Maggie Q to star in groundbreaking EA video game
Electronic Arts worked with Live Free or die Hard star Maggie Q to topline Need for Speed Undercover, the latest version of its bestselling driving game franchise, according to a report on Variety. According to EA’s head of Asian operations, although the company’s sports titles have actual sports figures’ likenesses, the company has never hired ….
New details on J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film
Tomorrow’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features a cover portrait of Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine from the new Star Trek movie, and contains a selection of newly released photos from the film, some of which have been getting some play on the web already, making “Trekkies” and sci-fi fans like myself, even more excited about ….
2009 Newport Beach Film Fest call for submissions
The Newport Beach Film Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with an action-packed line up of independent and studio films from around the globe. From premieres of contemporary cinema, to live fashion shows, and tastes of Newport Beach’s finest culinary creations, we are offering filmmakers the ultimate Festival experience. The Festival features nightly special ….
Red band trailer for Let the Right One In
There is a red band trailer for vampire film Let the Right One In online. Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence. Let the Right One In is based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The film ….
Indie horror Sodium Babies tastes blood
Big Screen Entertainment is very excited about the attention its newly acquired feature film, Sodium Babies, has been receiving both internationally and domestically. Big Screen Entertainment Group is selling worldwide rights for the film as well as planning a big campaign for this year’s American Film Market. “Sodium Babies was made over a five year ….
Graphic albums featuring Batman and Superman to Be developed into cutting edge motion comics
Warner Premiere recently announced the renowned graphic album Batman: Black & White and graphic novel Superman: Red Son are being developed into short-form digital Motion Comics. In addition the first and highly anticipated second chapter of the Watchmen Motion Comics are now available for download via iTunes, Amazon Video on Demand, Xbox Live and the ….
Sistema launches film and TV production in St. Petersburg
Sistema, the largest public diversified corporation in Russia, recently announced the launch of film and TV production at Russian World Studio (RWS) in St Petersburg. RWS is a subsidiary of Sistema and one of the leading Russian film and TV production companies. The construction of the first phase of production facilities in St Petersburg was ….
Shooting begins on Night of the Demons remake
Seven Arts Pictures recently announced the start of principal photography, for the remake of the classic creature horror film Night of The Demons, in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is expected to be completed before December 1, 2008. It is expected to be ready for distribution by June 2009. The film is a remake the classic ….
Details on Swamp Devil
Filmmaker David Winning (Andromeda, Stargate: Atlantis, Blood Ties) directed the Canadian feature film Swamp Devil, starring Bruce Dern which premiered on Sci Fi last Sunday. The film previously won the Best Foreign Feature film award at this year’s Big Island Film Festival in Waikoloa, Hawaii and the director was also honoured there with a Special ….