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By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2010 1:19 pm EST Will Jesse Eisenberg reunite with his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer in the latter’s upcoming film 30 Minutes or Less? That’s the suggestion of a Production Weekly print report (via The Playlist) which links the actor to the film, which already has Aziz Ansari in the cast. Eisenberg and Ansari would be friends Will and Chet, who have a falling out before Will falls in with criminal types Danny McBride, Nick Swardson and Michael Pena, who forcibly recruit him for a crime....

Darren Aronofsky Will Direct A Video For Lou Reed And Metallica By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2011 3:30 pm EST Metallica has worked with some pretty impressive people in the film and art world. Just as quick examples, photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn has been instrumental in creating the band’s visual image for more than a decade, and the band’s first music video, for the song ‘One,’ was co-directed by Bill Pope, now better known as the cinematographer for Sam Raimi, the Matrix films and Scott Pilgrim....

Denzel Washington Confirmed As ‘The Equalizer;’ Tom Cruise Sci-Fi Film ‘All You Need Is Kill’ Greenlit By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2012 9:30 am EST A script that finds serious studio favor can push a project from long-simmering development into full boil, and that seems to have happened with Sony and The Equalizer. Based on the TV series in which Edward Woodward played a former covert ops expert who donates his services to people in trouble, the film will star Denzel Washington as a new version of the title character....

Disney’s Peter Pan Retelling ‘Peter & The Starcatchers’ Takes A Step Forward As Writer Jesse Wigutow Boards By Angie Han/May 18, 2012 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sounds promising, but it’ll be up against a lot of competition. There are already a handful of other Peter Pan-based projects in various stages of development, including the “dark” one with Aaron Eckhart and Sean Bean and the Channing Tatum-produced one with Gavin O’Connor on board....

Edgar Wright’s ‘The Wright Stuff II’ Wrap-Up By Germain Lussier/Feb. 2, 2011 10:30 am EST It’s always been a dream of mine to attend the entire Sundance Film Festival and, last week, I was able to fulfill that dream. Leave it to Edgar Wright to simultaneously program one of the most amazing repertory programs in recent memory and make me reconsider what dreams are made of. The Wright Stuff II ran from January 14-31 at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles and featured Wright-selected double features with special guests, Q&A’s, fun trailers and more....

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell And Alan Cumming Starring In Adaptation Of Irvine Welsh Novel ‘Filth’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2011 3:51 pm EST Films based on a few different Irvine Welsh novels have been in development in the decade-plus since the adaptation of his debut novel Trainspotting became a trans-Atlantic hit. One of those getting the film treatment has been Filth, a book about “an evil Edinburgh cop,” for which the author has been acting as producer....

Jason Flemyng Cast As Nightcrawler’s Father Azazel In X-Men: First Class By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2010 1:11 pm EST According to Wikipedia: Flemyng has had roles in Guy Ritchie’s films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch., Matthew Vaughn’s Layer Cake, Stardust and Kick-Ass. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #428, during “The Draco” storyline, written by Chuck Austen. … Azazel claims that many years ago an ancient horde of demonic mutants from biblical times called the Neyaphem were in an epic battle with a group of angelic over-zealous mutants, named the Cheyarafim....

LOL: “Born This Way” X-Men Parody By Angie Han/June 8, 2011 9:00 am EST I’ve been listening to Henry Jackman’s X-Men: First Class soundtrack on repeat ever since I saw the movie last week, so it’s safe to say I’m a fan. Before that, I loved John Ottman’s score from X2, and before that, I was humming along to the theme song from the ’90s cartoon. Yet as wonderful as all of this X-Men-related music has been, there’s always been something missing — and that something is words....

LOL: ‘Snakes On A Plane’ Director Wants To Release His Next Movie Under The Title ‘Untitled 3D Shark Thriller’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2011 7:00 am EST Snakes on a Plane director David Ellis and domestic distributor Relativity Media didn’t like the film’s original title, Shark Night 3D. While the movie will be released in international markets under that name, Ellis and Relativity have been trying to come up with a new name for the film....

Louis Leterrier To Direct ‘Fantastic Voyage’ For Producer James Cameron? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 22, 2010 11:15 pm EST It was only hours ago that we heard James Cameron had hired Laeta Kalogridis to rewrite Shane Salerno’s script for Fantastic Voyage, the big-budget sci-fi remake he’s planning with Fox. At the time there was no director attached, but now a report says that James Cameron has his eye on Louis Leterrier, who last made Clash of the Titans for Warner Bros....

