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Movie Trailer: Stunning First Footage For Joel And Ethan Coen’s ‘True Grit’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 27, 2010 2:05 pm EST If the Joel and Ethan Coen version of True Grit wasn’t among my most anticipated films of 2010, it would be now. The teaser trailer for the film has just been released, and it impresses with a collection of stunning images, some deliberate references to the 1969 John Wayne version, and a lovely hymn used as the score....

MRC Gets Behind David Cronenberg Adaptation Of Jonathan Lethem’s ‘As She Climbed Across The Table’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2011 1:00 pm EST Who would have thought that David Cronenberg might be the first to bring a Jonathan Lethem adaptation to the screen? Quite a few producers and other filmmakers have tried to mount films based on Lethem novels over the years. Most famously, Edward Norton has been slowly brewing a screen version of the great novel Motherless Brooklyn, as a starring/directing effort....

New Photos: Richard Armitage As Thorin In ‘The Hobbit’ And Karl Urban As ‘Dredd’ By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2011 8:30 am EST This is what happens when a production spaces the reveal of a baker’s dozen major characters over the span of a week: the head honcho doesn’t even get his own post. We’ve seen five photos showing ten of the dwarf company that treks from the Shire to the Misty Mountain in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and now here’s the first look at Richard Armitage as the dwarf leader, Thorin Oakenshield....

Official Plot Synopsis Released For Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’ By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2011 6:00 am EST Paramount Pictures has released the official one-pager for Jason Reitman’s upcoming film Young Adult starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, and Patrick Wilson. I’ve heard good things coming out of the test screenings in Southern California, including praise for Theron, Oswalt and Diablo Cody’s screenplay (which has been described as completely different than any of her past work)....

Saoirse Ronan Reportedly Cast In ‘The Hobbit’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2011 2:48 pm EST According to an interview with Ros Hubbard, casting director for The Hobbit, the production has one more cast member: Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, Atonement, The Lovely Bones). The actress has been rumored for the film over the past couple months, but this is the first confirmation that she is indeed cast. We don’t know what role she’ll play (she’s been rumored as Itaril) but when the interviewer asks Ros Hubbard about the presence of Irish actors Aidan Turner, James Nesbitt and Saoirse Ronan in The Hobbit, she says,...

Showtime To Develop Steven Spielberg-Produced Stephen King TV Series Adaptation ‘Under The Dome’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2011 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Spielberg will executive produce the series, and a search for a writer is currently underway. Deadline, who broke the Showtime news, doesn’t mention “mini series” and instead calls the project a “drama series.” So it looks like the format has changed as well?...

Spierig Brothers To Direct Dark Crystal Sequel By Brendon Connelly/May 4, 2010 6:44 am EST Sorry, Samurai Jack fans – Genndy Tartakovsky is no longer attached to direct The Power of the Dark Crystal. Boo? Hiss? I know he was an incredibly popular choice, but for years all I was hearing was that his version of the film was going nowhere. But there’s good news. According to a smoking hot press release from The Henson Company, the film is finally set to move ahead with newly appointed directors, Peter and Michael Spierig....

Stephen King’s Top 10 Films Of 2010 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2010 8:00 am EST I don’t always agree with best-selling author Stephen King’s opinions, but I still love reading his thoughts about the film world. King has published his annual listing of the top 10 films of the year in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. His 2008 list included Death Race, Lakeview Terrace and The Ruins. In 2009, King agreed with the mainstream critics in naming The Hurt Locker as the best film of the year, but the rest of his list was the opposite of conventional – for example, #2 is The Last House on the Left, which he claims is “on par with The Silence of the Lambs” and “easily the most brilliant remake of the decade....

Steven Soderbergh Drops ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2011 6:00 am EST You may have followed the breadcrumb trail of casting reports for Steven Soderbergh’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. up to this point, but here’s the thing: it is no longer Steven Soderbergh’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Warner Bros. has worked for years to make a new film version of the old cold war TV spy series, and the director who created three fun films based on a Rat Pack heist movie seemed like the go-to guy to make it happen....

Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Magic Mike’ Recruits Matthew McConaughey And Matt Bomer By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2011 5:00 am EST The film has Alex Pettyfer set to play a young dancer mentored in the art of the hustle by the more experienced ‘Magic Mike,’ with Channing Tatum actually playing the title character. And now they’ll be joined by Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer. Variety says that Matthew McConaughey will be “Dallas, a former exotic dancer who now owns and operates Xquisite, the club where “Magic Mike” works....

