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Peter Jackson Secretly Meeting With Actors For The Hobbit? By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2010 4:30 pm EST As you know, Guillermo del Toro recently stepped down from directing the big screen adaptation of The Hobbit, leaving the project in complete limbo. Warner Bros has been searching for a replacement, talking to directors David Yates (Harry Potter), David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus), and Brett Ratner about the job, but rumor had it that Warner Bros and MGM were still trying to talk Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to return to the series to helm the two prequels....

Ridley Scott Developing Biblical Tale ‘Moses;’ Says ‘It’s Going To Happen’ By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2012 3:30 pm EST Thirty-five. That’s how many movies Ridley Scott is developing according to the IMDB and that doesn’t even count a potential Prometheus sequel, Blade Runner prequel or his next movie, The Counselor. Admittedly, the IMDB is mostly unreliable when it comes to upcoming projects and most of these movies are now dead or will never get off the ground but, even if you cut out 80% of them, you’re still looking at seven movies....

Say Hello To ‘Scarface’ In Theaters One Night Only By Germain Lussier/Aug. 2, 2011 6:00 am EST Grab your little friend, bury your head in a huge cup of coke…a cola and head out to your local theater later this month. On August 31, for one night only, the influential gangster remake Scarface, written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma, is headed back to the big screen. The screening will help celebrate the September 6 Blu-ray release of the film and in addition to the movie itself, which features Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Robert Loggia, audiences will get their first look at a brand new documentary from the Blu-ray which features famous filmmakers talking about how much Scarface has influenced them....

The Alamo Drafthouse Targets Texas With This Year’s Rolling Roadshow Lineup By Russ Fischer/May 16, 2011 1:04 pm EST Feel like watching some of the biggest American films under the big skies of Texas? (I know Montana is the Big Sky state, but I’m briefly re-purposing the phrase.) For several years the Alamo Drafthouse has done a series of free, first come first seated screenings of famous films in locations featured in or related to the movies....

Tom Whalen’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Art: ‘Hector Salamanca’ By Germain Lussier/May 17, 2012 11:15 am EST Ding. Ding. Ding. The ominous sound of Hector Salamanca’s bell is one of the most frightening and iconic things in AMC’s hit show Breaking Bad. The bell is also the subject of the second poster in the Breaking Bad Art Project. Created by Tom Whalen, the slightly abstract poster takes a second to sink in but, once it does, all you’ll hear is that terrifyingly simple sound....

VOTD: Community’s Goodfellas Episode By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2010 12:39 pm EST Are you watching NBC’s popular comedy series Community? Are you a fan of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas? Then you MUST watch the latest episode, Contemporary American Poultry, which parodies and plays homage to the gangster film classic. I won’t say anything more, because I’ve already said enough. Watch the episode right now, embedded after the jump thanks to Hulu....

WonderCon - Or Something Like It - Will Return To Anaheim In 2013; San Francisco Convention Up In Air By Germain Lussier/Aug. 31, 2012 4:33 pm EST Last year, San Francisco, CA residents were sad to hear their bread and butter comic convention, WonderCon, was moving to Anaheim for 2012. The reason was WonderCon’s home – the Moscone Center – was under construction and the expectation was that it would be back in 2013....

‘Battleship’ Trailer - Who Needs Character Development When You Have Explosions? By Angie Han/March 13, 2012 9:30 am EST Taylor Kitsch’s John Carter may not quite have been the blockbuster hit that he and Disney were hoping for, but the star will take a second stab at leading a major action franchise when Peter Berg’s Battleship hits this summer. Inspired by the Hasbro game, the film stars Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, and Liam Neeson as naval officers dealing with an otherwordly force that threatens to destroy our planet....

‘Death Of A Superhero’ Trailer - Starring The Moppet From ‘Love Actually’ And A Normal-Looking Andy Serkis By Angie Han/March 21, 2012 11:00 am EST Ready for another teen cancer movie? Ian Fitzgibbon’s Death of a Superhero stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster (that moppet from Love, Actually, all grown up) as Donald, an aspiring comic book artist who’s diagnosed with leukemia. Aisling Loftus plays the requisite love interest who gives him something to live for, and Andy Serkis his therapist....

/Film Boston - Come See A Screening Of ‘Source Code’ Tonight, Featuring A Q&A With Director Duncan Jones By David Chen/March 21, 2011 11:27 am EST Good news, Boston sci-fi fans! Tonight at 7:00 pm, there’s going to be a special advance screening of Source Code at the AMC Boston Commons theater. Afterwards, I’ll be moderating a Q&A with director Duncan Jones. I anticipate mind-bendy, sci-fi fun for everyone involved!...

