Cool Stuff: Crazy 4 Cult 5 Preview #2 By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2011 9:00 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. The great guys at G1988 have given me a bunch of art from the show to premiere on the site. We posted part one here....
Cool Stuff: Rhys Cooper’s ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ Poster; Plus Two New From Mondo By Germain Lussier/May 19, 2011 1:00 pm EST Featuring the talents of Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo and many more, you wouldn’t be breaking any ground in saying that From Dusk Till Dawn is beloved. Much like The Evil Dead films before it, From Dusk Till Dawn blends humor, horror and leading man machismo in an almost perfect balance, delivering a frantic, fun ride through a vampire infested strip club ending on a memorable teaser image....
Drew Barrymore To Direct Ensemble Romcom ‘How To Be Single’ By Angie Han/March 16, 2011 10:00 am EST Though she’s better known as an actress, Drew Barrymore made her directorial debut with 2009’s Whip It, starring Ellen Page as a teenager who joins a roller derby team. While I wouldn’t say it demonstrated a distinctive directorial style, Whip It was a solid first effort. I found the film to be genuine, funny and sweet, with strong performances by Page and co-stars Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden and Alia Shakwat....
Exclusive: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Cobra Commander Character Poster By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2012 11:00 am EST Paramount Pictures has given us the exclusive poster premiere for the Cobra Commander Character Poster for G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Or at least it was supposed to be exclusive, but apparently there was a leak on some international websites. Hit the jump to check out the full poster. Other character posters: 8am/PST: JOE COLTON poster on IGN/US (http://www....
Fan-Made Trailer Double Feature: Paper ‘Prometheus’, Hot Dog ‘Dark Knight Rises’ By Angie Han/June 5, 2012 5:00 am EST One of the aspects Fox’s real Prometheus trailer has going for it is its stunning, impeccably rendered special effects, so I’m pleasantly surprised to see that Betz’s much, much lower-rent paper version works as well as it does. Ridley Scott’s indelible imagery will be presented in glorious 3D when Prometheus opens this Friday, June 8, but it turns out it looks pretty striking in 2D as well....
First Look: Adrianne Palicki As Wonder Woman By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2011 1:41 pm EST Here’s the first image of Adrianne Palicki in costume as the new Wonder Woman. David E. Kelley’s new TV series is evidently going for the ‘Sexy Wonder Woman’ Halloween look. See the full image after the break. Getting the costume right is one of the difficult factors in putting Wonder Woman on the screen. How do you make the costume look both revealing and eye-catching and simply right?...
First Look: Dwarves Dori, Nori & Ori In Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’ By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2011 8:46 am EST We can probably expect to see a good many materials for The Hobbit before it opens a year and a half from now. We’ve seen a few images of Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and Gandalf (Ian McKellen) with a few of the company of dwarves in the background of one image. Now here’s a promo photo of the three brother dwarves Nori (Jed Brophy), Ori (Adam Brown) and Dori (Mark Hadlow) as they’ll look in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey....
Full Details On Kevin Tancharoen’s Mortal Kombat: Rebirth By Peter Sciretta/June 10, 2010 1:30 pm EST Earlier this week, seven minutes of Mortal Kombat footage featuring Michael Jai White as Jax seemingly “leaked” online. Is this test footage for a new Mortal Kombat movie reboot? Who is behind this short film? We have the full details, after the jump. The Mortal Kombat footage was shot by Fame director Kevin Tancharoen. Our friends at Collider had an opportunity to talk to Tancharoen and discover more, you can read that interview here....
Gerard Butler And Ridley Scott Team For Fact-Based Thriller About African Coup By Angie Han/Nov. 18, 2011 8:00 am EST Even as Ridley Scott mulls over helming the “female Lawrence of Arabia” biopic Gertrude Bell with star Angelina Jolie, the filmmaker has signed on to direct and produce yet another project through his Scott Free banner — this one a fact-based thriller starring Gerard Butler. The 300 star would play Simon Mann, a former British army officer who attempted in 2004 to stage a coup against the president of Equatorial Guinea....
Indiana Jones Blu-Ray Collection Announced For Fall 2012 By Russ Fischer/Feb. 29, 2012 11:00 am EST Briefly: We’ll have to wait for the full details and box art, but today Paramount announced that a box set containing Blu-ray editions of all four Indiana Jones movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....
