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Cool Stuff: Pixar-Styled ‘Ghostbusters’ By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2011 12:00 pm EST In February I e-mailed Italian graphic artist Fabrizio Fioretti about a couple Ghostbusters images I had seen floating around the internet forums. The images were created in 3D, and can only be described as a Pixar-like adaptation of the Ghostbusters characters we know and love. Check out the designs after the jump. Fioretti told me that there were “no particular reasons” why he decided to create CGI versions of the Ghostbusters other than being “a big fan and I haven’t seen anybody doing it (in CG) so far…” Here is an excerpt from my e-mail conversation with Fioretti:...

David Fincher’s The Social Network Will Be The First Feature Film Shot And Projected In 4K? By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2010 12:13 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For those of you who don’t know, there are basically two different types of digital projection in theaters: 2K and 4K. The numbers are in reference of the resolution. 2K’s resolution is 2048×1080, while 4K is 4096×2160....

Disney’s Short Film ‘Paperman’ Revealed By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2012 4:00 pm EST Most of the time, when Disney makes a project, it’s impossible to hide. For example, in the coming months they have some teeny, tiny films like John Carter, The Avengers, Brave and Oz: The Great and Powerful scheduled for release. Even their short films, such as the popular Toy Story Toons, La Luna or Tangled Ever After, get a considerable amount of pre-release attention....

District 1 Tributes Cast For ‘The Hunger Games’ By Angie Han/April 20, 2011 8:00 am EST It took years of breathlessly reported rumors, auditions and negotiations before Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth were announced as the leads in Gary Ross’ The Hunger Games. Happily, it looks like the casting process is moving much more quickly for the other roles in the film. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Elizabeth Banks was in negotiations for the role of District 12’s Capitol liaison Effie Trinket, while unknowns Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg would be playing the parts of District 11 tributes Thresh and Rue....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2012 3:30 pm EST The quote above comes from the Badass Digest review of the film. Beasts is by Benh Zeitlin, who made the 2006 short film Glory at Sea. This one stars newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis, one of many first-time actors in the film, as six year-old Hushpuppy, who lives in a somewhat alternate version of southern Louisiana. While reporting on the Searchlight buy, THR summed up Beasts as follows:...

Here’s How The ‘Woman In Black’ Sequel Will Get Along Without Daniel Radcliffe By Russ Fischer/June 12, 2012 2:00 pm EST This past spring, Hammer Films announced that it is developing The Woman in Black: Angels of Death, a sequel to the horror/thriller that starred Daniel Radcliffe. The first film was Radcliffe’s first major non-Harry Potter role, and interest in the actor helped push the picture to a gross of over $100m worldwide....

Is George Lucas Making His Own Star Wars Fan Documentary To Combat The People Vs. George Lucas? By Adam Quigley/Aug. 12, 2010 10:02 am EST Early in 2010, George Lucas came onto The Daily Show and was asked if he felt the need to respond to his detractors. His response: a definitive ‘No’. It’s interesting then, that so soon after the documentary The People vs. George Lucas started making its presence known, Lucasfilm announced that it would be beginning its own fan-driven chronicling of Star Wars experiences, referred to as simply The Star Wars Stories Project....

James Bond Screenwriters Hired To Pen Action Thriller Set In West Africa By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2010 8:53 am EST In the absence of any news on the James Bond front, take this story as a substitute: Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who wrote Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, have been hired to write an original action thriller that might have vague Bond-like overtones. It also has a more serious, political bent, which could make for an interesting combination....

Josh Trank Officially Set For ‘Fantastic Four,’ David Slade Drops Off ‘Daredevil’ By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2012 8:34 pm EST

Joss Whedon In Final Negotiations To Direct The Avengers By Russ Fischer/April 13, 2010 12:48 pm EST On April Fool’s Day, IESB had the bad timing to report that Joss Whedon was on the shortlist to direct The Avengers for Marvel. Really bad timing for that scoop — while Whedon is the sort of guy a lot of fans would like to see on this film, there was too much reason to be skeptical when it ran on April 1....

Kevin Tancharoen’s ‘The Hunger Games’ Pitch Trailer: This Is How Filmmakers Pitch Movies To Studios [/Film Exclusive] By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2012 9:00 am EST The reason is simple. If the pitch gets bought, we’ll see the final movie. If it isn’t, weeks and weeks of hard work, sometimes even paying out of pocket for test footage, animatics, custom created logos and voiceovers, is all for naught. Creating these pitches is not just time consuming; it can get expensive and pretty disheartening....

