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Joe Carnahan Teases ‘Continue,’ An Action Version Of ‘Groundhog Day’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2012 3:34 pm EST After four features including this year’s The Grey, it’s no surprise Joe Carnahan is considered a solid filmmaker. The bigger surprise is that he’s now becoming an innovator in the world of social media too. Carnahan made big headlines last month when he posted two pitch trailers created for a possible Daredevil reboot at 20th Century Fox....

Movie Posters: I’m Still Here; Devil; Enter The Void; Night Catches Us; You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2010 10:08 am EST Bunch of new movie posters for you today, and shockingly, with the exception of one, they’re all pretty good. They’re also all over the map, subject-wise. There’s the questionable Joaquin Phoenix ‘documentary’ I’m Still Here, the M. Night Shyamalan-produced Devil, the US one-sheet for Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void,the Philly drama Night Catches Us with Anthony Mackie, and Woody Allen’s upcoming You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger....

Mr. Brainwash Discusses Banksy’s Role In Creating Mr. Brainwash By Adam Quigley/Feb. 22, 2011 9:17 am EST The issue of Banksy’s anonymity isn’t the only point of contention hanging over this coming Sunday’s Oscar festivities. The artist-turned-filmmaker’s picture, Exit Through the Gift Shop, is anticipated to take home the award for Best Documentary, but is it actually a documentary? That niggling concern has resulted in much debate ever since the film’s first screening at the Sundance Film Festival last year, and now more than ever, the need for cogent confirmation on the matter has become something of a necessity....

Nicholas Stoller Talks Stretch Armstrong And Muppet Movie By Russ Fischer/May 19, 2010 1:11 pm EST Nicholas Stoller has made a name for himself as director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the upcoming Get Him to the Greek, but he’s also a writer. His script was the backbone for the Jack Black version of Gulliver’s Travels that is now being promoted at Cannes, and he’s the screenwriter behind Stretch Armstrong and the co-writer (with Jason Segel) of The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time....

Owen Wilson Says Hansel Won’t Be So Hot In ‘Zoolander 2’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2011 7:00 pm EST Zoolander 2 is one of those movies that both the fans and talent involved all really, really, really, really, really, ridiculously want to get made. A script by Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux has been completed for months and everyone is just waiting on Paramount to put the wheels in motion....

Paramount And Bad Robot Set Writers For ‘Boilerplate’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 3, 2011 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Paramount and Bad Robot have now, finally, hired two screenwriters – John D. Payne and Patrick McKay – to adapt Boilerplate for the silver screen. Read more about the writers and story after the break. Payne and McKay are relative newcomers to the Hollywood game....

Roberto Orci Talks Zero-Gravity Training Sequences In ‘Ender’s Game’ By Germain Lussier/April 5, 2011 7:27 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. io9 caught up with Orci as he was promoting Cowboys and Aliens at WonderCon. The first question was about if they will include the zero-gravity sequences and how will they shoot them: The i09 reporter also asked what Orci would like fans to know about their film adaptation:...

Sequel Bits: ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘Piranha 3DD’, ‘Men In Black 3’, ‘Scary Movie 5’, ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ By Angie Han/May 8, 2012 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A Black Swan spoof seems like a terribly stale idea at this point, but then it’s not like any of their previous installments were right on the cutting edge either. Scary Movie 5 is slotted to open January 11, 2013....

Steven Spielberg Wants Chris Hemsworth For ‘Robopocalypse’ By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2012 6:30 am EST After Steven Spielberg finishes his long-awaited Lincoln, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the storied sixteenth President of the United States, he’ll turn to something completely different. The next film is Robopocalypse, written by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) based on Daniel H. Wilson’s novel. The story describes “a global war between man and machine....

TCxBD: Martin Scorsese Directed Chanel Bleu Ad With Gaspard Ulliel By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2010 1:00 pm EST Today we bring you another edition of Television Commercials by Big Directors, with a new television commercial shot by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese earlier this year. The television spot is for Bleu, Chanel’s fragrance for men, stars Gaspard Ulliel (Hannibal Rising), and features another Rolling Stones song (what else do you expect from Scorsese?...

