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John Lennon Biopic “Nowhere Boy” In The Works (2)
on /Film (1351) permalinkNumerous sources are reporting that Sam Taylor-Wood, a visual artist whose 2008 short film Love You More was nominated for the Short Film Palme d’Or, is slated to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic based on the life of John Lennon. The project is now moving forward, and according to Screen Daily, the film will cover the story of John’s early life, with prominent roles for his mother and aunt, as well as for Paul McCartney, ...Shared by Geoff Gresh (41) Rtaylor32 (414)Contribute comment
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First Look: Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire (4)
on /Film (1351) permalinkFox Searchlight has sent us three new photos from Danny Boyle’s (28 Days Later, Trainspotting) latest film - Slumdog Millionaire. The film tells the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? But ...Contribute comment
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VOTD: Wright / Reitman Unplugged (1)
on /Film (1351) permalinkClick to play Wright / Reitman Unplugged The Pitch: Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz) and Jason Reitman (Juno) interview each other during Just Comedy 2008. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. Related Stories George Clooney in talks for Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air Cool Stuff: Tyler Stout’s Spaced Poster ...Shared by Geoff Gresh (41)Contribute comment
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Update: Slashfilm and CHUD Still Divided on Facebook: The Movie, Remain Buds (1)
on /Film (1351) permalinkUpdate: No loving bitch slaps were ultimately exchanged. We can all sleep soundly. However, Devin did make an LOLCats: The Movie joke on air. FYI: “Andrew Stanton from Pixar is directing.” Peter leaves for an epic film festival triathlon and suddenly Slashfilm is vulnerable to attack? No way, dudes. Our readers will easily guess who the first sneaky culprit is. Yep, one Devin Faraci from Chud.com, known here as the guy who labeled Wall-E a ...Shared by Joe (78)Contribute comment
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Cool Stuff: Dave Perillo’s Artwork (10)
on /Film (1351) permalink34-year-old Philadelphia artist Dave Perillo draws inspiration for his work from many of the following sources: 1950’s Sci-Fi Movies, Charles Schultz, Jim Flora, Ray Harryhausen, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Henson, Hanna Barbera, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock & Character Advertising Icons. You can see more of Perillo’s artwork on Montygog’s Art-O-Rama. Thanks to /Film reader kinomozg for the tip. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which ...Shared by Adam (304) Carla (69) CineVegas (149) Digg Boss (745) Kristen (627) Mark (273) Muhammad Saleem (779) S K Jain (117) Shannon (71) Wratty (263)Contribute comment
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More Transformers 2 Long Beach Set Photos (PICS) (28)
on /Film (1351) permalink/Film reader Ricky C snapped some photos of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen shoot in Long Beach today: Hey guys! I got some really great pictures from the Transformers 2 set in Long Beach. I tried to get more pictures of that grey car but it sped away before i could snap some good pictures. I was literally ten feet away from all of these. It was intense! Later on guys! Related Stories No ...Shared by Andrew Hughes (86) Andrew Rodrigues (41) Ben Soto (12) Brandon (81) Brian Cuban (2161) Chad (105) Danielle Brigida (501) Dave Keffler (124) Dean Burge (73) Dominic Foster (415) Dylan Thomas (42) Glen Hentz (19) Guy (780) Isaac (110) Marc Beharry (133) Matt Lopez (73) mattlopez (62) maxyRO (1165) mike (150) Narayanan Hariharan (816) Nikollas Ordway (204) npike (53) Rene Rattur (61) richtannehill (115) Ross V (1497) ShuTian (541) Toby (745) York (255)Contribute comment
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Buy a Role in Spider-Man 4 (12)