Tom Cruise’s ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Remake Finds A Writer By Angie Han/Aug. 10, 2012 11:30 am EST There’s still no word on which of his famous pals Tom Cruise will be roping in for his remake of John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven, but in the meantime development is rolling along with a new writer on board. Nic Pizzolatto, a novelist and short story author who’s recently made forays into television screenwriting, has just been hired to pen the script....

VOTD: ‘25 Years Of Pixar’ By Angie Han/March 29, 2011 5:00 am EST We’ve featured a handful of director montages here on /Film recently, and while this “25 Years of Pixar” compilation isn’t quite that, it’s actually pretty similar. In terms of look, tone, and quality, I’d say Pixar is as consistent as many directors. For the video, NkMcDonalds pulled scenes from works spanning over decades — from ’80s shorts to this year’s Cars 2....

VOTD: Toronto LED Lightsaber Battle By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2010 3:00 am EST On July 31st, over 500 Star Wars fans showed up at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto to participate in a huge LED Lightsaber Battle. Watch a video from the flashmob event after the jump. VOTD: Toronto LED Lightsaber Battle By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2010 3:00 am EST On July 31st, over 500 Star Wars fans showed up at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto to participate in a huge LED Lightsaber Battle....

‘All Things Fall Apart’ Trailer – Remember That Time 50 Cent Made A Cancer Football Movie? By Angie Han/Jan. 5, 2012 3:00 pm EST Over a year and a half ago, the world got its first glimpse at a shockingly emaciated Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who’d dropped nearly 60 pounds to play the lead role in a project called All Things Fall Apart. (Originally called just Things Fall Apart.) When the finished feature finally comes to DVD and Blu-ray next month, we’ll finally get to see what all the trouble was for....

‘Dark Knight Rises’ Viral Continues Friday With ‘Operation Early Bird’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2011 2:00 pm EST Wednesday, speculation ran rampant that several leaked documents were the first clues to a brand new Dark Knight Rises viral campaign. Today that has been confirmed along with a new piece of the puzzle. The official Dark Knight Twitter account, @TheFireRises, tweeted a third document pointing to an event called Operation Early Bird which will commence at 10am Pacific Standard Time on Friday December 9....

‘Goon’ Red-Band And Canadian Trailers: Seann William Scott Fights On Ice [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2011 11:30 am EST Because film development has turned into a game that is more competitive than most sports, we have dueling pictures brewing for a great many subjects. Hockey is a pretty natural subject for a movie duel, however. The film Goon is the first of two to come out of the gate....

‘Jeff Who Lives At Home’ Exclusive Poster Debut By Russ Fischer/Jan. 19, 2012 10:32 am EST Jay and Mark Duplass are following up their film Cyrus with Jeff Who Lives at Home, starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, and Susan Sarandon. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last September, where it was called “a lovely, nicely paced and completely heartfelt look at a complicated relationship between brothers” (CinemaBlend) and the best film yet from the Duplass brothers, which “doesn’t suddenly break your heart, but, rather, it suddenly heals it — with a moment of such delicacy and sincerity that you feel lucky to witness it....

‘Jeff Who Lives At Home’ Trailer: Meet The Duplass Brothers’ Wonderfully Dysfunctional New Family By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2012 11:30 am EST Yesterday we premiered the poster for Jeff Who Lives at Home, the new film from Cyrus writer/directors Jay and Mark Duplass. This one stars Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, and Susan Sarandon in a story of family dynamics and emerging self-awareness. The trailer has just been released and, put simply, it looks wonderful....

‘John Carter’ - What Did You Think? By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2012 5:00 pm EST It’s the big weekend for Disney, and Pixar director Andrew Stanton, as Stanton’s live-action adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars finally hits theaters. John Carter is a film that has been many, many years in development, and finally sees life thanks to Stanton’s interest in the story. Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong and more make up the cast of the film, which follows a Civil War vet (Kitsch) who is transported to Mars, where he meets a smokin’ hot princess (Collins) and is drawn into an alien civil strife....

‘Monte Carlo’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/April 12, 2011 10:00 am EST It goes without saying that Transformers: Dark of the Moon will win the box office over the fourth of July weekend. But, being as the audience for that film is primarily young men, Hollywood is wisely counter-programming. For adults, they’ve got Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in Larry Crowne and for young girls, there’s Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo stars Disney teen-sensation Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy (the last two both from Gossip Girl) as three American friends who go to Paris only to have Gomez mistaken for a wealthy British party girl....