DreamWorks gets all The 39 Clues
According to Variety, DreamWorks has nabbed movie rights to a new type of adventure series coming from Scholastic call The 39 Clues. The deal includes a multi-film deal with Steven Spielberg possibly helming at least the first one. The 39 Clues, which launches September 9, 2008, is a 10 book series to be released over ….
Trailer, website and Asian premiere for new war horror from Blair Witch helmer
Daniel Myrick’s (The Blair Witch Project) new horror film The Objective, will be screening during the upcoming Korean genre fest Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (or PiFan for short), during their main program, Puchon Choice. This horror film/war movie, follows a group of Special Ops Reservists on a mission in the hostile terrain of Afghanistan, ….
Seven Arts signs Anthony Hickox to helm horror Catwalk, with supermodel Julie Ordon starring
Seven Arts Pictures announced that famed director Anthony Hickox, director of Waxwork and Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth, is signed to direct the Company’s new horror film Catwalk. Tony Hickox recently completed the suspense thriller Knife Edge with Seven Arts Pictures, which is scheduled for release in 2009. The Company further announced that Julie Ordon ….
New Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor trailer premieres
Of all places, the Papa John’s website is premiering the new trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Obviously some sort of corporate tie-in with Mummies and pizza. The new trailer looks good, but not much different than the trailer I posted last week. Although this one is in beautiful Quicktime HD. Click ….
Bond Girl featurette with Olga Kurylenko
A new Quantum of Solace featurette is online at Yahoo. It’s about the new Bond girl, Camille (Olga Kurylenko), and her action sequences in the movie. Oh Olga! Director Marc Forster and stunt coordinator Gary Powell also chime in on her responsibilities during the shoot. The new James Bond film Quantum of Solace hits theaters ….
Tarantino-produced Hell Ride movie website and pics
I really hope to see this modern grindhouse film on the big screen. The Weinstein Company have been reluctant , because of the lack of success with Tarantino and Rodriguez’ Grindhouse epic. We’ll see what happens. But the release date is currently set for August 8, 2008. The website for Hell Ride is now online, ….
First photo and footage from Neil Marshall produced film Descent 2
Only Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) survived in The Descent, and I understand the new film will be heavy on flashbacks, to flesh out the storyline. In the U.K. version of the film however, Sarah was left in the claws of the Crawlers at the conclusion of the film. That ending was removed in the U.S. release. ….