Monthly Archives: May 2011

Basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire to produce sequel to cult horror film The Strangers?

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rene

ShockTillYouDrop reports that the long-in-development sequel to Bryan Bertino’s surprise hit cult horror The Strangers is showing some life with news that basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire has come aboard as an executive producer. New York Knicks player Stoudemire is apparently … Continue reading →

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David Fincher’s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo teaser trailer hits the net

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rene

The teaser trailer for David Fincher’s remake of the brilliant thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has showed up online. The trailer for Fincher’s remake has plenty of helpings of Daniel Craig, who plays Mikael Blomkvist, the protagonist of … Continue reading →

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Heat director to helm racing drama Go Like Hell

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Rene

Filmmaker Michael Mann (Heat, Miami Vice) is circling a deal with Fox to direct Go Like Hell, the true story of the furious competition between Ford and Ferrari in 1966, when an American car won Le Mans for the first … Continue reading →

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Untitled Snow White Project and Hunter Killer get new release dates

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Rene

Relativity Media announced today that release dates for three films on its 2012 slate. Previously dated for June 29, 2012, Relativity’s Untitled Snow White Project, directed by Tarsem Singh (Immortals), will now release on March 16, 2012. Safe Haven, based … Continue reading →

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Comikaze Expo kicks off at LA Convention Center with Stan Lee, Elvira, Police Academy & Star Trek stars and more

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Rene

Comikaze Expo, which is being billed as the largest multimedia pop culture, comic book, horror and gaming convention in Los Angeles, has set its date and location – November 5-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Comikaze organizers expect 60,000 … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of the neo-noir action-thriller The Big Bang on DVD

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Rene

On May 24th, Anchor Bay Films will release the neo-noir action/thriller The Big Bang on DVD and Blu-ray. The film features Antonio Banderas as a ‘private dic’ who’s looking for the missing girlfriend of a recently paroled Russian boxer – … Continue reading →

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Weta Digital reveals first trailer and posters for Steven Spielberg’s Tintin adventure

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Rene

Weta Digital (Animation and Visual Effects) and Weta Workshop (Conceptual Design) have been hard at work with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson on The Adventures of Tintin. So it’s only fitting that they be the ones to release the first … Continue reading →

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Edit a scene from action thriller The Power of Few and win a place in cinema history

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Rene

Q’Orianka Kilcher and Leone Marucci introduce their Scene 64 editing contest for their upcoming film The Power of Few. In Scene 64, Alexa and Dom (Q’orianka Kilcher and Jesse Bradford) cross paths in a tense moment, and it’s all controlled … Continue reading →

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Content nabs rights to psychological thriller Story/Teller

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rene

Content Film has announced the acquisition of the psychological thriller Story/Teller for international sales. The company has a Directors Presentation reel screening in their offices during the Cannes Film Festival, and is marketing the project during the event. The film … Continue reading →

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More images and the poster from Fright Night remake hit the net

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Rene

Additional images have been released for the revamp of the cult classic 1985 horror comedy Fright Night. Craig Gillespie, who directed Mr. Woodcock and Lars and the Real Girl, takes the helm of the new Fright Night, which stars Anton … Continue reading →

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The dark side of live-action role playing results in The Wild Hunt on DVD

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Rene

The world of live-action role playing was the source of comedy in the hit Role Models, but it’s the dark and deadly side of the culture that’s at the center of the frightening thriller The Wild Hunt, which is coming … Continue reading →

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Check out new cast members Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Oldman and more in new images from Kung Fu Panda 2

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Rene

From DreamWorks Animation—the studio behind How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, and the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated Kung Fu Panda—comes the latest adventures of one of the most unlikely heroes ever to transition from noodle shop employee to kung fu … Continue reading →

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Official Conan the Barbarian 3D movie poster released

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Rene

Lionsgate has released the official one sheet for Conan the Barbarian 3D, which stars Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, and Jason Momoa as the titular anti-hero. Conan the Barbarian 3D hits theaters on August 19th, 2011. Check … Continue reading →

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Images from the live-action Tekken martial arts movie

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Rene

Tekken comes to full live-action life when Anchor Bay Films and Manga Entertainment release the movie version of Tekken on July 19th. Directed by Dwight H. Little (Bones, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers), Tekken stars Jon Foo, Kelly … Continue reading →

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Zoe Saldana kicks ass in action-packed trailer for Luc Besson-produced Colombiana

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Rene

I was really disappointed that the Halle Berry spin-off project Jinx never materialized from the James Bond series. It was to be based on the character Berry played in Die Another Day, Jinx Johnson, a CIA assassin. Well it looks … Continue reading →

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New Green Lantern trailer slams the net

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Rene

Warner Bros. has just released a brand new trailer for Green Lantern, which hits theaters on June 17, 2011. Casino Royale director Martin Campbell helms Green Lantern, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Temuera Morrison, Jenna … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town on DVD

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Rene

A&E Home Entertainment is bringing back The Kids in the Hall by releasing the hilarious Canadian sketch comedy series The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town on DVD here in the U.S. on May 24th. To celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Images from The Thing retrospective screening and exhibit

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Rene

I grabbed a few shots at Saturday’s screening of John Carpenter’s 1982 cult classic sci-fi thriller The Thing at the Loew’s Jersey. Thomas Waites – who played “Windows” in the film – stopped by to greet fans and talk about … Continue reading →

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MGM Limited Edition Collection’s The Gun Runners, The Happy Thieves, and The Destructors review

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Rene

The Destructors (1974) The Destructors – originally titled The Marseille Contract – stars Anthony Quinn as a tough U.S. intelligence agent in Paris who’s assigned to break a narcotics ring, but after several of his agents are killed during an … Continue reading →

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