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Gus Van Sant’s Milk trailer

Below is the trailer for the new Gus Van Sant film, Milk, which looks like a moving biography of the life of California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn), who was assassinated, along with Mayor George Moscone, by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White (played by Josh Brolin). Milk will be ….

Flash of Genius film trailer

Below is the trailer for the new Greg Kinnear film Flash of Genius. Kinnear plays Robert Kearns, who took on the Ford Motor Company, who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. Flash of Genius will be in theaters on October 3, 2008.

James Cameron says Avatar largest scale sci-fi project he’s ever attempted

James Cameron was recently interviewed in Los Angeles about his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, where he’s been working feverishly on the new film, which is due in theaters on December 18, 2009. According to a story in The Edmonton Post, the director says that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, pales ….

BBC America’s Primeval episode synopses

Since unexplained anomalies began ripping holes in the fabric of time, Professor Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) and his team have been facing off against savage creatures of the past in modern day. But now mankind faces its deadliest threat – a creature that’s never before walked the earth. Just as dangerous is the traitor in ….

Grave of the Fireflies getting 20th anniversary screening at Anime After Dark fest

Resonance Features and The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival present Anime After Dark, a twelve hour film festival event at Boston’s historic Somerville Theatre, on October 18, 2008. It will start at 7:00 PM, and run until 7:00 AM the next morning. The festival will screen some of the best in new and vintage anime, ….

X-Men Origins: Wolverine teaser trailer

I know this is old, but I just wanted to make it searchable on the website, after so many email requests to me from readers. Below is that X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer that was leaked a few months ago. The film will be in theaters on May 1, 2009.

The Day the Earth Stood Still to get IMAX digital format release

IMAX and Fox announced today that The Day The Earth Stood Still, directed by Scott Dickerson (who helmed The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Jaden Smith, will be simultaneously released to both IMAX and conventional theatres on December 12, 2008. The film, which is a ….

Madagascar 2 IMAX version getting extended run

IMAX and DreamWorks announced today that the IMAX release of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has been extended to include the Thanksgiving holiday, and will now run into December. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will also play for the full run in new IMAX Digital theatres, which began rolling out this summer. These theaters are equipped with ….

Will Smith visiting pharaoh’s tomb

Will Smith is set to play an ancient pharaoh, working from a script by Randall Wallace (Braveheart) called The Last Pharaoh, an epic film being crafted as a vehicle for the actor. In the upcoming movie, Smith will play the pharaoh Taharqa, who battled Assyrian invaders in ancient Egypt. This is according to a story ….

Microsoft co-founder developing film based on life of George Washington

Vulcan Productions, a indie film company founded by Paul G. Allen (who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates), has signed writer Nicholas Meyer (Elegy, The Human Stain) to write a screenplay about the life of George Washington. Nick Wechsler (We Own the Night, Reservation Road) is attached as a producer, as are Richard Hutton and Michael ….