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‘Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol’ Official Title Of Fourth ‘Mission: Impossible’ Film By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2010 9:41 am EST Who knew that Brad Bird and Tom Cruise were going to go all Tom Clancy on us? At a press conference in Dubai about the fourth Mission: Impossible film, director Brad Bird along with stars Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and producer Bryan Burk answered question in front of a banner that oh so subtly announced the title to the fourth film: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol....

‘Prometheus’ And ‘Frankenweenie’ To Be Released In IMAX 3D By Angie Han/March 9, 2012 11:00 am EST Two films we’ve been looking forward to will be making an even bigger splash than we had anticipated. The IMAX Corporation has announced that Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus will each be getting IMAX 3D releases, starting on the same day as their regular theatrical runs. Though neither film was shot in IMAX, they’re both being digitally re-mastered into the IMAX format....

Anne Hathaway In Full Catwoman Suit On ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Set By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2011 9:09 am EST After a grueling, spy photo filled shoot in Pittsburgh, PA, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises has been semi-quietly shooting in Los Angeles, CA for the past few weeks. And while several set photos and videos have leaked of various vehicles, stunts and more, nothing has been particularly exciting. Until now....

Antoine Fuqua To Direct Showtime Documentary About Death Row Records Co-Founder Suge Knight By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2011 7:00 am EST Over the past year, Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s name has popped up in association with a number of projects — a boxing drama starring Eminem, a biopic about legendary Chinese concubine Yang Guifei, that untitled Tupac Shakur project, the true crime tale Storming Las Vegas, the sci-fi saga Afterburn and the fact-based drama Pablo Escobar....

Benicio Del Toro And Gaspar Noe Directing Segments In Omnibus Film ‘7 Days In Havana’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2010 4:30 pm EST What is it with omnibus films of late? In the past few years there have been Chacun son cinema, New York, I Love You, Paris Je T’aime and a couple others. And now there’s a plan to put together a seven-part film about live in contemporary Cuba, called 7 Days in Havana....

Colin Farrell Won’t Be In ‘Arthur & Lancelot,’ But Warners Keeps Trying By Russ Fischer/March 30, 2012 5:00 am EST Warner Bros. is still trying to make Arthur & Lancelot, based on a script by David Dobkin that the studio bought for a couple million bucks last year. Dobkin, who directed Wedding Crashers and The Change-Up, will direct the film that is an action-oriented take on the classic Arthurian story, with a modern feel....

Cool Stuff: Star Sabers T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2010 2:00 pm EST Threadless has released a new Star Wars parody t-shirt design called Star Sabers created by Tal Zubalsky. The design is literally Star Wars, with two stars fighting each other with lazer swords. Available on Navy Fine Jersey tee for $18 or on Navy American Apparel zip-up hoody for $40.Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff?...

Danny Boyle To Direct 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony? By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2010 11:29 pm EST Briefly: The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will take place in London in July and August of that year, and the Olympic organizers are already wooing talent to contribute to the event. After Zhang Yimou put together the opening ceremony for the 2008 Games, a certain standard has been set. So London organizers reportedly have their sights set on a hometown boy: one Danny Boyle....

First Look: Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan By David Chen/July 22, 2010 9:21 am EST Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, his much anticipated follow-up to The Wrestler, will be opening the Venice International Film Festival on September 1st, and USA Today has a first look at the film. Hit the jump for a couple more photos and a fairly detailed plot synopsis. It feels like the last time Portman wore this much make-up was in the Star Wars prequels, but unlike those films, I’ve heard that she’s actually phenomenal in Black Swan....

Here’s A Look At Jai Courtney And Bruce Willis In ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ Screen Test By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2012 8:30 am EST The fifth Die Hard film, A Good Day to Die Hard, won’t be shooting for a while yet. But yesterday we got word that one of the last big casting choices had been made, as Jai Courtney was cast as the son of John McClane (Bruce Willis)....