on /Film (1351) permalinkCommon sense would have you believe that Sony wouldn’t auction off a walk-on role in a movie which hasn’t even been given a greenlight… or would they? /Film reader Chuck W sends along word that the studio is doing exactly that. Sony is auctioning off a visit to the set of Spider-Man 4 (Location of visit will be determined by Sony Pictures based on scheduling of visit) that would include a meet and greet with ...Shared by Adam Fuhrer (224) Ananya Walia (1950) Brad Brown Jr. (39) Chad (105) Jeremy (280) Lyndon Antcliff (239) npike (53) Patrick (239) Sham (1003) ShuTian (541) Sportbuzz (759) York (255)Contribute comment
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Please, No: Aaron Sorkin and Scott Rudin Making FACEBOOK: THE MOVIE (6)
on /Film (1351) permalinkOkay, let’s make this quick because I’m logging off, going outside and sitting quietly under a tree for the rest of eternity. Writer Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson’s War, Studio 60) has joined Facebook. More importantly, in his profile it’s announced that he’s working on Facebook: The Movie (our title) with mega-producer Scott Rudin (NCFOM, TWBB)… “I’ve just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured ...Contribute comment
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Marvel Reenvisioning Canon For Japan’s Anime Market (2)
on /Film (1351) permalinkMarvel is teaming with Madhouse, the respected Japanese animation studio responsible for Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Ninja Scroll, to reenvision its comic book characters, their origins, and new characters for anime series. Iron Man and Wolverine have been tapped, but others characters were not specified. In a report by the NY Times, Marvel’s International President, Simon Philips, says the venture will create a “parallel universe” to the current canon. He’s not exaggerating. In a ...Shared by Anas (47) hoosteen (171)
- hoosteen said: Madhouse does really great stuff. This should kick lots and lots of ass.
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Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Bank Robber Joker 1/6th Figure (16)
on /Film (1351) permalinkHot Toys is releasing a 1/6th scale figure of The Joker in “Bank Robber” mode. The figure stands 12-inches tall, features 32-points of articulation, and comes with a choice of two removable heads, one with a huge grin, the other with the slicked back hair. Accessories include a removable clown mask, handgun, a bigger gun, duffle bag, smoke and fragmentation grenades, playing cards, gotham city money and more. More photos after the jump. Cool Stuff ...Shared by AC Valentine (78) Adrian (84) Anas (47) Andrew [j.Mac] (65) Chad (105) Chris (68) CineVegas (149) Coop (86) Fourbin (80) Glen Hentz (19) Lyndon Antcliff (239) Megan (47) Mona N (230) Rtaylor32 (414) RyneNelson (1159) ShuTian (541)
- Fourbin said: Really want this for my desk.
- Anas said: the little grenades! This is an awesome toy.
- Glen Hentz said: WANT!!!!!!
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VOTD: See Film Differently (19)
on /Film (1351) permalinkVolkswagen has been a strong supporter of independent film through their sponsorship of film festivals and indie cinemas. The car company has produced a series of fun “See Film Differently” videos which feature film fanatics sharing their vastly different interpretations of classic movies. Toy Story is a Meditation on the Trails of Puberty and Sexuality Click Here to Watch the Video Star Wars is a Remake of The Wizard of Oz Click Here to Watch ...Shared by bittin (100) CineVegas (149) Coolbox (93) Coop (86) hoosteen (171) Iain (46) Isaac (110) jeffdiogenes (114) Lyndon Antcliff (239) Mark Dorgan (16) Marko Sultsing (62) McBilly Wilford Sy (101) Michael Mior (195) Neil (54) ProfVegas (957) Ross V (1497) Simon (64) SockBoy (27) Sun Tzu (1614)Contribute comment
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Dark Knight Sequel Update: Waiting on Nolan (1)
on /Film (1351) permalinkBuried at the end of The Hollywood Reporter’s article on the marketing of The Dark Knight is a small update on the status of a third Batman film: Both Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures want to greenlight a third film, but are waiting for Christopher Nolan to come to them with a “story and a plan.” Right now Nolan is taking a well deserved vacation, but producer Charles Rovan promises that “When he comes back, ...Shared by Jason (153)Contribute comment
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WB Launches Hulu Competitor (1)
