VOTD: ILM’s Mike Jutan’s TED Talk On “The Power Of Enthusiasm” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2011 5:00 am EST Earlier this year I received an e-mail from Mike Jutan, a Research & Development Engineer at George Lucas’ visual effects powerhouse Industrial Light & Magic, who was prepping his TED Talk. Despite having previously worked at Pixar, Mike was having trouble gaining clearance for a WALL-E image he had found on /Film....
Will ‘Sucker Punch’ Be In 3D After All? Plus Three New Images By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2010 10:24 am EST Will Sucker Punch be post-converted to 3D, or will it not? That question has come up once more thanks to a poster advertising ‘The Ultimate 3D Cinematic Experience’ at the BFI IMAX in London. But last time we heard from Sucker Punch director Zack Snyder, the film would be 2D. So what’s going on?...
‘A Dangerous Method’ Trailer: Stately Kink With Fassbender, Mortensen And Knightley By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2011 10:47 am EST Aren’t you glad you didn’t look at the bootleg? Here’s a proper-quality trailer for David Cronenberg’s new film, A Dangerous Method, which stars Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen as Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, respectively. Check it out below. (You can also see the trailer at the film’s official site.) Really, all I need to see here is Michael Fassbender as Jung and I’m sold....
‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Clip Features Alien Tease And Harrison Ford Vs. Daniel Craig By Germain Lussier/July 13, 2011 3:00 pm EST This latest clip from the July 29 release is a continuation, not immediate but seemingly close, of that scene and features not only a tease at the aliens in the film but a little mano-a-mano showdown between Han Solo and James Bond, aka Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Check it out after the jump....
/Film Exclusive: ‘Bindlestiffs’ Trailer, The First Film From Kevin Smith’s Smodcast Pictures By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2012 11:00 am EST Slashfilm is proud to exclusively debut the trailer for Bindlestiffs, the first film presented by Kevin Smith’s Smodcast Pictures. The winner of the Audience Award at at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival, Blindlestiffs follows three high school virgins, fed up with life, who leave school and head to New York to act out The Catcher in the Rye....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Helmer Alan Taylor Tapped For ‘Thor 2’ By Angie Han/Dec. 24, 2011 2:21 pm EST Thor 2 made headlines back in September when it tapped Patty Jenkins to direct — making her the first female filmmaker ever chosen for a big Marvel Studios picture — and then again earlier this month when Jenkins was abruptly fired from her post. Now it seems the project’s back on track, as news breaks that Game of Thrones’ Alan Taylor has been offered the job....
‘Rounders’ And ‘Solitary Man’ Writers Scripting And Directing ‘The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society Of Pickup Artists’ By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2011 4:47 pm EST David Levien and Brian Koppleman made a name for themselves with the script for Rounders, then wrote (among other things) the scripts for Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Thirteen and The Girlfriend Experience, and wrote and directed the Michael Douglas film Solitary Man. Now they are set to write and direct an adaptation of the Neil Strauss pick-up bible The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists....
‘The Departed’ Screenwriter William Monahan Working On ‘Sin City 2’ Script By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2011 10:00 am EST The long-rumored sequel to Sin City sounds like it’s finally coming together, six years after the first film’s opening. The last time we checked on the film, titled Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For, director Robert Rodriguez said that he and his team were “just waiting for the script” to start shooting....
‘The Lady’ Review: Luc Besson Is Back With An Inspirational True Story By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2011 8:00 am EST In the past several years, Luc Besson’s name attached to a movie usually meant two things: he didn’t direct it and it’s a cheesy action film. Since The Fifth Element in 1997, Besson has directed a few films, but he’s produced many more and it felt like the man who made Leon: The Professional and La Femme Nikita was just waiting for some inspiration....
‘The Skin I Live In’ Teaser Trailer: Pedro Almodovar Prepares To Creep Out Cannes By Russ Fischer/May 8, 2011 12:58 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The working team of director Pedro Almodovar and actor Antonio Banderas was once potent, and while Mr. Almodovar has continued to make excellent films since their last pairing (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! in 1990), Antonio Banderas has been slowly defanged over many years....