Movie Trailer: Conviction By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 12:30 pm EST Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Watch the trailer in High Definition on Apple. Official Plot Synopsis: CONVICTION is the inspirational true story of a sister’s unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters’ (two-time Academy® Award winner Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction....

Movie Trailer: Sharlto Copley’s Directorial Debut Spoon By Russ Fischer/June 1, 2010 8:31 am EST Prior to his breakout as an actor in District 9, Sharlto Copley was pursuing a career intended to be located behind the camera rather than in front of it. He worked behind the scenes on Alive in Joburg and District 9 (and directed himself as D9’s Wikus in a brief comedy piece) and has been working on his directorial debut for some time with co-director and production partner Simon Hansen....

New Photo: Havok In ‘X-Men: First Class’ By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2011 12:30 pm EST The publicity push for X-Men: First Class sure has been strange. We get a bad image, then some great ones, a great trailer then some terrible posters. In between there have been a handful of images, some more impressive than others. This isn’t one of the great ones, but not because of any particular fault — merely because it isn’t the most dramatic image so far, and also because it is a not-too-revealing look at a character that is something of an unknown factor in the film....

Now David Koepp Is Rewriting ‘Moscow,’ The New Jack Ryan Film By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2011 5:39 pm EST Now the latest screenwriter to try to stick an adrenaline needle in the franchise’s nearly-flatlined chest is David Koepp. But is he doctoring the script, or starting from scratch? Here’s the quick summary of the project that has been known as Moscow. Paramount decided to begin again with Jack Ryan after Star Trek was a hit, and hired Chris ‘Captain Kirk v....

Photo: ‘The Smurfs’ Invade Central Park By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2010 2:00 pm EST Columbia Pictures have provided us with a new photo from The Smurfs 3D, a full reveal of all the small blue characters in New York City’s Central Park. Hit the jump to see the photo in full. Click the image to enlarge. Official Info: Audiences everywhere are in for a Smurfy good time as the Smurfs make their first 3D trip to the big screen....

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2010 4:32 pm EST Pixar and Disney commander John Lasseter has already directed a few shorts based in his Cars universe, and now he’s got a new one about to debut. Heavy Metal Mater is directed by Lasseter and Rob Gibbs, and will premiere on Friday on the Disney Channel. More details after the break. Not being too interested in the offshoots of Cars, the detail here that catches my eye is that the music for this short is by Mark Mothersbaugh....

Remake Bits: Chloe Moretz Talks ‘Carrie’, Ally Sheedy Learns About ‘WarGames’ Remake, ‘Maniac’ Heads To Cannes By Angie Han/April 30, 2012 4:00 pm EST If this collection of remake news bits is anything to go by, the ’70s and ’80s are back in full force. After the jump, the new Carrie dishes about Kimberly Peirce’s update, Ally Sheedy gets news of a WarGames remake, and Elijah Wood’s turn as a Maniac heads to Cannes....

Sony Pictures Classics Grabs Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight In Paris,’ Eying Morgan Spurlock’s ‘The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 11, 2011 9:48 am EST Woody Allen is known for his love affairs and he seems to be developing one with Sony Pictures Classics. The art-house distributor has acquired the North American rights to Allen’s latest film, Midnight In Paris, which stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Adrien Brody and Alison Pill among others....

Watch Fan-Made ‘X-Men: First Class’ Opening Credits By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2011 3:10 pm EST The ’60s setting of X-Men: First Class has offered some great opportunities for visual design. Some of the film’s sets and costumes really seem to go to town with the visual signifiers of the time period, and there have been other nods to the early ’60s in vintage-style magazine covers and fan-made posters. Now check out this fan-made opening credits sequence, which uses well-known design ideas from Saul Bass and various James Bond credit sequence designers to condense the basic ideas of the characters and the time period in which the story takes place....

What If John Hughes Directed ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2011 6:00 pm EST From the guys that brought us the God of War Indie Movie Trailer and the Super Mario/Tarantino mash-up Inglourious Plummers, comes a flashback to a 1980’s movie which never happened: John Hughes’ 1987 high school teen big screen adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game The Legend of Zelda. In this charming critically-acclaimed tale of first love, Link (Jon Tomlinson), an eternal optimist and adventurer, seeks to capture the heart of Zelda, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student (Zane Bauer)....