Kevin Smith Casts John Goodman In ‘Red State’; Film Is Shooting Now By Russ Fischer/Sept. 21, 2010 11:03 am EST Briefly: Last time we heard about Kevin Smith’s ‘religious horror’ film Red State, the cast was being assembled and Kevin Pollack had been offered a role. Now things have moved right along, and the film is actually shooting. Cameras are starting to roll this week, and just in time for that milestone, Smith has added another name to the cast: John Goodman....
Movie Poster Roundup: The American, Middle Men, Despicable Me, Knight And Day, Resident Evil: Afterlife By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 10:00 am EST It’s been a few days since our last movie poster roundup. Today we bring you new one-sheets for Anton Corbijn’s The American, Middle Men, Knight and Day, and Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D. Check them out, after the jump. The American: (via: Apple) Middle Men: Despicable Me: (via: IMPA)...
Movie Trailer: John Landis’ Burke & Hare By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2010 1:31 am EST Ealing Studios has released a promotional trailer for the John Landis’ horror comedy Burke & Hare. As you know, the film is based on the real-life exploits of Irish murderers William Burke and William Hare, who killed at least 17 people in Edinburgh in 1827-8, the film may not hew too closely to the tone and severity of actual events....
Movie Trailer: RZA’s ‘Wu-Tang Vs. The Golden Phoenix’ By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2010 8:59 pm EST “It’s a world where everybody fights!” Wu-Tang Clan producer, occasional film composer and once-in-a-while actor RZA has spent years working on his kung-fu movie debut, Wu-Tang Vs. The Golden Phoenix. The Shaw Brothers and other kung-fu influences that have flavored his music since the debut of the Wu-Tang Clan have been poured into this film, which looks like an orgy of crazy fights, off-kilter film stock and intentionally overcooked dubbing....
Mr. Plinkett’s 67 Minute Video Review Of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2010 1:00 pm EST Mr. Plinkett from Red Letter Media (AKA the guy who put together the epic, 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace, the 90-minute review of Attack of the Clones , and the 25-minute dissection of Baby’s Day Out). His latest hilarious yet-informative video is a 67-minute review of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot....
No More Costumed Superheroes In Hollywood? By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2010 10:00 am EST One of my favorite parts of Hollywood Boulevard was the ridiculous costumed superheroes that posed for photos near the Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Jimmy Kimmel regularly featured these performers on his show, and a documentary was even made about the characters called Confessions of a Superhero (watch it on Hulu for free). Well it appears there will soon be no more costumed characters on the Walk of Fame, as Los Angeles police have launched an effort to clear the area of unlicensed Hollywood character impersonators, making a dozen arrests this week....
Page 2: Twin Peaks, Guillermo Del Toro, Harry Potter, Battlestar Galactica, The Dark Knight Rises, Black Swan, The Goonies, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2011 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. animated Rushmore image via: IWDRM Zombie Stormtrooper cosplay. [myconfined] Rotten Tomatoes takes a look at the rise and fall of Rome (as told through the movies). Scott C created “Concentrating On The J’s” for the Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary Show in LA....
Patrick Wilson And James Marsden In Talks To Lead Remake Of Thriller ‘Loft’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2011 11:30 am EST Belgium has an international profile in some circles — it is a resource for joke writers and beer connoisseurs — but in the film world it is more notable as a location or reference (In Bruges, The Brothers Bloom) than as the base for a thriving Flemmish-language film industry. But there are the occasional breakout pictures, and the thriller Loft was one....
Rooney Mara Replaces Blake Lively In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 30, 2012 12:30 pm EST Steven Soderberg is prepping a movie called Side Effects, a film that he plans to shoot this spring and which will be one of his last two movies. The project ran into a snag recently when financier Megan Ellison and her Annapurna Pictures started to pull away. Part of the problem with the deal was reportedly the fact that Soderbergh wanted to cast Blake Lively in the lead female role....
Summit And Lorenzo Di Bonaventura To Adapt Homelanders By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2010 8:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. THR, who broke the story, describes the series as being in the tone of “The Bourne Identity crossed with Disturbia.” The novel begins with a high school student who wakes up to find himself tied to a chair. A year has gone by and he doesn’t know what has happened or how he ended up trapped....
