Month: October 2008

Win a movie poster from Sex Drive signed by stars Clark Duke and Josh Zuckerman

To celebrate the release of the hilarious (trust me, I’ve seen it) teenage coming of age film Sex Drive, which will be in theaters next Friday, October 17th, FilmFetish.com and the producers of the movie, are giving away a full size movie poster from the comedy, signed by stars Clark Duke and Josh Zuckerman. Sex ….

Nokia-sponsored web film collaboration hinting at future of grassroots filmmaking?

I was contacted a few days ago with a request that Film Fetish play a prominent role in a Nokia-sponsored, Spike Lee-helmed film premiere that’s taking place in a few weeks. WOM World a Nokia-sponsored blog that covers what’s being said online about Nokia devices and projects Nokia gets involved with. With my affinity towards ….

Film details on Tron 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, A-Team, Beverly Hills Cop 4 and much much more

Below are details of more than 40 genre films that movie studios are moving forward with, despite current problems negotiating with SAG over a new contract for its actor-members. Variety published the original list, and I decided to add additional details on most of the projects, which consist of many of the largest films that ….

Guillermo del Toro to write vampire virus thriller series

Director Guillermo del Toro recently closed a publishing deal with Harper Collins, to pen a trilogy of vampire thrillers with author Chuck Hogan, whose previous books include Prince of Thieves, The Killing Moon, South of Shiloh and The Price of Blood. The first of the del Toro series, titled The Strain, hits bookstores in summer ….

Forest Whitaker to direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic

Variety reports that Forest Whitaker will direct and star in the film What a Wonderful World, a biopic on musician Louis Armstrong. Paris-based Legende, the company behind La Vie en rose, is producing the film, alongside Edward R. Pressman, and Oscar Cohen, executive of the Armstrong estate and the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. Ron Bass ….

David Cronenberg to helm Robert Ludlum conspiracy book adaptation

Writer and director David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Eastern Promises) is currently in negotiations to direct The Matarese Circle, a political thriller and potential franchise for MGM, according to reports by The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Denzel Washington is attached to star in the film, which is based on a Robert Ludlum novel. The ….

Superman, Shaft and Trinity from The Matrix join forces in terrorism thriller Unthinkable

Brandon Routh, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan and Carrie-Anne Moss will join Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen in the suspense thriller Unthinkable, which will be produced and distributed by Senator U.S. This according to a report on The Hollywood Reporter. Routh and Bellows will play members of an FBI anti-terrorism squad headed by Agent Brody ….