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‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ Delayed. Again. By Germain Lussier/Dec. 16, 2010 4:00 pm EST The U2/Julie Taymor Spider-Man musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, has been running in preview showings for about two weeks now with generally mixed reactions. Most people who’ve seen the show, which wasn’t set to officially open until January 11, agreed it had some major story problems but was visually stunning. For a musical that cost $65 million, even a small problem is bad news so the New York Times is reporting the opening of the show will now be delayed for the fourth time....

‘The Change-Up’ Red-Band Trailer #2 By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2011 1:22 pm EST I think most of you know The Change-Up drill by now: Jason Bateman is a family man, Ryan Reynolds is his perpetually single best friend, and after some mystical occurrence, they switch bodies. Awkward sexual antics and general hilarity ensue. We’ve seen some funny moments in previous trailers, and now there is a new red-band clip to prove the film’s pervy pedigree....

‘We Bought A Zoo’ Review - Crowe’s Latest Is A Sweet Holiday Treat, And Not Much Else By Angie Han/Dec. 24, 2011 9:00 am EST Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo unfolds in the kind of universe where characters say things like “If you do something for the right reasons, nothing can stop you,” and indeed, it turns out that if your heart is in the right place, Mother Nature herself will stop and part the clouds to make your dreams come true....

Barry Levinson’s ‘The Bay’ Is A Chilling Tale Of Man-Eating Isopods And Buck-Passing Government Officials [NYFF Review] By Angie Han/Sept. 19, 2012 2:00 pm EST The world doesn’t necessarily need another found-footage horror film, but Barry Levinson’s well-crafted The Bay reminds us why there are so many of them to begin with. The format does precisely what it’s supposed to here, ramping up the dread through the illusion of reality. Combine that with Levinson’s commitment to (relative) plausibility and incisive understanding of human nature, and we’re left with an eco-horror film whose scares linger long after the credits roll....

Biopic Casting Bits: Ashley Charles As Keith Richards; Donal Logue Helps Out At ‘CBGB;’ Colin Farrell In ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2012 1:30 pm EST John Ridley is directing the film now, with Andre Benjamin as Hendrix, and Hayley Atwell as Linda Keith, who during the story’s time frame was dating Richards. She ‘discovered’ Hendrix and tried to get the Stones management to work with him, to no avail....

David O. Russell’s ‘Nailed’ Takes A Step Closer To Release By Russ Fischer/April 11, 2011 4:30 pm EST The story of David O. Russell’s political satire Nailed is a long, rather sad one, and it isn’t over yet. While most of the film was shot in 2008, multiple shutdowns and the financial ruin of Capitol Films finally caused the incomplete film to be put on the shelf. But now current owner Ron Tutor is trying to do something to recoup the $26m put into the film....

Forthcoming Avatar Special Edition DVD Reinstates The Film’s Original Earthbound Opening By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2010 8:22 am EST Now James Cameron is talking about what will be in that longer cut of the film. One of the things going back in is the original opening of Avatar, which started out on “a dystopian, Blade Runner-ish Earth.” Cameron talked to The Oregonian, saying, We’ve long known that this opening was shot, but ended up being cut because it was a bit slow, and Cameron wanted to just put audiences on the way to Pandora as soon as possible....

Frequent Darren Aronofsky Composer Clint Mansell To Make Rare Live Appearances In LA By Russ Fischer/Jan. 18, 2012 7:11 pm EST Many many years ago, when he was part of the band Pop Will Eat Itself, Clint Mansell was no stranger to the stage. But in the years since he has become a man who primarily scores films, his live appearances are few and far between. That changes in 2012 as Mansell, with the Sonus Quartet, will play two LA shows timed to promote the release of the music for Massy Tajedin’s film Last Night....