LOL: SNL’s ‘Back To The Future’ Audition Parodies By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2010 3:00 pm EST Did you know that Alan Alda, Al Pacino, Eddie Muphy, Nicolas Cage, Prince, Bill Cosby, and Robin Williams auditioned for Back to the Future? No? Me neither. Probably because it didn’t happen. However, Saturday Night Live “uncovered” a set of never before released screen tests and premiered them on this weekend’s edition of the show....

LOL: The Simpson’s ‘McBain: The Movie’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2011 5:00 am EST Someone has compiled all the clips from The Simpsons’ Arnold Schwarzenegger-inspired action movie hero McBain into one 4-minute video clip, giving us a peek at what-would-be — McBain: The Movie. McBain hunts corrupt drug kingpin Senator Mendoza and tries to exact revenge for his murdered partner while battling red tape at police headquarters. Watch the video embedded after the jump....

Mark Wahlberg To Officially Produce Non-Poe ‘The Raven;’ Ricardo De Montreuil To Direct ‘Lowriders’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2010 7:00 am EST Considering The Raven is so well-known as a poem by Edgar Allen Poe, one would think using those two words as a title would be off the market. Unless, of course, you were actually making a movie about the famous macabre author. That’s not the case, however, as Mark Wahlberg has locked down a deal with Universal to produce and possibly star in a feature length adaptation of a short film by Ricardo De Montreuil also called The Raven....

Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Projects Include ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, ‘Inhumans’ And More By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2011 4:30 pm EST Marvel Studios had quite a big summer this year, with Thor, X-Men: First Class, and Captain America: The First Avenger all opening within three months of each other. And we already know they’ve got an equally huge 2012 lined up as well, with Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Amazing Spider-Man, and of course, The Avengers all slated for next year....

Mission: Impossible 4 To Be Reworked? By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2010 7:00 am EST Last month it was reported that Alias’ scribes Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec had turned in their script for the Brad Bird-directed Mission: Impossible 4, but would the box office for Cruise’s action/comedy Knight and Day effect the upcoming spy action sequel? Knight and Day pulled in a mildly disappointing $61.8 million domestically after a month of release, and it now appears that Paramount might be reworking the script to introduce “a young operative” for Ethan Hunt to mentor (ie another, more bankable star, to put on the poster and sell in tv spots and trailers)....

More Hi-Res Photos From ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 7, 2011 1:30 pm EST The internet is still buzzing after seeing our first glimpse of actual footage from Captain America: The First Avenger during the Super Bowl on Sunday and as we now anxiously await a full trailer, more high resolution photos have surfaced. These are from the recent issue of Empire, which we posted a glimpse of last week....

Page 2: Star Wars, Rocketeer, Breaking Bad, Alien, Back To The Future, Game Of Thrones, Chuck Norris, Doctor Who, The Shining By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Star Wars Luke and the Beasts T-Shirt The 10 Best Pixar Characters: From Infinity to Squirrel!Rocketeer-inspired “Freedom Flyer” t-shirt.34 Things We Learned From the ‘WALL*E’ Commentary This Skirt Is No Moon Cobie Smulders and Michael Ian Black Join ‘They Came Together’Poster For ‘Robot & Frank’ Starring Frank Langella, Liv Tyler & James Marsden10 Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Romantic Comedies of All TimeBreaking Bad Methlab in LegoLittle-known sci-fi fact: The incredibly filthy joke hidden in Willy WonkaFifth Element-inspired New York City future sci-fi travel poster....

By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2011 5:32 pm EST Briefly: Nope, it isn’t Dick Tracy 2. (Or we don’t think this is about Dick Tracy 2.) We have few details right now, but Paramount has agreed to make a currently untitled comedy that Warren Beatty wrote, and which he’ll direct. Oh, he’ll also produce and star in the film, too. This will be his first film in over ten years. (Bulworth was his last effort as director, in 1998, and his last acting job was Town & Country in 2001....

Paul Thomas Anderson May Have Financing For ‘Inherent Vice’ And ‘The Master’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 10, 2011 7:30 pm EST This article could have an alternate title: Megan Ellison, movie savior. Allow me to explain. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, has two children with movie business aspirations. David Ellison appeared in Flyboys, was trying to get that Taylor Lautner movie Northern Lights made, and he put up some of the money for Paramount films like True Grit and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol....