Month: December 2008

Original Night of the Living Dead returning to theaters in 3D

Night of the Living Dead is getting a unique dimensional twist that promises to pull viewers closer to the undead action. The team at Legend Films and PassmoreLab is bringing new life to the undead by converting the previously colorized genre-defining zombie film into 3D. The enhanced 1968 George A. Romero cult classic is slated ….

Trailer for thriller Pintu Terlarang (Forbidden Door)

Variety’s Asian Film Blogger posted this trailer for the new film by Indonesian director Joko Anwar called Pintu Terlarang (Forbidden Door). Forbidden Door revolves around a successful sculptor whose life run by a domineering wife and mother, who discovers a secret organization where members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in town, ….

Clive Owen goes undercover in Colombian drug cartel

Clive Owen is attached to star in the thriller Cartagena, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Mark Cuban’s 2929 is handling production and distribution for Cartagena. Michael Ross, who wrote the Brazilian-set thriller Turistas for Fox and who’s working on a remake of the film Jar City, is writing the screenplay. Cartagena revolves around an undercover ….

Hilarious Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian trailer goes live

This trailer premiered Friday at a McDonald’s website called HappyMeal.com (hey, let producers the make their coin, alright), and it’s been slowly making it’s way around the net ever since. In the sequel to the comedy hit, Stiller is joined by several stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history, including ….

Werewolf TV series is a bitch

Fox is developing a new series called Bitches, which The Hollywood Reporter describes as a dramedy about four female buddies in New York City, who happen to be werewolves. Created by writer Michael Dougherty, who wrote the feature Trick ‘r Treat, and Warner Bros., the show already has a pilot script and a pilot commitment ….

Paradox comic adaptation coming from Arcana

Canada-based Legacy Filmworks and comicbook publisher Arcana Studios have teamed to produce a slate of five films based on Arcana’s comic titles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The first will be the sci-fi thriller Paradox with Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Andromeda), that will be helmed by Brenton Spencer (Stargate: Atlantis). Sorbo will play ….

Roku digital players now stream HD content from Netflix

Roku, a leading innovator in digital media technology, today announced it has released support for streaming high-def content. Through the use of advanced compression technology, Roku can deliver instant streaming of HD content over average consumer broadband connections, bringing HD to the mass market for just $99. Netflix is the first content provider to deliver ….

Extended clip from Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse pilot

Entertainment Weekly has just posted an exclusive clip from Joss Whedon’s new Fox thriller Dollhouse, which revolves around a futuristic laboratory that assigns various tasks to its many residents, who then have their memories erased upon the completion of their assignments. One of those mind-boned humans, a young woman named Echo (Eliza Dushku), is slowly ….