Alex Proyas To Direct ‘Gods Of Egypt’ By Angie Han/May 18, 2012 6:00 am EST Paradise Lost may have turned out to be a bust, but director Alex Proyas seems to have no shortage of new projects to move on to. Last month, he announced that he was getting the pieces together to shoot The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, an adaptation of the novella by Robert A. Heinlein, and now he’s on the verge of adding Summit’s fantasy epic Gods of Egypt to his slate as well....
Are These Actors Are Up For John McClane’s Son In ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’? [Updated] By Germain Lussier/Oct. 13, 2011 4:30 pm EST The test will be the key to casting here as the father/son relationship seems to be the crux of the movie. Plus, if the film is a hit, the title of Die Hard star could be passed to the person who is cast, which is incredibly attractive to every young actor in Hollywood....
Bad Robot Releases Action Movie FX App For iPhone And iPad By Germain Lussier/Dec. 26, 2011 1:00 pm EST Thanks to Bad Robot, iPhone and iPad users can now insert themselves into a high-end action special effect. The company behind Lost, Alias, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Super 8 has just released a cool, free iPhone app called Action Movie FX that allows users to shoot a short scene on your phone or tablet and then layer in a big explosion, attack or crash just like in a movie....
Check Out The On-Set Mo-Cap Suit For Hulk In ‘The Avengers’ By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2012 11:00 am EST Look at those Hulk Hands! The Hulk was one of the standout aspects of The Avengers, and in part that was due to the performance from Mark Ruffalo, who played both Bruce Banner and his mocapped, angry green alter-ego. Part of that mo-cap process featured Ruffalo and stunt doubles wearing quite a good suit on set....
Christian Bale Once Again Set To Work With ‘Crazy Heart’ Director On ‘Out Of The Furnace’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2012 6:30 am EST Last year, before The Dark Knight Rises had fully shot, there was a lot of speculation about what Christian Bale would do after his tenure as Batman ended. Turns out he planned a couple films with Terrence Malick, but another project that was mentioned as a possible one for Bale has reared its head once more....
Daft Punk’s ‘Tron: Legacy’ Soundtrack To Be Remixed; Album Art And Track List Revealed By Germain Lussier/March 2, 2011 3:00 pm EST Whether or not you loved or loathed Tron: Legacy, the one thing almost everyone agreed on is that Daft Punk’s electronic soundtrack was incredible. In my review of the film I called it “the fuel that fires all of Tron: Legacy” and that’s an almost an understatement. Disney knows that too because, as the film gears up for its second life on DVD and Blu-ray, they’re also planning to revive the soundtrack....
First Image Of The New ‘Thundercats’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2011 1:30 pm EST Here’s one tailor-made for those susceptible to nostalgia. While plans for a Thundercats feature haven’t gone anywhere in a while, Warner Bros animation is putting together an anime-influenced take on the old show for broadcast on TV. A lousy image leaked out yesterday, but now there’s an official look at the characters straight from the studio....
First Looks: Faster, Jane Eyre And Secretariat By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2010 12:30 pm EST We have a couple first looks for you today: Dwayne Johnson in Faster, Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre and Diane Lane and John Malkovich in Secretariat. Check out the photos, after the jump. CBS Films has premiered a new production photo from their upcoming action film Faster on FilmTotaal. The George Tillman Jr.-directed revenge thriller stars Dwayne Johnson as “an ex-con pursued by cops and killers as he sets out to avenge his brother’s death....
Infographic: Inception Timeline By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2010 1:00 pm EST I’ve said it before, I don’t really believe Christopher Nolan’s Inception is really that complicated. Not to discount Inception, it is one of the best films released this year. I just don’t that it is all that confusing. I think the story is pretty straight-forward and easy to understand. But some people seem to think it’s rather complex and confusing, as I’ve seen many posts trying to dissect the film and provide an explanation, sometimes proposing conclusions that very likely don’t even exist (the evidence just isn’t there to back up most of the theories)....
Is George Miller Making Two New Mad Max Movies? By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2010 7:26 am EST Briefly: This is the sort of story that I’d usually be quick to dismiss, but it comes from Todd at Twitch, who is both well-connected and not quick to run utterly baseless crap. He’s got a brief report up today that says George Miller isn’t just returning to his Mad Max franchise with Tom Hardy and Mad Max: Fury Road....
