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Weinstein’s Sign Exclusive Pact With Showtime and Includes Tarantino’s War Epic

In a move that enhances its slate of theatrical motion pictures, Showtime Networks has entered into an exclusive seven-year film distribution arrangement with The Weinstein Company (TWC). The joint announcement was made today by Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks and Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairmen of TWC. The new output deal ….

A Hancock Review that Doesn’t Rock

Look! Up In the sky! It’s a Crackhead! It’s Nate the Wino! No, it’s SUPERBUM! He’s the anti-hero…but not really. Cool concept but kind of thin on delivery. Mega-Super-Duper-Star Will Smith plays Hancock, a suped-up homeless dude with a bad attitude, complete disregard for public safety, and a serious drinking problem. (Now, why the brotha ….

Robert Downey Jr. to play Sherlock Holmes

Variety reports that Robert Downey Jr. has committed to star in Sherlock Holmes, the reinvention that Guy Ritchie is directing for Warner Brothers. Uber-producer Joel Silver (The Matrix Trilogy) is going to be calling the shots on the upcoming feature, which is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tales, and the Sherlock Holmes comic ….

Quarantine trailer premiere

The full trailer for Sony’s documentary style horror/zombie film, Quarantine has premiered. The movie stars Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Steve Harris, Columbus Short and Johnathon Schaech. Quarantine revolves TV reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris), who are assigned to spend the night shift with an LA Fire Station. After a routine ….

Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury to attend Comic Con panel on new film based on his short story Chysalis

Read a very exciting story on a website called quietearth.us, that I had to share. quietearth.us. Ray Bradbury is apparently going to attend the trailer premiere for director Tony Baez Milan’s film Chrysalis, at San Diego Comic Con later this month! The film is an adaptation of Bradbury’s short story. He, along with some of ….

Hell Ride sneak peak plus Sundance Q and A

No one knows for sure what’s going to become of Hell Ride yet. I think distributors were more than a little bewildered by the response, or lack-there-of, to the Grindhouse double feature. Take that, along with a sluggish economy, and producers aren’t taking many financial risks with movie releases these days…Plus the film isn’t exactly ….

Pulpy trailer for grindhouse western film Legend of God’s Gun

The Legend of God’s Gun is made completely by musicians, according to one of the teaser trailers I watched. The film is already in the video circuit, so some of you may have seen it. The indie grindhouse stars Robert Bones, Kirpatrick Thomas, Dave Koenig, Julie Patterson, Mike Bruce (who also co-wrote and directed the ….

Intel and DreamWorks Animation team up to revolutionize 3-D filmmaking

Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release date of March 27, 2009. As previously announced, DreamWorks Animation has committed to producing all of its feature films in stereoscopic 3-D beginning next ….