IKEA Now Making Their Own Television: The Uppleva By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2012 2:30 pm EST As Apple fans patiently wait for their favorite company to make a long rumored television, another major corporation is stepping into the TV game and this one isn’t even known for electronics. It’s IKEA, the Swedish company best known for affordable easy-to-assemble furniture. They’ve just revealed the Uppleva, an all-in-one smart TV that’s already part of the furniture....

Is Die Antwoord’s Yo-Landi Vi$$er David Fincher’s Vision For Lisbeth Salander In The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? By Russ Fischer/June 30, 2010 8:48 am EST David Fincher is developing his adaptation of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and has been talking to Daniel Craig for the lead male role. That’s spot-on casting, but there’s another big puzzle piece: Fincher still has to find an actress to play the data-gathering expert Lisbeth Salander....

John McTiernan’s ‘Shrapnel’ Moves Forward, But Likely Without Nicolas Cage By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2011 8:30 am EST John McTiernan’s conviction is waiting to go through the appeal process right now. In the meantime he has been trying to pull together a film called Shrapnel, based on a script by Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman) and provisionally starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. So that Face/Off reunion is finally going to happen?...

Kevin Feige Talks ‘Thor 2:’ New Villain Promised By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2012 5:00 pm EST After The Avengers, the Marvel Movie Universe is a whole new world and, if you listened to our podcast, you know its bounds are limitless. Iron Man 3 is now filming, Captain America 2 is in the works and Thor 2 will start shooting before the year is out aimed at a November 15, 2013 release date....

LOL: See The Temp Logo For ‘The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2011 5:00 am EST Over the weekend at Disney’s D23 Expo, Pixar announced two new films. One is jokingly called The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs, to be released on November 27, 2013. The film is directed by long-time Pixar veteran and voice actor Bob Peterson (he voiced Dug the dog in Up) and co-directed by Peter Sohn, also a Pixar vet with storyboard and animation experience, and who directed the short Partly Cloudy....

More ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Casting: Sam Claflin, Melissa Leo And Tony Shalhoub Up For Major Roles By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2012 2:30 pm EST Things are super busy in Panem this week. Earlier today, Amanda Plummer was officially cast in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Lionsgate let it slip that both halves of the third film, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, are moving so fast, they’re already looking for new directors as Francis Lawrence won’t have time to do it....

POTD: The Many Faces Of ‘Cloud Atlas’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 3, 2012 10:30 am EST Before we’d even seen footage from Cloud Atlas, we knew that co-writers and co-directors Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski had given their cast a challenge: each actor would play multiple characters in the six interconnected stories that make up the film. Not only that, but actors would be, in some cases, playing characters of different gender and/or race than the actor’s own....

Praise We’ve Been Getting: The Best Podcast You’re Not Listening To By David Chen/July 13, 2010 10:00 am EST Every Friday or so, you may see a post on /Film announcing the release of a new podcast episode of “The Tobolowsky Files.” Most of you may have skipped over these posts, and you probably have some good reasons. Maybe you never listen to podcasts, or you think that a storytelling featuring the guy who played the Captain of the Guard in Spaceballs can’t possibly be that profound....

Sundance 2011 First Look: John C. Reilly In ‘Terri’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 29, 2010 8:00 am EST When John C. Reilly is in a movie, it’s a given that his character is going to be likable. That’s the quality Reilly brings to each role he plays, he’s always the kind of guy you’d want to hang out with. Unless, of course, he’s your high school vice principal. In Terri, directed by Azazel Jacobs and written by Patrick deWitt, Reilly plays a vice principal who develops an unlikely friendship with the title character, played by Jacob Wysocki, who is regularly teased and ridiculed....

The Other Guys Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2010 9:44 am EST Sony has finally released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg-starrer Adam McKay-directed action/comedy The Other Guys. Strangely, we’re getting the teaser after the release of a funny motion poster a few weeks ago. So while this is the first teaser trailer, we’ve technically already been teased, in full motion. The teaser does a good job at introducing the concept of the film — they aren’t the star no-holds-barred cops we’re used to....