Geek Deal: Free ‘The Muppets’ Movie Ticket With Muppets DVD Purchase By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2011 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Geek Deal: Seinfeld The Complete Series For $84.99 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2010 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Other Deals:

Guy Pearce, Ben Foster, And Kelly MacDonald Attached To Steve Buscemi’s Adaptation Of William S. Burroughs Novel ‘Queer’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2011 5:00 pm EST Being a big fan of William S. Burroughs, especially of his early novels before rampant experimentation took over, I thought one of the best news stories of 2010 was the fact that The Messenger and Rampart writer/director Oren Moverman had scripted an adaptation of Burroughs’ early novel Queer and that Steve Buscemi would produce and direct....

Kate Beckinsale Will Return For Fourth ‘Underworld’ Film By Adam Quigley/Sept. 24, 2010 4:23 am EST Usually when the central protagonist is absent from the latest entry in a franchise, that’s a sign that it’s on its last legs, and the studio is making a last-ditch attempt to milk it of all its remaining worth. One might’ve thought that was the case with Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, but lo and behold, Kate Beckinsale will portray the leather-clad Selene once again for the fourth film in the Underworld series, which has yet to be tagged with a generic, nondescript subtitle....

Lee Daniels Directing Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Sofia Vergara & Zac Efron In ‘The Paperboy’ By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2011 10:03 am EST Making a decision about his follow-up to Precious hasn’t been a speedy process for Lee Daniels. He was developing Selma for some time, before lack of funding and complications with the Martin Luther King estate pushed that away. There is the Black List script The Butler, which was looking like his next project (and may still be)....

LOL: Bill And Ted’s Excellent Inception By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2010 7:00 am EST “Is it real? Or is it Bodacious?” Because you asked for it, here is an epic mash-up of Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Oh wait… you didn’t ask for it? Well you got it anyways. Watch it now, embedded after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader constantinos s for the tip. Made for FilmDrunk....

Michael Shannon And Jamie Chung Join David Koepp’s Premium Rush By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2010 7:00 am EST Michael Shannon (The Runaways, Jonah Hex) and Jamie Chung are in talks to join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in David Koepp’s on-the-run chase thriller Premium Rush. The story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York City. And we’re not just talking about a little chase but big budget William Friedkin-style action sequences....

More Atlas Shrugged Craziness: Former Director Angry At Being Replaced, May Sue By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2010 10:13 am EST There’s another odd wrinkle to the story about producer John Aglialoro hastily getting an Atlas Shrugged film into production in order to retain rights to the novel. When we reported on the film a few weeks back, Stephen Polk was set to direct. But yesterday, when we got info about the film actually going into production over the weekend, there was a new director: actor Paul Johansson, who is also starring....

Neil Gaiman Scripting 3D Chinese Film ‘Journey To The West,’ James Cameron Acting As Tech Advisor By Russ Fischer/March 10, 2011 3:00 pm EST If one were to make a wishlist of writers to tackle a film adaptation of one of the biggest folktales in world literature, Neil Gaiman might well be at the top. In the comic series Sandman and many novels, the author has demonstrated a great aptitude for adapting, interpreting and embellishing classic tales....

Nicolai Fuglsig’s ‘Halo 4’ E3 2012 Trailer Imagines ‘Halo’ As A Live-Action Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2012 2:00 pm EST I’m not sure we’ll ever get a live-action movie adaptation of Halo, but the advertising world has been doing a good job of showing us what it could look like. Neill Blomkamp (District 9) was the first to realize the game in live action in a short film which also served as a test for a Halo movie that never got made....

Page 2: Harry Potter, Muppets, Martin Scorsese, Star Tours, Cars 2, Sucker Punch, Doctor Horrible, Star Wars, Doctor Who, The King’s Speech By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2011 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Darth Len has created an 8-foot tall R2-D2. NerdBastards lists the top 10 Spells & Potions from Harry Potter that they Would Use Inappropriately. The latest edition of Hijinks Ensue takes on Cars 2....

By Russ Fischer/May 21, 2010 12:39 pm EST Last year we heard that Xavier Gens (Hitman) would be directing a film called The Fallout that was said to be in the mode of Assault on Precinct 13. The story has a group of people taking refuge in the basement of an apartment building after an explosion devastates New York City. Now the film has a new title, The Divide, and a teaser that does a good job of setting the mood for the tense, almost certainly violent flick....