig Options Dark Comic Novel ‘Clown Girl’ By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2010 9:17 am EST I’ve been keeping tabs on the comedy that Kristen Wiig has been assembling of late, but now I’m a lot more interested in her possible follow-up film. Wiig is optioning Clown Girl, a 2007 novel by Monica Drake about a woman who performs as Sniffles the Clown and tries to avoid the seedy world of clown fetishist prostitution....

Movie Posters: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark Comic-Con Poster, Saw 3D’s Eye-Popping One Sheet By Devindra Hardawar/July 21, 2010 10:30 pm EST Two new horror movie posters landed today, just in time for the Comic-Con’s preview night in San Diego. First up, we have the Comic-Con giveaway poster for newcomer Troy Nixey’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which is being produced by Guillermo Del Toro. The poster is an original work of art by Nixey, who is a former comic book artist....

Must Watch: ‘Portal: No Escape’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2011 5:00 pm EST Portal: No Escape is a must see for everyone, but especially video game fans. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who has been directing commercials for the last few years, slowly working towards his feature film directorial debut. In May, he directed a horror short film “More Than You Can Chew” for Black Box TV, which got a bunch of people in Hollywood talking....

New Poster For ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Fits In With Previous Trilogy By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2012 10:15 am EST Over the weekend, Peter Jackson posted the first official teaser poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is front and center, Sting in hand, and though the poster is brand new, it feels oddly familiar. Maybe that’s because it’s the exact same pose and framing as some of the Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy teaser posters....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2011 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. /Film reader James Lewis created a mash-up of True Grit and Kick Ass titled “True Ass”. Meet R2-D2’s family in D4N13L’s r@-D2 Family Portrait. Due to the amount of graphics and images included in Page 2, we have to split this post over a few pages. Click the link above to continue the second page of Page 2....

Page 2: Bruce Lee, King’s Speech, Conan 2, Mad Men, Taxi Driver, Daniel Radcliffe, Preacher, Dune, Banksy, 3D, Firefly, Vin Diesel, The Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2011 6:45 pm EST Warner Bros has released a second poster for Arthur. [impa] Topless Robot lists The 15 Lamest Bobbleheads in Nerd-dom. Mini-LOL: See proof that The King’s Speech was shot on the set of a gay porno. [vulture] Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth talks to Indiewire about working on The Social Network: “He takes his time with the digital master....

Pete Docter’s Next Pixar Film Is Set Inside A Young Girl’s Mind By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2011 9:30 am EST The next film from Monsters, Inc. and Up director Pete Docter is still quite a mystery — we’ve known next to nothing about the plot and characters — hell, we don’t even have a title. The movie is likely meant to occupy one of the two dates that Disney and Pixar have penciled in for the next couple years (November 27, 2013 and May 30, 2014), probably the later date....

Peter Berg Wants To Direct Real-Life Family Drama ‘Father’s Day’ By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2012 4:00 pm EST Battleship and Friday Night Lights director Peter Berg is moving towards a big-screen drama that is more akin to his football-themed work than most of the other stuff on his CV. In fact, the potential film in question is Father’s Day, based on the book of the same name by original Friday Night Lights book author Buzz Bissinger....

Piranha 3D - What Did You Think? By David Chen/Aug. 20, 2010 5:59 pm EST Aja’s newest film, Piranha 3D, is out in theaters today, and promises to take 3D back to its gimmicky heyday. But the film’s release schedule has not been a smooth one and the 3D was an upconversion job. Does the movie deliver on some old school horror thrills? Hit the jump for some of my thoughts and let us know what you think in the comments section....

Red Box To Warner Bros: Shove That 56-Day Rental Delay Up Your Ass! By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2012 5:00 am EST The sale of physical movies is way down, as a result: some of the movie studios have been acting irrationally — forcing delays on physical rental services like Netflix, Blockbuster and Redbox. Because if customers aren’t buying your movies anymore, they must be punished. Earlier this month it was announced that Warner Bros would no longer sell their DVDs and Blu-rays to rental services unless they adhere to a 56-day delay....

Rumor: Anton Yelchin For Harry Osborn Role In Spider-Man? By Russ Fischer/July 12, 2010 11:00 am EST This is about as unfounded as it gets, but we’ll indulge the rumor for the sake of conversation. Why is the rumor that states that Anton Yelchin is the lead candidate for the role of Harry Osborn so tenuous? Because it comes from IMDB, which is lax enough that a chimp who happened to type Yelchin’s name into the wrong box could have listed him as ‘rumored’ for the part....

Rumor: Caleb Landry Jones Is Top Choice For Banshee In X-Men: First Class By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2010 8:00 am EST Banshee is an Irish mutant named after a legendary ghost from Irish mythology, said to possess a powerful cry. According to wikipedia, he possesses a “sonic scream” capable of causing physical vibrations and harming enemies through sound. In the comic books, Banshee was more than a decade older than most of the X-Men and had a exciting past as an interpol agent and NYPD police officer....

The Black List 2009: The Year’s Best Unproduced Screenplays By Russ Fischer/Dec. 11, 2009 12:07 pm EST The 2009 list comes out today, and I’ll present the top eleven films out of 97 (there was a tie for #10) below. For the full list, check out Nikki Finke’s post, and keep an eye on the actual Black List website. We’re already seeing reactions to this portion on Twitter (“Nick Cave got screwed” is among my favorites so far) and there’ll be a lot more as the entire list comes out later today....

The JustifiedCast S3E11 - Measures (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba) By David Chen/March 31, 2012 9:20 pm EST Dave Chen chats with Joanna Robinson from Pajiba about this season’s 11th episode, “Measures.” With everyone out to get Quarles, can he possibly survive the end of this season? E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at justifiedcast@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at justifiedcast....

The Social Network Makes Way For A Google Movie [Not A Parody Trailer] By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2010 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Michael London’s Groundswell Productions and producer John Morris have acquired the movie rights to Ken Auletta’s book Googled: The End of the World As We Know it. Released in November 2009, the book tells the story of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, It’s Complicated, District 13: Ultimatum, The Descent: Part 2, And More By Adam Quigley/April 27, 2010 7:07 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I’m conflicted. Deeply, deeply conflicted. I’d really love nothing more than to tell you that The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is wonderful—that it’s an impressive return-to-form from the man who gave us such enchantingly peculiar films as Brazil, Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen....

Trivia: Cafe Where Pixar Came Up With ‘A Bug’s Life’, ‘Monsters Inc’, ‘Finding Nemo’ And ‘WALL-E’ Shuts Down By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2012 11:00 am EST In the Summer of 1994, while deep in production on their first feature film Toy Story, the key Pixar creatives (including John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Joe Ranft) had a now famous lunch in a diner called Hidden City Cafe in Point Richmond....

Universal Picking Up Mark Millar’s ‘War Heroes’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2011 7:00 am EST Mark Millar is making film deals left and right lately. Some are new, like the ones that have Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn looking at directing adaptations of Millar books The Secret Service and Superior. And some are old, as with the deal to adapt Millar’s comic War Heroes to the screen. Columbia had the rights but put the project in turnaround....