Month: October 2006

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End Synopsis

Long Island native Joe Lynch, is directing the film, from a script by Turi Meyer, who wrote a lot of Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda series episodes. Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins) hosts his own reality TV show called The Ultimate Survivalist. Along with six contestants lead by Nina (Erica Leerhsen) they are thrown together for six days ….

The Guardians to Premiere at New York Independent Film and Video Festival

KidSational, in conjunction with RuffHouse Productions, is pleased to announce that they will be presenting the premier feature film The Guardians at The New York Independent Film and Video Festival to be held in New York on November 11th through the 16th. The Guardians cast includes Ron Palillo, who played Horshack on the popular 70s show, Welcome Back Kotter. The movie also ….

Die Hard 4 Filming This Week at LAX

The film production for the movie Live Free or Die Hard starring Bruce Willis received permits from the California Film Commission, Film L.A. and the City of El Segundo, and will be filming near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning this week. Filming will occur in three periods: Thursday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 5 Wednesday, Nov. 8 through ….

Notes on a Scandal Trailer

Talk about drama. Notes on a Scandal has enough to go around for years. And this stuff is not for U.S. soaps, noooooo. This is primetime cable, or European TV. You will watch this trailer with eyes wide open. Synopsis: When Sheba Hart (played by Cate Blanchett) joins the St. George’s School as an art teacher, Barbara (played Judi Dench) senses a ….

Jackie Chan and Jet Li Film Finally Greenlit?

Coming Soon reports that according to Variety, the long in development Jackie Chan and Jet Li pairing on film, has been flagging a go. The two will star together for the first time in a $70 million action-adventure that Relativity Media will finance. Robert Minkoff (The Lion King, Stuart Little) will direct, while martial arts expert Yuen Woo-Ping (The Master, The Matrix Trilogy) will create ….

Untouchables Prequel in the Works

Variety reports that, in addition to the Jackie Chan and Jet Li film, Relativity will also be offering another project to buyers at the American Film Market starting tomorrow. The second is Brian De Palma’s $70 million prequel to The Untouchables, called The Untouchables: Capone Rising, which Paramount films will distribute in the U.S. The Untouchables prequel is set to start shooting in June of 2007. ….

Dmitry Shostakovich to Premiere at Carnegie

The US premiere of a new documentary film A Journey Of Dmitry Shostakovich, directed by Okasana Dvornichenko and Helga Landauer will be presented as an integral component of Discovery Day: The Songs of Shostakovich presented by Carnegie Hall at Weill Recital Hall on Saturday, November 11, 2006. The Discovery Day is part of Carnegie Hall’s A Singular Voice: The Songs of ….

Lanning to Lay Siege

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lorne Lanning will direct the upcoming CG sci-fi action thriller Citizen Siege. Lanning and Sherry McKenna, co-founders of game developer Oddworld Inhabitants, will create a new universe where current global conditions are extrapolated into a frightening near future where democracy has all but disintegrated under the rule of global corporatism. Well-known for their heartfelt characters ….

Hostel: Part II Trailer Is Online

If you missed Saw III this weekend, chances are, you haven’t seen this cool teaser trailer for Hostel: Part II. But why is it in German. Well, I read a story on Bloody Digusting about why the teaser is in German. Here’s what Variety reports about that: “German is more guttural and harsh,” said Lionsgate marketing executive Tim Palen. “I think a lot of people ….

Studios Miss Chance to Engage Moviegoers Online, According to New Report

Hollywood movie studios are committing a marketing gaffe. They spend a smaller percentage of their media budgets (just 3% in 2006) on online ads than does the average US industry, which spends 5.7% of its overall media budget on the Internet. This is a mistake because the audience filmmakers most need to reach is online, ….

High Falls Film Festival Program

The 2006 HIGH FALLS FILM FESTIVAL celebrates its sixth wonderful year of honoring the cinematic achievements of women around the world. This unique and exciting festival will take place in Rochester, New York, November 8-13, 2006. The Festival has grown exponentially to become one of the vital cultural assets in Western New York. This international ….

Derek Luke and Tim Robbins Talk About Catching a Fire

The new film Catch a Fire revolves around a policeman (Tim Robbins) and a young man (Derek Luke) who carries out attacks against the Apartheid-era South African regime. What it’s really about is what good people feel they are driven to in the worst of circumstances. It’s a sobering account of how difficult life was in South Africa for Black people ….