Monthly Archives: August 2009

Could Pixar do a Marvel superhero animated feature film now that Disney’s buying them?

Most of you probably know by now that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment outright. The deal puts Marvel’s list of comic characters into the stable of Disney’s history, expertise and multimedia infrastructure. Some additional details have been released at ComingSoon, … Continue reading

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Preview the Avatar Sideshow Collectibles licensed figures right here

Sideshow Collectibles has posted images from their upcoming line of Avatar collectibles. Launching the Sideshow Collectibles line from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar is the AMP Suit Maquette featuring actor Stephen Lang’s baddie Col. Quaritch, created in conjunction with the … Continue reading

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4th Annual Asian Film Market

The Asian Film Market takes places each year during The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and presents a series of forums on film financing, global distribution and more. Deals are also made directly for international distribution of local and global … Continue reading

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14th Annual Pusan International Film Festival

The very first international film festival to be held in Korea, The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) created a film culture with active participation by its audiences, in addition to staging a forum in introducing Korean cinema to the global … Continue reading

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The Blackout Film Festival 2009

The Blackout Film Festival is an event-inspired New York City happening. For each festival, a topic is chosen that touches the lives of everyone in the community and filmmakers are called on to respond. One year later, a big party … Continue reading

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5th Annual European Film Festival

The European Film Festival delivers the finest in international independent film to cities across Europe, including London, Athens, Warsaw, Stockholm, and Berlin. The Festival offers an incredible opportunity for filmmakers to reach a vast audience of critics, scholars, film masters, … Continue reading

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4th Annual High Desert Shorts International Film Festival

The High Desert Shorts International Film Festival was designed to celebrate the art of filmmaking, and to showcase the creativity of the industry’s emerging talents. Taking place in Pahrump, HDSIFF provides a unique blend of urban and rural experiences. Nestled … Continue reading

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4th Annual Trail Dance Film Festival

The Trail Dance Film Festival presents independent films against the backdrop of Duncan, Oklahoma’s western landscape. Being the birthplace of luminary Ron Howard, Duncan is a town that is serious about its appreciation of cinema, and its residents and Oklahoma’s … Continue reading

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21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

The Palm Springs International Film Festival plays host to a stellar array of movies and movie stars in Southern California’s beautiful desert retreat. One of the nation’s largest festivals, PSIFF welcomes over 125,000 attendees and industry, and presents more than … Continue reading

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Gotham Screen 2009 Festival and Screenplay Competition

Gotham Screen celebrates new voices and fresh perspectives in international cinema at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. Serving as a venue where audiences and industry can discover artists, Gotham Screen delivers an original lineup that focuses on new … Continue reading

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3rd Annual Forster Film Festival

The Forster Film Festival presents an inspired program of short films from around the world, beachside in beautiful Forster, Australia. Though open to short films in any genre, the Festival’s selection committee favors positive and entertaining, glass-is-half-full films, and this … Continue reading

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5th Annual Hero Fest – My Hero Short Film Festival

Hero Fest celebrates inspiring films that tell heroic stories, deliver messages of hope and courage, and demonstrate the best of humanity. With its international reach, MY HERO invites filmmakers from around the globe to create and submit digital short films … Continue reading

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6th Annual Boulder International Film Festival

The Boulder International Film Festival is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential young film festivals in the United States. The event has recently been selected as one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “25 Coolest Film Festivals,” … Continue reading

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2nd Annual First Take Film Festival

The First Take Film Festival celebrates the spirit of independent filmmaking in beautiful Augusta, Georgia. The Festival presents a three-day tribute to great indie cinema, established artists, and the industry’s next generation of visionaries and artists. Dates: October 1 to … Continue reading

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4th Annual Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival

The Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival celebrates high definition films in the heart of Beverly Hills, California. Taking place weekly beginning in 2010, the Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival pairs one feature and one short for each of its weekend … Continue reading

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26th Annual Sundance Film Festival

One of the most prestigious and anticipated events on the world film calendar, Sundance is widely recognized as a premier showcase for American and international independent film. Each year, the Sundance Film Festival unveils a dynamic, cutting-edge program of dramatic … Continue reading

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Long Beach Comic Con 2009

Long Beach Comic Con is here to do one thing – make you love comic books more than you did when you first set foot on the show floor. Guests include Seth Green, Vince Hernandez and Tom Hodges. Comic book … Continue reading

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3rd Annual London Young Film Festival

The London Young Film Festival is a celebration of youthful creativity and innovation, offering a unique platform for presenting the work of filmmakers under age 26 in London, England. Dates: October 12-17, 2009 Location: London, England, U.K. Find out more … Continue reading

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Film, Stage & Showbiz Expo 2009

The Film, Stage & Showbiz Expo is dedicated to discovering emerging filmmaking talent, and showcasing a select program of short films at an industry trade show in Los Angeles, California. Dates: October 17, 2009 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Find … Continue reading

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New images from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

AICN posted some shots of The Dawn Dreader from the upcoming third Chronicles of Narnia film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Michael Apted (Up series of 7 year update documentaries, Blink, Extreme Measures, The World … Continue reading

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Adventureland Unrated 2-disc Blu-ray review

This is a place called Adventureland… the worst job in the world that’s going to change your life and make you glad to came to work here. Superbad writer/director Greg Mottola’s homage to 1980′s nostalgia and innocence, Adventureland, is truly … Continue reading

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Trailer for The Descent 2 now online

Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, Doomsday, upcoming Centurion), who write and directed the first Descent, is taking an exec producer-backseat on The Descent sequel. Jon Harris, who edited the original cult horror classic (yup, that’s right), as well as Snatch and … Continue reading

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Halloween II director Rob Zombie remaking The Blob next

Rob Zombie – fresh off of his reinvention of the Halloween series – will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic The Blob, the film that launched the career of Steve McQueen, according to Variety. Production … Continue reading

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Lost actress finds Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz spy film

According to THR, Maggie Grace – who played Liam Neeson’s kidnapped daughter in Taken – is in talks to join Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in Fox’s untitled spy thriller directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line). The film centers … Continue reading

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Female Terminator Summer Glau coming to Whedon’s Dollhouse and season two secrets revealed

Female Terminator Summer Glau will reteam with her Firefly/Serenity mentor Joss Whedon as a recurring cast member on the sci-fi fantasy series Dollhouse, playing a new character named Bennett. Fox also released details of other guest stars on the show’s … Continue reading

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R-rated Terminator Salvation coming to DVD and Blu-ray

According to a report on UGO, McG’s R-rated version of Terminator Salvation will be the one released on DVD and Blu-ray. The theatrical cut of the film was released as a PG-13 movie, however the MPAA has released an e-mail … Continue reading

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New images from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar

Empire has released two new images from Avatar, including the shot above, of the film’s villain, Stephen Lang as battle-scarred Col. Miles Quaritch, piloting a human battleship known as the Dragon, as well as a second image of Sigourney Weaver … Continue reading

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Details on the film Bitch Slap

Bitch Slap follows a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker, as they arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort massive booty from a ruthless underworld kingpin. Things quickly spin out of control as allegiances change, truths … Continue reading

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Take a look at this pounding teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Inception

In case you haven’t already watched this amazing teaser for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Inception, check it out below. Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy and Michael Caine, and … Continue reading

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Todd McFarlane writing screenplay for a new Spawn movie

This is seriously exciting. I wonder what inspired McFarlane start hammering out this new script. Whatever it was, it’s about time. Spawn is one of my favorite cult comic characters. I look forward to seeing how this develops. McFarlane recently … Continue reading

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