on /Film (1351) permalinkWarner Bros is launching a Hulu competitor on TheWB.com, which will include ad supported seasons of popular WB shows like Friends, The OC, Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Smallville. According to TechCrunch, the site will offer a bunch of features not offered by Hulu or other television network sites. For example, you will be able to search the entire library for words spoken within the episodes. I ...Shared by Megan (47)Contribute comment
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HBO Kills Preacher Television Series (5)
on /Film (1351) permalinkHBO has killed the planned television adaptation of Garth Ennis‘ popular Vertigo comic series Preacher. Mark Steven Johnson broke the news to ComicsContinuum, claiming that the project got to the budgeting stage before it was axed. “The new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial. Which, of course, is kind of the point,” said Johnson. “It was a very faithful adaptation of the first few books, nearly ...Contribute comment
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Australian Woman Wins Prize for Earth-Saving Technique Rejected in Michael Bay’s “Armageddon” (5)
on /Film (1351) permalinkIn the year 2029, the asteroid Apophis (270 meters in length) is scheduled to pass by Earth, significantly within the moon’s orbit. While the vast majority of us have probably already either taken the attitude of a) Resigning ourselves to an asteroidal death, or b) Completely disregarding the possibility that anything catyclismic could ever originate from outer space, a select few of the best and brightest of us entered the Move an Asteroid Competition, which ...Contribute comment
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Dexter is WiReD (1)
on /Film (1351) permalinkThis new Dexter advertisement is kinda/sorta a parody of WiReD Magazine. via: Techcrunch Related Stories Comic Con: Dexter Season 3 PreviewedShared by Anas (47)Contribute comment
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New York Times Explains the Watchmen Lawsuit (1)
on /Film (1351) permalinkThe New York Times has an extensive analysis of 20th Century Fox’s lawsuit with Warner Bros over the rights to Watchmen. Here is an excerpt which I think explains the situation better than anyone else:“On its face, turnaround is a contractual mechanism that allows a studio to release its interest in a dormant film project, while recovering costs, plus interest, from any rival that eventually adopts the project. But turnaround is a stacked deck. The ...Shared by Alex Plank (43)Contribute comment
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Two Riddick Sequels Still In The Works (2)
on /Film (1351) permalinkVin Diesel revealed to MTV that screenwriter David Twowy is writing the scripts for two Riddick sequels. And for Diesel, the question isn’t if another Riddick movie will go into production it is if they will attempt to “shoot the two chapters at the same time” ala Lord of the Rings or The Matrix sequels. Diesel has been talking up a third Riddick film for some time now. In March 2006 he sad a storyline ...Shared by Humberto Gonzalez (146) Rtaylor32 (414)Contribute comment
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Chuck Palahniuk’s Rant Optioned? (2)
on /Film (1351) permalinkChuck Palahniuk’s official website has word that the Fight Club/Choke author’s last book Rant, might have been optioned for a big screen movie adaptation. We’re not sure what studio made the purchase, and we really don’t have any more information. I’ve been calling sources for the last few days and have come up short. But before you get too excited, I must remind you that all of Chuck’s books have been optioned, but so far ...Shared by Aaron (64) Jason (153)Contribute comment
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Watchmen SET Magazine Covers (2)
on /Film (1351) permalinkThe September issue of the Brazilian movie magazine SET features four collectable Watchmen covers. Head on over to blogdosadovski for the high res cover scans. via: SHH Related Stories Fox Contacted Warner Bros Before Watchmen Went Into Production Judge Won’t Dismiss Fox’s Watchmen Lawsuit Kevin Smith Has Seen Watchmen: “It’s F**king Astounding” Watchmen Video: Creating The Owlship Watchmen: High Resolution Posters & New Empire Photos VOTD: Heroes / Watchmen Mash-UpShared by Jorge Wagner (133) Rtaylor32 (414)
- Jorge Wagner said: SET no /film!
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