‘The Expendables 2’ Review: Delivering On Every Action-Packed Promise By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2012 10:30 am EST The Expendables 2 delivers on every single insane promise you can imagine. It is loud, stupid, funny, and filled with lots of over the top action. It lets some of the world’s most famous action actors chew the same pieces of scenery. The first film did some of that, but was mostly just boring, getting caught up in a bland story....

A Cast Of Kings S2E10 - Valar Morghulis By David Chen/June 5, 2012 7:00 pm EST A Cast of Kings is a podcast featuring recaps and reviews of each week’s episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. This week, Joanna and Dave discuss the second season finale, Valar Morghulis. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at acastofkings@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at gameofthronespodcast....

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Nike “Write The Future” World Cup Commercial By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2010 7:45 am EST In the latest edition of TCxBD (Television Commercials by Big Directors), we have an awesome three minute long World Cup spot that two-time Academy Award-nominated writer-director Alejandro González Iñárritu directed for Nike. Of course, Iñárritu’s filmography includes Amores Perros, Babel, 21 Grams and the Cannes Film Festival premiere Biutiful. The spot is titled “Write the Future,” and takes a Run Lola Run approach to the world cup of soccer....

Ben Affleck Confirms He’s Not Making ‘Justice League,’ Interest In The Wachowskis Now Rumored By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2012 11:16 am EST A couple weeks back, reports came out that Ben Affleck was one of the first people Warner Bros. wanted to talk to for the directorial gig on Justice League. It seemed like an unlikely chance, given the sort of films Affleck has made to date, especially with his experience on Daredevil taken into account....

Black List Scribes Van Robichaux And Evan Susser Rewriting Warner Bros.’ ‘The Jetsons’ By Angie Han/Feb. 7, 2012 10:10 pm EST If and how exactly Kanye West will be involved in Warner Bros.’ The Jetsons movie remains unclear, but the project has just picked up some fresh talent on the screenwriting side. Van Robichaux and Evan Susser, who landed on the 2011 Black List for their Star Wars-inspired satire Chewie, have been tapped to do a rewrite on the film....

Casting Bits: Edward James Olmos In ‘Dexter;’ Richard Jenkins In ‘Liberal Arts;’ Matthew Goode And Gabriel Byrne In ‘Crooked House’ By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2011 3:19 pm EST The latest addition to the cast of Dexter’s sixth season is a great one: Edward James Olmos has signed on to play “a brilliant, charismatic professor of religious studies.” Colin Hanks and Mos Def are other recent additions to the core cast of the show, which begins shooting on May 25 and will premiere in the fall, likely in mid to late September....

Concept Art And Set Construction Photos For ‘The Wolverine’ [Removed] By Germain Lussier/July 24, 2012 1:00 pm EST After seemingly years of delays, the second Wolverine solo film, simply called The Wolverine, is clawing towards its start date. Hugh Jackman returns as the popular Marvel character and the Japan-centric story will be directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma). Casting is still ongoing, as is set construction, but one Australian website has gotten hands on some behind the scenes photos featuring set construction as well as a bulletin board of highly revealing concept art....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors’ And ‘Buckaroo Banzai’ Posters By Germain Lussier/Aug. 3, 2011 5:00 pm EST What you’ve got to love about Mondo is that while they often do posters for big Hollywood blockbusters like Cowboys & Aliens or Star Wars, they’ve built their reputation on posters for really small, cult, genre movies. Some of my personal favorites are posters for The Monster Squad, The Evil Dead and on Thursday they’re releasing two more....

Drafthouse Films Acquires 1981 3D Spaghetti Western ‘Comin’ At Ya!’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 30, 2011 12:00 pm EST A semi-forgotten bit of weirdness from 1981 is the Fernando Baldi western Comin At Ya!, which was the first, and probably only, 3D spaghetti western. And now, after a successful run at Fantastic Fest, the newly restored film, with 3D re-done for a RealD 3D presentation, is coming to theaters courtey of Drafthouse Films....

Elizabeth Banks Says Disney’s Live-Action ‘Tink’ Will Be Kind Of Like ‘Elf’ By Angie Han/Jan. 18, 2012 3:30 pm EST Back in 2010, Elizabeth Banks was cast as the lead role in Tink, Disney’s live-action feature centered around Peter Pan’s beloved fairy sidekick Tinkerbell. At the time, we knew only that the energetic Banks seemed like perfect casting for the character, but we got a better idea of what to expect from the project when Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fright Night) signed on to pen the rewrite last fall....