Terry Gilliam Preparing To Shoot Short Film ‘The Wholly Family,’ Mentoring Animated Film ‘1884’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 31, 2010 6:19 pm EST Terry Gilliam may not be making that second take on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote after all, but don’t think he isn’t busy. He’s already done a webcast with the Arcade Fire this year, and made that strange NASCAR-themed short film, The Legend of Hallowdega. Now he’s got another short planned that will go before cameras early in 2011....

Will Naomie Harris Be In ‘Bond 23’? By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2011 4:00 am EST Briefly: We still don’t know very much at all about the twenty-third James Bond movie, other than that it will shoot this fall with Daniel Craig and Judi Dench reprising their roles as James Bond and M, respectively, under the direction of Sam Mendes. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan are writing, and there may be parts for Javier Bardem and/or Ralph Fiennes, but those are not confirmed....

‘Batman Live’ Looks A Lot Like A Joel Schumacher Movie By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2011 2:45 pm EST As Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has been a disaster of a production, over in the UK another giant superhero stage show has been coming together. Batman Live is a touring arena production designed as a fast-paced romp through a big chunk of Batman’s history. It includes the origin of Robin and characters like the Joker, Catwoman, the Riddler, Penguin, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn....

‘Sherlock Holmes’ Writer Scripting ‘Yucatan’ For Robert Downey, Jr. By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2010 6:00 pm EST One of the great never-made films in action movie history is Yucatan, an epic treasure hunt/heist film concocted by actor Steve McQueen. The star of Bullitt and The Great Escape never got to make the film, but 1700 pages of notes on the film were found among Mr. McQueen’s possessions years after his death....

‘Star Wars 1313’ And ‘Star Trek: The Game’ Get New Video Game Trailers By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2012 7:00 am EST The ultimate geek battle, Star Wars vs. Star Trek, takes an interactive turn today as upcoming video games in each franchise have released new trailers. We’ve written about both Star Wars 1313 and Star Trek: The Game in the past and though each won’t be out until 2013, these trailers provide the best look yet at what’s in store for video game playing sci-fi fans, whether you favor Trek or Wars....

‘The Wolverine’ Will Still Shoot In Japan; Will ‘The New Mutants’ Hit Screens, Too? By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2012 5:30 pm EST Rothman told MTV “we’re doing the stage work in Australia… the location work will be in Japan.” He elaborated in a manner that should give fans cautious optimism: Hugh Jackman will return to play Wolverine; James Mangold is directing The Wolverine based on Mark Bomback’s revision of McQuarrie’s script....

Casting Notes: Joseph Fiennes And Eva Green In Camelot; Amy Ryan Joins In Treatment; James D’Arcy In W.E. By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2010 4:10 pm EST Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green will travel back to Camelot, the Starz series that re-tells the story of King Arthur. Fiennes is Merlin, while Green will be Morgana. Solid casting with both, though I’m not certain that I’ll ever be able to look at an Arthurian film or TV series without having to leap the hurdle of some of Excalibur’s actors....

Cool Stuff: The 3G Art Show: Ghostbusters, Goonies And Gremlins - Part 4 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 3, 2010 9:00 am EST You may recall that we’ve posted two previews from the upcoming show the first one with over 25 images, a second preview with another 20 pieces of art, and a third preview with 24 more pieces of artwork. You thought that was it, right? You were wrong. After the jump I have compiled an additional collection of 32 awesome pieces created for this exhibition....

Disney Set To Finance And Distribute Ice Cube’s Car Movie ‘Chrome And Paint’ By Russ Fischer/April 9, 2011 2:00 pm EST The last time we talked about Ice Cube he wanted to go back to his roots by making Chrome and Paint, an R-rated story set in the custom car culture of South Central LA. He still wants to direct the film as well as star in it — this would be his first dramatic directorial project in more than a decade — and now he’s got a studio ready to finance and distribute it....

Eminem May Star In Crime Thriller ‘Random Acts Of Violence’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2011 9:16 am EST Eminem, fresh from having his album Recovery certified as the biggest-selling record of 2010, is making another move towards getting back on the big screen. Last year he was in talks for Fernando Meirelles’ film 360, about which we otherwise haven’t heard much in a while, and he was also attached to the Kurt Sutter pitch Southpaw, which was picked up by DreamWorks....